第13站：《石上的影子》托马斯·哈代

【诗歌译文】

《石上的影子》—— 托马斯·哈代

路过德鲁伊石

白石孤坐在花园中，

我驻足凝视摆动的光影

投在石上

因枝条的节奏摇摆，

想象中

影子是她的头和肩膀

在花园中辛勤劳作。

感觉她就在身后，

是啊，是失去已久的她，

我说：“一定是你在我身后。

可你是怎么走到这条小道上？”

寂然无声，唯有落叶沙沙；

为抑制悲伤

我不忍回头，

去打破这念想。

但仍忍不住想看

身后空无一人；

但我又一次想：“不能打破幻想，

或许，她真的在呢。”

我悄悄穿过林间，

留下她和她的身影，

或许真是幻影——

我不敢回头，唯恐美梦消逝。

【诗歌原文】

《The Shadow on the Stone》—— Thomas Hardy

I went by the Druid stone

That broods in the garden white and lone,

And I stopped and looked at the shifting shadows

That at some moments fall thereon

From the tree hard by with a rhythmic swing,

And they shaped in my imagining

To the shade that a well—known head and shoulders

Threw there when she was gardening.

I thought her behind my back,

Yea, her I long had learned to lack,

And I said: ‘I am sure you are standing behind me,

Though how do you get into this old track?’

And there was no sound but the fall of a leaf

As a sad response; and to keep down grief

I would not turn my head to discover

That there was nothing in my belief.

Yet I wanted to look and see

That nobody stood at the back of me;

But I thought once more: ‘Nay, I’ll not unvision

A shape which, somehow, there may be.’

So I went on softly from the glade,

And left her behind me throwing her shade,

As she were indeed an apparition—

My head unturned lest my dream should fade.