第20站：《雨》爱德华·托马斯

【诗歌译文】

《雨》—— 爱德华·托马斯

雨，午夜的雨，赤裸裸的暴雨

在这阴冷的小屋，唯有孤独伴我。

又一次想起我终将死去

既听不到雨声，也无从感恩

雨把我冲洗得更加干净

因为我生于孤独。

这场雨是对逝者的祝福，

但我祈祷我爱过的人

今晚不会死亡或一夜无眠。

独居者听闻雨声

不论倍觉痛苦还是心生怜悯，

都在生死之间无助地挣扎，

像残败的芦苇间的一汪寒水，

无数的芦苇寂寥僵直，

如同我，被暴雨洗礼后

除死亡外，已心无所爱，

如果爱是完美而不得

这场暴雨告诉我，我终将失望。

【诗歌原文】

《Rain》—— Edward Thomas

Rain, midnight rain, nothing but the wild rain

On this bleak hut, and solitude, and me

Remembering again that I shall die

And neither hear the rain nor give it thanks

For washing me cleaner than I have been

Since I was born into solitude.

Blessed are the dead that the rain rains upon:

But here I pray that none whom once I loved

Is dying tonight or lying still awake

Solitary, listening to the rain,

Either in pain or thus in sympathy

Helpless among the living and the dead,

Like a cold water among broken reeds,

Myriads of broken reeds all still and stiff,

Like me who have no love which this wild rain

Has not dissolved except the love of death,

If love it be towards what is perfect and

Cannot, the tempest tells me, disappoint.