White bird-给焰紫

叶芝〔爱尔兰〕《白鸟》

亲爱的，但愿我们是浪尖上一双白鸟!

流星尚未陨逝，我们已厌倦了它的闪耀;

天边低悬，晨光里那颗蓝星的幽光唤醒了你我心中，亲爱的，一缕不死的忧伤。

露湿的百合、玫瑰，睡梦里逸出一丝困倦;

呵，亲爱的，可别梦那流星的耀闪，

也别梦那蓝星的幽光在露滴中低徊;

但愿我们化作浪尖上的白鸟;我和你!

我心头萦绕着无数岛屿和丹南湖滨，

在那里时光会遗忘我们，悲哀不再来临;

转瞬就会远离玫瑰、百合和星光的侵蚀，

只要我们是双白鸟，亲爱的，出没在浪花里!

I WOULD that we were, my beloved, white birds on the foamof the sea!

We tired of the flame of the meteor, before it can fade andflee;

And the flame of the blue star of twilight, hung low on the rimof the sky, Has awakened in our hearts, my beloved, a sadness that may not die.

 A weariness comes from those dreamers, dew-dabbled, thelily and rose;

Ah, dream not of them, my beloved, the flame of the meteor thatgoes, Or the flame of the blue star that lingers hung low in the fall of thedew:

For I would we were changed to white birds on the wanderingfoam: I and you!

 I am haunted by numberless islands, and many a Danaanshore,

Where Time would surely forget us, and Sorrow come near us nomore;

Soon far from the rose and the lily, and fret of the flameswould we be,

Were we only white birds, my beloved, buoyed out on the foam ofthe sea!