本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇 | 朗诵诗歌《理查德》

And now the actor Benedict Cumberbatch will read a special poem, written by Poet Laureate commissioned by the Cathedral here in Leicester, from Carol Ann Duff. Cumberbatch is due to plan King Richard III in The Hollow Crown: The War of Roses. He is also a cousin of Richard.

受莱斯特塔教堂之托，演员本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇将登台朗读由“桂冠诗人”卡罗尔·安·达菲创作的挽诗。康伯巴奇将在英剧《空王冠：玫瑰战争》中扮演国王理查三世，他本人也是理查三世的远亲。

Richard

My bones, scripted in light, upon cold soil, a human braille.

我的骸骨，在光影之中坠落冰冷尘土，俨然人骨盲文。

My skull, scared by a crown, emptied of history.

我的头颅被王冠划下伤痕，被历史掏空。

Describe my soul as incense, votive, vanishing;

我的灵魂犹如焚香，虔诚还原，袅袅消逝；

Your own the same.

而你们的灵魂亦同。

Grant me the carving of my name,

请允许镌刻我之姓名，

These relies, bless.

让这幅骸骨得以安息。

Imagine you re-tie a broken string and on its thread a cross,

试想你把断裂的生命之线又重新交叉系起，

The symbol severed me from when I died.

那便是我生命被折断的句点。

The end of time,

而时间的终结，

The unknown, unfelt loss.

是未知，不可感受的逝去。

Unless the resurrection of the Dead,

若非是起死回生，

Or I once dreamed of this,

或是如我梦里所见，

Your future breath in prayer for me,

你在未来为我祷告，

Lost long, forever found;

而我迷失已久，无法找寻；

Or sensed you from the backstage of my death,

抑或我在死亡背后感受你，

As kings glimpse shadows on a battleground.

如同国王在战场瞥见敌影。