伊恩·麦克莱恩爵士 | 朗读诗歌《忽必烈汗》

Kubla Khan

《忽必烈汗》

—— by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan

忽必烈汗把谕旨颁布：

A stately pleasure-dome decree:

在上都兴建宫苑楼台；

Where Alph, the sacred river, ran

圣河阿尔弗流经此处，

Through caverns measureless to man

穿越幽深莫测的洞窟，

Down to a sunless sea.

注入阴沉的大海。

So twice five miles of fertile ground

于是十里膏腴之地

With walls and towers were girdled round;

都被高墙、岗楼围起；

And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills,

苑囿鲜妍，有川涧蜿蜒流走，

Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;

有树木清香飘溢，花萼盛开；

And here were forests ancient as the hills,

苍黯的密林，与青山同样悠久，

Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.

把阳光映照的绿茵环抱起来。

But oh! that deep romantic chasm which slanted

哦！那一道幽壑，深严诡谲，

Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover!

沿碧山迤逦而下，横过松林！

A savage place! as holy and enchanted

蒙昧的荒野！圣洁而又中了邪，

As e’er beneath a waning moon was haunted

恍若有孤身女子现形于昏夜，

By woman wailing for her demon-lover!

在残月之下，哭她的鬼魅情人！

And from this chasm, with ceaseless turmoil seething,

幽壑里声如鼎沸，喧嚣不已，

As if this earth in fast thick pants were breathing,

仿佛是大地急促地喘着粗气，

A mighty fountain momently was forced:

原来有大股泉水滔滔涌出，

Amid whose swift half-intermitted burst

偶有间歇，接着又急急喷吐，

Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail,

水一冲，石块像冰雹纷纷跳起，

Or chaffy grain beneath the thresher’s flail:

又像连枷捶打下飞迸的谷粒；

And mid these dancing rocks at once and ever

从这些蹦跳的乱石中间穿过，

It flung up momently the sacred river.

片刻不歇地腾跃着那条圣河。

Five miles meandering with a mazy motion

圣河旋绕，像迷宫曲径一样，

Through wood and dale the sacred river ran,

流程五里，越过林地和峡谷，

Then reached the caverns measureless to man,

而后才进抵幽深莫测的洞窟，

And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean;

终于，喧哗着，投入死寂的海洋。

And ’mid this tumult Kubla heard from far

这片喧哗里，忽必烈宛然听到

Ancestral voices prophesying war!

祖先悠远的声音——战争的预告！

The shadow of the dome of pleasure

殿宇楼台的迷离倒影

Floated midway on the waves;

在粼粼碧波上漂摇荡漾；

Where was heard the mingled measure

在这里可以从容谛听

From the fountain and the caves.

喷泉、溶洞的融合音响。

It was a miracle of rare device,

这真是穷工极巧，旷代奇观：

A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice!

冰凌洞府映衬着艳阳宫苑！

A damsel with a dulcimer

我一度神游灵境，瞥见

In a vision once I saw:

一少女扬琴在手：

It was an Abyssinian maid

她是个阿比西尼亚女郎，

And on her dulcimer she played,

她是个阿比西尼亚女郎，

Singing of Mount Abora.

用扬琴悠扬伴奏。

Could I revive within me

但愿那琴声曲意

Her symphony and song,

重现于我的深心，

To such a deep delight ’twould win me,

那么，我就会心醉神迷，

That with music loud and long,

就会以悠长高亢的乐音

I would build that dome in air,

凌空造起那琼楼玉殿——

That sunny dome! those caves of ice!

那艳阳宫阙，那冰凌洞府！

And all who heard should see them there,

凡听见乐曲的都能瞧见；

And all should cry, Beware! Beware!

“留神！留神！”他们会呼唤，

His flashing eyes, his floating hair!

“他长发飘飘，他目光闪闪！

Weave a circle round him thrice,

要排成一圈，绕他三度，

And close your eyes with holy dread

要低眉闭目，畏敬而虔诚，

For he on honey-dew hath fed,

因为他摄取蜜露为生，

And drunk the milk of Paradise.

并有幸啜饮乐园仙乳。”

杨德豫 译