萨缪尔·韦斯特 | 朗读诗歌《虎》

The Tyger

《虎》

——by William Blake

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright

老虎！老虎！火一样辉煌，

In the forests of the night,

烧穿了黑夜的森林和草莽，

What immortal hand or eye

什么样非凡的手和眼睛

Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

能塑造你一身惊人的匀称？

In what distant deeps or skies

什么样遥远的海底、天边

Burnt the fire of thine eyes?

烧出了做你眼睛的火焰？

On what wings dare he aspire?

跨什么翅膀胆敢去凌空？

What the hand dare seize the fire?

凭什么铁掌抓一把火种？

And what shoulder, and what art,

什么样工夫，什么样胳膊，

Could twist the sinews of thy heart?

拗得成你五脏六腑的筋络？

And when thy heart began to beat,

等到你的心一开始蹦跳，

What dread hand? and what dread feet?

什么样惊心动魄的手脚？

What the hammer? what the chain?

什么样铁链？什么样铁锤？

In what furnace was thy brain?

什么样熔炉里炼你的脑髓？

What the anvil? what dread grasp

什么样铁砧？什么样猛劲

Dare its deadly terrors clasp?

一下子掐住了骇人的雷霆？

When the stars threw down their spears,

到临了，星星扔下了金枪，

And watered heaven with their tears,

千万滴眼泪洒遍了穹苍，

Did he smile his work to see?

完工了再看看，他可会笑笑？

Did he who made the Lamb make thee?

不就是造羊的把你也造了？

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright

老虎！老虎！火一样辉煌，

In the forests of the night,

烧穿了黑夜的森林和草莽，

What immortal hand or eye

什么样非凡的手和眼睛

Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

敢塑造你一身惊人的匀称？

卞之琳译