The Danish Boy

William Wordsworth

I 

Between two sister moorland (荒野) rills (小溪) 

There is a spot that seems to lie 

Sacred (圣洁的) to flowerets (小花) of the hills, 

And sacred to the sky. 

And in this smooth and open dell (小山谷)

There is a tempest-stricken (被暴风雨侵袭的) tree; 

A corner-stone by lightning (闪电) cut (劈断), 

The last stone of a lonely hut (小屋); 

And in this dell you see 

A thing no storm can e'er (=ever) destroy, 

The shadow of a Danish Boy. 

有一个小小山谷，依偎

两姊妹湿地的小溪间，

山坡上的野花和苍天，

视其为神圣的地方。

这个山谷，开阔平缓

一棵树被风暴摧残;

一墙基石遭闪电斩断，

那是孤独小屋最后的石板;

你看这小山谷

只有一样东西风暴不能毁灭，

那是丹麦男孩的影子投落地上。

II 

In clouds above, the lark (云雀) is heard, 

But drops (停驻) not here to earth for rest; 

Within this lonesome nook (角落) the bird 

Did never build her nest. 

No beast (野兽), no bird hath here his home; 

Bees, wafted (飘荡) on the breezy (有微风的) air, 

Pass high above those fragrant (芳香的) bells (花)

To other flowers:--to other dells 

Their burthens (重量) do they bear; 

The Danish Boy walks here alone: 

The lovely dell is all his own. 

天空的云朵里，云雀欢唱，

却无意降落此地歇息休闲;

在这个寂寞的角落，鸟儿

从不把自己的巢窠筑建，

飞禽走兽也不视此为家园。

蜜蜂，在习习微风中飞翔，

带着它的家当，

高高越过这里芬芳的花蕾

飞向远处其它花朵，开在别的山谷上;

只有丹麦男孩在此孤独漫步：

可爱的山谷是他自己的财产。

III 

A Spirit of noon-day is he; 

Yet seems a form of flesh and blood; 

Nor piping (吹笛的) shepherd shall he be, 

Nor herd-boy (放牧的男孩) of the wood. 

A regal (华丽的) vest of fur (皮毛) he wears, 

In colour like a raven's (乌鸦的) wing; 

It fears not rain, nor wind, nor dew; 

But in the storm 'tis (=it is) fresh and blue 

As budding (发芽的) pines (松树) in spring; 

His helmet (头盔) has a vernal (春天的) grace (恩惠), 

Fresh as the bloom (绽放) upon his face. 

他犹如正午的精灵游荡;

然而血肉将他躯体构建;

既非牧羊人吹笛于山谷，

也非放羊娃放牧树林间。

身穿一件华丽皮制马甲;

颜色黝黑似乌鸦的翅膀

耐得住刮风，落雨和夜露;

暴风雨中依然鲜艳瓦蓝

犹如松树萌芽在春天;

他的头盔，春之馈赠，

清新如花，绽放脸上。

IV 

A harp (竖琴) is from his shoulder slung (悬挂); 

Resting the harp upon his knee (膝盖), 

To words of a forgotten tongue 

He suits its melody (旋律). 

Of flocks (羊群) upon the neighbouring hill 

He is the darling and the joy; 

And often, when no cause appears, 

The mountain-ponies (小马) prick (竖起) their ears, 

--They hear the Danish Boy, 

While in the dell he sings alone 

Beside the tree and corner-stone. 

取下斜挎肩上的竖琴;

安放于双膝上;

为记起一首遗忘的歌谣，

他将它的旋律轻轻拨响。

邻近山坡的羊群，

视他为宠儿，欢乐的源泉;

羊群平常从不涉足此地，

他的歌声刺激它们的耳朵，

——聆听丹麦男孩歌唱，

他孤独地坐在山谷

断树和墙基石旁。

V 

There sits he; in his face you spy 

No trace of a ferocious (凶狠的) air, 

Nor ever was a cloudless sky 

So steady or so fair. 

The lovely Danish Boy is blest (被祝福的)

And happy in his flowery cove (峡谷、山坳): 

From bloody deeds (行为) his thoughts are far; 

And yet he warbles (柔和地唱) songs of war, 

That seem like songs of love, 

For calm and gentle is his mien (神态); 

Like a dead Boy he is serene.

他坐在那里，从那脸上

无法察觉一丝强悍，

也未见一个无云天

这样沉稳，不卑不亢。

可爱的男孩有上苍保佑

在开满鲜花的山坳快乐流连：

他的思绪远离血腥战事，

但依然把那似情歌的

战时歌曲轻柔吟唱；

他仪态平静温婉;

宁祥肃穆，似已长眠。

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