闻一多 《死水》
翻译来自网络
修改并诵读:岭南布衣
这是一沟绝望的死水,
清风吹不起半点漪沦。
不如多扔些破铜烂铁,
爽性泼你的剩菜残羹。
也许铜的要绿成翡翠,
铁罐上绣出几瓣桃花;
在让油腻织一层罗绮,
霉菌给他蒸出些云霞。
让死水酵成一沟绿酒,
漂满了珍珠似的白沫;
小珠们笑声变成大珠,
又被偷酒的花蚊咬破。
那么一沟绝望的死水,
也就夸得上几分鲜明。
如果青蛙耐不住寂寞,
又算死水叫出了歌声。
这是一沟绝望的死水,
这里断不是美的所在,
不如让给丑恶来开垦,
看他造出个什么世界。
The Stagnant Ditch
Wen Yiduo
Translation from the Net
Modified by:Linbnanbuyi
A ditch of stagnant water,hopeless it is,
No ruffle can be made by a piece of breeze.
Throw in more junk and scrap then,
And even all your leftovers.
Brass may take on an emerald patina,
Cans may rust in a pattern of peach petals;
Let scum weave a gauzy veil over the whole,
And let fungus generate some rosy clouds.
Let it ferment to a ditch of green wine,
Full of floating white foam like pearls;
Sniggering of small foams laugh into big ones
But bitten and broken by bibulous mosquitoes.
Such a ditch of hopeless, stagnant water
May boast some colors;
And if lonely frogs break the silence,
The stagnant water is singing,to all intents.
This is a ditch of stagnant water, hopeless,;
This, absolutely, is no abode of Beauty;
Plough it up, let the Demon of Ugliness,
And see what he can make of it.
重点单词
peachn. 桃子,桃树,桃红色 v. 揭发,检举
Stagnan tadj. 不流动的,不景气的
scrapn. 碎片,废品 vt. 舍弃,报废 vi. 打架
bacterian. (复数)细菌
noveltyn. 新奇,新奇的事物,小装饰
junkn. 垃圾,废旧杂物,中国平底帆船 vt. 丢弃
silencen. 沉默,寂静 vt. 使安静,使沉默
rustn. 铁,锈 vi. 生锈,变成红棕色 vt. 使 ..
patinan. 绿锈,铜绿,古色
ploughn. 犁,耕地 v. 用犁耕田,耕犁