appreciate the beauty of poetry

2007-04-14 16:07:24 / 个人分类：language interpretation

再别康桥 [徐志摩]

              轻轻的我走了，
　              正如我轻轻的来;
              我轻轻的招手,
　              作别西天的云彩.

              那河畔的金柳,
　              是夕阳中的新娘.
              波光里的艳影,
　              在我的心头荡漾.

              软泥上的青荇,
　              油油的在水底招摇;
              在康河的柔波里,
　              我甘心做一条水草.

              那榆荫下的一潭,
　              不是清泉，是天上虹.
              揉碎在浮藻间，
　              沉淀着彩虹似的梦。

              寻梦？撑一支长篙，
　              向青草更青处漫溯.
              满载一船星辉，
　              在星辉斑斓里放歌.

              但我不能放歌,
　              悄悄是别离的笙箫;
              夏虫也为我沉默,
　              沉默是今晚的康桥!

              悄悄的我走了,
　              正如我悄悄的来;
              我挥一挥衣袖,
　                不带走一片云彩.

translation

Saying Good-bye to Cambridge Again --- by Xu Zhimo

Very quietly I take my leave
As quietly as I came here;
Quietly I wave good-bye
To the rosy clouds in the western sky.

The golden willows by the riverside
Are young brides in the setting sun;
Their reflections on the shimmering waves
Always linger in the depth of my heart.

The floatingheart growing in the sludge
Sways leisurely under the water;
In the gentle waves of Cambridge
I would be a water plant!

That pool under the shade of elm trees
Holds not water but the rainbow from the sky;
Shattered to pieces among the duckweeds
Is the sediment of a rainbow-like dream?

To seek a dream? Just to pole a boat upstream
To where the green grass is more verdant;
Or to have the boat fully loaded with starlight
And sing aloud in the splendour of starlight.

But I cannot sing aloud
Quietness is my farewell music;
Even summer insects heep silence for me
Silent is Cambridge tonight!

Very quietly I take my leave
As quietly as I came here;Gently I flick my sleeves
Not even a wisp of cloud will I bring away