湖心島茵尼斯弗利

威廉·巴特勒·葉芝

威廉·巴特勒·葉芝（William Butler Yeats）（1865～1939），亦譯“葉慈”、“耶茨”，愛爾蘭詩人、劇作家，著名的神秘主義者，是“愛爾蘭文藝複興運動”的領袖，也是艾比劇院（Abbey Theatre）的創建者之一，被詩人艾略特譽為"當代最偉大的詩人"。葉芝對戲劇也有濃厚的興趣，先後寫過26部劇本。

 

 

I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made:
Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honeybee,
And live alone in the bee-loud glade.
我就要起身走了，到茵尼斯弗利島，

造座小茅屋在那裡，枝條編牆糊上泥；

我要養上一箱蜜蜂，種上九行豆角，

獨住在蜂聲嗡嗡的林間草地。

 

And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,
Dropping from the veils of the mourning to where the cricket sings;
There midnight's all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,
And evening full of the linnet's wings.
那兒安甯會降臨我，安甯會慢慢兒滴下來，

從晨的面紗滴落到蛐蛐歌唱的地方；

那兒半夜閃着微光，中午染着紫紅光彩，

而黃昏織滿了紅雀的翅膀。

I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart's core.

我就要起身走了，因為從早到晚從夜到朝

我聽得湖水在不斷地輕輕拍案；

不論我站在馬路上還是在灰色人行道

總聽見它在我心靈深處呼喚。