好诗献给你 (5)为国捐躯 Dulce Et Decorum Est
Dulce Et Decorum Est – Wilfred Owen
为国捐躯 – Wilfred Owen
Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
深深地弯下腰,就像压在麻包下的老乞丐,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
两腿内弯,像丑陋的老太婆在咳嗽,我们咒骂着穿过污秽,
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs. And towards our distant rest began to trudge.
直到闪耀的火光浮现,我们才背转身,向着我们遥远的憩息处开始跋涉。
Men marched asleep.
人们在昏昏欲睡中行军。
Many had lost their boots But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;
许多人丢掉了鞋子但却瘸行,穿着带血的鞋。都变瘸了,都失去了控制;
Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots Of disappointed shells that dropped behind.
都因疲惫而迷醉,全然听不见落在背后令人失望的炮弹的轰鸣。
Gas! Gas! Quick, boys! – An ecstasy of fumbling, Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time;
毒气!毒气!兄弟们,快!——一阵狂乱的摸索,刚刚掐着时间套好笨拙的面具;
But someone still was yelling out and stumbling, And flound’ring like a man in fire or lime…
但是仍有人在呼救,在蹒跚、在挣扎,一边挣扎,好像人掉进了烈火和石灰…
Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light, As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.
屋外灰蒙蒙一片,透过挂满露珠的窗玻璃和窗外泛着浓绿色的光线,我看到他淹没在绿色的海洋里。
In all my dreams, before my helpless sight, He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.
在我所有的梦中,在我感到无助和恐怖的时刻,他总是冲向我,一会儿在水中左右摇摆、挣扎,被水淹没,
If in some smothering dreams you too could pace Behind the wagon that we flung him in,
如果在令人窒息的梦中你也能迈步,跟随我们将他扔进的那辆大车,
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face, His hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin;
望着他的脸上白色的眼珠不停地转动,他的一张吊死鬼的脸,就像恶魔一样可怖;
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
如果你也能听见血液随着每次颠簸咕咕地从被泡沫腐蚀的肺部涌出,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,
猥琐如癌症,苦涩如那反刍物,无药可医的恶疮感染了无辜的舌头,
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest To children ardent for some desperate glory,
我的朋友,你就不会带着如此高涨的豪情向那些燃烧着荣耀欲火的孩子们宣谕,
The old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est Pro patria mori.
那古老的谎言:“美哉!宜哉!”为祖国牺牲愉快而又光荣。
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栏目介绍:
《Words For You》收录了英国拥有最动人嗓音的12位演员朗读的27首最伟大的诗篇 ,并以古典音乐作为背景。在贝多芬的第8钢琴奏鸣曲(悲怆)下,Joanna Lumley颂读着莎士比亚的第18首十四行诗;罗伯特·勃朗宁的Home Thoughts, From Abroad配上了德沃夏克的第9号交响曲(新世界)……
参与朗读的Alison Steadman说:“我很高兴能成为Words For You的一份子,这是个伟大的想法,它一定能起到推广诗歌的作用”。
所有的朗读者都放弃了自己的版税,以为英国慈善机构 I CAN 做出更多的贡献。
诗歌作者介绍:
这是战争诗人欧文24岁时写下的诗句。欧文在写下这首诗歌后回到了前线,获得了军功十字勋章,于停战日前一周阵亡。
Wilfred Owen:(Wilfred Edward Salter Owen,1893年3月18日-1918年11月4日)是一名英国诗人和军人,被视为第一次世界大战最重要的诗人。由于受到诗人朋友萨松(Siegfried Sassoon)的深切影响,他在那些震憾人心及极具现实感的战争诗篇中,每每描写出战壕和毒气的可惧。欧文一些有名的著作大多是在他死后出版,包括Dulce Et Decorum Est, Anthem for Doomed Youth,Futility和Strange Meeting。1919年编辑出版的诗集序言引用了他不少的佳句,尤其是 ‘War, and the pity of War’ ‘the Poetry is in the pity’。据传他是在战争结束前的一个礼拜阵亡于Sambre-Oise Canal的,因为当欧文的死讯传到他的故乡时,当地的教堂钟声刚好宣布战争结束了。