The Arrow and the Song箭与歌

原作：【美国】亨利·沃兹沃斯·郎费罗

翻译、朗诵：柳渡

The Arrow and the Song
I shot an arrow into the air,
It fell to earth I knew not where;
For soswiftly it flew the sight,
Could not follow it in its flight.
I breathed a song into the air,
It fell to earth I knew not where;
For who has the sight so keen and strong,
That can follow the flight of a song.
Long,long afterwards in an oak,
I found the arrow still unbroke;
And the song,from beginning to end,
I found again in the heart of a friend.

箭与歌

我发一箭/直上空蒙，
掉落远方/无影无踪。
它的飞翔/只在瞬息，
谁的眼力/能够追及。
我歌一曲/对着云霄，
荡入世尘/无处寻找。
它的飞翔/飘忽不定，
谁的眼力/能够追寻。
多年以后/一棵橡树，
卡着旧箭/完好如初。
那首歌曲/从头至尾，
被那知音/铭刻心扉。
译记：郎费罗的这首名诗已有不少中译版本，试以律式音节诗的形式译之。原诗大部分诗行都是八音节，拙译统一为八音节四四顿，增强了节奏感。且植入汉诗特有的平仄基因，增加了旋律感，以期更能表达其婉转幽远的诗意。