【閱讀】《The Song of Wandering Aengus》by William Butler Yeats

The Song of Wandering Aengus／ William Butler Yeats

I went out to the hazel wood,

Because a fire was in my head,

And cut and peeled a hazel wand,

And hooked a berry to a thread;

And when white moths were on the wing,

And moth-like stars were flickering out,

I dropped the berry in a stream

And caught a little silver trout.

When I had laid it on the floor

I went to blow the fire a-flame,

But something rustled on the floor,

And some one called me by my name:

It had become a glimmering girl

With apple blossom in her hair

Who called me by my name and ran

And faded through the brightening air.

Though I am old with wandering

Through hollow lands and hilly lands,

I will find out where she has gone,

And kiss her lips and take her hands;

And walk among long dappled grass,

And pluck till time and times are done

The silver apples of the moon,

The golden apples of the sun.



流浪者安格斯之歌／譯文引用自網路

我遊蕩到一片榛木林，

因為心中有團火，

削下一段榛木棒，剝去樹皮，

在釣線上鉤顆漿果；

當白蛾振翼時，

當星星若飛蛾般閃爍，

我把漿果拋入溪中

釣起一尾小銀鱒。

我將銀鱒放在地上

把火吹旺，

地板上沙沙作響，

有人叫喚我的名字：

鱒魚變成一個發光的少女

頭上插朵蘋果花

她邊叫我的名字，邊跑

消失在耀眼的天邊。

久經流浪，我已老朽

穿越崎嶇的高原和山谷，

我也要找到她的去向，

親她的嘴，牽她的手；

走過斑點燦爛的草地，

任時光流逝，摘取

月亮的銀蘋果，

太陽的金蘋果。