惠特曼 (Walt Whitman)

O Captain! My Captain! 哦.船长,我的船长!  One’s-Self I Sing 我歌唱一个人的自身  To Foreign Lands 给异邦  To You 给你  A Noiseless Patient Spider 一只沉默而耐心的蜘蛛  As Adam, Early In The Morning 象亚当那样,在一天清早  The Ship Starting 起程的船  We Two—How Long We were Fool’d 我俩,我们被愚弄了这么久  I Heard You, Solemn-sweet Pipes of the Organ 我听见你,庄严美妙的管风琴  One Hour to Madness and Joy 一小时的狂热和喜悦 


O Captain! My Captain! 哦.船长,我的船长!

O Captain! My Captain!

O Caption! my Captain! our fearful trip is done;
The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won;
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring:
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.

O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up--for you the flag is flung--for you the bugle trills; 10
For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths--for you the shores a-crowding;
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;
Here Captain! dear father!
This arm beneath your head;
It is some dream that on the deck,
You've fallen cold and dead.

My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;
The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;
From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won; 20
Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!
But I, with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead. 

哦.船长,我的船长!

哦.船长,我的船长!我们险恶的航程已经告终,
我们的船安渡过惊涛骇浪,我们寻求的奖赏已赢得手中。
港口已经不远,钟声我已听见,万千人众在欢呼呐喊,
目迎着我们的船从容返航,我们的船威严而且勇敢。
可是,心啊!心啊!心啊!
哦.殷红的血滴流泻,
在甲板上,那里躺着我的船长,
他已倒下,已死去,已冷却。

哦,船长,我的船长!起来吧,请听听这钟声,
起来,——旌旗,为你招展——号角,为你长鸣。
为你.岸上挤满了人群——为你,无数花束、彩带、花环。
为你,熙攘的群众在呼唤,转动着多少殷切的脸。
这里,船长!亲爱的父亲!
你头颅下边是我的手臂!
这是甲板上的一场梦啊,
你已倒下,已死去,已冷却。

我们的船长不作回答,他的双唇惨白、寂静,
我的父亲不能感觉我的手臂,他已没有脉搏、没有生命,
我们的船已安全抛锚碇泊,航行已完成,已告终,
胜利的船从险恶的旅途归来,我们寻求的已赢得手中。
欢呼,哦,海岸!轰鸣,哦,洪钟!
可是,我却轻移悲伤的步履,
在甲板上,那里躺着我的船长,
他已倒下,已死去,已冷却。

(江枫译)


One’s-Self I Sing 我歌唱一个人的自身

One’s-Self I Sing

One’S-SelF I sing—a simple, separate Person; 
Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-masse. 
  
Of Physiology from top to toe I sing; 
Not physiognomy alone, nor brain alone, is worthy for the muse—I say the
    Form complete is worthier far; 
The Female equally with the male I sing.
  
Of Life immense in passion, pulse, and power, 
Cheerful—for freest action form’d, under the laws divine, 
The Modern Man I sing.

我歌唱一个人的自身

我歌唱一个人的自身、一个单一的个别的人、
不过要用民主的这个词、全体这个词的声音。

我歌唱从头到脚的生理学,
我说不单只外貌和脑子,整个形体更值得歌吟,
而且,与男性平等,我也歌唱女性。

我歌唱现代的人,
那情感、意向和能力上的巨大生命,
他愉快、能采取合乎神圣法则的最自由的行动。
                  李野光译


To Foreign Lands 给异邦

To Foreign Lands.

I heard that you ask’d for something to prove this puzzle, the New World, 
And to define America, her athletic Democracy; 
Therefore I send you my poems, that you behold in them what you wanted.

给异邦

我听说你们要寻求一些东西来说明新大陆这个谜,
来给亚美利加以定义,给她竞技的民主以定义;
所以我就把我的诗送给你们,你们可以从其中看到你
  们要知道的东西。
                 屠岸译


To You 给你

To You

Stranger! if you, passing, meet me, and desire to speak to me, why should you
	not speak to me? 
And why should I not speak to you?

给你

陌生人哟,假使你偶然走过我身边并愿意和我说话,
  你为什么不和我说话呢?
我又为什么不和你说话呢?
                楚图南译


A Noiseless Patient Spider 一只沉默而耐心的蜘蛛

A Noiseless Patient Spider

A NOISELESS, patient spider,
I mark'd, where, on a little promontory, it stood, isolated;
Mark'd how, to explore the vacant, vast surrounding,
It launch'd forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself;
Ever unreeling them--ever tirelessly speeding them.

And you, O my Soul, where you stand,
Surrounded, surrounded, in measureless oceans of space,
Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing,--seeking the spheres, to connect them;
Till the bridge you will need, be form'd--till the ductile anchor hold;
Till the gossamer thread you fling, catch somewhere, O my Soul. 10 

一只沉默而耐心的蜘蛛

一只沉默而耐心的蜘蛛,
我注意它孤立地站在小小的海岬上.
注意它怎样勘测周围的茫茫空虚,
它射出了丝,丝,丝,从它自己之小,
不断地从纱绽放丝,不倦地加快速率。

而你——我的心灵啊,你站在何处,
被包围被孤立在无限空间的海洋里,
不停地沉思、探险、投射、寻求可以连结的地方,
直到架起你需要的桥,直到下定你韧性的锚,
直到你抛出的游丝抓住了某处,我的心灵啊!
                      飞 白译


As Adam, Early In The Morning 象亚当那样,在一天清早

As Adam, Early In The Morning 

AS Adam, early in the morning,
Walking forth from the bower, refresh'd with sleep;
Behold me where I pass--hear my voice--approach,
Touch me--touch the palm of your hand to my Body as I pass;
Be not afraid of my Body.

象亚当那样,在一天清早

象亚当那样,在一天清早,
精神已由睡眠恢复,我从屋子里走出来,
你看着我走过吧——听我的声音吧——走近来吧,
抚触我吧——当我走过的时候,把你的手掌抚触我的身体吧;
不要怕我的身体。
                 屠岸译


The Ship Starting 起程的船

The Ship Starting

Lo! the unbounded sea! 
On its breast a Ship starting, spreading all her sails—an ample Ship,
	carrying even her moonsails; 
The pennant is flying aloft, as she speeds, she speeds so stately—below,
	emulous waves press forward, 
They surround the Ship, with shining curving motions, and foam.

起程的船

看!这漫无边际的海!
在它的胸脯上有一只船在起程,在张起她所有的帆——
  一只大船,连她的月帆也张起了;
三角旗高高地飘着,在她突进的时候,她那么庄严地
  突进着——下面,竞争的波涛向前追逼,
它们包围这只船,以发光的曲线能动作,和泡沫。
                 屠岸译


We Two—How Long We were Fool’d 我俩,我们被愚弄了这么久

We Two—How Long We were Fool’d

We two—how long we were fool’d! 
Now transmuted, we swiftly escape, as Nature escapes; 
We are Nature—long have we been absent, but now we return; 
We become plants, leaves, foliage, roots, bark; 
We are bedded in the ground—we are rocks;
We are oaks—we grow in the openings side by side; 
We browse—we are two among the wild herds, spontaneous as any; 
We are two fishes swimming in the sea together; 
We are what the locust blossoms are—we drop scent around the lanes, mornings and
	evenings; 
We are also the coarse smut of beasts, vegetables, minerals;
We are two predatory hawks—we soar above, and look down; 
We are two resplendent suns—we it is who balance ourselves, orbic and stellar—we
	are as two comets; 
We prowl fang’d and four-footed in the woods—we spring on prey; 
We are two clouds, forenoons and afternoons, driving overhead; 
We are seas mingling—we are two of those cheerful waves, rolling over each other, and
	interwetting each other;
We are what the atmosphere is, transparent, receptive, pervious, impervious: 
We are snow, rain, cold, darkness—we are each product and influence of the globe; 
We have circled and circled till we have arrived home again—we two have; 
We have voided all but freedom, and all but our own joy.

我俩,我们被愚弄了这么久

我俩,我们被愚弄了这么久,
可现在变了,我们迅速逃走,像大自然一样逃
    走,
我们就是大自然,我们离开这里已经很久,但
    是如今回来了,
我们变成植物、树干、树叶、树根和树皮,
我们被安置在地里、我们是岩石,
我们是橡树,我们并排地生长在林中的空地,
我们吃草,我们是野牛群中的两只,如大家一
    样自然,
我们是在海中一起游泳的两条鱼,
我们是刺槐的花朵,我们早晚在小巷周围散发
    香气,
我们也是兽类、植物、矿物的粗劣斑点,
我们是两只肉食的苍鹰,我们翱翔在高空,俯
    视下面,
我们是两个灿烂的太阳,我们在像星球般平衡
    着自己,我们是两颗彗星,
我们张牙舞爪地在树林巾梭巡,我们向猎物跃
    进,
我们是午前午后在上空奔驰的两朵云,
我们是交混的海洋,我们是两个欢乐的浪头,
    在互相浇泼和连环翻滚,
我们是大气、明澈而善于接受,有时能穿透,
    有时不能,
我们是冰雪,雨水,寒冷,黑暗,我们是地球
    上的每种势力和产品,
我们绕了一圈又一圈,最后我们又回到家里,
    我俩,
我们避免了—切,除了自由和我们自己的欢欣。
                  李野光译


I Heard You, Solemn-sweet Pipes of the Organ 我听见你,庄严美妙的管风琴

I Heard You, Solemn-sweet Pipes of the Organ 

I Heard you, solemn-sweet pipes of the organ, as last Sunday morn I pass’d the
	church; 
Winds of autumn!—as I walk’d the woods at dusk, I heard your long-stretch’d
	sighs, up above, so mournful; 
I heard the perfect Italian tenor, singing at the opera—I heard the soprano in the
	midst of the quartet singing; 
... Heart of my love!—you too I heard, murmuring low, through one of the wrists
	around my head; 
Heard the pulse of you, when all was still, ringing little bells last night under my
	ear.         

我听见你,庄严美妙的管风琴

我听见你,庄严美妙的管风琴,在上个礼拜天我
    经过教堂的时候,
秋天的风,我听见你在高空那悠长的叹息,多么
    悲伤,当我傍晚在林中散步的时候,
我听见完美的意大利男高音在歌剧院演唱,我
    听见女高音在四重唱中高歌;
我心爱的意中人啊!通过你那挽着我头颈的手腕,
    我也听见了你的喁喁之声,
听见你的脉搏昨夜万籁俱寂时在我的耳下摇着
    小小的银铃。
                  李野光译


One Hour to Madness and Joy 一小时的狂热和喜悦

One Hour to Madness and Joy

One hour to madness and joy! 
O furious! O confine me not! 
(What is this that frees me so in storms? 
What do my shouts amid lightnings and raging winds mean?) 
  
O to drink the mystic deliria deeper than any other man!
O savage and tender achings! 
(I bequeath them to you, my children, 
I tell them to you, for reasons, O bridegroom and bride.) 
  
O to be yielded to you, whoever you are, and you to be yielded to me, in defiance of the
	world! 
O to return to Paradise! O bashful and feminine!
O to draw you to me—to plant on you for the first time the lips of a determin’d
	man! 
  
O the puzzle—the thrice-tied knot—the deep and dark pool! O all untied and
	illumin’d! 
O to speed where there is space enough and air enough at last! 
O to be absolv’d from previous ties and conventions—I from mine, and you from
	yours! 
O to find a new unthought-of nonchalance with the best of nature!
O to have the gag remov’d from one’s mouth! 
O to have the feeling, to-day or any day, I am sufficient as I am! 
  
O something unprov’d! something in a trance! 
O madness amorous! O trembling! 
O to escape utterly from others’ anchors and holds!
To drive free! to love free! to dash reckless and dangerous! 
To court destruction with taunts—with invitations! 
To ascend—to leap to the heavens of the love indicated to me! 
To rise thither with my inebriate Soul! 
To be lost, if it must be so!
To feed the remainder of life with one hour of fulness and freedom! 
With one brief hour of madness and joy.

一小时的狂热和喜悦

来一小时的狂热和喜悦吧!猛烈些,不要限制我呀! 
(那在大雷雨中把我解放的是什么呢? 
我在狂风闪电中的叫喊意味着什么呢?) 

我比谁都更深地沉醉在神秘的亢奋中吧! 
这些野性的温柔的疼痛啊!(我把它们遗赠给你们,我的孩
  子们, 
我以某些理由把它们告诉给你们,新郎和新娘啊!) 
我完全委身于你无论什么人,你也不顾一切地委身于我! 
回到天堂去啊,腼腆而娇柔的人哟! 
把你拉到我身边来,给你头一次印上一个坚实的男人的吻。 

啊,那困惑,那打了三道的结,那幽暗的深潭,全都解开
  了,照亮了! 
啊,向那个有足够空隙和空气的地方最后挺进! 
摆脱从前的束缚和习俗,我摆脱我的,你摆脱你的! 
采取一种新的从设想到过的对世上一切都漠不关心的态度! 
把口箝从人的嘴上摘掉! 
要今天或任何一天都感觉到象现在这样我已经够了。 
啊,有的东西还不曾证实,有的东西还恍惚如梦! 
要绝对避免别人的支撑和掌握! 
要自由地驰骋!自由地爱!无所顾忌地狠狠地猛冲! 
让毁灭来吧,给它以嘲弄,发出邀请! 
向那个给我指出了的爱之乐园上升、跳跃! 
带着我的酒醉的灵魂向那里飞腾! 
如果必要的话,就让给毁掉吧! 
飨给生命的余年以一个小时的满足和自由啊! 
给以短短一个小时的癫狂和豪兴! 
                   李野光译


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