How Do I Love Thee100首英语爱情诗迻译(十八)

伊丽莎白·芭蕾特·布朗宁Elizabeth Barrett

Browning，(1806-1861)是英国维多利亚时代最受人尊敬的诗人之一。她一生写了大量诗歌，如《诗集》《葡萄牙十四行诗集》等。她诗歌创作的主题一是抒发生活之情；二是争取妇女解放，表现了进步的理想。而她的爱情诗主要写了她与丈夫间至死不渝的纯真爱情，为后世所景仰歌颂。

诗歌选辑（一）

Indeed this very love which is my boast

Indeed this very love which is my boast,

And which, when rising up from breast to brow,

Doth crown me with a ruby large enow

To draw men's eyes and prove the inner cost, ...

This love even, all my worth, to the uttermost,

I should not love withal, unless that thou

Hadst set me an example, shown me how,

When first thine earnest eyes with mine were crossed

And love called love. And thus, I cannot speak

Of love even, as a good thing of my own.

Thy soul hath snatched up mine all faint and weak

And placed by thee on a golden throne, --

And that I love (O soul, we must be meek!)

Is by thee only, whom I love alone.

注：

1.boast:自负；引以为豪的事物

2. Doth crown me with a ruby large enow: enow,足够的，充分的，相当于enough；Doth是垫词，放在句中增加一个音节组成十个音节来合律。

3. withal: 而且，同样

4. love called love：爱呼唤爱，心心相印

5. meek:温顺的；驯服的

汉语七言译诗

爱缘

天赐情郎堪自豪，

爱由心起上眉端，

宝石硕大嵌皇冠，

光彩照人稀世宝。

浮生修来琴瑟好，

情窦未开我犯难，

幸得君身作垂范，

一见钟情肝胆照。

我本枯木幸逢春，

安可自诩兰蕙心。

君心扶我怯弱身，

轻放宝座镶黄金。

春风雨露恋情深，

相偎相依唯爱君。

（峨以译）

现代文参考译文

说真的，就是这为我所夸耀的爱吧，当它从胸房涌上眉梢，给我加上

一顶皇冠－－那一颗巨大的红宝石，光彩夺目，让人知道它价值连城……就算我这全部的、最高成就的爱吧，我也不懂得怎样去爱，要不是你

先立下示范，教给我该怎么办－－当你恳切的目光第一次对上了

我的目光，而爱呼应了爱。很明白，即使爱，我也不能夸说是我的美德。

是你，把我从一片昏迷的软乏中

抱起，高置上黄金的宝座，靠近在

你的身旁。而我懂得了爱，只因为

紧挨着你－－我唯一爱慕的人。

诗歌赏析

伊丽莎白15岁时不幸骑马跌损了脊椎，从此下肢瘫痪达24年。在她39岁那年，结识了小她6岁的诗人罗伯特·勃朗宁，在后者的追求下最终爱情战胜一切嫁给了他，瘫痪也奇迹般恢复。这首诗选自其爱情组诗《葡萄牙十四行诗集》，充满爱意地简述了相爱经历，她把丈夫比作稀世珍宝，被宠幸抬上黄金宝座，表达了她对丈夫的无限敬仰和感激。全诗为五音步抑扬格，韵律为ABBA CDDC EFEFEF。

诗歌选辑（二）

How Do I Love Thee?

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height

My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight

For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.

I love thee to the level of every day's

Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.

I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;

I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.

I love thee with the passion put to use

In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.

I love thee with a love I seemed to lose

With my lost saints -- I love thee with the breath,

Smiles, tears, of all my life! -- and, if God choose,

I shall but love thee better after death.

注释：

1.ends of Being：宇宙的疆界；Grace：恩泽，慈悲；

2. turn from praise：回避赞美

3. with the passion put to use In my old griefs：以犹如往昔满怀心酸的心情去热爱

4. lose with my lost saints:随着业已消失的圣者而消失（的爱情）