应和(作者：劳伦斯·邓巴)

俞伟远

应和
作者：劳伦斯·邓巴

当菲莉斯叹息时眼中的光
凋零；我的心回应
伴着深深呼吸的惨痛
甚如与死神抗争

当菲莉斯微笑，她的一瞥
将我穿越被爱照亮的林间小道的心诱骗
越过高远和清澈的寂静
我听见一只鸣唱的莺

倘使她皱眉，便会降临绝望
我披上我的麻布长袍
请别皱眉，菲莉斯，我惧怕死去
待我就用微笑或叹息

俞伟远译于2018.6.11

REPONSE

When Phyllis sighs and from her eyes
The light dies out; my soul replies
With misery of deep-drawn breath,
E'en as it were at war with death.

When Phyllis smiles, her glance beguiles
My heart through love-lit woodland aisles,
And through the silence high and clear,
A wooing warbler's song I hear.

But if she frown, despair comes down,
I put me on my sack-cloth gown;
So frown not, Phyllis, lest I die,
But look on me with smile or sigh
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