心儿灌水--勃朗宁夫人十四行诗

贺兰心儿

是绝不可能的失败－－哪怕我狠着心
Were most impossible failure, if I strove
追求这颠扑和失败。可是我向你看，
To fail so. But I look on thee -- on thee --

贺兰心儿

我看见了爱，还看到了爱的结局，
Beholding, besides love, the end of love,
听到了记忆外层的哪一片寂寥！
Hearing oblivion beyond memory!

贺兰心儿

就象从千层万丈之上，你向下眺望，
As one who sits and gazes from above,
只见滚滚的浪涛尽向大海里流。
Over the rivers of the bitter sea.

贺兰心儿

16.EEB
白朗宁夫人抒情十四行诗集第十六首
EBB "Sonnets from the Portuguese", No. XVI

然而，因为你完全征服了我，
And yet, because thou overcomest so,
因为你那样高贵、象尊严的帝皇，
Because thou art more noble and like a king,

贺兰心儿

你能消除我的惶恐，把你的
Thou canst prevail against my fears and fling
紫袍裹绕住我，直到我的心
thy purple round me, till my heart shall grow

贺兰心儿

跟你的贴得那么紧，再想不起
Too close against thine heart henceforth to know
当初怎样独自在悸动。那宣抚，
How it shook when alone. Why, conquering

贺兰心儿

就象把人践踏在脚下，一样是
May prove as lordly and complete a thing
威严和彻底完满的征服！就象
In lifting upward, as in crushing low!

贺兰心儿

投降的兵士捧着战刀呈交给
And as a vanquished soldier yields his sword
把他从血滩里搀扶起来的主人；
To one who lifts him from the bloody earth, --

贺兰心儿

亲爱的，我终于认了输，承认：
Even so, Beloved, I at last record,
我的抗拒到此为止。假如你召唤我，
Here ends my strife. If _thou_ invite me forth,

贺兰心儿

听着这话，我要从羞愧中站起。
I rise above abasement at the word.
扩大些你的爱，好提高些我的价值。
Make thy love larger to enlarge my worth.