心儿灌水--勃朗宁夫人十四行诗

贺兰心儿

雀跃，也不再象姑娘们，在鬓发间
Nor plant I it from rose- or Myrtle-tree,
插满玫瑰和桃金娘，却让它披垂，
As girls do, any more. It only may

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从一个老是歪着的头儿－－由于
Now shade on two pale cheeks the mark of tears
　忧郁的癖性－－披下来遮掩着泪痕。
Taught drooping from the head that hangs aside

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原以为理尸的剪刀会先把它收去，
Through sorrow's trick. I thought the funeral-shears
　可不想爱情的名份得到了确认。
Would take this first, but Love is justified, --

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收下吧，那上面有慈母在弥留时给儿女
Take it thou, ... finding pure, from all those years,
　印下的一吻－－这些年始终保持着洁净。
The kiss my mother left here when she died.

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19.EEB
白朗宁夫人抒情十四行诗集第十九首

心灵跟心灵也有市场和贸易，
The soul's Rialto hath its merchandize;
在那儿我拿卷发去跟卷发交换；
I barter curl for curl upon that mart,

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从我那诗人的前额，我收下了
And from my poet's forehead to my heart
这一束，几根发丝，在我心里
Receive this lock which outweighs argosies, --

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却重过了飘洋大船。它那带紫的乌亮，
As purply black, as erst to Pindar's eyes
在我眼里，就象当初平达所看见的
The dim purpureal tresses gloomed athwart

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斜披在缪斯玉额前暗紫色的秀发。
The nine white Muse-brows. From this counterpart, ...
为了媲美，我猜想那月桂冠的阴影
The bay-crown's shade, Beloved, I surmise,

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依然逗留在发尖－－爱，你看它
Still lingers on thy curl, it is so black!
有多么黑！我借轻轻的一吻，吐出
Thus, with a fillet of smooth-kissing breath,

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温柔的气息，绾住了那阴影，不让它
I tie the shadows safe from gliding back,
溜走；又把礼品放在最妥贴的地方－－
And lay the gift where nothing hindereth,