The Shadow on the Stone
[英]托马斯·哈代
Thomas Hardy
我从凯尔特石旁走过
她在花园中，苍白而孤单
我停步看着摇曳的树影
伴着节奏的摆动，
不时从石上掠过。
在我的印象里，这影子如此熟悉，
如她在园中干活时
头与肩所投下的影子。
我感觉她就在身后，
的确，我们分开已久，
因此我说：“我知道你就在身后，
但你怎么也会走这条老路呢？”
没有任何回答，除了一片叶子
黯然飘落；我不愿回头证实
这一切不过是幻觉，
唯恐哀伤决堤。
然而，我想亲眼看看
我的身后确实没人；
但我转念一想：“不，我不能打破这幻想，
无论怎样，就让那可能的影子存在吧。”
于是，我轻轻走出这林间空地，
让她的影子在我身后显现，
仿佛她真的是幽灵——
我没有回头，以免打碎这幻梦。
I went by the Druid stone
That broods in the garden white and lone，
And I stopped and looked at the shifting shadows，
That at some moments fall thereon
From the tree hard by with a rhythmic swing，
And they shaped in my imagining
To the shade that a well-known head and shoulders
Threw there when she was gardening.
I thought her behind my back，
Yea， her I long had learned to lack，
And I said："I am sure you are standing behind me，
Though how do you get into this old track？"
And there was no sound but the fall of a leaf
As a sad response；and to keep down my grief
I would not turn my head to discover
That there was nothing in my belief.
Yet I wanted to look and see
That nobody stood at the back of me；
But I thought once more："Nay， I'll not unvision
A shape which， somehow， there may be."