How Thought You That This
Thing Could Captivate
[英国] 阿尔弗莱德·丁尼生 Alfred Tennyson
作者简介
阿尔弗莱德·丁尼生Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892),英国维多利亚时代最走红的大诗人。丁尼生继承了浪漫派诗人华兹华斯、拜伦和济慈的传统,同时受到古希腊、罗马文学的影响。他早期的诗作清新、生动,富于想象力,著名诗篇《尤利西斯》描述了年老的尤利西斯追求新境界永不止息的精神。1833年他的挚友早逝,他经过17年的构思,写成组诗《悼念》表示纪念。这部组诗被认为是英国文学中最优秀的哀歌之一,给作者带来极大的声誉。维多利亚女王因而与他结交,并封他为“宫廷桂冠诗人”。
你怎么认为这能打动你的心?
怎样的优雅让她如此可爱?
她无聊地嘲弄,
没有根由地怨恨。
嘤嘤低语,
在耳边回响,
能让你在牙医与理发师的聒噪之后,
一周内精神焕发。
纤手舞动挥摇,花样万千,
眼睛瞟着邻人的衣装;
玉足浮摆,牵引我的视线;
天使的容颜——侍女的心意,
美妙绝伦的脸,
没有一丝表情,犹如扑克上的女王。
How thought you that this thing could captivate?
What are those graces that could make her
Who is not worth the notice of a sneer
To rouse the vapid devil of her hate?
A speech conventional, so void of weight
That after it has buzzed about one’s ear,
‘T were rich refreshment for a week to hear
The dentist babble or the barber prate.
A hand display with many a little art;
An eye that glances on her neighbour’s dress;
A foot too often shown for my regard;
An angel’s form—a waiting-woman’s heart;
A perfected-featured face, expressionless,
Insipid, as the Queen upon a card.