簡介
《希臘古瓮頌》為19世紀初浪漫主義詩人約翰·濟慈的作品。創作於1819年五月,於1820年匿名發表在雜誌《Annals of the Fine Arts》。
約翰·濟慈一生寫出了大量的優秀作品,其中包括
《聖艾格尼絲之夜
》《秋頌》《夜鶯頌》和
《致秋天》等名作,表現出詩人對大自然的強烈感受和熱愛,為他贏得巨大聲譽。
濟慈詩才橫溢,與
雪萊、拜倫齊名。他生平只有25歲,但其遺下的詩篇一直譽滿人間,被認為完美地體現了西方
浪漫主義詩歌的特色,並被推崇為歐洲
浪漫主義運動的傑出代表。他主張“美即是真,真即是美”,擅長描繪自然景色和事物外貌,表現景物的色彩感和立體感,重視寫作技巧,語言追求華美,對後世
抒情詩的創作影響極大。詩歌譯者,查良錚先生。
詩文
原文
Ode on a Grecian Urn
--by John Keats
1.
THOU still unravish'd bride of quietness,
Thou foster-child of silence and slow time,
Sylvan historian, who canst thus express
A flowery tale more sweetly than our rhyme:
What leaf-fring'd legend haunts about thy shape
Of deities or mortals, or of both,
In Tempe or the dales of Arcady?
What men or gods are these? What maidens loth?
What mad pursuit? What struggle to escape?
What pipes and timbrels? What wild ecstasy?
2.
Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard
Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on;
Not to the sensual ear, but, more endear'd,
Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone:
Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave
Thy song, nor ever can those trees be bare;
Bold Lover, never, never canst thou kiss,
Though winning near the goal—yet, do not grieve;
She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss,
For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair!
3.
Ah, happy, happy boughs! that cannot shed
Your leaves, nor ever bid the Spring adieu;
And, happy melodist, unwearied,
For ever piping songs for ever new;
More happy love! more happy, happy love!
For ever warm and still to be enjoy'd,
For ever panting, and for ever young;
All breathing human passion far above,
That leaves a heart high-sorrowful and cloy'd,
A burning forehead, and a parching tongue.
4.
Who are these coming to the sacrifice?
To what green altar, O mysterious priest,
Lead'st thou that heifer lowing at the skies,
And all her silken flanks with garlands drest?
What little town by river or sea shore,
Or mountain-built with peaceful citadel,
Is emptied of this folk, this pious morn?
And, little town, thy streets for evermore
Will silent be; and not a soul to tell
Why thou art desolate, can e'er return.
5.
O Attic shape! Fair attitude! with brede
Of marble men and maidens overwrought,
With forest branches and the trodden weed;
Thou, silent form, dost tease us out of thought
As doth eternity: Cold Pastoral!
When old age shall this generation waste,
Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe
Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say'st,
"Beauty is truth, truth beauty,"—that is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.
中文釋義
希臘古瓮頌
作者:約翰·濟慈
譯者:查良錚
1.
你委身“寂靜”的、完美的處子,
受過了“沉默”和“悠久”的撫育,
呵,田園的史家,你竟能鋪敘
一個如花的故事,比詩還瑰麗:
在你的形體上,豈非繚繞著
講著人,或神,敦陂或阿卡狄?
呵,是怎樣的人,或神!在舞樂前
多熱烈的追求!少女怎樣地逃躲!
怎樣的風笛和鼓謠!怎樣的狂喜!
2.
聽見的樂聲雖好,但若聽不見
卻更美;所以,吹吧,柔情的風笛;
不是奏給耳朵聽,而是更甜,
它給靈魂奏出無聲的樂曲;
樹下的美少年呵,你無法中斷
你的歌,那樹木也落不了葉子;
魯莽的戀人,你永遠、永遠吻不上,
雖然夠接近了——但不必心酸;
她不會老,雖然你不能如願以償,
你將永遠愛下去,她也永遠秀麗!
3.
呵,幸福的樹木!你的枝葉
不會剝落,從不曾離開春天;
幸福的吹笛人也不會停歇,
他的歌曲永遠是那么新鮮;
呵,更為幸福的、幸福的愛!
永遠熱烈,正等待情人宴饗,
永遠熱情地心跳,永遠年輕;
幸福的是這一切超凡的情態:
它不會使心靈饜足和悲傷,
沒有熾熱的頭腦,焦渴的嘴唇。
4.
這些人是誰呵,都去趕祭祀?
這作犧牲的小牛,對天鳴叫,
你要牽它到哪兒,神秘的祭司?
花環綴滿著它光滑的身腰。
是從哪個傍河傍海的小鎮,
來了這些人,在這敬神的清早?
呵,小鎮,你的街道永遠恬靜;
再也不可能回來一個靈魂
告訴人你何以是這么寂寥。
5.
喔,希臘的形狀!唯美的觀照!
上面綴有石雕的男人和女人,
還有林木,和踐踏過的青草;
沉默的形體呵,你象是“永恆”
使人超越思想:呵,冰冷的牧歌!
等暮年使這一世代都凋落,
只有你如舊;在另外的一些
憂傷中,你會撫慰後人說:
“美即是真,真即是美,”這就包括
你們所知道、和該知道的一切。