英國語文第五冊(雙語):滑鐵盧(1)
Lesson 43 Waterloo
第四十三課 滑鐵盧
There was a sound of revelry by night,
夜深時分，人們縱酒狂歡，
And Belgium's capital had gathered then
比利時都城從四處集聚了
Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright
那么些美人和騎士，
The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men:
華燈把美女英雄照得好鮮亮；
A thousand hearts beat happily; and when
成千顆心快樂的跳著；然后聽見
Music arose with its voluptuous swell,
撩人的音樂海潮樣奔涌，
Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again,
溫柔的眼神之間人們眉目傳情，
And all went merry as a marriage bell;
大家都嬉笑作樂像敲響了婚鐘；
But hush! hark! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell.
可是聽！聽??！什么聲音像喪鐘在敲動；
Did ye not hear it?—No; 'twas but the wind,
你們聽見了嗎？——沒有；不過就是刮風，
Or the car rattling o'er the stony street;
或者是汽車在石街上開過咔噠作響；
On with the dance! let joy be unconfined;
繼續(xù)跳舞吧！讓大家快樂無極限；
No sleep till morn, when youth and pleasure meet,
青春與歡樂結伴，睡覺且等明朝，
To chase the glowing hours with flying feet:—
飛旋的舞步一齊追逐美好時光——
But hark! that heavy sound breaks in once more,
可是聽！——那種沉重的聲音又再敲響，
As if the clouds its echo would repeat;
云端像又再重復它的回聲；
And nearer, clearer, deadlier than before!—
近了，更清楚了，越來越可怕，越高！
Arm! arm! it is—it is—the cannon's opening roar!
拿起武裝！拿起武裝！這是——這是——敵人大炮在轟響！
Within a windowed niche of that high hall
高高廳堂里窗口的壁龕里
Sate Brunswick's fated chieftain: he did hear
滿意于不倫瑞克人的宿命的首領，他確實聽見
That sound the first amidst the festival,
喜慶音樂之中的第一個不和諧的聲響，
And caught its tone with death's prophetic ear;
他敏銳的耳朵捕捉到死亡預言的音調(diào)，
And when they smiled because he deemed it near,
死神在微笑只因他認定死亡已經(jīng)靠近，
His heart more truly knew that peal too well
他的心里更加明了喪鐘是在敲響
Which stretched his father on a bloody bier,
讓他淌血的父親在棺材里也伸展身體
And roused the vengeance blood alone could quell:
激起復仇的血液就可以平息戰(zhàn)亂
He rushed into the field, and foremost fighting fell.
他沖向戰(zhàn)場，首先開始奮戰(zhàn)。:
Ah! then and there was hurrying to and fro,
?。×⒖痰教幨羌娂妬y亂，
And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress,
眼淚飛濺，難過到不停抖顫，
And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago
臉頰都變蒼白，全不像一小時以前
Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness;
一聽到贊美它們就那樣羞紅；
And there were sudden partings, such as press
到處是突然的離別，年輕的胸腔
The life from out young hearts; and choking sighs
壓走了生命之氣息，發(fā)出令人窒息的嘆息，
Which ne'er might be repeated;—who could guess
分離的話再難重復；誰又猜得中
If ever more should meet those mutual eyes?
是否還能見那些眼睛的應答。
Since upon night so sweet such awful morn could rise.
既然夜這樣甜蜜，早晨就這樣可怕！
