Theocritus: A Villanelle
O Singer of Persephone!
In the dim meadows desolate
Dost thou remember Sicily?
Still through the ivy flits the bee
Where Amaryllis lies in state;
O Singer of Persephone!
Simætha calls on Hecate
And hears the wild dogs at the gate;
Dost thou remember Sicily?
Still by the light and laughing sea
Poor Polypheme bemoans his fate:
O Singer of Persephone!
And still in boyish rivalry
Young Daphnis challenges his mate:
Dost thou remember Sicily?
Slim Lacon keeps a goat for thee,
For thee the jocund shepherds wait,
O Singer of Persephone!
Dost thou remember Sicily?
忒奧克利托斯:維拉涅拉
哦,帕爾賽弗涅的歌手!
在幽暗、荒蕪的牧場(chǎng),
你是否還記得西西里?
蜜蜂倏地飛進(jìn)常春藤,
阿瑪麗絲堂皇地躺著,
哦,帕爾賽弗涅的歌手!
西瑪薩前來拜訪赫卡特,
聽到一條野狗在門前狂吠,
你是否還記得西西里?
在明亮和歡笑的海邊,
可憐的波呂斐摩為命運(yùn)痛哭,
哦,帕爾賽弗涅的歌手!
年輕的達(dá)弗涅稚氣未脫,
執(zhí)拗地挑戰(zhàn)自己的同伴,
你是否還記得西西里?
纖瘦的拉孔為你照管那山羊,
快樂的牧羊者都在期盼你,
哦,帕爾賽弗涅的歌手!
你是否還記得西西里?