the miller’s daughter
alfred, lord tennyson
•
it is the miller's daughter,
and she is grown so dear, so dear,
that i would be the jewel
that trembles at her ear:
for hid in ringlets day and night,
i'd touch her neck so warm and white.
and i would be the girdle
about her dainty dainty waist,
and her heart would beat against me
in sorrow and in rest:
and i should know if it beat right,
i'd clasp it round so close and tight.
and i would be the necklace,
and all day long to fall and rise
upon her balmy bosom,
with her laughter or her sighs:
and i would lie so light, so light,
i scarce should be unclasp'd at night.
磨坊主千金
阿爾佛雷德•丁尼生 作
餘新 譯
她是磨坊主千金，
長大後，哦！出落得那樣可人，
我願意是那珠寶
搖晃在她的耳唇：
晝夜藏身于她的發鬓，
輕撫她的頸白淨溫存。
我願意是那裙帶，
纏繞于她的芳腰，
體察着她的心跳
在悲傷和安閑中：
該知道心跳是否安穩，
我擁抱着它那麼親近。
我願意是那項鍊，
一天到晚起落相伴
在她芳香的胸膛上，
伴随她的歡笑歎息：
輕輕、輕輕地卧在其身，
幾乎夜晚也不離分。
譯者簡介:
餘新，筆名餘心，中華詩詞學會會員，中國翻譯協會會員，中詩網中詩翻譯編委會編委，唐山詩學女工委主任。
