「外國詩」七月．July（英國）Edward Thomas

          《七月．July》

Naught moves but clouds, and in the glassy lake

萬物靜謐 惟有流雲 晶瑩的湖泊

Their doubles and the shadow of my boat

雲影緩移 浮泛著舟影

The boat itself stirs only when I break

扁舟輕蕩 我用槳兒劃破

This drowse of heat and solitude afloat

沉沉的炎熱 和迷離的寂寞

To prove if what I see be bird or mote

為了辨認 望見的是鳥或纖塵

Or learn if yet the shore woods be awake

為了探明 湖畔樹林是否蘇醒

Long hours since dawn grew, spread, and passed on high

晨曦早已微明 彌漫 飄向晴空

And deep below, I have watched the cool reeds hung

又溶於碧波 我久久凝視冷冷的蘆葦

Over images more cool in imaged sky

影入雲天毿毿的水中 涼意更濃

Nothing there was worth thinking of so long

在這悠悠的時光 物我兩忘

All that the ring-doves say, far leaves among

遠處樹叢 班尾鴿禺禺細語

Brims my mind with content thus still to lie

我靜臥啼聽 恍惚置身仙境

Poem: July

Writer: Edward Thomas (1878-1917, 英國詩人)

Translator: 宗白華 (1897-1986, 中國詩人暨美學家)