英语诗译读：R.S.托马斯的诗《黑鸟在歌唱》

A Blackbird Singing

It seems wrong that out of this bird ,

Black , bold , a suggestion of dark

Places about it , there yet should come

Such rich music , as though the notes'

Ore were changed to a rare metal

At one touch of that bright bill.

You have heard it often , alone at your desk

In a green April , your mind drawn

Away from its work by sweet disturbance

Of the mild evening outside your room.

A slow singer , but loading each phrase

With history's overtones , love , joy

And grief learned by his dark tribe

In other orchards and passed on

Instinctively as they are now ,

But fresh always with new tears.

Submitted by Andrew Mayers

R . C . Thomas

黑鸟在歌唱

不对吧，这粗鲁的

暗示其世界黑暗的黑鸟，

竟能唱出如此丰满的乐音，

仿佛它明亮的长喙

可以点石成金。

是的，在绿色的四月，

夜色温柔，你独伏书案，

常常，窗外蓦然就飘来它的歌声，

宛如甜蜜的惊扰，

轻叩你的心弦。

它唱啊，悠悠地，

每个吐词都饱含着爱、喜悦和伤悲，

还有历史的深意；

是在别的果园，在它那世界黑暗的家族，

这些深情和深意，被熟习和传递，

就如现在

永远带着催泪的新鲜气息。

黑夜中的飞翔 译

诗意简释

尽管身处黑暗，黑鸟仍然爱、喜悦和伤悲。以此，它的歌声丰满，动人，乃至催人泪下，犹如穿过黑暗的亮光，给我们以慰藉。