43 THE PARROTA True Story |
四十三 鹦鹉 |
Th omas Campbell |
托玛斯·坎贝尔 |
| The deep affections of the breast | 胸膛里蕴藏的无限深情， |
| That Heaven to living things imparts, | 原是上天对生命的赐予， |
| Are not exclusively possess'd | 这却并不是人类的心灵 |
| By human hearts. | 独有的天赋。 |
| A Parrot, from the Spanish main, | 一只鹦鹉，年轻，翅膀亮， |
| Full young and early caged came o'er, | 在笼中，从西班牙所豁的大陆 |
| With bright wings, to the bleak domain | 飘洋来到这马耳岛岸上—— |
| Of Mulla's shore. | 凄凉的国土。 |
| To spicy groves where he had won | 向芳香树丛（从这儿他获得 |
| His plumage of resplendent hue, | 一身羽毛，色彩绚烂）， |
| His native fruits, and skies, and sun, | 向青天，阳光，故乡的水果， |
| He bade adieu. | 他说声再见。 |
| For these he changed the smoke of turf, | 换来的是泥炭烧出的浓烟， |
| A heathery land and misty sky, | 石南满地长，天空雾茫茫， |
| And turn'd on rocks and raging surf | 他金色的眼睛转向巉岩 |
| His golden eye. | 和咆哮的海浪。 |
| But petted in our climate cold, | 仍受到宠爱，在寒冷地带， |
| He lived and chatter'd many a day: | 他活着，长时间喋喋不休： |
| Until with age, from green and gold | 到老迈，翅膀变灰白，不再 |
| His wings grew gray. | 金灿灿，绿油油。 |
| At last when blind, and seeming dumb, | 最后眼瞎了，像成了哑巴， |
| He scolded, laugh'd, and spoke no more, | 他骂人，傻笑，不再言语； |
| A Spanish stranger chanced to come | 一个西班牙人偶然到 |
| To Mulla's shore; | 达这马耳岛屿； |
| He hail'd the bird in Spanish speech, | 他用西班牙语来招呼鹦鹉， |
| The bird in Spanish speech replied; | 鹦鹉也用西班牙语答复； |
| Flapp'd round the cage with joyous screech, | 绕笼子振翅，喜极而尖呼， |
| Dropt down, and died. | 跌下来，死去。 |
| 屠 岸译 |
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