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80首英文短诗翻译成中文后，绝了！

西外英语 · 公众号 · · 2021-01-31 22:20

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以下俳句皆为宋德利翻译家自写自译。

下面是宋先生的序，供参考。

近日，东西方艺术家协会主席娄德平先生邀请我为他翻译俳句集。但是在尚未收到诗稿的两天里，我却受他的启发，倒先写起了俳句，而且是用英文写的，属于英文原创吧。数了数，已经积累了80首。因为其他译事的关系，暂且搁笔。鉴于好久没有在这里发表新作了，便把这组英语俳句发来与大家分享。

俳句（音：排句），来源中国古代汉诗绝句，是日本的一种短诗，以三句十七音为一首，首句五音，次句七音，末句五音。后来传到美国，出现用英语写的俳句（Haiku），遵循的规则大致也是三句十七音为一首，首句五音，次句七音，末句五音。俳句有格律俳，就是讲究韵脚。但是也有宽松式的散俳，可以不押韵，字数和句数也不限。

今天下午我灵感突发，一气呵成，试做英俳一组，而后翻译成汉语，属于自写自译。笔者自定规则，句数一定是三句，音节一定是五七五，一三两句不押韵。但翻译成汉语，一三两句却必押韵。俳句，英文的说法，也可以是a Japanese form of light poetry consisting of 17 syllable。

说起来，这些小品只是自娱自乐的产物吧。不过，虽然如此，笔者也未敢有丝毫马虎，只是因为水平有限，难免有献丑之处，万望朋友谅解，并不吝赐教。

A bird is choking.

She fell in love with the moon.

But the moon refused.

小鸟儿哽咽

只因她爱上月亮

却遭到拒绝

The cloud smiles at me.

She wants to invite me to

Join her wedding feast.

云儿露笑脸

她想邀我去参加

她的结婚宴

A peach petal fell

Into the stream and scared the

Sleeping fish to death.

桃花瓣一只

落小溪将熟睡的

鱼儿吓半死

Lovely squirrel pushed

Open my window to give

Me a dream l lost.

松鼠推开窗

将我所遗失的梦

交到我手上

The sun is setting

To create the brilliant light

For tomorrow morn.

夕阳正西垂

为明天清晨营造

灿烂的光辉

My computer says

To write sorrowful stories

Is not what it loves.

电脑把口开

它说写哀伤故事

并非它所爱

The poems I composed

Ran away thru the window

With help of the moon

我诗刚写好

在月亮的帮助下

它却夺窗逃

Green rain stealthily

Entered my red dream last night

And became a sea.

绿雨夜窗外

潜入我红色的梦

变成一片海

The snowflakes madly danced

In the vast sea of my heart

And then formed icebergs.

雪花舞狂癫

入我心海都变成

一座座冰山

10.

Sunshine changed rain drops

Into pearls and strung them as

A neck ring for me

阳光把雨点

变成珍珠再为我

串一条项链

11.

I picked down the moon

From the night sky and hid it

Deeply in my poem.

我从夜空中

摘下月亮深深地

藏在我诗丛

12.

The twinkling stars scatter

In the fresh grass and became

Countless bright fireflies

闪闪的星星

散落草丛中变成

无数萤火虫

13.

The vast sea asks the

Yellow bleak desert whether it is

Thirsty all year round.

大海问荒凉

黄色的沙漠是否

常年渴得慌

14.

The west envies the

East ‘cause the red sun rises there

Without exception.

西方对东方

眼热因那里总是

升起红太阳

15.

Clock jumped down from the

Wall he said he was too tired

To serve me again.

挂钟从墙上

跳下说太累无法

再为我帮忙

16.

The stone has long been

Having a sweet dream with the

Kind earth peacefully.

石头很宁静

一直与善良的

大地做着美梦

17.

A group of words are

Weeping ‘cause they lost the way

To enter my poems.

有一组文字

在哭泣只因迷路

无法进我诗

18.

I reached out my hand.

The rose scolded me at once:

Never ever touch me!

我把手伸过。

玫瑰立即朝我喊

永远别碰我

19.

I’m humming a tune.

But the sparrow says the tune

Was stolen from her.

我在哼小曲

麻雀说都是我从

她那里偷取

20.

The power is gone

My eyes can give out light

I can still read books

突然就停电

我眼自己能发光

照样把书念

21.

Time is a sharp knife.

It carves deep rivers and high

Mountains in my faces.

时间是利刃

在我的脸上雕出

山高水又深

22.

Extreme joy leads sorrow.

Out of the deep misfortune

Comes bliss at the end.

乐极会生悲

祸到极点福会来

谁说这不对

即：乐极生悲，否极泰来。

23.

If soaked by hatred,

A heart will become a sea

Of vicious water.

若为恨浸泡

人心变成一片海

恶水逐浪高

24.

If moistened by love,

A heart will become a sea

Of gracious water.

若为爱滋润

人心变成海一片

善水万丈深

25.

Give love you and I

The world will be turned into

A beautiful land.

你我把爱献

这世界就能变成

美好的人间

即：只要人人献上一点爱，世界就会变成美好的人间。

26.

Fire burns very high,

When everybody adds

A little piece of wood.

每个人如果

都添加一点木柴

火焰高得多

即：众人拾柴火焰高。

27.

To be modest helps

A person to make progress

Forward on the road.

谦虚能帮助

人们在前进道路

上取得进步

即：谦虚使人进步。

28.

To be cocky makes

A person come to nothing

On the forward march.

骄傲能使人

在前进的道路上

成功丧失尽

即：骄傲使人落后。

29.

If work hard enough,

You can grind an iron rod

Into a small needle.

(namely perseverance spells success.)

如果肯用心

你能把铁棒磨成

小小一根针

即：只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。

30.

A distant

Journey can test strength

Of a horse.

A long task

Proves the character

Of a man.

远行可

检验一匹马

力几何

任务久

能证明人性

无保留

即：路遥知马力，日久见人心

31.

A flying moth darts

To fire is equal to a

Man seeks his own doom.

飞蛾将火扑

此事就等于有人

自寻自坟墓

即：飞蛾扑火，自取灭亡

32.

To catch tiger cubs,

One must bravely enter the

Deep lairs of tigers.

(nothing ventured, nothing gained)

要想抓小虎

必须勇敢无所惧

虎穴要深入

即：不入虎穴焉得虎子

33.

When the lips are lost,

The teeth will be exposed to

The external cold.

(share a common lot)

双唇若丢失

牙齿必然暴露于

外部寒冷里

即：唇亡齿寒。

35.

Skin has gone away,

To what you imagine hair

Attaches itself?

如果皮丢失

你能否猜出毛发

将附在哪里

即：皮之不存, 毛将焉附?

英语俳句（自写自译）（36 - 40）宋德利

36.

You should choose kind men

To get acquainted with and

Choose good books to read.

你应该挑选

好人相交并选择

好书阅读遍

即：择善人而交，择善书而读。

37.

You should choose kind words

To carefully listen to and

Choose good works to do.

你应该选择

善言而听并选择

好事要做多

即：择善言而听，择善行而从。

38.

To be angry is

To punish oneself with the

Mistakes of others.

生气就是拿

别人犯过的错误

来惩罚自家

39.

To forgive others

For their mistakes is to

Be kind to your heart.

如原谅别人

错误就等于善待

你自己的心

即：原谅他人错误，就是善待己心。

40.

To have more money

Is not always equal to

Having more pleasure.

拥有很多钱

未必等于有了钱

快乐多无限

即：未必钱多乐便多。

41.

Having more money

Has already brought troubles

Direct to your own.

拥有很多钱

早已将很多烦恼

招致你身边

即：财多累己招烦恼。

42.

Water constantly

Dripping can wear holes in stone

Due to working hard.

滴水不间断

长久终能把石穿

功夫实不浅

即：滴水穿石。

43.

To do nothing bad,

You can never have anyone

To hate you at all.

作恶没你份

世上永远不会有

他人把你恨

即：平生不做皱眉事，世上应无切齿人。

44.

To be able to

Give out your loving heart is

Your real good fortune.

只要能将你

的爱心奉献就是

你的真福气

即：能付出爱心就是福。

45.

To be able to

Get rid of your anxiety

Is your real wisdom.

只要能将你

的烦恼消除就是

你的真灵气

即：能排除烦恼就是慧。

46．

To conquer the world

Isn’t great but one can conquer

Oneself is greatest.

征服世界并

非伟大征服自己

才是最伟大

47.

To slander others

Is like to sling mud at them

And stain his mouth first.

诽谤别的人

好像含血去喷人

先污自己唇

48．

To hate other men

But the one suffering pain

Is just you yourself.

痛恨其他人

然而倍感痛苦者

正是你本人

49．

The nice medicine

Is bitter to the mouth but

Very good to the health.

良好的药物

对口是苦对健康

却大有好处

即：良药苦口利于病。

50．

The nice advice is

Unpleasant to hear but it

Is good to action.

善意的忠告

往往逆耳但它对

行动却很好

即：忠言逆耳利于行。

51.

One suffers from pain

Because he always tries to

Pursue the wrong things.

一个人痛苦

只因他总是追求

错误的事物

65．

Biggest enemy

Of a person is always

He himself indeed.

一个人最大

敌人正是他自己，

一点也不假

66.

The biggest failure

In the life of a person

Is to be cocky.

一人一生中

最大的失败就是

自大总逞能

67.

In a person’s life,

The biggest foolishness is

He always deceives.

一人一生中

最大的愚蠢就是

行骗有本领

68.

The most wretched thing in

The life of a person is

He’s always jealous.

一人一生中

最可怜就是见啥

都嫉妒眼红

69.

In a person’s life,

The most serious mistake is

To be of two minds.

一个一生中

最大的错误就是

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