[译诗] 观察黑鸟的十三种方式

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird 观察黑鸟的十三种方式

by Wallace Stevens 译/Q.

I

Among twenty snowy mountains, 二十座披雪的山峰中间， The only moving thing 唯一移动的事物 Was the eye of the blackbird. 是黑鸟的眼睛。

II

I was of three minds, 我有三种心思， Like a tree 像一棵树 In which there are three blackbirds. 上面有三只黑鸟。

III

The blackbird whirled in the autumn winds. 黑鸟在秋风中盘旋。 It was a small part of the pantomime. 这是哑剧中的一个小角色。

IV

A man and a woman 一个男人和一个女人 Are one. 是一体的。 A man and a woman and a blackbird 一个男人和一个女人和一只黑鸟 Are one. 是一体的。

V

I do not know which to prefer, 我不知道该偏爱哪个， The beauty of inflections 音调曲折之美 Or the beauty of innuendoes, 或暗示之美， The blackbird whistling 黑鸟啼叫 Or just after. 或啼叫之后。

VI

Icicles filled the long window 冰锥将长窗填满了 With barbaric glass. 野蛮的玻璃。 The shadow of the blackbird 黑鸟的影子 Crossed it, to and fro. 穿过它，来来回回。 The mood 情绪 Traced in the shadow 在影子中摹画 An indecipherable cause. 一个无法解析的缘由。

VII

O thin men of Haddam, 哦，哈丹姆消瘦的男人们， Why do you imagine golden birds? 你们为什么要想象金色的鸟儿？ Do you not see how the blackbird 你们看不见黑鸟是如何 Walks around the feet 绕着圈子行走在 Of the women about you? 你们的女人的脚边？

VIII

I know noble accents 我知道铿锵的声调 And lucid, inescapable rhythms; 和清晰、无可逃避的韵律； But I know, too, 但我也知道， That the blackbird is involved 黑鸟关乎于 In what I know. 我的所知所觉。

IX

When the blackbird flew out of sight, 当黑鸟飞出视野， It marked the edge 它标记着 Of one of many circles. 许多圆圈之一的边界。

X

At the sight of blackbirds 当看到黑鸟 Flying in a green light, 在绿光中飞行， Even the bawds of euphony 连兜售音韵的鸨母 Would cry out sharply. 也会高声尖叫。

XI

He rode over Connecticut 他乘着皇家马车 In a glass coach. 途径康涅狄格州。 Once, a fear pierced him, 一度，恐惧刺穿了他， In that he mistook 他误以为 The shadow of his equipage 马车的影子 For blackbirds. 是黑鸟。

XII

The river is moving. 河水流淌。 The blackbird must be flying. 黑鸟必在飞翔。

XIII

It was evening all afternoon. 整个下午都是晚上。 It was snowing 下着雪 And it was going to snow. 且将要下雪。 The blackbird sat 黑鸟坐在 In the cedar-limbs. 雪松的枝干上。