Winter冬之歌

William Shakespeare

郭沫若(譯)

When icicles hang by the wall

And Dick the shepherd blows his nail

And Tom bears logs into the hall

And milk comes frozen home in pail,

When blood is nipped and ways be foul,

Then nightly sings the staring owl,

Tu-who;

Tu-whit,tu-who:a merry note,

While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.

When all aloud the wind doth blow

And coughing drowns the parson's saw

And birds sit brooding in the snow

And Marian's nose looks red and raw,

When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl,

Then nightly sings the staring owl,

Tu-who;

Tu-whit,tu-who:a merry note,

While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.

冰柱條條懸掛在巖梢，

牧羊人老李吹著他的手爪，

老唐把木柴抱進(jìn)了廳堂，

送來的牛奶凍在路上；

手足有凍瘡，路又不像樣，

梟鳥鼓著眼睛，夜：在唱

荒唐！

荒唐，荒唐！調(diào)子倒蠻響亮！

正在攪拌砂鍋，那油膩的蔣。

寒風(fēng)四處吹個(gè)不停，

咳嗽聲淹沒了牧師的講經(jīng)，

眾鳥棲息在雪地里的巢，

瑪良的鼻子凍成朵紅海椒；

酸林檎在缽子里啾啾地響，

梟鳥鼓著眼睛，夜：在唱

荒唐！

荒唐，荒唐！調(diào)子倒蠻響亮！

正在攪拌砂鍋，那油膩的蔣。

本詩選自莎士比亞的喜劇《愛的徒勞》，是在全劇結(jié)束時(shí)由一個(gè)名叫“冬天”的扮成貓頭鷹的丑角演唱的。本詩展現(xiàn)了一幅16世紀(jì)末英格蘭農(nóng)村冬季的民俗畫，一方面是寒風(fēng)瑟縮的冬景，另一方面是熱氣騰騰的場面，兩者形成對照，使冰雪寒冬充滿了蓬勃生機(jī)。