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第二十二届“金秋诗会”诗歌赏析——　张洪怡　　[美]弗罗斯特　《长夜为伴》

2014.04.24

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ACQUAINTED WITH THE NIGHT

by Robert Frost

I have been one acquainted with the night.

I have walked out in rain—and back in rain.

I have outwalked the furthest city light.

I have looked down the saddest city lane.

I have passed by the watchman on his beat

And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.

I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet

When far away an interrupted cry

Came over houses from another street,

But not to call me back or say good-bye;

And further still at an unearthly height,

One luminary clock against the sky

Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right

I have been one acquainted with the night.

《长夜为伴》

[美]弗罗斯特张洪怡译

多少年来我已习惯与这长夜为伴

冒雨而出戴雨而归步履翩然

我也曾跨越都会最远的灯火阑珊

我曾凝视城市忧伤的窄巷深深

我曾擦肩经过更夫的击柝声声

眼帘深垂，无语答问

我曾驻足凝立，跫音寂然

静听从屋脊上远远飘来

临街一声被打断的呼喊

这并非唤我归去，或道再见

我只能看见在远离尘寰的空中

有时间的镜轮高悬

它告诉我时光无谓对错

我只是习惯了与这长夜为伴

　　弗罗斯特（1874～1963），美国诗人。著有诗集《波士顿北部》、《新罕布什尔》、《一个孩子的意愿》等。作品富于地方色彩，寓意深刻，诗句简朴，1949年出版诗歌全集。

　　张洪怡（1928～2013），上海译文出版社副编审，上海翻译家协会会员。从事英语编辑工作，业余翻译英语著作。主要翻译作品有：长篇小说《小妇人》、《待雨》，中短篇小说《毒药》、《兄弟》、《路》、《鬼情人》等，译有诗歌多篇。