《飞鸟集》选段中英文对照翻译

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By Rabindranath Tagore
泰戈尔著
1
Stray birds of summer come to my window to sing and fly away.
And yellow leaves of autumn, which have no songs, flutter and fall there with a sigh.
夏天的飞鸟，飞到我窗前唱歌，又飞去了。
秋天的黄叶，它们没有什么可唱，只叹息一声，飞落在那里。

2
The mighty desert is burning for the love of a blade of grass
who shakes her head and laughs and flies away.
广漠无垠的沙漠热烈地追求着一叶绿草的爱，
但她摇摇头，笑起来，飞了开去。

3
What you are you do not see,
what you see is your shadow.

4
"WE, the rustling leaves, have a voice that answers the storms, but who are you so silent?"
"I am a mere flower."
“我们，萧萧的树叶，都有声响回答那暴风雨，但你是谁呢，那样地沉默着？”
“我不过是一朵花。”

5
REST belongs to the work as the eyelids to the eyes.
休息之隶属于工作，正如眼睑之隶属于眼睛。

6
THE light that plays, like a naked child, among the green leaves happily knows not that man can lie.
光如一个赤裸的孩子，快快活活地在绿叶当中游戏，他不知道人是会欺诈的。

7
O beauty,find thyself in love, not in the flattery of thy mirror.
啊，美呀，在爱中找你自己吧，不要到你镜子的谄谀中去找呀。

8
"Moon, for what do you wait?"
"To salute the sun for whom I must make way."
“月儿呀，你等候什么呢？”
“要致敬意于我必须给他让路的太阳。”

9
The dry river-bed finds no thanks for its past.
干的河床，并不感谢他的过去。

10
THE bird wishes it were a cloud.
The cloud wishes it were a bird.
鸟儿愿为一朵云。
云儿愿为一只鸟。

11
Woman, when you move about in your household service your limbs sing like a hill stream among its pebbles.
妇人，你在料理家事的时候，你的手足歌唱着，正如山间的溪水歌唱着在小石中流过。

12
Do not blame your food because you have no appetite.
不要因为你自己没有胃口，而去责备你的食物。

13
The fish in the water is silent, the animal on the earth is noisy, the bird in the air is singing; but Man has in him the silence of the sea, the noise of the earth and the music of the air.
水里的游鱼是沉默的，陆地上的兽类是喧闹的，空中的飞鸟是歌唱着的；但是人类却兼有了海里的沉默，地上的喧闹，与空中的音乐。

14
God finds himself by creating.
上帝从创造中找到他自己。

15
Shadow, with her veil drawn, follows Light in secret meekness, with her silent steps of love.
阴影戴上她的面幕，秘密地，温顺地，用她的沉默的爱的脚步，跟在“光”后边。

16
Your idol is shattered in the dust to prove that God's dust is greater than your idol.
你的偶像委散在尘土中，这可证明上帝的尘土比你的偶像还伟大。

17
While the glass lamp rebukes the earthen for calling it cousin, the moon rises, and the glass lamp, with a bland smile, calls her, "My dear, dear sister."
玻璃灯因为瓦灯叫他做表兄而责备瓦灯，但当明月出来时，玻璃灯却温和地微笑着，叫明月为——“我亲爱的，亲爱的姊姊。”

18
Life is given to us, we earn it by giving it.
我们的生命是天赋的，我们惟有献出生命，才能得到生命。

19
God says to man, "I heal you therefore I hurt, love you therefore punish."
上帝对人说道：“我医治你，所以要伤害我，我爱你，所以要惩罚你。”

20
Thank the flame for its light, but do not forget the lampholder standing in the shade with constancy of patience.
谢谢火焰给你光明，但是不要忘了那执灯的人，他是坚忍地站在黑暗当中呢。

21
Tiny grass, your steps are small, but you possess the earth under your tread.
小草呀，你的足步虽小，但是你拥有你足下的土地。

22
God grows weary of great kingdoms, but never of little flowers.
上帝对于大帝国会生厌，却决不会厌恶那小小的花朵。

23
The woodcutter's axe begged for its handle from the tree.
The tree gave it.
樵夫的斧头，问树要斧柄。
树便给了他。

24
The mist, like love, plays upon the heart of the hills and brings out surprises of beauty.
雾，像爱情一样，在山峰的心上游戏，生出种种美丽的变幻。

25
We read the world wrong
and say that it deceives us.
我们把世界看错了，反说他欺骗我们。

26
Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves.
使生如夏花之绚烂，死如秋叶之静美。

27
The artist is the lover of Nature, therefore he is her slave and her master.
艺术家是自然的情人，所以他是自然的奴隶，也是自然的主人。

28
"How far are you from me, O Fruit?"
"I am hidden in your heart, O Flower."
“你离我有多少远呢，果实呀？”
“我是藏在你的心里呢，花呀。”

29
"YOU are the big drop of dew under the lotus leaf, I am the smaller one on its upper side," said the dewdrop to the lake.
露珠对湖水说道：“你，是在荷叶下面的大露珠，我是在荷叶上面的较小的露珠。”

30
The scabbard is content to be dull when it protects the keenness of the sword.
刀鞘保护刀的锋利，它自己则满足于它的迟钝。

31
The noise of the moment scoffs at the music of the Eternal.
瞬刻的喧声，讥笑着永恒的音乐。

32
The sadness of my soul is her bride's veil. It waits to be lifted in the night.
我灵魂里的忧郁就是她的新妇的面纱。这面纱等候着在夜间卸去。

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