诗歌翻译：John Shaw Neilson – Love’s Coming

摘要

爱情正在来临

Love’s Coming

John Shaw Neilson

 

Quietly as rosebuds

Talk to the thin air,

Love came so lightly

I knew not he was there.

 

Quietly as lovers

Creep at the middle moon,

Softly as players tremble

In the tears of a tune;

 

Quietly as lilies

Their faint vows declare

Came the shy pilgrim:

I knew not he was there.

 

Quietly as tears fall

On a wild sin,

Softly as griefs call

In a violin;

 

Without hail or tempest,

Blue sword or flame,

Love came so lightly

I knew not that he came.

 

爱情正在来临

约翰·肖·尼尔森

 

静谧，一如玫瑰花蕾

絮语，对着稀薄的空气，

爱情的步履那么轻盈

我不知道他已来临。

 

静谧，有如恋人们蠕动

当月亮升到中天，

轻柔，像演奏者的颤抖

当曲调使他热泪涌流；

 

静谧，犹如幽谷百合

发出无声的誓言

羞怯的朝圣者挨近：

我不知道他已来临。

 

静谧，就像无用的眼泪

洒向一个弥天大罪，

轻柔，有如小提琴上

奏出了忧郁的呼唤；

 

不见暴风雨和冰雹

也没有火和闪光的刀，

爱情的步履那么轻盈

我不知道他已来临。

 

（李文俊 译）