William Blake - Introduction 汉译

Piping down the valleys wild,

Piping songs of pleasure glee,

On a cloud I saw a child

And he laughing said to me:

‘Pipe a song about a lamb.’

So I piped with merry cheer;

‘Pipe, pipe that song again.’

So I piped; he wept to hear.

‘Drop thy pipe, thy happy pipe;

Sing thy songs of happy cheer.’

So I sung the same again,

While he wept with joy to hear.

‘Piper, sit thee down and write

In a book that all may read.’

So he vanished form my sight:

And I plucked a hollow reed,

And I made a rural pen,

And I stained the water clear,

And I wrote my happy songs

Every child may joy to hear.

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威廉·布莱克

我吹着牧笛从荒谷下来，

我吹出欢乐的曲调，

我看见云端上一个小孩，

他笑着对我说道：

“吹一支羔羊的歌曲！”

我就快活地吹了起来。

“吹笛人，再吹吹那支曲，”

我再吹，他听着流下泪来。

“放下那笛子，欢乐的笛子，

把你那快乐的歌儿唱一唱；”

我把那支歌唱上一次，

他听着，快活得泪儿汪汪。

“吹笛人，坐下来写成一本诗，

好让大伙儿都能读到。”

他说完就从我眼前消逝，

我拿起一根空心的芦草，

用它做成土气的笔一支，

把它蘸在清清的水里，

写下那些快乐的歌子，

让个个小孩听得欢喜。