William Wordsworth - Upon The Sight Of A Beautiful Picture 汉译

Painted By Sir G. H. Beaumont, Bart

Praised be the Art whose subtle power could stay

Yon cloud, and fix it in that glorious shape;

Nor would permit the thin smoke to escape,

Nor those bright sunbeams to forsake the day;

Which stopped that band of travellers on their way,

Ere they were lost within the shady wood;

And showed the Bark upon the glassy flood

For ever anchored in her sheltering bay.

Soul-soothing Art! whom Morning, Noontide, Even,

Do serve with all their changeful pageantry;

Thou, with ambition modest yet sublime,

Here, for the sight of mortal man, hast given

To one brief moment caught from fleeting time

The appropriate calm of blest eternity.

咏乔治·波蒙特爵士所作风景画一帧

赞美这丹青妙笔吧：它能叫浮云

停止飘游，凝成这一团明艳；

它不让这淡淡烟缕随风消散，

也不让这郎朗阳光晦暗阴沉；

它止住这些游人的脚步——趁他们

还不曾隐没于这片幽林背后；

波平如镜，它让这一叶轻舟

在湖湾僻静处，停靠得牢牢稳稳。

清晨，中午，黄昏，以变幻的姿容

供你入画，抚慰心魂的手笔！

你志趣高卓，却又朴实平易；

为了让凡人一开眼界，你从

急促流光里截取了这一瞬息，