人的季节

The Human Seasons
人的季节
BY JOHN KEATS (March 1818)
济慈 (1818年3月)


Four Seasons fill the measure of the year;
There are four seasons in the mind of man:
He has his lusty Spring, when fancy clear
Takes in all beauty with an easy span:

一年之中，有四个季节来而复往，
人的心灵中，也有春夏秋冬；
他有蓬勃的春天，让天真的幻想
把天下美好的事物全抓到手中；

He has his Summer, when luxuriously
Spring's honied cud of youthful thought he loves
To ruminate, and by such dreaming high
Is nearest unto heaven: quiet coves

到了夏天， 他喜欢对那初春
年华的甜蜜思想仔细地追念，
沉湎在其中，这种梦使他紧紧
靠近了天国： 他的灵魂在秋天

His soul has in its Autumn, when his wings
He furleth close; contented so to look
On mists in idleness-to let fair things
Pass by unheeded as a threshold brook.

有宁静的小湾，这时候的他把翅膀
收拢起来， 他十分满足，自在，
醉眼蒙胧，尽让美丽的景象
像门前小河般流过，不去理睬；

He has his Winter too of pale misfeature,
Or else he would forego his mortal nature.

他也有冬天，苍白，变了面形；
不然，他就超越了人的本性。(屠岸译)

注释：济慈于1818年3月18日给友人贝莱(Bailey)的信里写有这首诗。但最初发表在 亨特的 > 1819年。此诗的英文韵式 为： abab cdcd efef gg. 屠岸 的译文的韵式为 abab cdcd aeae ff.