雙語詩歌·我自己的真正的家族

我自己的真正的家族

My Own True Family

泰德·休斯

Ted Hughes

泰德·休斯（Ted Hughes，1930-1998），英國二十世紀(jì)中后期的重要詩人。他的詩在英美現(xiàn)代詩歌中獨樹一幟，有著自己獨特的風(fēng)格和主題。最為突出的就是他的動物詩及其有關(guān)暴力的主題。他常用一雙敏感而銳利的眼睛，一顆靈動的心，把動物的天性與自然生物品格化，人格化，以寫動物、植物來表現(xiàn)他對人生、人性、人世的理解與認識。詩中濃縮而鮮明的意象，精練而大膽的語言，粗礪鏗鏘的節(jié)奏，沉郁冷峻的格調(diào)，都為他的詩作添加了不同尋常的異彩。

有一次我悄悄進入橡樹林——我尋找一頭鹿。

Once I crept in an oakwood — I was looking for a stag .

我遇見個老太婆——一身疙瘩的枯柴棒加破布。

I met an old woman there — all knobbly stick and rag.

她說：“你的秘密在我的小口袋里，我全有數(shù)?！?/p>

She said: "I have your secret here inside my little bag."

于是，她開始咯咯笑，我開始發(fā)抖。

Then she began to cackle and I began to quake .

她打開她的小口袋，我一而再地意識到——

She opened up her little bag and I came twice awake —

一個族群在圍著我看，我在木樁上被捆牢。

Surrounded by a staring tribe and me tied to a stake.

他們說：“我們是橡樹，是你真正的家族成員。

They said: "We are the oak-trees and your own true family.

我們被砍倒，被撕裂，你連眼睛也不 一 。

We are chopped down, we are torn up, you do not blink an eye.

你現(xiàn)在就將死去，除非你答應(yīng)一個條件。

Unless you make a promise now — now you are going to die.

每見到一株橡樹被砍倒，你得發(fā)誓栽兩株。

Whenever you see an oak-tree felled, swear now you will plant two.

你若不發(fā)誓，黑色起皺的橡樹皮會把你裹住，

Unless you swear the black oak bark will wrinkle over you

讓你植根在橡林中，你出生在這兒卻永遠不發(fā)育?！?/p>

And root you among the oaks where you were born but never grew."

這是我在樹枝下做的夢，這夢改變了我。

This was my dream beneath the boughs, the dream that altered me.

我走出橡樹林，回到人間伙伴的居處，

When I came out of the oakwood, back to human company,

我走路像人類的孩子，我的心卻成了一株樹。

My walk was the walk of a human child, but my heart was a tree.