清明哀思：杜牧《清明》英文版大放送

阿邱

献花寄哀思，鞠躬敬故人。又是一年清明节，让我们尽情道出对亲人绻绻的思念。历代很多文人都曾将清明节作为诗词歌赋的对象，最熟知的要数唐代诗人杜牧的《清明》了。下面就向大家介绍一下这首诗的几个翻译版本。


  原诗：
     
  《清明》

  (唐)杜牧

  清明时节雨纷纷，路上行人欲断魂。

  借问酒家何处有？牧童遥指杏花村。

  吴钧陶英译（韵式aaba）

  It drizzles thick and fast on the Pure Brightness Day,

  I travel with my heart lost in dismay.

  "Is there a public house somewhere, cowboy?"

  He points at Apricot Village faraway.

  许渊冲英译（韵式aabb）

  A drizzling rain falls like tears on the Mourning Day;

  The mourner's heart is going to break on his way.

  Where can a wineshop be found to drown his sad hours?

  A cowherd points to a cot 'mid apricot flowers.

  蔡廷干英译（韵式aabb）

  The rain falls thick and fast on All Souls' Day,

  The men and women sadly move along the way.

  They ask where wineshops can be found or where to rest ----
  And there the herdboy's fingers Almond-Town suggest.