清明讀《清明》多個英譯版

獻花寄哀思，鞠躬敬故人。

又是一年清明節(jié)，讓我們盡情道出對親人綣綣的思念。歷代很多文人都曾將清明節(jié)作為詩詞歌賦的對象，最熟知的要數(shù)唐代詩人杜牧的《清明》了。下面就向大家介紹一下這首詩的幾個英譯版本。

原詩：

《清明》

(唐)杜牧

清明時節(jié)雨紛紛，

路上行人欲斷魂。

借問酒家何處有？

牧童遙指杏花村。

不同英譯版本：

吳鈞陶英譯

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.

許淵沖英譯

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.

蔡廷干英譯

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.

孫大雨英譯

Upon the Clear-and-Bright Feast of spring, the rain drizzleth down in spray.

Pedestrians on countryside ways, in gloom are pinning away.

When asked "Where a tavern fair for rest, is hereabouts to be found",

The shepherd boy the Apricot Bloom Vill, doth point to afar and say.

楊憲益、戴乃迭英譯

It drizzles endless during the rainy season in spring,

Travelers along the road look gloomy and miserable.

When I ask a shepherd boy where I can find a tavern,

He points at a distant hamlet nestling amidst apricot blossoms.

萬昌盛、王中英譯

The ceaseless drizzle drips all the dismal day,

So broken-hearted fares the traveler on the way.

When asked where could be found a tavern bower,

A cowboy points to yonder village of the apricot flower.

吳偉雄英譯

It drizzles thick and fast on the Mourning Day,

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

When asked for a wineshop to drown his sad hours?

A cowboy points to a hamlet amid apricot flowers.