《雨巷》英文翻译(3)

时间:2021-08-31

  Quietly she comes close,

  Close to me and casts

  A glance, like a sigh.

  She drifts away

  Like a dream—

  So dreary and deep.

  Like a lilac flower drifting by

  In a dream,

  The girl passes by me;

  Quietly she is walking away and away,

  To a broken hedge,

  To the end of the alley in the rain.

  In the plaintive tune of the rain

  Her color fades,

  Her fragrance disappears,

  So do her sighing glance

  And lilac-like melancholy.

  Holding an umbrella, I'm alone

  Wandering about the long, long,

  Lonely alley in the rain,

  Hoping to see passing by

  A girl who bears her melancholy

  Like a lilac flower. 写作背景

  《雨巷》写于1927年夏天,血腥的“四·一二”大屠杀之后。诗人时年22岁。曾因投身革命而被捕的诗人,面对笼罩全国的白色恐怖,在痛苦中陷于彷徨迷惘。他隐居在江苏松江朋友家,孤独中嚼味着“在这个时代做中国人的苦恼”,“夜坐听风,昼眠听雨”,在阴霾中盼望飘起绚丽的彩虹。可生活贫乏,整天“窗头明月枕边书”,诗人只能在“旧时的脚印”、“青春的彩衣”和星光下的盘桓中寻求慰藉。个性的轻柔、忧郁和时代的重压,使《雨巷》成为现实黑暗和理想幻灭在诗人心中的投影,贮满了彷徨失望和感伤痛苦的情绪。