【第361】聽歌賞詩The Lady of Shalott

Written By: Alfred, LordTennyson

Sung by : Loreena McKennitt

【詩歌背景】

The Lady of Shalott,夏洛特少女,又譯鏡中人生。維多利亞時代的桂冠詩人Alfred Tennyson Baron丁尼生(1809-1892)的一首詩。它是Idylls of the King(君王敘事組詩,又譯國王之歌)中的一首。這是一部關於亞瑟王和他的圓桌騎士的長篇史詩。

該故事發生於《亞瑟王和他的圓桌騎士》的時代。夏洛特是一位美麗的女郎,被仙女囚禁在一個城堡裏。這個城堡位於一個離亞瑟王王宮不遠的一個孤島上。這個仙女告訴她,亞瑟王王宮有個魔咒將會降禍於她,究竟是什麼,沒有告訴她。

夏洛特有一面鏡子,這面鏡子是她生活的重要部分,每天,她在城堡的塔樓上從這面鏡子裏看身後的世界,這是她唯一與世界溝通的工具。她從鏡子裏看到進進出出王宮的騎士和平民,也常常看到情侶在河邊散步。她就把看到的場景用充滿魔力的織布機織成掛毯,邊織邊歌唱。人們熟悉她的歌聲,卻從未見過她。

一天,當圓桌騎士中最出色的藍斯洛(Lancelot)的身影在鏡子中出現時,夏洛特瘋狂地愛上了藍斯洛,她決定要去王宮找藍斯洛,就在她剛剛踏出城堡的門檻的時候,鏡子突然碎了,她知道她的厄運就要來臨了。爲了嚮往的愛情,她選擇了坦然面對,她要乘船划向那個城堡,如果能夠見到他心愛的藍斯洛,對她來說,死不足惜。她把親手編織的美麗掛毯鋪在船上,鬆開纜繩,唱着生命中最後的歌,任由小船順流向下游的王宮漂去。她象那條在不知不覺間滑入河流無垠黑暗的小船,踏上了一條不知什麼時候結束、會在哪兒終止的死亡之旅。她眺望王宮,等待時間停止的那刻……

【歌手介紹】

LoreenaMcKennit 出生於加拿大緬省草原地區的一個小城鎮(Modern),是加拿大著名的愛爾蘭豎琴演奏家、鍵盤手,以及歌手。Loreena 是一位優秀的文學主義作者和演唱者,把自己的文學內涵融入音樂中,體現出來的音樂優雅而豐富內涵,讓人難以忘懷,曾有人這樣形容她的詞曲與演唱風格——象一首中世紀的長詩

【聽歌學押韻】詩即歌,歌即詩,詩與歌是語言的孿生姊妹。邊聽歌邊注意歌詞中的押韻現象。

The Lady of ShalottPART I

On either side the river lie

在那條河的兩岸,是一片

Long fields of barley and of rye,

種着大麥和黑麥的農田;

That clothe the wold and meet the sky;

麥覆蓋着平野,遠接長天

And thro' the field the road runs by

還有一條路穿行田野間,

To many-tower'd Camelot;

通向古堡卡默洛特;

Camelot:亞瑟王宮廷所在地,意爲燦爛繁華之地。)

And up and down the people go,

人們在那路上來來往往,

Gazing where the lilies blow

把大片盛開的睡蓮凝望——

Round an island there below,

盛開在小島的四面八方,

The island of Shalott.

那就是小島夏洛特。

Willows whiten, aspens quiver,

柳樹泛白光,山楊在顫抖,

Little breezes dusk and shiver

拂過的風兒雖說極輕柔,

Thro' the wave that runs for ever

也吹暗河面,把河水吹皺;

By the island in the river

而河水在島旁流啊流,

Flowing down to Camelot.

永遠流往卡默洛特。

Four gray walls, and four gray towers,

灰色的四座角樓和四牆

Overlook a space of flowers,

俯視着大片開花的地方;

And the silent isle imbowers

在這寂靜小島上的繡房

The Lady of Shalott.

深居着女郎夏洛特。

Only reapers, reaping early

大麥長芒刺,收割人起早:

In among the bearded barley,

只有田間的他們才聽到

Hear a song that echoes cheerly

一支輕快的歌回聲裊繞——

From the river winding clearly,

來自那蜿蜒而去的河道,

Down to tower'd Camelot:

去往古堡卡默洛特。

And by the moon the reaper weary,

憑着月光,疲乏的收割人

Piling sheaves in uplands airy,

在多風的高處堆垛麥捆;

Listening, whispers ''Tis the fairy

他們傾聽着歌,低語出聲:

Lady of Shalott.

是那成仙的夏洛特。

The Lady of Shalott PART II

There she weaves by night and day

她在那裏日夜地織着網,

A magic web with colours gay.

織一塊色彩鮮豔的魔網;

She has heard a whisper say,

她聽到一聲低語在耳旁:

A curse is on her if she stay

她得遭殃,倘她住手張望,

To look down to Camelot.

張望那座卡默洛特。

She knows not what the 'curse' may be,

得遭什麼殃她可弄不清,

And so she weaveth steadily,

所以她只顧織啊織不停,

And little other care hath she,

其他的事情全然不經心——

The Lady of Shalott.

她就是女郎夏洛特。

And moving thro' a mirror clear

整年有鏡子掛在她眼前,

That hangs before her all the year,

就在那清澈的鏡子裏面,

Shadows of the world appear.

有人間的種種影像出現;

There she sees the highway near

由此她看見大路並不遠——

Winding down to Camelot:

逶迤通向卡默洛特。

And sometimes thro' the mirror blue

有時在藍瑩瑩的鏡子裏,

The knights come riding two and two:

可看見聯袂並轡的騎士;

She hath no loyal knight and true,

但沒有一位對她矢志不移,

The Lady of Shalott.

對她這女郎夏洛特。

But in her web she still delights

然而她總喜歡織她的網,

To weave the mirror's magic sights,

織上她鏡中古怪的景象;

For often thro' the silent nights

因爲常常在寂靜的晚上,

A funeral, with plumes and lights,

有送葬隊伍,有羽飾、火光、

And music, went to Camelot:

音樂去往卡默洛特。

Or when the moon was overhead,

有時候,月亮在當空照耀,

Came two young lovers lately wed;

一對新婚的戀人會來到,

"I am half-sick of shadows," She said

我可討厭這影像,她說道——

The Lady of Shalott.

她就是女郎夏洛特。

The Lady of Shalott PART III

A bow-shot from her bower-eaves,

她的閨房一箭之遙處,

He rode between the barley-sheaves,

有位騎手在麥捆間馳過;

The sun came dazzling thro' the leaves,

葉間篩下的陽光在閃爍,

And flamed upon the brazen greaves

叫勇士的金甲亮得像火——

Of bold Sir Lancelot.這是騎士藍斯洛。

(藍斯洛騎士:亞瑟王的第一位騎士。)

A red-cross knight for ever kneel'd

他的盾牌上有一個圖案:

To a lady in his shield,

紅十字騎士跪在女士前;

That sparkled on the yellow field,

這盾在金黃色田間忽閃,

Beside remote Shalott.

遠處是小島夏洛特。

His broad clear brow in sunlight glow'd;

他開朗的臉上閃着陽光,

On burnish'd hooves his war-horse trode;

戰馬鋥亮的蹄踏在地上,

From underneath his helmet flow'd

騎馬的他一路朝前直闖,

His coal-black curls as on he rode,

盔下的漆黑鬈髮在飄揚,

As he rode down to Camelot.

他呀馳向卡默洛特。

From the bank and from the river

岸上的本人、河裏的倒影,

He flash'd into the crystal mirror,

一起映進那水晶的明鏡;

'Tirra lirra,' by the river

岸上傳來了啦啦的歌聲,

Sang Sir Lancelot.唱的人是藍斯洛。

She left the web, she left the loom,

她離開織機、離開織的網,

She made three paces thro' the room,

她三步兩步走過她閨房,

She saw the water-lily bloom,

她看見睡蓮的花兒開放,

She saw the helmet and the plume,

看見那盔頂的鳥羽飄揚,

She look'd down to Camelot.

她望着那卡默洛特。

Out flew the web and floated wide;

那網飛出窗,直朝遠處飄,

The mirror crack'd from side to side;

那鏡子一裂兩半地碎掉,

'The curse is come upon me!' cried

她喊道,我呀已在劫難逃”——

The Lady of Shalott.

她就是女郎夏洛特。

The Lady of Shalott PART IV

In the stormy east-wind straining,

萎黃的樹林已日漸凋零,

The pale yellow woods were waning,

正在狂烈的東風裏掙扎;

The broad stream in his banks complaining,

寬闊的河在兩岸間呻吟,

Heavily the low sky raining

低沉的天空大雨下不停,

Over tower'd Camelot;

灑向城堡卡默洛特。

Down she came and found a boat

她出門來到一株柳樹前,

Beneath a willow left afloat,

找到遺在那裏的一條船,

And round about the prow she wrote

就把幾個字寫在船頭邊:

The Lady of Shalott.

島上的女郎夏洛特

And down the river's dim expanse

那河的水面上幽暗昏沉;

Like some bold seer in a trance,

像個恍惚的勇敢占卜人

Seeing all his own mischance

預見到自己的全部不幸——

With a glassy countenance

她那木然而呆滯的眼睛

Did she look to Camelot.

遙望着那卡默洛特。

And at the closing of the day

天光將冥的茫茫暮色裏,

She loosed the chain, and down she lay;

她解開船索,躺下在船底,

The broad stream bore her far away,

讓寬闊的河載着她遠去,

The Lady of Shalott.

載着這女郎夏洛特。

Heard a carol, mournful, holy,

他們聽見的歌憂鬱聖潔,

Chanted loudly, chanted lowly,

一會聲音高,一會聲音低,

Till her blood was frozen slowly,

唱到她血液漸漸地冷卻,

And her eyes were darken'd wholly,

唱到她完全喪失了視力——

Turn'd to tower'd Camelot;

望着城堡卡默洛特。

For ere she reach'd upon the tide

她隨波逐流地一路漂去;

The first house by the water-side,

沒漂到岸邊第一幢屋子,

Singing in her song she died,

已在自己的歌聲中去世——

The Lady of Shalott.

去世了,女郎夏洛特。

Under tower and balcony,

白糊糊的身影顯得慘白,

By garden-wall and gallery,

讓船帶着漂過塔樓、跳臺;

A gleaming shape she floated by,

她無聲地漂過圓牆、陽臺,

Dead-pale between the houses high,

漂過聳立在兩岸的高宅,

Silent into Camelot.

就此漂進卡默洛特。

Out upon the wharfs they came,

爵爺和夫人、騎士和市民,

Knight and burgher, lord and dame,

都擁到碼頭上看個究竟——

And round the prow they read her name,

在船頭上讀到她的芳名:

The Lady of Shalott.

島上的女郎夏洛特。

Who is this? and what is here?

這裏是什麼?這是什麼人?

And in the lighted palace near

附近燈火通明的宮殿中,

Died the sound of royal cheer;

國王舉行的歡宴寂無聲,

And they cross'd themselves for fear,

劃十字的騎士個個驚恐——

All the knights at Camelot:

個個身在卡默洛特。

But Lancelot mused a little space;

但藍斯洛沉思了一會,

He said, 'She has a lovely face;

說道,她的臉長的很美,

God in His mercy lend her grace,

願仁慈的上帝給她恩惠——

The Lady of Shalott.

給這位女郎夏洛特

Lying, robed in snowy white

躺着的她穿雪白的衣羣,

That loosely flew to left and right

寬鬆的忽左忽右飄不停;

The leaves upon her falling light

伴着夜裏的天籟和蟲鳴,

Thro' the noises of the night

落向她的樹葉輕而又輕——

She floated down to Camelot

她呀漂向卡默洛特。

And as the boat-head wound along

在兩岸的柳坡、田野之中,

The willowy hills and fields among,

小船在曲曲折折地前進;

They heard her singing her last song,

人們聽到她最後的歌聲——

The Lady of Shalott.

聽到這女郎夏洛特。

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