英漢對照|王爾德詩選：新　生

Vita Nuova

I stood by the unvintageable sea

Till the wet waves drenched face and hair with spray;

The long red fires of the dying day

Burned in the west; the wind piped drearily;

And to the land the clamorous gulls did flee:

'Alas!' I cried, 'my life is full of pain,

And who can garner fruit or golden grain,

From these waste fields which travail ceaselessly!'

My nets gaped wide with many a break and flaw,

Nathless I threw them as my final cast

Into the sea, and waited for the end.

When lo! a sudden glory! and I saw

From the black waters of my tortured past

The argent splendour of white limbs ascend!

新　生

我站立在不能釀酒的海水邊，

直到浪花濺濕我的臉和頭發(fā)；

瀕危白晝的紅色長火舌

在西天燃燒；海風凄厲地吹奏；

喧鬧不已的海鷗向著陸地俯沖：

“唉！”我長嘆道，“我的一生充滿痛苦，

誰又能從這不停地流轉(zhuǎn)的曠野，

荒蕪的曠野收獲果實和金色的麥子！”

我的漁網(wǎng)裂口大開，且有許多小洞，

但我仍然將它撒向大海，懷抱

最后的希望，等待最終的結果。

哦，看哪！意外的榮光！我看見

從我往昔苦難的黑色水域

白色胴體的銀光正冉冉升起！