雙語詩歌翻譯|曹植-《白馬篇》

《白馬篇》是三國時(shí)期魏國著名文人曹植的名篇。此詩以曲折動人的情節(jié)描寫邊塞游俠兒捐軀赴難、奮不顧身的英勇行為，塑造了邊疆地區(qū)一位武藝高超、渴望衛(wèi)國立功甚至不惜犧牲生命的游俠少年形象，表達(dá)了詩人建功立業(yè)的強(qiáng)烈愿望。

曹植 《白馬篇》

白馬飾金羈，連翩西北馳。
借問誰家子，幽并游俠兒。
少小去鄉(xiāng)邑，揚(yáng)聲沙漠垂。
宿昔秉良弓，楛矢何參差！
控弦破左的，右發(fā)摧月支。
仰手接飛猱，俯身散馬蹄。
狡捷過猴猿，勇剽若豹螭。
邊城多警急，胡虜數(shù)遷移。
羽檄從北來，厲馬登高堤。
長驅(qū)蹈匈奴，左顧陵鮮卑。
棄身鋒刃端，性命安可懷？
父母且不顧，何言子與妻！
名編壯士籍，不得中顧私。
捐軀赴國難， 視死忽如歸！

Song of the White Horse
Cao Zhi

A white horse gallops in its golden gear
As if in flight to north western frontier.
Who is the cavalier in hurry great?
A gallant hero of the northern state.
While he was young, he left his native land;
His name was known as far as border sand.
Since then he's learned to draw the strongest bow
And shoot arrows of hard wood high and low.
He bends the string and hits the targets at left,
And at destroying that at right he's deft.
Looking up, he shoots a bird fast in speed;
Bowing down, he breaks the hoof of a steed.

To be more swift than gibbons is not hard,
Nor to be strong and daring like a pard.
The border towns along northwest frontiers
Are oft invaded by Hunnish cavaliers.
When urgent messages come from northern side,
At once to the high fortress he would ride.
Straightforward he would drive against the Huns;
Turning back, he would beat Tartarian sons.
At the point of the sword in the hard strife,
How could he care for individual life?
He'd take no heed of his father and mother,
Let alone wife, children or any other.
Of heroes brave his name is on the roll;
He would not care when his death knell would toll.
The state at stake, he would give his last breath.
Would a homegoing soul fear to face death?