英语诗歌精选 野火

Wild Fire

野火

Ai Qing

艾青

Set these black nights ablaze¹

在这些黑夜里燃烧起来

On these lofty mountaintops

在这些高高的山巅上

Extend your arms of flame

伸出你的光焰的手。

Embrace night’s broad bosom²

支抚扪夜的宽阔的胸脯

Embrace her dark-blue, ice-cold bosom

去抚扪深蓝的冰凉的胸脯

From the tips of your high-leaping flames

从你的最高处跳动着的尖顶

Let your sparks fly out

把你的火星飞飏起来

Let them descend³, like a host of sprites

让它们像群仙似在飘落在

Down the unfathomable, dark-cold abyss

那些莫测的黑暗而又冰冷的深谷

Let them flash on the souls fast asleep there

去照见那些沉睡的灵魂

Let them, even if only in dazed dreaming

让它们即使在飘渺的梦中

Dance, for once, the dance of joy

也能得到一次狂欢的舞蹈

Set these black nights ablaze

在这些黑夜里燃烧起来

Let the flames climb higher and higher!

更高些！更高些！

Let your joyous⁴ configurations⁵

让你的欢乐的形体

Rise from the ground to the heavens

从地面升向高空

Inspire this wearisome world of ours

使我们这困倦的世界

With the dance of your spirited fire

因了你的火光的鼓舞

Rise up and soar!

苏醒起来！喧腾起来！

Let the thousand eyes of this dark night

让这黑夜里的一切的眼

Look to you

都在看望着你

Let the hearts on this dark night

让这黑夜里一切的心

All heed⁶ your earth-shaking summons

都因了你的召唤而震荡

Oh, your joyous flames

欢笑的火焰呵

Oh, your trembling flames

颤动的火焰呵

Listen! From what profound corner

听呀，从什么深邃的角落

Comes this song that hymns your praise like a waterfall…

传来了那赞颂你的瀑布似的歌声……

Northern Shaanxi

陕北

1942

一九四二年

1 ablaze   

adj.着火的，燃烧的；闪耀的，灯火辉煌的

参考例句：

• The main street was ablaze with lights in the evening.晚上，那条主要街道灯火辉煌。
• Forests are sometimes set ablaze by lightning.森林有时因雷击而起火。

2 bosom   

n.胸，胸部；胸怀；内心；adj.亲密的

参考例句：

• She drew a little book from her bosom.她从怀里取出一本小册子。
• A dark jealousy stirred in his bosom.他内心生出一阵恶毒的嫉妒。

3 descend   

vt./vi.传下来，下来，下降

参考例句：

• I hope the grace of God would descend on me.我期望上帝的恩惠。
• We're not going to descend to such methods.我们不会沦落到使用这种手段。

4 joyous   

adj.充满快乐的；令人高兴的

参考例句：

• The lively dance heightened the joyous atmosphere of the scene.轻快的舞蹈给这场戏渲染了欢乐气氛。
• They conveyed the joyous news to us soon.他们把这一佳音很快地传递给我们。

5 configurations   

n.[化学]结构( configuration的名词复数 )；构造；（计算机的）配置；构形（原子在分子中的相对空间位置）

参考例句：

• Such configurations, obtained theoretically by calculation, are called models of a star. 通过理论计算得到的恒星结构称为恒星模型。 来自辞典例句
• The other two configurations have overriding advantages for special applications. 其它两种接法对特殊应用具有突出的优点。 来自辞典例句

6 heed   

v.注意，留意；n.注意，留心

参考例句：

• You must take heed of what he has told.你要注意他所告诉的事。
• For the first time he had to pay heed to his appearance.这是他第一次非得注意自己的外表不可了。