拜倫經(jīng)典之作《恨別》

　　This poem talks about a love affair that Lord Byron had with a married woman some years before he got married. They loved each other very much, but they knew their love would have to finish, and finally she put an end to their relationship. Sometimes it sounds as if she just broke up, and sometimes it sounds as if she died. It’s a very good example of the literary genre called "Romanticism", which flourished in Europe in the 19th century.這首詩(shī)講述的是拜倫沒(méi)有結(jié)婚之前和一個(gè)已婚女人的不倫戀。他們深?lèi)?ài)對(duì)方，但是彼此都知道，這段感情必須結(jié)束，最后以她的離開(kāi)為這段感情畫(huà)下了終結(jié)。有時(shí)聽(tīng)上去，好像她剛分手，而有時(shí)又像是她離世了。這是一首很典型的浪漫主義文學(xué)詩(shī)歌，在19世紀(jì)的歐洲風(fēng)靡一時(shí)。

　　1When we two parted昔日依依別，

　　In silence and tears,淚流默無(wú)言；

　　Half broken-hearted離恨肝腸斷，

　　To sever for years,此別又幾年。

　　Pale grew thy cheek and cold,冷頰何慘然，

　　Colder, thy kiss;一吻寒更添；

　　Truly that hour foretold日后傷心事，

　　Sorrow to this.此刻已預(yù)言。

　　2The dew of the morning朝起寒露重，

　　Sunk; chill on my brow,凜冽凝眉間－－

　　It felt like a warning彼時(shí)已預(yù)告：

　　Of what I feel now.悲傷在今天。

　　Thy vows are all broken,山盟今安在？

　　And light is thy fame;汝名何輕賤！

　　I hear thy name spoken,吾聞汝名傳，

　　And share in its shame.羞愧在人前。

　　3They name thee before me,聞汝名聲惡，

　　A knell to mine ear;猶如聽(tīng)喪鐘。

　　A shudder comes o'er me...不禁心怵惕－－

　　Why wert thou so dear?往昔情太濃。

　　They knew not I knew thee,誰(shuí)知舊日情，

　　Who knew thee too well...斯人知太深。

　　Long, long shall I rue thee,綿綿長(zhǎng)懷恨，

　　Too deeply to tell.盡在不言中，

　　4In secret we met昔日喜幽會(huì)，

　　In silence I grieve今朝恨無(wú)聲。

　　That thy heart could forget,舊情汝已忘，

　　Thy spirit deceive.疾心遇薄幸。

　　If I should meet thee多年離別后，

　　After long years,抑或再相逢，

　　How should I greet thee?相逢何所語(yǔ)？

　　(with silence and tears)淚流默無(wú)聲。

　　詩(shī)歌語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)講解：

　　拜倫這首感人至深的詩(shī)歌有很多古英語(yǔ)（archaisms）詞匯，還有很多倒裝（hyperbaton）。

　　在古英語(yǔ)（莎士比亞時(shí)代）中，第二人稱(chēng)You寫(xiě)作Thou /a?/。如今這種用法只能在詩(shī)歌中，《圣經(jīng)》里，還有祈禱辭里見(jiàn)到了。Thou后面加動(dòng)詞要在詞尾加st。比如：

　　You live here = Thou livest here

　　Do you love me? = Dost thou love me?

　　當(dāng)然也有一些不規(guī)則的動(dòng)詞變形，比如：

　　You are= thou art

　　You were= thou wert

　　I will give you= I shall give THEE /i:/

　　This is your house= this is THY house (/a?/)

　　在古英語(yǔ)中，thou是“你”的單數(shù)，復(fù)數(shù)形式則是you。

　　第一詩(shī)節(jié)

　　To sever，被分開(kāi)，和前面的better押韻。

　　Pale grew thy cheek and cold（倒裝）=your cheeks grew cold and pale, to grow后面跟形容詞，表示“更像”（to become more like that）。

　　第二詩(shī)節(jié)

　　Brow=forehead（前額）。當(dāng)我們說(shuō)道情緒在我們的`前額刻下了皺紋（以憤怒）或是冒出汗水（以恐懼或疼痛）。

　　Vows= promises 和前面的cow押韻

　　Light is thy fame（倒裝）=you fame is light.

　　第三詩(shī)節(jié)

　　Knell，喪鐘聲。

　　Mine ear= my ear. 古英語(yǔ)中輔音緊跟所有格my，元音后面緊跟mine。

　　O're= over

　　They knew not：在古英語(yǔ)里，所有動(dòng)詞都能接not，不用don’t。will not, work not.

　　Shall: 古英語(yǔ)里，第一人稱(chēng)I、we用shall,其他人稱(chēng)用will。

　　Long shall I rue thee= For a long time I’ll regret having loved you, because it was wrong.

　　第四詩(shī)節(jié)

　　In secret we met= we met secretly

　　In silence I grieve= I suffer but I don’t say anything

　　Thy spirit deceive：這句話其實(shí)不完整，因?yàn)樵?shī)人不想重復(fù)上面說(shuō)了好幾遍的內(nèi)容了，所以完整的意思應(yīng)該是I am really sad because your heart forgot me and because your spirit deceived me.

　　If I should meet thee：助動(dòng)詞should用在if條件句里，表達(dá)的是可能未曾發(fā)生的情況。比如：if you should see my sister, tell her to come （but I don’t think you will see her）。

　　How should I greet thee? 這句話里should又回歸了它”建議“的本意。這句話的意思就是：how am I supposed to say hello to you?