诗歌原文

忽必烈汗 - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Kubla Khan - Samuel Taylor Coleridge

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree:
忽必烈汗建立“上都”：
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran, Through caverns measureless to man, Down to a sunless sea.
那儿有神河阿尔法，流经深不可测的岩洞，注入不见太阳的海中。
So twice five miles of fertile ground, With walls and towers were girdled round:
那儿有十里方圆的沃土，城墙、高塔四面围绕：
And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills, Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;
那儿有明媚的花园，曲折的小溪，丁香、豆蔻芳华四溢；

And here were forests ancient as the hills, Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.
树林像山丘一样古老，环抱着阳光灿烂的草地。
But oh! that deep romantic chasm which slanted, Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover!
但沿着松柏苍苍的山坡，急转直下，却是悬崖深谷！
A savage place! as holy and enchanted, As e'er beneath a waning moon was haunted, By woman wailing for her demon-lover!
一片荒芜！好像施过魔术，会有女子在下弦月下出没，为她的恶魔情人哀哭！
And from this chasm, with ceaseless turmoil seething, As if this earth in fast thick pants were breathing,
深谷里煮沸了一锅骚乱，仿佛大地在急促地气喘，
A mighty fountain momently was forced:
一股强大的喷泉不时腾空：
Amid whose swift half-intermitted burst, Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail, Or chaffy grain beneath the thresher's flail:
在它一阵阵爆发之中，巨石弹起，如同冰雹，如同谷粒在连枷之下蹦跳：
And 'mid these dancing rocks at once and ever
在这些石块的狂舞中，在喷涌的泉水冲激下，岩石看上去也像在跳跃
It flung up momently the sacred river. Five miles meandering with a mazy motion
有时神河也被高高抛起，扭成五里蜿蜓的迷宫，迷宫般蜿延曲折地流淌五英里
Through wood and dale the sacred river ran, then reached the caverns measureless to man, and sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean:
神河穿过森林和谷地，到达深不可测的岩洞，喧哗着沉入死水洋底：
And 'mid this tumult Kubla heard from far, ancestral voices prophesying war!
忽必烈汗远远谛听，在喧哗中听到祖先的声音在预言战争！
The shadow of the dome of pleasure, Floated midway on the waves;
逍遥宫的影子青幽，在波浪之中漂流；
Where was heard the mingled measure, From the fountain and the caves.
喷泉与岩洞交响，构成韵律的重奏。
It was a miracle of rare device, A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice!
奇迹在此汇集，鬼斧神工，阳光灿烂的宫和冰的岩洞！
A damsel with a dulcimer, In a vision once I saw:
我梦幻中曾经看见一个操琴的女郎：
It was an Abyssinian maid, And on her dulcimer she played, Singing of Mount Abora.
阿比西尼亚姑娘，她轻轻拨动琴弦，把阿波拉山吟唱。
Could I revive within me, Her symphony and song.
但愿我能在心底，把她的乐曲和歌声重演。
To such a deep delight 'twould win me, That with music loud and long, I would build that dome in air,
那时我就会如醉如痴，我只消用那悠扬的仙乐，就能重建那天宫瑶池，
That sunny dome! those caves of ice!
那阳光灿烂的宫和冰的洞窟！
And all who heard should see them there, And all should cry, Beware! Beware!
凡是聆听者都将目睹，大家都将高呼：“当心！当心！
His flashing eyes, his floating hair!
瞧他飘扬的头发，闪亮的眼睛！
Weave a circle round him thrice, And close your eyes with holy dread,
我们要绕他巡行三圈，在神圣的恐惧中闭上双眼，
For he on honey-dew hath fed, And drunk the milk of Paradise.
因为他尝过蜜的露水，饮过乐园里的乳泉。

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge：塞缪尔·泰勒·柯勒律治（1772-1834年），英国诗人和评论家，他一生是在贫病交困和鸦片成瘾的阴影下度过的，诗歌作品相对较少。尽管存在这些不利因素，柯勒律治还是坚持创作，确立了其在幻想浪漫诗歌方面的主要浪漫派诗人地位。