诗苑｜《诗经·关雎》（多译本）
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诗经·关雎
〔先秦〕佚名
关关雎鸠，在河之洲。
窈窕淑女，君子好逑。
参差荇菜，左右流之。
窈窕淑女，寤寐求之。
求之不得，寤寐思服。
悠哉悠哉，辗转反侧。
参差荇菜，左右采之。
窈窕淑女，琴瑟友之。
参差荇菜，左右芼之。
窈窕淑女，钟鼓乐之。
译本一
许渊冲 译
Cooing and Wooing
By riverside are cooing,
A pair of turtle doves.
A good young man is wooing,
A fair maiden he loves.
Water flows left and right
Of cresses here and there.
The youth yearns day and night
For the good maiden fair.
His yearning grows so strong,
He cannot fall asleep.
He tosses all night long,
So deep in love, so deep.
Now gather left and right,
The cresses sweet and tender!
O lute, play music bright
For the bride sweet and slender!
Feast friends at left and right
With cresses cooked tender!
O bells and drums, delight
The bride so fair and slender!
译本二
丁祖馨 译
The Turtledoves Coo
The turtledoves coo,
Perched in pairs on shoal.
The best girl is pretty
For me to court.
Water plants grow long or short.
You can take what you like.
A girl who’s pretty, and good, too,
You can hunt in your dreams.
You can hunt, but not find her,
But how can you stop yourself from thinking?
I toss in my bed, restless,
Unable to sleep.
Water plants grow long or short.
You can have what you like.
My lute shows how I love
My girl who’s pretty, and who’s good, too.
Water plants grow long or short.
You can choose what you like.
She’s pretty, and she’s good, too,
And someday, to bells and drums, I’ll make her my wife.
译本三
汪榕培、任秀桦 译
The Cooing
The waterfowl would coo
Upon an islet in the brooks.
A lad would like to woo
A lass with pretty looks.
There grows the water grass
The folk are fond to pick;
There lives the pretty lass
For whom the lad is sick.
Ignored by the pretty lass,
The lad would truly yearn.
The day is hard to pass;
All night he’ll toss and turn.
There grows the water grass
The folk are fond to choose;
There lives the pretty lass
Whom the lad pursues.
There grows the water grass
The folk are fond to gain;
There lives the pretty lass
The lad would entertain.
译本四
辜正坤 译
Ospreys
Hark! The ospreys merrily call
On the islet off the river shore.
The girl is lovely and slenderly tall,
Whom the gentleman would adore.
The water plants are long and short,
Here and there they can be sought;
The lovely girl is slenderly tall,
Day and night he would her recall.
The first courtship comes to bay,
He longs for her wildly night and day.
The lingering longing grips him tight,
He tosses, unable to sleep at night.
The water plants are long and short,
Here and there they can be caught;
The lovely girl with frail appeal,
He’ll befriend with zither and zeal.
The water plants are long and short,
Here and there they can be stored.
The lovely girl is slenderly tall,
With bells and drums he wins her after all.
南京农业大学外国语学院实习生
方悦、张凌怡 整理
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