译典 |《蒹葭》The Reeds
蒹葭苍苍,白露为霜。
所谓伊人,在水一方。
溯洄从之,道阻且长。
溯游从之,宛在水中央。
蒹葭萋萋,白露未晞。
所谓伊人,在水之湄。
溯洄从之,道阻且跻。
溯游从之,宛在水中坻。
蒹葭采采,白露未已。
所谓伊人,在水之涘。
溯洄从之,道阻且右。
溯游从之,宛在水中沚。
本诗选自《诗经·秦风》,作者无名氏,是东周时代秦地民歌。通常把它当作爱情诗解读,是为追求心中思慕之人不可得而作。《蒹葭》被收入部编本《语文》八年级教材。
The Reeds, author unknown, selected from the Book of Songs, is a folk song from the State of Qin in the East Zhou dynasty. It is seen as a love poem, written for unrequited love. The Reeds has been adopted into the Chinese Literacy textbook for eighth grade students by the Ministry of Education.
The Reeds
Tr. ZHAO Yanchun
译者简介:赵彦春,博士生导师,上海大学中国文化翻译研究中心主任,国际学术期刊Translating China 主编,国际汉学与教育研究会会长、传统文化翻译与国际传播专业委员会会长、中国先秦史学会国学双语研究会执行会长,中国语言教育研究会副会长,其翻译作品,被誉为“有史以来最美汉英翻译”“神翻译”“神还原”。
Biosketch of the Translator:
ZHAO Yanchun: Professor of English at Shanghai University, Director of Center for Translation of Chinese Culture, Editor of Translating China, President of International Sinology and Education, President of Chinese Culture Translation and International Promotion, Executive President of Chinese Classics Bilinguals’ Association, Vice President of China Language Education Association, a proponent of the principle of translating poesie into poesie and classic into classic. His translations have been widely reported and acclaimed as the unprecedented Chinese-English translation, the best, the choice, the cream.
栏目主编:赵彦春、莫真宝组稿编辑:黄金珠
作品来源:《诗经》本期译者:赵彦春中英朗诵:朱盛杰英文书法:凌光艺本期排版:曼 曼
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