跟译《箭与歌》

曼步莲华

箭与歌

响箭穿空，落地无声
渺渺其影，不知所踪
倏忽来去，过眼匆匆
目力所限，难以跟从

清歌若梦，杳兮苍穹
落于尘埃，遁于无形
谁之双目，矫如神龙
洞悉幽微，随歌而动

时光飞逝，流年不定
吾有发现，箭在树中
尚未折断，庆哉其幸
歌在友心，从始至终



The Arrow and the Song


Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


I shot an arrow into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For, so swiftly it flew, the sight
Could not follow it in its flight.



I breathed a song into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For who has sight so keen and strong,
That it can follow the flight of song?


Long, long afterward, in an oak
I found the arrow, still unbroke;
And the song, from beginning to end,
I found again in the heart of a friend.

忍淹留

演绎成分更多，也是拓宽解读的形式。问好。

叶如钢

记得点评过---记错了。

翻译得很有味道。  欣赏四言古意。
问候莲花君。