四个婚礼和一个葬礼
2009-08-15 00:24
Funeral Blues by W. H. Auden
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.
Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead,
Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves, Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.
He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last for ever; I was wrong.
The stars are not wanted now: put out every one;
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood,
For nothing now can ever come to any good.
停掉时钟
拔掉电话
给狗儿骨头让它停止吠叫
让钢琴静默，将鼙鼓蒙起
抬出灵怄，让悼念的人群汇集
让飞机在上空盘旋悲鸣
在苍穹潦草写下：他已逝去
为白鸽颈间系上黑纱
让交通警察换上黑色手套
他是我的南北西东
他是我的工作日，我的星期天
我的正午，我的夜晚
我的话语，我的欢歌
我总以为爱能不朽，但我错了
如今星辰已不再需要，
让它们熄灭了吧
收起月亮，
搬走太阳，
扫光森林，
倾尽海洋，
因为世间从此不再美好
g
<<四个婚礼和一个葬礼>>
2007年06月10日星期日 06:44
我是在英语的选修课上看的这部电影只看了后半部分加上同学给我介绍的也大概了解了整体内容我被这段词深深感动了要不是有同学在旁边我的眼泪就要流出
一段简短的墓志铭把一个人的一生概括
Gareth used to prefer funerals to weddings.
贾力一直喜欢葬礼多于婚礼。
He said it was easier to get enthusiastic about a ceremony...
他说对于自己起码有可能参与的仪式……
...one had an outside chance of eventually being involved in.
……总比较容易投入。
ln order to prepare this speech, l rang people to get a general picture... 为了准备今天的讲词，我打电话给各人。
...of how Gareth was regarded by those who met him.
……希望知道大家对贾力的印象。
''Fat'' seems to have been a word people most connected with him.
“肥胖”似乎是大部分人联想的字眼。
''Terribly rude'' also rang a lot of bells.
很多人也提到极度无礼。
''So very fat and very rude'' seems to have been the stranger's viewpoint. 那么陌生人眼中的他大概是“很胖和极度无礼”。
On the other hand, some of you have rung me to say that you loved him... 另一方面，有些朋友来电话说很敬爱他。
...which l know he would have been thrilled to hear.
……我知道他要是听到必然乐不可支。
You remember his fabulous hospitality.
你们记得他很好客。
His strange experimental cooking.
在烹饪方面很富有冒险精神。
The recipe for duck a la banana...
香蕉鸭的食谱……
...fortunately goes with him to his grave.
……幸好会与他一同长埋地下。
Most of all...
最重要的是……
...you tell me of his enormous capacity for joy.
……你们都提及他的乐天。
And when joyful....
乐天……
When joyful, for highly vocal drunkenness.
