多恩｜離別辭：窗上刻我名

A Valediction of My Name, in the Window
by John Donne

I.

My name engraved herein
我名在此刻入，
Doth contribute my firmness to this glass,
以我金石心，玻璃更堅固，
Which ever since that charm hath been
從今魔法展露，
As hard, as that which graved it was;
恆久堅硬，如刻之物，
Thine eye will give it price enough, to mock
卿眸予價值，相形使見黜，
The diamonds of either rock.
岩中鑽石縱無數。

II.

’Tis much that glass should be
玻璃所能多矣，
As all-confessing, and through-shine as I;
坦白無隱藏，如我透光明；
’Tis more that it shows thee to thee,
更能對卿顯卿，
And clear reflects thee to thine eye.
清楚顯形，眼神投影。
But all such rules love’s magic can undo;
情意有魔法，解除諸定律；
Here you see me, and I am you.
卿見我在我乃卿。

III.

As no one point, nor dash,
誠如圓點橫線，
Which are but accessories to this name,
不啻零星片，附屬此名現，
The showers and tempests can outwash
暴雨狂風不能減；
So shall all times find me the same;
累月經年，而我不變；
You this entireness better may fulfill,
此名完整性，更善卿保全，
Who have the pattern with you still.
得此原型長久遠。

IV.

Or if too hard and deep
艱澀若太深奧，
This learning be, for a scratch’d name to teach,
銘刻此名下，授此其教導，
It as a given death’s head keep,
象徵骷髏符號，
Lovers’ mortality to preach;
告誡愛情，有日終了，
Or think this ragged bony name to be
思其殘破骸，零落此名凋，
My ruinous anatomy.
腐朽骨架僅憑弔。

V.

Then, as all my souls be
而後三魂所屬，
Emparadised in you—in whom alone
天國在卿內，獨此我進入，
I understand, and grow, and see—
明白成長我目睹，
The rafters of my body, bone,
此身百骸，椽樑屋柱，
Being still with you, the muscle, sinew, and vein
同居與卿活，肌肉筋血注，
Which tile this house, will come again.
瓦鋪此屋將來復。

VI.

Till my return repair
直至歸來修復，
And recompact my scatter’d body so,
零落我百骸，緊密聚合組，
As all the virtuous powers which are
本有效力正如
Fix’d in the stars are said to flow
星辰穩固，據說流入，
Into such characters as gravèd be
寫進文字符，我名刻印處，
When these stars have supremacy.
星辰支配命運途。

VII.

So since this name was cut,
爾後此名鑿落，
When love and grief their exaltation had,
愛到最顛峰，痛至最折磨，
No door ’gainst this name’s influence shut.
此名影響無不穿透，
As much more loving, as more sad,
愛愈深厚，哀愈哀愁，
’Twill make thee; and thou shouldst, till I return,
同樣使卿受，直至我歸後，
Since I die daily, daily mourn.
日日我亡請悼我。

VIII.

When thy inconsiderate hand
當卿不加思索，
Flings ope this casement, with my trembling name,
推開此窗櫺，我名正顫抖，
To look on one, whose wit or land
望向此人，才華土地擁有，
New battery to thy heart may frame,
發動攻勢，對卿心窩，
Then think this name alive, and that thou thus
我名請思量，猶似我存活，
In it offend’st my Genius.
對我神靈卿罪過。

IX.

And when thy melted maid,
心軟再當僕女，
Corrupted by thy lover’s gold and page,
情人黃金勾，情人侍童引，
His letter at thy pillow hath laid,
枕旁臥其書信，
Disputed it, and tamed thy rage,
抗辯對之，馴伏卿矣，
And thou begin’st to thaw towards him, for this,
卿心始消融，對之初有意，
May my name step in, and hide his.
我名介入隱其名。

X.

And if this treason go
如此倘若背叛，
To an overt act and that thou write again,
踏出實作為，魚雁更幾番，
In superscribing, this name flow
抬頭稱謂語，我名流水喚，
Into thy fancy from the pane;
窗櫺而來，將卿念轉，
So, in forgetting thou rememb’rest right,
是以泯忘然，其實銘記盼，
And unaware to me shalt write.
不覺對我魚雁返。

XI.

But glass and lines must be
玻璃印痕終究，
No means our firm substantial love to keep;
難保真實意，倆情不能留，
Near death inflicts this lethargy,
瀕臨死亡昏沉落，
And this I murmur in my sleep;
於我魂夢，幾語吐露，
Impute this idle talk, to that I go,
咎此譫妄言，離別終須我，
For dying men talk often so.
將死之人夢囈說。

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