On the Sea｜在海上

John Keats
濟慈

It keeps eternal whisperings around
不斷起絮叨，恆久細語碎，
Desolate shores, and with its mighty swell
圍繞孤獨岸，翻湧勁浪推，
Gluts twice ten thousand caverns, till the spell
灌滿千萬窟，直至黑卡蒂，
Of Hecate leaves them their old shadowy sound.
施法使恢復，洞音深幽邃。

Often ’tis in such gentle temper found
時而以性情，溫和平靜隨，
That scarcely will the very smallest shell
幾乎使貝殼，最小最細微，
Be mov’d for days from whence it sometime fell,
數日無動靜，從其前次墜，
When last the winds of heaven were unbound.
當時從蒼穹，不羈起風吹。

Oh ye! who have your eye-balls vex’d and tir’d,
君兮此雙眸，厭煩已疲累，
Feast them upon the wideness of the Sea;
饗宴以大海，壯闊之為最，
Oh ye! whose ears are dinn’d with uproar rude,
君兮此雙耳，充斥塵囂銳，
Or fed too much with cloying melody,--
過多或甜膩，縱然旋律美，
Sit ye near some old cavern’s mouth, and brood
勸君坐古洞，沉浸深思惟，
Until ye start, as if the sea-nymphs quir’d!
疑唱海仙女，豁然君領會！

譯註：
黑卡蒂（Hecate）
希臘神話中的女神，與黑夜、魔法及十字路口相連，譯名亦有「赫卡忒」，後世傳統中亦常與月亮並稱。此處她的咒語，一般解作月亮對潮汐的牽引：潮水退去，被浪潮灌滿的洞穴才恢復原有的幽暗回聲。莎士比亞《馬克白》中，她是眾女巫的主宰。