流浪的安格斯之歌

◎葉慈/沈政男

我外出來到那座榛樹林，
因為有一團火在我頭顱之中，
且砍下與削出一段榛樹樹枝
且勾住一顆莓果在釣線之上；
且當白蛾振翅，
且有飛蛾一般的星辰漸閃漸滅，
我將那莓果擲入溪中
並抓起一條小鱒魚。

當我將其在地板放妥
我過去煽起火焰，
但有什麼在地板窸窸窣窣，
且有人叫喚我以我的名字：
它已經變成一個閃亮的少女
有著蘋果花在髮茨之間
其叫喚我以我的名字又跑開
且消逝於漸漸亮起的天色之中。

雖已流浪到老
穿越過空曠之地與丘陵之地，
我會找出她的去向，
且親吻她的唇與牽起她的手；
且漫步於斑駁的長草地，
且摘取直到天荒地老，
那月亮的銀蘋果，
那太陽的金蘋果。

The Song of Wandering Aengus
BY WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS

I went out to the hazel wood,
Because a fire was in my head,
And cut and peeled a hazel wand,
And hooked a berry to a thread;
And when white moths were on the wing,
And moth-like stars were flickering out,
I dropped the berry in a stream
And caught a little silver trout.

When I had laid it on the floor
I went to blow the fire a-flame,
But something rustled on the floor,
And someone called me by my name:
It had become a glimmering girl
With apple blossom in her hair
Who called me by my name and ran
And faded through the brightening air.

Though I am old with wandering
Through hollow lands and hilly lands,
I will find out where she has gone,
And kiss her lips and take her hands;
And walk among long dappled grass,
And pluck till time and times are done,
The silver apples of the moon,
The golden apples of the sun.