永不再

凌风 译

注视我的脸；我名叫惜未实现；
　我也称为不再，太晚，再见；
　在你耳边我执着死海的贝壳
激起你生命泡沫涌动在两腳之间；
你的眼睛对着镜子本来能夠明辨
　生命和爱的形像，但我魔法一变
　成为颤动的影子难堪，
最终是脆弱的眼帘口不能言。

注意我，多么平靜！但如果忽然利箭
　射入我灵魂奇異的柔软
　平安的翅膀化为一息长歎—
你就看见我的笑容，转換
你的容颜因我猝击中你的心间
　你张着冷漠悔恨的眼长夜不眠。

The Nevermore

Look in my face; my name is Might-have-been;
　 I am also called No-more, Too-late, Farewell;
　 Unto thine ear I hold the dead-sea shell
Cast up thy Life’s foam-fretted feet between;
Unto thine eyes the glass where that is seen
　 Which had Life’s form and Love’s, but by my spell
　 Is now a shaken shadow intolerable,
Of ultimate things unuttered the frail screen.

Mark me, how still I am! But should there dart
　 One moment through my soul the soft surprise
　 Of the winged Peace which lulls the breath of sighs,--
Then shalt thou see my smile, and turn apart
Thy visage to mine ambush at thy heart
　 Sleepless with cold commemorative eyes.

　　　
Dante Gabriel Rossetti（1828-1882）