W.H.奥登葬礼蓝调 奥登

W.H.奥登(1907-1973)

葬礼蓝调

让时钟都停摆，将电话线切断，

用一根多汁的骨头让狗不再吠叫，

让钢琴寂静，让鼓声沉默，

把灵柩抬出来，请哀悼者登门。

让飞机在头顶上空悲鸣着盘绕

将“他死了”的消息涂写在天上。

在广场鸽雪白的脖颈缠绕黑纱领结，

让交通警察戴黑色棉手套。

他是我的北，我的南，我的东与西，

我的日常工作天和周末休息日，

我的正午，我的夜半，我的话题，我的歌；

我以为那爱将永远持续——我错了。

现在，星星已不再需要；将它们都熄灭吧；

把月亮收起来，把太阳也拆走，

将海水都倒掉，将树木清干净；

因为现在，一切都徒然无益。

(李晖译)

FuneralBlues

By W H Auden

Stop all the clocks, cut offthe 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 moaningoverhead
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 Eastand West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now; putout 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.

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