In A Burying Ground葬身之地

齐云

In A Burying Ground

By Sara Tealsdale

This is the spot where I will lie
  When life has had enough of me,
    These are the grasses that will blow
  Above me like a living sea.

These gay old lilies will not shrink
  To draw their life from death of mine,
    And I will give my body's fire
  To make blue flowers on this vine.

"O Soul," I said, "have you no tears?
  Was not the body dear to you?"
    I heard my soul say carelessly,
  "The myrtle flowers will grow more blue."

葬身之地（律式音节诗）

文/莎拉•蒂斯黛尔  译/齐云

寿命若已经满足数目
   愿此地成我葬身之处
青草在坟头随风起舞
   犹如海面的浪起浪伏

那些百合愈老而弥香
   汲取生机从我的死亡
我愿意尸身化成营养
   供满架蓝花尽情绽放

我问灵魂“你是否辛酸
   尸身丢下你不理不管”
灵魂无所谓给了答案:
   “桃金娘花会开得更蓝”

译后记：女诗人难得将四步抑扬格的音步贯穿到底，可惜尾节又失韵。谁让汉语天生富韵呢，每节拔高全韵译之。九字或十步的四步汉诗，最容易对称半逗，调理平仄。我揣诗意，葬身之地并非实指，“女诗魔”的葬身之地只能还是诗歌，青草、百合、桃金娘则是一篇篇具体的美诗。更甚，诗不仅是写死后，也是写活着的时候，已为诗歌呕心沥血伤及身体了，但精神无怨无悔，只因在诗人心中，诗歌才是她生命价值所在。

孙逐明

　译诗越来越流畅了，且诗意盎然，不像是译诗了。