Funeral Blues 葬禮藍調_中英對照賞析

Funeral Blues 葬禮藍調

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Funeral Blues¹

——W.H. Auden

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,

停止時鐘，切斷電話

Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,

給狗一塊多汁的骨頭，停止吠叫

Silence the pianos and with muffled² drum,

讓鋼琴靜默，將鼙鼓蒙起

Bring out the coffin³, let the mourners come.

抬出靈慪，讓哀悼者前來。

Let aeroplanes cricle moaning overhead,

讓直升機在頭頂悲旋，

Scribbling⁴ on the sky the message He Is Dead,

在蒼穹潦草寫下：他已逝去

Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,

為白鴿頸間系上黑紗，

Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.

讓交通警察戴上黑色的手套。

He was my North, my South, my East and West,

他曾經是我的東，我的西，我的南，我的北，

My working week and my Sunday rest,

我的工作天，我的休息日，

My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;

我的正午，我的夜半，我的話語，我的歌吟，

I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong.

我以為愛可以不朽：我錯了。

The stars are not wanted now; put out every one;

星辰已經暗淡；

Pack up the moon and dismantle⁵ the sun;

日月也已退場；

Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood;

傾盡大海，清除森林;

For nothing now can ever come to any good.

因為世間從此不再美好。

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收聽單詞發音

1 blues
n.抑郁，沮喪；布魯斯音樂
參考例句：
She was in the back of a smoky bar singing the blues.她在煙霧彌漫的酒吧深處唱著布魯斯歌曲。 He was in the blues on account of his failure in business.他因事業失敗而意志消沉。

2 muffled
adj.（聲音）被隔的；聽不太清的；（衣服）裹嚴的；蒙住的v.壓抑，捂住( muffle的過去式和過去分詞 )；用厚厚的衣帽包著（自己）
參考例句：
muffled voices from the next room 從隔壁房間里傳來的沉悶聲音 There was a muffled explosion somewhere on their right. 在他們的右面什么地方有一聲沉悶的爆炸聲。來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3 coffin
n.棺材，靈柩
參考例句：
When one's coffin is covered,all discussion about him can be settled.蓋棺論定。 The coffin was placed in the grave.那口棺材已安放到墳墓里去了。

4 scribbling
n.亂涂[寫]胡[亂]寫的文章[作品]v.潦草的書寫( scribble的現在分詞 )；亂畫；草草地寫；匆匆記下
參考例句：
Once the money got into the book, all that remained were some scribbling. 折子上的錢只是幾個字！來自漢英文學 - 駱駝祥子 McMug loves scribbling. Mama then sent him to the Kindergarten. 麥嘜很喜歡寫字，媽媽看在眼里，就替他報讀了幼稚園。來自互聯網

5 dismantle
vt.拆開，拆卸；廢除，取消
參考例句：
He asked for immediate help from the United States to dismantle the warheads.他請求美國立即提供援助，拆除這批彈頭。 The mower firmly refused to mow,so I decided to dismantle it.修完后割草機還是紋絲不動，于是，我決定把它拆開。