拜倫經(jīng)典詩歌:在巴比倫的河邊我們坐下來哭泣
By the Rivers of Babylon We Sat Down and Wept
(1815)
在巴比倫的河邊我們坐下來哭泣
by Lord Byron
(1788-1824)
1
We sat down and wept by the waters
Of Babel, and thought of the day
When our foe, in the hue of his slaughters,
Made Salem's high places his prey;
And ye, oh her desolate daughters!
Were scattered all weeping away.
2
While sadly we gazed on the river
Which rolled on in freedom below,
They demanded the song; but, oh never
That triumph the stranger shall know!
May this right hand be withered for ever,
Ere it string our high harp for the foe!
3
On the willow that harp is suspended,
Oh Salem! its sound should be free;
And the hour when thy glories were
ended
But left me that token of thee:
And ne'er shall its soft tones be blended
With the voice of the spoiler by me!
在巴比倫的河邊我們坐下來哭泣
一
在巴比倫的河邊我們坐下來
悲痛地哭泣,我們想到那一天
我們的敵人如何在屠殺叫喊中,
焚毀了撒冷的高聳的神殿:
而你們,呵,她凄涼的女兒!
你們都號哭著四散逃散。
二
當我們憂郁地坐在河邊
看著腳下的河水自由地奔流,
他們命令我們歌唱;呵,絕不!
我們絕不在這事情上低頭!
寧可讓這只右手永遠枯瘦,
但我們的圣琴絕不為異族彈奏!
三
我把那豎琴懸掛在柳梢頭,
噢,撒冷!它的歌聲該是自由的;
想到你的光榮喪盡的那一刻,
卻把你的這遺物留在我這里:
呵,我絕不使它優(yōu)美的音調(diào)
和暴虐者的聲音混在一起!
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