William Shakespeare(1564－1616)

莎士比亚十四行诗第122首新译

傅正明译

122

君贻芳册我珍藏，

记下浓情久未忘，

简略胜他闲适语，

流年赢得永恒香∶

莫言大脑心田久，                                            5

人体自然惮晚秋，

冬尽楼空全失忆，

仍留纪念在环球。

笺短难书意蕴长，

真情不托纸皮囊，                                           10

我今冒昧弃芳册，

但信心湖无尽藏。

假如全靠他物铭记君心魂，

至爱明珠，岂不暗投健忘人？

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这首诗涉及的戏剧性情节有不同的解读，拙译采用一种比较合乎情理的解释∶美男子送给诗人的一本笔记本，诗人在笔记本上写了几首诗後，告诉美男子说∶笔记本已弃置不用了，或不慎遗失了，但这一点也不要紧，因为宝贵的深情永远珍藏在更可信赖的心底。

第7行的片语till each ，意思是∶直到每一个部分，指思维的大脑和多情的心脏，片语razed oblivion，直译是∶夷平的遗忘，「夷平」原本指战火的摧毁後果。

第10行为倒装句，正常语序为∶I need nor tallies to score thy dear love，直译是∶我不需要账簿来记录你的情爱。

Sonnet 122

Thy gift, thy tables, are within my brain
Full charactered with lasting memory,
Which shall above that idle rank remain,
Beyond all date, even to eternity:
Or, at the least, so long as brain and heart                       5
Have faculty by nature to subsist;
Till each to razed oblivion yield his part
Of thee, thy record never can be missed.
That poor retention could not so much hold,
Nor need I tallies thy dear love to score;                        10
Therefore to give them from me was I bold,
To trust those tables that receive thee more:
   To keep an adjunct to remember thee
   Were to import forgetfulness in me.