Passage18 I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the Milky Way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced, but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company!
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
参考译文
我孤独地漫游，像一朵云
我孤独地漫游，像一朵云
在山丘和谷地上飘荡，
忽然间我看见一片
金色的水仙花迎春开放，
在树荫下，在湖水边，
迎着微风起舞翩翩。
连绵不绝，如繁星灿烂，
在银河里闪闪发光，
它们沿着湖湾的边缘
延伸成无穷无尽的一行；
我一眼看见了一万朵，
在欢舞之中起伏颠簸。
粼粼波光也在跳着舞，
水仙的欢欣却胜过水波；
与这样快活的伴侣为伍，
诗人怎能不满心欢乐！
我久久凝望，却想象不到
这奇景赋予我多少财宝——
每当我躺在床上不眠，
或心神空茫，或默默沉思，
它们常在心灵中闪现，
那是孤独之中的福祉；
于是我的心便涨满幸福，
和水仙一同翩翩起舞。
编者点评
这是一首浪漫主义风格的诗。诗的格律是抑扬格四音步，格调清新欢快。这首诗是诗人威廉· 华兹华斯与家人外出游玩时被自然景致所吸引，而后根据回忆创作的。当作者闭目冥想，细细地回忆那心旷神怡的景致时，把自己设定成一朵漫游的云彩，更确切地说，是将自己的思绪比作云朵了，因此他睹物如越千山。他面对寻常可见的水仙，加上了一种想象力的色彩，使日常的东西在不平常的状态下呈现在心灵面前。