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第39章 A Lane in the Rain

Dai Wangshu

Alone holding an oil-paper umbrella,

I wander along a long

Solitary lane in the rain,

Hoping to encounter

A girl like a bouquet of lilacs

Gnawed by anxiety and resentment.

A girl

The color of lilacs,

The fragrance of lilacs,

The worries of lilacs,

Feeling melancholy in the rain,

Plaintive and hesitating.

Silently she comes closer,

Closer,giving me

A glance like a sigh,

Then she floats past

Like a dream,

Dreary and blank like a dream.

Like a lilac

Floating past in a dream,

the girl floats past me;

Silently she goes further and further,

To the crumbling wall,

Out of the lane in the rain.

In the mournful melody of the rain,

Her color has faded,

Her fragrance has disppeared,

Vanished into the void;

Even her glance like a sigh,

Melancholy like lilacs.

Alone holding an oil-paper umbrella,

I wander along a long

Solitary lane in the rain,

Hoping to pass

A girl like a bouquet of lilacs

Gnawed by anxiety and resentment.

雨 巷

戴望舒

撑着油纸伞,独自

彷徨在悠长,悠长

又寂寥的雨巷,

我希望逢着

一个丁香一样的

结着愁怨的姑娘。

她是有

丁香一样的颜色,

丁香一样的芬芳,

丁香一样的忧愁,

在雨中哀怨,

哀怨又彷徨。

她彷徨在这寂寥的雨巷,

撑着油纸伞

像我一样

像我一样地

默默彳着,

冷漠,凄清,又惆怅。

她默默地走近

走近,又投出,

太息一样的眼光,

她飘过

像梦一般地

像梦一般地凄婉迷茫。

像梦中飘过

一支丁香地,

我身旁飘过这女郎;

她静默地远了,远了,

到了颓圮的篱墙,

走尽这雨巷。

在雨的哀曲里,

消了她的颜色,

散了她的芬芳,

消散了,甚至她的

太息般的眼光,

丁香般的惆怅。

撑着油纸伞,独自

彷徨在悠长,悠长

又寂寥的雨巷,

我希望飘过

一个丁香一样的

结着愁怨的姑娘。

背景知识

戴望舒(1905~1950),现代诗人,又称“雨巷诗人”,中国现代派象征主义诗人。戴望舒为笔名,原名戴朝安。 戴望舒的诗歌主要受中国古典诗歌和法国象征主义诗人影响较大,前者如晚唐温庭筠、李商隐,后者如魏尔伦、果尔蒙、耶麦等,作为现代派新诗的举旗人,无论理论还是创作实践,都对中国新诗的发展产生过相当大的影响。

这首诗写于1927年夏天。当时中国处于白色恐怖之中,戴望舒因曾参加进步活动而不得不避居于松江的友人家中,在孤寂中咀嚼着大革命失败后的幻灭与痛苦,心中充满了迷惘的情绪和朦胧的希望。《雨巷》一诗就是他的这种心情的表现,其中交织着失望和希望、幻灭和追求的双重情调。诗中那狭窄阴沉的雨巷,在雨巷中徘徊的独行者,以及那个像丁香一样结着愁怨的姑娘,这些意象又共同构成了一种象征性的意境,含蓄地暗示出作者即迷惘感伤又有期待的情怀,并给人一种朦胧而又幽深的美感。

单词注解

solitary [5sClitEri] 单独的,独自的

lilac [5lailEk] 【植】紫丁香

fragrance [5frei^rEns] 芬芳;香味

名句诵读

Alone holding an oil-paper umbrella,I wander along a long Solitary lane in the rain,Hoping to encounter A girl like a bouquet of lilacs Gnawed by anxiety and resentment.

Like a lilac Floating past in a dream,the girl floats past me;Silently she goes further and further,To the crumbling wall,Out of the lane in the rain.