Ode-to-a-Nightingale

1、JOHN KEATSOde to a N i ght i ngaIeOde to a Nightingale expresses the contrast bet ween the happy wor I d of nat ura I I ove I i ness and human world of agony. At first, opiates and wine seem to be a way to transcend the human misery At last poetry it self is seen the mos t effect i ve way to release

2、 misery and to reach paradise The title of F. Scott Fitzgerald s novel Tender is the Night derives it self from this poem (St anza IV)Stanza I1 was falling as Ieep when I heard anightingale singing in the beechen (山 毛棒)forest.胧坠入忘忧河MY heart aches, and a drowsy numbness painsMy sense, as though of he

3、mlock I had drunk,毒参Or emp tied some du I I opia te to the drainsdrink upOne minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk:river of forgetfulnessTis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thine happiness, That thou, Ii ght-wi nged Dryad of the trees,轻盈的小天使In some me Iod i ous plotOf beech

4、en green, and shadows numberless, S i ngest of summer in full-throated ease.放声歌唱Stanza I I I d I ike a cup of red wine to soothe (reI ieve) my trouble (agony).人说杯酒解千愁0 for a draught of vintage! that hath been a cup of grape wineCoo r d a I ong age i n the deep-de I ved earth,年老酒Tasting of Flora and

5、the country-green, flowerDance, and Proveng al song, and sunburntmi rth!songsforroyaltyandaristocrats0 for a beakerful1 ofthe warmSouth!Ful 1 of thetrue,the blushfulHippocrene, red-colored water in the river of MusesWith beaded bubbles winking at the brim, pear I I ike bubbles or foamsAnd purple-sta

6、ined mouth;That I might drink, and leave the world unseen,And with thee fade away intothe forest dim:Stanza I I IThe nightingaIe was singing in ecstasy while I am suffering on ear th. 天上人 间两不闻Fade far away, dissolve, and quite forgetWhat thou among the leaves hast never known,The weariness, the feve

7、r, and the fret troubleHere, where men sit and hear eachother groan;Where palsy shakes a few, sad, last greyhairs, paralysis or stroke;病痛使老人们感觉生不如死Where youth grows pal and spectre-th i n, and dies;瘦骨嶙峋Where but to think is to befulI of sorrowAnd leaden-eyed despairs;/L灰般绝望Where Beauty cannot keep h

8、erlustrous eyes,Or new Love pine at thembeyond to-morrow.Beauty darenot openher br i ght eyes.Love wi I I bewitheredi n no time. Thehuman wor Idaboundswith sorrow.页脚capt i vat i ngStanza IVI wishI cou Id fly to the moon togetherwith the nightingaIe如今直上银河去Away! away! for I wi I I fly to thee,Not char

9、ioted by Bacchus and hispards,不用酒神的车来接我；Bacchus: also known as DionysusBut on the viewless wings of Poesy, Though the du I I brain perplexes and retards:让我困倦疲乏puzz I e; bewi I der/h inder Already with thee! tender is the night, And haply the Queen-Moon is on her throne, Cluster d around by al I her

10、starry Fays; fairyBut here there is no Iight,Save what from heaven is with the breezes blownThrough verdurous gI ooms and winding mossy ways.绿色幽暗之处（夜色温柔，月亮女神有星星陪伴。而人间 的我却失去了光明，只能看见幽暗的绿色中 微风吹起的一线亮光。cast light on）Stanza V 1 realize that I was in a beautifuI garden ful I of fragrant flowers 春色满园关不 住I c

11、annot see wha t flowers are at my feet,Nor what soft incense hangs uponthe boughs,But, in embaI med darkness, guess each sweet fragrantWherewith the seasonable month endowsThe grass, the t hicket, and thefruit一tree wiId; woodsWhite hawthorn, and the pastoral eglantine; wild roseFast-fading violets c

12、overdup in leaves;And mid-May s el dest child,The com i ng musk-rose, ful I of dewy wine,麝香The murmurous haunt of flies on summer evesbutterf IiesStanza VIThe nightingaIe, regardless of myimminent death, kept singing in an ecstasy. Her me Iody was f I oat ing over the grass I and aiml ess Iy since h

13、er bosom friend cannot hear it any longer 子期不在向谁弹Pathysympathyapathypat het i cDark Iing I Iisten; and for many a time 美丽的夜色I have been half in love with easefuI Death.Call， d him soft names in many a mused rhyme,To take into the air my quiet breath;Now more than ever seems it rich to die, To cease

14、upon the midnight with no pain, While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad无忧无虑地倾诉心声In such an ecstasy!Still wouldst thou sing, and I have earsin vainTo thy high requiem become a sod弥 撒；草地（始的歌空荡在草原）Stanza VI IThe nightingaIe s me Iody hasmagicaI power to arouse the nostalgia of Ruth, a f ema I e in

15、 the Bible.此曲只应天上有Thou wast not born for death, immortai Bird!No hungry generations tread thee down;The voice I hear this passing night was heardIn ancient days by emperor andcI own:peopIe from al I waIks of life; come down in one， s life; down-trodden; down and outPerhaps the seIf-same song that fo

16、und a pathThrough the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home,the very song; nostalgia; a woman in the Bible who has been married to a man ina foreign countryShe stood in tears amid the alien corn;The same that oft-times hathCharm d magic casements, opening on the foamOf peri Ious seas, in faery lands forlorn, far away多少次打开窗户面对大海，思念大洋彼岸的故 乡Stanza VII IThe nightingaIe，s me Iody fadedaway, but I was still absorbed in it I was halfawake and half asleep.昔人已乘黄鹤去Forlorn! the very word is like a bellTo to I I me back from t hee to my sole self!Adieu! the fancy cannot cheat so we I IAs she is famed to