失樂園彌爾頓中英對照翻譯

1、M i l t o n, Joh n, 1 60 8- 16 74 . 密 爾 頓 ， 約 翰 ， 1 608 - 1 67 4Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library 1: Of Mans First Disobedience, and the Fruit 人類最初的違抗，還有那禁果2: Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal tast 它那必死的味道3: Brought Death into the World, and all our woe, 將死亡帶到世上，連同我們所有的悲哀4: W

2、ith loss of EDEN, till one greater Man 自伊甸園失去，到更偉大的人5: Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat, 修復(fù)我們，讓我們重回福地6: Sing Heavnly Muse, that on the secret top 唱天堂般的音樂，在神秘的歐瑞伯山頂7: Of OREB, or of SINAI, didst inspire 和西耐山頂，真正賦予那牧者靈感8: That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen Seed, 第一個教曉那些被選出的種子9: In the

3、Beginning how the Heavns and Earth 最初天堂與大地是如何10: Rose out of CHAOS: Or if SION Hill 在一片混沌中出現(xiàn)：或假如錫安山11: Delight thee more, and SILOAS Brook that flowd 更喜愛你，那地底的溪流12: Fast by the Oracle of God; I thence 恰帶來神諭；我從此13: Invoke thy aid to my adventrous Song, 讓你助我完成那冒險之歌14: That with no middle flight intend

4、s to soar 平庸者所不敢飛越的高度15: Above th AONIAN Mount, while it pursues 翻越阿諾安山，追逐著16: Things unattempted yet in Prose or Rhime. 詩歌與散文里未曾嘗試之事17: And chiefly Thou O Spirit, that dost prefer 你，靈魂做主，更愛18: Before all Temples th upright heart and pure, 在所有廟宇之前，以正直純粹之心19: Instruct me, for Thou knowst; Thou from t

5、he first 指引我，因你知道：你自最初20: Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread 即已在此，伸開有力的雙翼21: Dove-like satst brooding on the vast Abyss 鴿子般安坐在巨大的深淵前沉思22: And madst it pregnant: What in me is dark 看穿我內(nèi)心的黑暗23: Illumine, what is low raise and support; 照亮那卑微，喚起并支持著我24: That to the highth of this great Argume

6、nt 直到這偉大的辯論25: I may assert th Eternal Providence, 我可斷言永恒的天意26: And justifie the wayes of God to men. 證明神對世人的方式27: Say first, for Heavn hides nothing from thy view 預(yù)言，因天對人無所隱藏28: Nor the deep Tract of Hell, say first what cause 地獄亦是如此，言明何因29: Movd our Grand Parents in that happy State, 令我們的祖先自那歡樂境界3

7、0: Favourd of Heavn so highly, to fall off 先得天寵，因違背其意31: From their Creator, and transgress his Will 從他們的創(chuàng)造者那里墮落32: For one restraint, Lords of the World besides? 世界的主宰們竟然失去耐性33: Who first seducd them to that fowl revolt? 引他們發(fā)動家禽般的反抗34: Th infernal Serpent; he it was, whose guile 邪惡的魔鬼，他的詭計35: Stird

8、 up with Envy and Revenge, deceivd 因嫉妒和復(fù)仇而起，欺騙了36: The Mother of Mankinde, what time his Pride 人類的母親，當(dāng)他的自尊37: Had cast him out from Heavn, with all his Host 將他自天堂拋棄，以他為首的38: Of Rebel Angels, by whose aid aspiring 叛逆天使，因他們的熱情39: To set himself in Glory above his Peers, 賦予他高于同類的光榮40: He trusted to hav

9、e equald the most High, 相信他具有與最高者同等的地位41: If he opposd; and with ambitious aim 他野心勃勃42: Against the Throne and Monarchy of God 反抗神的王座和權(quán)力43: Raisd impious War in Heavn and Battel proud 徒然在天堂驕傲的發(fā)起不敬的戰(zhàn)爭44: With vain attempt. Him the Almighty Power 全能的力量45: Hurld headlong flaming from th Ethereal Skie 自

10、天上投射熊熊烈火46: With hideous ruine and combustion down 可怕的毀滅和燃燒降臨47: To bottomless perdition, there to dwell 無盡的毀滅，若無休止48: In Adamantine Chains and penal Fire, 堅硬的鎖鏈和懲罰之火49: Who durst defie th Omnipotent to Arms. 加于敢對全能之神挑戰(zhàn)者50: Nine times the Space that measures Day and Night 九倍于凡人以日夜計算的時間51: To mortal

11、men, he with his horrid crew 他和他可怕的隊伍52: Lay vanquisht, rowling in the fiery Gulfe 被擊潰，倒在烈火的深淵53: Confounded though immortal: But his doom 雖不死卻充滿困惑：但他的厄運54: Reservd him to more wrath; for now the thought 使他更加憤怒；想起55: Both of lost happiness and lasting pain 失去的快樂和永恒的痛苦折磨56: Torments him; round he thr

12、ows his baleful eyes 他以邪惡的眼神望向四周57: That witnessd huge affliction and dismay 只看到巨大的痛苦和沮喪58: Mixt with obdurate pride and stedfast hate: 混合著冷酷的驕傲和篤實的憎恨59: At once as far as Angels kenn he views 旋以天使之眼看到60: The dismal Situation waste and wilde, 荒蕪凄慘的境遇61: A Dungeon horrible, on all sides round 四周皆是恐怖的

13、地牢62: As one great Furnace flamd, yet from those flames 如巨大的洪爐，那火焰之中63: No light, but rather darkness visible 沒有光，只有看的見的黑暗64: Servd only to discover sights of woe, 只為讓你看見悲哀的景象65: Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace 悲痛的領(lǐng)域，陰沉的影子，66: And rest can never dwell, hope never comes 永無和平與休息，人人都有的希望

14、在這里 67: That comes to all; but torture without end 永不來臨，只有無窮的折磨68: Still urges, and a fiery Deluge, fed 仍在以燃燒不盡的硫磺，69: With ever-burning Sulphur unconsumd: 持續(xù)那烈火的狂潮70: Such place Eternal Justice had prepard 這樣的地方是永恒的正義71: For those rebellious, here their Prison ordaind 為反叛者所準備，這里注定是他們的監(jiān)獄72: In utter

15、 darkness, and their portion set 在絕對的黑暗中，他們的身體73: As far removd from God and light of Heavn 被置于離神和天堂的光明玄遠之地74: As from the Center thrice to th utmost Pole. 三倍于天堂的中心到最遠支柱的距離75: O how unlike the place from whence they fell! 與他們墜落的地方多么的不同76: There the companions of his fall, orewhelmd 那和他一起墜落的，是無法抗拒的77: With Floods and Whirlwinds of tempestuous fire, 有如洪水旋風(fēng)般的狂暴的火焰78: He soon discerns, and weltring by his side 他很快辨認出，在他之旁79: One next himself in power, and next in crime,