The man he killed 他殺死的人

The man he killed
Thomas Hardy
 

"Ad he and I but met

By some old ancient inn,

We should have sat us down to wet

Right many a nipperkin!

"But ranged as infantry,

And staring face to face,

I shot at him as he at me,

And killed him in his place.

"I shot him dead because --

Because he was my foe,

Just so: my foe of course he was;

That's clear enough; although

"He thought he'd 'list, perhaps,

Off-hand like -- just as I --

Was out of work -- had sold his traps --

No other reason why.

"Yes; quaint and curious war is!

You shoot a fellow down

You'd treat if met where any bar is,

Or help to half-a-crown."

他殺死的人
哈代
“要是他同我相逢在

一家古老的酒店中，

我們會坐下來，并且很快

會一起干掉好幾盅!

“可既在步兵隊伍里，

又瞪視著彼此面龐，

我像他一樣，朝對方射擊，

把他擊斃在那地方。

“我射殺了他，只因———

只因他是我的仇敵，

不錯，他當然是我的敵人;

這相當清楚;雖說是

“他可能認為：他參軍

也像我是出于無奈——

或因失業(yè)，或已當光賣盡

找不出別的緣故來。

“對呀，打仗真古怪!

被你射倒的那對方，

倘酒館里相遇，你會款待，

或幫助他半個克朗。”①

黃杲炘譯

①英國舊時的五先令硬幣稱克朗。這也是歐洲其它一些國家的貨幣單位。