雙語詩(shī)歌翻譯|曹雪芹-《五美吟·虞姬》

《五美吟·虞姬》出自清代小說家曹雪芹所著小說《紅樓夢(mèng)》，是一首七言絕句，在小說中由林黛玉所作。詩(shī)的前兩句概括垓下之戰(zhàn)的悲壯歷史情景，后兩句揭示了反復(fù)無常的將軍英布和彭越的可恥下場(chǎng)。這首詩(shī)表達(dá)了對(duì)虞姬的崇敬和頌揚(yáng)之情，寄托了林黛玉自己正直倔強(qiáng)的思想品格。這首詩(shī)運(yùn)用對(duì)比的手法，通過虞姬與黥布、彭越的對(duì)比，加深了對(duì)虞姬的贊美之情。

《紅樓夢(mèng)》·《五美吟·虞姬》

腸斷烏騅夜嘯風(fēng)，虞兮幽恨對(duì)重瞳。

黥彭甘受他年醢，飲劍何如楚帳中。

Yu Ji（David Hawkes 譯）

The very crows are grieving as they caw in the cold night air.

She faces her beaten Tyrant King with a haggard look of despair:

Let the others wait for the hangman, to be hacked and quartered and rent;

Better the taste of one's own steel in the decent dark of a tent.

Yu Chi（B. S. Bonsall 譯）

A heart-broken bird calls. In the night whistles the wind.

Yü in the darkness laments to the double-pupilled eyes.

Ch'ing and Peng were willing another year to be chopped to pieces.

How drunk she the sword in the tent of Ch'u?

Lady Yu（楊憲益、戴乃迭 譯）

Heart-broken as black steed neighing at night in the wind,

In silent grief she stayed beside her lord;

The renegades Qing Bu and Peng Yue were doomed to be slaughtered;

Better, then, in Chu's tent to fall on her own sword.