雙語(yǔ)詩(shī)歌翻譯|宋琬-《漁家詞》

這首詩(shī)寫(xiě)山東南陽(yáng)湖附近的漁民的艱苦生活。古代詩(shī)詞中寫(xiě)漁民生活，大多把漁夫?qū)懗呻[逸者，作為詩(shī)人理想的化身。那種以漁樵為生，不涉宦場(chǎng)，遠(yuǎn)離是非的生活，為封建士大夫所向往。但也有一些描寫(xiě)漁民現(xiàn)實(shí)生活的作品，反映了他們的苦難和不幸。這類(lèi)作品具有高度的現(xiàn)實(shí)主義精神和人民性。宋琬的這首《漁家詞》就屬這類(lèi)中的突出篇章。

宋琬·《漁家詞》

南陽(yáng)之南嶧山北，男子不耕女不織。

伐蘆作屋沮洳間，天遣魚(yú)蝦為稼穡。

少婦能操舴艨舟，生兒酷似鸕鶿黑。

今秋無(wú)雨湖水涸，大魚(yú)干死鰷鰍弱。

估客不來(lái)賤若泥，租吏到門(mén)勢(shì)欲縛。

烹魚(yú)酌酒幸無(wú)怒，泣向前村賣(mài)網(wǎng)罟。

A Song of a Fisherman

Sung Wan

South of Nan-yang, north of Yi Mountain,

The man doesn't till, the woman doesn't weave.

They cut rushes, built a hut in marsh lands;

Heaven provided fish and shrimp for them to sow and reap.

The young wife can steer the small skiff;

Black as a cormorant is their small son.

No rain this autumn, and the lake is drying up;

Large fish strand and die, loach and dace grow weak.

Buyers for the market stay away, fish are cheap as mud;

But the tax collector comers with a power that binds.

They boil him fish, serve him wine, pray he won't be angry,

And crying, to the village they go to sell their woven nets.

（William Schultz 譯）