I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed---and gazed---but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
我独自漫游像一朵浮云,高高地漂浮在山与谷之上,突然我看见一簇簇一群群金色的水仙在开放:靠湖边,在树下,随风起舞乐开花。
它们连绵不断,像银河中的群星闪烁、眨眼,它们展延无限成远景沿着湖湾的边沿:一瞥眼我看见成千上万,它们欢快摇首舞翩翩。
近旁的波浪跳着舞;但水仙欢快的舞姿远远胜过闪光的波涛;有这样欢快的侣伴,诗人怎能不心花怒放?我凝视着——凝视着——当时并未领悟这景象给我带来的是何等财富:
常常是,当我独卧榻上,或是沉思,或是茫然,它们在我心田闪光这是我独处时的欢乐无限;我的心就充满快乐,随着那些水仙起舞婀娜。
(李正栓 译)选自《英美诗歌教程》,清华大学出版社(2004)