贝壳电子书 > 英文原著电子书 > the divine comedy(神曲) >

第75章

the divine comedy(神曲)-第75章

小说: the divine comedy(神曲) 字数: 每页4000字

按键盘上方向键 ← 或 → 可快速上下翻页,按键盘上的 Enter 键可回到本书目录页,按键盘上方向键 ↑ 可回到本页顶部!
————未阅读完?加入书签已便下次继续阅读!



  If first the fire bite not; within it enter;
  And be not deaf unto the song beyond。〃

When we were close beside him thus he said;
  Wherefore e'en such became I; when I heard him;
  As he is who is put into the grave。

Upon my clasped hands I straightened me;
  Scanning the fire; and vividly recalling
  The human bodies I had once seen burned。

Towards me turned themselves my good Conductors;
  And unto me Virgilius said: 〃My son;
  Here may indeed be torment; but not death。

Remember thee; remember! and if I
  On Geryon have safely guided thee;
  What shall I do now I am nearer God?

Believe for certain; shouldst thou stand a full
  Millennium in the bosom of this flame;
  It could not make thee bald a single hair。

And if perchance thou think that I deceive thee;
  Draw near to it; and put it to the proof
  With thine own hands upon thy garment's hem。

Now lay aside; now lay aside all fear;
  Turn hitherward; and onward come securely;〃
  And I still motionless; and 'gainst my conscience!

Seeing me stand still motionless and stubborn;
  Somewhat disturbed he said: 〃Now look thou; Son;
  'Twixt Beatrice and thee there is this wall。〃

As at the name of Thisbe oped his lids
  The dying Pyramus; and gazed upon her;
  What time the mulberry became vermilion;

Even thus; my obduracy being softened;
  I turned to my wise Guide; hearing the name
  That in my memory evermore is welling。

Whereat he wagged his head; and said: 〃How now?
  Shall we stay on this side?〃 then smiled as one
  Does at a child who's vanquished by an apple。

Then into the fire in front of me he entered;
  Beseeching Statius to come after me;
  Who a long way before divided us。

When I was in it; into molten glass
  I would have cast me to refresh myself;
  So without measure was the burning there!

And my sweet Father; to encourage me;
  Discoursing still of Beatrice went on;
  Saying: 〃Her eyes I seem to see already!〃

A voice; that on the other side was singing;
  Directed us; and we; attent alone
  On that; came forth where the ascent began。

〃Venite; benedicti Patris mei;〃
  Sounded within a splendour; which was there
  Such it o'ercame me; and I could not look。

〃The sun departs;〃 it added; 〃and night cometh;
  Tarry ye not; but onward urge your steps;
  So long as yet the west becomes not dark。〃

Straight forward through the rock the path ascended
  In such a way that I cut off the rays
  Before me of the sun; that now was low。

And of few stairs we yet had made assay;
  Ere by the vanished shadow the sun's setting
  Behind us we perceived; I and my Sages。

And ere in all its parts immeasurable
  The horizon of one aspect had become;
  And Night her boundless dispensation held;

Each of us of a stair had made his bed;
  Because the nature of the mount took from us
  The power of climbing; more than the delight。

Even as in ruminating passive grow
  The goats; who have been swift and venturesome
  Upon the mountain…tops ere they were fed;

Hushed in the shadow; while the sun is hot;
  Watched by the herdsman; who upon his staff
  Is leaning; and in leaning tendeth them;

And as the shepherd; lodging out of doors;
  Passes the night beside his quiet flock;
  Watching that no wild beast may scatter it;

Such at that hour were we; all three of us;
  I like the goat; and like the herdsmen they;
  Begirt on this side and on that by rocks。

Little could there be seen of things without;
  But through that little I beheld the stars
  More luminous and larger than their wont。

Thus ruminating; and beholding these;
  Sleep seized upon me;sleep; that oftentimes
  Before a deed is done has tidings of it。

It was the hour; I think; when from the East
  First on the mountain Citherea beamed;
  Who with the fire of love seems always burning;

Youthful and beautiful in dreams methought
  I saw a lady walking in a meadow;
  Gathering flowers; and singing she was saying:

〃Know whosoever may my name demand
  That I am Leah; and go moving round
  My beauteous hands to make myself a garland。

To please me at the mirror; here I deck me;
  But never does my sister Rachel leave
  Her looking…glass; and sitteth all day long。

To see her beauteous eyes as eager is she;
  As I am to adorn me with my hands;
  Her; seeing; and me; doing satisfies。〃

And now before the antelucan splendours
  That unto pilgrims the more grateful rise;
  As; home…returning; less remote they lodge;

The darkness fled away on every side;
  And slumber with it; whereupon I rose;
  Seeing already the great Masters risen。

〃That apple sweet; which through so many branches
  The care of mortals goeth in pursuit of;
  To…day shall put in peace thy hungerings。〃

Speaking to me; Virgilius of such words
  As these made use; and never were there guerdons
  That could in pleasantness compare with these。

Such longing upon longing came upon me
  To be above; that at each step thereafter
  For flight I felt in me the pinions growing。

When underneath us was the stairway all
  Run o'er; and we were on the highest step;
  Virgilius fastened upon me his eyes;

And said: 〃The temporal fire and the eternal;
  Son; thou hast seen; and to a place art come
  Where of myself no farther I discern。

By intellect and art I here have brought thee;
  Take thine own pleasure for thy guide henceforth;
  Beyond the steep ways and the narrow art thou。

Behold the sun; that shines upon thy forehead;
  Behold the grass; the flowerets; and the shrubs
  Which of itself alone this land produces。

Until rejoicing come the beauteous eyes
  Which weeping caused me to come unto thee;
  Thou canst sit down; and thou canst walk among them。

Expect no more or word or sign from me;
  Free and upright and sound is thy free…will;
  And error were it not to do its bidding;

Thee o'er thyself I therefore crown and mitre!〃



Purgatorio: Canto XXVIII


Eager already to search in and round
  The heavenly forest; dense and living…green;
  Which tempered to the eyes the new…born day;

Withouten more delay I left the bank;
  Taking the level country slowly; slowly
  Over the soil that everywhere breathes fragrance。

A softly…breathing air; that no mutation
  Had in itself; upon the forehead smote me
  No heavier blow than of a gentle wind;

Whereat the branches; lightly tremulous;
  Did all of them bow downward toward that side
  Where its first shadow casts the Holy Mountain;

Yet not from their upright direction swayed;
  So that the little birds upon their tops
  Should leave the practice of each art of theirs;

But with full ravishment the hours of prime;
  Singing; received they in the midst of leaves;
  That ever bore a burden to their rhymes;

Such as from branch to branch goes gathering on
  Through the pine forest on the shore of Chiassi;
  When Eolus unlooses the Sirocco。

Already my slow steps had carried me
  Into the ancient wood so far; that I
  Could not perceive where I had entered it。

And lo! my further course a stream cut off;
  Which tow'rd the left hand with its little waves
  Bent down the grass that on its margin sprang。

All waters that on earth most limpid are
  Would seem to have within themselves some mixture
  Compared with that which nothing doth conceal;

Although it moves on with a brown; brown current
  Under the shade perpetual; that never
  Ray of the sun lets in; nor of the moon。

With feet I stayed; and with mine eyes I passed
  Beyond the rivulet; to look upon
  The great variety of the fresh may。

And there appeared to me (even as appears
  Suddenly something that doth turn aside
  Through very wonder every other thought)

A lady all alone; who went along
  Singing and culling floweret after floweret;
  With which her pathway was all painted over。

〃Ah; beauteous lady; who in rays of love
  Dost warm thyself; if I may trust to looks;
  Which the heart's witnesses are wont to be;

May the desire come unto thee to draw
  Near to this river's bank;〃 I said to her;
  〃So much that I might hear what thou art singing。

Thou makest me remember where and what
  Proserpina that moment was 

返回目录 上一页 下一页 回到顶部 0 0

你可能喜欢的