英语诗歌精选 忽必烈汗Kubla Khan(上)

Kubla Khan

忽必烈汗

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

塞缪尔·泰勒·柯勒律治

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan

忽必列汗在上都曾经

A stately pleasure-dome decree:

下令造一座堂皇的安乐殿堂:

Where Alph, the sacrecl river, ran

这地方有圣河亚佛流奔，

Through caverns¹ measureless to man

穿过深不可测的洞门，

Down to a sunless sea.

直流入不见阳光的海洋。

So twice five miles of fertile ground

有方圆五英里肥沃的土壤，

With walls and towers were girdled round:

四周给围上楼塔和城墙:

And there were gardens bright with sinuous² rills,

那里有花园，蜿蜒的溪河在其间闪耀，

Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;

园里树枝上鲜花盛开，一片芬芳;

And here were forests ancient as the hills,

这里有森林，跟山峦同样古老，

Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.

围住了洒满阳光的一块块青草草场。

But oh! that deep romantic chasm³ which slanted⁴

但是，啊！那深沉而奇异的巨壑，

Down the green hill athwart a cedarn⁵ cover!

沿青山斜裂，横过伞盖的柏树！

A savage⁶ place! as holy and enchanted⁷

野蛮的地方，既神圣而又着了魔

As e'er beneath a waning⁸ moon was haunted

好像有女人在衰落的月色里出没，

By woman wailing⁹ for her demon-lover!

为她的魔鬼情郎而凄声嚎哭！

And from this chasm, with ceaseless turmoil seething,

巨壑下，不绝的喧嚣在沸腾汹涌，

As if this earth in fast thick pants were breathing,

似乎这土地正喘息在快速而猛烈的悸动中，

A mighty fountain momently was forced:

从这巨壑里，不断迸出股猛烈的地泉;

1 caverns   

大山洞，大洞穴( cavern的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Within were dark caverns; what was inside them, no one could see. 里面是一个黑洞，这里面有什么东西，谁也望不见。 来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）
• UNDERGROUND Under water grottos, caverns Filled with apes That eat figs. 在水帘洞里，挤满了猿争吃无花果。

2 sinuous   

adj.蜿蜒的，迂回的

参考例句：

• The river wound its sinuous way across the plain.这条河蜿蜒曲折地流过平原。
• We moved along the sinuous gravel walks,with the great concourse of girls and boys.我们沿着曲折的石径,随着男孩女孩汇成的巨流一路走去。

3 chasm   

n.深坑，断层，裂口，大分岐，利害冲突

参考例句：

• There's a chasm between rich and poor in that society.那社会中存在着贫富差距。
• A huge chasm gaped before them.他们面前有个巨大的裂痕。

4 slanted   

有偏见的； 倾斜的

参考例句：

• The sun slanted through the window. 太阳斜照进窗户。
• She had slanted brown eyes. 她有一双棕色的丹凤眼。

5 cedarn   

杉的，杉木制的

参考例句：

6 savage   

adj.野蛮的；凶恶的，残暴的；n.未开化的人

参考例句：

• The poor man received a savage beating from the thugs.那可怜的人遭到暴徒的痛打。
• He has a savage temper.他脾气粗暴。

7 enchanted   

adj. 被施魔法的，陶醉的，入迷的 动词enchant的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• She was enchanted by the flowers you sent her. 她非常喜欢你送给她的花。
• He was enchanted by the idea. 他为这个主意而欣喜若狂。

8 waning   

adj.（月亮）渐亏的，逐渐减弱或变小的n.月亏v.衰落( wane的现在分词 )；（月）亏；变小；变暗淡

参考例句：

• Her enthusiasm for the whole idea was waning rapidly. 她对整个想法的热情迅速冷淡了下来。
• The day is waning and the road is ending. 日暮途穷。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

9 wailing   

v.哭叫，哀号( wail的现在分词 )；沱

参考例句：

• A police car raced past with its siren wailing. 一辆警车鸣着警报器飞驰而过。
• The little girl was wailing miserably. 那小女孩难过得号啕大哭。