席慕容--双语诗歌

 席慕容--双语诗歌

前缘

Predestination

A poem by Xi Murong

诗/席慕容

Should man really be reincarnated¹,

人若真能转世 

Had the samsara of life truly occurred.

世间若真有轮回

So my love, what in prior lives could we have been?

那麽 我的爱 我们前世曾经是什麽

If you were a southern girl of lotus-picking,

你若曾是江南采莲的女子 

I could have been a lotus that your pale wrist is missing.

我必是你皓腕下错过的那朵

If you were a truant² urchin³,

你若曾是逃学的顽童 

I could have been a brand new hoodle

我必是从你袋中掉下的那颗崭新的弹珠 

Slipping through your pocket and in the grass by the road,

在路旁的草丛中 

Peeping you far off but not in the know.

目送你毫不知情地远去

If you were a monk⁴ always meditating⁵ to face the wall,

你若曾是面壁的高僧

I could have been an incense⁶ in front of the hall,

我必是殿前的那一柱香 

Burning for a serene⁷ time to accompany you.

焚烧著 陪伴过你一段静默的时光

Even though we've thus encountered in the present life,

因此 今生相逢 

Always lingering is a feel that our predestination

总觉得有些前缘未尽

Has not fully⁸ fulfilled, but too vague to discern

却又很恍忽 无法仔细地去分辨

And yet to detail you.

无法一一地向你说出 

1 reincarnated   

v.赋予新形体，使转世化身( reincarnate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• They believe humans are reincarnated in animal form. 他们相信人死后转生为动物。
• She was reincarnated as a snake. 她化身为一条蛇。 来自辞典例句

2 truant   

n.懒惰鬼，旷课者；adj.偷懒的，旷课的，游荡的；v.偷懒，旷课

参考例句：

• I found the truant throwing stones in the river.我发现那个逃课的学生在往河里扔石子。
• Children who play truant from school are unimaginative.逃学的孩子们都缺乏想像力。

3 urchin   

n.顽童；海胆

参考例句：

• You should sheer off the urchin.你应该躲避这顽童。
• He is a most wicked urchin.他是个非常调皮的顽童。

4 monk   

n.和尚，僧侣，修道士

参考例句：

• The man was a monk from Emei Mountain.那人是峨眉山下来的和尚。
• Buddhist monk sat with folded palms.和尚合掌打坐。

5 meditating   

a.沉思的，冥想的

参考例句：

• They were meditating revenge. 他们在谋划进行报复。
• The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics. 这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。

6 incense   

v.激怒；n.香，焚香时的烟，香气

参考例句：

• This proposal will incense conservation campaigners.这项提议会激怒环保人士。
• In summer,they usually burn some coil incense to keep away the mosquitoes.夏天他们通常点香驱蚊。

7 serene   

adj. 安详的，宁静的，平静的

参考例句：

• He has entered the serene autumn of his life.他已进入了美好的中年时期。
• He didn't speak much,he just smiled with that serene smile of his.他话不多，只是脸上露出他招牌式的淡定的微笑。

8 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。