原文

翻译

Note

中文赏析

作者创作背景

原文

Composed Upon Westminster Bridge

by William Wordsworth

Earth has not anything to show more fair:

Dull would he be of soul who could pass by

A sight so touching in its majesty:

This City now doth, like a garment, wear

The beauty of the morning; silent, bare,

Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie

Open unto the fields, and to the sky;

All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.

Never did sun more beautifully steep

In his first splendour, valley, rock, or hill;

Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!

The river glideth at his own sweet will:

Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;

And all that mighty heart is lying still!

翻译

威斯敏斯特桥上

威廉华兹华斯

大地再没有比这儿更美的风貌：

若有谁，对如此壮丽动人的景物

竟无动于衷，那才是灵魂麻木：

瞧这座城市，像披上一领新袍，

披上了明艳的晨光；环顾周遭：

船舶，尖塔，剧院，教堂，华屋，

都寂然、坦然，向郊野、向天穹赤露，

在烟尘未染的大气里粲然闪耀。

旭日金挥洒布于峡谷山陵，

也不比这片晨光更为奇丽；

我何尝见过、感受过这深沉的宁静！

河上徐流，由着自己的心意；

上帝呵！千门万户都沉睡未醒，

这整个宏大的心脏仍然在歇息！

Note

This poem is written in Petrarchan sonnet form by William Wordsworth describing London, viewed from one of the bridges over the Thames, in the early morning.This scheme divides the poem into two: the first eight lines (octave) and the next six (sestet). Between these two is a break called a volta which emphasises the traditional change in mood or subject between the octave and sestet. In the first eight, he describes early morning London in detail, and then goes on in the final six to compare the city in that moment to natural wonders.

The dominating theme in the poem is Nature. London is inserted in natural scenery. The author describes the beauty of the city as the towers, the cathedrals, the theatres and the temples. Wordsworth personifies the city along with the earth and the sun. This reiterates his conviction that the city, at this particular point of day, does not clash with nature but becomes a part of it.The poet describes the calm and the tranquillity of the city. There are neither sounds or noises, there is only silence.

中文赏析

这首精美的十四行诗写于1803年9月3日，于1807年收入《诗集》首次发表。华兹华斯虽用《写于威斯敏斯特桥上》为题，但据他自己说，这首诗实际上是他去法国的途中在马车上写成的。在这首诗里，华兹华斯描绘了初秋之际从泰晤士河上的威斯敏斯特大桥远眺清晨的伦敦城的情景。伦敦城是美丽的，晨光熹微中的伦敦城更有一种质朴、清朗、壮丽、恬静的美。如果说白天喧嚷的伦敦城像一个巨人，那它沸腾的生活就犹如一颗巨人的心脏在跳动。可此刻，剧院、教堂袒卧在大地，伦敦城还在沉睡之中，初升的朝阳正放射出第一道金光，泰晤士河正缓缓而流，那颗巨大的心脏还没有开始跳动，一切都是那么宁静，庄重，那么优雅，动人。面对这般美景，诗人当然不可能无动于衷。这首诗感情真实细腻，语言朴实无华，音韵优美和谐，节奏徐缓舒畅，很好地传达了庄重而恬静的情感内容，不愧为十四行诗中最著名的佳作之一。

作者创作背景

William Wordsworth是英国浪漫主义诗人，“湖畔派”(the lake poets)的魁首。他幼年就学于风景胜地“湖区”(the lake district)，同农家子弟为伍，游憩于湖光山色之间，性情深受大自然的陶冶。年轻时他曾两次游历法国，受到法国革命思想的影响。后来他在湖区与另一位浪漫主义诗人coleridge结为莫逆之交，同妹妹dorothy及coleridge一起遍游英国各地，创作了许多脍炙人口的写景抒情诗。

“composed upon westminster bridge, sept. 3, 1802”是一首十四行诗(sonnet)，据wordsworth自己说，是他去法国的途中在马车上写的。十四行诗在十六世纪由意大利传入英国，逐渐成为英国诗人们喜爱的一种诗体。在选录的这首诗中，诗人用朴实而充满感情色彩的语言描绘了夏秋之交从泰晤士河上的威斯敏斯特大桥眺望伦敦城清晨的景色。整个城市好像还在沉睡，晴朗的天空中晨光熹微，泰晤士河缓缓流向远方，一切是那么明净、庄重、优美。这首诗写得音韵和谐，徐缓的节奏能很好地传达庄重而恬静的情感内容，因而成为十四行诗中最著名的佳品之一。