雙語詩歌翻譯|宋琬-《漁家詞》

這首詩寫山東南陽湖附近的漁民的艱苦生活。古代詩詞中寫漁民生活，大多把漁夫?qū)懗呻[逸者，作為詩人理想的化身。那種以漁樵為生，不涉宦場，遠(yuǎn)離是非的生活，為封建士大夫所向往。但也有一些描寫漁民現(xiàn)實(shí)生活的作品，反映了他們的苦難和不幸。這類作品具有高度的現(xiàn)實(shí)主義精神和人民性。宋琬的這首《漁家詞》就屬這類中的突出篇章。

宋琬·《漁家詞》

南陽之南嶧山北，男子不耕女不織。

伐蘆作屋沮洳間，天遣魚蝦為稼穡。

少婦能操舴艨舟，生兒酷似鸕鶿黑。

今秋無雨湖水涸，大魚干死鰷鰍弱。

估客不來賤若泥，租吏到門勢欲縛。

烹魚酌酒幸無怒，泣向前村賣網(wǎng)罟。

A Song of a Fisherman

Sung Wan

South of Nan-yang, north of Yi Mountain,

The man doesn't till, the woman doesn't weave.

They cut rushes, built a hut in marsh lands;

Heaven provided fish and shrimp for them to sow and reap.

The young wife can steer the small skiff;

Black as a cormorant is their small son.

No rain this autumn, and the lake is drying up;

Large fish strand and die, loach and dace grow weak.

Buyers for the market stay away, fish are cheap as mud;

But the tax collector comers with a power that binds.

They boil him fish, serve him wine, pray he won't be angry,

And crying, to the village they go to sell their woven nets.

（William Schultz 譯）