英译贺知章《咏柳》

柒 歌

咏 柳

贺知章

碧玉妆成一树高，万条垂下绿丝绦。

不知细叶谁裁出，二月春风似剪刀。

♧Ode To Willow ♧

柒歌译本

The emerald deco makes a tree up high

Myraid green wickers of

silk ribbon droop in flight

Who tailored the dainty leaves so fine

The winds of early spring prick shears alike

这首耳熟能详的《咏柳》有很多译本，此处节选了六个供大家品赏。我个人比较喜欢第一版本，特意用嫩绿色做了标注。

The Willow

He Zhizhang

Emerald fashioned into a tall tree

Hung with myriad silk braids of green.

Who tailored the dainty leaves?

The snipping wind of early spring.

（文殊、王晋熙、邓炎昌 译）

Will Trees

He Zhizhang

Ten thousand branches of tall trees begin to sprout,

They droop like fringes of a robe made of green jade.

But do you know by whom these young leaves are cut out?

The early spring wind is as sharp as scissor blade.

（许渊冲 译）

The Willow Tree

He Zhizhang

The tall willow tree seems to be dressed with green jade.

Its thousands of branches hang down, like green silk braid.

Who cuts out its tender leaves I have no ideas,

The early spring wind seems to be a pair of shears.

（杨纪鹤 译）

To Willow

He Zhizhang

A whole tree of jasper and jade is made,

With myriad green, silken cords in cascade.

Who has tailored such fine leaves?

Each early spring blast is like a scissor-blade.

（Kwan-Hung Chan 译）

Ode to the Willow

He Zhizhang

Emerald decks out a tall tree,

Hung with myriad silk braids of green.

Who tailored the dainty leaves?

Oh, the February wind acts as scissors cutting.

（沈菲 译）

The Willow

He Zhizhang

As in green jade stands tall the slender tree,

From it thousands of silken strings downward swing.

But by whose hands can such delicate foliage be,

If not for the shears-like breeze of early spring?

（万昌盛、王僴中 译）