艾略特《荒原》

这山间甚至没有安静 只有干打的雷而没有雨 这山间甚至没有闲适 只有怒得发紫的脸嘲笑 和詈骂 从干裂的泥土房子的门 口 如果有水 而没有岩石 如果有岩石 也有水


And water A spring 350 A pool among the rock If there were the sound of water only Not the cicada And dry grass singing But sound of water over a rock 355 Where the hermit-thrush sings in the pine trees Drip drop drip drop drop drop drop But there is no water

那水是 一条泉 山石间的清潭 要是只有水的声音 不是知了 和枯草的歌唱 而是水流石上的清响 还有画眉鸟隐在松林里 作歌 淅沥淅沥沥沥沥 可是没有水

353 to 355 are an echo of lines 23 to 25.
“And the dead tree gives no shelter, the cricket no relief, And the dry stone no sound of water. Only There is shadow under this red rock” 25
WHAT THE THUNDER SAID -----------雷霆的话



AFTER the torchlight red on sweaty faces After the frosty silence in the gardens After the agony in stony places The shouting and the crying 325 Prison and place and reverberation Of thunder of spring over distant mountains He who was living is now dead We who were living are now dying With a little patience 330的面孔被火把照亮 后 在花园经过寒霜的死寂后 在岩石间的受难后 还有呐喊和哭号 监狱、宫殿和春雷 在远山的回音振荡以后 那一度活着的如今死了 我们曾活过而今却垂死 多少带一点耐心
Eliot says in his notes: "In the first part of Part V three themes are employed: the journey to Emmaus, the approach to the Chapel Perilous, and the present decay of eastern Europe.“ 322 to 330 refer to the events from the betrayal and arrest of Jesus until his death, as described in John 18.

一个女人拉直她的黑长的 头发 就在那丝弦上弹出低诉的 乐音 蝙蝠带着婴儿脸在紫光里 呼啸着，拍着翅膀 头朝下，爬一面烟熏的墙 钟楼倒挂在半空中 敲着回忆的钟，报告时刻 还有歌声发自空水槽和枯 井。




In this decayed hole among the mountains 385 In the faint moonlight, the grass is singing Over the tumbled graves, about the chapel There is the empty chapel, only the wind's home. It has no windows, and the door swings, Dry bones can harm no one. 390 Only a cock stood on the rooftree Co co rico co co rico In a flash of lightning. Then a damp gust Bringing rain





这里没有水只有岩石 有石而无水，只有砂石路 砂石路迂回在山岭中 山岭是石头的全没有水 要是有水我们会停下来啜 饮 在岩石间怎能停下和思想 汗是干的，脚埋在沙子里 要是岩石间有水多么好 死山的嘴长着蛀牙，吐不 出水来 人在这里不能站，不能躺， 不能坐

331 Here is no water, but only rock: The God, as represented here by Jesus has been killed,and this is followed by spiritual death, the image of which is a barren, mountainous world of rock and sand. This is a place of physical and emotional purgatory. The search in WHAT THE THUNDER SAID is for water, for the sacred river and its wisdom. But there is no water.





那高空中响着什么声音 好似慈母悲伤的低诉 那一群蒙面人是谁 涌过莽莽的平原，跌进干 裂的土地 四周只是平坦的地平线 那山中是什么城 破裂，修好，又在紫红的 空中崩毁 倒下的楼阁呵 耶路撒冷、雅典、亚历山 大、 维也纳、伦敦 呵，不真实的




A woman drew her long black hair out tight And fiddled whisper music on those strings And bats with baby faces in the violet light Whistled, and beat their wings 380 And crawled head downward down a blackened wall And upside down in air were towers Tolling reminiscent bells, that kept the hours And voices singing out of empty cisterns and exhausted wells.

那总是在你身边走的第三 者是谁？ 我算数时，只有你我两个 人 可是我沿着白色的路朝前 看 总看见有另一个人在你的 身旁 裹着棕色的斗篷蒙着头巾 走着 我不知道那是男人还是女 人 ——但在你身旁走的人是 谁？





What is that sound high in the air Murmur of maternal lamentation Who are those hooded hordes swarming Over endless plains, stumbling in cracked earth Ringed by the flat horizon only 370 What is the city over the mountains Cracks and reforms and bursts in the violet air Falling towers Jerusalem Athens Alexandria Vienna London 375 Unreal




Here is no water but only rock Rock and no water and the sandy road The road winding above among the mountains Which are mountains of rock without water If there were water we should stop and drink 335 Amongst the rock one cannot stop or think Sweat is dry and feet are in the sand If there were only water amongst the rock Dead mountain mouth of carious teeth that cannot spit Here one can neither stand nor lie nor sit 340



Who is the third who walks always beside you? When I count, there are only you and I together 360 But when I look ahead up the white road There is always another one walking beside you Gliding wrapt in a brown mantle, hooded I do not know whether a man or a woman —But who is that on the other side of you? 365



在山上这个倾坍的洞里 在淡淡的月光下，在教堂 附近的 起伏的墓上，草在歌唱 那是空的教堂，只是风的 家。 它没有窗户，门在摇晃， 干骨头伤害不了任何人。 只有一只公鸡站在屋脊上 咯咯叽咯，咯咯叽咯 在电闪中叫。随着一阵湿 风 带来了雨。