译作：John Keats的《初读查普曼译荷马史诗有感》

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初读查普曼译荷马史诗有感
译者：Tanya
原作：John Keats
我曾游历过许多黄金般的王国，
看见过众多美好的城邦和国度,
还曾周游过许多西方的岛屿
那是诗人的地域来俯首阿波罗。
我常听说有一片广阔无垠的土地，
眉锁深邃的荷马在那里统治。
但我从未呼吸过那里清新的空气
直到传来查普曼的声音宏亮有力：
我就如同有了观星者的感应
一个新的星体划入了我的视线，
或又变成了考帝兹那双眼如鹰
注视着太平洋——以及他的成员
惊讶地彼此相视，进入狂想的意境，
沉默不语——倚靠在达利安山巅。

On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer
John Keats (1795 - 1821)
Much have I travell'd in the realms of gold,
And many goodly states and kingdoms seen;
Round many western islands have I been
Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold.
Oft of one wide expanse had I been told
That deep-brow'd Homer ruled as his demesne;
Yet did I never breathe its pure serene
Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold:
Then felt I like some watcher of the skies
When a new planet swims into his ken;
Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes
He star'd at the Pacific- and all his men
Look'd at each other with a wild surmise-
Silent, upon a peak in Darien.

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