失乐园-弥尔顿中英对照翻译

Milton, John, 1608-1674. 密尔顿，约翰，1608-1674 Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library

1: Of Mans First Disobedience, and the Fruit

人类最初的违抗，还有那禁果

2: Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal tast

它那必死的味道

3: Brought Death into the World, and all our woe,

将死亡带到世上，连同我们所有的悲哀

4: With loss of EDEN, till one greater Man

自伊甸园失去，到更伟大的人

5: Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat,

修复我们，让我们重回福地

6: Sing Heav'nly Muse, that on the secret top

唱天堂般的音乐，在神秘的欧瑞伯山顶

7: Of OREB, or of SINAI, didst inspire

和西耐山顶，真正赋予那牧者灵感

8: That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen Seed,

第一个教晓那些被选出的种子

9: In the Beginning how the Heav'ns and Earth

最初天堂与大地是如何

10: Rose out of CHAOS: Or if SION Hill

在一片混沌中出现：或假如锡安山

11: Delight thee more, and SILOA'S Brook that flow'd 更喜爱你，那地底的溪流

12: Fast by the Oracle of God; I thence

恰带来神谕；我从此

13: Invoke thy aid to my adventrous Song,

让你助我完成那冒险之歌

14: That with no middle flight intends to soar

平庸者所不敢飞越的高度

15: Above th' AONIAN Mount, while it pursues

翻越阿诺安山，追逐着

16: Things unattempted yet in Prose or Rhime.

诗歌与散文里未曾尝试之事

17: And chiefly Thou O Spirit, that dost prefer

你，灵魂做主，更爱

18: Before all Temples th' upright heart and pure,

在所有庙宇之前，以正直纯粹之心

19: Instruct me, for Thou know'st; Thou from the first 指引我，因你知道：你自最初

20: Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread

即已在此，伸开有力的双翼

21: Dove-like satst brooding on the vast Abyss

鸽子般安坐在巨大的深渊前沉思

22: And mad'st it pregnant: What in me is dark

看穿我内心的黑暗

23: Illumine, what is low raise and support;

照亮那卑微，唤起并支持着我

24: That to the highth of this great Argument

直到这伟大的辩论

25: I may assert th' Eternal Providence,

我可断言永恒的天意

26: And justifie the wayes of God to men.

证明神对世人的方式

27: Say first, for Heav'n hides nothing from thy view 预言，因天对人无所隐藏

28: Nor the deep Tract of Hell, say first what cause 地狱亦是如此，言明何因

29: Mov'd our Grand Parents in that happy State,

令我们的祖先自那欢乐境界

30: Favour'd of Heav'n so highly, to fall off

先得天宠，因违背其意

31: From their Creator, and transgress his Will

从他们的创造者那里堕落

32: For one restraint, Lords of the World besides?

世界的主宰们竟然失去耐性

33: Who first seduc'd them to that fowl revolt?

引他们发动家禽般的反抗

34: Th' infernal Serpent; he it was, whose guile

邪恶的魔鬼，他的诡计

35: Stird up with Envy and Revenge, deceiv'd

因嫉妒和复仇而起，欺骗了

36: The Mother of Mankinde, what time his Pride

人类的母亲，当他的自尊

37: Had cast him out from Heav'n, with all his Host 将他自天堂抛弃，以他为首的

38: Of Rebel Angels, by whose aid aspiring

叛逆天使，因他们的热情

39: To set himself in Glory above his Peers,

赋予他高于同类的光荣

40: He trusted to have equal'd the most High,

相信他具有与最高者同等的地位

41: If he oppos'd; and with ambitious aim

他野心勃勃

42: Against the Throne and Monarchy of God

反抗神的王座和权力

43: Rais'd impious War in Heav'n and Battel proud

徒然在天堂骄傲的发起不敬的战争

44: With vain attempt. Him the Almighty Power

全能的力量

45: Hurld headlong flaming from th' Ethereal Skie

自天上投射熊熊烈火

46: With hideous ruine and combustion down

可怕的毁灭和燃烧降临

47: To bottomless perdition, there to dwell

无尽的毁灭，若无休止

48: In Adamantine Chains and penal Fire,

坚硬的锁链和惩罚之火

49: Who durst defie th' Omnipotent to Arms.

加于敢对全能之神挑战者

50: Nine times the Space that measures Day and Night 九倍于凡人以日夜计算的时间

51: To mortal men, he with his horrid crew

他和他可怕的队伍

52: Lay vanquisht, rowling in the fiery Gulfe

被击溃，倒在烈火的深渊

53: Confounded though immortal: But his doom

虽不死却充满困惑：但他的厄运

54: Reserv'd him to more wrath; for now the thought 使他更加愤怒；想起

55: Both of lost happiness and lasting pain

失去的快乐和永恒的痛苦折磨

56: Torments him; round he throws his baleful eyes

他以邪恶的眼神望向四周

57: That witness'd huge affliction and dismay

只看到巨大的痛苦和沮丧

58: Mixt with obdurate pride and stedfast hate:

混合着冷酷的骄傲和笃实的憎恨

59: At once as far as Angels kenn he views

旋以天使之眼看到

60: The dismal Situation waste and wilde,

荒芜凄惨的境遇

61: A Dungeon horrible, on all sides round

四周皆是恐怖的地牢

62: As one great Furnace flam'd, yet from those flames 如巨大的洪炉，那火焰之中

63: No light, but rather darkness visible

没有光，只有看的见的黑暗

64: Serv'd only to discover sights of woe,

只为让你看见悲哀的景象

65: Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace

悲痛的领域，阴沉的影子，

66: And rest can never dwell, hope never comes

永无和平与休息，人人都有的希望在这里

67: That comes to all; but torture without end

永不来临，只有无穷的折磨

68: Still urges, and a fiery Deluge, fed

仍在以燃烧不尽的硫磺，

69: With ever-burning Sulphur unconsum'd:

持续那烈火的狂潮

70: Such place Eternal Justice had prepar'd

这样的地方是永恒的正义

71: For those rebellious, here their Prison ordain'd

为反叛者所准备，这里注定是他们的监狱

72: In utter darkness, and their portion set

在绝对的黑暗中，他们的身体

73: As far remov'd from God and light of Heav'n

被置于离神和天堂的光明玄远之地

74: As from the Center thrice to th' utmost Pole.

三倍于天堂的中心到最远支柱的距离

75: O how unlike the place from whence they fell!

与他们坠落的地方多么的不同

76: There the companions of his fall, o'rewhelm'd

那和他一起坠落的，是无法抗拒的

77: With Floods and Whirlwinds of tempestuous fire, 有如洪水旋风般的狂暴的火焰

78: He soon discerns, and weltring by his side

他很快辨认出，在他之旁

79: One next himself in power, and next in crime,

和他一样具有权力和罪行的

80: Long after known in PALESTINE, and nam'd

那以后很久才在巴勒斯坦被名以

81: BEELZEBUB. To whom th' Arch-Enemy,

别卜西以及他们头号敌人的

82: And thence in Heav'n call'd Satan, with bold words 当时在天堂被称作撒旦的，

83: Breaking the horrid silence thus began.

以大胆言辞打破恐怖的沉默的魔王

失乐园-弥尔顿中英对照翻译精编版

Milton, John, 1608-1674. 密尔顿，约翰，1608-1674 Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library 1: Of Mans First Disobedience, and the Fruit 人类最初的违抗，还有那禁果 2: Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal tast 它那必死的味道 3: Brought Death into the World, and all our woe, 将死亡带到世上，连同我们所有的悲哀 4: With loss of EDEN, till one greater Man 自伊甸园失去，到更伟大的人 5: Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat, 修复我们，让我们重回福地 6: Sing Heav'nly Muse, that on the secret top 唱天堂般的音乐，在神秘的欧瑞伯山顶 7: Of OREB, or of SINAI, didst inspire 和西耐山顶，真正赋予那牧者灵感 8: That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen Seed, 第一个教晓那些被选出的种子 9: In the Beginning how the Heav'ns and Earth 最初天堂与大地是如何 10: Rose out of CHAOS: Or if SION Hill 在一片混沌中出现：或假如锡安山 11: Delight thee more, and SILOA'S Brook that flow'd 更喜爱你，那地底的溪流 12: Fast by the Oracle of God; I thence 恰带来神谕；我从此 13: Invoke thy aid to my adventrous Song, 让你助我完成那冒险之歌 14: That with no middle flight intends to soar 平庸者所不敢飞越的高度 15: Above th' AONIAN Mount, while it pursues 翻越阿诺安山，追逐着 16: Things unattempted yet in Prose or Rhime. 诗歌与散文里未曾尝试之事 17: And chiefly Thou O Spirit, that dost prefer 你，灵魂做主，更爱 18: Before all Temples th' upright heart and pure, 在所有庙宇之前，以正直纯粹之心 19: Instruct me, for Thou know'st; Thou from the first 指引我，因你知道：你自最初 20: Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread 即已在此，伸开有力的双翼

中文版 JMilton-Paradise-Lost失乐园 弥尔顿精编版

1.人类最初违反天神命令而偷尝禁果， 2.把死亡和其他各种各样的灾难带到人间， 3.于是失去了伊甸乐园， 4.直到出现了一个更伟大的人， 5.才为我们恢复了这乐土。 6.天庭的诗神缪斯呀！ 7.您当年曾点化过那个牧羊人， 8.您在那神秘的何烈山头，或西奈的峰巅， 9.最初向您的选民宣讲太初天和地怎样从混沌中生出； 10.那郇山似乎更加蒙受您的喜悦， 11.在神殿近旁弄流的是西罗亚溪水； 12.因此我向那儿祈求你给我力量， 13.完成这篇大胆冒险的诗歌，追踪一段事迹—— 14.从未有人尝试缀锦成文， 15.吟咏成诗的题材，遐想凌云， 16.飞越爱奥尼的高峰。 17.圣灵呀！特别请您， 18.您喜爱廉洁和公正的心胸， 19.胜过所有的神殿。 20.您无所不知，因此请您教导我； 21.混沌之初，您便存在， 22.张开巨大的翅膀，像鸽子一样孵伏那洪荒， 23.使它怀孕，愿您的光明驱除我心中的蒙昧， 24.举起并且支撑我的低微； 25.使我能够适应这个伟大主题的崇高境界， 26.使我能够阐明恒久的公义， 27.向世人昭示天道的公正。 28.天界和地狱深渊，请先说， 29.因为在您的眼中，一切都了如指掌； 30.为什么我们的始祖， 31.在那样的乐土，那样得天独厚， 32.除了那惟一的禁令以外， 33.他们俩本是世界的主宰，请先讲； 34.他们竟背叛而自绝于他们的创造主？ 35.究竟何人引诱他们犯下这不幸的滔天大罪呢？ 36.原来是地狱的蛇； 37.是嫉妒和仇恨激起他的奸智， 38.使他欺骗了人类的母亲。 39.是他的高傲，致使他和他的全部天军被逐出天界， 40.造反天军的援助，使他觉得自己无比荣耀， 41.他相信：如果他反叛，就能和上帝分庭抗礼； 42.由此野心勃勃，觊觎神的宝座和主权， 43.枉费心机地在天界掀起了忓逆的战争。 44.全能的神栽葱般，

失乐园弥尔顿中英对照翻译

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弥尔顿的失乐园

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Paradise Lost

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