“喂，孤寂的工人，你为什么

痴痴地站在这儿瞪着伊的坟墓，

好像偌大的坟园只葬着伊一个？”

“万一你那双绝望的眼睛，

在这凄冷的月光里恼怒了伊的魂灵，

万一伊的鬼走了出来，可不要吓死了人？”

“你懂什么！那可不真趁了我的心愿！

我宁愿见伊的鬼，不愿看谁的面。

可怜呵，我那会有那样的奇缘!”

“这样看来，伊一定是你恋爱的人，

安乐与患难变不了你的心；

如今伊死了，你便失了你的光明？”

“不是的：伊不曾受过我爱情的供养；

我当时总觉得别人都比伊强；

可怜伊在日，我从不曾把伊放在心上！”

十四·七·二十三

译Thomas Hardy’s In The Moonlight．（Selected Poems，P．127．）

IN THE MOONLIGHT

“O lonely workman，standing there

In a dream，why do you stare and stare

At her grave，as no other grave there were？”

“If your hopeless eyes so importune

Her soul by the shine of this corpse-cold moon，

Maybe you’ll raise her phantom soon！”

“Why，fool，it is what I would rather see

Than all the living folk there be；

But alas，there is no such joy for me！”

“Ah-she was one you loved,no doubt,

Through good and evil，through rain and frought，

And when she passed，all your sun went out？”

“Nay；she was the woman I did not love，

Whom all the others were ranked above，

Whom during her life I thought nothing of．”