天真与经验之歌[31] 老虎
The Tiger
老虎
Tiger, tiger, burning bright
老虎，老虎，你炽烈地发光，
In the forests of the night,
照得夜晚的森林灿烂辉煌；
What immortal hand or eye
是什么样不朽的手或眼睛
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
能把你一身惊人的匀称造成？
In what distant deeps or skies
在什么样遥远的海底或天边，
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
燃烧起你眼睛中的火焰？
On what wings dare he aspire?
凭借什么样的翅膀他敢于凌空？
What the hand dare seize the fire?
什么样的手竟敢携取这个火种？
And what shoulder and what art
什么样的技巧，什么样的肩肘
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
竟能拧成你心胸的肌肉？
And, when thy heart began to beat,
而当你的心开始了蹦跳，
What dread hand and what dread feet?
什么样惊人的手、惊人的脚？
What the hammer? what the chain?
什么样的铁锤？什么样的铁链？
In what furnace was thy brain?
什么样的熔炉将你的头脑熔炼？
What the anvil? what dread grasp
什么样的铁砧？什么样惊人的握力，
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?
竟敢死死地抓住这些可怕的东西？
When the stars threw down their spears,
当星星射下它们的万道光辉
And watered heaven with their tears,
又在天空上洒遍了点点珠泪，
Did He smile His work to see?
看见他的杰作他可曾微笑？
Did He who made the lamb make thee?
不就是他造了你一如他曾造过羊羔？
Tiger, tiger, burning bright
老虎，老虎，你炽烈地发光，
In the forests of the night,
照得夜晚的森林灿烂辉煌：
What immortal hand or eye
是什么样的不朽的手或眼睛
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?
能把你一身惊人的匀称造成？
