The Shadow on the Stone

[英]托马斯·哈代

Thomas Hardy

我从凯尔特石旁走过

她在花园中，苍白而孤单

我停步看着摇曳的树影

伴着节奏的摆动，

不时从石上掠过。

在我的印象里，这影子如此熟悉，

如她在园中干活时

头与肩所投下的影子。

我感觉她就在身后，

的确，我们分开已久，

因此我说：“我知道你就在身后，

但你怎么也会走这条老路呢？”

没有任何回答，除了一片叶子

黯然飘落；我不愿回头证实

这一切不过是幻觉，

唯恐哀伤决堤。

然而，我想亲眼看看

我的身后确实没人；

但我转念一想：“不，我不能打破这幻想，

无论怎样，就让那可能的影子存在吧。”

于是，我轻轻走出这林间空地，

让她的影子在我身后显现，

仿佛她真的是幽灵——

我没有回头，以免打碎这幻梦。

I went by the Druid stone

That broods in the garden white and lone，

And I stopped and looked at the shifting shadows，

That at some moments fall thereon

From the tree hard by with a rhythmic swing，

And they shaped in my imagining

To the shade that a well-known head and shoulders

Threw there when she was gardening.

I thought her behind my back，

Yea， her I long had learned to lack，

And I said："I am sure you are standing behind me，

Though how do you get into this old track？"

And there was no sound but the fall of a leaf

As a sad response；and to keep down my grief

I would not turn my head to discover

That there was nothing in my belief.

Yet I wanted to look and see

That nobody stood at the back of me；

But I thought once more："Nay， I'll not unvision

A shape which， somehow， there may be."

So I went on softly from the glade，

And left her behind me throwing her shade，

As she were indeed all apparition

My head unturned lest my dream should fade.