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贺拉斯的警世诗一首


李锡尼啊，一个人既不该永远
为了开阔的大海抗击，也不该恐惧
暴风而过于谨慎，过于紧拥
 参差的海岸。


珍视中庸之道的人
明智得难以住在污秽之屋，
却也明智地避开那种
 招致嫉妒的豪宅。


高高的松树风会更无情地
摧残，高塔坍塌下来更加
沉重；而恰恰是山顶
 被雷电轰击。


为命运的转变做好准备的心啊
在困境希望，在欢乐时
警醒。朱庇特带来恼人的冬天
 而同一个神


也把它带走。今日的厄运有一天
会转好：有时阿波罗唤醒
沉睡的里拉琴来歌唱，他也并不
 总是弯弓欲射。


在每一个艰难中显示你自己
勇敢无畏；可是当你跑到
一阵过强的和风之前，聪明地
 收起你鼓胀的风帆。








Horace II, 10


Neither should one, Licinius, beat forever
For the open sea, nor from a fear of gales
Become too cautious, and too closely hug
 The jagged shore.


A man who cherishes the golden mean
Has too much sense to live in a squalid house,
Yet sensibly eschews the sort of mansion
 That asks for envy.


It is the tall pine that the wind more cruelly
Buffets, the high tower that falls with the heavier 
Crash; and it is the very crest of the mountain
 Where lightning strikes.


A heart that’s well prepared for shifts of fortune
Hopes in adversity, and in happy times
Is wary. Jupiter brings afflicting winter,
 And the same god


Takes it away. Today’s ill-luck will someday
Change for the better: sometimes Apollo wakens
The slumbering lyre to song, nor is he always
 Bending the bow.


In every hardship show yourself to be
Both brave and bold; yet when you run before
Too strong a favoring breeze, wisely take in
 Your swelling sails.

Horace
translated by Richard Wilbur




作者 / [古罗马] 贺拉斯
翻译 / Adieudusk 根据理查德-威尔伯英译转译
朗读 / Katie Nelson
制作/ Rebekah 
出品 / 读首诗再睡觉（weixin号：dushoushizaishuijiao）