《The Cat and the Moon》黑**海

1、The Cat and the Moon

　　《猫和月亮》

　　猫四处游走
　　明月像陀螺一样旋转，
　　月亮最近的亲戚，
　　潜行的猫，抬起头来。
　　黑色的Minnaloushe凝视着明月，
　　为了他将有的迷茫和哀伤，
　　天空中清冷的光
　　搅扰着他动物的血液。
　　Minnaloushe在草丛中奔跑
　　抬起他精巧的足。
　　你跳舞吗，Minnaloushe，你跳舞吗？
　　当两个近亲相会，
　　有什么好过一场舞？
　　也许月，
　　当他厌倦了那威严的风尚，
　　会学会一种新的舞步。
　　Minnaloushe在草丛中潜行
　　月光照耀所有的地方，
　　头顶上神圣的月亮
　　已换新相。
　　Minnaloushe可知他的双瞳
　　在变化中不停更迭，
　　从满月到弦月，
　　从弦月到满月周而复返？
　　Minnaloushe在草丛中潜行
　　孤独，凌人且聪慧，
　　向那变幻莫测的月抬起了
　　他变幻的双眼。

　　——威廉•巴特勒•叶芝

作者有话说

　　叶芝的The Cat and the Moon,自己翻的没有诗意只求贴近原文
原文如下：
The cat went here and there
And the moon spun round like a top,
And the nearest kin of the moon,
The creeping cat, looked up.
Black Minnaloushe stared at the moon,
For, wander and wail as he would,
The pure cold light in the sky
Troubled his animal blood.
Minnaloushe runs in the grass
Lifting his delicate feet.
Do you dance, Minnaloushe, do you dance?
When two close kindred meet,
What better than call a dance?
Maybe the moon may learn,
Tired of that courtly fashion,
A new dance turn.
Minnaloushe creeps through the grass
From moonlit place to place,
The sacred moon overhead
Has taken a new phase.
Does Minnaloushe know that his pupils
Will pass from change to change,
And that from round to crescent,
From crescent to round they range?
Minnaloushe creeps through the grass
Alone, important and wise,
And lifts to the changing moon
His changing eyes.
-- William Butler Yeats