Ring Out the Old, Ring In the New
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty light:
The year is dying in the night—
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.
Ring out the old, ring in the new—
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Ring out the grief that saps the mind
For those that here we see no more;
Ring out the feud of rich and poor,
Ring in redress to all mankind.
Ring out a slowly dying cause,
And ancient forms of party strife;
Ring in the nobler modes of life,
With sweeter manners, purer laws.
Ring out the want, the care, the sin,
The faithless coldness of the times;
Ring out, ring out my mournful rhymes
But ring the fuller minstrel in.
Ring out false pride in place and blood,
The civic slander and the spite;
Ring in the love of truth and right,
Ring in the common love of good.
Ring out old shapes of foul disease;
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;
Ring out the thousand wars of old,
Ring in the thousand years of peace.
Ring in the valiant man and free,
The larger heart, the kindlier hand;
Ring out the darkness of the land—
Ring in the Christ that is to be.
译文：
除旧迎新
阿尔弗雷德·丁尼生
狂热的群钟啊，向着荒野的天空敲击吧，
敲走飞云和霜白的寒光：
年岁在黑夜中消亡——
狂热的群钟啊，将它敲走，让它死去吧。
敲走旧的，敲来新的——
敲吧，欢快的群钟，跨越雪地，
年岁在离去，让它去吧；
敲走虚伪的东西，敲来真实的东西。
敲走损伤心灵的忧伤，
为了那些在这里我们不再见到的人，
敲走贫富之间的纷争，
给人类敲来救济的补偿。
敲走那逐渐垂亡的主义，
以及各种陈旧的党派之争；
敲来那些更高尚的生活模型，
它们具有更优美的风度，更纯正的法纪。
敲走贫乏、罪恶、忧虑，
以及当今无信无义的冷酷；
敲走吧，敲走我一切悲伤的诗句，
但是要敲来更美满的歌曲。
敲走对权位与血缘的虚傲，
民间的诽谤与怨恨；
敲来对真理与正义的爱心，
敲来对美好事物的共同爱好。
敲走各种陈旧的污浊疾病，
敲走狭隘的拜金欲；
敲走以往的千次战役，
敲来千年的和平。
敲来英勇自由的人，
更宽广的胸怀，更仁爱的手掌；
敲走大地上的黑暗——
敲来耶稣基督救世神。
（秦希廉 译）
The Miller's Daughter
Alfred Tennyson
It is the miller’s daughter,
And she is grown so dear, so dear,
That I would be the jewel
That trembles in her ear:
For hid in ringlets day and night,
I’d touch her neck so warm and white.
And I would be the girdle
About her dainty dainty waist,
And her heart would beat against me,
In sorrow and in rest:
And I should know if it beat right,
I’d clasp it round so close and tight.
And I would be the necklace,
And all day long to fall and rise
Upon her balmy bosom,
With her laughter or her sighs:
And I would lie so light, so light,
I scarce should be unclasp’d at night.
译文：
磨坊主的女儿
阿尔弗雷德·丁尼生
这是磨坊主的女儿，
她长得那么可爱，那么可爱，
因而我甘愿做一颗宝石
在她耳朵上摇摆：
因为日夜藏身在她小小耳环上，
我可抚摸她温暖雪白的颈项。
我也甘愿做一条腰带
围绕她优雅的优雅的纤腰，
因而在忧愁与安闲时，
她的心可冲着我搏跳：
我也可得知它是否跳得正常无误，
我会把它贴身紧紧搂住。
我甘愿做一条项链，
整天降落或升起
在她芬芳的胸部，
伴着她的欢笑或叹息：
我会轻飘地轻飘地躺伏，
在夜间我难得被摘除。
(秦希廉 译)
