维吉尔：牧歌（中英对照）(5)

Of Pyrrha casting stones, and Saturn’s reign,
The stolen fire, the eagles of the rock,
He sings: and then, beside what spring last seen,
The sailors called for Hylas—till the shore
All rang with “Hylas,” “Hylas”:—and consoles
(Happy if horned herds never had been born)
With some fair bullock’s love Pasiphae.
Ah! hapless maid! What madness this of thine?
Once a king’s daughters made believe to low,
And ranged the leas: but neither stooped to ask
Those base beasts’ love: though each had often feared
尽管她们时常会伸手摸摸光嫩的前额，
生怕头上有犄角萌生，而且日夜忐忑，
唯恐颈间扣上犁轭。噢！不幸的姑娘，
你自流落山间，他却时而以花丛为垫，
侧卧雪白的身体，在那暗绿的橡树下
咀嚼淡翠的青草，时而又随牛群游走，
追求心仪的母牛：“仙女啊仙女——
狄克特的仙女们，请封闭林间的空地！
只有这样，我才有可能在偶然间发现
那头恣意漫游的白色公牛留下的踪迹！
或是被郁郁青草吸引，或是跟随牛群，
或是被离群的母牛带进我父亲的牛栏！”
To find the ploughman’s gear about her neck,
And felt on her smooth brow for budding horns.
Ah! hapless maid! Thou roam’st from hill to hill:
He under some dark oak—his snowy side