Mr. Tambourine man 新翻译鉴赏
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文化
2022-06-01 15:57
广东
最近着迷于Bob Dylan的歌，相比于旋律，他的歌词更出彩。仔细聆听了之后，才能发现其中的深意。我也对Bob获诺贝尔文学奖其中的缘由更深信不疑。Bob每首歌的歌词都像是伴随旋律而生的一部文学作品，好似是配着不同口味的茶所阅读的短篇小说。
Mr. Tambourine man 是我最为喜欢的一首。Bob将人内心中最深刻的孤独刻画出来，寄希望于铃鼓手先生，能用欢快的节奏解救他于无尽的悲伤与恐惧之中。若是要找出个为何喜欢这首歌的理由，则是它对一个迷茫的、痛苦的、叫现实压的喘不过气的人的刻画十分真实与深刻，以至于我不自觉的感同身受，想起自己在深夜走过的无人的街道，直至破晓。网上有许多Mr. Tambourine man的中文翻译，可我对它们皆有不满的地方。这首歌的隐喻众多，比如“Though I know that evenin’s empire has returned into sand”，“It’s just a shadow you’re seein’ that he’s chasing”与倒数第三段一整段。而现有的翻译要不然是根本没有把隐喻翻译出来，以字面直译，不然就是试图翻译隐喻，结果既不“信”，也不“达”。比如qq音乐的翻译版本将“jingle-jangle” 译成“铿锵作响”，将欢快律动的铃鼓声硬生生地变成了乒乒乓乓的敲铁器的声音，实在是不敢恭维。出于对这首歌的欣赏与敬重，我便自己着手译了一版。我没过于注重中文的韵脚，正如《神曲》中文译者田德望所说：若是随意加韵脚以求押韵，反而会毁了语言本身的美感，且更难以兼顾信达雅。于是本版主意译，不足之处，望在评论区或私信指正。Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for meI’m not sleepy and there is no place I’m going toHey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for meIn the jingle jangle morning I’ll come followin’ youThough I know that evenin’s empire has returned into sandLeft me blindly here to stand but still not sleepingMy weariness amazes me, I’m branded on my feetAnd the ancient empty street’s too dead for dreamingHey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for meI’m not sleepy and there is no place I’m going toHey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for meIn the jingle jangle morning I’ll come followin’ youTake me on a trip upon your magic swirlin’ shipMy senses have been stripped, my hands can’t feel to gripWait only for my boot heels to be wanderin’I’m ready to go anywhere, I’m ready for to fadeInto my own parade, cast your dancing spell my wayHey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for meI’m not sleepy and there is no place I’m going toHey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for meIn the jingle jangle morning I’ll come followin’ youThough you might hear laughin’, spinnin’, swingin’ madly across the sunIt’s not aimed at anyone, it’s just escapin’ on the runAnd but for the sky there are no fences facin’And if you hear vague traces of skippin’ reels of rhymeTo your tambourine in time, it’s just a ragged clown behindI wouldn’t pay it any mindIt’s just a shadow you’re seein’ that he’s chasingHey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for meI’m not sleepy and there is no place I’m going toHey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for meIn the jingle jangle morning I’ll come followin’ youThen take me disappearin’ through the smoke rings of my mindDown the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leavesThe haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beachFar from the twisted reach of crazy sorrowYes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving freeSilhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sandsWith all memory and fate driven deep beneath the wavesLet me forget about today until tomorrowHey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for meI’m not sleepy and there is no place I’m going toHey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for meIn the jingle jangle morning I’ll come followin’ you
