Meeting at Night
By Robert Browning
The gray sea and the long black land;
And the yellow half-moon large and low;
And the startled little waves that leap
In fiery ringlets from their sleep.
As I gain the cove with pushing prow,
And quench its speed i’ the slushy sand.
Then a mile of warm sea-scented beach;
Three fields to cross till a farm appears;
A tap at the pane, the quick sharp scratch
And blue spurt of a lighted match,
And a voice less loud, thro’ its joys and fears,
Than the two hearts beating each to each!
我的译文：
一海烟波长岸黝，
半轮金月半低头。
细浪跃起浮生梦，
惊涛掀起火烈丘。
小水湾前兰舟在，
浊泥滩上等去留。
暖风吹香一里遥，
垄亩三分见户寮。
轻拍窗棂说远客，
急燃柴薪试焰苗。
柔声惊问来者谁，
两目相看心相敲。
罗伯特·勃朗宁 （Robert Browning）：英国维多利亚时代唯一可与丁尼生媲美的诗人。 勃朗宁的小诗《夜会》中没有热烈而缠绵的描述，而是用他最擅长的戏剧性描写手法，将小伙子盼望见到爱人的急切心情宣泄得淋漓尽致。看！他在漆黑的夜晚，驾着小船驶过海湾，越过海滩，穿过田野，终于来到了爱人的身边，直到“两颗跳动的心紧紧相融”……。
