我仍奋起——still I rise（Maya Angelou）

springwel

最近特别喜欢Maya Angelou的作品
贴一首诗，并附上我自己的翻译
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I’ll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
‘Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I’ll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops,
Weakened by my soulful cries?

Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don’t you take it awful hard
‘Cause I laugh like I’ve got gold mines
Diggin’ in my own backyard.

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I’ll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I’ve got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history’s shame
I rise
Up from a past that’s rooted in pain
I rise
I’m a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.

Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.

springwel

我仍奋起

你可以将我写进历史
或苦涩或扭曲
你可以将我踩进尘土
我仍会奋起
仿似灰尘飞扬

我的睿智使你难过吗
为何你紧缩眉头
因为我昂首挺胸
仿似家有油井喷油吗

如太阳如月亮
如潮落潮张
如希望高涨
我仍会奋起

想看到我支离破碎
弓腰驼背眉眼低垂
俯头肩落仿似泪珠流下吗
灵魂也孱弱哭泣吗

我的威严冒犯了你吗
别太为难你自己了
因为我笑起来好像
在我家后院挖到了金矿

你可言语中伤我
也可用你利斧般的眼光看我
也许恨不得杀死我
可我仍会奋起如空气飞扬

我的绰约风姿让你难过吗
你不觉得很惊喜吗
我的舞姿曼妙仿似我两股之间有钻石

我奋起于历史羞耻的茅屋
我奋起于逝去的苦难岁月
我是黑色的海洋，波涛汹涌
我站在风口浪尖，击水弄潮

充满恐惧和害怕的暗夜离我越来越远
我奋起
曙光明亮，白昼即到
我奋起
秉承先祖传给我的品质
我是被奴役者的梦想和希望
我会奋起
我会奋起
我会奋起

linegar

原文或可意会，犹难言传于中文，很难译
选择其中几句试试，请指教！
……
Does my sexiness upset you?                                   恕我的风情令你不安
Does it come as a surprise                                        仪态万方让你猝不及防
That I dance like I’ve got diamonds                               漫步起舞光彩夺目
At the meeting of my thighs?                                          宛若游龙翩若惊鸿
……

springwel

At the meeting  of  my thigh
是两个大腿的交汇处，diamond或许暗喻女性的生殖器。nikki  minjah 也朗诵过这首诗，当读到diamond，底下观众笑。

虞宅与美丽

诗的意境真的是很难传达。好的翻译文字已经难了，翻译诗歌更难。