德彪西的 Beau Soir

Claude Debussy  and Paul Bourget                        

    这是德彪西在15-16岁时(ca. 1877/8)为与他同期的法国作家兼评论家Paul Bourget(1852-1935)的诗《Bear Soir ( Beautiful  Evening)》谱写的一首钢琴曲，乐曲非常的优美动人，而诗人的诗歌却有如他这一阶段的人生，看破红尘。

尝试将法文诗歌的英文译文再翻译如下：

When streams turn pink in the setting sun

And a slight shudder rushes through the wheat fields,

A plea for happiness seems to rise out of all things

And it climbs up towards the troubled heart.

溪流在夕阳下变成粉红色

缓缓地流过麦田

快乐犹如脱缰的野马

它爬过躁动不安的心田

A plea to relish the charm of life

While there is youth and the evening is fair,
For we pass away, as the wave passes:
The wave to the sea, we to the grave.

来品味生活的魅力吧

青春还有与之匹配的夜色

对我而言已如水波荡漾而过

水流入海，而我们将走入墓穴。