Elevation

Elevation

    by Charles Baudelaire

Above the lakes, above the vales,
The mountains and the woods, the clouds, the seas,
Beyond the sun, beyond the ether,
Beyond the confines of the starry spheres,

My soul, you move with ease,
And like a strong swimmer in rapture in the wave
You wing your way blithely through boundless space
With virile joy unspeakable.

Fly far, far away from this baneful miasma
And purify yourself in the celestial air,
Drink the ethereal fire of those limpid regions
As you would the purest of heavenly nectars.

Beyond the vast sorrows and all the vexations
That weigh upon our lives and obscure our vision,
Happy is he who can with his vigorous wing
Soar up towards those fields luminous and serene,

He whose thoughts, like skylarks,
Toward the morning sky take flight
— Who hovers over life and understands with ease
The language of flowers and silent things!

高翔远举

 夏尔•波德莱尔

飞过池塘，飞过峡谷，飞过高山，
飞过森林，飞过云霞，飞过大海，
飞到太阳之处，飞到九霄之外，
越过了群星灿烂的天宇边缘，

我的精神，你活动轻灵矫健，
仿佛弄潮儿在浪里荡魄销魂，
你在深邃浩瀚中快乐地耕耘，
怀著无法言说的雄健的快感。

远远地飞离那致病的腐恶，
到高空中去把你净化涤荡，
就像啜饮纯洁神圣的酒浆
啜饮弥漫澄宇的光明的火。

在厌倦和巨大的忧伤的后面，
它们充塞著雾霭沉沉的生存，
幸福的是那个羽翼坚强的人，
他能够飞向明亮安详的田园；

他的思想就像那百灵鸟一般，
在清晨自由自在地冲向苍穹，
－－翱翔在生活之上，轻易地听懂
花儿以及无声的万物的语言。

夏尔•波德莱尔 简介