徐志摩 我是天空裡的一片雲，偶爾投影在你的波心。A cloud in the sky am I,Casting a shadow casually On your stirred wavy bosom gently

我是天空裡的一片雲，
偶爾投影在你的波心。
A cloud in the sky am I,  Casting a shadow casually On your stirred wavy bosom gently.


《偶然》-- 徐志摩

我是天空裡的一片雲，
偶爾投影在你的波心。
你不必驚訝(訝異)，
更無須歡喜，
在轉瞬間消滅了踪影。

你我相逢在黑夜的海上，
你有你的，我有我的方向；
你記得也好，
最好你忘掉，
在這交會時互放的光亮(芒)。


OU RAN ("Casually")
-- by XU ZHIMO (1897-1931)
-- Translated by Frank C Yue

A cloud in the sky am I,
Casting a shadow casually
On your stirred wavy bosom gently.
Be not surprised,
Nor happy be --
For in a flash, I'll have passed by.

Upon the sea in a dark night,
You and I by chance met.
You went on your way, I mine, after all.
This rendezvous you may yet recall;
But still, you'd better forget
From that confluence the begotten bright light.


Translator's Notes :

1. On line 1, "bosom" is the perfect homonym translation for "波心" (which is itself highly sexually suggestive) -- with triple meanings (from my high school e-c dictionary) as follows:
(a) (old use) person's chest; woman's breasts; part of dress covering this.
(b) centre or inmost part, where one feels joy or sorrow.
(c) midst: e.g. in the bosom of one's family.

2. On the last line, why use the word "confluence" (i.e. 'flowing together, especially a place where two rivers unite') for 「雲 -- 水」「交會時」？
The cloud 「雲 」： the poet, is water -- in vapour form (that's Yang and male) while the sea water「水」：the heroine, is also water -- in liquid form (that's Yin and female).


據說這首詩是徐氏離開英國的 林徵音(又名徽因，十六 歲時在康橋認識 徐志摩) ，在回中國的郵船上所寫。(一說此詩寫於1926年5月，初載同年5月27日《晨報副刊 • 詩鎸》第9期，署名志摩。這是 徐志摩和陸小曼 合寫劇本《卞昆岡》第五幕裏老瞎子的唱词。)

<清末同盟會革命志士 林覺民 是梁啓超之媳，梁思成之妻、著名建築師和作家 林徵音 的堂叔 。林徵音 又是著名作家，詩人 徐志摩 的前度女友。>