說(shuō)起長(zhǎng)征，人們自然而然地想起毛澤東的長(zhǎng)征詩(shī)句。長(zhǎng)征的詩(shī)句不但記下了長(zhǎng)征中的重要事件，也讓我們感受到中國(guó)無(wú)產(chǎn)階級(jí)革命家的風(fēng)采。

《長(zhǎng)征》

——毛澤東

紅軍不怕遠(yuǎn)征難，萬(wàn)水千山只等閑。

五嶺逶迤騰細(xì)浪，烏蒙磅礴走泥丸。

金沙水拍云崖暖，大渡橋橫鐵索寒。

更喜岷山千里雪，三軍過(guò)后盡開顏。

這么有名的詩(shī)，用怎么比較合適呢？

埃德加·斯諾已經(jīng)給出了英文版本。他是最早讓世界了解中國(guó)共產(chǎn)黨和紅軍真正形象的美國(guó)著名記者，在1937年出版的《西行漫記》中寫道：

It was impossible to deny recognition of the Long March as one of the great exploits of military history.

不能不承認(rèn)紅軍長(zhǎng)征是世界軍事史上的偉大成就之一。

在這本書介紹長(zhǎng)征的那一章，斯諾援引毛澤東的著名詩(shī)篇《七律·長(zhǎng)征》作為結(jié)語(yǔ)（"epilogue"）——

紅軍不怕遠(yuǎn)征難，

The Red Army, never fearing the challenging Long March,

萬(wàn)水千山只等閑。

Looked lightly on the many peaks and rivers，

五嶺逶迤騰細(xì)浪，

Wu Ling's Range rose, lowered, rippled,

烏蒙磅礴走泥丸。

And green-tiered were the rounded steps of Wu Meng.

金沙水拍云崖暖，

Warm-beating the Gold Sand River's waves against the rocks,

大渡橋橫鐵索寒。

And cold the iron-chain spans of Tatu's bridge.

更喜岷山千里雪，

A thousand joyous li of freshening snow on Min Shan,

三軍過(guò)后盡開顏。

And then, the last pass vanquished, Three Armies smiled.

是不是對(duì)這些翻譯有點(diǎn)摸不著頭腦？還是再看看翻譯大師許淵沖的譯本吧：

紅軍不怕遠(yuǎn)征難，

Of the trying Long March the Red Army makes light;

萬(wàn)水千山只等閑。

Thousands of rivers and mountains are barriers slight.

五嶺逶迤騰細(xì)浪，

The five serpentine ridges outspread like rippling rills;

烏蒙磅礴走泥丸。

The pompus Wumeng peaks tower but like mole-hills.

金沙水拍云崖暖，

Against warm cloudy cliffs beat waves of Golden Sand;

大渡橋橫鐵索寒。

With cold iron-chain bridge River Dadu is spanned.

更喜岷山千里雪，

Glad to see the Min Range snow-clad for miles and miles,

三軍過(guò)后盡開顏。

Our warriors who have crossed it break into broad smiles.

雖然斯諾對(duì)于中國(guó)詩(shī)詞的翻譯沒有達(dá)到大師水準(zhǔn)，但他對(duì)于中央蘇區(qū)、對(duì)于紅軍、對(duì)于長(zhǎng)征的描寫都非常細(xì)致入微。

來(lái)一段他對(duì)于長(zhǎng)征的評(píng)價(jià)，大家感受下：

Adventure, exploration, discovery, human, courage and cowardice, ecstasy and triumph, suffering, sacrifice, and loyalty, and then through it all, like a flame, an undimmed ardour and undying hope and amazing revolutionary optimism of those thousands of youths who would not admit defeat by man or nature or God or death - all this and more seemed embodied in the history of an odyssey unequalled in modern times.