据说此诗非英译中版,大家最喜欢的实质上是中文版,再译为英文的,建议看一下此文,(不是很了解).
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Farthest, not furthest distance in the world.
世界上最遥远的距离是英诗中吗
世界上最遥远的距离是英诗中译吗? 答,不是
世界上最遥远的距离 : 真的是英文诗吗? 答，不是
近年来网上流行一首中英对照的诗。中文名是“世界上最遥远的距离“。英文题是”The furthest distance in the world.”
很多的转载者都引用此诗为英语诗 (e.g. 外文诗欣赏：世界上最遥远的距离)，更有不少论坛， blog, 等等，说这是 Tagore 泰戈尔 的诗。这是真的吗。
Some of you may have come across one of the following two posts “The Furthest distance in the World”, “世界上最遥远的距离.” Some BBSes have the Chinese version down as translated from the “English version” while a few even claim the English version as the work of Tagore.
Is it really?
Let me put the so-called English version down for you to read. Go through it slowly with an eye for faults, and see what you can come up with.
The furthest distance in the world
The furthest distance in the world
Is not between life and death
But when I stand in front of you
Yet you don’t know that
I love you
The furthest distance in the world
Is not when i stand in font of you
Yet you can’t see my love
But when undoubtedly knowing the love from both
Yet cannot
Be together
The furthest distance in the world
Is not being apart while being in love
But when plainly can not resist the yearning
Yet pretending
You have never been in my heart
The furthest distance in the world
Is not <--
But using one’s indifferent heart
To dig an uncrossable river
For the one who loves you
最明显的错误， 就是把 “最遥远的距离“ 写成"furthest distance." 有些英语水平的人都只都 ”distance" 是用farthest, 不是用"furthest."
The first thing that would strike you is probably the word “furthest.” Your grammar teacher must have told you that for distance, the word should be “farthest.” The second is that the verb “is” is missing after all the “but”s. Granted, with poetic license, you can get away with anything. However, that still does not explain why the sentence is incomplete after “is that” in the last stanza.
Having lots of free time on my hands ( I am a retiree), I decided to investigate. Baidu and Google are great help ( BTW: sell Baidu, they are overpriced. Ha Ha. Too late already.) I discovered that the origin of the Chinese version was based on a two line couplet by 张小娴
Quote: 此诗并非"泰戈尔"的作品, 也不是英语诗。第一段是张小娴的作品， 后来被一群台湾学生改编了(集体创作接龙 )-网上可找到有其它多段落的版本
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原诗是张小娴的，就是第一段。后来被上面说的一群台湾学生改编了，加了后两段 不过英文版不知道是谁翻译的
(I usually will include the source of the information. But my notes got garbled up—a dog ate it—and I no longer have the link. I guess a quick check with Baidu would have done the trick, but I am too lazy to do so.)
Anyway. The Chinese version that has been making the rounds on the Internet goes like this: (the part marked with the **** is the missing line in the English version.)
世界上最遥远的距离
不是生与死
而是我就站在你面前 你却不知道我爱你
世界上最遥远的距离
不是我就站在你面前 你却不知道我爱你
而是明明知道彼此相爱 却不能在一起
世界上最遥远的距离
不是明明知道彼此相爱 却不能在一起
而是明明无法抵挡这股想念 却还得故意装作丝毫没有把你放在心里
世界上最遥远的距离
不是明明无法抵挡这股想念 ****
却还得故意装作丝毫没有把你放在心里
而是用自己冷漠的心 对爱你的人 掘了一条无法跨越的沟渠
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这不是英诗中译。原文是中文，英文上的错误，及有一句没有译出来，应该使大家注意到这不可能原文是英文。但此文一在网上发表了出来，便你转载我 转载。越转越多，变成以假乱真了！
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If you think this is the end of the story, think again.
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Recently, I came across two more of the same “English version”, except this time, the missing line is in place. I have to kick myself on this because I neither copied down the “poem” nor saved the link.
But the “second” Chinese version I found, I not only saved the link, but the whole poem as well:
http://www.linlins.com/NewMoon/5/2003-08-03-07-32-54.shtml [分享]世界上最遥远的距离
作者：林汐 录入新月于 August 03, 2003 at 07:32:54:
世界上最遥远的距离
不是 生与死的距离
而是 我站在你面前 你不知道我爱你
世界上最遥远的距离
不是 我站在你面前 你不知道我爱你
而是 爱到痴迷 却不能说我爱你
世界上最遥远的距离
不是 我不能说我爱你
而是 想你痛彻心脾 却只能深埋心底
世界上最遥远的距离
不是 我不能说我想你
而是 彼此相爱 却不能够在一起
世界上最遥远的距离
不是 彼此相爱 却不能够在一起
而是明知道真爱无敌 却装作毫不在意
世界上最遥远的距离
不是 树与树的距离
而是 同根生长的树枝 却无法在风中相依
世界上最遥远的距离
不是 树枝无法相依
而是 相互了望的星星 却没有交汇的轨迹
世界上最遥远的距离
不是 星星之间的轨迹
而是 纵然轨迹交汇 却在转瞬间无处寻觅
世界上最遥远的距离
不是 瞬间便无处寻觅
而是 尚未相遇 便注定无法相聚
世界上最遥远的距离
是鱼与飞鸟的距离
一个在天 一个却深潜海底
So folks, here is something you can do to amuse yourselves. Write your own Chinese, English, or both new versions of this for your own entertainment, or upload it on to the Net, with the same title, and confuse the hell out of those going around reprinting this stuff.
参考资料：http://www.phpwind.net/read.php?tid=115000
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