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. m0 b b1 a: v( x# A& f, m6 R如果楼主知道叶芝读过下面这首诗,会不会心情好一点?' n% F& o3 U/ Z0 I. a
一个天才横空出世,脚下不知道有多少个被当做阶梯的过气天才。龙萨的诗符合文艺复兴的意气风发,现在读来很难代入;叶芝的诗更适合女权意识开始觉醒和高涨的维多利亚时代,现在读来也不过时。 a. h7 e( C" \0 e8 K- Q# A
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Sonnet to Helen
* p Z! q4 N- {/ Z/ kBy Pierre de Ronsard (mid 16th cent), n6 ^+ T( k K
Translated by A.Z. Foreman5 q/ C. Q6 \0 v
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When you are old, at evening candle-lit,
! M4 O. Z" _+ h6 C beside the fire bending to your wool,
- t$ l. q( A' d* Cread out my verse and murmur "Ronsard writ# Y+ q# z% V {% ~
this praise for me when I was beautiful."+ k( |* p9 ]% \1 N+ m' l1 k
And not a maid but at the sound of it,: g- F( Y" j3 o' ^
though nodding at the stitch on broidered stool,
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I shall be thin and ghost beneath the earth,* S) z+ V2 n) q' q6 b* F+ ~+ Y
by myrtle-shade in quiet after pain,
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( P" p ?$ }( A% z5 SAnd what comes to-morrow who can say?
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原作者龙萨Ronsard是法国首位诗歌王子(相当于英国的桂冠诗人),这首诗写于1552年,明世宗嘉靖三十一年,比光绪年间出道的叶芝早了三百多年。这是他的成名作,叶芝读的应该是法语版,这里就不拿出来了。两首诗的对比,是英语文学课上的一个好题目。网上有位老师布置了这个作业(链接在此),回答很踊跃,也很有启发。最近看了看高考题,要能这么出题,那才是进步。 |
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