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5 K* R8 X1 E; E& B如果楼主知道叶芝读过下面这首诗,会不会心情好一点?7 T9 @5 E2 a% e1 T
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。* l$ H! @, I, W! _8 c0 d
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Sonnet to Helen
9 k# x- o' U/ KBy Pierre de Ronsard (mid 16th cent)* n' e+ K3 A+ i$ G, C4 G3 L
Translated by A.Z. Foreman
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When you are old, at evening candle-lit,4 x" {: x) z- k4 g
beside the fire bending to your wool,0 v* g# H& n9 J+ d- i' ]: b
read out my verse and murmur "Ronsard writ
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And not a maid but at the sound of it,
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will start awake, and bless love's benefit,
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1 t {. Z& K3 N9 v9 CI shall be thin and ghost beneath the earth,
# E: S; o u! @7 l by myrtle-shade in quiet after pain,
' b9 L+ [: B5 n4 v5 D/ a5 Cbut you, a crone will crouch beside the hearth,1 Z6 Q8 f6 R8 z0 E; M
mourning my love and all your proud disdain.
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Live, pluck the roses of the world to-day.6 M4 L# u2 j3 O# {& c( s+ R+ c3 {% f) Y9 _
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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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