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如果楼主知道叶芝读过下面这首诗,会不会心情好一点?
) d" G# g& e2 E1 I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。4 b2 g' Q* C W* r5 b; c6 U& d
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Sonnet to Helen
m* l' p- ~, ^, @# T2 A$ qBy Pierre de Ronsard (mid 16th cent)$ X3 B3 ^& K5 G7 s3 W9 f8 \
Translated by A.Z. Foreman& Y. q k/ o7 V. k- U
" c9 Q* G2 S* OWhen you are old, at evening candle-lit,) q6 K( J [, w4 N/ _5 s
beside the fire bending to your wool,
1 B! j% g m* y \1 [read out my verse and murmur "Ronsard writ7 t. z- S- W/ }4 h
this praise for me when I was beautiful."
3 Z: E2 @# x0 x% V/ Q" K: TAnd not a maid but at the sound of it,
T1 \& @6 b3 G. n though nodding at the stitch on broidered stool,
7 M, T" Y+ v2 I: g" h+ T. g4 cwill start awake, and bless love's benefit, _- U# L/ @5 h9 g {! R
whose long fidelities bring Time to school.' B: N& H0 a# y0 y; {( U- D
I shall be thin and ghost beneath the earth,( A) T/ k# j1 E/ Z3 Q+ M
by myrtle-shade in quiet after pain,
+ T( }/ c2 R! j) {7 a& Obut you, a crone will crouch beside the hearth,7 b6 Q0 m h6 E: a1 e1 c
mourning my love and all your proud disdain.' H( Y7 ~5 b$ E, j& @6 ~
And 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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