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2 H4 k& L8 s) k如果楼主知道叶芝读过下面这首诗,会不会心情好一点?; ]/ E7 n9 r* |! c% u4 v/ O( |; p
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。
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Sonnet to Helen
; f/ `7 `6 d3 F* [3 eBy Pierre de Ronsard (mid 16th cent)/ o" C5 @( V4 y7 T. j
Translated by A.Z. Foreman% ~% N7 d3 P3 U8 K5 E
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When you are old, at evening candle-lit,6 Z% K1 C' a: k
beside the fire bending to your wool,
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this praise for me when I was beautiful."
& B! r8 w8 i' S; K2 Z1 rAnd not a maid but at the sound of it,9 J$ {* s% H" c) K. z) I4 l
though nodding at the stitch on broidered stool,
4 \0 m% w0 I8 h: z3 Q T% Ywill start awake, and bless love's benefit,
/ N& X% I* |# }1 }7 b whose long fidelities bring Time to school.
/ M) z' S9 U1 y- W2 N5 {: q* WI shall be thin and ghost beneath the earth,
/ C0 A! A% K i( w) a; V5 E by myrtle-shade in quiet after pain,3 U6 f. ]+ G! N7 n: T
but you, a crone will crouch beside the hearth,# r. O) r' Q9 t0 S& k; w, [
mourning my love and all your proud disdain.
5 c& H7 J9 N3 G9 E( k6 v# A% AAnd what comes to-morrow who can say?
' ?9 |. ~% F" j" oLive, pluck the roses of the world to-day.) H' D7 P9 N# s. C3 ?
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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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