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( e m3 C# h( ~如果楼主知道叶芝读过下面这首诗,会不会心情好一点?7 P, p8 b' l7 n" o& o; R
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! d A+ r. A E) x' R3 j O
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Sonnet to Helen
4 ]9 L( ^! @' u' {2 p3 wBy Pierre de Ronsard (mid 16th cent)+ ?8 s# a7 M4 M% w+ w
Translated by A.Z. Foreman
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$ }5 X5 o% U* E3 m, z* ?2 `1 RWhen you are old, at evening candle-lit,
* X, }' q0 J M; z' d, Q beside the fire bending to your wool,
s' |; i2 f, W) Hread out my verse and murmur "Ronsard writ
; P1 u) o) o* ?# D& s7 C" K( w this praise for me when I was beautiful."& W2 g( x( S1 P( F- e# `
And not a maid but at the sound of it,. ]8 _- {0 @ P' J
though nodding at the stitch on broidered stool,
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4 g! p" }5 q2 o$ T) R. D1 \' M whose long fidelities bring Time to school.
( B0 @9 |& w* @: KI shall be thin and ghost beneath the earth,4 m) e, I( V2 q2 R' j% F+ H
by myrtle-shade in quiet after pain,
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mourning my love and all your proud disdain.; `% [6 X7 q' T8 i5 Q; s
And what comes to-morrow who can say?
/ n# m/ q6 O% Q; `Live, pluck the roses of the world to-day.% ?3 r+ Q+ W1 f m
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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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