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3 \$ h. w; `) D" S3 Q如果楼主知道叶芝读过下面这首诗,会不会心情好一点?1 S* s7 G8 y. A; L8 D
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。. R4 y, }# P; a
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Sonnet to Helen+ K5 H0 H- q. p- ~5 H. X
By Pierre de Ronsard (mid 16th cent)/ w( g' b2 [/ K+ i, s/ V2 p* ^
Translated by A.Z. Foreman, o5 h3 n+ k0 I% ^+ K& H) {! i0 U
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When you are old, at evening candle-lit,! r1 d) m U; g2 W
beside the fire bending to your wool,
, x% @8 g6 Q3 @1 ^0 a% mread out my verse and murmur "Ronsard writ1 u4 }) G$ Z8 e& L/ t* y* V1 I
this praise for me when I was beautiful."/ Y& i5 @: [6 C3 R! a
And not a maid but at the sound of it,
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whose long fidelities bring Time to school.% b4 K0 V/ X1 l) Q l y* s# b v
I shall be thin and ghost beneath the earth,
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but you, a crone will crouch beside the hearth,0 H4 a1 f/ L* `' y
mourning my love and all your proud disdain.
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Live, pluck the roses of the world to-day.
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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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