TA的每日心情 | 奋斗 2019-7-13 03:21 |
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* O- d5 _2 u5 j; c- w& `如果楼主知道叶芝读过下面这首诗,会不会心情好一点?
# O" }) z8 t9 Y: |0 K- M, G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
" G' f' t/ v' @" w8 ^. cBy Pierre de Ronsard (mid 16th cent)( E' T C6 s! ]( U% `0 |
Translated by A.Z. Foreman$ Y7 \$ r, F. U' Q# Y
. F" N5 e3 e% Q* s! E+ \When you are old, at evening candle-lit,; i j/ y0 T6 r5 Y8 h
beside the fire bending to your wool,! U2 m0 Y; E `1 A( u. j& e
read out my verse and murmur "Ronsard writ6 }& w4 g- i$ r
this praise for me when I was beautiful."
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though nodding at the stitch on broidered stool,: j! J/ h, s) N
will start awake, and bless love's benefit,/ D: N* O6 S% `- H7 s+ \7 e2 V
whose long fidelities bring Time to school.
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but you, a crone will crouch beside the hearth,9 c2 a4 v) C, a' k* ?/ M
mourning my love and all your proud disdain.( N; s, Z0 P5 y- A- I3 |. l) W" Z
And what comes to-morrow who can say?
) j5 ?# r; Q8 u/ d4 b2 FLive, 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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