TA的每日心情 | 奋斗 2019-7-13 03:21 |
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: w2 {, n5 R& b8 B( E如果楼主知道叶芝读过下面这首诗,会不会心情好一点?6 a O9 p3 v/ Y$ T' d' @; l
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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; X8 y2 m1 [8 p! k7 o) c. \Sonnet to Helen
8 }/ k4 X) V) ?1 U# F1 ~ S$ hBy Pierre de Ronsard (mid 16th cent)
( h& G1 d% K9 `Translated by A.Z. Foreman6 v: w1 T4 P4 F: i3 w4 V
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When you are old, at evening candle-lit,
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this praise for me when I was beautiful."2 m8 c4 c, W$ k) m1 w( g# i3 f
And not a maid but at the sound of it,; O9 Q, A, @+ j# j7 T/ y0 y7 y
though nodding at the stitch on broidered stool,
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whose long fidelities bring Time to school.
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by myrtle-shade in quiet after pain,) \- O! h) M3 e7 K7 c: M% f
but you, a crone will crouch beside the hearth, t6 O. e0 t0 l' ^. P8 F3 y
mourning my love and all your proud disdain.8 j0 n; _% k& j2 Z
And what comes to-morrow who can say?
6 p8 V7 g \* F& x- G( g# Y, r% n) CLive, pluck the roses of the world to-day.
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$ q* g4 d- J& ^ 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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