TA的每日心情 | 奋斗 2019-7-13 03:21 |
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( C0 }/ i2 [2 N& s! [5 s如果楼主知道叶芝读过下面这首诗,会不会心情好一点?
4 h: ~ i5 f% l; A' `; C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。$ E2 t* o# g+ R! S5 b9 Z
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Sonnet to Helen
' D: h0 C+ o) X1 _By Pierre de Ronsard (mid 16th cent)
9 s2 Q! \" H5 Y( k# t! ATranslated by A.Z. Foreman' W A2 ?9 O. j. L6 X* _2 \9 I1 W
- p6 j- Z# m D5 H1 |When you are old, at evening candle-lit,
9 ]: W8 d% R- d- F2 R beside the fire bending to your wool,5 z. f4 f' N) a' g' f4 P
read out my verse and murmur "Ronsard writ
0 x( F# f6 y# W3 k this praise for me when I was beautiful."
/ g" U) n# o0 e7 m: n2 KAnd not a maid but at the sound of it,* c$ Q! i$ |/ o% r0 }1 ?
though nodding at the stitch on broidered stool,5 Y/ n/ }3 x( L, ?/ |" U
will start awake, and bless love's benefit,' j4 H' L$ S; i7 O* D) w
whose long fidelities bring Time to school.
+ y5 a9 w" j, {. kI shall be thin and ghost beneath the earth,: o1 |3 c5 @0 ~" {7 a% h
by myrtle-shade in quiet after pain,9 R. @: `6 `4 f E, k+ [
but you, a crone will crouch beside the hearth,
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! v/ h. G8 t* K: \" b& b) XAnd what comes to-morrow who can say?* h4 u! v, Q F9 H1 a
Live, pluck the roses of the world to-day.7 m8 k* ?! ]; ]8 v1 R
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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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