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9 Z4 b+ \ m9 o; |% b如果楼主知道叶芝读过下面这首诗,会不会心情好一点?/ ~+ u2 R0 Y6 W; }0 \
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
' P' k8 A+ t. L5 z& `% D6 r& mBy Pierre de Ronsard (mid 16th cent) m# D; M2 d5 p: Z. `9 o3 _; V
Translated by A.Z. Foreman
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When you are old, at evening candle-lit,- p, d$ B0 P, k9 p/ }
beside the fire bending to your wool,
$ i0 x$ w; A* x; Aread out my verse and murmur "Ronsard writ3 O8 ~! B; J7 R2 o
this praise for me when I was beautiful."* x; J5 R, C3 a) }: }; R3 ~
And not a maid but at the sound of it,
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whose long fidelities bring Time to school.
- \- k' T( g! Z0 R) iI shall be thin and ghost beneath the earth,
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, a/ P/ h1 H; H" Y4 Ebut you, a crone will crouch beside the hearth,# O: y- N1 Y9 P, U3 B3 v
mourning my love and all your proud disdain.
: q; E0 a1 c3 [. X; x# k, a1 XAnd what comes to-morrow who can say?
1 l1 g! `, R! u; o P1 hLive, pluck the roses of the world to-day.
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# I! x: M: q' U# r 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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