2010-2-15
帮小不点儿和小朋友们新成立了一个写作俱乐部,写作俱乐部要写英文诗。第一个可以借鉴的英文诗歌,是日本的俳句(Haiku),五七五型,格式简单,容易创作,是英语中的最短诗词,小朋友们超喜欢:
- This ancient form of poem writing is renowned for its small size as well as the precise punctuation and syllables needed on its three lines. It is of ancient Japanese origin. It contains 17 syllables in 3 lines of five, seven, five. Haiku poems are typically about nature and usually about a specific season. Writing a haiku requires effort but the poem is well worth it. It is easy to feel a sense of perfection when viewing a perfectly formed Haiku.
其实这日本的俳句,最早来自于中国的律诗,把上面这个格式稍加改良,就是英文的五言诗。具体的要求,是每个句子,都只有五个英文音节,第一和第二句押韵,第三和第四句押韵(七言诗和其他律诗词牌依此类推)。
根据这个简单的要求,今天和小不点儿一起试译了两篇中国古诗,第一篇是李绅的五言诗《悯农》:
Rake the weeds at noon
Sweats drop in dirt soon
Each meal on a tray
From a hard works day
第二篇是骆宾王的五律《咏鹅》:
Geese one two and three
Bent songs over the tree
Float snow on lakes green
Hide rose down waves clean