TA的每日心情 | 奋斗 2019-7-13 03:21 |
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如果楼主知道叶芝读过下面这首诗,会不会心情好一点?3 r9 \) W) q( T7 @" E7 O- y% D Y
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
( k9 ]3 B" G6 r$ u. a" F vBy Pierre de Ronsard (mid 16th cent) F! v! [8 Q2 ~, t& R5 {: s/ G
Translated by A.Z. Foreman3 ~6 s8 Q3 }' Z: D& ^
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When you are old, at evening candle-lit,
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+ H& O6 M2 m) V9 M+ x+ uread out my verse and murmur "Ronsard writ
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And not a maid but at the sound of it,* ~0 V$ Y+ d2 Y+ T& S2 K+ h( i
though nodding at the stitch on broidered stool,. m7 G9 D& g, e' [5 s
will start awake, and bless love's benefit,
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I shall be thin and ghost beneath the earth,1 E* @6 |# f* ~2 W
by myrtle-shade in quiet after pain,6 d8 e3 _ U6 j* N* W$ |
but you, a crone will crouch beside the hearth,
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Live, pluck the roses of the world to-day.3 {" x+ ?9 ?+ l$ A% F$ U$ p2 x
% A' O. g4 D, w# X, L' K% _: V2 U 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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