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?
' q6 W" v5 B5 J- v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) `4 a; r1 D8 e1 k; R( U8 A
By Pierre de Ronsard (mid 16th cent)1 `% f3 F/ F4 O: Z+ k9 K) e
Translated by A.Z. Foreman" }( }2 X$ `% K1 p, ]' V, E
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beside the fire bending to your wool,! g9 ?" v0 Z! m
read out my verse and murmur "Ronsard writ
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And not a maid but at the sound of it,% ?; C. F" ~# S5 ~" ? t( D, y
though nodding at the stitch on broidered stool,1 Q+ A" |: A( K' |
will start awake, and bless love's benefit,
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I shall be thin and ghost beneath the earth,
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but you, a crone will crouch beside the hearth,% `6 _) _2 }8 j: x/ A f& v' ]
mourning my love and all your proud disdain.- r, }; X O3 K3 F1 W8 X7 y
And what comes to-morrow who can say?
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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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