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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?
6 N$ s) S- h7 g4 S S% l! f. |% e' g% 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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) b7 k$ ~8 a4 s8 i- M8 N: H" O" ?# `Sonnet to Helen
6 o L. Y& L$ H% S' E1 wBy Pierre de Ronsard (mid 16th cent)
( m! w+ {5 n4 u+ G# YTranslated by A.Z. Foreman( | u' x7 f! s# ^& E# w
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When you are old, at evening candle-lit,
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read out my verse and murmur "Ronsard writ
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And not a maid but at the sound of it,7 B8 \$ ?$ h/ K6 f" X# |. U
though nodding at the stitch on broidered stool,
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; R& p. d: B6 i. G7 j% |0 kAnd 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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