TA的每日心情 | 奋斗 2019-7-13 03:21 |
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- |4 W) n4 N/ Y& @8 k如果楼主知道叶芝读过下面这首诗,会不会心情好一点?
Z# U$ n: q) [1 j3 O& f6 b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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( C! U; P. j5 pSonnet to Helen
, U0 m( g4 t+ h$ m8 t; g$ h3 qBy Pierre de Ronsard (mid 16th cent)
) O: v/ O" ~' z4 m- @1 `7 x% yTranslated by A.Z. Foreman7 ~; e7 N; a) \, C5 D& a
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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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( `! p' c1 K6 i- }And not a maid but at the sound of it,
" G* R3 B) }" D1 S1 ?: U* N though nodding at the stitch on broidered stool,
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by myrtle-shade in quiet after pain,
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mourning my love and all your proud disdain.. `: {' k- m1 z$ x: A
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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