TA的每日心情 | 奋斗 2019-7-13 03:21 |
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: Q* A) V. {+ r$ F9 y如果楼主知道叶芝读过下面这首诗,会不会心情好一点?
0 [) L" L1 v/ J+ z, y2 \3 u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。2 O0 r' J% E, {: P' L
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Sonnet to Helen
u f2 d2 p. l" W* uBy Pierre de Ronsard (mid 16th cent)* |- R" u! f6 y2 D- {: v# t' l' t
Translated by A.Z. Foreman* k0 H f. S: C9 P9 o, n. X
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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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% G0 H% k. V: Y2 O" |# LAnd not a maid but at the sound of it,
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will start awake, and bless love's benefit,# r3 M. i" o0 g9 o# |, W
whose long fidelities bring Time to school.
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by myrtle-shade in quiet after pain,
2 ?" u# }8 {% P) Tbut you, a crone will crouch beside the hearth,. A9 x3 x" P4 ~- D7 D \
mourning my love and all your proud disdain.
; i) ~" v' E- g. ]* K; v6 UAnd what comes to-morrow who can say?
2 B- G; u' C- o) e& L& e) G! wLive, pluck the roses of the world to-day.
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( B% \8 x2 f" C7 T! Y$ ^ 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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