中英诗歌中的爱情与死亡1

　　尽管我年轻无辩

　　本.琼生

　　如我之年青,无法细辨,

　　死亡的本意和爱的真谛,

　　尝闻二者皆带箭头,

　　双双的目标是人的心脏。

　　复又听说,各有德性,

　　爱伤于火,死伤于冰;

　　我似恍然有所觉悟,

　　感受的极端结果却一途。

　　恰如断壁残垣,

　　或灰飞或塌坍;

　　又好比我之消亡,

　　似潮退又似闪电;

　　因知爱之燃烧的箭杆,

　　亡我之速有如死神冰冷的魔手;

　　惟有爱火的炽热尚存,

　　惊散坟墓中寒气逼人的霜雾。

　　Though I am Young and Cannot Tell

　　Ben Jonson

　　Though I am young, and cannot tell

　　Either what death or love is well,

　　Yet I have heard they both bear darts,

　　And both do aim at human hearts.

　　And then again, I have been told

　　Love wounds with heat, as Death with cold;

　　So that I fear they do but bring

　　Extremes to touch, and mean one thing.

　　As in a ruin we it call

　　One thing to be blown up, or fall;

　　Or to our end like way may have

　　By a flash of lightning, or a wave;

　　So love's inflamed shaft or brand

　　May kill as soon as Death's cold hand;

　　Except Love's fires the virtue have

　　To fright the frost out of the grave

　　中英诗歌中的爱情与死亡3

　　歌

　　克里斯蒂娜。

　　罗赛蒂

　　在我死了以后,亲爱的,

　　不要为我唱哀歌;

　　不要在我头上栽种玫瑰,

　　也不要栽种成荫的松柏;

　　但愿你成为雨露滋润的绿草,

　　铺盖着我坟墓上的山坡。

　　如你愿意就怀念我,

　　如你愿意就忘记我!

　　我将看不见松柏玫瑰,

　　也感觉不到草地洒满了雨水;

　　我将听不到夜莺的啼唱,

　　彻夜诉说心中等苦悲。

　　我住在不生不灭的混沌世界,

　　没有黑夜,也没有日出的光辉。

　　也许我偶然想起谁,

　　也许我偶然忘了谁!

　　Song

　　Christina Rossetti

　　When I am dead, my dearest,

　　Sing no sad songs for me;

　　Plant thou no roses at my head,

　　Nor shady cypress tree:

　　Be the green grass above me

　　With showers and dewdrops wet;

　　And if thou wilt, remember,

　　And if thouwilt, forget.

　　I shall not see the shadows,

　　I shall not feel the rain;

　　I shall not hear the nightingale

　　Sing on, as if in pain:

　　And dreaming through the twilight

　　That doth not rise nor set,

　　Haply I may remember,

　　And haply may forget.

　　中英诗歌中的爱情与死亡2

　　葡萄牙十四行诗 (第43首)

　　伊丽莎白.勃郎宁

　　我究竟怎样爱你?让我细数端详。

　　我爱你直到我灵魂所及的深度、

　　广度和高度,我在视力不及之处

　　摸索着存在的极致和美的理想。

　　我爱昵象最朴素的日常需要一样,

　　就象不自觉地需要阳光和蜡烛。

　　我自由地爱昵,像人们选择正义之路,

　　我纯洁地爱昵,像人们躲避称赞颂扬。

　　我爱你用的是我在昔日的悲伤里

　　用过得那种激情,以及童年的忠诚。

　　我爱你用的爱,我本以为早以失去

　　(与我失去的圣徒一同);我爱你用的笑容、

　　眼泪、呼吸和生命!只要上帝允许,

　　在死后我爱你将只会更加深情。

　　How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

　　I love thee to the depth and breadth and height

　　My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight

　　For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.

　　I love thee to the level of everyday's

　　Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.

　　I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;

　　I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.

　　I love thee with the passion put to use

　　In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.

　　I love thee with a love I seemed to lose

　　With my lost saints--I love thee with the breath,

　　Smiles, tears, of all my life!--and, if God choose,

　　I shall but love thee better after death

　　中英诗歌中的爱情与死亡4

　　爱的乐园

　　威廉姆.布莱克

　　我曾访问爱的乐园,

　　目睹了我前所未见:

　　殡仪馆矗立其中,

　　那里是我曾嘻戏的草地。

　　而殡仪馆的大门紧闭,

　　门上大书‘行人止步’;

　　我只好转向爱的乐园,

　　那里曾有无数美丽鲜花开放,

　　映入眼帘的却是遍地坟茔,

　　墓碑取代了鲜花林立:

　　黑袍牧师们蜿蜒绕行,

　　用荆棘捆绑着我的欢乐和欲望。

　　The Garden of Love

　　William Blake

　　I went to the Garden of love,

　　And saw what I never had seen:

　　A Chapel was built in the midst,

　　Where I used to play on the green.

　　And the gates of this Chapel were shut,

　　And "Thou shalt not" writ over the door;

　　So I turn'd to the Garden of Love,

　　That so many sweet flowers bore,

　　And I saw it was filled with graves,

　　And tomb-stones where flowers should be:

　　And Priests in black gowns were walking their rounds,

　　And binding with briars my joys & desires.

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