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1、 狄金森,《我未曾见过荒原》,原文:I never saw a Moor- I never saw the Sea- Yet know I how the Heather looks And what a Billow be. I never spoke with God Nor visited in Heaven- Yet certain am I of the spot As if the Checks were given-
译文:我从未去过荒原,从未见过大海。但我知道楠木的枝叶,和翻滚的巨浪。我从未与上帝对谈,从未踏步天堂。但我仿佛已被应允,一定要去那个地方。
2、W. H. Auden《忧郁的赞礼》,原文:He was my North, my South, my East and West. My working week and my Sunday rest, My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song; I thought that love would last forever; I was wrong.
译文:他曾是我的四面八方。我的工作日,我的礼拜天,我的正午,我的半夜,我的呢喃,我的歌唱,我以为爱都能恒久流长,现在看来多么荒唐。
3、庞德《在地铁车站》,原文:In a Station of the MetroThe apparition of these faces in the crowd;Petals on a wet, black bough.
译文:人群中这些面孔幽灵一般显现;湿漉漉的黑色枝条上的许多花瓣。
4、狄金森《如果我不曾见过太阳》,原文:Had I not seen the sun. I could have borne the shade. But Light a newer Wilderness. My Wilderness has made.
译文:我本可以忍受黑暗,如果我不曾见过太阳。然而阳光已使我的荒凉,成为更新的荒凉。
5、塞林格《破碎故事之心》,原文:There are some people who think love is sex and marriage and six o’clock-kisses and children, and perhaps it is, Miss Lester.But do you know what I think? I think love is a touch and yet not a touch
译文:有人说爱是一夜缠绵,爱是早上六点的亲吻。爱是怀中的襁褓,莱斯特,你可知道在我看来,爱是手伸出又收回的那只手。
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英语文学中,诗歌极其丰富多彩,学英文而不懂英文诗歌,不仅从审美角度看是个遗憾,而且从语言学习角度看,学一些诗歌,语言能力会大大提高。我整理了短篇英文诗歌,欢迎阅读!
Suicide note 遗书
LangstonHughes
The calm,
Cool face of the river,
Asked me for a kiss
平静的,
淡漠的河面,
向我索一个吻
There is a Lady Sweet and Kind 有一位姑娘美丽又温柔
Thomas Ford
There is a lady sweet and kind,
Was never a face so pleased my mind;
I did but see her passing by,
And yet,
I'll love her till I die.
有一位姑娘甜美又温柔;
从未有一张脸让我如此心荡神摇;
我只看见她经过;
就会爱她到永远。
There is a Lady Sweet and Kind 有一位姑娘美丽又温柔
Thomas Ford
There is a lady sweet and kind,
Was never a face so pleased my mind;
I did but see her passing by,
And yet,
I'll love her till I die.
有一位姑娘甜美又温柔;
从未有一张脸让我如此心荡神摇;
我只看见她经过;
就会爱她到永远。
The Moods 心境
William Butler Yeats
Time drops indecay,
Like a candle burnt out,
And the mountains and woods
Have their day, have their day;
What one in the rout
Of the fire-born moods,
Has fallen away?
光阴渐逝于腐朽,
如蜡烛燃尽成灰,
群山与树林
正苍翠峥嵘,峥嵘苍翠;
拥有涅槃心境之人谁已消退?