William Butler Yeats
Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet;
She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet.
She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree;
But I, being young and foolish, with her would not agree.
In a field by the river my love and I did stand,
And on my leaning shoulder she laid her snow-white hand.
She bid me take life easy, as the grass grows on the weirs;
But I was young and foolish, and now am full of tears.
威廉·巴特勒·葉芝
我與她赴幽會來到柳園,
她來時足嬌小色白如棉。
聽她講愛莫急如葉慢長,
那時候小而蠢,和她意見不一
我與她站立在河邊田野,
她雪白的手倚在我肩。
聽她講生活像水草慢長,
那時候小而蠢,如今空把淚灑。
實戰(zhàn)提升
背景知識
威廉·巴特勒·葉芝(William Butler Yeats),愛爾蘭詩人、劇作家,著名的神秘主義者。葉芝是“愛爾蘭文藝復興運動”的領袖,也是艾比劇院(Abbey Theatre)的創(chuàng)建者之一。1865年6月13日出生于都柏林。曾在都柏林大都會美術學院學習繪畫,1887年開始專門從事詩歌創(chuàng)作,被詩人艾略特譽為“當代最偉大的詩人”。
這首詩也被譯為《莎莉花園》,在時態(tài)的運用上也有獨特之處。全詩除了最后半行用現(xiàn)在時態(tài)以外都是過去時態(tài)。這說明過去對人們的現(xiàn)在具有十分重要的意義。在詩的最后,詩人用一般現(xiàn)在時是意味深長的。雖然對現(xiàn)在情況的描述只有五個詞便戛然而止,但是,由于詩人把這幾個詞放在全詩最突出的位置,所以給人意猶未盡的感覺。這首貌似簡單的詩,卻向人們揭示了生活的哲理:對待愛情和生活,人們應當順其自然,就像“綠葉長在樹枝上”,“青草長在河堰上”。不然,會因為一時的“愚蠢”而遺恨終生。
單詞注解
bid[bid]命令,吩咐
snow-white 雪白的;純白的
weir[wi?]堰;壩
名句誦讀
Down by the salley gardens my love and l did meet;She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet.
ln a field by the river my love and l did stand, And on my leaning shoulder she laid her snow-white hand. She bid me take life easy, as the grass grows on the weirs;But l was young and foolish, and now am full of tears.