叶芝的诗：《Easter,1916》

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叶芝的诗  "Easter,1916"。

坦白的说, 这首诗相对较长，据说叶芝在写作时精神处于困扰和迷茫的状态，起义领导者之一是其爱慕对象的丈夫，而他像一个通常温和的人那样既惋惜逝去的鲜活生命，又对暴力对其理想中和谐境界的破坏感到恐惧。诗中传达出一种不安、痛惜与怅惘。全诗抄录于下，有兴趣的读者可以仔细读两遍（不过这诗真的很赞，还是认真读读吧）。
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: Y5 s8 [9 D2 Q) K' n  R6 UEaster, 1916
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I have met them at close of day
Coming with vivid faces
From counter or desk among grey
. Z; H  h! K+ R" P% ^, ?' eEighteenth-century houses.
8 m2 j+ o1 E0 o6 II have passed with a nod of the head
Or polite meaningless words,
Or have lingered awhile and said
- W, `6 m' n9 qPolite meaningless words,
6 v5 a8 n9 a, Z2 B% Q0 G% `And thought before I had done
# {3 H6 |* G( Q9 O, ROf a mocking tale or a gibe
To please a companion
Around the fire at the club,
Being certain that they and I
+ g& `9 `" s% x! QBut lived where motley is worn:
3 Q, E4 j* Q0 t  P. e+ z0 qAll changed, changed utterly:
& s8 U. a* O1 K  h/ q. UA terrible beauty is born.
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That woman's days were spent
In ignorant good-will,
+ K1 y; c# U6 }Her nights in argument
Until her voice grew shrill.
What voice more sweet than hers
When, young and beautiful,
She rode to harriers?
. F6 a/ @) E+ F0 a5 `" @This man had kept a school
3 t% v; ^) ^) ~7 rAnd rode our winged horse;
% i5 ~7 {6 x% N/ c8 W, ^This other his helper and friend
Was coming into his force;
He might have won fame in the end,
So sensitive his nature seemed,
: _0 j1 o5 e8 `/ DSo daring and sweet his thought.
This other man I had dreamed
  B2 x; {& k% @0 Y5 rA drunken, vainglorious lout.
He had done most bitter wrong
To some who are near my heart,
" a' x& ]( i' T! r( g3 LYet I number him in the song;
He, too, has resigned his part
In the casual comedy;
5 K! P5 p, x$ W! H: QHe, too, has been changed in his turn,
9 w) o$ g$ I: N3 ~. h7 BTransformed utterly:
A terrible beauty is born.

Hearts with one purpose alone
) k/ x! H- n3 z2 o/ M+ cThrough summer and winter seem
Enchanted to a stone
1 G7 b$ }2 G! N5 l, K4 ATo trouble the living stream.
* t+ B4 g- {& J& u" j$ p3 iThe horse that comes from the road.
& v2 P( r5 o' A7 }7 OThe rider, the birds that range
From cloud to tumbling cloud,
7 N: ?( x# a6 I8 j9 D4 FMinute by minute they change;
A shadow of cloud on the stream
Changes minute by minute;
A horse-hoof slides on the brim,
# ?0 R! V. `+ i: wAnd a horse plashes within it;
The long-legged moor-hens dive,
; x7 C( P2 n' c7 |8 r" z/ X1 xAnd hens to moor-cocks call;
' b7 a. b# _+ _% H6 V& G$ Y% H, ~Minute by minute they live:
4 S' c: C  o) \2 ~- {, Q; SThe stone's in the midst of all.

Too long a sacrifice
Can make a stone of the heart.
O when may it suffice?
That is Heaven's part, our part
7 T" Z% G- D# _  G$ P0 s& Z; hTo murmur name upon name,
7 B& P7 i7 {) s1 [2 pAs a mother names her child
When sleep at last has come
  J- c1 p/ \4 v7 FOn limbs that had run wild.
; e7 Y  D* @6 W# a1 Y+ H5 |' nWhat is it but nightfall?
No, no, not night but death;
7 M6 z% n; W1 }% X# r. p0 H4 \Was it needless death after all?
0 ?( N8 r5 m' B" H% l- iFor England may keep faith
For all that is done and said.
- \6 q$ z- _4 WWe know their dream; enough
To know they dreamed and are dead;
; T; V# D# b0 [And what if excess of love
  H% e+ v9 Z, Q% j- q0 z/ I3 oBewildered them till they died?
$ p" Y& U; ?" h* }, hI write it out in a verse -
: n0 h) ]. b: a& I1 |( _3 t! F; kMacDonagh and MacBride
0 V+ G& y) h9 t  \2 e1 ?+ M. ^And Connolly and pearse
Now and in time to be,
Wherever green is worn,
Are changed, changed utterly:
A terrible beauty is born.

imwangqi

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samsammi

。。好悲的诗。。。