叶芝的诗：《Easter,1916》

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叶芝的诗  "Easter,1916"。
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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）。

7 K- o& j, N, e% w  k: ~" TEaster, 1916
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I have met them at close of day
2 C. n9 {1 |5 i$ L4 OComing with vivid faces
1 K5 E# y5 A" W, u$ o% H- ?# mFrom counter or desk among grey
Eighteenth-century houses.
I have passed with a nod of the head
Or polite meaningless words,
Or have lingered awhile and said
Polite meaningless words,
7 v# S+ S( C4 d5 aAnd thought before I had done
Of a mocking tale or a gibe
. _1 |3 B3 L3 e- J5 @2 J' }* _5 fTo please a companion
Around the fire at the club,
Being certain that they and I
But lived where motley is worn:
All changed, changed utterly:
A terrible beauty is born.

# p) J6 b( G0 ~1 |8 cThat woman's days were spent
In ignorant good-will,
Her nights in argument
3 X. q8 N  R2 Q5 MUntil her voice grew shrill.
$ z* y1 H4 w, E4 S; Y7 G9 LWhat voice more sweet than hers
/ ^, a& t' L. Q" A7 X- rWhen, young and beautiful,
$ S0 ~4 J- C/ F* E0 c% @% uShe rode to harriers?
! ?. l# E) V* ?* X+ o4 x- p, ZThis man had kept a school
And rode our winged horse;
This other his helper and friend
3 \4 a# Y8 R0 l& [/ k- V; W) v7 iWas coming into his force;
He might have won fame in the end,
$ W2 y& O( k% ~3 x& mSo sensitive his nature seemed,
So daring and sweet his thought.
This other man I had dreamed
' c+ G: `; q( _& @4 T& j7 pA drunken, vainglorious lout.
" E  I! q# R- lHe had done most bitter wrong
& E+ o6 V  U& R; X% b* iTo some who are near my heart,
Yet I number him in the song;
% d& d, T% \& \/ t( NHe, too, has resigned his part
In the casual comedy;
He, too, has been changed in his turn,
2 A; @6 \# U; Q) ?" ATransformed utterly:
A terrible beauty is born.

Hearts with one purpose alone
Through summer and winter seem
Enchanted to a stone
2 x' Y* y/ [3 ?4 |To trouble the living stream.
) h0 N( c! g) l+ X. H* a$ W$ a; WThe horse that comes from the road.
, b4 x: R% {; `# {/ Y; lThe rider, the birds that range
" i; ]' t  u3 U/ I0 x. B3 _From cloud to tumbling cloud,
# J( X$ R3 }) a& _Minute by minute they change;
+ L; t& M7 D2 TA shadow of cloud on the stream
Changes minute by minute;
. A/ i% Y. j) ]3 d0 U9 [A horse-hoof slides on the brim,
And a horse plashes within it;
The long-legged moor-hens dive,
And hens to moor-cocks call;
' F1 D5 P" }2 j: O. H- x5 bMinute by minute they live:
The stone's in the midst of all.

4 U- ]$ d) ]0 c+ F  G) d7 ]Too long a sacrifice
Can make a stone of the heart.
O when may it suffice?
% R, K. Y# A( R$ L  s1 E% C# tThat is Heaven's part, our part
To murmur name upon name,
7 z' u2 a& l( L  K6 r2 O! A) `& ~As a mother names her child
* ]- s9 g; U( H1 H* }When sleep at last has come
3 Y) f: |3 b$ x9 w7 Z$ H' UOn limbs that had run wild.
! _# U) {; D3 @# z' l/ }( d! iWhat is it but nightfall?
No, no, not night but death;
% T' K8 H9 h5 z  ~. I9 N: ~$ oWas it needless death after all?
; {* p  j5 q. x8 o4 Y8 S7 BFor England may keep faith
) F7 c# w( G. H, i' _9 s0 FFor all that is done and said.
% m7 ?) x2 J7 U5 d  `  WWe know their dream; enough
To know they dreamed and are dead;
And what if excess of love
Bewildered them till they died?
I write it out in a verse -
MacDonagh and MacBride
And Connolly and pearse
% C( n0 T! u1 {, w" T4 L% s9 uNow and in time to be,
. S! S2 |  [  J/ j) b8 g. X! sWherever green is worn,
- b3 A/ Y: \% B' L4 o% vAre changed, changed utterly:
. S( c: S4 Y6 SA terrible beauty is born.

imwangqi

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samsammi

。。好悲的诗。。。