叶芝的诗：《Easter,1916》

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叶芝的诗  "Easter,1916"。
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1 j& r0 {" J) E8 [7 T5 U- Q: i' e1 M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）。

Easter, 1916
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I have met them at close of day
8 ?6 v+ d* X% o: l  |Coming with vivid faces
From counter or desk among grey
, C$ ]+ `, V( `/ D! UEighteenth-century houses.
I have passed with a nod of the head
Or polite meaningless words,
Or have lingered awhile and said
Polite meaningless words,
8 f+ o: J' I+ T! e& p6 LAnd thought before I had done
" w1 f/ M0 C9 @6 mOf a mocking tale or a gibe
To please a companion
Around the fire at the club,
& l, Z; ]$ O4 R7 I( UBeing certain that they and I
) F; ]% Q$ ~7 ~, @+ v9 iBut lived where motley is worn:
2 n) U( p; O0 ]+ F, EAll changed, changed utterly:
A terrible beauty is born.
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# J) ^1 O2 T& ?  U. g! sThat woman's days were spent
In ignorant good-will,
Her nights in argument
" \: U! o7 p+ Q+ \" \Until her voice grew shrill.
What voice more sweet than hers
When, young and beautiful,
She rode to harriers?
This man had kept a school
/ S, C" j: ~2 nAnd rode our winged horse;
$ v3 k9 X; h. u$ D3 jThis other his helper and friend
Was coming into his force;
He might have won fame in the end,
1 O- e+ L$ F/ p" MSo sensitive his nature seemed,
So daring and sweet his thought.
0 J: J$ @: ?# `, N+ PThis other man I had dreamed
- f6 U4 g0 E; PA drunken, vainglorious lout.
; ^% h$ ~1 n' j4 u: xHe had done most bitter wrong
6 ^; p5 _7 u2 {. K% }/ ]To some who are near my heart,
. e& Q5 g1 }8 ?+ FYet I number him in the song;
) a; e) ?* D4 l/ i% C7 `He, too, has resigned his part
In the casual comedy;
+ p, e- b  t: S# g0 y% S; VHe, too, has been changed in his turn,
Transformed utterly:
A terrible beauty is born.
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) o7 I* _* N0 `2 m+ n4 v. k5 l" ~' Z1 _Hearts with one purpose alone
* L2 g: q  t2 J5 q8 T. IThrough summer and winter seem
Enchanted to a stone
( U, i; Z. D; P* ?) y. ATo trouble the living stream.
. Y/ A& j  F2 H" TThe horse that comes from the road.
The rider, the birds that range
From cloud to tumbling cloud,
Minute by minute they change;
( Z7 o+ a" [: J4 A* KA shadow of cloud on the stream
Changes minute by minute;
% _4 }5 ~1 G9 n7 H* w3 ]* y1 zA horse-hoof slides on the brim,
And a horse plashes within it;
% m& Y. k* [8 }/ wThe long-legged moor-hens dive,
9 x9 s# F, @- h1 H; bAnd hens to moor-cocks call;
, S7 `; l, }% V2 t) S% j) FMinute by minute they live:
The stone's in the midst of all.

Too long a sacrifice
Can make a stone of the heart.
O when may it suffice?
( `$ S8 _/ R0 i2 E$ N1 X: Y- rThat is Heaven's part, our part
To murmur name upon name,
3 \5 w( p- `8 ?- UAs a mother names her child
When sleep at last has come
* t1 ~9 \( R+ y: G3 a  pOn limbs that had run wild.
9 ?8 Q; k% Y7 ~( C$ _What is it but nightfall?
No, no, not night but death;
Was it needless death after all?
For England may keep faith
8 V( \8 u; J7 k% Q! x3 R$ }( ]' V" _For all that is done and said.
/ t( }# X7 z3 o( R9 XWe know their dream; enough
To know they dreamed and are dead;
. y# b6 T$ l+ i& L% p9 rAnd what if excess of love
! _9 E% e0 ?1 E( \9 OBewildered them till they died?
I write it out in a verse -
MacDonagh and MacBride
: Q9 @* z% Q* |6 I% L3 ~" [, O' eAnd Connolly and pearse
& ^+ o- t- b# j  U' x, t4 jNow and in time to be,
Wherever green is worn,
Are changed, changed utterly:
/ O9 F8 n  t2 D% eA terrible beauty is born.

imwangqi

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samsammi

。。好悲的诗。。。