作者:巴黎小情调

来源:公众号【诗乐公社】,新派无拘束、有格调,一个音乐与诗歌爱好者的精神乐园。

1609年,莎士比亚发表了他最后一部出版的非戏剧类著作——《十四行诗(集)》,其结构技巧和语言技巧都很高,几乎每首诗都有独立的审美价值。评论家赞美这是莎士比亚对爱、性欲、生殖、死亡和时间的本性的深刻思索。

话不多说,小情为大家精选了三首,一起来感受一下诗人的心境和情怀吧。

Ps:鼓励放声诵读,不要顾虑辜鸿铭当年当众批驳胡适时说的,“读莎士比亚的诗,应该用正宗的英式伦敦腔,而不是下等的美式发音”。

Ah! wherefore with infection should he live

唉,我的爱为什么要和臭腐同居

And with his presence grace impiety

把他的绰约的丰姿让人亵渎

That sin by him advantage should achieve

以至罪恶得以和他结成伴侣

And lace itself with his society?

涂上纯洁的外表来眩耀耳目?

Why should false painting imitate his cheek

骗人的脂粉为什么要替他写真

And steal dead seeing of his living hue?

从他的奕奕神采偷取死形似?

Why should poor beauty indirectly seek

为什么,既然他是玫瑰花的真身

Roses of shadow, since his rose is true?

可怜的美还要找玫瑰的影子?

Why should he live, now Nature bankrupt is

为什么他得活着,当造化破了产

Beggar'd of blood to blush through lively veins?

缺乏鲜血去灌注淡红的脉络?

For she hath no excheckr now but his

因为造化现在只有他作富源

And, proud of many, lives upon his gains

自夸富有,却靠他的利润过活

O, him she stores, to show what wealth she had

哦,她珍藏他,为使荒歉的今天

In days long since, before these last so bad

认识从前曾有过怎样的丰年