莎士比亚十四行诗之二十五朗诵练习第二天

莎士比亚十四行诗之二十五朗诵练习第二天

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Let those who are in favor with their stars

Of public honor and proud titles boast,

Whilst I whom fortune of such triumph bars,

Unlooked for joy in that I honor most. 4

Great princes' favourites their fair leaves spread

But as the marigold at the sun's eye,

And in themselves their pride lies buried,

For at a frown they in their glory die. 8

The painful warrior famoused for might,

After a thousand victories once foiled,

Is from the book of honor rased quite,

And all the rest forgot for which he toiled. 12

 Then happy I that love and am beloved

 Where I may not remove, nor be removed.


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那些被天上星辰祝福的人们

尽可以凭借荣誉与高衔而自负，

我呢，本来命定没这种幸运，

不料得到了我引为光荣的幸福。

帝王的宠臣把美丽的花瓣大张，

但是，正如太阳眼前的向日葵，

人家一皱眉，他们的荣幸全灭亡，

他们的威风同本人全化做尘灰。

辛苦的将士，素以骁勇称著，

打了千百次胜仗，一旦败绩，

就立刻被人逐出荣誉的纪录簿，

过去的功劳也被人统统忘记：

  我就幸福了，爱着人又为人所爱，

  这样，我是固定了，也没人能改。

【译解】“星辰的神力给许多人以荣誉，但我却于无意中得到了我最引为光荣的幸福了。得宠于君王者，如向日葵，顷刻间（太阳只要皱一皱眉头）就失去精神；常胜的将军，一旦败北，即被忘却。我却爱着你也被你爱着，在这一点上，我是安全的。”——第六行：“向日葵”原文是金盏草花，据说它日出而开，日落即合；有论者认为原文这个字眼也可作向日葵解。