英文诗歌欣赏：安魂曲

时间：2018-04-20 13:39:24  作者：Frank

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Matthew Arnold

trew1 on her roses, roses,

And never a spray of yew2.

In quiet she reposes3;

Ah! Would that I did too.

Her mirth the world required;

She bathed it in smiles of glee.

But her heart was tired, tired.

And now they let her be.

Her life was turning, turning;

In mazes4 of heat and sound;

But for peace her soul was yearning5,

And now peace laps her round.

Her cabin’d, ample spirit,

If flutter’d and fail’d for breath;

To-night it doth inherit

The vasty hall of death.

安魂曲

马修·阿诺德

用玫瑰花、玫瑰花覆盖伊，

却决不要一枝紫杉！

她安静地卧着休息：

啊，愿我也能长眠！

世界曾需要她的欢笑；

她曾以欢欣的微笑浸润它。

但她的心是倦了、倦了，

现在他们就不打扰她。

她的生活本在转动，

转动于兴奋与喧嚣的迷境中。

但她的灵魂在渴求安宁，

而现在安宁将她包笼。

她受束缚的、丰富的精神，

它颤动，它不济----气息已荒。

今夜它确实继承

这宏大的死亡之堂。

词汇注解：

1 strew   

vt.撒；使散落；撒在…上，散布于

参考例句：

Their custom is to strew flowers over the graves.他们的风俗是在坟墓上撒花。

Shells of all shapes and sizes strew the long narrow beach.各种各样的贝壳点缀着狭长的海滩。

2 yew     

n.紫杉属树木

参考例句：

The leaves of yew trees are poisonous to cattle.紫杉树叶会令牛中毒。

All parts of the yew tree are poisonous,including the berries.紫杉的各个部分都有毒，包括浆果。

3 reposes     

v.将（手臂等）靠在某人（某物）上( repose的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

Below this stone reposes the mortal remains of his father. 在此石块下长眠的是他的父亲的遗体。 来自辞典例句

His body reposes in the local church. 他的遗体安放在当地教堂里。 来自辞典例句

4 mazes  

迷宫( maze的名词复数 )； 纷繁复杂的规则； 复杂难懂的细节； 迷宫图

参考例句：

The mazes of the dance were ecstatic. 跳舞那种错综曲折，叫人快乐得如登九天。

For two hours did this singlehearted and simpleminded girl toil through the mazes of the forest. 这位心地单纯的傻姑娘在林间曲径中艰难地走了两个来小时。

5 yearning   

a.渴望的；向往的；怀念的

参考例句：

a yearning for a quiet life 对宁静生活的向往

He felt a great yearning after his old job. 他对过去的工作有一种强烈的渴想。