叶芝的诗：《Easter,1916》

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叶芝的诗  "Easter,1916"。

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）。

2 \& V- B+ S8 {$ ]: t! i$ MEaster, 1916
   
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I have met them at close of day
# W2 a) {2 f  {% NComing with vivid faces
From counter or desk among grey
. X5 b5 ^) b) {: O8 q1 p8 }Eighteenth-century houses.
I have passed with a nod of the head
* a4 q$ c5 D  e3 n6 }0 C# hOr polite meaningless words,
Or have lingered awhile and said
Polite meaningless words,
And thought before I had done
Of a mocking tale or a gibe
To please a companion
Around the fire at the club,
Being certain that they and I
8 g! ~' k5 [" B$ Y0 W# F9 R! }' ^But lived where motley is worn:
All changed, changed utterly:
A terrible beauty is born.

: V3 P$ S! t) L8 q% |/ a: O& [That woman's days were spent
In ignorant good-will,
3 u  H/ z) ^: J. MHer nights in argument
Until her voice grew shrill.
5 N# W8 h2 \5 q( bWhat voice more sweet than hers
When, young and beautiful,
, D2 ~. g+ B+ [2 A) CShe rode to harriers?
, V8 {* B) e, a( d; ?/ K/ UThis man had kept a school
And rode our winged horse;
) i/ N- x3 L8 g& p' E, X$ iThis other his helper and friend
" F4 ^" Z% H7 D& oWas coming into his force;
He might have won fame in the end,
2 F. [' `9 P, h& S' o$ Z" A# JSo sensitive his nature seemed,
+ C2 L& n% f) zSo daring and sweet his thought.
This other man I had dreamed
3 f" r# H4 ?5 f& ^, OA drunken, vainglorious lout.
He had done most bitter wrong
  `, V# g% Q3 f& U( [7 q' ETo some who are near my heart,
Yet I number him in the song;
He, too, has resigned his part
In the casual comedy;
( ?4 R. |& g: J5 g0 P7 c& N' mHe, too, has been changed in his turn,
9 v5 X) E: e, k* u! X9 [Transformed utterly:
A terrible beauty is born.
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1 `0 P& b9 K2 e8 Z, Y9 E1 D! c) bHearts with one purpose alone
7 \" w# a/ L/ h# R) D0 [  ?Through summer and winter seem
Enchanted to a stone
To trouble the living stream.
The horse that comes from the road.
The rider, the birds that range
From cloud to tumbling cloud,
Minute by minute they change;
A shadow of cloud on the stream
Changes minute by minute;
A horse-hoof slides on the brim,
And a horse plashes within it;
The long-legged moor-hens dive,
- f) O0 A# O5 z+ E( \' m) ^And hens to moor-cocks call;
Minute by minute they live:
1 x% u3 c$ i2 YThe stone's in the midst of all.
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Too long a sacrifice
. V  g% X- S: n1 H/ Q" h+ ACan make a stone of the heart.
O when may it suffice?
That is Heaven's part, our part
, q, P: R# O4 p5 yTo murmur name upon name,
- D3 B+ n" y4 Q/ f! |9 dAs a mother names her child
( w9 C3 e6 U1 hWhen sleep at last has come
# c; M# I5 @% N$ H# x; FOn limbs that had run wild.
What is it but nightfall?
No, no, not night but death;
: t8 H) d! ~3 w, O( mWas it needless death after all?
5 L0 }3 I" ~9 s2 I) CFor England may keep faith
: R" G+ r8 n+ |2 u+ j) _4 M8 KFor all that is done and said.
6 X* e$ g3 d& z$ Q0 v3 ~9 eWe know their dream; enough
  {8 m/ f! l( W  m8 XTo know they dreamed and are dead;
. L& I( o1 J9 `$ [  T7 uAnd what if excess of love
Bewildered them till they died?
I write it out in a verse -
7 g' D; ?; F2 y* s  H' @MacDonagh and MacBride
* _' u7 Z- C% P7 T. j" H/ U7 o2 LAnd Connolly and pearse
Now and in time to be,
$ w. Z* n+ m* BWherever green is worn,
# Z/ o: z/ x; ]; PAre changed, changed utterly:
1 L, C+ H# P2 n3 |+ L6 j" AA terrible beauty is born.

imwangqi

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samsammi

。。好悲的诗。。。