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）。
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7 ]# y5 j' \/ Q, r( JEaster, 1916
   

I have met them at close of day
! ]1 L2 v1 {1 G2 T. P8 |) ZComing with vivid faces
From counter or desk among grey
Eighteenth-century houses.
I have passed with a nod of the head
0 [0 [( h; _& g# e7 bOr polite meaningless words,
Or have lingered awhile and said
2 R+ Q/ z( ]6 ~) KPolite meaningless words,
And thought before I had done
Of a mocking tale or a gibe
3 }) V3 p+ K+ u' Z1 _/ eTo please a companion
Around the fire at the club,
Being certain that they and I
: }  w3 f4 O6 z7 ~- s, J2 ^8 LBut lived where motley is worn:
All changed, changed utterly:
; @+ U% S5 H/ l& WA terrible beauty is born.

That woman's days were spent
% R3 N, T% m3 S) R1 t! @  QIn ignorant good-will,
7 D" r$ Y9 @  t4 i4 |5 I! ^9 IHer nights in argument
- Q8 e2 d& O% E4 l& ^3 k( W: wUntil her voice grew shrill.
What voice more sweet than hers
When, young and beautiful,
! U* x/ X; J+ w$ M: d  \She rode to harriers?
This man had kept a school
And rode our winged horse;
5 ]: E5 |4 K) T! x6 m5 [3 uThis other his helper and friend
Was coming into his force;
. h9 o  K% {2 M' @9 }' J" ^He might have won fame in the end,
8 R+ p! M6 O( m3 G: G* WSo sensitive his nature seemed,
So daring and sweet his thought.
/ m$ j* b5 N! d* @0 R) J5 |: H! @This other man I had dreamed
A drunken, vainglorious lout.
He had done most bitter wrong
To some who are near my heart,
Yet I number him in the song;
1 l& \  f5 m9 Q1 N# NHe, too, has resigned his part
In the casual comedy;
He, too, has been changed in his turn,
% l! l+ i8 m  w  K; ?Transformed utterly:
# |* n! m$ M9 `1 h1 G* ~A terrible beauty is born.

; e; ]( A0 Q0 T% C  ~Hearts with one purpose alone
6 t" k; ?& u( p3 \% g# }' _0 S% MThrough summer and winter seem
) \3 }, r$ z" d) T0 d. m+ I  iEnchanted 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;
" \* t( R$ [+ W& H8 aA horse-hoof slides on the brim,
/ T) }+ O0 f5 s( e8 t# i1 C3 K4 bAnd a horse plashes within it;
5 Z, r' ~: d( r9 F& q4 {7 ZThe long-legged moor-hens dive,
( d/ V. u5 H* O) _0 XAnd hens to moor-cocks call;
# Q  U% A2 |+ k1 U* v+ JMinute by minute they live:
The stone's in the midst of all.

1 W. Z. p+ ]3 `5 h- ?8 n; I9 dToo long a sacrifice
" e: |, A' \% w+ fCan make a stone of the heart.
O when may it suffice?
That is Heaven's part, our part
8 k/ U) l; V5 P4 Q7 G& W9 }To murmur name upon name,
( d0 @& U) H9 IAs a mother names her child
When sleep at last has come
1 }5 x  z$ P& _2 FOn limbs that had run wild.
What is it but nightfall?
8 D, I' S  ~* }* [. s  G4 H* XNo, no, not night but death;
. j6 O: |3 c8 ^4 Q9 j, ZWas it needless death after all?
! l" t- k# c, `) M0 e4 }/ ZFor England may keep faith
For all that is done and said.
1 w( V) v# O; i8 d7 S9 bWe know their dream; enough
To know they dreamed and are dead;
And what if excess of love
Bewildered them till they died?
I write it out in a verse -
MacDonagh and MacBride
- ~# {6 R1 J/ N7 j* K! G& A" s. K, zAnd Connolly and pearse
Now and in time to be,
5 T1 l- S9 |# Z( k3 cWherever green is worn,
Are changed, changed utterly:
4 ?/ T& {( I* L, _" ^+ k( ?A terrible beauty is born.

imwangqi

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samsammi

。。好悲的诗。。。