詩(shī)歌欣賞:My Shadow
My ShadowBy Robert Louis Stevenson我的影子羅伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森賞析
羅伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森(1850—1894, Robert Louis Stevenson),1850年11月生于愛(ài)丁堡,英國維多利亞時(shí)代的著(zhù)名作家、詩(shī)人。他的祖父和父親都是土木工程師,史蒂文森秉承父旨進(jìn)入愛(ài)丁堡大學(xué)攻讀土木工程。然而他從小就對文學(xué)情有獨鐘。史蒂文森曾回憶道:“我整個(gè)兒童時(shí)代和青年時(shí)代一直在為一個(gè)目標忙著(zhù),那就是練習寫(xiě)作。我的口袋里總是裝著(zhù)兩個(gè)本子,一本是閱讀的書(shū),一本是寫(xiě)作的本子!
史蒂文森一生多病, 即使書(shū)桌上擺放著(zhù)藥瓶、手帕上沾著(zhù)血,樂(lè )觀(guān)的精神仍讓他繼續前進(jìn),在短暫的一生中創(chuàng )作了大量?jì)?yōu)秀作品。他最著(zhù)名的作品有《金銀島》、驚險小說(shuō)《化身博士》和《誘拐》、幽默風(fēng)趣的游記《內河航程》和《驢背旅程》、隨筆《給少男少女》等,還有本詩(shī)歌的出處——充滿(mǎn)童心詩(shī)趣的詩(shī)集《一個(gè)孩子的詩(shī)園》(A Child’s Garden of Verses, 1885)。
《一個(gè)孩子的詩(shī)園》用詞簡(jiǎn)潔但意境豐富,節奏清晰,聲韻和諧;在英語(yǔ)國家,被譽(yù)為兒童學(xué)習語(yǔ)言的“最優(yōu)美的啟蒙教材”。
史蒂文森以纖細的感情和敏銳的筆觸,精確地把握住孩子的情緒和感覺(jué),極其逼真地再現了童年的時(shí)光。在這本詩(shī)集中,你可以讀到一個(gè)孩子的.全部向往。在孩子的幻想中,一切都能夠化平常為神奇,即使是一個(gè)被所有人都忽視的小小影子。所有這一切,也無(wú)不喚起我們對童年時(shí)光的親切回憶,令我們不由得被輕輕觸動(dòng),沉浸其中。
I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,
And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head;
And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.
The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow—
Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow;
For he sometimes shoots up taller like an India-rubber ball,
And he sometimes gets so little that there’s none of him at all.
小小影子跟隨我左右,
他的魔力超乎我想象,
從腳到頭,與我神似; 搶先一步,跳上床鋪。
最有趣的,是其成長(cháng)方式,
絲毫不像平常小孩子般慢慢見(jiàn)長(cháng);
有時(shí)如橡皮球般躥高,
有時(shí)卻縮得無(wú)影無(wú)蹤。
He hasn’t got a notion of how children ought to play,
And can only 1)make a fool of me in every sort of way.
He stays so close beside me, he’s a coward you can see;
I’d think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me!
One morning, very early, before the sun was up,
I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup;
But my lazy little shadow, like an arrantsleepyhead,
Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed.
好動(dòng)貪玩,毫無(wú)規章,
設計耍我,他最擅長(cháng)。
你看他那膽小樣兒,寸步不離我身旁;
他這樣粘著(zhù)我,讓我想起粘著(zhù)保姆是如此的難堪!
某天清晨,太陽(yáng)還沒(méi)露臉,
我起床發(fā)現,每顆毛茛都閃著(zhù)露珠點(diǎn)點(diǎn);
但我那慵懶的小影子,活活像一大懶蟲(chóng),
躲于身后窩在家中,賴(lài)在床上轉眼入夢(mèng)。 Notes:make a fool of :嘲笑
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