狄金森的詩譯文及練習
狄金森的詩譯文及練習
原文：
Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne’er succeed.
To comprehend a nectar
Requires sorest need.
Not one of all the purple Host
Who took the Flag today
Can tell the definition
So clear of victory.
As the defeated-dying—
On whose forbidden ear
The distant strains of
Burst agonized triumph and clear!
譯文：
紫袍華衰的諸公
如今執掌著大旗
他們誰也說不清
勝利的確切含義—
只有垂死的戰敗者
失去聽覺的耳朵里
才迸出遙遠的'凱旋歌
如此痛切而清晰
注解：
狄金森（1830---1886）美國十九世紀杰出的女詩人。她的詩通常短小精悍，簡潔明快，善用具體而獨特的意向，感情真摯，寓意深刻，在平易自然中見出她對人生的思考，她與惠特曼一道成為現當代美國詩歌的開拓者。
練習：
翻譯句子：
Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne’er succeed.
To comprehend a nectar
Requires sorest need.
答案：
從未成功的人們
認為成功最甜蜜
要領略仙酒的滋味
須經最痛楚的尋覓
* 原文： Success is counted sweetest By those who ne’er succeed. To comprehend a nectar Requires sorest need. Not one of all the purple Host Who took the Flag today Can tell the definition So clear of victory. As the defeated-dying— On who ......