诗歌－Edmund Spenser
英语课
Edmund Spenser (1552-1599)
One day I wrote her name upon the strand 1,
But came the waves and washed it away;
Agayne I wrote it with a second hand,
But came the tyde, and made my paynes his pray.
“Vayne man,”, said she, “that does in vain assay 2,”
A mortal thing so to immortalize.
For I my selve shall lyke to this decay,
And eek my name bee wiped out lykewize.”
“Not I”, quod I, “let bader thigs devize,”
To dy in dust, but you shall live by fame;
My verse your virtues 3 rare shall eternize,
And in the heavens wryte your glorious name.
Where whenas death shall all the word subdew,
Our love shall live, and later life renew.
· 注释
1. strand: beach
2. Agayne: again
3. Made my paynes his pray: 使我的心血和努力白费。Pray: prey tyde: tide
4. That doest in vaine assay: That does attempt in vain. 作徒劳无功的努力。 Doest=does assay: attempt
5. For my selve shal lyke to this decay: 因为我自己也要经历这一腐朽，败落的过程。My selve: myself lyke: like
6. eek: also
7. likewise: likewise 同样的
8. quod: quoth=said
9. devise: contrive 4 图谋
10. my verse your virtues rare shall eternize = my verse shall eternize your rare virtues: 我的诗歌将使你罕见的美德永恒
11. wryte: write
12. death shall all the world subsew = death shall subdew all the world. Subdew: subdue 使屈服，征服
One day I wrote her name upon the strand 1,
But came the waves and washed it away;
Agayne I wrote it with a second hand,
But came the tyde, and made my paynes his pray.
“Vayne man,”, said she, “that does in vain assay 2,”
A mortal thing so to immortalize.
For I my selve shall lyke to this decay,
And eek my name bee wiped out lykewize.”
“Not I”, quod I, “let bader thigs devize,”
To dy in dust, but you shall live by fame;
My verse your virtues 3 rare shall eternize,
And in the heavens wryte your glorious name.
Where whenas death shall all the word subdew,
Our love shall live, and later life renew.
· 注释
1. strand: beach
2. Agayne: again
3. Made my paynes his pray: 使我的心血和努力白费。Pray: prey tyde: tide
4. That doest in vaine assay: That does attempt in vain. 作徒劳无功的努力。 Doest=does assay: attempt
5. For my selve shal lyke to this decay: 因为我自己也要经历这一腐朽，败落的过程。My selve: myself lyke: like
6. eek: also
7. likewise: likewise 同样的
8. quod: quoth=said
9. devise: contrive 4 图谋
10. my verse your virtues rare shall eternize = my verse shall eternize your rare virtues: 我的诗歌将使你罕见的美德永恒
11. wryte: write
12. death shall all the world subsew = death shall subdew all the world. Subdew: subdue 使屈服，征服
vt.使（船）搁浅，使（某人）困于（某地）
- She tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ears.她把一缕散发夹到了耳后。
- The climbers had been stranded by a storm.登山者被暴风雨困住了。
n.试验，测定
- The assay result of that material is rich in iron.化验结果表明那种物质含铁量丰富。
- The ore assay 75 percent of gold.这种矿石经分析证明含金百分之七十五。
美德( virtue的名词复数 )； 德行； 优点； 长处
- Doctors often extol the virtues of eating less fat. 医生常常宣扬少吃脂肪的好处。
- She delivered a homily on the virtues of family life. 她进行了一场家庭生活美德方面的说教。