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韓Sir 資深英語教師
今天是戊子鼠年元宵佳節,都說元宵是佳人才子逛市賞燈、談情說愛的好日子。在這欄跟大家拜個年,再進入愛情的英語世界。
愛情這東西,撲朔迷離,窮一生時間,眾裡尋愛,找到又失去,似無還有,總教人醉生夢死、難捨難離。而在英語世界裡,與愛情相關的詩篇多的是,今天摘錄數則與大家分享。
十八世紀法國女作家 Madame de Stael,一生傳奇,敢愛敢恨,對愛情的看法,一針見血:
“ Love is the emblem of eternity;
it confounds all notions of time;
effaces all memory of beginning,
all fear of an end. ”
「愛情是永恆的標記;
時空慨念盡泯,
不記如何開始,
不懼怎樣終結。」
《小王子》的作者Antoine de Saint-Exupery,對愛情有這樣的睿語:
“ Love does not consist in gazing at each-other but in looking together in the same direction. ” 「愛不單只是深情互望,而是望著同一方向,共同進退。」
莎翁寫過不少愛情故事,其中 As You Like It有這幾句名言:
“ If thou remember'st not the slightest folly
That ever love did make thee run into,
Thou hast not loved.”
「若您記不起曾為愛情做過傻事,您還沒有愛過。」
愛:如山如河如歌如泣
Daniel Monroe Tuttle說 : “ Love is like a mountain,hard to climb,but once you get to the top the view is beautiful.” (愛,如山。攀山雖難,山頂景色卻迷人。)
Crystal Middlemas說: “ Love, like a river, will cut a new path whenever it meets an obstacle.” (愛,如河。重重障礙,也必另闢蹊徑。)
Larry Morey說:“ Love is a song that never ends;One simple theme repeating like the voice of a heavenly choir . Love's sweet music flows on.” (愛是一首永恆之曲。清純迴環,如天堂詩班,妙韻嬝繞。)
希望大家不會跟 Michael Jackson一起狂哭當歌: “It's the fallin' In love that's makin' me high. It's the being In love that makes me Cry Cry Cry… All night… All night…” (墮入愛河使我興奮,在戀愛中我哭、哭、哭…)
祝大家元宵節快樂!
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