英语诗歌欣赏:Kubla Khan by:Samule Taylor Coleridge
作者:塞缪尔·泰勒·柯勒律治(Samuel Taylor Coleridge,1772-1834年),英国诗人和评论家,他一生是在贫病交困和鸦片成瘾的阴影下度过的,诗歌作品相对较少。尽管存在这些不利因素,柯勒律治还是坚持创作,确立了其在幻想浪漫诗歌方面的主要浪漫派诗人地位。
学习啦在线学习网 英国诗人Samule Taylor Coleridge :Kubla Khan 忽必烈
by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree:
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
学习啦在线学习网 Down to a sunless sea.
So twice five miles of fertile ground
学习啦在线学习网 With walls and towers were girdled round:
And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills,
学习啦在线学习网 Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;
And here were forests ancient as the hills,
学习啦在线学习网 Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.
But oh! that deep romantic chasm which slanted
学习啦在线学习网 Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover!
学习啦在线学习网 A savage place! as holy and enchanted
学习啦在线学习网 As e'er beneath a waning moon was haunted
By woman wailing for her demon-lover!
学习啦在线学习网 And from this chasm, with ceaseless turmoil seething,
As if this earth in fast thick pants were breathing,
学习啦在线学习网 A mighty fountain momently was forced:
Amid whose swift half-intermitted burst
Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail,
学习啦在线学习网 Or chaffy grain beneath the thresher's flail:
And 'mid these dancing rocks at once and ever
学习啦在线学习网 It flung up momently the sacred river.
Five miles meandering with a mazy motion
Through wood and dale the sacred river ran,
Then reached the caverns measureless to man,
And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean:
And 'mid this tumult Kubla heard from far
Ancestral voices prophesying war!
The shadow of the dome of pleasure
Floated midway on the waves;
Where was heard the mingled measure
学习啦在线学习网 From the fountain and the caves.
It was a miracle of rare device,
A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice!
A damsel with a dulcimer
学习啦在线学习网 In a vision once I saw:
It was an Abyssinian maid,
And on her dulcimer she played,
Singing of Mount Abora.
Could I revive within me
Her symphony and song,
To such a deep delight 'twould win me
That with music loud and long
学习啦在线学习网 I would build that dome in air,
That sunny dome! those caves of ice!
学习啦在线学习网 And all who heard should see them there,
And all should cry, Beware! Beware!
His flashing eyes, his floating hair!
学习啦在线学习网 Weave a circle round him thrice,
And close your eyes with holy dread,
学习啦在线学习网 For he on honey-dew hath fed
And drunk the milk of Paradise.