Shu Ting
If I fall in love with you—
I will never resemble clambering trumpet creeper,
To flaunt myself by your high branches.
If I fall in love with you—
I will never imitate spoony birds,
To repeat simple songs for green shade.
I will not only resemble a wellspring,
To bring you cool consolation perenniaIIy;
I will not only resemble steepy mountains,
To increase your altitude or set off your dignified manner.
Even not only sunlight,
Even not only spring rain,
No, these are not enough!
I must be a kapok beside you,
As an image of tree I stand with you.
Our roots hold tightly in the earth,
Our leaves touch gently in the clouds.
As each breeze passes, we salute each other,
But no one can understand our own words.
You have your iron trunk and copper branch
Like a knife, a sword and a halberd as well;
I have my red and big flowers,
Like a heavy sigh and a heroic torch as well.
Together we partake cold waves, storms and firebolts;
Together we share fogs, flowing hazes and rainbows,
We seem always apart, but interdependent all life long.
Only this is great love,
Faithfulness lies here:
I love not only your gigantic stature,
But also the position you uphold,
And the earth on which you stand.
舒 婷
我如果愛你——
絕不像攀緣的凌霄花,
借你的高枝炫耀自己;
我如果愛你——
絕不學癡情的鳥兒,
為綠蔭重復單調(diào)的歌曲;
也不止像泉源,
常年送來清涼的慰籍;
也不止像險峰,
增加你的高度,襯托你的威儀。
甚至日光。
甚至春雨。
不,這些都還不夠!
我必須是你近旁的一株木棉,
做為樹的形象和你站在一起。
根,緊握在地下,
葉,相觸在云里。
每一陣風過,
我們都互相致意,
但沒有人
聽懂我們的言語。
你有你的銅枝鐵干,
像刀,像劍,
也像戟;
我有我的紅碩花朵,
像沉重的嘆息,
又像英勇的火炬。
我們分擔寒潮、風雷、霹靂;
我們共享霧靄、流嵐、虹霓,
仿佛永遠分離,
卻又終身相依。
這才是偉大的愛情,
堅貞就在這里:
不僅愛你偉岸的身軀,
也愛你堅持的位置,腳下的土地。
實戰(zhàn)提升
背景知識
舒婷,原名龔佩瑜,朦朧詩派代表詩人之一。1952年出生于福建石碼鎮(zhèn),1969年下鄉(xiāng)插隊,1972年返城當工人。1979年開始發(fā)表詩歌作品。1980年至福建省文聯(lián)工作,從事專業(yè)寫作。主要著作有詩集《雙桅船》、《會唱歌的鳶尾花》、《始祖鳥》,散文集《心煙》等。
詩人以橡樹為對象表達了愛情的熱烈、誠摯和堅貞。詩中的橡樹不是一個具體的對象,而是詩人理想中的情人象征。因此,這首詩一定程度上不是單純傾訴自己的熱烈愛情,而是要表達一種愛情的理想和信念,通過親切具體的形象來發(fā)揮,頗有古人托物言志的意味。
單詞注解
trumpet['tr?mpit]喇叭;小號
perenniaIIy[p?'renj?li]永久地
kapok['keip?k]木棉花,木絲棉
heroic[hi'r?uik]英雄的,英勇的
gigantic[d?ai'g?ntik]巨人般的,巨大的
名句誦讀
lf l fall in love with you—l will never imitate spoony birds, To repeat simple songs for green shade.
l must be a kapok beside you, As an image of tree l stand with you.
Only this is great love, Faithfulness lies here:l love not only your gigantic stature, But also the position you uphold, And the earth on which you stand.