今天分享一首絕美的小詩：英國詩人彭斯最著名的一首。本詩不僅僅是優美，還有一點和漢語有異曲同工之妙。
比如，對於愛情的描寫，漢語說海枯石爛，英語如此的相似：【Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear, And the rocks melt wi’ the sun:】你看，是不是驚人的相似！請在註釋的幫助下欣賞本詩吧。要表白的同學們，還等啥呢？讓我們一起謝謝偉大的彭斯詩人吧。
A red rose
A Red, Red Rose
O my Luve's like a red, red rose
That’s newly sprung in june;
O my Luve's like the melodies
That’s sweetly play'd in tune:
luve: 蘇格蘭方言
sprung：appear；spring的過去分詞
As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,
So deep in luve am I:
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
Till a’ the seas gang dry:
fair: 美麗的
art: are
thou:you 【主格】
bonnie: 【英國北部方言】美麗的；漂亮的
lass:【英國北部方言】女孩兒
thee:you【賓格】
gang: 【蘇格蘭方言】go
a': all
Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi’ the sun:
I will luve thee still, my dear,
While the sands o’ life shall run.
wi': with
o': of
sands o' life: 沙漏中的沙子，表時間
And fare thee weel, my only Luve
And fare thee weel, a while!
And I will come again, my Luve,
Tho’ it were ten thousand mile.
fare thee weel: farewell, goodbye to you
Tho': though, even though
完整看一遍：
O my Luve's like a red, red rose
That’s newly sprung in june;
O my Luve's like the melodies
That’s sweetly play'd in tune:
As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,
So deep in luve am I:
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
Till a’ the seas gang dry:
Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi’ the sun:
I will luve thee still, my dear,
While the sands o’ life shall run.
And fare thee weel, my only Luve
And fare thee weel, a while!
And I will come again, my Luve,
Tho’ it were ten thousand mile.
英國著名詩人 Robert Burns
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