AValediction:ForbiddingMourning

——JohnDonne(1572-1631)

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ConceitsMetaphorsLovelyrics

BriefIntroductiontohislifeBorninaRomanCatholicfamimily.ReceivedhiseducationatOxfordandCambridge.In1601,heelopedwithAnnMoreandwascastintoprisonbyherfather.In1615,hegaveuphisCatholicfaithandbecameanAnglicanpriest.In1621,hewasappointedtheDeanofSt.Paul'sCathedralbyKingJamesI.GOandcatchafallingstar,去吧，去抓一顆流星Getwithchildamandrakeroot,去讓曼德拉草的根長成嬰兒Tellmewhereallpastyearsare,告訴我，哪里可以找回逝去的年華Orwhocleftthedevil'sfoot,誰能劈開惡魔的腳趾Teachmetohearmermaidssinging,教我去聽美人魚的歌聲Ortokeepoffenvy'sstinging,或者避開嫉妒者的誹謗AndfindWhatwind找到那Servestoadvanceanhonestmind.(1-9)可以提高老實人地位的風(fēng)Ohstay,threelivesinonefleaspare噢，住手！一只跳蚤可是三條生命啊Wherewealmost,naymorethanmarriedare.它的身體不僅是見證我們的婚約ThisfleaisyouandI,andthis還是你和我Ourmarriagebedandmarriagetempleis;我們的婚床和婚姻的殿堂Thoughparentsgrudge,andyou,wearemet,盡管父母怨恨，你不情愿，我們還是相遇Andcloisteredintheselivingwallsofjet.并躲藏在黝黑的生命之墻里Thoughusemakeyouapttokillme盡管你會習(xí)慣的拍死跳蚤Letnottothat,self-murderaddedbe,千萬別，這會殺了我，也會增加你的自殺之罪Andsacrilege,threesinsinkillingthree殺害三條生命會褻瀆神明BackgroundofThePoemJohnDonnewrotethispoemforhiswifeuponlivingforFrancein1611.Thispoemdoesn’thavemuchwritingrhetoric,butjustlikehisotherlovepoems,itsreasoninganddebateoflyricalwhimareabundant.AValediction:ForbiddingMouringAsvir/tuousmen/passmildly/away,Andwhi/spertotheir/souls,/togo,Whilstsome/oftheir/sadfriends/dosay,"Thebreath/goesnow,"/andsome/say,"No:"正如有德行的人安詳別世，輕聲向靈魂辭安，悲傷的友人或傷逝，嘆其氣絕魂離，亦有說不然Donnewasfascinatedbydeathbecausehebelievedthatwasthepointatwhichthebodyandsoulpartedways.Inthiscase,thedyingmanisabletowhisperhissouloutofhismortalbodyandontoheaven.Solet/usmelt,/andmake/nonoise,Notear-floods,/norsigh-tem/pestsmove;'Twerepro/fana/tionof/our/joysTotell/thelaity/our/love.就讓我們輕聲說話，不要喧嘩，不要淚涌如潮，不要凄聲哀鳴；那是對我們歡樂的褻瀆，讓俗人知道我們的愛。1.profanation:blasphemousbehaviour;degradationofsomethingworthyofrespect.2.laity:onewhoisnotaclergyman.Moving/ofth'earth/bringsharms/andfears;Menre/ckonwhat/itdid,/andmeant;Buttre/pida/tionof/thespheres,Thoughgrea/terfar,/isin/nocent.地動帶來傷害，叫人害怕，人們推其為斷其意；天體震動，雖然威力更大，卻對什么都沒有損傷Donnecontrastsearthlynaturaldisasterswiththebigger,grandermotionsoftheheavenlybodies(planets,stars)Dullsub/luna/rylo/vers'love(Whosesoul/issense)/cannot/admitAbsence,/because/itdoth/removeThosethings/whichel/emen/tedit.乏味的凡情俗愛（感官為上）最忌別離，因為情人分開，愛的根基就會破碎支離。sublunary:belowthemoon,i.e.,earthlyadmit:standButwe/byalove/somuch/refin'd,Thatour/selves/knownot/whatitis,Inter/-assured

/ofthemind,Careless,/eyes,lips,/andhands/tomiss.但我們的愛純凈無比，我們自己也不知那是什么東西，打心里頭相互信任，不在乎肉體分離。refin'd:purifiedHereDonnerefersthathisloveisn'ttaintedbythemerephysicalaffectionOur/twosouls/therefore,/whichareone,ThoughI/mustgo,/endure/notyetAbreach,/butanex/pansion,Likegold/toai/rythin/nessbeat.因而，我倆靈魂合一，我縱須遠離，不違愛諾，而是一種延展，宛如黃金鍛展成輕飄韌箔。breach:breaking;heremeansseparationexpansion:ThesimileofbeatinggoldintoverythinsheetsisusedtodescribethepartingIfthey/betwo,/theyare/twosoAsstiff/twincom/passes/aretwo;Thysoul,/thefixt/foot,makes/noshowTomove,/butdoth,/ifthe'o/therdo.就算是兩個吧，兩個也是和一副兩腳的圓規(guī)情況相同你的靈魂是定腳，固定不移但另一只腳移動，你便隨之轉(zhuǎn)動。Andthough/itin/thecen/tresit,Yetwhen/theo/therfar/dothroam,Itleans,/andhear/kensa/fterit,Andgrows/erect,/asthat/comeshome.雖然一只腳坐鎮(zhèn)中心，但當(dāng)另一只腳在外游離，它就側(cè)過身去傾聽，當(dāng)那只腳回到家，它又把腰桿直起。。hearkens:leansasiflisteningtoattentivelySuchwilt/thoube/tome,/whomustLiketh'o/therfoot,/obli/quelyrun;Thyfirm/nessmakes/mycir/clejust,Andmakes/meend,/whereI/begun.這就是你和我的關(guān)系，我必須，像另一只腳，斜走側(cè)踮，你的堅定能使我的圓圈圓得完美，讓我的游離