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Song: Tell Me Where Is Fancy Bred
作者Author  /  William  Shakespeare  威廉.莎士比亞

Tell Me Where Is Fancy Bred

 
 
 
 
Tell me where is fancy bred, 1
Or in the heart or in the head?  
How begot, how nourished?  
Reply, reply.  
It is engendered in the eyes, 5
With gazing fed; and fancy dies  
In the cradle where it lies.  
Let us all ring fancy's knell:  
I'll begin it,--Ding, dong, bell.  
Ding, dong, bell. 10
 
   
 
 
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Fancy 有時雖可作「愛情」解,但實指虛有其表,一時為美色所迷惑的情感。
3
nourished 滋養;孕育。因押韻的關係本字最後一音節讀作[∫ed]。
5
engendered 生成;發生。
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and fancy dies ... where it lies 這種「愛情」朝生暮謝,尚在襁褓中便已逝去,暗示為外表迷惑的感情生命短促,一晃即逝。
8
knell 喪鐘。
 
   
     
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