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When God Lets My Body Be
作者Author  /  Edward Estlin  Cummings  艾德華.艾斯特林.康明斯

When God Lets My Body Be

 
 
when god lets my body be  

From each brave eye shall sprout a tree

(2)  
fruit that dangles therefrom  

the purpled world will dance upon

(3-4)
Between my lips which did sing 5

a rose shall beget the spring

(6)  
that maidens whom passion wastes  

will lay between their little breasts
 
My strong fingers beneath the snow  

Into strenuous birds shall go
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my love walking in the grass  

their wings will touch with her face

and all the while shall my heart be  

With the bulge and nuzzle of the sea

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1.     when god lets my body be: 當上帝不管我的身體時; 亦即當我死去的時候。
brave: 美好的; 正直的。
sprout:  發芽; 長出。
From each . . . sprout / a tree: 全行正常的字庫為A tree shall sprout from  each brave eye。[back]
3. dangles: 晃來晃去地懸吊看。
therefrom:  =from that, fromit. 從那裡(此處指從樹上)。[back]
3-4. fruit that dangles will . . . dance upon: 正常的字序為 fruit that dangles therefrom will dance upon the purpled world。[back]
4. the  purpled world: 燦爛的世界。
5. Between my lips which did sing: 在會歌唱的雙唇之間。[back]
6.   rose: 玫瑰; 薔薇。玫瑰象徵強烈的情感。
beget: 給予生命; (產)生。
a rose shall beget the spring: 詩中的 spring 指的不是真正的春天,而是指心情如春,充滿生命之樂。玫瑰將使人心情如春。[back]
7. that maidens whom passion wastes: 受感情折磨的少女們。[back]
8. will lay between  their little breasts:  (少女們)將把玫瑰插放在她們小小的胸間。[back]
10. strenuous birds: 精力充沛的鳥。[back]
12. their wings will touch with her face:  their wings will get into contact with the face of my love (=the love done).意即鳥兒們將以翅膀觸我的愛人之臉。herface指的是the face of my love(=the love done),暗示死者與活人保持某種的連繫。[back]
14. the bulge and nuzzle of the sea: =like a breathing animal,猶如正在呼吸的動物。the bulge and nuzzle鼓起和推壓,形容呼吸; the sea指海�堛滌坁哄C[back]
13-14. and all the while . . . of the sea: 意謂即使死後,我的愛心如同大海一般地永恆,不斷感動世人,使他們明自事態,充滿活力。
   
 
   
 
   
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