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Line
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Word & Phrase
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Annotation
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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指海裏的動物。[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。 |
