原文與注釋(Text and Annotation)
| when god lets my body be | |
From each brave eye shall sprout a tree |
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| 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 |
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| that maidens whom passion wastes | |
will lay between their little breasts |
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| 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 |
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| and all the while shall my heart be | |
With the bulge and nuzzle of the sea |
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| 1. |
當上帝不管我的身體時; 亦即當我死去的時候。 |
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| 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. |
晃來晃去地懸吊看。 |
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| 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. |
玫瑰; 薔薇。玫瑰象徵強烈的情感。 |
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beget: |
給予生命; (產)生。 |
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| 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。 |
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