Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind

Provider:Fr. Pierre Demer /談德義神父

Blow, blow, thou winter wind,	1
Thou art not so unkind
As man's ingratitude;
Thy tooth is not so keen,	[4-6]
Because thou art not seen,	5
Although thy breath be rude.
Heigh ho! sing, heigh ho! unto the green holly:
Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere
folly:
Then, heigh ho, the holly!
This life is most jolly.	10
Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky,
That dost not bite so nigh
As benefits forgot:
Though thou the waters warp,
Thy sting is not so sharp	15
As friend remembered not.
Heigh ho! sing, etc.

Line / No.	Word or Phrase	Annotation
1	Blow, blow	頓呼語，有讓冬風盡情吹刮之意。[back]
3	ingratitude	忘恩負義。[back]
4	Thy tooth	將冬天銳利的寒風比擬為利齒。[back]
4-6	Thy tooth…rude	你（指風）的呼吸雖然猛烈，因為看不見你，所以不覺得像人的忘恩負義那樣令人心悸。[back]
7	Heigh-ho	[h、ei h、ou]：嗨○（表失望的呼聲）。
7	unto the green holly	對冬青樹唱（holly，冬青樹）。[back]
8	feigning	虛假的。（友誼多為虛假，愛情僅為愚蠢。）[back]
10	most jolly	最為快樂。（這裏的生活最為有趣。）[back]
11	Freeze, freeze	與上一節同，為頓呼語，有讓嚴冬盡量凍結之意。[back]
12	nigh	近的；直接的。（天再怎麼冷，也沒有像人的忘恩負義那樣易於刺傷人心。）[back]
13	As benefits forgot	as man forgot benefits。[back]
14	warp	歪曲。[back]
15	sharp	銳利；凶利。
15	sting	刺傷。[back]