In me the tiger sniffs the rose@心有猛虎细嗅蔷薇

英国诗人Seigfried Loraine Sassoon(8 September 1886-1 September 1967)

In me, past, present, future meet
To hold long chiding conference
My lusts usurp the present tense
And strangle Reason in his seat.
My loves leap through the future’s fence
To dance with dream-enfranchised feet

In me the cave-man clasps the seer,
And garlanded Apollo goes
Chanting to Abraham’s deaf ear
In me the tiger sniffs the rose.
Look in my heart, kind friends, and tremble,
Since there your elements assemble.

我心里有猛虎在细嗅蔷薇 (余光中《猛虎与蔷薇》译)

*翻找余光中的散文,看到《猛虎与蔷薇》篇,惊觉一头“猛虎”盘踞在英国反战讽喻诗域,东方猛虎与西方猛虎共同俯首细嗅一朵蔷薇,人性与文学之本质,跨越语言文化之藩篱。

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