质朴的爱,孤独的责任——罗伯特·海顿的诗《冬日的星期天》

Austere Love and Lonely Offices in Robert Hyden's "Those Winter Sundays"

罗伯特·海顿(1913—1980)是20世纪美国黑人诗歌史上具有影响力的诗人之一。1962年罗伯特·海顿在《记忆的歌谣》里发表了《冬日的星期天》这首诗。整首诗以平实的语言展开了对儿时一幅生活场景的描述,却激起了读者对于爱与责任的深层次的体验与思考,诗中更是蕴含着一种因无法得到认同的痛苦和哀伤情绪。

Robert Hayden（1913—1980） was one of the most influential poets in the history of African-American poetry.In 1962,＂Those Winter Sundays＂ was published in A Ballad of Remembrance.The poem,＂Those Winter Sundays＂,gives a picture of the narrator＇s childhood through its plain language,arousing readers＇ deeper experience of love and responsibility.The pains and desolation the poet suffers are obvious.