一朵枯萎的紫罗兰——重读经典浪漫诗人雪莱

On A Faded Violet—Reread Classical Romantic Poet Shelley

只要提起雪莱,一个自由奔放、热情洋溢、乐观向上、充满浪漫主义情怀的英国诗人就会进入人们的脑海。重读雪莱,我们却体会到别样的滋味,犹如他那首如泣如诉的小诗"一朵枯萎的紫罗兰"一样,既让人惋惜,又令人感叹,更发人深省。

Whenever we speak of Shelley, we are seemingly to think of such a romantic English poet who is filled with much freedom, enthusiasm and optimism. But when we reread Shelley, we will sense a quite different feeling about him, just like the feeling about the sorrowful poem On A Faded Violet written by himself, which makes us so pity and regretful that we can not help pondering and wondering： Life is so short for everybody. And now are you ready for it？