天亮之隙-toward-breaks-of-day-叶芝

TowardsBreakofDayW.B.YeatsA.N.Jeffaresrecordsthat"thepoemisanactualrecordofthedreamsexperiencedbythepoetandhiswifewhentheystayinginthePowerscourtArmsHotel,Enniskerry,Co.Wicklow,inJanuary1919."WasitthedoubleofmydreamThewomanthatbymelayDreamed,ordidwehalveadreamUnderthefirstcoldgleamofday?halvevt.把…分成两半；把…减半；对分；平摊stanza1stanza2Ithought:“ThereisawaterfallUponBenBulbensideThatallmychildhoodcounteddear;WereItotravelfarandwideIcouldnotfindathingsodear.”MymemorieshadmagnifiedSomanytimeschildishdelight.放大的BenbulbinisalargerockformationinCountySligo,Ireland.他的母亲（即威廉·巴特勒·叶芝的祖母）苏珊·玛丽·波雷克斯芬来自斯莱果郡（CountySligo）上一个盎格鲁－爱尔兰裔家族。诗人出生后不久，便迁至位于斯莱果的大家族中，他本人也一直认为是斯莱果郡孕育了自己真正的童年岁月。IwouldhavetoucheditlikeachildButknewmyfingercouldbuthavetouchedColdstoneandwater.Igrewwild.EvenaccusingHeavenbecauseIthadsetdownamongitslaws:Nothingthatweloveover-muchIsponderabletoourtouch.ponderable：有价值的

stanza3stanza4Idreamedtowardsbreakofday,Thecoldblownsprayinmynostril.ButshethatbesidemelayHadwatchedinbitterersleepThemarvellousstagofArthur,Thatloftywhitestag,leapFrommountainsteeptosteep.blown:喘气的spray:喷雾stag:雄鹿dreamWhentwopeoplemeditateupontheonetheme,whohaveestablishedasupersensuallink,theywillinvariablyinmyexperiencenomatterhowmanymilesapart,seepassbeforethemind'seyecomplementaryimagesthatcompleteoneanother.Oneforinstancemayseeaboatuponastillseafulloftumultuospeople,andtheotheraboatfullofmotionlesspeopleuponatumultuoussea.Evenwhenthelinkismomenaryandsuperficialthistakesplaces,andsometimesincludeswithinitsrangeaconsiderablenumberofpeople.Oneforinstance,willreceivefromadreamfigurearipeapple,anotheranunripe;onealightedandoneanunlightedcandleandsoon.Onthesamenightamotherwilldreamthatherchildisdeadordying,thechildthathermotherisdead,whilethefahterwillwakeinthenightwithasuddeninexplicableanxiatyforsomematerialtreasure.Iputanexperienceofthekindintothepoemthatbegins—Wasitthedoubleofmydream,...(AV(A)173)dreamimagesawaterfall:possiblythewaterfallatGlencar.

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袁可嘉译那躺在我边上的女人做的梦，是我梦的重现，还是我们各做一半梦在白昼最初的冷光下面？

我想：“有一条瀑布在本·布尔本山旁，我小时最最喜爱；要是我云游四面八方，也找不到这么可爱的东西。”我的记忆已放大了好多倍，我童年时代的乐趣。我想像个孩子摸摸它，但我知道我的手