诗歌赏析:汪国真《热爱生命》

 　　热爱生命

　　Loving Life

　　汪国真

　　Wang Guozhen

　　我不去想是否能够成功

　　既然选择了远方

　　便只顾风雨兼程

　　I don’t want to consider

　　If I’ll be able to succeed.

　　Since I’ve decided¹ to go to a distant place,

　　I’ll try my best to make the trip.

　　我不去想能否赢得爱情

　　既然钟情于玫瑰

　　就勇敢地吐露真诚

　　I don’t want to consider

　　If I’ll be able to obtain love.

　　Since I’m deep in love with roses,

　　I’ll show my sincerity² boldly.

　　我不去想身后会不会袭来寒风冷雨

　　既然目标是地平线

　　留给世界的只能是背影

　　I don’t want to consider

　　If I’ll meet with the cold wind and rain.

　　Since my destination is the horizon,

　　I’ll leave a deep impression on the Earth.

　　我不去想未来是平坦还是泥泞

　　只要热爱生命

　　一切，都在意料中

　　I don’t want to consider

　　If my future will be smooth or bumpy³.

　　If only I love my life,

　　Everything is to be expected.

　　Well-known Chinese poet Wang Guozhen has died of liver cancer. He passed away in Beijing on Sunday morning, aged⁴ 59.

　　中国著名诗人汪国真因患肝癌去世。他于上周日于北京逝世，享年59岁。

　　Wang was also a calligrapher⁵ and painter. He was one of the few poets of the recent decades who is still remembered by a large number of people, especially the middle-aged⁶, in China. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Wang’s popularity among literature fans soared.

　　汪国真同时也是一名书法家和画家。他是中国近几十年里仍被大多数人铭记的诗人（尤其是中年人）之一。在20世纪80年代末和90初，汪国真在文学爱好者中的人气骤增。

　　And he had a lasting⁷ impact. In a speech during the APEC meetings in 2013, President Xi Jinping quoted Wang’s lines “No roads too long to be measured by feet; No mountains too high to be conquered by man".

　　而且他有着经久不衰的影响力。在2013年APEC会议的演讲中，习近平主席引用了汪国真的一句话：“没有比人更高的山，没有比脚更长的路。”

　　Web users expressed their sadness and showed their respect for the Wang’s death, with many saying he was a great poet who influenced their youth.

　　网民们表达了他们对汪国真的哀悼和尊敬之情，很多人说汪先生是名伟大的诗人，影响了他们的青春。

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 sincerity   

n.真诚，诚意；真实

参考例句：

• His sincerity added much more authority to the story.他的真诚更增加了故事的说服力。
• He tried hard to satisfy me of his sincerity.他竭力让我了解他的诚意。

3 bumpy   

adj.颠簸不平的，崎岖的

参考例句：

• I think we've a bumpy road ahead of us.我觉得我们将要面临一段困难时期。
• The wide paved road degenerated into a narrow bumpy track.铺好的宽阔道路渐渐变窄，成了一条崎岖不平的小径。

4 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

5 calligrapher   

n.书法家

参考例句：

• People would ask, then, how come a young calligrapher should choose to marry a cold-drink peddler? 以后人家会说——年轻的书法家，怎么找一个卖冷饮的？ 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译
• Wang Xizhi was a great calligrapher in ancient Chiina. 王羲之是中国古代一位伟大的书法家。

6 middle-aged   

adj.中年的

参考例句：

• I noticed two middle-aged passengers.我注意到两个中年乘客。
• The new skin balm was welcome by middle-aged women.这种新护肤香膏受到了中年妇女的欢迎。

7 lasting   

adj.永久的，永恒的；vbl.持续，维持

参考例句：

• The lasting war debased the value of the dollar.持久的战争使美元贬值。
• We hope for a lasting settlement of all these troubles.我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。