中国古典诗歌选译-贺淯滨.pdfVIP

CLASSICAL CHINESE POEMS THROUGH THE AGES Translated by He Yubin 贺淯滨 译 1 FOREWORD These lyrics were rendered as a by-product of my PhD thesis Towards a Typology of Love Dramas and my translation of The Palace of Eternal Youth, a huge play by Hong Sheng. Although this is an essay in English proficiency, as well as a labour of love, and I am fully conscious that there will inevitably be errors, inappropriacy and unevenness, which I feel sure that the native English-speaking geniuses around me will readily spot, I, nevertheless, have still made so bold as to proffer these pieces in their present form. This approach of mine will enable the readers on each and every page to figure out my own personal image, and feel themselves in my unadorned company. This small tome was rushed forth and took its rough shape in the days after I had submitted my dissertation and was waiting for the viva, and underwent refinement while I was confined by Fate of misfortune to hospital. The poetic task assisted the restoration of my spirit at a time when my vitality was critically depleted, and sounded a forceful note on a single remaining heart-chord, all others having snapped. It also signaled the termination of my exile in the realms of academe, and, conjured up a verdant oasis in the dusty emotional desert, where I had been making my Pilgrimage West under the Red Star, thirsty for all and any forms of life, colour, enthusiasm,