立場新聞 2015/09/26 10:31
世界是否一些美麗意念的體現 (Does the world embody beautiful ideas) ?
哲學會剪掉天使的雙翼,
用界尺與繩墨來收拾虛玄,
把天神和地怪都清除不見,
把彩虹拆散
就像曾經
把嬌柔的蕾米亞化成陰影3。
世界是一些美麗意念的體現/世界充滿邋遢、痛苦和爭鬥。7
"In the dull catalogue of common things.
Philosophy will clip an Angel’s wings,
Conquer all mysteries by rule and line,
Empty the haunted air, and gnomed mine—
Unweave a rainbow, as it erewhile made
The tender-person’d Lamia melt into a shade.":
Lines 233-238 of John Keats, Lamia, Part II. 余光中譯,《濟慈名著 譯述》,頁 170,九歌出版社 (2014)。
"Two obsesions are the hallmarks of Nature's artistic style: