1891年,處在寫作生涯巔峰期的王爾德遇見了阿爾弗雷德·“波西”·道格拉斯(Alfred "Bosie" Douglas),兩人很快成為了同性戀人。四年后,因?yàn)檫@段“不敢說出名字的愛”,王爾德 被判“有傷風(fēng)化”罪而入獄。在獄中,王爾德開始反思從前的生活,思索痛苦和人生的意義,藝術(shù)和愛的真諦 ,最終將那些痛苦的淚水都化作優(yōu)美而深沉的文字,寫成了這封名為"de profundis"(從深處)的長信。

作者簡介:奧斯卡·王爾德(Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900),英國維多利亞時(shí)代著名作家, “唯美主義運(yùn)動(dòng)”的領(lǐng)軍人物,倡導(dǎo)“為藝術(shù)而藝術(shù)”(Art for art's sake)。他的代表作有戲劇《莎樂美》(Salome)《認(rèn)真的重要性》(The Importance of Being Earnest),童話《快樂王子》(The Happy Prince) 《夜鶯與玫瑰》(The Nightingale and the Rose),小說《道連·格雷的畫像》(The Picture of Dorian Gray), 以及書信《自深深處》(De Profundis)等。

1、We think in Eternity, but we move slowly through Time.
我們思想著的是永恒,但慢慢通過的卻是時(shí)間。

2、Prisonlife,?with its endless privations and restrictions,?makes one rebellious. The most terrible thing about it?is not that it breaks one’s heart—hearts are made to?be broken—but that it turns one’s heart to stone.....In life, as?in Art, the mood of rebellion closes up the channels?of the soul, and shuts out the airs of heaven.
監(jiān)獄生活那道不盡的艱辛、數(shù)不完的條規(guī),使人產(chǎn)生叛逆心理。最可怕的不在于這令人心碎——心生來就是要碎的——而在于這使人心變成石頭……生活同藝術(shù)一樣,叛逆的心境使靈魂閉塞, 將靈氣堵住。

筆記:
1)privation?n.喪失;缺乏;貧困
【舉例】Evil is a privation of good.?惡者,乏善也。
undergo hard privation 深受困苦
2)rebellious?a.反叛的;桀驁不馴的
【舉例】rebellious troops 叛軍
a rebellious horse 桀驁不馴的馬

3、Every single work of art is?the fulfilment of a prophecy. For every work of?art is the conversion of an idea into an image.?Every single human being should be the fulfilment of?a prophecy. For every human being should be the?realisation of some ideal, either in the mind of God or in the mind of man.
每一件藝術(shù)品都是一個(gè)預(yù)言的實(shí)現(xiàn),因?yàn)槊恳患囆g(shù)品都是理念向形象的轉(zhuǎn)化。人類的每一分子都應(yīng)該成為一個(gè)預(yù)言的實(shí)現(xiàn),因?yàn)槊恳粋€(gè)人,無論是在上帝還是在人的心中,都應(yīng)該是某個(gè)理想的實(shí)現(xiàn)。

筆記:
1)conversion?n.轉(zhuǎn)變;轉(zhuǎn)化;換算
【舉例】a conversion of water into ice 水變成冰
the conversion of feet into inches 英尺換算為英寸

4、Love was?that lost secret of the world for which the wise men had been looking, and it was only through love?that one could approach either the heart of the leper?or the feet of God.
愛就是世界失去的那個(gè)真意,賢哲在尋找的那個(gè)真意;只有通過愛, 一個(gè)人才能到達(dá)麻風(fēng)病人心間, 或上帝跟前。

5、Life was changeful,?fluid, active, and that to allow it to be stereotyped?into any form was death.
生活是變化的、流動(dòng)的、積極的,讓它僵化成為任何形式都意味著死亡。

筆記:
1)fluid?a.流動(dòng)的;易變的;不穩(wěn)定的;流暢優(yōu)美的
【舉例】fluid opinions?易變的意見
The political situation was fluid. 政治局勢(shì)不穩(wěn)。
a fluid style 流暢的文筆

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