| 釋義 |
Elysium:(Gr. myth.) abode of the virtuous dead onan island in the western ocean,i.e. place of ideal hap-piness,paradise (希臘神話)伊利西姆,賢人死后所居住的地方,極樂世界,樂園。 △H.V.4.1. 292 (272): “But like alackey,from the rise to set,/ Sweats in the eye ofPhoebus,and all night / Sleeps in Elysium;”而是像一個跑腿的仆役,從日出到日落,在太陽神的眼皮底下流汗出力,而到了晚上就整夜睡在極樂世界里。 △2H.Vl.3.2.398: “Or Ishould breathe it so into thy body,/ And then it livedin sweet Elysium.”再不然我就把我的靈魂吹進你的身體里,這樣它就住進了甜蜜的樂園。 △3H.VI.1.2.29: “Howsweet a thing it is to wear a crown,/ Within whosecircuit is Elysium”,頭戴王冠是一件多么叫人高興的事情,在那個圓圈之內(nèi)就是樂園。 △Gent.2.7.37:“And there I'llrest,as after much turmoil / A blessed soul doth in E-lysium.”就像一個有福的靈魂,在經(jīng)歷了許多磨折之后,在天堂中休息。 △Tw.1.2. 2. (3):“And what should I do inIllyria?/ My brother he is in Elysium.”我在伊利里亞干什么呢? 我的哥哥已經(jīng)到伊利西姆(極樂世界)去了。(按:薇奧拉認為她的哥哥已在海上遇難。) |