The Green Horse

时间：2014-03-25 06:27:00

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The Green Horse
Yusef Komunyakaa
 
 
The kneeling figure is from Yama or Carthage, 
 & I ask, What was his worth in gold, in salt, 
 spices, statuary（雕像）, or commemorated1 axioms? 
 L, if we weren't brave enough to believe 
 we could master time, we wouldn't have 
 locked hands or kissed the other wordless. 
 The old gods where smelted2 down in shops 
 with crosses etched above the doorframes, 
 pressed into the coinage of a new empire 
 as palm readers were flogged in the market. 
 But of course there sits Marcus Aurelius 
 with stoic3（坚忍的） mediations on a borrowed tongue, 
 gazing out at sublime4 poppies, an eternal 
 battlefield, his hand extended as a scepter 
 over the piazza5 where his bronze horse 
 cantered up on to Michelangelo's pedestal 
 carved from marble steps of the temple 
 of Castor & Pollux, & we wait for him
 to outflank（迂回，挫败） the epochs of wind & rain. 
 L, everything around here is an epitaph. 
 Even the light. This morning, squinting6 out 
 a window as rays play off a stone cistern, 
 I hear someone whisper, "Waste no time 
 arguing about what a good man should be, 
 the worms will give us their verdict 
 by nightfall." I don't know who said this, 
 but today, love, I'm brave enough to say, 
 Antiquity, here's my barbarian7 shadow 
 squatting under the horse's raised right hoof8.

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1 commemorated 5095d6b593f459f1eacbc41739a5f72f     
v.纪念，庆祝( commemorate的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • Lincoln commemorated the soldiers killed in the battle in his address. 林肯在演说中表扬阵亡将士。 来自辞典例句
  • You'll be commemorated for killing a spy, and be specially discharged. 你们每杀一个间谍将会被记录到特殊档案。 来自电影对白
2 smelted 8283b7839396aafcdfe326c23f97b5e2     
v.熔炼，提炼（矿石）( smelt的过去式和过去分词 )；合演( costar的过去式和过去分词 )；闻到；嗅出
参考例句：
  • The lead paste is smelted in a blast furnace. 铅团在鼓风炉中被溶解。 来自互联网
  • Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore. 铁从地里挖出，铜从石中熔化。 来自互联网
3 stoic cGPzC     
n.坚忍克己之人，禁欲主义者
参考例句：
  • A stoic person responds to hardship with imperturbation.坚忍克己之人经受苦难仍能泰然自若。
  • On Rajiv's death a stoic journey began for Mrs Gandhi,supported by her husband's friends.拉吉夫死后，索尼亚在丈夫友人的支持下开始了一段坚忍的历程。
4 sublime xhVyW     
adj.崇高的，伟大的；极度的，不顾后果的
参考例句：
  • We should take some time to enjoy the sublime beauty of nature.我们应该花些时间去欣赏大自然的壮丽景象。
  • Olympic games play as an important arena to exhibit the sublime idea.奥运会，就是展示此崇高理念的重要舞台。
5 piazza UNVx1     
n.广场；走廊
参考例句：
  • Siena's main piazza was one of the sights of Italy.锡耶纳的主要广场是意大利的名胜之一。
  • They walked out of the cafeteria,and across the piazzadj.他们走出自助餐厅,穿过广场。
6 squinting e26a97f9ad01e6beee241ce6dd6633a2     
斜视( squint的现在分词 )； 眯着眼睛； 瞟； 从小孔或缝隙里看
参考例句：
  • "More company," he said, squinting in the sun. "那边来人了，"他在阳光中眨巴着眼睛说。
  • Squinting against the morning sun, Faulcon examined the boy carefully. 对着早晨的太阳斜起眼睛，富尔康仔细地打量着那个年轻人。
7 barbarian nyaz13     
n.野蛮人；adj.野蛮(人)的；未开化的
参考例句：
  • There is a barbarian tribe living in this forest.有一个原始部落居住在这个林区。
  • The walled city was attacked by barbarian hordes.那座有城墙的城市遭到野蛮部落的袭击。
8 hoof 55JyP     
n.(马，牛等的)蹄
参考例句：
  • Suddenly he heard the quick,short click of a horse's hoof behind him.突然间，他听见背后响起一阵急骤的马蹄的得得声。
  • I was kicked by a hoof.我被一只蹄子踢到了。

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