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The Green Horse

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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