The Dream of the Red Chamber: Yu Ji ~ 《红楼梦》·《五美吟·虞姬》 with English Translations
《五美吟·虞姬》出自清代小说家曹雪芹所著小说《红楼梦》,是一首七言绝句,在小说中由林黛玉所作。诗的前两句概括垓下之战的悲壮历史情景,后两句揭示了反复无常的将军英布和彭越的可耻下场。这首诗表达了对虞姬的崇敬和颂扬之情,寄托了林黛玉自己正直倔强的思想品格。这首诗运用对比的手法,通过虞姬与黥布、彭越的对比,加深了对虞姬的赞美之情。 《红楼梦》·《五美吟·虞姬》 肠断乌骓夜啸风,虞兮幽恨对重瞳。 黥彭甘受他年醢,饮剑何如楚帐中。 Yu Ji(David Hawkes 译) The very crows are grieving as they caw in the cold night air. She faces her beaten Tyrant King with a haggard look of despair: Let the others wait for the hangman, to be hacked and quartered and rent; Better the taste of one’s own steel in […]
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