古英语动物寓言诗

Swā bið gumena gehwām se þe oftost his unwærlīce, on þās lǣnan tīd, līf biscēawað: lǣteð hine beswīcan þurh swētne stenc, lēasne willan, þæt hē biþ leahtrum fāh wið Wuldorcyning.

"对每个人都是这样——在虚妄的时日中, 那人凭甜香(虚假欲望)被诱惑, 便在荣耀王前犯了罪"——海怪甜香陷阱被解释为人被欲望诱惑, plot 给 72。

Swā biþ scinn[_en_]a þēaw, dēofla wīse, þæt hī droht[i]ende þurh dyrne meaht duguðe beswīcað, and on teosu tyhtaþ tilra dǣda, wēmað on willan, þæt hȳ wraþe sēcen, frōfre tō fēondum, oþþæt hy fæste ðǣr æt þām wǣrlogan wīc gecēosað.

"撒旦/海怪的伎俩: 用隐密的力量欺骗人类, 诱惑他们远离善行, 使他们寻求敌方的安慰——以至于在背信者那里固定地选住处"——cast 给 78。

On þām ēalonde ǣled weccað, hēah fyr ǣlað. Hæleþ bēoþ on wynnum, rēonigmōde, ræste gel[y]ste.

"他们在岛上点起篝火, 燃起高焰, 英雄们欢欢喜喜, 疲惫的心渴望休息"——慢节奏的野餐场景, 然后突然转入"甜蜜的坑"撒旦陷阱, pace 给 76。

Monge sindon geond middangeard unrīmu cynn, [_þāra_] þe wē æþelu ne magon ryhte āreccan nē rīm witan; þæs wīde sind geond wor[_u_]l[d] innan 5 fugla and dēora foldhrērendra wornas widsceope, swā wæter bibūgeð þisne beorhtan bōsm, brim grymetende, sealtȳpa geswing.

"大地上有许多种类, 数不尽的族类, 我们无法正确述说它们的本性, 也无法数清——鸟兽爬行者遍及大地, 如海水环抱这光明胸怀, 盐浪翻腾"——prose 给 92。

The former is from the _Faerie Queene_ (1. 11.34): At last she saw, where he upstarted brave Out of the well, wherein he drenched lay; As Eagle fresh out of the Ocean wave, Where he hath left his plumes all hoary gray, And deckt himselfe with feathers youthly gay, Like Eyas hauke up mounts unto the skies, His newly budded pineons to assay, And marveiles at himselfe, still as he flies: So new this new-borne knight to battell new did rise.

"Spenser《仙后》1.11.34 — 雄鹰从大海浪中脱出, 羽毛焕然一新, 雏鹰般飞升天空"——Cook 把盎格鲁-撒克逊动物寓言与英国文艺复兴串起, world 给 90。

Monge sindon geond middangeard unrīmu cynn, [_þāra_] þe wē æþelu ne magon ryhte āreccan nē rīm witan;

"大地上有许多种类, 数不尽的族类, 我们无法正确述说它们的本性, 也无法数清"——以"造物之多"立调, hook 给 88。

However widely diffused, the symbolism exemplified by the _Physiologus_ is peculiarly at home in the East. Thus Egypt symbolized the sun, with his death at night passing into a rebirth, by the phœnix, which, by a natural extension, came to signify the resurrection.

"Physiologus 的象征在东方特别扎根——埃及以凤凰象征日落与复活"——Cook 把盎格鲁-撒克逊动物寓言置于埃及-希腊-拉丁-盎格鲁-撒克逊-英语文学的链条中, innov 给 84。

'In swā hwylce tiid swā gē mid trēowe tō mē on hyge hweorfað, and gē hellfirena sweartra geswīcað, swā ic symle tō ēow mid siblufan sōna gecyrre þurh milde mōd; gē bēoð mē siþþan

"主说: '无论何时你们凭信心向我回心转意, 远离地狱的黑暗罪行, 我就以慈爱立刻转向你们'"——以神的应许收束, ending 给 80。