Green Jade Table "Legends of Dragon Boat Festival"

何威廉

Tune: Green Jade Table

Legends of Dragon Boat Festival 

By William He

Beatrice is playing the zither and the drum.
Eternal moxa and calamus rival,
Confederate roses in the shade.
Dragons arise and rainbows arch across the sky.
The inmost haunt of being here,
Ringing with melodious chime.
In some plums' heart might glow the rain.

Montaigne comes to the Ark on that ridge now.
And brings along a vivid and strange dream.
The Walden recluse is chasing a wild goose.
Spirits cursed beyond imagining,
Dread environing and grim path.
Arno River unfolds the secret to me.


青玉案

庚子端午

作者：何威廉

湘妃鼓瑟红裙步。
艾叶巧、
芙蓉妒。
竞夺龙舟飞画塑。
波灵鱼沫，
滋兰橘露。
弄雨梅黄愫。

江边渔父清歌去。
触眼榴花也成絮。
漱石枕流长铗误。
浮心涡漩，
难沉祭赙。
弭棹骚魂溯。


Notes:
"Beatrice": Beatrice was the fiancee and lover of Dante Alighieri. Although described by all as a "pure" soul worthy of Heaven, after losing a bargain with Lucifer, she was forced to accompany him to Hell to become his bride. Her capture was the catalyst for Dante's journey through the Inferno and the redemption of his soul.
"Montaigne": Michel de Montaigne, French writer whose Essais established a new literary form.In his Essays he wrote one of the most captivating and intimate self-portraits ever given, on a par with Augustine's and Rousseau's. Montaigne could have been ranked among the most erudite humanists of the 16th century. Montaigne saw his age as one of dissimulation, corruption, violence, and hypocrisy, and it is therefore not surprising that the point of departure of his essays is situated in negativity: the negativity of Montaigne's recognition of the rule of appearances and of the loss of connection with the truth of being.
"Ark": Noah’s ark on mount Ararat, shortened eyewitness accounts Agri Dagh, a 5165 metres high mountain in Eastern Turkey, international better known by its name ‘Ararat’, is one of the mountains that has the reputation of beeing the final landingssite of Noah's ark. One important reason for that is that it's mentioned in the Holy Scriptures.
"Walden": Series of 18 essays by Henry David Thoreau, published in 1854. An important contribution to New England Transcendentalism, the book was a record of Thoreau’s experiment in simple living on the northern shore of Walden Pond in eastern Massachusetts (1845–47). Walden is viewed not only as a philosophical treatise on labour, leisure, self-reliance, and individualism but also as an influential piece of nature writing.
"Arno River": Arno River, Italian Fiume Arno, Latin Arnus, principal stream of the Toscana (Tuscany) region, in central Italy. Dante Alighieri was standing near the Ponte Vecchio, a bridge that crosses the Arno River in Florence. Dante saw Beatrice standing on the bridge. He was a young man, she even younger, and that vision contained the whole of eternity for him. Dante did not speak to her and saw her very little.

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江边渔父清歌去。
触眼榴花也成絮。
漱石枕流长铗误。
美妙的文字，动心的音韵，品读再三、欲罢不能。

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江边渔父清歌去。
触眼榴花也成絮。
漱石枕流长铗误。
浮心涡漩，
难沉祭赙。
弭棹骚魂溯。

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马丁梦曲 发表于 2020-7-4 09:15
江边渔父清歌去。
触眼榴花也成絮。
漱石枕流长铗误。

夸赞之辞，策顽磨钝。敬候暑安！

何威廉

英国上议院终身贵族托斯科特勋爵对《青玉案•庚子端午》英文本给予高度评价，并在欧洲圈内传阅。

（中文译本）

何先生：

大作旨趣深远，具有高度的思想性。您对屈原和但丁以及他的神曲的对比充满了大师级的艺术魅力--两人都是伟大的诗人，又有着明显不同的理想追求-- 但丁的神曲弥漫着浓郁的中世纪天主教对上帝、理性根深蒂固的信仰，人类原罪的不可饶恕和神圣救赎的希望。屈原（按照我的理解）既是诗人，更是关心国家命运的现实主义者。当屈原的理想被残酷的现实撞得粉碎--他感到回天无力--因抑郁不平而投江自尽。现实世界与屈原的艺术追求，正能量与自信之间总有一道阴影。

端午节纪念屈原并重温他的作品着实令人欣慰，屈原和但丁是代表中西方文化的两位巨人。

最诚挚的问候！

托斯科特勋爵

2020年7月7日

托斯科特勋爵是牛津大学哲学博士，英国上议院终身贵族，英国政府前能源部长，欧洲议会前安全委员会副主席。现任英国议会俄罗斯和独联体关系委员会主席，英国皇家三军联合研究所(RUSI)高级研究员。托斯科特勋爵同时也是英国著名作家。

何威廉

AiHai-何海 发表于 2020-7-6 18:50
江边渔父清歌去。
触眼榴花也成絮。
漱石枕流长铗误。

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So the most stable foot is always the lower foot on the back.
Fame on earth is nothing but a breeze, blowing from here to there, changing its name by changing its direction.
—— Dante Alighieri

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何威廉 发表于 2020-9-1 10:59
So the most stable foot is always the lower foot on the back.
Fame on earth is nothing but a breeze, ...

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何威廉 发表于 2020-9-28 08:30
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