克莉奧佩特拉：不，那是免不了的，伊拉絲。放肆的衛士們將要追逐我們像追逐娼妓一樣；歌功頌德的詩人們將要用荒腔走韻的謠曲吟詠我們；俏皮的喜劇伶人們將要把我們編成即興的戲劇，扮演我們亞歷山大里亞的歡宴。安東尼將要以一個醉漢的姿態登場，而我將要看見一個逼尖了喉音的男童穿著克莉奧佩特拉的冠服賣弄著淫婦的風情。 (朱生豪)
RIP Alan Rickman (1946–2016)
"Nay, ’tis most certain, Iras. Saucy lictors
Will catch at us like strumpets, and scald rhymers
Ballad us out o’ tune. The quick comedians
Extemporally will stage us, and present
Our Alexandrian revels. Antony
Shall be brought drunken forth, and I shall see
Some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness
I’ th’ posture of a whore."
--Cleopatra from Antony and Cleopatra" (V.ii.210–217)
Born on this day in 83 B.C. was Roman politician and commander Mark Antony, beloved of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra. Pliny's "Natural History" is the source for the interesting story about them. Once, seeking to amaze with her wealth her beloved, Mark Antony, Cleopatra dissolved a large pearl in a glass of vinegar, and then drank it down to the very last. This story was depicted by Flemish painter Jacob Jordaens in the painting 'Cleopatra's Feast' (1653) – http://ow.ly/X2uZ8
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他們用棺材架把他抬走
唉呀，唉呀，唉呀唉，
灑一陣眼淚在他的墳頭。
再見，我的小鴿兒。
(卞之琳譯)
唉呀，唉呀，唉呀唉，
灑一陣眼淚在他的墳頭。
再見，我的小鴿兒。
(卞之琳譯)
William Shakespeare
"They bore him barefaced on the bier;
Hey non nonny, nonny, hey nonny;
And in his grave rained many a tear.
Fare you well, my dove."
--Ophelia singing to Laertes in "Hamlet" (Act 4, Scene 5)
Hey non nonny, nonny, hey nonny;
And in his grave rained many a tear.
Fare you well, my dove."
--Ophelia singing to Laertes in "Hamlet" (Act 4, Scene 5)
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