描述美好爱情的英文引言中,我很喜欢简爱的作者Charlotte Bront?的这句描述:
两情相悦,应该是很美好的吧,这也是为什么我们如此歌颂爱情,很多人也孜孜不倦的追求爱情。
爱的表达形式也有很多种,我特别喜欢英国诗人Christopher Marlowe 笔下牧羊人的直白、大胆和激情,很朴实的愿望,“Come live with me, be my love, 来和我住,做我的爱人吧!” 我很欣赏牧羊人的大胆和单纯,他没有车子和房子,但是面对心爱的姑娘,他是很敢说的,因为牧羊人的爱情是纯粹的。当然,牧羊人说,我不是什么都没有,我愿意把我最心爱的世界,山谷里的一切都和你共享,难道这不是爱吗?
这首诗是英国文学诗中最优美的抒情诗。它继承了田园抒情诗的风格。诗中牧羊人享受着乡村生活,酝酿着对爱人的纯洁感情。通过描写恋人们在无尘世喧嚣干扰的山野怀抱中生活,传达了一段只可意会,不可言传的真情。
The?Passionate?Shepherd?to?His?Love
热情的牧人致他的爱人
Come?live?with?me?and?be?my?love,
请与我同栖,为我最爱
And?we?will?all?the?pleasures?prove,
让我俩印证一切的欢悦
That?valleys,?groves,?hills,?and?fields,
不论生於深谷之中,高峰之上
Woods,?or?steepy?mountain?yields.
不论来自山涯水湄,林间效野
And?we?will?sit?upon?rocks,
让我们俩闲坐大石之上
Seeing?the?shepherds?feed?their?flocks,
静观放牧的人们餵食群羊
By?shallow?rivers?to?whose?falls,
悦耳的鸟鸣回荡浅水的溪湄
Melodious?birds?sing?madrigals.
和著水声如牧歌般悠扬
And?I?will?make?thee?beds?of?roses,
让我为你铺好玫瑰的花床
And?a?thousand?fragrant?poises,
配上千枝花束倾吐馨香
A?cap?of?flowers,?and?a?kirtle,
让我献上花饰的小帽一顶
Embroidered?all?with?leaves?of?myrtle.
加上绣满桃金娘叶的短裳
A?gown?made?of?the?finest?wool,
一件极品羊毛编织的长裙
Which?from?our?pretty?lambs?we?pull,
来自我们可爱的小羊身上
Fair?lined?slippers?for?the?cold,
一双便鞋衬里厚实足以过冬
With?buckles?of?the?purest?gold.
鞋扣由纯金打造绝不虚诳
A?belt?of?straw?and?ivy?buds,
稻草与长春藤嫩芽编成的腰带
With?coral?clasps?and?amber?studs,
有珊瑚环扣与玛瑙钉饰增彩
And?if?these?pleasures?may?thee?move,
如果这些喜乐能让你心动
Come?live?with?me,?and?be?my?love.
请与我同栖,为我最爱
The?shepherds's?swains?shall?dance?and?sing,
俊俏的牧人会群起歌舞徘徊
For?thy?delight?each?May?morning,
只为让你在五月的晨光中开怀
If?these?delights?thy?mind?may?move,
如果这些欢悦能让你青睐
Then?live?with?me?and?be?my?love.
请与我同栖,为我最爱
当然,也有很理智和自律的爱,比如来自圣经的这段关于爱的经典引言:
?Love is patient,?love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking,?it is not easily angered,?it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil?but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
"爱是恒久忍耐,又有恩慈;爱是不嫉妒,爱是不自夸,不张狂,不作害羞的事,不求自己的益处,不轻易发怒,不计算人的恶,不喜欢不义,只喜欢真理;凡事包容,凡事相信,凡事盼望,凡事忍耐;爱是永不止息。
当然要做到上面的大爱,不是件容易的事情。有多少信誓旦旦都化为乌有,又有多少夫妻本是同林鸟,大难临头各自分,生活无时无刻不在考验着大家对爱的坚定。人们总喜欢完美的别人,不喜欢用耐心去等待别人成长。凡事包容,凡事相信,凡事盼望吧!
最后,把我最喜欢的一段desiderata里面的关于爱的文字送给大家,希望不管你身边有没有人陪伴,你都心中有爱,眼中有光,感受七月的雨,八月的风,把日子过成诗!
Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection.Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.?
你就是你,做真实的自己,尤其不要伪装感情,也不玩弄爱情,因为面对所有的迷惘与清醒,爱情如绿色的生命永驻青春。