友情提示:如果本网页打开太慢或显示不完整,请尝试鼠标右键“刷新”本网页!
beowulf-第16部分
快捷操作: 按键盘上方向键 ← 或 → 可快速上下翻页 按键盘上的 Enter 键可回到本书目录页 按键盘上方向键 ↑ 可回到本页顶部! 如果本书没有阅读完,想下次继续接着阅读,可使用上方 "收藏到我的浏览器" 功能 和 "加入书签" 功能!
And now the sage young son of Weohstan
seven chose of the chieftain's thanes;
the best he found that band within;
and went with these warriors; one of eight;
under hostile roof。 In hand one bore
a lighted torch and led the way。
No lots they cast for keeping the hoard
when once the warriors saw it in hall;
altogether without a guardian;
lying there lost。 And little they mourned
when they had hastily haled it out;
dear…bought treasure! The dragon they cast;
the worm; o'er the wall for the wave to take;
and surges swallowed that shepherd of gems。
Then the woven gold on a wain was laden
countless quite! and the king was borne;
hoary hero; to Hrones…Ness。
'1' Probably the fugitive is meant who discovered the hoard。 Ten
Brink and Gering assume that the dragon is meant。 〃Hid〃 may well
mean here 〃took while in hiding。〃 '2' That is 〃one and a few
others。〃 But Beowulf seems to be indicated。 '3' Ten Brink points
out the strongly heathen character of this part of the epic。
Beowulf's end came; so the old tradition ran; from his unwitting
interference with spell…bound treasure。 '4' A hard saying;
variously interpreted。 In any case; it is the somewhat clumsy
effort of the Christian poet to tone down the heathenism of his
material by an edifying observation。
XLIII
THEN fashioned for him the folk of Geats
firm on the earth a funeral…pile;
and hung it with helmets and harness of war
and breastplates bright; as the boon he asked;
and they laid amid it the mighty chieftain;
heroes mourning their master dear。
Then on the hill that hugest of balefires
the warriors wakened。 Wood…smoke rose
black over blaze; and blent was the roar
of flame with weeping (the wind was still);
till the fire had broken the frame of bones;
hot at the heart。 In heavy mood
their misery moaned they; their master's death。
Wailing her woe; the widow'1' old;
her hair upbound; for Beowulf's death
sung in her sorrow; and said full oft
she dreaded the doleful days to come;
deaths enow; and doom of battle;
and shame。 The smoke by the sky was devoured。
The folk of the Weders fashioned there
on the headland a barrow broad and high;
by ocean…farers far descried:
in ten days' time their toil had raised it;
the battle…brave's beacon。 Round brands of the pyre
a wall they built; the worthiest ever
that wit could prompt in their wisest men。
They placed in the barrow that precious booty;
the rounds and the rings they had reft erewhile;
hardy heroes; from hoard in cave;
trusting the ground with treasure of earls;
gold in the earth; where ever it lies
useless to men as of yore it was。
Then about that barrow the battle…keen rode;
atheling…born; a band of twelve;
lament to make; to mourn their king;
chant their dirge; and their chieftain honor。
They praised his earlship; his acts of prowess
worthily witnessed: and well it is
that men their master…friend mightily laud;
heartily love; when hence he goes
from life in the body forlorn away。
Thus made their mourning the men of Geatland;
for their hero's passing his hearth…companions:
quoth that of all the kings of earth;
of men he was mildest and most beloved;
to his kin the kindest; keenest for praise。
'1' Nothing is said of Beowulf's wife in the poem; but Bugge
surmises that Beowulf finally accepted Hygd's offer of kingdom
and hoard; and; as was usual; took her into the bargain。
End
快捷操作: 按键盘上方向键 ← 或 → 可快速上下翻页 按键盘上的 Enter 键可回到本书目录页 按键盘上方向键 ↑ 可回到本页顶部!
温馨提示: 温看小说的同时发表评论,说出自己的看法和其它小伙伴们分享也不错哦!发表书评还可以获得积分和经验奖励,认真写原创书评 被采纳为精评可以获得大量金币、积分和经验奖励哦!