最浪漫情書(shū),看名人如何轟轟烈烈地談戀愛(ài)

2017-12-01 15:50:48  每日學(xué)英語(yǔ)
你寫(xiě)過(guò)情書(shū)嗎?一張信紙,幾句情話(huà),傳遞著愛(ài)戀的歡喜和悸動(dòng)。今天我們就來(lái)欣賞幾篇名人情書(shū),感受下那最古典的浪漫,順便也學(xué)個(gè)幾手~

 

拿破侖

Napoleon Bonaparte

1796年,27歲的拿破侖在巴黎邂逅了大他6歲的約瑟芬,對(duì)她一見(jiàn)鐘情,兩人很快結(jié)婚了。

婚后不過(guò)48小時(shí),拿破侖就上了戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)。遠(yuǎn)征的拿破侖非常想念他心中的女神,每天趴在戰(zhàn)壕里給愛(ài)妻寫(xiě)信。

然而,他寄出去的信卻石沉大海,約瑟芬極少回信。沒(méi)多久,拿破侖就聽(tīng)說(shuō)妻子有了外遇……

情書(shū)

I loved you some time ago; since then I feel that I love you a thousand times better. Ah, let me see some of your faults; be less beautiful, less graceful, less tender, less good. But never be jealous and never shed tears. Your tears send me out of my mind and they set my very blood on fire.

我不久前愛(ài)上你,自那以后,我對(duì)你的愛(ài)更增千倍。哎,真希望看到你的美中不足。再少幾分甜美,少幾分優(yōu)雅,少幾分嫵媚,少幾分姣好吧。但絕不要嫉妒,不要流淚。你的眼淚使我神魂顛倒,也使我熱血沸騰。
 

馬克·吐溫

Mark Twain

馬克·吐溫32歲時(shí)邂逅了美國(guó)實(shí)業(yè)家杰維斯·蘭頓的女兒歐莉維亞,一見(jiàn)傾心。

經(jīng)過(guò)一年的猛烈追求,馬克·吐溫向歐莉維亞求婚,不料被拒。從此以后,馬克·吐溫就開(kāi)始了情書(shū)攻勢(shì)。

在近兩年時(shí)間里,他給奧莉維亞寫(xiě)了184封情書(shū),最終贏(yíng)得了美人心。

情書(shū)

I do love you, Livy...as the dew loves the flowers; as the birds love the sunshine; as the wavelets love the breeze; as mothers love their first-born; as memory loves old faces; as the yearning tides love the moon; as the angels love the pure in heart... Take my kiss and my benediction, and try to be reconciled to the fact that I am.

我真的愛(ài)你,莉薇……就像露珠愛(ài)鮮花,鳥(niǎo)兒愛(ài)陽(yáng)光,微波愛(ài)輕風(fēng),母親愛(ài)她們的第一個(gè)孩子,我愛(ài)你,就像記憶青睞昔日熟悉的面孔,思念的潮水迷戀月亮,天使珍愛(ài)純潔的心靈……請(qǐng)接受我的親吻和我的祝福,要接受這個(gè)事實(shí):我愛(ài)你。
 

羅納德·里根

Ronald Reagan

羅納德·里根和妻子南希攜手共度52年,兩人的婚姻曾被形容為美國(guó)總統(tǒng)史上最偉大的愛(ài)情故事。

兩人結(jié)婚多年,依舊保持了戀愛(ài)的激情,那一封封情書(shū)就是最好的見(jiàn)證。

1994年,里根罹患老年癡呆癥,但他仍然堅(jiān)持給南希寫(xiě)信,直到病重為止。

情書(shū)

Dear First Lady, this is the day, the day that marks 31 years of such happiness as comes to few men. I told you once that it was like an adolescent's dream of what marriage should be like. That hasn't changed. I more than love you, I'm not whole without you. You are life itself to me. Happy Anniversary & thank you for 31 wonderful years.

親愛(ài)的第一夫人,到今天為止,我們共同度過(guò)了31年的幸福時(shí)光,這是世上少數(shù)男人才享有的榮幸。我曾告訴過(guò)你,我的婚姻就像一個(gè)青少年對(duì)婚姻所懷的夢(mèng)想那樣美好,一直以來(lái)都是如此。你是我的至愛(ài),沒(méi)有你,我是不完整的。你就是我的生命本身。結(jié)婚紀(jì)念日快樂(lè),感謝你31年來(lái)的美好陪伴!
 

夏洛蒂·勃朗特

Charlotte Brontë

1842年,夏洛蒂·勃朗特遠(yuǎn)赴布魯塞爾的一間女子學(xué)校求學(xué),她愛(ài)上了法國(guó)文學(xué)的教授Constantin Héger,但后者已有家室。

1844年,勃朗特回到家鄉(xiāng)后,相思難耐,頻繁寫(xiě)信,向Héger教授表達(dá)愛(ài)慕與思念之情。但Héger教授少有回信,甚至撕毀她的來(lái)信。

耐人尋味的是,是教授的妻子從廢紙簍中把信找了出來(lái)又重新拼好,才讓后世人得以一窺《簡(jiǎn)·愛(ài)》作者陷入瘋狂愛(ài)戀卻求而不得時(shí)絕望又熾熱的情感。

讀這些文字,你會(huì)想到張愛(ài)玲說(shuō)的:“喜歡一個(gè)人,就是卑微到塵埃里,然后開(kāi)出花來(lái)。”

情書(shū)

Monsieur, the poor do not need a great deal to live on – they ask only the crumbs of bread which fall from the rich men’s table – but if they are refused these crumbs - they die of hunger - No more do I need a great deal of affection from those I love – I would not know what to do with a whole and complete friendship – I am not accustomed to it – but you showed a little interest in me in days gone by when I was your pupil in Brussels – and I cling to the preservation of this little interest – I cling to it as I would cling on to life.

先生,窮人不需要太多來(lái)活命,他們只祈求富人餐桌上掉落的一點(diǎn)面包屑,但如果他們連這點(diǎn)面包屑都被拒絕給予,他們就會(huì)餓死。我渴望從我愛(ài)之人那里獲得的感情也不過(guò)如此。一段完整而完滿(mǎn)的友情會(huì)讓我不知所措,我并不習(xí)慣于擁有它,但是,如果您對(duì)我能表現(xiàn)出哪怕一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)關(guān)愛(ài),就像在布魯塞爾我還是您的學(xué)生時(shí)那樣,我就會(huì)緊緊抓住這一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)的關(guān)愛(ài),我依附于此,就像我依附于生命。
 

愛(ài)因斯坦

Albert Einstein

第二任妻子的去世后加上二戰(zhàn)的炮火使愛(ài)因斯坦經(jīng)常陷于憂(yōu)郁痛苦之中,這時(shí)一位美麗優(yōu)雅性格深沉的俄羅斯女郎出現(xiàn)在他面前,她就是前蘇聯(lián)傳奇美女間諜瑪加麗達(dá)。

這段戀情一直秘密進(jìn)行著,直到瑪加麗達(dá)完成使命回到莫斯科后,思念心切的愛(ài)因斯坦寫(xiě)來(lái)一系列深情款款的情書(shū)后,兩人的愛(ài)情才曝光于世。

愛(ài)因斯坦至死都不知道自己的戀人是一名間諜。

情書(shū)

My dearest Margarita, I haven't received your letter. I have thought agonizingly how can we solve this intractable problem. People said that I am very smart, but I'm helpless with it. Just recently I washed my head by myself, but not with the greatest success; I am not as careful as you are, but everything here reminds me of you. Men are living now just the way they were before, as if we didn't have a new, all-overshadowing danger to deal with. Be greeted and kissed, if this letter reaches you, and the devil take anyone who intercepts it.

我最親愛(ài)的瑪加麗達(dá): 我收不到你的來(lái)信,我苦苦思索如何才能解決這個(gè)棘手的問(wèn)題。人們都說(shuō)我聰明無(wú)比,可我對(duì)此事卻束手無(wú)策。最近我自己洗了一次頭發(fā),不是很成功;我沒(méi)有你那么細(xì)心,這里的一切都讓我想起你。人們還是像以前一樣生活,好像那個(gè)新的、籠罩在我們上空的危險(xiǎn)陰影不存在一樣。如果這封信能抵達(dá)你那兒,愿它問(wèn)候你、親吻你。愿惡魔帶走攔截我們通信的人。
 

蕭伯納

George Bernard Shaw

1931年,一部被人稱(chēng)為“蕭伯納情書(shū)”的書(shū)信集出版了。但這部“情書(shū)”的對(duì)象,并非蕭伯納的夫人,而是英國(guó)著名女演員愛(ài)蘭·黛麗。

書(shū)信集里,雙方談?wù)撍囆g(shù)、戲劇等問(wèn)題之余,還互相表達(dá)了熱烈的愛(ài)意。兩人通了30年的信,一生卻只見(jiàn)過(guò)幾次面。即便他們?cè)谕粋€(gè)城市居住,相距只有20分鐘的步行路程。

兩個(gè)人這種“紙上的愛(ài)意”是一段真正的柏拉圖式愛(ài)戀。

情書(shū)

The weather has frowned; but Fortune has smiled. Ten splendid things have happened:

天氣不好,可是命運(yùn)之神卻向我微笑。我遇到了十樁得意的事情:

1. a letter from Ellen Terry.

一、收到愛(ài)蘭·黛麗一封信;

2. a check for my Chicago royalties from Arms and the Man.

二、接到從芝加哥寄來(lái)的一張《武器和武士》版稅匯票;

3. a letter from Ellen Terry.

三、收到愛(ài)蘭·黛麗一封信;

4. the rolling away of the clouds from the difficult 2nd act of my new play, leaving the view clear and triumphant right on to the curtain.

四、我已經(jīng)在我的新劇本的第二幕里,打破難關(guān),撥開(kāi)云霧見(jiàn)青天了;

5. a letter from Ellen Terry.

五、收到愛(ài)蘭·黛麗一封信;

6. a beautiful sunset bicycle ride over the hills and far away, thinking of Ellen Terry.

六、看見(jiàn)美麗的落日,在遙遠(yuǎn)的山邊墜下,心里想念著愛(ài)蘭·黛麗;

7. a letter from Ellen Terry.

七、收到愛(ài)蘭·黛麗一封信;

8. a letter from Ellen Terry.

八、收到愛(ài)蘭·黛麗一封信;

9. a letter from Ellen Terry.

九、收到愛(ài)蘭·黛麗一封信;

10. a letter from Ellen Ellen Ellen Ellen Ellen Ellen Ellen Ellen Ellen Eleanor Ellenest Terry.

十、收到愛(ài)蘭、愛(ài)蘭、愛(ài)蘭、愛(ài)蘭、愛(ài)蘭、愛(ài)蘭、愛(ài)蘭、愛(ài)蘭、愛(ài)蘭、愛(ài)蘭蘭、愛(ài)蘭蘭蘭·黛麗一封信。
 

雪萊

Percy Bysshe Shelley

雪萊是一名柏拉圖主義者,也是個(gè)理想主義者。1811年,雪萊邂逅了28歲的伊麗莎白·西琴勒。

伊麗莎白是一名教師,擁有先鋒派思想,雪萊將其視為自己的心靈知己和繆斯女神,兩人一直保持著通信往來(lái)和純潔的精神友誼。

有趣的是,兩人還在通信中對(duì)愛(ài)情是什么進(jìn)行了嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)?shù)膶W(xué)術(shù)探討。

情書(shū)

What is love, or friendship? Is it something material...a ball, an apple, a plaything...which must be taken from one to be given to another? Is it capable of no extension, no communication? Lord Kaimes defines love to be a particularization of the general passion. But this is the love of sensation, of sentiment...the absurdest of absurd vanities: it is the love of pleasure, not the love of happiness.

何謂愛(ài)情?何謂友情?是一些實(shí)在的東西嗎?是球、蘋(píng)果、玩偶……是從一個(gè)人那兒拿來(lái),又給予另一個(gè)人的實(shí)物嗎?是不能深化、不能交流的嗎?Kaimes勛爵給愛(ài)情下的定義是,愛(ài)情是一般激情的特殊體現(xiàn),但這是肉欲之愛(ài)、情欲之愛(ài)……是荒謬絕倫的逢場(chǎng)作戲,是尋歡作樂(lè)的愛(ài),不是幸福的愛(ài)。

But love, the love which we worship , ... virtue, heaven, disinterestedness ... in a word, Friendship ... which has as much to do with the senses as with yonder mountains; that which seeks the good of all ... the good of its object first, not because that object is a minister to its Pleasures, not merely because it even contributes to its happiness, but because it is really worthy, because it has powers, sensibilities, is capable of abstracting itself, and loving virtue's own loveliness ...

但我們崇拜的愛(ài),象征美德、天意和無(wú)私,一句話(huà),真情……它能被感知,就像遠(yuǎn)方山頭上的云朵一樣。它追求大家的幸福……首先是對(duì)方的幸福,不是因?yàn)閷?duì)方給予歡樂(lè),不光它甚至能給予歡樂(lè),更因?yàn)樗娴闹档?,它有力量,有感知力,并能將自己抽離,因?yàn)槊赖碌目蓯?ài)而熱愛(ài)美德……
 

約翰·濟(jì)慈

John Keats

詩(shī)人濟(jì)慈一生短暫而璀璨。他23歲時(shí)遇到鄰家女孩芬妮·勃?jiǎng)诙?Fanny Brawne),兩人墜入愛(ài)河。悲哀的是,當(dāng)時(shí)濟(jì)慈已患有肺結(jié)核,健康每況愈下,兩人訂了婚卻沒(méi)等到結(jié)婚。

1821年,25歲的濟(jì)慈為避?chē)?yán)寒而奔赴意大利,最終客死他鄉(xiāng)。

在這段甜蜜而苦澀的愛(ài)情中,濟(jì)慈留下了整整三打情書(shū)。他下葬時(shí),胸口還放著一封寫(xiě)給芬妮的信。芬妮一生都沒(méi)有取下與濟(jì)慈訂婚的戒指。

情書(shū)

2009年的濟(jì)慈傳記電影《明亮的星》(Bright Star)劇照

I cannot exist without you – I am forgetful of every thing but seeing you again – my life seems to stop there – I see no further. You have absorb’d me.

沒(méi)有你我無(wú)法存活。我忘卻了一切,只想著要與你再見(jiàn)。我的生命似乎就此終止,沒(méi)有更遠(yuǎn)的未來(lái)。你占據(jù)了我的一切。

I have a sensation at the present moment as though I were dissolving …. I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for religion – I have shudder’d at it – I shudder no more – I could be martyr’d for my religion – love is my religion – I could die for that – I could die for you. My creed is love and you are its only tenet – you have ravish’d me away by a power I cannot resist.

我有一種感覺(jué),就在這一刻我似乎正在消融……我曾驚訝于有人會(huì)為宗教而犧牲,我曾一想到這就戰(zhàn)栗不已?,F(xiàn)在我不再為此戰(zhàn)栗了。我也可以為我的宗教犧牲。愛(ài)就是我的宗教,我可以為它而死,我可以為你而死。我的信經(jīng)就是愛(ài),而你就是它唯一的信條。你用我無(wú)法抵抗的力量將我徹底摧毀。
 

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