不是詩,是出自英國著名作家狄更斯的小說名著《雙城記》）
小說英譯本原文
It was the best of times,it was the worst of times,it was the age of wisdom,it was the age of foolishness,it was the epoch of belief,it was the epoch of incredulity,it was the season of Light,it was the season of Darkness,it was the spring of hope,it was the winter of despair,we had everything before us,we had nothing before us,we were all going direct to Heaven,we were all going direct the other way--in short,the period was so.far like the present period,that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received,for good or for evil,in the superlative degree of comparison only.
翻譯如下：
那是最美好的時(shí)代,那是最糟糕的時(shí)代；那是智慧的年頭,那是愚昧的年頭；那是信仰的時(shí)期,那是懷疑的時(shí)期；那是光明的季節(jié),那是黑暗的季節(jié)；那是希望的春天,那是失望的冬天；我們?nèi)荚谥北继焯?我們?nèi)荚谥北枷喾吹姆较?-簡而言之,那時(shí)跟現(xiàn)在非常相象,某些最喧囂的權(quán)威堅(jiān)持要用形容詞的最高級(jí)來形容它.說它好,是最高級(jí)的；說它不好,也是最高級(jí)的.