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開始著手浏覽英國傳奇文學
於是接觸亞瑟王素材的 Arthurian Legend
第一個熟悉的是 The Mist of Avalon 
一個軟蘊的女聲訴說的動人故事
以女性角度詮釋充滿男性主義的故事 


其實 Arthurian Romance 的局限很廣
並且不同時代都有人以這個素材創作
豈論是文學 藝術 照樣音樂
維多利亞時代的桂冠詩人丁尼生Alfred, Lord Tennyson 
以溫柔的角度寫下十二段故事構成的敘事長詩<<Idylls of the King>>（國王農歌) 
與The Mists of Avalon有異曲同工之妙
同樣捨棄以男性人物為著重描述對象
個中更有五篇完完全全描寫女性人物
為故事中有血有淚的女性發聲
詩篇第七段Lancelot and Elaine中
單戀圓桌武士藍斯洛並為其殉情的女子伊蓮Elaine of Astolat 
其實就是丁尼生另外一個典型維多利亞時期風格敘事詩的主角 Lady of Shalott
這首優美的敘事詩就叫 <<The Lady of Shalott>>


與Idylls of the King中伊蓮的故事不太一樣
<<The Lady of Shalott>>有著濃濃的神話色采
Lady of Shalott住在卡美洛宮廷上游的孤島
她受到詛咒
假如面臨真實的世界就會死去 
所以她只能藉著塔樓上從鏡子裡反映的光影看著外面的世界
她把看到的場景織成掛毯  邊織邊歌唱
一天
當圓桌騎士中最超卓的藍斯洛（Lancelot）的身影在鏡子中泛起
Lady of Shalott愛上了藍斯洛
再也不甘心像以往那樣遠遠審察這個世界
她厭倦了只有陰影的世界
她回頭向窗外的活生生藍斯洛望去
鏡子碎了
她知道她的厄運已經到來翻譯 


但她下定決心要去卡美洛找藍斯洛
她找來一條小船 船身寫著自己的名字
把親手編織的美麗掛毯鋪在船上
鬆開纜繩 躺了下來
唱著生命中最後的歌
任由小船順流向下游的卡美洛
Lady of Shalott越靠近所愛的人
越像死亡靠近一步
直到生命沒入死亡
她依然沒能活著到達卡美洛
終於
小船載著嚴寒的她到達卡美洛
卡美洛所有騎士議論紛纭
俊美而絕不知情的藍斯洛嘆道
"啊 她有一張美麗的臉
願上帝的恻隱給予她恩惠"
The Lady of Shalott


<<The Lady of Shalott>>


PartI


On either side the river lie
Long fields of barley and of rye,
That clothe the world and meet the sky;
And through the field the road runs by
To many-towered Camelot;
And up and down the people go,
Gazing where the lilies blow
Round an island there below,
The island of Shalott.


Willows whiten, aspens quiver翻譯社
Little breezes dusk and shiver
Through the wave that runs for ever
By the island in the river
Flowing down to Camelot.
Four grey walls, and four grey towers翻譯社
Overlook a space of flowers,
And the silent isle imbowers
The Lady of Shalott.


By the margin, willow-veiled,
Slide the heavy barges trailed
By slow horses; and unhailed
The shallop flitteth silken-sailed
Skimming down to Camelot:
But who hath seen her wave her hand?
Or at the casement seen her stand?
Or is she known in all the land,
The Lady of Shalott?


Only reapers翻譯社 reaping early
In among the bearded barley,
Hear a song that echoes cheerly
From the river winding clearly翻譯社
Down to towered Camelot:
And by the moon the reaper weary,
Piling sheaves in uplands airy,
Listening, whispers "'Tis the fairy
Lady of Shalott."


Part II


There she weaves by night and day
A magic web with colours gay.
She has heard a whisper say翻譯社
A curse is on her if she stay
To look down to Camelot.
She knows not what the curse may be,
And so she weaveth steadily,
And little other care hath she,
The Lady of Shalott.


And moving through a mirror clear
That hangs before her all the year,
Shadows of the world appear.
There she sees the highway near
Winding down to Camelot:
There the river eddy whirls翻譯社
And there the surly village-churls翻譯社
And the red cloaks of market girls,
Pass onward from Shalott.


Sometimes a troop of damsels glad,
An abbot on an ambling pad,
Sometimes a curly shepherd-lad,
Or long-haired page in crimson clad,
Goes by to towered Camelot;
And sometimes through the mirror blue
The knights come riding two and two:
She hath no loyal knight and true翻譯社
The Lady of Shalott.


But in her web she still delights
To weave the mirror's magic sights,
For often through the silent nights
A funeral翻譯社 with plumes and lights
And music, went to Camelot:
Or when the moon was overhead,
Came two young lovers lately wed;
"I am half sick of shadows," said
The Lady of Shalott.


Part III


A bow-shot from her bower-eaves,
He rode between the barley-sheaves翻譯社
The sun came dazzling through the leaves翻譯社
And flamed upon the brazen greaves
Of bold Sir Lancelot.
A red-cross knight for ever kneeled
To a lady in his shield,
That sparkled on the yellow field,
Beside remote Shalott.


The gemmy bridle glittered free,
Like to some branch of stars we see
Hung in the golden Galaxy.
The bridle bells rang merrily
As he rode down to Camelot:
And from his blazoned baldric slung
A mighty silver bugle hung,
And as he rode his armour rung,
Beside remote Shalott.


All in the blue unclouded weather
Thick-jewelled shone the saddle-leather翻譯社
The helmet and the helmet-feather
Burned like one burning flame together,
As he rode down to Camelot.
As often through the purple night,
Below the starry clusters bright,
Some bearded meteor翻譯社 trailing light,
Moves over still Shalott.


His broad clear brow in sunlight glowed;
On burnished hooves his war-horse trode;
From underneath his helmet flowed
His coal-black curls as on he rode翻譯社
As he rode down to Camelot.
From the bank and from the river
He flashed into the crystal mirror翻譯社
"Tirra lirra," by the river
Sang Sir Lancelot.


She left the web, she left the loom,
She made three paces through the room,
She saw the water-lily bloom,
She saw the helmet and the plume,
She looked down to Camelot.
Out flew the web and floated wide;
The mirror cracked from side to side;
"The curse is come upon me翻譯社" cried
The Lady of Shalott.


Part IV


In the stormy east-wind straining,
The pale yellow woods were waning翻譯社
The broad stream in his banks complaining,
Heavily the low sky raining
Over towered Camelot;
Down she came and found a boat
Beneath a willow left afloat翻譯社
And round about the prow she wrote
The Lady of Shalott.


And down the river's dim expanse,
Like some bold seer in a trance
Seeing all his own mischance,
With a glassy countenance
Did she look to Camelot.
And at the closing of the day
She loosed the chain翻譯社 and down she lay;
The broad stream bore her far away,
The Lady of Shalott.


Lying, robed in snowy white
That loosely flew to left and right -
The leaves upon her falling light -
Through the noises of the night
She floated down to Camelot:
And as the boat-head wound along
The willowy hills and fields among,
They heard her singing her last song,
The Lady of Shalott.


Heard a carol翻譯社 mournful, holy翻譯社
Chanted loudly, chanted lowly,
Till her blood was frozen slowly翻譯社
And her eyes were darkened wholly,
Turned to towered Camelot.
For ere she reached upon the tide
The first house by the water-side,
Singing in her song she died翻譯社
The Lady of Shalott.


Under tower and balcony,
By garden-wall and gallery,
A gleaming shape she floated by,
Dead-pale between the houses high,
Silent into Camelot.
Out upon the wharfs they came翻譯社
Knight and burgher翻譯社 lord and dame,
And round the prow they read her name,
The Lady of Shalott.


Who is this? and what is here?
And in the lighted palace near
Died the sound of royal cheer;
And they crossed themselves for fear,
All the knights at Camelot:
But Lancelot mused a little space;
He said翻譯社 "She has a lovely face;
God in his mercy lend her grace,
The Lady of Shalott."



好美的故事
故事的結局使人潸然淚下
夏洛特淑女為了追逐戀愛
捨棄生命只為換得迷人的藍斯洛一瞥
而終究畢竟
藍斯洛不認識打聽她為愛犧牲的心
只淡淡的說了一句"她有一張美麗的臉"
有人說丁尼生寫下這樣的詩
是為了表達維多利亞期間對科學的狂熱及對藝術的不尊敬
沒有人瞭解藝術
認為藝術是無用的
不能帶給人們任何利益與提高
正猶如沒人查覺得到Lady of Shallot的存在一樣
"But who hath seen her wave her hand?
Or at the casement seen her stand? 
Or is she known in all the land, 
The Lady of Shalott?"
鏡子及掛毯是藝術
Lady of Shalott像是藝術家本身
當藝術家試圖轉向這個世界
發現他沒法在這個物資的世界裡生存
最後藝術家只能孤單的漂在河道上
懷著一身才氣抑鬱而終
有人看到了也許只會讚嘆她表面的美貌
而曆來不知道她美麗外表下
那顆盼望被認同 被了解的心

John William Waterhouse's The Lady of Shalott翻譯社 1888 (Tate Gallery翻譯社 London)

> 我願以一年的時候 讀妳

除藝術上以夏洛特淑女做為創作素材外
加拿大歌手Loreena McKennitt 
以丁尼生的原詩
創作了這首<<The Lady of Shalott>>
收錄在專輯<<The Visit>>裡
有著吟遊詩人嗓音的她
也許是最合適唱英詩改編歌曲的人吧
隨同著豎琴琴音
當她唱到最後一段
Lancelot mused a little space;
He said翻譯社 "She has a lovely face;
God in his mercy lend her grace,
The Lady of Shalott."
我為夏洛特淑女掉下眼淚


下面有兩個演唱版本
一個是現場演唱會版
可以看到Loreena McKennitt彈豎琴的樣子
而第二個版本是灌音版
歌詞比較完全
可是影片有可能會誤導大家
不外聲音是很美的

<<The Lady of Shalott>>
會選這個主題向人人分享
除故事深深打動我之外
做主要的是想為介紹維多利亞期間文藝作品做一個初階
有許多很卓越的作品
因為台灣沒有翻譯的關係
一般讀者都不知道它的主要性
好的作品被藏匿
其實很可惜


為什麼說我願以一年的時候
讀夏洛特的淑女?
其實不只是要讀這首詩
更要讀遍相幹的作品及論述
像是那些繪畫
亞瑟王的故事
還有很多多少好多迷人的傳說
我想
<<The Lady of Shalott>>只是個引子
率領我走向文學的路
只少我有了個方向
就從夏洛特淑女的真實成分
Elaine of Astolat入手下手
下一站
<<Idylls  of the King>>


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若是翻譯公司跟我有相同的打動:
ELAINE OF ASTOLAT / THE LADY OF SHALOTT

Tennyson's "The Lady of Shalott": An Overview

The Lady of Shalott in Art

the original hangs in the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto 

<<The Lady of Shalott>>的光影感與色采濃郁
唯美主義畫家承襲拉斐爾前派影響
他們偏愛以中世紀傳奇故事為題材
側重光影比較
主角多為英勇的騎士 癡情的貴婦
上演一個個不被祝福的宮庭戀愛
憂鬱但卻豪情
除<<The Lady of Shalott>>
還有Keats(濟慈)的敘事歌謠<<La Belle Dame sans Merci>> (無情的妖女)
和莎士比亞悲劇Hamlet(哈姆雷特)中
因愛人殺了本身父親而發狂的Ophelia(奧菲莉亞)
都是一個又一個戀愛悲劇
維多利亞時期道德規範嚴謹
這類為戀愛抛卻一切的女子
滿足了男性的自我空想
於是成了那個時期被贊頌美化的對象


以<<The Lady of Shalott>>為創作的藝術作品良多
John William Waterhouse除了我放在文章開首那幅外
還有兩幅劃分以分歧場景描寫夏洛特淑女

The Lady of Shalott (1894) by John William Waterhouse

The original is in the City Art Gallery, Leeds