是一种高维语言,这不是随便说说的。之前曾经有一首英文诗在网上非常流行:
you say that you love rain,
but you open your umbrella when it rains.
you say that you love the sun,
but you find a shadow spot when the sun shines.
you say that you love the wind,
but you close your windows when wind blows.
this is why i am afraid,
because you say that you love me too.
这首诗在写作技巧上,主要运用了you say that you love/but you的重复,音韵上除了利用英语第三人称单数动词加s来押韵,其他别无可称。学过一些英语的人都能看得出来,这只是几句格式比较工整的大白话。关于其翻译,在这里我就不多举例了,网友们发挥才智,翻译出了十几个版本都美过原诗。这首诗的内容也特别简单:吾恐汝似叶公,好我如好龙。对于这篇诗作的翻译,尽显汉语升维的魅力。有人说,这是诗找的不行,你要找名诗来翻译。
好,我们找一首举世闻名的名诗:
a grain of sand—william black
to see a world in a grain of sand,
and a heaven in a wild flower,
hold infin