致羊雜布丁英語詩歌欣賞

　　Address to the Haggis

　　By Robert Burns

　　(Translation into standard English)

　　Fair is your honest happy face

　　Great chieftain of the pudding race

　　Above them all you take your place

　　Stomach, tripe or guts

　　Well are you worthy of a grace

　　As long as my arm

　　The groaning platter there you fill

　　Your buttocks like a distant hill

　　Your skewer would help to repair a mill

　　In time of need

　　While through your pores the juices emerge

　　Like amber beads

　　His knife having seen hard labour wipes

　　And cuts you up with great skill

　　Digging into your gushing insides bright

　　Like any ditch

　　And then oh what a glorious sight

　　Warm steaming, rich

　　Then spoon for spoon

　　They stretch and strive

　　Devil take the last man, on they drive

　　Until all their well swollen bellies

　　Are bent like drums

　　Then, the old gent most likely to rift (burp)

　　Be thanked, mumbles

　　Is there that over his French Ragout

　　Or olio that would sicken a pig

　　Or fricassee would make her vomit

　　With perfect disgust

　　Looks down with a sneering scornful opinion

　　On such a dinner

　　Poor devil, see him over his trash

　　As week as a withered rush (reed)

　　His spindle-shank a good whiplash

　　His clenched fist…the size of a nut.

　　Through a bloody flood and battle field to dash

　　Oh how unfit

　　But take note of the strong haggis fed Scot

　　The trembling earth resounds his tread

　　Clasped in his large fist a blade

　　He'll make it whistle

　　And legs and arms and heads he will cut off

　　Like the tops of thistles

　　You powers who make mankind your care

　　And dish them out their meals

　　Old Scotland wants no watery food

　　That splashes in dishes

　　But if you wish her grateful prayer

　　Give her a haggis!

　　【小編】這首詩表達(dá)了詩人對家鄉(xiāng)菜肴毫不吝惜的贊美，洋溢著屬于鄉(xiāng)土的親切、熱烈、歡樂、率真的感情，讀來仿佛置身豐收季節(jié)的農(nóng)家家宴，熱情的'主人捧出豐美誘人的Haggis，滿懷喜悅和自豪，情不自禁地夸起這道佳肴，招呼客人盡情享用。

　　羅伯特·彭斯（Robert Burns）是蘇格蘭人的驕傲，很多中國人都熟悉的《友誼地久天長》歌詞被認(rèn)為是他的不朽之作。每年1月25日，在紀(jì)念他誕辰的彭斯之夜（Burns Night）晚宴上，這首詩歌頌的Haggis（即羊雜碎小肚或羊雜布丁，或音譯為哈吉斯、哈革斯）一定是主菜之一。

　　Haggis是蘇格蘭傳統(tǒng)菜肴，也常出現(xiàn)在熱情好客的彭斯夫婦招待客人的餐桌上。得力于彭斯的這首詩，Haggis已成為蘇格蘭的“國菜”，八國集團(tuán)首腦會(huì)議（G8）在蘇格蘭舉行時(shí)，東道主就在國宴上為參加會(huì)議的八國首腦們準(zhǔn)備了這道蘇格蘭傳統(tǒng)菜肴。

　　Haggis有不同的配方，但基本做法是將包括羊雜碎（心肝肺）、燕麥、羊板油、高湯、洋蔥、及香料混合，縫進(jìn)羊肚子（胃）里，用燒烤悶煮等各種方法做成。

　　彭斯的詩歌有濃厚的民歌風(fēng)味和蘇格蘭風(fēng)情。這里選擇的文本是已經(jīng)翻譯成標(biāo)準(zhǔn)英語的版本，而音頻中仍保持著部分蘇格蘭英語風(fēng)味，可以細(xì)細(xì)體會(huì)其中明快跳動(dòng)的韻律之美。

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