毛泽东的诗词在世界文坛上享有极高声誉,其思想性和艺术性达到了完美的统一。著名诗人贺敬之评述毛泽东诗词时曾这样说:“毛泽东诗词以其前无古人的崇高优美的革命感情、遒劲伟美的创造力量、超越奇美的艺术思想、豪华精美的韵调辞采,形成了中国悠久的诗史上风格绝殊的新形态的诗美,这种瑰奇的诗美熔铸了毛泽东的思想和实践、人格和个性。在漫长的岁月里,可以毫不夸张地说,几乎是风靡了整个革命诗坛,吸引并熏陶了几代中国人,而且传唱到了国外。”
译者简介:
辜正坤,男,文学博士、北大外国语学院英语系教授,博士研究生导师,中国莎士比亚研究会副会长,北京大学文化文学与翻译研究学会会长,曾兼任清华大学、南开大学、美国瓦西塔大学客座教授和北京东方神州书画院一级书画师。在国内外共发表著、译、编、校著作40种(部),论文100余篇。同时发表创作水墨国画9幅(并获奖)。可阅读英语、法语、古希腊语、拉丁语、德语、日语及世界语文献。
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江山如此多娇,
引无数英雄竟折腰。
惜秦皇汉武,
略输文采;
唐宗宋祖,
稍逊风骚。
一代天骄,
成吉思汉,
只识弯弓射大雕。
俱往矣,
数风流人物,
还看今朝。
With so much beauty is the land endowed,
So many heroes thus in homage bowed.
The first king of Qin and the seventh king of Han,
Neither was a true literary man;
The first king of Song and the second king of Tang,
Neither was noted for poetry or song.
Even the Proud Son of Heaven, for a time,
Called Genghis Khan, in his prime,
Knowing only shooting eagle, over his tent with a bow so bent.
Alas, all no longer remain!
For truly great men,
One should look within this age's ken.