Well, if you like short poems, I recommend Tagore's Birds. The original text is in English, and the Chinese translated by Mr. Zheng Zhenduo is good. Tagore's other poems are also very good.
Give a familiar example: life is as gorgeous as summer flowers and death is as beautiful as autumn leaves.
Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves.
If you like love poems, I recommend Shakespeare's sonnets, which are beautiful. You can also find many audio albums "When Love Speak" recited by British actors, but it is relatively difficult to read them in old English.
Another example: sonnet 18.
Can I compare you to summer?
Can I compare you to a summer day?
You are cuter and gentler;
The wind shook the lovely buds of May,
The lease in summer is too short;
Sometimes the eye of heaven shines too hot,
His golden complexion often darkens;
Every market sometimes declines,
Accidental or natural changes are not trimmed;
But your eternal summer will not die,
Nor will you lose the beauty you know;
Death will not boast that you want to rest in his shade,
When you grow up in eternal lines:
As long as human beings can breathe and see,
This is eternal, which gives you life.
There are also many versions of this book, among which the versions of Liang, Tu An, Liang Shiqiu and Gu are of higher quality.
Put A Liang's stone ball version:
I can compare you to summer.
You are cuter and gentler than summer;
Strong winds will blow the buds of May to the ground.
Summer is too short to rush by.
Sometimes the sun is too hot,
Often darkens his golden face;
Good things are bound to fall,
Occasionally, or as nature changes.
But your eternal summer will not fade,
You won't lose your handsome appearance;
Death cannot boast that you are walking in its shadow,
If you gain eternal life in this immortal poem;
As long as people can breathe and see with their eyes,
This poem will last forever and make you immortal.
Irish poet Ye Zhi and American poet Poe are especially recommended.
When I was old, the former was small and exquisite and touching.
The latter is my favorite ANNABEL LEE. She is singing, sighing, sad and colorful.
About British and American poetry, I recommend an introductory reference book: Interpretation of Famous British and American Poets edited by Liu Shoulan, published by Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press.
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