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Stories of Love
Stories of Love
—— 《庄子 · 杂篇 · 盗跖第二十九》
Orpheus and Eurydice
by Virgil and Ovid
“In the deep still woods upon the Thracian mountains
Orpheus with his singing lyre led the trees,
Led the wild beasts of the wilderness.”
The serpent bites
Eurydice 5
在天愿作比翼鸟,在地愿为连理枝。
—— 白居易《长恨歌》
Baucis and Philemon
from Metamorphoses by Ovid
In the Phrygian hill-
country, an oak
and a linden grew
from a single trunk.
Jupiter and Mercury pretended to be poor wayfarers
to find out how hospitable people in Phrygia were.
They were dismissed hundreds of times till they
were kindly admitted into the humblest hovel.
Baucis and Philemon warmly received Jupiter and
Mercury.
Baucis and Philemon tried to catch their only goose
to give their guests a treat.
Their hut was turned into a stately pillared temple,
as a reward.
“Let us be your priests,
guarding this temple for you
—…let neither of us ever
have to live alone. Grant that
we may die together.”
The linden and the oak
grew from one trunk.
致橡树 每一阵风过,
舒婷 我们都互相致意,
我如果爱你—— 但没有人,
绝不像攀援的凌霄花, 听懂我们的言语。
借你的高枝炫耀自己; 你有你的铜枝铁干,
我如果爱你—— 像刀,像剑,也像戟;
绝不学痴情的鸟儿, 我有我红硕的花朵,
为绿荫重复单调的歌曲; 像沉重的叹息,
也不止像泉源, 又像英勇的火炬。
常年送来清凉的慰藉; 我们分担寒潮、风雷、霹雳;
也不止像险峰, 我们共享雾霭、流岚、虹霓。
增加你的高度,衬托你的威仪。 仿佛永远分离,
甚至日光, 却又终身相依。
甚至春雨。 这才是伟大的爱情,
不,这些都还不够! 坚贞就在这里:
我必须是你近旁的一株木棉, 爱——
作为树的形象和你站在一起。 不仅爱你伟岸的身躯,
根,紧握在地下; 也爱你坚持的位置,
叶,相触在云里。 足下的土地。
Pygmalion and Galatea
from Metamorphoses by Ovid
Pygmalion, a gifted
sculptor and woman-
hater of Cyprus, resolved
never to marry.
Nevertheless, he devoted
all his genius to making
statue of a woman.
Pygmalion fell in love with the statue he
made.
Receiving no response from the statue,
Pygmalion was desperately unhappy.
Pygmalion prayed to Venus,
asking the goddess for a
maiden like his statue.
The statue was alive!
Pygmalion named the maiden Galatea, and they got
married. Their son, Paphos gave his name to Venus’
favorite city.
Unrequited Love
Endymion and Selene
by Theocritus
Endymion the shepherd,
As his flock he guarded,
She, the Moon, Selene,
Saw him, loved him, sought him,
Coming down from heaven
To the glade on Latmus,
Kissed him, lay beside him,
Blessed is his fortune.
Evermore he slumbers,
Tossing not nor turning,
Endymion the shepherd.
Endymion sleeps
forever, immortal, but
never conscious.
Apollo and Daphne
from Metamorphoses by
Ovid
Daphne, daughter of
river-god Peneus, was
love-and-marriage-
Apollo fell in love with
Daphne at first sight.
Do not fear. Stop and
find out who I am...I am
the Lord of Delphi, and I
love you!