《坎特伯雷故事集》读后感——桃之夭夭，灼灼其华

断断续续地花费了一周时间，总算是看完了这本不算厚的故事集。虽说本想看原文，却苦于未找到完整版，且那大量的中古英文也让在下头疼，光是那几个不同格位的you就很让人混乱了。最后还是决定看了中文。
这个版本是赵卫华的译本，吉林摄影出版社出版。嘛，本人也不能挑剔些什么，毕竟图书馆就找到这个版本的，只能将就着看看了。对比了一下手中仅有的小部分原文，发现译文还是很不错的。先看General Prologue的开头：
As soon as April pierces to the root / The drought of March, and bathes each bud and shoot / Through every vein of sap with gentle showers / From whose engendering liquor spring the flowers; / When zephyrs have breathed softly all about / Inspiring every wood and field to sprout, / And in the zodiac the youthful sun / His journey halfway through the Ram has run; / When little birds are busy with their song / Who sleep with open eyes the whole night long / Life stirs their hearts and tingles in them so, / Then off as pilgrims people long to go, / And palmers to set out for distant strands / And foreign shrines renowned in many lands. / And specially in England people ride / To Canterbury from every countryside / To visit there the blessed martyred saint / Who gave them strength when they were sick and faint.