暴政

拜伦作

傅正明译

暴政凶顽似虎狼，远超卖国罪昭彰。

义旗叛逆在何方？

太子朝廷生内乱，霸王威信失灵光，

绿林揭竿作帮场。

                 调寄浣溪沙

译自 拜伦诗体历史悲剧《福斯卡里父子》（1821）

乔治•戈登•拜伦（1788 ˉ 1824 ），英国浪漫主义诗人

George Gordon Byron  (1788 ˉ1824), English Romantic poet

Tyranny Is Far the Worst of Treasons

Tyranny Is far the worst of treasons

Dost thou deem None rebels except subjects?

The prince who Neglects or violates his trust is more

A brigand than the robber-chief.

from The Two Foscari: An Historical Tragedy (1821)

2013年美国洛杉矶歌剧院上演的新编拜伦悲剧《福斯卡里父子》剧照

Tenor Francesco Meli as Jacopo Foscari. Photo by Robert Millard.