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1、BeowulfAnonymousBeowulfAnonymousTranslatedbyGummere1BeowulfAnonymousINowBeowulfbodeintheburgoftheScyldings,leaderbeloved,andlongheruledinfamewithallfolk,sincehisfatherhadgoneawayfromtheworld,tillawokeanheir,haughtyHealfdene,whoheldthroughlife,sageandsturdy,theScyldingsglad.Then,oneafte
2、rone,therewoketohim,tothechieftainofclansmen,childrenfour:Heorogar,thenHrothgar,thenHalgabrave;andIheardthat--was--'squeen,theHeathoscylfing'shelpmatedear.ToHrothgarwasgivensuchgloryofwar,suchhonorofcombat,thatallhiskinobeyedhimgladlytillgreatgrewhisbandofyouthfulcomrades.Itcameinhismi
3、ndtobidhishenchmenahalluprear,iamastermead-house,mightierfarthaneverwasseenbythesonsofearth,andwithinit,then,tooldandyounghewouldallallotthattheLordhadsenthim,saveonlythelandandthelivesofhismen.Wide,Iheard,wastheworkcommanded,formanyatribethismid-earthround,tofashionthefolkstead.Itfell
4、,asheordered,inrapidachievementthatreadyitstoodthere,ofhallsthenoblest:Heorot[1]henameditwhosemessagehadmightinmanyaland.Notrecklessofpromise,theringshedealt,treasureatbanquet:theretoweredthehall,high,gabledwide,thehotsurgewaitingoffuriousflame.[2]Norfarwasthatdaywhenfatherandson-in-la
5、wstoodinfeudforwarfareandhatredthatwokeagain.[3]Withenvyandangeranevilspiritenduredthedoleinhisdarkabode,thatheheardeachdaythedinofrevelhighinthehall:thereharpsrangout,clearsongofthesinger.Hesangwhoknew[4]talesoftheearlytimeofman,howtheAlmightymadetheearth,fairestfieldsenfoldedbywater,
6、set,triumphant,sunandmoonforalighttolightentheland-dwellers,andbraidedbrightthebreastofearthwithlimbsandleaves,madelifeforallofmortalbeingsthatbreatheandmove.Solivedtheclansmenincheerandrevelawinsomelife,tillonebegantofashionevils,thatfieldofhell.Grendelthismonstergrimwascalled,march-r
7、iever[5]mighty,inmoorlandliving,infenandfastness;fiefofthegiantsthehaplesswightawhilehadkeptsincetheCreatorhisexiledoomed.OnkinofCainwasthekillingavengedbysovranGodforslaughteredAbel.Illfaredhisfeud,[6]andfarwashedriven,fortheslaughter'ssake,fromsightofmen.OfCainawokeallthatwofulbree
