《離騷》是戰(zhàn)國時期著名詩人屈原的代表作之一,是中國古代漢族詩歌史上一首最長的政治抒情詩。詩人從自敘身世、品德、理想寫起,抒發(fā)了自己遭讒言被害的苦悶與矛盾心情,揭露了楚王昏庸、群小猖獗與朝政日非的政治現(xiàn)實,表現(xiàn)了詩人堅持“美政” 理想、不附和邪惡勢力的自愛精神及對楚王朝至死不渝的忠誠。
屈原 《楚辭·離騷》
女嬃之嬋媛兮,申申其詈予,曰:“鯀婞直以亡身兮,終然夭乎羽之野。
汝何博謇而好修兮,紛獨有此姱節(jié)?薋菉葹以盈室兮,判獨離而不服。
眾不可戶說兮,孰云察余之中情?世并舉而好朋兮,夫何煢獨而不予聽?”
Li Sao
Qu Yuan
My handmaid fair, with countenance demure,
Entreated me allegiance to abjure:
"A hero perished in the plain ill-starred,
Where pigmies stayed their plumage to discard.
Why lovest thou thy grace and purity,
Alone dost hold thy splendid virtue high?
Lentils and weeds the prince's chamber fill:
Why holdest thou aloof with stubborn will?
Thou canst not one by one the crowd persuade,
And who the purpose of our heart hath weighed?
Faction and strife the world hath ever loved;
Heeding me not, why standest thou removed?"