中文导读
H.D.（Hilda Doolittle, 1886-1961）是意象派运动中最杰出的女性诗人，也是20世纪现代主义诗歌的重要代表。她的诗以古典希腊意象为骨架，以精确的视觉感知为血肉，创造了一种独特的"石头般坚硬"（her own word: "hard, clear"）的抒情风格。本选收录四首代表作：《奥瑞德》是意象派最完美的范例之一，《海伦》以希腊神话重构女性身体的政治，《忘川》探索死亡与记忆，《黄昏》则展现了她对自然意象的极致凝缩。
Oread
Whirl up, sea—
whirl your pointed pines,
splash your great pines
on our rocks,
hurl your green over us,
cover us with your pools of fir.
Helen
All Greece hates
the still eyes in the white face,
the lustre as of olives
where she stands,
and the white hands.
All Greece reviles
the wan face when she smiles,
hating it deeper still
when it grows wan and white,
remembering past enchantments
and past ills.
Greece sees, in the great beauty
of her still eyes,
unmoved,
the white and awful beauty
of a thousand ships,
the terrible beauty
of a thousand prows
driven against the rocks.
All Greece hates
the still eyes in the white face,
the lustre as of olives
where she stands,
the whiteness of her hands.
Lethe
Nor skin nor hide nor fleece
shall cover you,
nor curtain of crimson nor fine sheltered cedar
be over you,
nor the firm quilt
nor the figured spread
nor the embroidered coverlet
of fine linen.
Not the silver
nor the fine veil
nor the firmament of stars
nor the blue sky of day
nor the white cloud
nor the soft rain
nor the falling snow
shall cover you.
Not the wild music
of the sea
nor the flute's silver
nor the reed's note
nor the mountain's top
nor the hill's side
nor the field's flower
nor the valley's depth
nor the forest's shadow
nor the wood's shade.
Nothing shall cover you.
You shall be naked
to the wind
and the rain,
and the silver rain,
and the snow,
and the ice,
and the fire.
Evening
The light passes
from ridge to ridge,
from flower to flower—
the hypaticas, wide-spread
under the light
grow pale—
the pink of the hypaticas—
the light passes
from ridge to ridge.
The light passes
from flower to flower—
the hepaticas, wide-spread
under the light
grow pale—
the pink of the hepaticas
the light passes
from ridge to ridge,
from flower to flower.
The light passes—
the whitethorn
blossoms are white—
the light passes
from ridge to ridge.
The light passes—
the whitethorn
blossoms are white—
the light passes.
诗歌赏析
《奥瑞德》（Oread）
这首仅六行的短诗是意象派的完美范例。"奥瑞德"是希腊神话中的山林仙女，但诗中没有叙事、没有解释——只有海浪与松树的意象叠加。H.D. 将大海比作松林（"pointed pines"），又将松林比作海浪（"hurl your green over us"），两个意象在互相渗透中创造出一种既原始又精致的自然体验。这首诗最初以 "Oread" 为题发表于1914年的《诗刊》（Poetry），成为意象派最常被选录的作品之一。
《海伦》（Helen）
H.D. 重写了希腊神话中海伦的故事——不是从男性英雄的视角，而是从希腊整体的厌女症视角。海伦的"白"（white face, white hands）既是美的象征，也是仇恨的对象。"一千艘船的美"（the terrible beauty of a thousand prows）将特洛伊战争的宏大叙事压缩为一个女性身体的视觉冲击。H.D. 在此展现了她对希腊传统的双重态度：既是继承者，也是批判者。
《忘川》（Lethe）
忘川是希腊神话中遗忘之河，亡灵饮其水便忘却前世。H.D. 的这首诗以一系列否定（"Not...nor...nor..."）构成，逐一剥去覆盖物——皮肤、帘幕、星辰、音乐——直到身体完全裸露于自然元素之中。这首诗可以被读作死亡的准备仪式，也可以被读作对纯粹存在的追求：去掉所有文化附加物，只剩下身体与世界的直接接触。
《黄昏》（Evening）
这首诗以极度的凝缩描绘了光线从山脊到山脊、从花到花的移动。H.D. 使用重复和变奏——"the light passes"反复出现——创造出一种近乎催眠的节奏。诗中的"hepaticas"（獐耳细辛）是一种早春开花的植物，它的粉色在光线中逐渐变淡，暗示着黄昏的降临。这首诗展现了H.D. 对自然现象的极度精确的感知力。