MANIFESTO

                 I

 

     A WOMAN has given me strength and affluence¹.

     Admitted!

 

     All the rocking wheat of Canada, ripening² now,

     has not so much of strength as the body of one

         woman

     sweet in ear, nor so much to give

     though it feed nations.

 

     Hunger is the very Satan.

     The fear of hunger is Moloch, Belial, the horrible

         God.

     It is a fearful thing to be dominated by the fear of

         hunger.

 

     Not bread alone, not the belly³ nor the thirsty

         throat.

     I have never yet been smitten⁴ through the belly,

         with the lack of bread,

     no, nor even milk and honey.

 

     The fear of the want of these things seems to be

         quite left out of me.

     For so much, I thank the good generations of man-

         kind.

 

                         II

 

     AND the sweet, constant, balanced heat

     of the suave⁵ sensitive body, the hunger for this

     has never seized me and terrified me.

     Here again, man has been good in his legacy⁶ to us,

         in these two primary instances.

 

                         III

 

     THEN the dumb, aching, bitter, helpless need,

     the pining to be initiated⁷,

     to have access to the knowledge that the great dead

     have opened up for us, to know, to satisfy

     the great and dominant⁸ hunger of the mind;

     man's sweetest harvest of the centuries, sweet,

         printed books,

     bright, glancing, exquisite⁹ corn of many a stubborn

     glebe in the upturned darkness;

     I thank mankind with passionate¹⁰ heart

     that I just escaped the hunger for these,

     that they were given when I needed them,

     because I am the son of man.

 

     I have eaten, and drunk, and warmed and clothed

         my body,

     I have been taught the language of understanding,

     I have chosen among the bright and marvellous

         books,

     like any prince, such stores of the world's supply

     were open to me, in the wisdom and goodness of

         man.

     So far, so good.

     Wise, good provision that makes the heart swell¹¹

         with love!

 

                         IV

 

     BUT then came another hunger

     very deep, and ravening¹²;

     the very body's body crying out

     with a hunger more frightening, more profound

     than stomach or throat or even the mind;

     redder than death, more clamorous¹³.

 

     The hunger for the woman. Alas¹⁴,

     it is so deep a Moloch, ruthless and strong,

     'tis like the unutterable name of the dread¹⁵ Lord,

     not to be spoken aloud.

     Yet there it is, the hunger which comes upon us,

     which we must learn to satisfy with pure, real

         satisfaction;

     or perish, there is no alternative.

 

     I thought it was woman, indiscriminate woman,

     mere female adjunct of what I was.

     Ah, that was torment¹⁶ hard enough

     and a thing to be afraid of,

     a threatening, torturing, phallic Moloch.

 

     A woman fed that hunger in me at last.

     What many women cannot give, one woman can;

     so I have known it.

 

     She stood before me like riches that were mine.

     Even then, in the dark, I was tortured, ravening,

         unfree,

     Ashamed, and shameful¹⁷, and vicious.

     A man is so terrified of strong hunger;

     and this terror is the root of all cruelty.

     She loved me, and stood before me, looking to me.

     How could I look, when I was mad? I looked

         sideways, furtively¹⁸,

     being mad with voracious¹⁹ desire.

 

                         V

 

     THIS comes right at last.

     When a man is rich, he loses at last the hunger fear.

     I lost at last the fierceness that fears it will starve.

     I could put my face at last between her breasts

     and know that they were given for ever

     that I should never starve

     never perish;

     I had eaten of the bread that satisfies

     and my body's body was appeased²⁰,

     there was peace and richness,

     fulfilment.

 

     Let them praise desire who will,

     but only fulfilment will do,

     real fulfilment, nothing short.

     It is our ratification²¹

     our heaven, as a matter of fact.

     Immortality, the heaven, is only a projection²² of

         this strange but actual fulfilment,

     here in the flesh.

 

     So, another hunger was supplied,

     and for this I have to thank one woman,

     not mankind, for mankind would have prevented

         me;

     but one woman,

     and these are my red-letter thanksgivings.

 

                         VI

 

     To be, or not to be, is still the question.

     This ache for being is the ultimate hunger.

     And for myself, I can say "almost, almost, oh,

         very nearly."

     Yet something remains²³.

     Something shall not always remain.

     For the main already is fulfilment.

 

     What remains in me, is to be known even as I

         know.

     I know her now: or perhaps, I know my own

         limitation against her.

 

     Plunging as I have done, over, over the brink²⁴

     I have dropped at last headlong into nought²⁵,

         plunging upon sheer hard extinction²⁶;

     I have come, as it were, not to know,

     died, as it were; ceased from knowing; surpassed

         myself.

     What can I say more, except that I know what it is

     to surpass myself?

 

     It is a kind of death which is not death.

     It is going a little beyond the bounds.

     How can one speak, where there is a dumbness on

         one's mouth?

     I suppose, ultimately she is all beyond me,

     she is all not-me, ultimately.

     It is that that one comes to.

     A curious agony, and a relief, when I touch that

         which is not me in any sense,

     it wounds me to death with my own not-being;

         definite, inviolable limitation,

     and something beyond, quite beyond, if you

         understand what that means.

     It is the major part of being, this having surpassed

         oneself,

     this having touched the edge of the beyond, and

         perished, yet not perished.

 

                         VII

 

     I WANT her though, to take the same from me.

     She touches me as if I were herself, her own.

     She has not realized yet, that fearful thing, that

         I am the other,

     she thinks we are all of one piece.

     It is painfully untrue.

 

     I want her to touch me at last, ah, on the root and

         quick of my darkness

     and perish on me, as I have perished on her.

 

     Then, we shall be two and distinct, we shall have

         each our separate being.

     And that will be pure existence, real liberty.

     Till then, we are confused, a mixture, unresolved,

         unextricated one from the other.

     It is in pure, unutterable resolvedness, distinction

         of being, that one is free,

     not in mixing, merging²⁷, not in similarity.

     When she has put her hand on my secret, darkest

         sources, the darkest outgoings,

     when it has struck home to her, like a death, "this

         is him!"

     she has no part in it, no part whatever,

     it is the terrible other,

     when she knows the fearful other flesh, ah, dark-

         ness unfathomable and fearful, contiguous and

         concrete,

     when she is slain²⁸ against me, and lies in a heap

         like one outside the house,

     when she passes away as I have passed away

     being pressed up against the other,

     then I shall be glad, I shall not be confused with

         her,

     I shall be cleared, distinct, single as if burnished²⁹

         in silver,

     having no adherence³⁰, no adhesion anywhere,

     one clear, burnished, isolated³¹ being, unique,

     and she also, pure, isolated, complete,

     two of us, unutterably distinguished³², and in

         unutterable conjunction.

 

     Then we shall be free, freer than angels, ah,

         perfect.

 

                         VIII

 

     AFTER that, there will only remain that all men

         detach themselves and become unique,

     that we are all detached, moving in freedom more

         than the angels,

     conditioned only by our own pure single being,

     having no laws but the laws of our own being.

 

     Every human being will then be like a flower,

         untrammelled.

     Every movement will be direct.

     Only to be will be such delight, we cover our faces

         when we think of it

     lest our faces betray us to some untimely fiend.

 

     Every man himself, and therefore, a surpassing

         singleness of mankind.

     The blazing tiger will spring upon the deer, un-

         dimmed,

     the hen will nestle over her chickens,

     we shall love, we shall hate,

     but it will be like music, sheer utterance³³,

     issuing straight out of the unknown,

     the lightning and the rainbow appearing in us

         unbidden, unchecked,

     like ambassadors.

 

        We shall not look before and after.

        We shall be, now.

        We shall know in full.

        We, the mystic NOW.

 

      ZENNOR

 该作者的其它作品
《恋爱中的女人 Women in Love》

《儿子与情人 Sons and Lovers》
《The White Peacock白孔雀》

 

1 affluence   

n.充裕，富足

参考例句：

• Their affluence is more apparent than real.他们的富有是虚有其表。
• There is a lot of affluence in this part of the state because it has many businesses.这个州的这一部分相当富有，因为它有很多商行。

2 ripening   

v.成熟，使熟( ripen的现在分词 )；熟化；熟成

参考例句：

• The corn is blossoming [ripening]. 玉米正在开花[成熟]。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• When the summer crop is ripening, the autumn crop has to be sowed. 夏季作物成熟时，就得播种秋季作物。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 belly   

n.肚子，腹部；(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分，膛

参考例句：

• The boss has a large belly.老板大腹便便。
• His eyes are bigger than his belly.他眼馋肚饱。

4 smitten   

猛打，重击，打击( smite的过去分词 )

参考例句：

• From the moment they met, he was completely smitten by her. 从一见面的那一刻起，他就完全被她迷住了。
• It was easy to see why she was smitten with him. 她很容易看出为何她为他倾倒。

5 suave   

adj.温和的；柔和的；文雅的

参考例句：

• He is a suave,cool and cultured man.他是个世故、冷静、有教养的人。
• I had difficulty answering his suave questions.我难以回答他的一些彬彬有礼的提问。

6 legacy   

n.遗产，遗赠；先人(或过去)留下的东西

参考例句：

• They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
• He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。

7 initiated   

n. 创始人 adj. 新加入的 vt. 开始，创始，启蒙，介绍加入

参考例句：

• He has not yet been thoroughly initiated into the mysteries of computers. 他对计算机的奥秘尚未入门。
• The artist initiated the girl into the art world in France. 这个艺术家介绍这个女孩加入巴黎艺术界。

8 dominant   

adj.支配的，统治的；占优势的；显性的；n.主因，要素，主要的人(或物)；显性基因

参考例句：

• The British were formerly dominant in India.英国人从前统治印度。
• She was a dominant figure in the French film industry.她在法国电影界是个举足轻重的人物。

9 exquisite   

adj.精美的；敏锐的；剧烈的，感觉强烈的

参考例句：

• I was admiring the exquisite workmanship in the mosaic.我当时正在欣赏镶嵌画的精致做工。
• I still remember the exquisite pleasure I experienced in Bali.我依然记得在巴厘岛所经历的那种剧烈的快感。

10 passionate   

adj.热情的，热烈的，激昂的，易动情的，易怒的，性情暴躁的

参考例句：

• He is said to be the most passionate man.据说他是最有激情的人。
• He is very passionate about the project.他对那个项目非常热心。

11 swell   

vi.膨胀，肿胀；增长，增强

参考例句：

• The waves had taken on a deep swell.海浪汹涌。
• His injured wrist began to swell.他那受伤的手腕开始肿了。

12 ravening   

a.贪婪而饥饿的

参考例句：

• He says the media are ravening wolves. 他说媒体就如同饿狼一般。
• If he could get a fare nothing else mattered-he was like a ravening beast. 他只管拉上买卖，不管别的，像一只饿疯的野兽。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子

13 clamorous   

adj.吵闹的，喧哗的

参考例句：

• They are clamorous for better pay.他们吵吵嚷嚷要求增加工资。
• The meeting began to become clamorous.会议开始变得喧哗了。

14 alas   

int.唉(表示悲伤、忧愁、恐惧等)

参考例句：

• Alas!The window is broken!哎呀！窗子破了！
• Alas,the truth is less romantic.然而，真理很少带有浪漫色彩。

15 dread   

vt.担忧，忧虑；惧怕，不敢；n.担忧，畏惧

参考例句：

• We all dread to think what will happen if the company closes.我们都不敢去想一旦公司关门我们该怎么办。
• Her heart was relieved of its blankest dread.她极度恐惧的心理消除了。

16 torment   

n.折磨；令人痛苦的东西(人)；vt.折磨；纠缠

参考例句：

• He has never suffered the torment of rejection.他从未经受过遭人拒绝的痛苦。
• Now nothing aggravates me more than when people torment each other.没有什么东西比人们的互相折磨更使我愤怒。

17 shameful   

adj.可耻的，不道德的

参考例句：

• It is very shameful of him to show off.他向人炫耀自己，真不害臊。
• We must expose this shameful activity to the newspapers.我们一定要向报社揭露这一无耻行径。

18 furtively   

adv. 偷偷地, 暗中地

参考例句：

• At this some of the others furtively exchanged significant glances. 听他这样说，有几个人心照不宣地彼此对望了一眼。
• Remembering my presence, he furtively dropped it under his chair. 后来想起我在，他便偷偷地把书丢在椅子下。

19 voracious   

adj.狼吞虎咽的，贪婪的

参考例句：

• She's a voracious reader of all kinds of love stories.什么样的爱情故事她都百看不厌。
• Joseph Smith was a voracious book collector.约瑟夫·史密斯是个如饥似渴的藏书家。

20 appeased   

安抚，抚慰( appease的过去式和过去分词 )； 绥靖（满足另一国的要求以避免战争）

参考例句：

• His hunger could only be appeased by his wife. 他的欲望只有他的妻子能满足。
• They are the more readily appeased. 他们比较容易和解。

21 ratification   

n.批准，认可

参考例句：

• The treaty is awaiting ratification.条约正等待批准。
• The treaty is subject to ratification.此条约经批准后才能生效。

22 projection   

n.发射，计划，突出部分

参考例句：

• Projection takes place with a minimum of awareness or conscious control.投射在最少的知觉或意识控制下发生。
• The projection of increases in number of house-holds is correct.对户数增加的推算是正确的。

23 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

24 brink   

n.(悬崖、河流等的)边缘，边沿

参考例句：

• The tree grew on the brink of the cliff.那棵树生长在峭壁的边缘。
• The two countries were poised on the brink of war.这两个国家处于交战的边缘。

25 nought   

n.／adj.无，零

参考例句：

• We must bring their schemes to nought.我们必须使他们的阴谋彻底破产。
• One minus one leaves nought.一减一等于零。

26 extinction   

n.熄灭，消亡，消灭，灭绝，绝种

参考例句：

• The plant is now in danger of extinction.这种植物现在有绝种的危险。
• The island's way of life is doomed to extinction.这个岛上的生活方式注定要消失。

27 merging   

合并（分类）

参考例句：

• Many companies continued to grow by merging with or buying competing firms. 许多公司通过合并或收买竞争对手的公司而不断扩大。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
• To sequence by repeated splitting and merging. 用反复分开和合并的方法进行的排序。

28 slain   

杀死，宰杀，杀戮( slay的过去分词 )； (slay的过去分词)

参考例句：

• The soldiers slain in the battle were burried that night. 在那天夜晚埋葬了在战斗中牺牲了的战士。
• His boy was dead, slain by the hand of the false Amulius. 他的儿子被奸诈的阿缪利乌斯杀死了。

29 burnished   

adj.抛光的，光亮的v.擦亮（金属等），磨光( burnish的过去式和过去分词 )；被擦亮，磨光

参考例句：

• The floor was spotless; the grate and fire-irons were burnished bright. 地板上没有污迹；炉栅和火炉用具擦得发亮。 来自辞典例句
• The woods today are burnished bronze. 今天的树林是一片发亮的青铜色。 来自辞典例句

30 adherence   

n.信奉，依附，坚持，固着

参考例句：

• He was well known for his adherence to the rules.他因遵循这些规定而出名。
• The teacher demanded adherence to the rules.老师要求学生们遵守纪律。

31 isolated   

adj.与世隔绝的

参考例句：

• His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
• Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。

32 distinguished   

adj.卓越的，杰出的，著名的

参考例句：

• Elephants are distinguished from other animals by their long noses.大象以其长长的鼻子显示出与其他动物的不同。
• A banquet was given in honor of the distinguished guests.宴会是为了向贵宾们致敬而举行的。

33 utterance   

n.用言语表达，话语，言语

参考例句：

• This utterance of his was greeted with bursts of uproarious laughter.他的讲话引起阵阵哄然大笑。
• My voice cleaves to my throat,and sob chokes my utterance.我的噪子哽咽，泣不成声。