完整收錄泰戈爾經典代表作《飛鳥集》+《新月集》 歷經百年、口碑相傳──鄭振鐸傳世譯本 選搭數十幅西方大師經典繪畫,優美典雅 「泰戈爾詩集有一種不可測的魔力,能把我們從忙擾的人世間帶到美麗的世界去。」──鄭振鐸 《飛鳥集》共有325首短詩,短短的詩句看似簡單,卻包含了── 意義深遠的哲理:「那些把燈背在背上的人,把他們的影子投到了自己前面。」 對自然萬物的觀察:「夜祕密地把花開放了,卻讓白日去領受謝詞。」 對生命的期盼:「使生如夏花之絢爛,死如秋葉之靜美。」 以及對生活的體悟:「我們熱愛世界時便生活在這世界上。」 《新月集》則由40首長詩組成,充盈著孩子對母親的深切愛意,時而要求母親答應他去當船夫,時而勸慰母親不要理會惡郵差,更化身為英雄,幫母親打退壞人。詩中處處滿溢著對家庭生活、對母子親情的讚嘆,能把我們從懷疑貪婪的俗世人間帶往美靜天真的新月之國去,使我們重溫依傍在母親身邊的孩童時光。 只要嘗詩的甘露,和結交好的朋友, 就能消除這個艱苦世界的恐怖──
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