【咏史】闪击波兰85周年，华沙起义80周年

汉英各两首

作者：吴祺祐

闪击波兰 (1939)

【词林正韵】

图谋收复旧河山，屡在边陲造事端。师出无名需借口，栽赃嫁祸给波兰。

【旧河山：包括但泽走廊在内的普鲁士故土】

【事端: 格莱维茨事件等一系列冲突】

【五步扬抑格 (trochaic pentameter) 】

The attacks were staged as casus belli

To invade the Polish territory.

As the German panzers entered Danzig,

What could th'allies do to stop the blitzkrieg?

【allies: France, Britain, and Poland were formal allies】

华沙起义 (1944)

【平水韵】

尸山血海万人坑，实力悬殊事未成。破晓之前虽黑暗，凤凰浴火必重生。

【重生：战后波兰复国】

【四步扬抑格 (trochaic tetrameter) 】

Those Varsovians were heroic

In the face of heavy losses.

Soon emerged the new republic,

Like a phoenix rose from th'ashes.

Author: Ú Ciò