「紀念碑」和「墓碑」不同--《不是我，是風……》

千の風になって

一陣風，留下了千古絕唱

Resuming their journey, Frieda and Lawrence finally arrived in the USA
in September 1922. Here they encountered Mabel Dodge Luhan, a
prominent socialite, and considered establishing a utopian community
on what was then known as the 160-acre Kiowa Ranch near Taos, New
Mexico. Lawrence and Frieda acquired the property, now called the
D.H.Lawrence Ranch, in 1924 in exchange for the manuscript of Sons and
Lovers. By all accounts Lawrence loved this ranch high up in the
mountains, the only home that he ever owned. He stayed in New Mexico
for two years, with extended visits to Lake Chapala and Oaxaca in
Mexico.


Frieda Lawrence【1879-1956，勞倫斯妻子】《不是我，是風—勞倫斯妻子回憶勞倫斯》( "Not I, but the Wind...", Rydal/Viking, 1934.)，新華出版社，2006

《不是我，是風》應該改成：《不是我，是風……》Not I, but the Wind…它被用作歌名……作者Frieda Lawrence是奇人，她的傳記：Janet Byrne: A Genius for Living – A Biography of Frieda Lawrence, Bloomsbury, 1995.

上周。在紐約時報讀篇他們在新墨西哥的農場報導，大開眼界。
這本書幾乎不附外文，有些翻譯可能有瑕疵。
譬如說：
「生活和情感在不斷地變化。我們不是照片，『紀念碑上的耐心』」……

注解說它是莎士比亞{第十二夜}中一比喻。我查出：
pined in thought,
And with a green and yellow melancholy
She sat like patience on a monument,
Smiling at grief. . . .

Twelfth Night: Act II, scenes iii–iv

「像是墓碑上刻著"忍耐"的化身，默坐著向悲哀微笑。」（朱生豪譯）
學生用的參考書之說法："Patience on a monument" refers to statues of the allegorical figure of Patience, which often adorned Renaissance tombstones. By comparing her imaginary sister to this stone figure, Viola subtly contrasts her own passion with the self-indulgent and grandiose lovesickness from which Orsino claims to suffer.

換句話說，「紀念碑」和「墓碑」不同。