annabel lee

  1. edgar allan poe'nun en çok bilinen şiirlerinden birisi. bir kızın hikayesi anlatılmaktadır bu şiirde. kimisi bu kızı, poe'nun eşinden esinlenerek yarattıgı düşüncesindedir..kimisi de tamamen şairin hayal gücünün bir ürünü oldugunu söyler...


    it was many and many a year ago,
    in a kingdom by the sea,
    that a maiden there lived whom you may know
    by the name of annabel lee;
    and this maiden she lived with no other thought
    than to love and be loved by me.
    she was a child and i was a child,
    in this kingdom by the sea,
    but we loved with a love that was more than love
    i and my annabel lee
    with a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
    coveted her and me.

    and this was the reason that, long ago,
    in this kingdom by the sea,
    a wind blew out of a cloud by night
    chilling my annabel lee;
    so that her high-born kinsman came
    and bore her away from me,
    to shut her up in a sepulchre
    in this kingdom by the sea.

    the angels, not half so happy in heaven,
    went envying her and me
    yes! that was the reason
    (as all men know,in this kingdom by the sea)
    that the wind came out of a cloud, chilling
    and killing my annabel lee.

    but our love it was stronger by far than the love
    of those who were older than we
    of many far wiser than we
    and neither the angels in heaven above,
    nor the demons down under the sea,
    can ever dissever my soul from the soul
    of the beautiful annabel lee

    for the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
    of the beautiful annabel lee;
    and the stars never rise but i see the bright eyes
    of the beautiful annabel lee;
    and so, all the night-tide, i lie down by the side
    of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride,
    in her sepulchre there by the sea
    in her tomb by the side of the sea.

    (#7893) therion|02.05.2006 03:06|