Of an anxious watch, perched in the bow As it dashed under cliffs. My feet were cast In icy bands, bound with frost, Wit — قصيدة

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Of an anxious watch, perched in the bow As it dashed under cliffs. My feet were cast In icy bands, bound with frost, Wit — قصيدة | شارح الشعر

النص الأصلي

Of an anxious watch, perched in the bow As it dashed under cliffs. My feet were cast In icy bands, bound with frost, With frozen chains, and hardship groaned

الترجمة

Watching nervously, sitting at the front of the ship As it sped beneath the cliffs. My feet were stuck In cold chains, covered with frost, With frozen chains, and suffering was heard

الشرح

The excerpt from 'The Seafarer' describes the harsh conditions faced by a sailor. The speaker is on a ship, anxiously watching as it moves beneath cliffs. His feet are bound in icy chains, symbolizing the physical and emotional hardships of life at sea. The imagery of frost and frozen chains emphasizes the cold and relentless nature of the sea. The poem reflects the themes of exile and the struggle against the elements, common in Old English literature. The seafarer's journey is both a physical and spiritual one, highlighting the isolation and introspection that comes with life at sea.

قاموس الكلمات

كلمة	معنى مبسّط	الترجمة	نطق
anxious	worried	feeling nervous or uneasy	angk-shuhs
perched	sitting	sitting or resting on something high	purcht
bow	front	the front part of a ship	bau
dashed	moved quickly	moved suddenly and quickly	dasht
cliffs	steep rocks	steep rock faces, especially at the edge of the sea	klifs
cast	thrown	thrown or placed	kast
icy	very cold	extremely cold, like ice	ai-see
bands	straps	strips or loops used to bind or hold	bandz
bound	tied	tied or fastened tightly	baund
frost	ice crystals	a thin layer of ice crystals that forms on surfaces	frawst
frozen	turned to ice	turned into ice due to extreme cold	froh-zuhn
chains	metal links	connected metal links used for binding	chaynz
hardship	difficulty	severe suffering or privation	hard-ship
groaned	moaned	made a deep, inarticulate sound expressing pain or despair	grohnd

الشاعر والسياق

الشاعر—

العصرOld English

The Seafarer is an Old English poem found in the Exeter Book, one of the few surviving collections of Old English poetry. The poem is often attributed to an anonymous poet and reflects the themes of exile, the sea, and spiritual journey.

عرض على ويكيبيديا

متىBetween the 9th and 10th centuries

لماذاThe Seafarer is part of Old English literature, reflecting the harsh and perilous life of seafarers during the Anglo-Saxon period. It explores themes of exile, the struggle against nature, and the spiritual journey of the soul.

الشكلOld English poetry

الموضوعات والمزيد

الموضوعات

exilestruggle against naturespiritual journey

الأساليب الأدبية

imagery: vivid descriptions of the cold and harsh conditions at seasymbolism: icy chains symbolize the hardships and emotional burdensalliteration: repetition of consonant sounds, as seen in 'frost' and 'frozen'