This year is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Emily Jane Brontë (1818-1848), a British writer and poet in the 19th century, one of The Brontë sisters, who wrote a world famous book, Wuthering Heights. It's her only novel, which establishes her position in the world literature. Besides, 193 poems are created in Emily's whole life and she is considered as an author of superb talent.
今年是艾米莉·勃朗特的二百周年诞辰。艾米莉·勃朗特（1818－1848），19世纪英国作家与诗人，著名的勃朗特三姐妹之一，世界文学名著《呼啸山庄》的作者。这部作品是艾米莉·勃朗特一生中唯一的一部小说，奠定了她在世界文学史上的地位。此外，她还创作了193首诗，被认为是英国一位天才型的女作家。
Emily was born in a poor clerical family in 1818 and grew up at Haworth Parsonage in Yorkshire. In 1827, her mother passed away. Three years later, so did two of her elder sisters in short succession. Since then, Emily with her young brother and sisters dropped out and studied on their own. The Brontë sisters had to go out and make a living because of poverty. Their novels were finally published in 1847, Wuthering Heights wasn't appreciated by readers at that time, though. In 1848, her only brother Branwell died of illness. Then Emily quickly deteriorated for pity and sadness, and left the bleak world silently on December.
1818年，艾米莉·勃朗特出生在一个贫穷的牧师家里，并在约克郡的哈沃斯教士公馆里长大。1827年，她的母亲去世，三年后两个姐姐先后夭折，自此她与三个弟妹辍学在家开始自学。因为家境困难，三姐妹不得不出外谋生补贴家用。1847年，三姐妹的小说得以出版，然而《呼啸山庄》却并不为当时的读者所理解。1848年，她唯一的弟弟勃兰威尔染病去世，艾米莉因怜悯与悲伤也急剧衰弱，并于同年与世长辞，默默离开了让她倍感冷漠的人间。
This is Emily's life, short and touching. And she wrote in her girlhood, sighing:
I am the only being whose doom
No tongue would ask, no eye would mourn
I never caused a thought of gloom
A smile of joy since I was born
In secret pleasure——secret tears
This changeful life has slipped away
As friendless after eighteen years
As long as on my natal day
这就是艾米莉·勃朗特短暂而令人唏嘘的一生。她曾在少女时期的一首诗中这样写道：
“我是唯一的人，命中已注定
无人过问，也无人流泪哀悼；
自从我生下来，从未引起过
一线忧虑，一个快乐的微笑。
在秘密的欢乐，秘密的眼泪中，
这变化多端的生活就这样滑过，
度过十八年后仍然无依无靠，
一如在我诞生那天同样的寂寞。……”
A poem named Haworth Churchyard is created by Matthew Arnold (1822-1888), a famous British poet and literary critic, mourning for her gone. It says:
She (how shall I sing her?) whose soul
Knew no fellow for might,
Passion, vehemence, grief,
Daring, since Byron died,
That world-famed son of fire——she, who sank
Baffled, unknown, self-consumed;
Whose too bold dying song
Stirr'd, like a clarion-blast,my soul.
英国著名诗人及批评家马修·阿诺德（1822-1888）曾写过一首诗叫做《豪渥斯墓园》，其中凭吊艾米莉·勃朗特的诗句这样写道：
“……
还有她，（我该怎样把她歌唱？）
心灵的力量，激情，哀惋，骠悍，
殊世无双，
自拜伦逝后，她敢于
向那名震寰宇的烈火之子挑战，
备受挫折，默默无闻，自我毁伤；
临终的哀歌何其大胆，
犹如号角悲鸣，
声声将我心灵震撼。
……”
If we use a color to describe someone's life, then Emily's must be scarlet, extreme and fervent. She is just like a queen of the wild, lordly ，and lonely. She seems to be cold, but has deep passion inside. She is the fierce wind in winter with huge power smashing everything. Even so many years after her death, her only novel Wuthering Heights still infects thousands of people, sparkling in world literature.
Emily, may you rest in peace.
如果人的一生可以用一种颜色来描述，那艾米莉·勃朗特的一定是极端而热烈的猩红色。她正如荒野上女王，高傲，孤独，看似冷漠，却拥有带着野性的热烈。她是凛冬里呼啸的狂风。即使她已逝去多年，她唯一的那部小说《呼啸山庄》仍在感染着无数人，并在世界文学殿堂中熠熠生辉。
艾米莉，愿你热烈的灵魂能够安眠。
Author: Xu Jinghan
