Who says that all must vanish? Who knows, perhaps the flight of the bird you wound remains, and perhaps flowers survive caresses in us, in their ground. It isn't the gesture that lasts, but it dresses you again in gold armour -- from breast to knees-- and the battle was so pure an Angel wears it after you.
The phrase "Armor of God" is derived from Ephesians 6:11: "Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil." (King James Version).[1] As a biblical reference, the metaphor may refer to physical armour worn by God in metaphorical battles, or it may refer to vigilant righteousness in general as bestowed by the grace of God (Romans13:12, King James Version): "The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light."
The full Armour of God quote outlines these aspects of belief: truth, righteousness, preparation of the Gospel of peace, faith, salvation and the Word of God and Prayer. The armour that is available for believers to put on is God's own armour (Isaiah 59:16–19) for He is the Divine Warrior.
回複 '彩煙遊士' 的評論 : 謝謝遊士， 捉了個蟲， 我以為wound 是傷害， 原來不是， 如果傷害的話， 過去時應該是wounded。 那麽wound應該是wind的過去時。
那麽這一句的骨架就是 the flight remians. 什麽flight呢， the flight of the bird you wound, 但wind a bird 又是什麽意思呢？
彩煙遊士 發表評論於
小C好！
Who knows, perhaps the flight
of the bird you wound remains
看了半天，沒有弄懂you wound remains的意思：）
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回複 '菲兒天地' 的評論 : 謝謝菲兒， 謝謝寫寫， 我想我們越來越接近那個真相了 ：）
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回複 '山韭菜' 的評論 : 謝謝韭菜， 所以來拋磚引玉了。 周末愉快。
山韭菜 發表評論於
詩的意思比較難懂，需要慢慢捉摸和體會！問好西西！
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The Armour of God?
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but it dresses you again in gold
armour --
— 還有這個”it”， 前後句理解應該是 gesture， gesture 用黃金甲把自己武裝，去跟vanish做戰嗎？ 是為了survive嗎？
這場戰爭應該是正義的純粹的， 所以才有Angel這個意象出現吧。
Who says that all must vanish? Who knows, perhaps the flight of the bird you wound remains, and perhaps flowers survive caresses in us, in their ground. It isn't the gesture that lasts, but it dresses you again in gold armour -- from breast to knees-- and the battle was so pure an Angel wears it after you.
The phrase "Armor of God" is derived from Ephesians 6:11: "Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil." (King James Version).[1] As a biblical reference, the metaphor may refer to physical armour worn by God in metaphorical battles, or it may refer to vigilant righteousness in general as bestowed by the grace of God (Romans13:12, King James Version): "The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light."
The full Armour of God quote outlines these aspects of belief: truth, righteousness, preparation of the Gospel of peace, faith, salvation and the Word of God and Prayer. The armour that is available for believers to put on is God's own armour (Isaiah 59:16–19) for He is the Divine Warrior.
