音乐剧《猫》中的一段歌词没有看懂

TinaIsBunny

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这是音乐剧《猫》中，老首领的一段唱词，没怎么看懂，尤其是assign 那里。
请帮分析一下，应该如何理解

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2 W* }* M/ n% P0 I; G% {5 `[Old Deuteronomy]
% `) F& D& W( v, D0 e8 t! o" KThe moments of happiness
% r  }( ^* P2 B" E; q+ }7 C7 \We had the experience but missed the meaning
  D/ P+ Q" X5 n& O$ C6 K$ vAnd approach to the meaning restores the experience.
In a different form beyond any meaning we can assign to happiness
The past experience revived in the meaning
3 e7 u) `% v7 a) cIs not the experience of one life only
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& l8 t6 ?& B) T+ bNot forgetting something that is probably quite ineffable


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elusty

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! l  M) U* L" v% @  k好像，你的标点符号不对，所以也就不好理解（定语从句）：
The moments of happiness—not the sense of well-being,
8 K- T9 _' R& x7 rFruition, fulfilment, security or affecton,
# ^6 n  d7 a* `. c; \Or even a very good dinner, but the sudden illumination—
( L( L" p* d* i. E, K, h+ r  s5 XWe had the experience but missed the meaning,
( |; }8 @$ A6 K, \And approach to the meaning restores the experience
In a different form, beyond any meaning
We can assign to happiness. I have said before
. ]/ }( f1 l- k( MThat the past experience revived in the meaning
3 f: B- b# l" dIs not the experience of one life only
But of many generations—not forgetting
! ~4 g, X+ C+ n) @: }Something that is probably quite ineffable:
The backward look behind the assurance
Of recorded history, the backward half-look
Over the shoulder, towards the primitive terror.
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For Eliot, the passage of time ought to teach us much about permanence: many people merely pass through experiences and miss their meaning. He ties this idea to the deceptive notion that momentary happiness is more important than well-being. It is the “meaning-of” which restores the meaning of experience: “We had the experience but missed the meaning,/And approach to the meaning restores the experience/In a different form, beyond any meaning/We can assign to happiness …”
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TinaIsBunny

elusty 发表于 2020-1-26 22:03
好像，你的标点符号不对，所以也就不好理解（定语从句）：
The moments of happiness—not the sense of we ...

The backward look behind the assurance
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2 W2 Y8 A  f( Z" Y) d) B: @/ rOver the shoulder, towards the primitive terror
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7 b2 T7 H2 K5 x3 F0 b0 p这段什么意思啊。


9 V1 |4 g* O1 ~. h* Z/ J$ z还有解释中的这句话是什么意思啊
# X% H/ e% k) [% HIt is the “meaning-of” which restores the meaning of experience:

elusty

翻译不好，大概这样理解：
/ d/ a3 ^4 ^4 q5 C& x5 X6 b% ]回顾历史记录中确信背后的真相，越过（表象）的肩膀，观察最初的恐惧
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它是正确理解经验意义后的意义。

dgww

歌剧歌词是Four Quartets节选的文字，原文这样标点更容易阅读和理解。The moments of happiness not the sense of well-being, fruition, fulfilment, security or affection or even a very good dinner, but the sudden illumination — We had the experience but missed the meaning.And approach to the meaning restores the experience in a different form, beyond any meaning we can assign to happiness. I have said before that the past experience revived in the meaning is not the experience of one life only but of many generations—not forgetting something that is probably quite ineffable.
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翻译可以参考,哈
http://www.kekenet.com/Article/201804/547671.shtml
http://www.kekenet.com/Article/201804/547672.shtml