让·德·拉封丹(Jean de La
Fontaine),法国著名诗人,被誉为“法国的荷马”,出生于法国香槟省的夏托蒂埃里,父亲是位从事森林管理的小官吏。受家庭环境的影响,拉封丹从小就对诗歌怀有浓厚的兴趣。1641年,拉封丹去巴黎学习神学,后又改学法律,1652年接替父职,后于1657年携家定居巴黎。1668年,拉封丹发表了《寓言诗》第1集1~6卷,这使他一举成名,并奠定了在法国文坛的地位。随后于1678—1679年间,拉封丹发表了《寓言诗》的第2集(7~11卷)。1694年,他发表了《寓言诗》的最后一集,即第12卷。
目錄:
1.知了和蚂蚁the grasshopper and the ant
2.乌鸦和狐狸the raven and the fox
3.青蛙希望和牛一样大the frog that wished to be as big as the ox
4.两头骡子the two mules
5.狼和狗the wolf and the dog
6.小母牛、山羊、绵羊和狮子结成联盟the heifer, the goat, and the sheep, in company
with the lion
7.褡裢the wallet
8.燕子和小鸟the swallow and the little birds
9.城里的老鼠和乡村的老鼠the city rat and the country rat
10.狼和小羊the wolf and the lamb
11.男人和他的镜像the man and his image
12.多头的龙和多尾巴的龙the dragon with many heads, and the dragon with many
tails
13.盗贼和驴the thieves and the ass
14.受神保护的西莫尼戴斯simonides preserved by the gods
15.死神和不幸的人death and the unfortunate
16.死神和樵夫death and the woodman
17.一个男士和两位不同年龄的女士the man between two ages, and his two
mistresses
18.狐狸和鹤the fox and the stork
19.男孩和教师the boy and the schoolmaster
20.公鸡和珍珠the cock and the pearl
21.大黄蜂和蜜蜂the hornets and the bees
22.橡树和芦苇the oak and the reed
23.斥爱挑剔的人against the hard to suit
24.老鼠开会the council held by the rats
25.狼在猴子面前告狐狸the wolf accusing the fox before the monkey
26.两头公牛和青蛙the two bulls and the frog
27.蝙蝠和两只黄鼠狼the bat and the two weasels
28.受箭伤的鸟the bird wounded by an arrow
29.母猎狗和她的朋友the bitch and her friend
30.鹰和甲壳虫the eagle and the beetle
31.狮子和蚊子the lion and the gnat
32.驮海绵的驴和驮盐的驴the ass loaded with sponges, and the ass loaded with
salt
33.狮子和老鼠the lion and the rat
34.鸽子和蚂蚁the dove and the ant
35.落井的占星家the astrologer who stumbled into a well
36.野兔和青蛙the hare and the frogs
37.公鸡和狐狸the cock and the fox
38.乌鸦想模仿鹰the raven wishing to imitate the eagle
39.孔雀向朱诺发牢骚the peacock complaining to juno
40.变成女人的猫the cat metamorphosed into a woman
41.狮子和帮他打猎的驴the lion and the ass hunting
42.由伊索来解释的遗嘱the will explained by aesop
43.尤利西斯的伙伴the companions of ulysses
44.猫和两只麻雀the cat and the two sparrows
45.守财奴和猴子the miser and the monkey
46.两只山羊the two goats
47.老猫和小老鼠the old cat and the young mouse
48.病鹿the sick stag
49.蝙蝠、荆棘和鸭子the bat, the bush, and the duck
50.狗猫之争和猫鼠之争the quarrel of the dogs and cats, and that of the cats
and mice
51.狼和狐狸the wolf and the fox
52.龙虾母女the lobster and her daughter
53.鹰和喜鹊the eagle and the magpie
54.国王、鹞鹰和狩猎者the king, the kite, and the falconer
55.狐狸、苍蝇和刺猬the fox, the flies, and the hedgehog
56.爱神和疯神love and folly
57.乌鸦、羚羊、乌龟和老鼠the raven, the gazelle, the tortoise, and the
rat
58.森林和樵夫the woods and the woodman
59.狐狸、狼和马the fox, the wolf, and the horse
60.狐狸和火鸡the fox and the turkeys