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玫瑰的传说
荷叶/译 有史以来，人们就钟情于玫瑰。事实上，据说克娄巴特拉的宫殿地面上铺满了鲜嫩的玫瑰花瓣，聪明多知的孔子有六百本藏书，专门论述玫瑰的培育。 玫瑰有自己的传说。据说在罗马帝国时代，有个美丽绝伦的少女名叫罗丹斯。她的美丽吸引了众多的追求者对她纠缠不休。罗丹斯疲于应付，被迫到朋友黛安娜的神殿里寻求庇护。很不幸，黛安娜忌妒了。当众多追求者冲破殿门接近所钟爱的罗丹斯时，黛安娜一怒之下把罗丹斯变成了玫瑰，把她的追求者变成了花刺。 在希腊传说里，玫瑰是由希腊花神克罗莉斯创造的。玫瑰只是克罗莉斯在一片森林空地上发现的一粒毫无生气的种子。克罗莉斯请求爱神阿芙罗狄蒂赐予它美貌；请求酒神狄俄尼索斯泼撒琼浆玉液，赐予它芬芳；请求美惠三女神赐予它魅力、色泽和欢乐。随后风神泽弗吹走了乌云，太阳神阿波罗照耀在它身上，这朵花绽放了。因此玫瑰诞生了，并立刻被冠以百花之王的美誉。 欧洲所见到的第一枝真正的原色红玫瑰叫“斯莱特中国深红”，是一七九二年从中国引入的，它原来一直野生在山里。玫瑰培育者立刻用这枝玫瑰杂交培育红玫瑰。自此，寻求完美红玫瑰成了玫瑰种植者的一个遥不可及的神圣目标。他们想要玫瑰芬芳馥郁，能抵御病虫害，花期持久，茎干修长，反复开花，外形完美，娇艳欲滴，永不褪色。绝对的完美尚未实现，当然永远也不可能实现。 人们发明了一种特别的玫瑰花语，作为不能公开表达爱意的情侣之间秘密交流的方式。十八世纪中叶，驻君士坦丁堡的英国大使夫人在她的书信中对此进行了描述，这些信件在她死后发表出来。从而激发了许多关于花语的书籍问世，每本书都描述了隐藏在各种花中的秘密信息。一朵含苞欲放的红玫瑰代表着蠢蠢欲动的渴望，一朵盛开的白玫瑰开口探问：“你会爱我吗？”，一朵怒放的红玫瑰意为“我爱意满满，充满渴望。”，而一朵绽放的黄玫瑰则在责问：“你难道不爱我了吗？”
附：原文 People have been passionate about roses since the beginning of time. In fact, it is said that the floors of Cleopatra1’s palace were carpeted with delicate rose petals, and that the wise and knowing Confucius had a 600-book library specifically on how to care for roses. The rose is a legend on its own. The story goes that during the Roman Empire, there was an incredibly beautiful maiden named Rhodanthe.Her beauty drew many zealous suitors who pursued her relentlessly. Exhausted by their pursuit, Rhodanthe was forced to take refuge from her suitors in the temple of her friend Diana. Unfortunately, Diana became jealous. And when the suitors broke down her temple gates to get near their beloved Rhodanthe, she became angry turning Rhodanthe into a rose and her suitors into thorns. In Greek legend, the rose was created by Chloris, the Greek goddess of flowers. It was just a lifeless seed of a nymph that Chloris found one day in a clearing in the woods. She asked the help of Aphrodite, the goddess of love, who gave her beauty. Dionysus, the god of wine, added nectar to give her a sweet scent, and the three Graces gave her charm, brightness and joy. Then Zephyr, the WestWind, blew away the clouds so that Apollo, the sun god, could shine and made this flower bloom. And so the Rose was born and was immediately crowned the Queen of Flowers. The first true primary red rose seen in Europe was “Slater’sCrimson China” introduced in 1792 from China, where it had been growing wild in the mountains. Immediately, rose breeders began using it to hybridize red roses for cultivation. Ever since, the quest for the perfect red rose has been the Holy Grail of rosarians： a fragrant, disease-resistant, long-lasting, long-stemmed, reblooming, perfectly formed rose with a clear non-fading vivid red color. Absolute perfection still hasn’t been attained, and of course never will! There is a special rose language invented as a secret means of communication between lovers who were not allowed to express their love for one another openly. In the mid 18th century the wife of the British ambassador in Constantinople described this in her letters, which were published after her death. These letters inspired many books on the language of flowers, each describing the secret message hidden in each flower. A red rose bud stands for budding desire,an open white rose asks “Will you love me﹖” An open red rose means “I’m full of love and desire,” while an open yellow rose asks “Don’t you love me any more﹖” | 
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