点评:Gothicism at its finest....As the storm clouds gathered, and the skies turned a darker shade, leaves fall like rain as the winds gather, darkest crow amid trees that bend and bow ,the ancient yews stand as silent witness since the days before the first stone was laid, shapes dance across the masonry, unreal shadow shift and change, unfamiliar forces wrestle amid that in illumination and that in dark ,mirroring the eternal battle of good and evil , figures move through half light,fragment of chanting monks and accompanying gregorian chant, a lady appears from the days of yore baring a candle,dream like sequences as darkness descends from the skies ,the storm rages, now, now we must leave,as we make our way up through the forest ,the path is narrow ...finally we emerge ,as pilgrims to look back at the spectacle before us and for a fleeting moment get a true sense of the unification of past and present , light and dark , good and bad as only the very finest of places can invoke. Fountains Abbey.
翻译:最纯粹的哥特风格……乌云密布,天色愈发昏暗。狂风骤起,树叶如雨般纷纷飘落。在弯曲倾斜的树木间,一只漆黑的乌鸦格外显眼。那些古老的紫杉树则如沉默的见证者,自第一块石头被安放之前便伫立于此。砖石之上,各种影像翩翩舞动;虚幻的阴影不断变幻。光明与黑暗之中,某种不可名状的力量正在交锋,恰似善与恶之间永恒的斗争。人影则在半明半暗的光线中穿行。诵经的僧侣们发出阵阵吟唱,伴随着格里高利圣咏,一位女子从往昔岁月中现身,手中捧着一支蜡烛。随着夜幕降临,一系列如梦似幻的场景接连出现;暴风雨肆虐着。此时,我们必须离开了。我们沿着狭窄的小径穿越森林……终于,我们走了出来。作为朝圣者,我们回望眼前这壮丽的景象,刹那间真切体会到了过去与现在、光明与黑暗的完美交融。那种唯有最卓越的地方才能唤起的美好与惆怅之感。喷泉修道院。