Alpheus is also the god of erotic pastoral poetry, it turns out, and this god is literally gone underground during the terrifying appearance of Saint Peter.

阿尔甫斯也是描写爱欲的诗歌之神，从诗句上来看，这位神灵在圣彼得面前,悄无声息的隐匿了踪影。

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And Milton's asking in these lines not simply about actual erotic entanglements -- although I think that's there, a relation with women -- but it's a question about erotic poetry as well.

在这几句弥尔顿问的不仅是,实际的性的缠绵--尽管我认为确实有这一方面，同女人的关系--他也是在问情诗的问题。

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Now we recognize the song. This is the song from Revelation of the virgins who could learn and sing the new song before the throne of the Lord, but Milton has obviously taken John's image here and exploded the implications of its erotic potential.

我们知道这首歌是指哪首了，是《启示录》中,处子们能在上帝宝座跟前学习演唱的那首歌，但很明显，弥尔顿将圣约翰描绘的这景象,所包含的的感性含义都大大扩大化了。

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When Sabrina touches the surprisingly sensual rubied lip of the Lady, she's in essence baptizing, I think, and sanctioning the erotic drives that the Lady has been so fiercely repressing.

当Sabrina碰触女士令人惊异的深红色嘴唇时，我认为她事实上是在进行洗礼，同时也是在限定,女士被强烈压制的性欲。

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