It's the story of Aengus' longing and quest for union with a fairy girl whom he desires.

是安古斯渴望，寻求,和一个仙女结合的故事。

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The poem is a fairy tale.

这首诗是个童话故事。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

We can only imagine the fallen angels with a kind of dim uncertainty just as the belated peasant sees, or perhaps he only dreams he sees, the dance of fairy elves by a forest side.

我们只能想象出堕落的天使们带着暗淡的变幻的光,正如他见到的，又或者是他梦见的，林边跳舞的精灵们。

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That's the fairy tale again. In a way this is just like the Joyce.

这又是童话了，就像是乔伊斯写的那样。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

But actually, the thing I want to think about is a crude pun there, a "fairy" tale. Proust is himself gay. One of his big subjects is homosexuality, and Nabokov's reaction to this is really homophobic. This is not just about Nabokov's personal prejudice.

但事实上，我想说的是这里的一个粗糙的双关语，一个“童话“故事，普鲁斯特是一个同性恋，他讨论的一个,话题就是同性恋，但纳博科夫对此是相当反感的,这仅仅是因为纳博科夫的个人偏见。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选