《拉维诺之歌》(Song of Lawino)是当代非洲有定评的长篇叙事诗杰作,反映了现代非洲社会中因西方“文明”与传统文化,伦理的冲突而引起的家庭悲剧。表现手法及语言艺术富有浓郁的非洲气息,为群众所喜闻乐见。诗作发表后,在东非以至整个非洲诗坛激起了热烈的反响——电台连续广播,学校选作教材,不少诗人以此为范本,创作了一批有分量的叙事诗。全诗长达五千行,共十三章,这里选译其中第四章。 “Song of Lawino” is a masterpiece of long-dated narrative poems in contemporary Africa. It reflects the family tragedies in modern African society caused by the conflicts between Western “civilizations” and traditional cultures and ethics. Performance techniques and language arts are rich in African flavor, loved by the masses. After the publication of the poem, the poetry circles in East Africa and the whole of Africa aroused enthusiastic response - radio broadcast continuously, the school selected as textbooks, many poets as a template, created a number of weighty narrative poem. The poem up to five thousand lines, a total of thirteen chapters, where the election of the fourth chapter.