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芝娜道﹕『下面一首是RED AFTERGLOW﹕
( x& m' u) e0 D: t1) Lo, the red afterglow,
6 I- n5 ]3 O/ ^8 ]2 w \! O Against the sky blue!
( D W8 _" G y6 ^! ~' |5 B Is it the blush of Heaven, $ `" @ m$ [( t
As on a maiden's cheeks, / `* |; y7 g; ]! }5 W" t% N; c& f
When she catches sight
& t0 F9 G# b" J0 _$ N6 ~9 V Of her coming lover?# o3 D) i# p2 Z- ?* W5 j. `! V0 c; \
2) Lo, the red afterglow,
2 ^ \, K+ ?3 t& K/ C. A Against the sky blue!
4 y5 l) u7 i. r4 [5 Y0 H Is it the fire of bivouac
' V% R3 ~4 A- q$ O& k' T Kindled by Nymphs and Naiads4 C7 A( ` y7 O# s9 Q! h: {3 c
On the banks of Milky Way" l& D4 [! o, x \" s0 n$ C4 c
Holding a celestial picnic?
+ Y- U3 J" W" K* P/ n6 ?3) Lo, the red afterglow,
$ E7 i6 {3 G8 y5 p, r Against the sky blue!2 w/ l7 m4 a/ O+ E' J' D. Z& o+ K
Is it the ruddy gauze veil
" i/ W9 D% G \9 F) h8 e That veiled the face of Juno
; u+ J; c$ V6 w On her holy nuptial day2 Z) d) Y( q9 }- O8 N: ^% ?1 T
When she married Jupiter?
6 p, ^+ L' [/ R8 G4) Lo, the red afterglow,& ]: r' @+ P' r& g0 F6 W% [
Against the sky blue!
" }# o" T3 Q3 M+ o4 N$ \ Is it the fire of Mt. Olympus
D8 q) `" u2 ]/ |! ? s Stolen by noble Prometheus,
" C! Z9 N. i Z) ~4 I9 w And in his careless down-flight' c% H4 }% P$ q) @; U! L5 ~
Set the fleecy clouds aflame?" b" v& e$ w; f
5) Lo, the red afterglow,+ q; O7 f% J! D* d; g# J5 s
Against the sky blue!
, W% u# z: R& s4 A" K; m2 i& a Is it the blood of the heroes
" ?2 A0 Q/ x, M i6 h$ Y That died on battlefields
! r5 ]# t, c3 N8 z In the sacred defense, R/ m: i5 j; M, O/ A
Of their dear motherland?6 d) ~# R1 i0 K7 u
6) Lo, the red afterglow, R# J; K ]: G
against the sky blue!
h0 R) Z2 |! Z If it the Isle of Coral
7 t8 q7 Y! c1 O8 c: y Removed by a white witch5 @" c9 [8 ]( ]6 V
From the Pacific deep( L( p1 c- E2 s
To the heavens above?
2 m: Q9 ^% I8 h( `% J' ^7) Lo, the red afterglow,) L) b/ {7 e% e* B/ F: z
Against the sky blue!/ m) ^ F" \0 V$ r, ^1 q5 W5 O# V
Is it a cluster of peach trees,
* @* M) G8 V( {+ A. a- ~ Their blossoms in full bloom,/ h6 g& b8 f" K8 k9 G2 Z, E
Grown by the daughters of God
% R, j0 ^) _0 l0 G5 t1 B f3 n7 ~ And watered with nectar?% U& h% K& G4 Q9 [7 R5 }# \5 t$ x
8) Lo, the red afterglow,
# F5 h" D' L3 K6 T- a4 v: V Against the sky blue!
" }% x' W K* }% a* n Is it Flora's rouge
# o6 M+ w3 v& M7 i7 |) ~( H Spread all over the sky0 G1 e: M$ H, H9 {) c+ U0 q! A( n
By her frightened maids, o+ Z9 k6 J$ j, {. M* F
In escape from her anger?
$ K" R8 ^% R& C" U* ^: L9) Lo, the red afterglow,. }2 k% C- f3 i4 V5 Q7 X
Against the sky blue!
1 ?9 i2 w# ^# @# ~) Q B) ~& C Is it a large piece of sponge
/ Q2 A) b; _2 N& b/ E Soaked through with claret
/ n) ^% ^, z% b5 V5 o0 E Upset from the Holy Grail
) o- i( w7 y0 v By a rash cosmic pilot?』
+ B6 @: `5 Z# t4 T文倩道﹕『這首詩裡詩人表現出豐富的想像力。他把晚霞比喻成各種東西﹔一會兒9 j4 j; C6 K" D
比作天公的赧顏﹐一會兒比作銀河畔的篝火﹐又比作希臘女神臉上的紅色面紗﹐又
# p9 ~- S, r) Q6 c6 c/ o) m比作移向天上的紅珊瑚島﹐再比作花神的胭脂被侍女打翻而把晚霞染紅。最後一節' @( ]* b8 Y9 C u* C: q
裡﹐詩人把晚霞比作一塊浸透了紅色酒的大海綿﹐而這紅色的酒是一個魯莽的宇宙2 ]6 z0 j2 S# m- H- J; E
飛航員撞翻了天上的聖杯而流出來的。』盛靳云說﹕『詩本來就是想像的產物﹐語0 L; F2 @/ n6 T* `# Y8 C3 t
言文字描述的最高境界。』芝娜又翻過幾頁道﹕『這裡有一首辛棄疾「采桑子」詞
8 y2 X* t$ f9 I: h# V' [8 \的英譯。其原詞為「少年不識愁滋味﹐愛上層樓。愛上層樓﹐為賦新詩強說愁。
5 f9 z/ @" P9 e3 Z! Y" n 而今識盡愁滋味﹐怕上層樓。怕上層樓﹐卻道天涼好個秋。」其英譯為﹕
; D0 x: u9 P# `$ C8 pWhen young, I don't have any notions what woes really mean,% g+ a! z1 P8 F+ Z C& }3 P. h
Just love to get on floors so high.
- K& M, l7 T6 t& v5 U( V Just love to get on floors so high,
- ~3 I$ F. `- dTo write new poems, I try to say the words of woe and spleen.
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9 e! P: B9 a8 j) SBut now I fully have ideas of what woe really is,
) W' |) P/ ]$ r5 J# E/ q5 ?+ j Afraid to get on floors so high.
) W2 f7 D3 O. V) O! k6 a5 o Afraid to get on floors so high,% |2 F4 d. R0 W& Q) v# b. C
I only say in poems how good and cool the Autumn is.』+ A- X/ C/ k6 y: S
彥君道﹕『譯者根據詞的長短句特點﹐也分別譯成長短句。長句六個半音步﹐短句
& [+ s9 z) t- T四個音步﹐為抑揚格。這是譯詞的新嚐試。』張明生道﹕『英詩格律我一竅不通。
: f1 u- c Q# O* ]! F你別對龍彈琴了。』盛靳云問﹕『有何出典﹖』張明生道﹕『我屬龍。』芝娜笑道﹕
$ [$ m6 g$ a. K『那我們以後可用一套十二句成語﹕對鼠彈琴﹐對虎彈琴等。但別忘先問對方的生
K6 s$ i5 @) d. P肖是什麼。』說得大家都笑起來。盛靳云說﹕『原詩後半闋裡是「欲語還休」﹐不
4 G4 Z7 `/ c, s1 E是「怕上層樓」。不知譯者怎麼會有「怕上層樓」之說。』張明生道﹕『恐怕另有
# @, C4 H* ~, a+ J抄本。』彥君道﹕『這首譯詞尚有可修改之處。』張明生道﹕『你的魄力到不小﹐
5 \; f0 S( B; L居然想改起古人的詩來。』彥君反駁道﹕『這有什麼稀奇的。許多古人不是改了他1 g8 }& P4 n& [/ }% B# V7 ]5 I
們前人的詩嗎﹖當然﹐改好改壞又作別論。』張明生笑道﹕『那你準備改好﹐還是
" J; \9 c* y- G1 T0 L: u0 V改壞﹖』彥君道﹕『我還沒改呢﹐怎知好壞。且改別人詩的人主觀上都想改好﹐只
1 J; p+ G9 q; v# U, J. a& O1 _是由於功力不逮古人﹐反而改壞了。有趣的是﹐有時改壞了﹐自己還不知道﹐卻沾' s) v- Q% [* c& z& H6 \' Y+ O
沾自喜﹐以為在文壇上立下了不世奇功。』對這篇謬論﹐大家禁不住笑起來。張明! ?" X, p8 w6 e0 ^, A
生道﹕『好吧﹐等你改畢﹐讓大家評評﹐看究竟改得如何。』芝娜笑道﹕『論戰又
6 Z! J) c; F0 [% F2 d3 \; O一回合結束。讓我們再看下面的吧。散文部份的第一篇題為ON ODIPUS﹕$ r) w( h* M9 W6 n
Poor Odipus, a scapegoat he was! Accused of three great crimes, he
9 l0 j- u8 `% Z9 J/ Tsuffered a terrible tragic death ----a punishment inflicted on him by ' s: s) {2 m' p# f& ?6 F
the gods on Olympus. When he learned his fate decided by the almighty & g) }& R b! d6 E
gods to kill his father, marry his mother and bring destruction on his
$ X1 P2 p0 s% H: i; v& v+ H3 Anative city, he wished to escape from it. But destiny was unavoidable,and 8 r# w$ x. Y8 o4 R
unawares he fulfilled the assigned tasks. If the gods had decided his ; R+ c( |& y1 c: ~- K& Y
fate otherwise, he would not have been a criminal, receiving an unjust
' x& G! @) H/ N1 E/ hpunishment and bearing an ill-fame for thousands of years. He was only ) R2 Y) l8 \$ @) u
an executor of the wills of the gods who, struck perhaps with a whimsical ) S4 }! ]" J) l! t/ f7 O. n& a+ }
fantasy, played a practical joke on the helpless mortal. The gods were ) v2 V5 V. V- A0 C( Q
the plotters. Who then deserved the punishment? The gods on Olympus rather + y+ y" c& z& R) i1 A
than poor Odipus!』
7 k# ]9 `1 y; y7 T鄭莉道﹕『我讀希臘神話時﹐一直覺得ODIPUS在代人受過。不料古人已給他翻了案﹐
2 C% N' k! Z& g" ?8 w9 u真是大快人心。』張明生道﹕『既然他本人確實做了﹐他也難辭其咎。』文倩道﹕
1 y' z' b: k4 s3 f$ N: p『那麼﹐這些神至少也應是幕後策劃者﹐罪加一等。』芝娜道﹕『借用一句俗語﹕
; K/ M7 T& }1 J6 X9 g+ Z你們真是「看戲發愁﹐為古人擔憂」。下面是兩篇類似演說詞的文章TWO SUPPOSED & g8 A8 N- @4 o5 V. A- A
ADDRESSES TO MONEY﹕
) }" W7 |- P, m Q# @( W1) Oh, Money! My darling Money! My respected Money! I'm your admirer,
) Y! O# q3 B# b Y8 l; T3 m5 Xyour worshipper. Oh, Money, my Queen, your Majesty! I'm your servant,
- X% x$ u; Q* ^# B. `your slave. With you I can get food to keep me alive. With you I can 2 H2 ~: o- L1 Y/ N g% o% c
get clothes to keep warm. And with you I can get whatever I want, a ; z0 n! l# D0 {+ n+ i
grand mansion to live in and all the superfluities of life for ostentation. 4 |; c, P& F9 ]( ^$ o0 Q
But without you my love will desert me. Without you my friends will
+ J% g9 G8 q# A. @4 D8 ~% @3 Gturn back on me. And without you I'll go a-begging like a poor dog
+ C# O$ w/ ^: [! [% e: u. P+ Yand sleeping alone at night in a ruined porch. Oh, Almighty Money, come 9 F/ x& o. d( H
to me, I implore you! Pray, endow me with your favor and be sure that I'm
- H, R6 p% u) Cwilling to receive every small coin from you on my knees by which to show
1 I. e! V- p' q* Tmy deep-hearted gratitude. 』
, U* r1 h1 B. p+ r/ r盛靳云說﹕『世上確有許多做金錢奴隸的人﹐把他們的可憐相勾劃出來示眾﹐很好。』
9 P2 h8 Q9 b0 l+ l8 H; l芝娜又唸道﹕『第二﹕4 |, W) t' q, ?$ x; ]& p* Y
2) Oh, money, my obedient servant, my faithful slave! I'm your master, 7 O; x6 z) _' M) }: g3 v" S1 V
your owner. OH, money, my passe-partout, my almighty tool! I'm you user, ! d3 P4 q) c' L3 v& y! r* `
your disposer. With you I can start my enterprises. With you I can carry
% v$ z6 H9 j) q6 Z) M# Son my great plans. And with you I can make the little world around me % y3 [5 C6 r% r3 B* a
go at my will. If without you I can still have a large store of learning.
& m& \: Z4 w9 d( T' t2 }. T; X If without you I can still have an unpolluted name. And if without you
2 V9 K9 j$ |) D6 h( ~0 f: J% k I can still live like a hermit writing books of great thoughts.
7 T% O. K7 \2 N3 [* ^& z+ \. kOh, servile money, come to me; my lad, I command you! Serve me well 3 M6 ^' B, d4 d4 X
and don't be naughty, or I'll punish you.』
5 S Z: ?# n$ |0 P+ N, L2 j文倩道﹕『第二篇寫得更有趣。就是不知作者如何去懲罰鈔票。』張明生道﹕『燒
- F5 o6 N" H& }. `) h7 h掉它。』盛靳云說﹕『那反過來等於在懲罰你自己。』鄭莉道﹕『如果由作者來寫﹐2 c8 d/ F9 ~% q; S/ t1 L
一定會有個有趣的懲罰方式。』芝娜翻過幾頁說﹕『這裡有一篇題為ON BEAUTY
6 V0 ^& w' U" o) ?, U! _! R4 u(談美)﹕
! M: P. ^. e5 l Beauty often dwells in youth. At sight of a charming girl, everyone
; Z. [ f8 B' Y4 o+ r5 [7 owill exclaim, "My eyes! What a great beauty!" The male stares with 0 C5 i5 }; D" D/ } ~; I
a thrill of admiration; the female gazes with a sigh of envy. Wherever
3 Z x r, t! H5 v3 b5 Nshe goes, she becomes the focus of the attention. Men all yearn to win 5 k' B" M" E+ |' Z6 n
her heart; women all feel a regret unable to stand in her shoes. A glance
# v% [4 ~0 `; T" ?or a smile from her makes the stingy empty his hoard of gold and the ( K9 j. i( T! A& W
coward give up his life for her. She enjoys her queenly position in society,6 y" ^: H4 l# G
proud of the possession of such a beauty. But the merciless Time & }( U e- X2 \: H! N, |. {
dogs her steps, too. Her beauty is worn out with the years. She begins to
- h% f8 M+ T: Vfade away and the hardship in life, if any would befall her, will bring
5 @. K! a: U( g; L4 F6 u+ qmore wrinkles on her face. Then men turn their backs on her politely with
- s r! Q B6 _a bow; women look at her with indifference. The younger generation is magnetized * y8 E8 y. z2 H7 m* B2 T0 B
round another focus. The old queen has to abdicate and leave the throne
. _' v: Z2 l2 \for a young one to occupy. Only a photo or portrait can preserve her beauty
8 z, B8 ~$ C( Z. G3 tin youth and no Time is capable of doing any injury to her preserved beauty 8 A {- @8 s8 y0 A9 N5 ^
but the preserver itself.
( u" y7 t0 l# Y% n( d Therefore, admire not the beauty without, but the beauty within. Such 9 I! e5 N/ [! m7 u' |5 ~; W+ Z
a beauty will never wither though Time also plots to do it harm. In the * N/ z1 F) H9 W
struggle against the adversities of life and the ruthlessness of Time, 4 P/ H0 Z `* @7 Q- ]: y! G
it grows radiant, or even dazzling, just like a rock in midstream made ; I/ F0 N$ c( w# f: V' a
smooth and glossy by the current of both the stream and Time. Everyone,
7 {' B4 [1 E8 P/ ^2 d2 oin spite of the age and sex, if aware of it, will sing its praise either
; ^! l0 {. ~# f openly in words and letters or secretly in mind. It lives as long
% F2 v, g3 h. c% {as the possessor, or even much longer after her dust may be blended into
: I$ T: b2 k3 Z* J6 ` k5 g1 D3 v$ Ba vase with the clay around it. 6 a+ G: z: n. l, `! } u0 c: A
The outward beauty can only be the object of admiration or envy while ; G/ V) P- I% E% g2 Q# Q# K7 j
the inward beauty, besides being a theme of the ode, can serve as an 8 k, r: E8 ^1 }( p9 J! u
example to learn from, for the former is always endowed by birth, but + a2 \+ v) U" ?3 Y
the latter by self-acquirement. However, every man is free to hold & m) O, o! l c3 r# A Z3 E
his own notion of what the beauty is and to choose whichever of the two & P4 H$ q$ V" [6 i# A. o/ y
beauties he prefers. Only his love for his bride select should not degenerate
; o1 e) q5 r- Y- H5 U5 S+ uwith the shrunken beauty.』
0 H+ \$ }/ {% L& P彥君道﹕『這篇文筆甚好﹐有古典散文之美。排比句似脫胎於被喻為美國文學之父* [( e# _: C9 R# @" \/ S5 A8 Q
的華盛頓‧歐文所著的《遊歐雜記》一書。立論也好。古來好德不如好色者往往為* j- B* I y% Y
色受累﹐甚至身敗名裂。』盛靳云道﹕『我將來娶妻一定要先好德後好色 。』/ _" h1 L8 Z/ i" V2 [- O
查雄道﹕『我看還是好德兼好才﹐色會衰﹐才不會衰。』張明生道﹕『那你娶妻貌
6 `0 r. K: I5 c: q- q似無鹽如何﹖』芝娜看著查雄直笑。查雄自嘲道﹕『我恐怕連無鹽也沒福消受。將0 U3 B0 I% g2 D" j' w) w
來還是娶過無頭的吧。』大家又笑了起來。張明生說﹕『那你娶個凶殺電影裡的無* w3 z T0 h2 ]% z2 J9 p' `
頭屍吧。』查雄道『好吧。你以後留心替我介紹一個。』張明生道﹕『我從不做媒。7 b( ?9 W; e$ B
你自己好自為之吧。』芝娜道﹕『下一篇是THE BALLOON﹕5 h7 [* r+ {8 D( s
A little boy walks by his mother's side, with one hand in hers and a balloon 0 ^) N8 v' r% \9 v/ ? p* z9 g _
in the other. A sudden gust of wind snatches the balloon away from
+ F; s7 [ E4 B% U1 b2 P the boy's hand and bears it skyward. As it flies higher, the excited
6 Q: p8 b4 k$ m, f% c, Y, \ Wpeople in the street all look up. "Surely," the balloon says to itself, $ S6 m8 q1 m0 _: e$ I
feeling proud of its uprising, "they all envy me of my ascent." Then in its & {2 V: g. p3 O& v
upward flight it passes by a balcony on which a group of boys and girls / w) W, f. J) T' `" Z. ~
are standing, giving a cry of excitement when seeing an escaped balloon
4 G' ?% ~0 \+ D/ F S: Yhurry on its way of freedom. "They are cheering me, I'm sure." The balloon / H) Z) R, C U+ J( X
thinks. Up and up it soars, above the roof, above the spire, through a
% B2 g: t, |* Sthin cloud, into the blue sky. Then a dove hovers near, but after a glance ( E& {! w, T# M( a8 Z) @9 C! p
at it, flies away with indifference. "Of course, the bird nears to
: z# z3 E' \( rsalute me," The buoyant balloon flatters itself in exultation, "but as
& s7 Q# q# [5 mI ignore her to keep my dignity, she takes herself away in awe and respect."
0 o8 k5 y C8 d; U1 w The higher it clambers, the haughtier it becomes, till it reaches the 3 L6 Y+ J$ M3 p! M8 j3 S1 o
zenith where it means to stay for millions of years, but, alas, it bursts!
3 l8 I4 @: A* y+ X3 p; _) Y& I% r7 N』
) `! C7 e# B9 G( {8 S盛靳云說﹕『這篇短文諷喻得好。從一個小小的汽球引發出大道理來。』芝娜翻過2 H3 {7 ?3 a2 {( _$ ]3 }1 y0 {3 o
好幾頁﹐說﹕『下面一篇是ON ETIQUETTE(論禮儀)﹕
4 p; r+ x$ A% n+ C: u" c Etiquette is to society what apparel is to the individual. Without % }* |. h/ j( ` q
apparel men would go in shameful nudity, which would surely lead to the J- L$ j, l9 G2 t6 b% x9 i7 K) C# [. F0 s
corruption of morals; and without etiquette society would be in a pitiable
; r/ k. }! \5 \8 r1 jstate and the necessary intercourse between its members would be interfered , V$ M6 a* X% d
by needless offences and troubles. If society were a train, the etiquette
% d$ t# A% ^ ^8 [: O$ ]. Cwould be the rails, along which only the train could rumble forth; if
, z- F3 l5 Y5 B1 S$ Rsociety were a state coach, the etiquette would be the wheels and axis,
$ Z' g! S" L0 W; h on which only the coach could roll forward.
0 R( O5 B) O- l The lack of proprieties would make the most intimate friends turn to % M7 {$ v4 U" Q6 ^ E
be the most decided enemies and the friendly or allied countries declare
: I- d# @$ {/ s( O6 W( O, `- ~% I8 Nwar against each other. We can find many examples in the history of mankind.3 j" p- z) M1 B+ I2 ?
A duke of Song Dukedom in East Zhou Dynasty in ancient China was killed , B; x* c0 n9 O1 e: J& J# e/ \
by his favorite knight for a joking word. therefore, I advise you to stand 2 e4 c( j4 X6 z& K% U
on ceremony before anyone else and to take pains not to do anything stupid
3 ]+ S9 _/ @0 J2 s: k! oagainst etiquette lest you give offences or make enemies.』4 Z* L9 X/ C! e& t+ d Y5 o
盛靳云道﹕『我是最討厭俗禮的﹐但必需的禮貌還是要的。歷史上確有許多因無禮
% L% ]- U+ ^; U2 x而引出的悲劇。』鄭莉道﹕『作者這些雜文確實寫得很好﹐即使冒充是再古的人寫
' J- ^, d% G% a/ ~的﹐給有眼無珠的人看了也分辨不出。』文倩道﹕『不告訴你的話﹐如果冒名是HAZLITT寫2 ]& W1 t6 Y9 x% C2 C4 r2 f$ T! {( t) B
的﹐你分辨得出嗎﹖』鄭莉道﹕『最後的例子說明這篇文章不可能是外國人寫的。# X& P; P! m5 O1 p3 p' C% n# ]
外國人一般不會用中國典故。』文倩問﹕『如果拿掉最後的例子呢﹖』鄭莉道﹕
: _7 \ P* [8 }: p6 j& d9 s『要辨別古人文字的真偽需要有很高的文學水平。我自認沒有這種本領。』芝娜道﹕- w* j) N; z0 g1 ~; i5 c4 [; E
『冒充古人有什麼意思呢﹖』文倩道﹕『或許開個玩笑﹐或許由於自己尚未出名﹐- [7 ]- a" U4 Q
作品難以發表﹐只得冒名古人。這種事也並非絕無僅有。』芝娜道﹕『這不關我們9 B! m8 d4 X1 t
的事。我們只有欣賞的資格。』翻過幾頁﹐芝娜又唸道﹕『我來唸篇劉禹錫「陋室
# o; ?% ?/ T0 w+ k+ r- s* [銘」的譯文$ K" K( m& w h# v: } I1 d
AN EULOGY ON MY HUMBLE ABODE﹕' v$ z( b0 U: ~) l
Known will the hills be if fairies dwell, no matter high of low; and
# C1 Y' z* w' J! xcharmed will the waters be if dragons hidden, no matter deep or shallow. 7 o0 z9 F# J! T
A humble abode though this is, my virtues make it smell sweet. Verdant ) Q9 x* M) {1 m1 s
are the stonesteps overgrown with moss, and green seems the screen 5 G" S) F- X/ M- t' _
as the grass seen through it. I chat and laugh only with great scholars 5 ]) z0 g" R2 O' e% B0 j4 \" d
and have no intercourse with the ignorant. I can play lute and read my ' J/ G9 V0 R6 Z; l) c9 ?9 j
sutras; no unpleasant music to grate on my ears and no red-tape to make $ A, P ^8 ], X# Y6 t6 ]! l
me weary and tired. Zhuge's residence in Nanyang and Ziyun's inhabitance
& E4 s$ a; Y2 \/ \3 c+ Y/ j' \in Xishu are both like what Confucius quoth, "How canth it be humble?" - s0 n- b8 T7 g/ E8 e$ W# g
彥君道﹕『這篇譯文意思都譯出來了。文筆尚可。文句排比與中文原文是一致的。% g/ w* ?3 _! s2 Y9 N. D% H6 X
只是我沒看見別的古人是否也譯有此文。要有比較才能分出優劣。』張明生道﹕
5 S# x2 q7 x1 z7 I『你這也太苛求了吧。你們這些搞文的人總是想貶低別人的。似乎不這樣就不能抬( F, d5 o' _) m0 R, A) J
高自己。其實適得其反。尤其是有些已有虛名而並無實學之輩。我想﹐要表示你有
) y# Y9 l* }' o2 |( H: A3 m9 I才學的最好辦法是拿出比別人更好的作品來。所謂「桃李無言﹐下自成蹊」者也。』
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1 `& l- {$ B' y' ? 芝娜闔上書說﹕『我到書店去沒見過這本書。幾時得空我到舊書店去看看﹐也
3 ~6 |: T* n/ C$ v- }, G# C買一本。』彥君道﹕『舊書店也不一定有。借給你到學校圖書館用微縮機複印一本
7 k( d, i( ^* F0 \. j! V好了。』芝娜道﹕『那就多謝你了。』文倩道﹕『多複印兩本。我與郭如儀也要。』' p+ A3 e, O, A
鄭莉說﹕『幫我也複一本吧。』當時各學校都有微縮機﹐能讓學生以成本價把書或, {; {5 R0 B+ i" N- m9 P
資料複印在微縮帶上﹐可放映在一般電腦屏上閱讀﹐很方便。# H3 P' c8 T E6 k" ^
晚餐以後﹐查雄提議跳舞﹐無人反對。只有悟空沙僧不跳。悟空笑道﹕『俺只
. o4 i( N( p/ h+ U會跳高跳遠﹐跳上跳下﹐跳來跳去﹐就是不會跳舞。』八戒自上次出乖露醜後﹐再
, k1 N0 \/ N4 i7 p& i4 V/ C也不敢跳舞了。張明生故意逗八戒說﹕『胖兄﹐請一起來跳舞。』八戒直搖手說﹕
! a9 @* a5 {1 Z# ~0 [『不跳了﹐不跳了。』其他人把中間桌椅折起來﹐搬放在走廊裡﹐伴隨著激光電子1 m7 A+ M7 w/ B' U" P
音樂跳起舞來﹐直至興盡而散。6 k' {& N( \; U! Z
匆匆又過了一星期。星期五一早﹐芝娜與鄭莉一起來查雄寢室﹐約他們去看一
( Q3 o1 L/ x1 a8 B個新開的畫展。張明生說﹕『咱們把孫兄胖兄也請來一起去。』大家知道沙僧總是
8 m6 [/ K0 P6 N8 q5 I在房裡或圖書館裡度過週末和假日﹐手不釋卷地看書﹐一般情況下是不隨他們一起
& D$ D8 O' p! b- Q h. t) }去玩的。所以﹐不是特殊而有趣的地方﹐他們不去邀他的。悟空八戒跟著大家乘車
* |) @" d/ q7 q: d( ~) _7 I來到美術館。裡面按年齡職業或作品類別分成幾個展室。每一展室出口處有一桌子﹐
" N( Q# l3 J! U2 U上有紙墨筆硯等﹐供觀眾發揮才能的﹐可題詩作畫﹐或寫些評論等。第一展室乃幼
* O) C+ n' u3 n2 X3 x+ c6 f3 k兒畫﹐當然畫得幼稚可笑。八戒不知﹐看後說﹕『這樣的畫﹐俺也能畫。』居然在
! V6 I) l R& T" S3 E出口處的桌上﹐拿起紙筆來﹐畫出一座歪斜的宮殿﹐兩匹馬不像馬﹐驢不像驢的動
" q. X t0 H8 i e9 N- B物﹐一個穿官服的人不像人﹐猴不像猴的高等動物。他的意思是要畫弼馬瘟看馬。
* f' V9 o' B4 Z% ^8 F! m旁觀者看著哂笑不止。張明生問﹕『胖兄﹐你這畫是什麼意思﹖』八戒道﹕『不能- Q8 O2 Z) k( {/ p6 S! y
說的。你們自己看吧。』盛靳云道﹕『畫總得有個題目。你這畫題目是什麼﹖』八6 C2 R0 } ]/ I& c+ v# x: f6 K
戒想﹐如果說是『弼馬瘟看馬』﹐師哥必要生氣﹐忽然想起他看到的有些幽默諷刺; n0 d" L1 H7 y3 x0 g2 u$ z3 @
畫旁寫著『無題』兩字﹐於是就說﹕『俺這畫是無題的。』眾人一笑置之。在工農
2 ~9 ]$ k5 C& p7 a" P展室裡﹐有一幅『秋風紈扇圖』。一個古裝美人﹐手執紈扇一把﹐凌風飄逸﹐眼神) u7 G5 b; j( L/ t& x
流波。但大部份畫都是反映當代生活﹐生產勞動﹐體育文娛等。在出口處﹐盛靳云7 K+ k0 a4 U2 G8 d: g* Y" A
說﹕『我想在此題詩一首﹐曰「詠秋風紈扇圖」。』於是寫道﹕『誰人惹起秋波橫﹐
/ q3 h5 S P! K/ G% C5 Q) P7 ^千種嬌媚一處生。任是姮娥降月殿﹐亦應自愧避邢娙。』查雄道﹕『你把漢成帝時( t) L! j: e- q+ ]2 a( [
尹邢相避之典中的邢娙娥三字去尾使用﹐似無先例﹐教人怎懂﹖至少該用「娙娥」$ [2 h: R' I" j
兩字吧。』盛靳云說﹕『用「娥」字結句不能葉韻﹐故只能去尾﹐不能去頭。且文 l6 |8 l( X7 ]' p/ I
開先例之事古來不少﹐何我不可開此先例﹖』張明生道﹕『你不要專做怪詩。做詩還0 F. F1 D# M; M3 f" B
是質樸些好。我也來試做一首。』說罷就坐下來寫道﹕『揮紅點紫寫群雄﹐新作萬千
8 _( g- G7 [- L/ o# J/ v6 W各不同。欲問精珠誰孕育﹐無窮智慧是農工。』芝娜道﹕『你這首詩雖然質樸﹐除+ k; C$ I% d {& o- v, T: z( ]* J
了「揮紅點紫」四字較好外﹐還有不少詩病。「千」字犯了孤平。「精珠」有何出
4 _- N& R& ~ y1 _9 X- [3 x$ I! O0 C典﹖你說「無窮智慧是農工」﹐那麼科學家﹐哲學家等就沒有無窮智慧了﹖』張明4 a0 O, |5 I% {% Q( U# I* _
生辯道﹕『我本不會作詩﹐所以說是試作。且上星期六在彥君家唸詩﹐那位古人說! Y' T6 @) g |
作詩不必拘於平仄﹐你自己唸的﹐難道這麼快就忘了﹖再說我把好的作品喻為「精
, e( z: A7 H6 R! T# J6 K珠」﹐有何不可﹖何必非要有什麼出典才能用。我說「無窮智慧是農工」﹐因為這
9 I' C" i. g7 @+ B, N是「工農展室」。我沒說科學家等沒有無窮智慧。你這就是欲加之罪﹐何患無辭。』5 c7 M& M$ g1 k: a$ z# {
芝娜笑道﹕『你們聽聽﹐我說了一句話﹐他說了一大車。算你有理。其實當代人評
1 w: V5 Y- z4 \$ t4 z7 q/ ~" g! D論都難免由於利害或妒忌等關係﹐或拍馬因素﹐從而失之偏頗。只有讓後代子孫去8 b" u) ~# M3 I, R: t5 X
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