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芝娜道﹕『下面一首是RED AFTERGLOW﹕2 l4 N4 E* U8 c# n
1) Lo, the red afterglow,1 G, D, K& ]7 C
Against the sky blue!
( S; ~2 k0 b) w( N$ Z Q! K. T' V Is it the blush of Heaven, + t/ L8 Q* N! J" O, ]
As on a maiden's cheeks,
, w* y* D- W$ N$ l+ [ ?) u When she catches sight C/ R& X2 d) C: D) S, W
Of her coming lover?
4 N% e6 F' U$ V% x' `& ]2) Lo, the red afterglow,, k/ a0 t8 }! M; @, x' Y
Against the sky blue!# _( N. H* X, `7 g# P0 l* G' W( P4 p0 l
Is it the fire of bivouac
, {. s0 a; |( p+ ` Kindled by Nymphs and Naiads
5 m" {: d, c' y, O On the banks of Milky Way* ]2 L9 p1 J# B# w D+ ?2 h
Holding a celestial picnic?3 h% K1 _& B: ]" R0 X2 N9 A$ Y
3) Lo, the red afterglow,* Y1 v" u/ Q( s l8 e m
Against the sky blue!
0 K# y: X3 p9 ^; U/ u8 X9 g; ] Is it the ruddy gauze veil
* a3 C8 @7 f: s That veiled the face of Juno
0 G) o, \1 V5 h* [& b- x On her holy nuptial day4 `" S$ K2 f/ Y9 Q9 d
When she married Jupiter?7 a4 ^3 }4 m. n+ q& x. s
4) Lo, the red afterglow, ^+ W |$ v# H
Against the sky blue!2 z; i/ P6 A v8 f5 G
Is it the fire of Mt. Olympus
, B; _7 y4 c+ Y% A6 h8 r6 X Stolen by noble Prometheus,
9 L, i! n& \1 y* ?, X8 F4 e* u And in his careless down-flight
# d; g6 j$ o- Y9 ^! A6 a A Set the fleecy clouds aflame?& r$ u/ S/ Q( j7 H7 M
5) Lo, the red afterglow,
" X, E: T$ o* E$ R3 \- P L Against the sky blue!& s$ I& `& e+ ^: u2 P \
Is it the blood of the heroes
/ x3 ]8 g- o3 Y- u4 c That died on battlefields& @: F6 L. G' X \8 I3 V) b
In the sacred defense* m9 q4 o, t9 |0 ~
Of their dear motherland?
6 n% h! @/ ]+ R! H; L, g! h! ^9 F6) Lo, the red afterglow,+ ?. v' n4 S( f1 J& d
against the sky blue!
% t) y; B! C9 b) A If it the Isle of Coral
$ J2 k4 W% d1 ~1 }/ ]+ g Removed by a white witch
) }! f( X A/ L( V From the Pacific deep/ K8 E9 ]* N& d; x7 }' }! m, z
To the heavens above?3 T7 X6 J/ e" M. @! }
7) Lo, the red afterglow,
& P$ A% Z3 x7 @" u* S6 z2 b Against the sky blue!
8 D; }- h8 C% O. ~" \- O6 \ Is it a cluster of peach trees,( c9 M# E& ]) G" t" e( X8 k* [
Their blossoms in full bloom,
: U; u0 u& U3 t& l8 F, S+ {! Z' } Grown by the daughters of God
8 s% ?9 o. P: j And watered with nectar?, `& t7 k0 M. b- W$ k0 q6 s# |
8) Lo, the red afterglow,
$ b/ H. |7 D( g5 k7 |' j Against the sky blue!
s }) m7 \0 C+ m$ l Is it Flora's rouge
I: O( @' @5 q" u8 S Spread all over the sky6 _$ w: D( T, J) D
By her frightened maids
' _5 m- d# \6 Z% i( p- L) I1 N In escape from her anger?; K& h: S1 M- ~) ~6 r% s0 Y
9) Lo, the red afterglow,
1 T8 x+ N& t$ H! T/ n Against the sky blue!
+ I9 W* n* }3 R# f y Is it a large piece of sponge- `2 c1 w& Q- ^" I* ~" Z; r8 U1 F
Soaked through with claret
3 I3 V8 H4 L/ D0 z" r, J v Upset from the Holy Grail- |3 `4 o0 z3 d7 ~$ w) l# n
By a rash cosmic pilot?』
) O: c. r2 |) O. Z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
/ N1 T- y- Z0 T0 N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2 l* [" m6 w; T, K# ?) t
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; l. @; V/ ~6 k% |0 F, J
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
9 [3 R4 k Y* r4 d5 s7 V; y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7 }/ s; A' F1 n7 K$ h+ {
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, g. |. Y0 P2 }# j
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。
3 k x- p; p9 m8 w& \ 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﹕) s3 y: n" d" y0 B# c; b- N2 l/ m
When young, I don't have any notions what woes really mean,, n" o* K! m; b5 m/ Z
Just love to get on floors so high. ) \8 j% D/ Y. Y- m' V
Just love to get on floors so high,
[' |* x7 w3 p% @( j/ g5 v7 nTo write new poems, I try to say the words of woe and spleen.) d0 c5 N1 \& u1 z
+ Y: A, Q# P* N: J9 S3 D) cBut now I fully have ideas of what woe really is,
0 Q% c( ?) C3 Z- [$ N4 w+ u Afraid to get on floors so high. ' ~4 m( R/ w8 x! t, D
Afraid to get on floors so high,
6 g' G5 k3 T/ k/ N8 G" a5 JI only say in poems how good and cool the Autumn is.』
- s, x+ y: ~1 u9 T, x9 n& w9 b8 y9 Z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
) K' ~( f0 C( ^* W4 P$ J, }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。: b, O, E$ k# h$ W" L, ^
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﹕
; n. H2 U- o$ X. s2 k1 r8 F0 K) D『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: W; ?& a" |; p( D8 F
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% J5 {' Y( r$ u
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8 j4 C4 W" e1 D* N- q6 e
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﹐
8 D) ?- q( S1 G6 M z& d/ r, r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+ r3 x/ ~" _* U, d
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, G% M5 g7 p0 s3 o
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
5 Q; d2 \* U1 }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
/ E U; b% {- R+ z5 e% B; ?. Z( 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$ E# {7 J4 q. W" T
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3 Y* ~8 y5 n- Q
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﹕3 h3 B( a2 H4 t9 {3 j r6 y
Poor Odipus, a scapegoat he was! Accused of three great crimes, he 9 h1 c& X3 G3 ]: Q' Z, F3 L5 d z1 X9 K
suffered a terrible tragic death ----a punishment inflicted on him by
% i" v) }3 Z. T" R6 @the gods on Olympus. When he learned his fate decided by the almighty " X! C$ O; x/ C8 E, @
gods to kill his father, marry his mother and bring destruction on his
" w: H' Y, v: B, Xnative city, he wished to escape from it. But destiny was unavoidable,and
& ]" i% Y2 A6 x9 O7 a nunawares he fulfilled the assigned tasks. If the gods had decided his
& m- p0 F2 [ d: Y* Ofate otherwise, he would not have been a criminal, receiving an unjust ( t/ _' y: b" p8 E1 g, v3 a
punishment and bearing an ill-fame for thousands of years. He was only
% k O8 V% ~3 E. {an executor of the wills of the gods who, struck perhaps with a whimsical
. o0 o& B) }4 L7 v0 B ffantasy, played a practical joke on the helpless mortal. The gods were ! t- H+ K) l+ @" s
the plotters. Who then deserved the punishment? The gods on Olympus rather
( I7 {" r- m9 Y6 ?# Jthan poor Odipus!』
8 j6 C9 N, f. u/ {4 E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﹐
7 }( a4 U) @. A% J. N% e" S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﹕# c+ v" u; @4 L% H2 H8 s
『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﹕
1 e2 d) L. w6 ?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
; _5 R3 A" n. N( ?ADDRESSES TO MONEY﹕" e$ n5 N5 |) w9 S) I6 h. h4 l
1) Oh, Money! My darling Money! My respected Money! I'm your admirer, 8 _( D: m; S& j+ x% P% O0 O# R
your worshipper. Oh, Money, my Queen, your Majesty! I'm your servant,
8 M+ [) [$ W$ |+ }4 P0 x1 ^- J6 G. Zyour slave. With you I can get food to keep me alive. With you I can v V+ P- Z; a$ D
get clothes to keep warm. And with you I can get whatever I want, a
/ |. q* c% Z! {$ K4 ?. u4 k. Ygrand mansion to live in and all the superfluities of life for ostentation. , n p C6 |/ @
But without you my love will desert me. Without you my friends will $ R- @6 ^3 v. {+ U$ k
turn back on me. And without you I'll go a-begging like a poor dog
7 K' y4 E& ^: N% c7 X% Q+ Uand sleeping alone at night in a ruined porch. Oh, Almighty Money, come # \; Y+ o% I' j, |
to me, I implore you! Pray, endow me with your favor and be sure that I'm 3 T0 I( N7 v* {3 v8 c& H c* V
willing to receive every small coin from you on my knees by which to show ; v$ c5 C% b5 Q- g7 ~4 J! {
my deep-hearted gratitude. 』9 t9 r4 p9 e( M. Q y& P5 H9 J/ o6 o
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。』
( m- [6 a! Y% d3 H, ?芝娜又唸道﹕『第二﹕
' S0 D; L1 }7 f3 l- a* d2) Oh, money, my obedient servant, my faithful slave! I'm your master, 8 H4 _6 U/ S# c& A3 }; M8 k" c3 [. A
your owner. OH, money, my passe-partout, my almighty tool! I'm you user, * d7 h5 b. ~$ n; s
your disposer. With you I can start my enterprises. With you I can carry ; x! p5 u% d6 r) [
on my great plans. And with you I can make the little world around me
' A% c5 R4 D- U6 |3 s4 T; cgo at my will. If without you I can still have a large store of learning. 2 z0 I. r: J8 i# e2 l2 m
If without you I can still have an unpolluted name. And if without you
5 l8 d( \# F/ S" J+ ]0 M1 x) x6 H2 l/ e7 w I can still live like a hermit writing books of great thoughts.
_) F* d: B3 {0 E/ ?% p. ?' _. ROh, servile money, come to me; my lad, I command you! Serve me well
: L& e0 t: u" E and don't be naughty, or I'll punish you.』3 z: i" P: w# G" {& s( p
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
$ f+ H# n/ D0 s9 C2 ~. }2 T: R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﹐! J. ^& `% N! e \
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/ H/ r( C5 H8 S. K3 q+ i
(談美)﹕! {1 B2 v) Q8 B3 R
Beauty often dwells in youth. At sight of a charming girl, everyone
- a1 b6 o8 f$ ^; Uwill exclaim, "My eyes! What a great beauty!" The male stares with
0 s% m+ F. v6 ~$ H0 j) x) ba thrill of admiration; the female gazes with a sigh of envy. Wherever & p- e3 S+ b" U7 y5 H# g. t
she goes, she becomes the focus of the attention. Men all yearn to win , y1 h; r$ V( N# w
her heart; women all feel a regret unable to stand in her shoes. A glance
! s6 ~- j; v; u8 v) J. e& R/ gor a smile from her makes the stingy empty his hoard of gold and the " S- Z9 P! d* H
coward give up his life for her. She enjoys her queenly position in society,
1 a) \' A8 J, \5 \; v. U: m proud of the possession of such a beauty. But the merciless Time # ~ M# t5 A6 d% }2 u
dogs her steps, too. Her beauty is worn out with the years. She begins to 9 u) F6 S% O6 Z" Q/ O( [
fade away and the hardship in life, if any would befall her, will bring . Q5 G2 R! B l6 C6 r
more wrinkles on her face. Then men turn their backs on her politely with 8 O1 r) C0 ^, w9 @9 j
a bow; women look at her with indifference. The younger generation is magnetized
4 w- V& `+ a- r' X3 J" {round another focus. The old queen has to abdicate and leave the throne
2 L0 u: G- G( @% Yfor a young one to occupy. Only a photo or portrait can preserve her beauty ( I, m. P$ P) R- a/ d2 n# h9 M( D
in youth and no Time is capable of doing any injury to her preserved beauty
0 L- K" b$ k% h9 p! @7 @4 `but the preserver itself.
" g. U( i; G( f* b j Therefore, admire not the beauty without, but the beauty within. Such
# Y: Q( A z" x+ J% \a beauty will never wither though Time also plots to do it harm. In the ) t9 q7 P# j1 E+ z9 _$ K- p4 R
struggle against the adversities of life and the ruthlessness of Time,
- n6 m( R: f0 o {3 c% ? it grows radiant, or even dazzling, just like a rock in midstream made , Q/ T6 v* ]$ D/ v) e K
smooth and glossy by the current of both the stream and Time. Everyone,
5 U6 S4 e @- q5 Tin spite of the age and sex, if aware of it, will sing its praise either
9 m; d2 d, C8 a4 ^0 e3 d openly in words and letters or secretly in mind. It lives as long
! G1 \4 x" B& n$ s$ R/ \as the possessor, or even much longer after her dust may be blended into
Q4 m2 [; M8 T3 P% F$ R4 `a vase with the clay around it. ( N ?4 |6 ?+ _7 m( r5 X" q
The outward beauty can only be the object of admiration or envy while
8 \2 c, @8 d) jthe inward beauty, besides being a theme of the ode, can serve as an
0 T( q9 j! Y: mexample to learn from, for the former is always endowed by birth, but
* Z# D8 W, ?% P. T; Othe latter by self-acquirement. However, every man is free to hold " {4 \5 ^, K5 a" i: G
his own notion of what the beauty is and to choose whichever of the two
* s1 Q9 n C& M' l- @beauties he prefers. Only his love for his bride select should not degenerate & a- \; H9 ^" J( t
with the shrunken beauty.』
- x; |) y6 i3 F( R$ X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
+ m* i3 m! c* g9 o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$ q0 ?+ g) j. c! o: M6 ^" w
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 。』5 I% X+ x6 j) l v
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/ H2 ?& R+ k+ d# k% N6 ~
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
9 e# M7 m/ i7 y4 r! v- c! x! [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/ a/ v2 T7 t+ H0 [; x& a9 @* g0 D- b
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。, m7 \* Y9 W3 f+ f* Y, c- `& r
你自己好自為之吧。』芝娜道﹕『下一篇是THE BALLOON﹕4 s8 H. f2 K- J
A little boy walks by his mother's side, with one hand in hers and a balloon ( L: | _1 o" m, r: d# \
in the other. A sudden gust of wind snatches the balloon away from
% |0 c* g; n6 g# E; f the boy's hand and bears it skyward. As it flies higher, the excited
9 T6 B- o7 l0 Bpeople in the street all look up. "Surely," the balloon says to itself, % @+ c& Z0 c& S
feeling proud of its uprising, "they all envy me of my ascent." Then in its
" H" P" k# B9 S0 ?( b: gupward flight it passes by a balcony on which a group of boys and girls
& G& d. o+ I, n( sare standing, giving a cry of excitement when seeing an escaped balloon " _( ?4 ~' Z& u, j' k
hurry on its way of freedom. "They are cheering me, I'm sure." The balloon $ v S. X* j9 Y$ C
thinks. Up and up it soars, above the roof, above the spire, through a ' _; Y ~, s5 a# W7 ]8 E- D
thin cloud, into the blue sky. Then a dove hovers near, but after a glance
' T; A, S( k$ X4 X& uat it, flies away with indifference. "Of course, the bird nears to
* c& N4 {. z7 j) dsalute me," The buoyant balloon flatters itself in exultation, "but as
2 d4 e* R/ }( I& `" ]& X9 aI ignore her to keep my dignity, she takes herself away in awe and respect."
; s* I0 t& i' r" z The higher it clambers, the haughtier it becomes, till it reaches the
" d0 ~. l4 E+ p7 F1 F& izenith where it means to stay for millions of years, but, alas, it bursts!9 ~0 x L# L3 ?% U( ]- v
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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7 r. d `2 _. d, }( w
好幾頁﹐說﹕『下面一篇是ON ETIQUETTE(論禮儀)﹕
7 A; Q. \, v2 _5 E Etiquette is to society what apparel is to the individual. Without 5 z. s2 M$ R- O1 B! y$ J
apparel men would go in shameful nudity, which would surely lead to the 3 X. A- c, o5 [, N( b
corruption of morals; and without etiquette society would be in a pitiable 6 K8 N. v2 N: Y" Q3 Q7 K9 o; u
state and the necessary intercourse between its members would be interfered ) ?. \8 R+ D$ C# H
by needless offences and troubles. If society were a train, the etiquette
: y0 G F* S5 q8 Q j- Gwould be the rails, along which only the train could rumble forth; if 0 w) X6 H# W9 ]9 D8 Q
society were a state coach, the etiquette would be the wheels and axis,
/ @/ J9 x. T; ?+ }, I; X& I1 {5 y4 U on which only the coach could roll forward.+ \5 b* U, O1 K! }" j
The lack of proprieties would make the most intimate friends turn to 4 B p8 ^ Y$ D5 R# h7 x* S
be the most decided enemies and the friendly or allied countries declare / y9 O$ }' g% P; K- ]& Z) L* R
war against each other. We can find many examples in the history of mankind.
) V, H7 E2 o5 i( v A duke of Song Dukedom in East Zhou Dynasty in ancient China was killed
7 Z; ]- Y @9 a: H$ P& ]3 q. p+ n( mby his favorite knight for a joking word. therefore, I advise you to stand
# P& [' I) c E* }; T* V! `8 m* ron ceremony before anyone else and to take pains not to do anything stupid
2 T) A5 O; T4 Hagainst etiquette lest you give offences or make enemies.』
T% T$ M* h e1 ^6 m# z+ }4 o2 ]% ?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
) H0 d! }" ]2 {$ s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
& \! x! ]: _, k4 g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
3 H i# E$ ~1 B" T4 o. A& ^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。; V, l: f1 _1 T) B0 ^6 F3 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﹕
2 K2 ?/ m4 C9 ?3 |$ D『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﹕% X1 j" G9 ]4 j# M0 w; |
『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﹐
' o M$ d, G* k" a- h- {( n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4 \+ {, ^6 G! d* X! k
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% I. v/ d& Y, Y% O( ~3 g o/ u7 E4 T: Z
銘」的譯文$ v& x8 [! ~* b5 P
AN EULOGY ON MY HUMBLE ABODE﹕
# m+ ~2 j' {' X6 h! j3 L Known will the hills be if fairies dwell, no matter high of low; and
( T! u0 o& m; T9 t5 }' l3 ^charmed will the waters be if dragons hidden, no matter deep or shallow.
% Q0 c7 t6 e' e A humble abode though this is, my virtues make it smell sweet. Verdant
" `: J; B) O2 T& T. Z7 Tare the stonesteps overgrown with moss, and green seems the screen
4 V5 v, o/ Q. i1 u* z. c* N7 s as the grass seen through it. I chat and laugh only with great scholars 3 X/ K. _6 B B2 y+ H! u7 E
and have no intercourse with the ignorant. I can play lute and read my & W$ ~( b2 P/ I
sutras; no unpleasant music to grate on my ears and no red-tape to make . A: b2 }) o3 C; v% \
me weary and tired. Zhuge's residence in Nanyang and Ziyun's inhabitance # D e, D4 K" g; `. m
in Xishu are both like what Confucius quoth, "How canth it be humble?"
7 Z8 }/ F8 j% V; c& I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。: r) P' o' c6 w2 m1 G% K& j
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﹕
$ p4 k" M5 ?$ a' u. |. g『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6 D1 }2 A2 K) y. [3 M# o- V9 b
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
2 ?; P) E: W7 e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。』
% [+ U4 ?7 i" J+ q1 [+ n! d" r* G4 s1 s, G
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6 D7 q" ~5 \, Y" Q
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
: T6 _7 V& Z% h1 e/ P' ~" K7 X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。』
' I, G U" A" P" o2 O& J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
9 W# h% m4 S) ?2 L+ I# l資料複印在微縮帶上﹐可放映在一般電腦屏上閱讀﹐很方便。: C+ x& Q" e1 N( n& P6 K5 p
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7 v7 H ^5 Q3 `/ Z2 I% m
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# X' U$ r7 p2 o" S$ c" p6 {
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﹕! B% L! D- F1 ?9 n& C" b" }
『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2 q) ^ ~* l1 y6 p, X& j0 c) r
音樂跳起舞來﹐直至興盡而散。5 h! |) L& d, i
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﹐約他們去看一9 ^" H- g4 v" \, O
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
: P& C/ [; D; e/ M N* f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
5 r! r3 Z- y5 t" W, }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
4 [3 Y6 {# O+ ]2 r! p! V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﹐
/ u& h2 M0 u7 l0 \* U+ k8 t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
/ J. {% z1 J0 z: u+ x" x, J) l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2 Z0 S- @; n2 w
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4 a* C x0 [) C1 v/ R
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。. b* G) ?! r' O- Z' ?
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- P1 h* P; e! ]& L
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﹖』八0 f. f$ K5 x1 V+ s; @
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
7 {8 j+ f+ M+ F/ M" K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
7 {# v* z- v* v$ J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
L& h. D, ]( }) K I7 |# N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; |, Q( {8 _+ R
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﹐
7 W1 }2 t4 N; {- f6 q% V2 R0 j Y, [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
! v1 x* W( B4 ~3 H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」
: K% ^2 H& b; S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
4 K0 x% J& l4 d# r9 [0 w3 |, @. U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& A2 J5 s4 X+ |
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
6 s+ P- C+ j4 i1 C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
0 q$ C; Y* ?/ Z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& w7 s/ G% y# v4 n" o. }0 a3 q
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
# R, T* S& u5 J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$ G; @% W/ s) o# o8 d2 B1 }
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9 n' S1 I) P6 k' h& ]
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
% v, t) R7 i2 z# _) e$ o% E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。』
8 Y2 B# L0 M6 {, [' n0 `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
$ `4 h* w7 u( T2 M, J& M$ c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1 j3 J: s2 B7 H/ G8 E# g
評論才會公允。』 |
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