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芝娜道﹕『下面一首是RED AFTERGLOW﹕! s Q. r6 [4 g( o+ L1 N# c Y
1) Lo, the red afterglow,1 d1 y4 y* `& S
Against the sky blue!
. }9 U) O- f6 s2 ^) ?. l Is it the blush of Heaven,
. {- i" X, C) [ As on a maiden's cheeks, + v a C9 V; Z7 k# Q; i
When she catches sight; x2 D7 [' D3 D h" m; p
Of her coming lover?
% K0 _# g" D. ~; S! t1 D0 s: \" d2) Lo, the red afterglow,6 t" p5 Z7 R. c) k
Against the sky blue!
0 w1 ^5 C, }. y# H7 B Is it the fire of bivouac
S& x0 T: C/ [8 Y+ g Kindled by Nymphs and Naiads2 i; ]2 e2 Z/ S0 u( b0 z' Q Z
On the banks of Milky Way
8 s; ~3 P2 n7 p" J" n j, T Holding a celestial picnic?
5 f8 w7 l( A1 v/ m' U1 y3) Lo, the red afterglow,0 S6 Z, r/ V3 E3 \/ O
Against the sky blue!1 @3 U' a( C* k8 d2 L
Is it the ruddy gauze veil6 o! W7 n k$ a; G) N3 W
That veiled the face of Juno5 @/ `' v! N9 q* s: n
On her holy nuptial day
7 ]: C- ]' G% L `1 E9 Q% X; e When she married Jupiter?
, T, V0 V" P' B9 c# h! b4) Lo, the red afterglow,5 G" c6 W) H9 O" Z
Against the sky blue!" s# T3 _; l% x; h9 {! Z% P
Is it the fire of Mt. Olympus
% c2 \, I2 H* |9 G8 q) r5 \ Stolen by noble Prometheus,* m5 c% D+ S+ n3 [* B
And in his careless down-flight
0 e* k# \/ M# j+ Z I4 p0 n Set the fleecy clouds aflame?9 _/ y: D* D( p& {) {) {
5) Lo, the red afterglow,
# x+ u+ A+ d' Y2 v Against the sky blue!# R3 w. h2 S' v. I% h
Is it the blood of the heroes
, n6 U2 z0 d4 m _- E: ` That died on battlefields( X1 \8 t5 y5 S* q+ i) ?
In the sacred defense
" U9 T1 z/ a5 l* r7 A! W8 d+ b Of their dear motherland?# C' q' q# f- Q0 {
6) Lo, the red afterglow,1 O' B) n% D% F5 ~$ Q! H" h
against the sky blue!9 {3 [3 Z; O; `! Q
If it the Isle of Coral
. J4 B) |5 s) m6 _" C& e8 T. K Removed by a white witch1 L# d8 x" y6 ~# |" T
From the Pacific deep
! y+ y$ @: V% i' @/ ^( I( X, D" q To the heavens above?
& C7 ?1 j) a4 N7) Lo, the red afterglow,
# o4 A; O# R: ? Against the sky blue!& s5 F- y& V1 `" w
Is it a cluster of peach trees,% A3 {9 x" J1 B3 _ H8 C" F0 v
Their blossoms in full bloom,
/ E% X% J, r3 S Grown by the daughters of God
/ r5 M4 a4 z* X. f) f- P And watered with nectar?; r' E3 q9 N" X
8) Lo, the red afterglow,
$ u9 X1 F1 q! @/ O* P3 o$ ? Against the sky blue!: i' c9 Q! I* j. V
Is it Flora's rouge
' U7 U& B! W* O& F8 y Spread all over the sky
- ]% W3 R/ H* H% N By her frightened maids
- y& Q8 L) v! ?1 M4 H$ g0 Z6 c2 P In escape from her anger? `6 e5 v" I, Q0 A
9) Lo, the red afterglow,
- H( _, [- S5 H! Z! t- C# W: \ Against the sky blue!
/ d$ s/ X( Q& U/ p1 w Is it a large piece of sponge
+ B* h: x" V. a Soaked through with claret0 o A" s" m9 q/ H
Upset from the Holy Grail
$ t j2 Q' X; X# W" W By a rash cosmic pilot?』 G# R, _5 W' d0 R0 F
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
/ \! L2 {+ q- T5 o& i3 ]. \( H比作天公的赧顏﹐一會兒比作銀河畔的篝火﹐又比作希臘女神臉上的紅色面紗﹐又2 K& m* F6 B9 x
比作移向天上的紅珊瑚島﹐再比作花神的胭脂被侍女打翻而把晚霞染紅。最後一節9 m: y% e, p& [/ y0 v
裡﹐詩人把晚霞比作一塊浸透了紅色酒的大海綿﹐而這紅色的酒是一個魯莽的宇宙$ H& W* U' U! b
飛航員撞翻了天上的聖杯而流出來的。』盛靳云說﹕『詩本來就是想像的產物﹐語7 T! \) ^- r& Q
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+ D9 F* g4 ^1 W3 F: p# Y
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。 " E; N# M$ X- B) o0 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﹕, }/ ~6 ?& E8 O5 f* B1 ]. k5 ^8 g& f
When young, I don't have any notions what woes really mean,+ q* ^9 G7 q, r/ p+ L [
Just love to get on floors so high.
# S' Z9 a# I$ F, r, i, ]6 O) t Just love to get on floors so high,# C E) m( p. M- Z% U/ T' _$ O+ V5 M
To write new poems, I try to say the words of woe and spleen.2 r% D$ t' ^0 c! {( t
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But now I fully have ideas of what woe really is,
6 V$ e# Y7 j2 O0 [ Afraid to get on floors so high. ' q1 k# u+ K' g1 t" B- z- k
Afraid to get on floors so high,; v9 ^0 z1 D- ^/ |: h s9 d/ ]5 M
I only say in poems how good and cool the Autumn is.』
. p$ V! S# R+ J/ n- x( K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
6 {( _' U' `+ [5 \( f% j四個音步﹐為抑揚格。這是譯詞的新嚐試。』張明生道﹕『英詩格律我一竅不通。" _! z6 m* a& Z3 } N0 f& L
你別對龍彈琴了。』盛靳云問﹕『有何出典﹖』張明生道﹕『我屬龍。』芝娜笑道﹕
0 q/ N$ x# N0 m8 t2 [" J% O『那我們以後可用一套十二句成語﹕對鼠彈琴﹐對虎彈琴等。但別忘先問對方的生# ?( |6 [0 x, u5 K9 Q" [% Y* F
肖是什麼。』說得大家都笑起來。盛靳云說﹕『原詩後半闋裡是「欲語還休」﹐不
3 \1 l O" e4 _. c; N是「怕上層樓」。不知譯者怎麼會有「怕上層樓」之說。』張明生道﹕『恐怕另有
: J4 E4 I. o; `( t* {- a. J/ t抄本。』彥君道﹕『這首譯詞尚有可修改之處。』張明生道﹕『你的魄力到不小﹐
7 E" b* H: J# e+ G, q2 X居然想改起古人的詩來。』彥君反駁道﹕『這有什麼稀奇的。許多古人不是改了他
3 m4 Q* p5 \: q5 R; L2 q! G2 b們前人的詩嗎﹖當然﹐改好改壞又作別論。』張明生笑道﹕『那你準備改好﹐還是; K* R( I+ P. D S' Z
改壞﹖』彥君道﹕『我還沒改呢﹐怎知好壞。且改別人詩的人主觀上都想改好﹐只, C; I: G3 p( W, v. ~, V7 U
是由於功力不逮古人﹐反而改壞了。有趣的是﹐有時改壞了﹐自己還不知道﹐卻沾
7 [: |* t3 e! ]( C# ^. \) ?8 U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
4 @- K$ s- q' N7 V; s% I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4 T9 S9 h( E X, `) [: _
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﹕
5 ?6 ?; u; L1 e7 w" m; z# |Poor Odipus, a scapegoat he was! Accused of three great crimes, he / ^' [5 X/ F) X* m
suffered a terrible tragic death ----a punishment inflicted on him by ( @( d$ W- x$ y% _
the gods on Olympus. When he learned his fate decided by the almighty 3 T4 B0 p& e1 y" G
gods to kill his father, marry his mother and bring destruction on his $ A+ r$ K$ S8 T
native city, he wished to escape from it. But destiny was unavoidable,and / s. G/ X! u2 R2 m8 {1 o3 j
unawares he fulfilled the assigned tasks. If the gods had decided his 9 V6 n+ f5 j& u0 U
fate otherwise, he would not have been a criminal, receiving an unjust
& w. h- k/ m2 E! R7 S7 ]3 y, y# jpunishment and bearing an ill-fame for thousands of years. He was only
; \( m. ^% @; K9 M" O6 h! c7 y" Xan executor of the wills of the gods who, struck perhaps with a whimsical 5 }! z# c+ U7 {! ~+ _' ^* [" a
fantasy, played a practical joke on the helpless mortal. The gods were 3 [' H: v" E& ~6 i; s9 ~, x
the plotters. Who then deserved the punishment? The gods on Olympus rather 2 e' o' x1 e* n7 x( [
than poor Odipus!』- e# L& Y1 p% Q ~' E! Q8 H! X! N4 {; Z
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﹐
5 w0 e* `* a0 w8 ~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﹕* ]6 r4 t! f; w9 R% M& n. j
『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﹕ S& {1 [+ u6 L4 h
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
3 Z6 O; {) h3 n9 eADDRESSES TO MONEY﹕$ i) W6 @5 u5 X5 ?0 s! `6 g) {* O
1) Oh, Money! My darling Money! My respected Money! I'm your admirer, * R8 b! R$ Q: }, N% I4 U- Z
your worshipper. Oh, Money, my Queen, your Majesty! I'm your servant, 2 ?( i7 ?" W7 z8 Y5 h
your slave. With you I can get food to keep me alive. With you I can
, D5 J0 a+ I6 J0 u7 Iget clothes to keep warm. And with you I can get whatever I want, a / l* B5 p! ~ p6 F4 j! J/ V
grand mansion to live in and all the superfluities of life for ostentation.
" g& Q9 j( k% T3 l, Q6 s. q- gBut without you my love will desert me. Without you my friends will
4 V1 U8 H5 T- r0 N- jturn back on me. And without you I'll go a-begging like a poor dog
8 ]+ V/ I, ^ s/ u; t8 | dand sleeping alone at night in a ruined porch. Oh, Almighty Money, come
- i3 A% U# q( K) W% M) kto me, I implore you! Pray, endow me with your favor and be sure that I'm
7 w% e" d: P2 g& K+ A+ C7 H R; hwilling to receive every small coin from you on my knees by which to show 5 C9 c1 N8 {- ~0 T
my deep-hearted gratitude. 』1 f* U% R! d6 ^5 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。』
7 G" x9 j% ?4 R: f8 I芝娜又唸道﹕『第二﹕
. T: Z8 X# j, h$ e7 \" ~5 n5 L2) Oh, money, my obedient servant, my faithful slave! I'm your master,
+ b$ ^- l$ O6 e7 Y6 Dyour owner. OH, money, my passe-partout, my almighty tool! I'm you user,
3 H$ r( g$ R6 r" N; |your disposer. With you I can start my enterprises. With you I can carry
: q5 r6 w4 f1 {0 G+ J! P$ don my great plans. And with you I can make the little world around me
P) |+ V8 n* k; qgo at my will. If without you I can still have a large store of learning. # P# }7 u: T+ ]7 H% U! E5 }% G
If without you I can still have an unpolluted name. And if without you
! I# Q) m5 x o. K/ O1 c5 G I can still live like a hermit writing books of great thoughts.
, F3 I6 m& {+ j6 O' g* ?Oh, servile money, come to me; my lad, I command you! Serve me well + I1 U; z0 ~) x2 n2 s
and don't be naughty, or I'll punish you.』4 ?5 p/ v: w4 x. A
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 T/ I) y: M: X) m; q9 y* q3 {
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+ ~+ P7 G) b6 }5 f5 g
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 BEAUTY3 {# l) T( R3 U. w3 P- C
(談美)﹕
: p) w, P1 ?# @$ r) M) d7 S Beauty often dwells in youth. At sight of a charming girl, everyone
4 v5 c2 Q) i; u$ Swill exclaim, "My eyes! What a great beauty!" The male stares with
$ P/ \ `* k) V7 s' D& ta thrill of admiration; the female gazes with a sigh of envy. Wherever
& |9 `7 d9 u! P, X* vshe goes, she becomes the focus of the attention. Men all yearn to win 0 j, v. O4 @/ g! i8 w
her heart; women all feel a regret unable to stand in her shoes. A glance $ p* V, M. m% x5 C
or a smile from her makes the stingy empty his hoard of gold and the
5 g" _) ]; Z3 vcoward give up his life for her. She enjoys her queenly position in society," G6 m$ |( [/ }
proud of the possession of such a beauty. But the merciless Time
, ?1 ?# B/ N* U/ N/ ~3 k5 u sdogs her steps, too. Her beauty is worn out with the years. She begins to
0 V. j& D, |/ i: h- F gfade away and the hardship in life, if any would befall her, will bring & a. M/ u4 r U
more wrinkles on her face. Then men turn their backs on her politely with 0 x e, }: G/ W/ Z( @: c, C
a bow; women look at her with indifference. The younger generation is magnetized " Z b4 w4 v4 _. ?4 E1 | X% o; P0 p
round another focus. The old queen has to abdicate and leave the throne
$ Q/ ~& N+ x1 F Z7 `2 Yfor a young one to occupy. Only a photo or portrait can preserve her beauty 1 h3 J! n% M9 F' R+ j
in youth and no Time is capable of doing any injury to her preserved beauty
) ?9 p: t, H5 D/ K3 [: N/ @but the preserver itself.2 G" n6 |. ?2 R9 T
Therefore, admire not the beauty without, but the beauty within. Such . w! m3 r. z# l6 B* M
a beauty will never wither though Time also plots to do it harm. In the
8 G2 z; d9 l$ V- A% F" H# x" astruggle against the adversities of life and the ruthlessness of Time,
8 u" r3 Z4 C/ |. I% w2 H ^ it grows radiant, or even dazzling, just like a rock in midstream made 8 r: }0 q1 \6 h4 h
smooth and glossy by the current of both the stream and Time. Everyone,
+ g" D" g+ c# Iin spite of the age and sex, if aware of it, will sing its praise either ! V( g% [/ X! v( i q; J
openly in words and letters or secretly in mind. It lives as long ( C# M5 K7 \+ b6 ~, [
as the possessor, or even much longer after her dust may be blended into
" w( y8 z; t4 U6 w& o. ^; pa vase with the clay around it.
# l& X8 s! T) F, x$ g The outward beauty can only be the object of admiration or envy while
1 o$ y0 W9 y* z/ q) Uthe inward beauty, besides being a theme of the ode, can serve as an / h( `( {$ ]: E, @" P
example to learn from, for the former is always endowed by birth, but , q- P& q4 ~% M+ E
the latter by self-acquirement. However, every man is free to hold & C. W, f \7 V5 x8 y& o1 E
his own notion of what the beauty is and to choose whichever of the two * f; f1 l7 o9 |0 {4 [7 T2 x! J4 q
beauties he prefers. Only his love for his bride select should not degenerate
& [6 V7 {% u3 H) d! {with the shrunken beauty.』
! Y$ C! X. Y2 ?; m* e6 V$ y; q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7 E; ~* S- M! E
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
# H5 I4 v. r {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 。』
$ u5 U, M" f9 I. r* F- A! 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% z) ~* K) s; E- g
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
; a/ T: ~1 ~- m7 L4 J$ y# H, |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6 h% L9 ]4 U" d6 Q, N& \' j- q. D
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。
P' \# h, r, B% }5 G你自己好自為之吧。』芝娜道﹕『下一篇是THE BALLOON﹕" l$ u f% B" I# l/ G. E1 |* i
A little boy walks by his mother's side, with one hand in hers and a balloon $ Z- m# ?; M, {
in the other. A sudden gust of wind snatches the balloon away from
9 y7 X: y/ ?& L6 M0 _8 q8 @ the boy's hand and bears it skyward. As it flies higher, the excited
( Y4 H6 x9 I" [# o! `0 j6 J: w5 Q+ Dpeople in the street all look up. "Surely," the balloon says to itself,
) e# e5 l( r! T" O( Q5 ~ xfeeling proud of its uprising, "they all envy me of my ascent." Then in its
& u) Z; t) P d+ R% A0 w6 a, Dupward flight it passes by a balcony on which a group of boys and girls
! D4 ?" y4 c. D, a9 p1 c& ^. y# iare standing, giving a cry of excitement when seeing an escaped balloon
, z. n7 W. n, {, whurry on its way of freedom. "They are cheering me, I'm sure." The balloon
, t/ G# r: M" U& cthinks. Up and up it soars, above the roof, above the spire, through a ! R' G! Q) T9 m5 y) n4 u* Y
thin cloud, into the blue sky. Then a dove hovers near, but after a glance
7 X: l" y" P' V- `& y5 [: \4 @3 Aat it, flies away with indifference. "Of course, the bird nears to & T( x+ b* E& f
salute me," The buoyant balloon flatters itself in exultation, "but as : L! E# E, V$ l: ?$ L O3 O
I ignore her to keep my dignity, she takes herself away in awe and respect." ; n* ?6 `4 a. y9 w- n( d7 _
The higher it clambers, the haughtier it becomes, till it reaches the
: H! ^, i4 j7 m' l6 T+ A: M/ Z% kzenith where it means to stay for millions of years, but, alas, it bursts!
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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
]$ {/ r, B! _3 a d好幾頁﹐說﹕『下面一篇是ON ETIQUETTE(論禮儀)﹕# r+ f- h. r( l; T, ~$ r1 f$ f
Etiquette is to society what apparel is to the individual. Without * |9 ~: m6 Z6 d1 z; F% i
apparel men would go in shameful nudity, which would surely lead to the
/ }9 n& j' \8 ?0 [corruption of morals; and without etiquette society would be in a pitiable
6 r) C' P# |8 Mstate and the necessary intercourse between its members would be interfered - D: Q7 k. |9 d
by needless offences and troubles. If society were a train, the etiquette
# t1 t" ^. ]0 W) c4 twould be the rails, along which only the train could rumble forth; if ; o/ ]/ S8 Y3 G K7 Y( F4 g
society were a state coach, the etiquette would be the wheels and axis, , y7 ]. n$ O+ }' w+ ?. |
on which only the coach could roll forward.
" y6 [2 u" U- c1 K( F# N- ?2 }5 z The lack of proprieties would make the most intimate friends turn to
# x2 l8 |3 I- Y# E% V: f6 V. k' {1 Pbe the most decided enemies and the friendly or allied countries declare " @, w; n7 K' q' f$ ^; @8 d' U
war against each other. We can find many examples in the history of mankind.
h% ], b3 X% k4 C6 y- j; _ A duke of Song Dukedom in East Zhou Dynasty in ancient China was killed 3 D" C5 U) U; k
by his favorite knight for a joking word. therefore, I advise you to stand / k3 e0 a9 \4 F# G
on ceremony before anyone else and to take pains not to do anything stupid
$ I$ P9 c$ n# O( i' x" \3 Y/ J: }3 Dagainst etiquette lest you give offences or make enemies.』
4 ~) H% R! q- ]' I; b8 e7 V8 H6 v* O1 S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
& V- }& U4 O% B8 b9 t e3 |' E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' t+ s3 f0 x0 t$ k
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
6 g9 o! u. k+ v+ L2 r: [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。. H; }4 C6 l0 i6 ~* Y
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﹕, A0 s) M9 l) U: @
『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﹕
6 b U \! ~+ e" x『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﹐
' v0 e5 _( d) s( j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# x$ x3 e& h3 Z, O2 h; l' @3 _
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
7 x5 _" d3 e% T ]. N0 I9 j銘」的譯文
( ]- X8 K. D- g% qAN EULOGY ON MY HUMBLE ABODE﹕% I. r9 H- G3 a1 @( L$ v
Known will the hills be if fairies dwell, no matter high of low; and
% `: m7 Q9 i0 C' C0 vcharmed will the waters be if dragons hidden, no matter deep or shallow. 8 x% z1 W9 M9 i& ^/ s# _0 N
A humble abode though this is, my virtues make it smell sweet. Verdant 5 E+ r4 H# w0 F3 a6 E, L
are the stonesteps overgrown with moss, and green seems the screen $ o1 o% `6 ^0 M, u
as the grass seen through it. I chat and laugh only with great scholars 9 [/ U2 b- N; @
and have no intercourse with the ignorant. I can play lute and read my 7 u0 k5 B8 U' c4 a2 h: r
sutras; no unpleasant music to grate on my ears and no red-tape to make
+ i3 Y8 V5 X( E! H8 Jme weary and tired. Zhuge's residence in Nanyang and Ziyun's inhabitance
( e8 |* l5 H' A. t1 win Xishu are both like what Confucius quoth, "How canth it be humble?"
% ~% Y" B& V/ W: K) \- j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。
& i& b/ d7 B9 h/ r5 u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﹕) e* I6 T# l- E7 `/ b, W# n
『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1 {2 q1 t9 Y# \' Q; B3 k2 a$ `9 W6 W
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 N6 L- \$ V3 ?- R4 P7 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。』! c, |6 ^: p( [* |3 t4 H
7 M+ w0 z5 J+ B! M9 o k( u9 B
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1 U. k9 Q' r5 D' ^' i* {
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. ?. n. W9 E. `2 X5 u% K% 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。』
( n! o9 D5 u% @& X+ t: [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6 A. r& V& n' _
資料複印在微縮帶上﹐可放映在一般電腦屏上閱讀﹐很方便。$ ]; J6 E) \7 _7 r
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
3 Y$ {* e5 v+ ^( }; _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
0 j. x8 Q8 d: r( Y) W7 W% ~- X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﹕6 s8 l* i: r2 d
『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
+ @( S9 k0 E+ @$ } E! ~+ ?音樂跳起舞來﹐直至興盡而散。, V) _! a/ c& l9 J# g
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
2 V. @; T- p3 B/ f3 {; p3 {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
: D9 n# e* V8 n O" b1 r8 S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! `3 H1 D8 \( P# ~* A8 y
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. J% [8 [, s( l) 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﹐
3 v. B1 z3 \+ n9 h# S7 C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
: \' `& ^, N6 S, d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: y2 x" Q. K/ a
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
& ?# a7 X. b+ z+ O/ t4 @# S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。
- O/ D& s% ~$ t) O2 f& r6 R5 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+ t" K/ K5 v5 v" u
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
8 q- |& G1 y& |7 W/ y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# e. E' D& e/ E/ L% ^
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$ ~0 \( t7 l1 M, V+ H9 |# 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
' l& y! s+ g# o2 I m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
- G/ ~/ {! f' O# m, ~4 [8 x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﹐
* E, A7 Z& I# {$ H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4 q. X" V2 @1 `, G, g
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」
7 p5 d7 Q. k* h. P) C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! V& f# Q4 r! q" h. _. n8 M- T8 E
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
' w( y1 i) V0 T* N1 A9 I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 K `0 j, N% a4 l, y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 _) S% `2 C# t, [7 q! V
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
1 t) Q3 M7 W/ H; k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( z/ c! T( `1 [4 O0 \9 M
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
9 u w) o% h! u& [ o; y# c2 ^; h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5 P8 ?; w! q: m, }
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4 G8 R. c: B \
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。』
) z$ F A: i/ e* v2 E5 l0 n# D. C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+ w! I2 p& d3 P$ P( b
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/ m4 G- [& _1 i% @( G3 ?! [, E
評論才會公允。』 |
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