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芝娜道﹕『下面一首是RED AFTERGLOW﹕ F: k. c U) A4 B
1) Lo, the red afterglow,% W: s9 c) r$ |9 n* V5 q) K
Against the sky blue! : L M# e* |& h# _, a" q& {, e
Is it the blush of Heaven, : q, u E h4 v. P0 |/ }5 c7 q! e( }- J
As on a maiden's cheeks, ! Z* P5 l: ? W5 ?0 s. ]8 U
When she catches sight2 ~: r2 |( O- B
Of her coming lover?
0 q# O/ a/ `# l$ x3 |2) Lo, the red afterglow,
9 `2 Z5 q8 V* r! M Against the sky blue!
# k. I2 X& e; j6 W; R3 F# Z Is it the fire of bivouac
8 l1 B I4 Y1 ~8 H/ a( A7 \ Kindled by Nymphs and Naiads" u; x9 t) N% @& C
On the banks of Milky Way
1 o U) V# ^/ A0 A! R. A Holding a celestial picnic?
6 V: Z! ]9 I* o' @3) Lo, the red afterglow,
( `: h- w' P8 X" T$ w Against the sky blue!( P& I2 V5 }; {9 w$ s! c) V- X) @
Is it the ruddy gauze veil
1 W# B2 _1 l* C! y- A1 J6 ` That veiled the face of Juno
7 g0 Z7 ^3 s( @- Y* N, w" o On her holy nuptial day
, u7 G1 C1 p. v/ Q0 L- e; k9 x When she married Jupiter?
; Q) L: G& q# d) C& Z8 ^& v+ g7 S- k4) Lo, the red afterglow,* @6 C5 p* q4 U- F' I) a
Against the sky blue!' o' F( j; h0 K6 J; k# ]3 G- d
Is it the fire of Mt. Olympus: W" V b5 Z' J, a7 g! Y
Stolen by noble Prometheus,% r A( m3 ?. O) y) y4 B m) B
And in his careless down-flight' R6 P. `2 u: _5 L, Q
Set the fleecy clouds aflame?
3 p" s& H! h/ ?4 o. k5 u0 `5) Lo, the red afterglow,9 s8 F3 k& {# ]7 |- M
Against the sky blue!" Y+ F* J0 m Y" M8 z: `9 w
Is it the blood of the heroes* L) M( e3 v3 F" T5 Z0 L6 ]) {1 H
That died on battlefields% K8 T0 @; M" h b# N$ B
In the sacred defense# i; q* G! g% N
Of their dear motherland?
1 G( B- J5 u, o$ a$ p1 O8 C6) Lo, the red afterglow,
7 C; Q$ l- G6 H% A against the sky blue!
& z& G2 b+ i* Z2 l O If it the Isle of Coral
% c* c; C8 Z* S$ p4 {% T+ e Removed by a white witch- I& N8 S# h& i+ W% R @9 ^
From the Pacific deep
; |( ^: z9 Y5 @) E) S; P% P To the heavens above?
i+ h0 e# t( O) z: K+ n7) Lo, the red afterglow,
: F* F% G, E7 F" N6 g9 z! V Against the sky blue!
3 y4 `& A" e; ?( d! K" c3 p Is it a cluster of peach trees,
+ {9 u( h: y2 A/ m5 W Their blossoms in full bloom,# R; t6 b1 O" P# a
Grown by the daughters of God
; |8 ~# I' \: [' `- M# h, C# B6 P% ? And watered with nectar?3 k5 t3 w* f* k$ w+ k6 T
8) Lo, the red afterglow,
# u2 i' {" i3 @+ | Against the sky blue!
! M' X0 E. _/ C# ^- n" I Is it Flora's rouge" A; L' t$ q3 N. u" g* v8 @4 F
Spread all over the sky
* w# f/ P% T3 U9 x+ h+ H7 l By her frightened maids
1 V; O3 R( N; L/ K' L1 _8 S6 b6 ? In escape from her anger?
3 M4 o- V3 R7 y& T) y- Y7 c9) Lo, the red afterglow,
: e: W& d" Q6 D. ` Against the sky blue!
% t# |. y. e: u" I' b/ c Is it a large piece of sponge- C1 L1 t: j- b* V# z% l
Soaked through with claret
: o G7 o- l6 G, Q- H2 b Upset from the Holy Grail
: R9 V0 j" ~3 F! A) o, e By a rash cosmic pilot?』
$ g6 _9 ^6 W% i" X- M( e% \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8 y. R+ n9 |9 h2 h5 d/ 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4 V9 y! R+ q8 ^. q( `& 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
+ W8 c/ \+ ~7 R% l/ a) ]! Y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1 U/ I6 M6 v! ~2 V- l: ^" H! k' y+ L
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
; w5 N* k% P, k0 i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
( h/ ~8 L6 ]. K+ [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。 - u$ [5 I+ q" k' h0 r1 G0 d
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﹕+ p" E0 d, v9 t2 r! x* P6 f
When young, I don't have any notions what woes really mean,3 p9 J4 J2 d) [0 ~0 p
Just love to get on floors so high. 9 k! {( E' n4 r3 T
Just love to get on floors so high,
1 a0 j% l2 z& e( I6 `$ T3 a( iTo write new poems, I try to say the words of woe and spleen., h" }& n5 u/ b
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But now I fully have ideas of what woe really is,+ |" R0 m! j* d# s) q( z) e
Afraid to get on floors so high.
& Y3 k8 m. ]: F) y3 ~3 T3 Y Afraid to get on floors so high,
2 o3 a% n4 a8 A2 |I only say in poems how good and cool the Autumn is.』
8 W; [( f- ~% ?* z7 H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) Z. g7 X5 o- j! 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。
% [( f+ j: ~5 M, T5 p- K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﹕4 n ~/ z, _$ w! j
『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9 ^* Z, c9 {2 a+ K* j
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
) _% c6 c2 N% l, o# |; \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: O, e$ @4 b% Y4 |+ @
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﹐
& ^& L3 S; w- `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
: k% T0 W1 k W3 \5 p0 K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
( Y9 N/ e2 |/ m5 _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; e" G5 X2 u" o8 a- _1 O! _
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
6 H% v: O* D6 L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
6 d8 r$ \% W: K2 v+ w0 f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
$ S0 Y2 s) r) Y, Y, Z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﹕. o6 | b/ {* b9 G+ Q! K" ^
Poor Odipus, a scapegoat he was! Accused of three great crimes, he 6 A/ f9 G5 X4 c- g! D. k" V5 d
suffered a terrible tragic death ----a punishment inflicted on him by
+ l: v% V% ^* a% |% }4 q8 cthe gods on Olympus. When he learned his fate decided by the almighty
: x* t9 x% [+ _6 hgods to kill his father, marry his mother and bring destruction on his
. O/ \! y5 v2 q: {; T& L* T4 s ?& gnative city, he wished to escape from it. But destiny was unavoidable,and
/ N3 D4 W+ \3 ^, c! v% s; f" b0 Cunawares he fulfilled the assigned tasks. If the gods had decided his , g, S. `* x' N+ m, Y1 m" w) W
fate otherwise, he would not have been a criminal, receiving an unjust * `6 r2 F" P3 E
punishment and bearing an ill-fame for thousands of years. He was only 0 f: I! w! J. c
an executor of the wills of the gods who, struck perhaps with a whimsical
% |' k" `+ D u; ^" W9 n* Kfantasy, played a practical joke on the helpless mortal. The gods were G S- |( h) y N" J
the plotters. Who then deserved the punishment? The gods on Olympus rather
: D$ V# E% W5 |, B( G9 Z7 S5 Ythan poor Odipus!』
& g" y0 r6 X" g8 P9 h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﹐
- ~# ^4 _6 i( N5 n; d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﹕/ }% u5 m- x5 h' @
『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" C& F$ h8 {# _8 r' _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 / z f9 N" k* d/ r. k9 C& d
ADDRESSES TO MONEY﹕! R; x4 V+ C# b8 {4 h+ S
1) Oh, Money! My darling Money! My respected Money! I'm your admirer, % F# m1 T" U/ ~) `, x( V. |% Z
your worshipper. Oh, Money, my Queen, your Majesty! I'm your servant,
3 C! I& f- H; r* ]1 lyour slave. With you I can get food to keep me alive. With you I can
( B# i& H- z7 V. [) V. f; l) Yget clothes to keep warm. And with you I can get whatever I want, a
8 L/ h. w% [. [grand mansion to live in and all the superfluities of life for ostentation. % O5 }: L' b v+ e) U3 v
But without you my love will desert me. Without you my friends will + u: W5 C2 G8 F
turn back on me. And without you I'll go a-begging like a poor dog : ? q/ y+ }9 ]; h
and sleeping alone at night in a ruined porch. Oh, Almighty Money, come
. Q' p" a( W6 ?to me, I implore you! Pray, endow me with your favor and be sure that I'm 8 A- m) O7 n" l( \
willing to receive every small coin from you on my knees by which to show $ F6 I! r( U! j7 a+ Y: M
my deep-hearted gratitude. 』
. e2 m4 v; ~0 ]- F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。』+ f! h" L4 D* z/ g8 k) f. y
芝娜又唸道﹕『第二﹕
; P6 p+ F" ?! a2 F- e( ?# A2) Oh, money, my obedient servant, my faithful slave! I'm your master,
8 j* _2 Q# [' j( }4 Z" P5 ~your owner. OH, money, my passe-partout, my almighty tool! I'm you user,
$ [0 H% G' `5 G0 n* byour disposer. With you I can start my enterprises. With you I can carry
J) n" V# B+ V$ a, ]) Z/ b5 P+ von my great plans. And with you I can make the little world around me : [" W9 Z! y, v6 `# E- D& x1 N$ X
go at my will. If without you I can still have a large store of learning. x- M& {5 O3 ]# w0 ~
If without you I can still have an unpolluted name. And if without you
8 B1 a* G* z( K' @: g! Q0 i I can still live like a hermit writing books of great thoughts. 3 w D1 k. z1 c9 r
Oh, servile money, come to me; my lad, I command you! Serve me well
6 V* g$ Y/ T; B and don't be naughty, or I'll punish you.』- a0 P; Z' Q( m4 n
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9 c1 ^# j0 ^+ D! ?) b: W% j
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﹐
6 [$ T$ j& [( u* {/ v* R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! k) m! ^' B- T' i- {6 K
(談美)﹕. D6 U2 z8 z( M* e
Beauty often dwells in youth. At sight of a charming girl, everyone ; r5 V! C$ A$ L) G/ d) K
will exclaim, "My eyes! What a great beauty!" The male stares with 9 l; a- b% o' j* z1 ^! P Y2 N, t
a thrill of admiration; the female gazes with a sigh of envy. Wherever 7 U' ]6 w! O8 R4 T
she goes, she becomes the focus of the attention. Men all yearn to win " _3 ]( b% T& }6 \( F b
her heart; women all feel a regret unable to stand in her shoes. A glance
* P8 ]: ]# n* U; kor a smile from her makes the stingy empty his hoard of gold and the
/ y: `0 X( Q7 s/ ?( b; X: H; @; A* Lcoward give up his life for her. She enjoys her queenly position in society,) F% k) P$ V: c4 B- e5 u9 ]
proud of the possession of such a beauty. But the merciless Time
& B+ ^9 p6 U8 @2 p% cdogs her steps, too. Her beauty is worn out with the years. She begins to & C8 J! f, Q' H( K( z) v; R
fade away and the hardship in life, if any would befall her, will bring ' f `$ b7 ~" @7 W" S
more wrinkles on her face. Then men turn their backs on her politely with 5 |' z, |: u1 N0 q% z- ]& R
a bow; women look at her with indifference. The younger generation is magnetized 8 C. k3 ]9 x( S3 R: r, Z/ b
round another focus. The old queen has to abdicate and leave the throne
: A! j: I' C$ j8 C& efor a young one to occupy. Only a photo or portrait can preserve her beauty # y- B. ^& ~/ H r8 N& e+ H
in youth and no Time is capable of doing any injury to her preserved beauty ; }" p( L% [ F( w8 ]
but the preserver itself.7 }6 a' d9 V+ G2 f8 M1 j
Therefore, admire not the beauty without, but the beauty within. Such
% K$ d$ v }! ~: L! E0 ea beauty will never wither though Time also plots to do it harm. In the
! j* X6 W2 [; c6 j9 Bstruggle against the adversities of life and the ruthlessness of Time,
/ k, h& I( k- e f5 p. y it grows radiant, or even dazzling, just like a rock in midstream made / V- k' `) f) Y" L5 |
smooth and glossy by the current of both the stream and Time. Everyone,
3 b$ y7 O& {/ E7 \8 C- s N0 Oin spite of the age and sex, if aware of it, will sing its praise either / _; S2 k" Y9 Q% o. }- N
openly in words and letters or secretly in mind. It lives as long ( p" a) Z7 } E8 y
as the possessor, or even much longer after her dust may be blended into " X0 @: z( n( P
a vase with the clay around it.
; R7 ? @9 F: k; f) ?" m2 Z; b$ z, y The outward beauty can only be the object of admiration or envy while
& T, B1 F$ O7 T! _; m( bthe inward beauty, besides being a theme of the ode, can serve as an
H3 O$ Z7 _9 N* a$ ?example to learn from, for the former is always endowed by birth, but
' i& l! I( g5 K0 \" o1 Athe latter by self-acquirement. However, every man is free to hold 1 I& K; F' d! W( j- t' ?% G O
his own notion of what the beauty is and to choose whichever of the two
! Q+ g9 v: q: H. X! z; n0 ebeauties he prefers. Only his love for his bride select should not degenerate
9 A! g9 H: N! C1 r0 Uwith the shrunken beauty.』; J& ]: s4 O: G. g2 }% F& s
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
, @; p8 b& f( i" ~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! \' l) v, h! w7 `; l9 O
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 。』3 U; f' g0 T, z" \) [+ \! g" f/ I
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 ^1 r' _* V- B: p
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/ n% e8 M& G6 |# y
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3 {( c9 A: f6 L8 ~ 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。* o% k6 L) Z' Z6 |$ L6 j# l/ [
你自己好自為之吧。』芝娜道﹕『下一篇是THE BALLOON﹕. a- D. g# F6 d) ?
A little boy walks by his mother's side, with one hand in hers and a balloon $ K6 R" q1 f) D
in the other. A sudden gust of wind snatches the balloon away from & s9 |- g6 {% i& E
the boy's hand and bears it skyward. As it flies higher, the excited
- o/ \% a8 _: f- z0 zpeople in the street all look up. "Surely," the balloon says to itself,
9 q% d' {; v2 ]4 p0 `feeling proud of its uprising, "they all envy me of my ascent." Then in its
1 U& H% p4 v$ K6 R% j* z; ^0 Rupward flight it passes by a balcony on which a group of boys and girls
3 n& j& p2 }1 M1 M2 |# dare standing, giving a cry of excitement when seeing an escaped balloon
# v P* {% d2 V+ S0 {# C( hhurry on its way of freedom. "They are cheering me, I'm sure." The balloon
( I9 v1 d9 V6 t, d4 ^thinks. Up and up it soars, above the roof, above the spire, through a , P. d2 e x X5 e
thin cloud, into the blue sky. Then a dove hovers near, but after a glance ; h7 i* [9 W: e, c4 ^/ P
at it, flies away with indifference. "Of course, the bird nears to
( o& P+ M: \: k' o) _! L" G/ Esalute me," The buoyant balloon flatters itself in exultation, "but as
# e1 k/ Z8 e7 RI ignore her to keep my dignity, she takes herself away in awe and respect."
& |8 f( P. A$ O) B* T% g The higher it clambers, the haughtier it becomes, till it reaches the
! b2 i& }" o" X6 L2 E- szenith where it means to stay for millions of years, but, alas, it bursts!
+ l$ g X' ^; K$ Y2 x3 _』
4 d5 N$ w# B: r" o- d5 t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 W7 p# J, p' W
好幾頁﹐說﹕『下面一篇是ON ETIQUETTE(論禮儀)﹕
/ h/ x: h' N7 H9 _7 }/ Y Etiquette is to society what apparel is to the individual. Without
# C8 \; n, {7 j" j! ^apparel men would go in shameful nudity, which would surely lead to the
& J+ |+ G- Q9 g9 n2 D4 i. N+ Fcorruption of morals; and without etiquette society would be in a pitiable
$ E2 Z6 G8 f$ f2 W7 k7 ?# {state and the necessary intercourse between its members would be interfered
) ~' e" m; ~: c: x/ {1 a+ Zby needless offences and troubles. If society were a train, the etiquette 5 `: D$ O' e5 F/ }; n- v$ r6 M
would be the rails, along which only the train could rumble forth; if
" o5 w$ C; Q" z4 B& W- G4 Esociety were a state coach, the etiquette would be the wheels and axis, : B4 `, M* p) T6 _
on which only the coach could roll forward.! T% c0 F* [6 m; T& p& B
The lack of proprieties would make the most intimate friends turn to % A& |5 l/ R( L+ O. {' j4 ]3 l
be the most decided enemies and the friendly or allied countries declare
; P) |3 L4 g) t! }' T! ]9 O$ R) p* Twar against each other. We can find many examples in the history of mankind." ]7 M" D B# {, q9 G
A duke of Song Dukedom in East Zhou Dynasty in ancient China was killed
4 f1 n7 w5 E0 V6 R- r+ b2 M& Tby his favorite knight for a joking word. therefore, I advise you to stand
5 E% R# R! u, `) v1 r" s8 von ceremony before anyone else and to take pains not to do anything stupid
& R5 W$ U! J) r6 R6 V# \against etiquette lest you give offences or make enemies.』
, V+ R# _. Z" B+ U9 v5 ]' ]" L( 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, u$ W: Q7 w! T' A Q: f( ~
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 a5 C2 }% e; }' }* ?
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+ _; M: Q4 }- u
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。3 H2 P) j ]9 o3 M1 q% G- B( r2 H
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﹕1 R3 b2 r0 Y6 f+ k, J5 `
『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 v2 f0 ~- K1 g8 z# X3 ]5 j
『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﹐
( ^+ ~- W" R# z- `% w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
3 N/ U/ m* X9 ~0 v" H1 T2 m5 h' f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
2 L p# k% W( _1 Y銘」的譯文
$ v$ b0 ~2 ?0 F& c/ jAN EULOGY ON MY HUMBLE ABODE﹕
+ |4 J/ U& c/ K/ \ Known will the hills be if fairies dwell, no matter high of low; and
% W1 [4 o. T+ [2 i# B* o0 ?charmed will the waters be if dragons hidden, no matter deep or shallow. - u+ L) B6 A0 H1 T
A humble abode though this is, my virtues make it smell sweet. Verdant * R% s5 U3 l: L7 r
are the stonesteps overgrown with moss, and green seems the screen
$ V; y! x, m( n as the grass seen through it. I chat and laugh only with great scholars
3 J2 w3 K8 H8 M" s. }and have no intercourse with the ignorant. I can play lute and read my # @! ?" `. T% p1 s2 E
sutras; no unpleasant music to grate on my ears and no red-tape to make
1 o0 Q& _( }' U' Rme weary and tired. Zhuge's residence in Nanyang and Ziyun's inhabitance
* I5 ]/ z7 J+ l/ E: R# T4 p" o& ?in Xishu are both like what Confucius quoth, "How canth it be humble?"
3 A( n; T8 G0 _2 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。: F6 n2 e9 C2 X- w: O! O8 ~1 X6 w
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﹕
' r& R& n+ q" a, b5 a! o3 t7 }/ V( ^『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
- ]/ \7 u3 s; g. g9 @, 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
M: n$ p% {7 v1 ~ b) w0 G2 }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。』$ y0 c0 ]! A6 a8 S& W
! r4 B$ R" q! @& T, ` 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
; h% Z8 b! o3 R+ N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
/ L) G4 d) k/ o a& R8 T3 H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。』* ~- t( f, Z: }$ v4 ?7 @
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 c4 y" u0 |9 E; T
資料複印在微縮帶上﹐可放映在一般電腦屏上閱讀﹐很方便。
O9 K5 F! I* ?$ i 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" F! ~. U0 L2 m( O
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
' V: U) _ W* U& Z$ 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﹕7 K! Y* z- i6 D! n% R$ P1 L* 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! I! y# {8 v! S6 M; S, `" U
音樂跳起舞來﹐直至興盡而散。5 @; E/ u- v& k3 n& P
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! q& x' T; l3 I
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
$ X4 s2 }8 u* e6 ~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 e# h0 v' t8 R- B' l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' \' E9 f" n" O( \5 w
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! n1 y' }0 z% {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/ L* v$ H4 M9 M# e! T
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
$ z0 f$ W4 t' p+ q- c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. o/ t! N& O) F$ }2 a" X3 _+ N
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。3 q! I# Y3 w; h* X5 k0 Y6 b2 g
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
5 ]7 q6 D/ X5 Z; D2 Q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
" I: i! ^( a0 p; n! F- e( }7 \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+ `5 k+ R7 M- r) J; W, z3 C1 W
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' a! m3 R4 J. a0 c
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
/ Z0 q: w! z" u6 y1 m8 R* g0 \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
, B. i/ Q5 z. n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﹐; h/ G- z" U: a' k& ?2 a( b4 P
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- K0 n, P# x% V" X4 K6 b i
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」( D: p, g9 f4 B* q% u- V* l
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
2 I& `9 j, h: s4 R" ]2 g& K/ H1 m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
! } u6 p% K+ q h+ K2 [! \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 b7 W3 a$ m' Y) h- z' l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: C6 O% f" b" t" K* B( K
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
0 i% q$ B8 t& }5 G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- J9 I' ?2 D2 P3 ^
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
. s" B, L6 t) M' _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' ?. Q# [- O! ]
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+ }6 R1 B+ C E7 ]* f
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。』* J, v/ e- P U6 N" |* D T! {8 H
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7 {3 n, Y" E/ V# f
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" ^( A4 D& O$ F6 n7 K4 u. u
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