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芝娜道﹕『下面一首是RED AFTERGLOW﹕' P& W( g' [- u1 R q
1) Lo, the red afterglow,
3 _4 y/ a8 i! ^2 v. K* d5 Y Against the sky blue!
* F5 w% N( e1 u( u" w& L' C, a Is it the blush of Heaven,
. ]$ W9 U( N8 P7 a: U( R' l6 Z As on a maiden's cheeks, ' z5 B$ f# [) L
When she catches sight' y$ O2 }- r% p
Of her coming lover?
+ L1 N' `2 c9 T- @( N$ h2 O2) Lo, the red afterglow,
, t+ l7 M6 d( r& U/ U Against the sky blue!5 R: O6 m5 n) P" v( G
Is it the fire of bivouac' @0 d1 y8 B+ o2 H$ C7 ?5 _
Kindled by Nymphs and Naiads
8 @. J8 j- V$ {) k On the banks of Milky Way; D0 Y, {+ ^+ s/ H; ?
Holding a celestial picnic?
3 n/ Z( C( m- e X% } ]1 {3) Lo, the red afterglow,
/ z' ]* n! ~1 P0 G$ h( M) R Against the sky blue!
8 h3 \$ u, @. q" N& o! T( l& K Is it the ruddy gauze veil' V1 N: k( l6 V
That veiled the face of Juno
* @' k. k9 G; I7 k4 z On her holy nuptial day
: A4 k# W9 H# o. V- e: O! k8 x! r When she married Jupiter?
( Q9 J/ t# Y5 P) l7 c4) Lo, the red afterglow,
$ T2 z5 I' a2 c Against the sky blue!9 ?2 t% i7 L6 T- b6 ]( F9 T0 }- A
Is it the fire of Mt. Olympus( K6 F- s; x1 }
Stolen by noble Prometheus, i/ O' p5 g; w# c6 s3 n. i
And in his careless down-flight2 V$ z9 B( C* k3 j! P
Set the fleecy clouds aflame?& y; y4 C$ x1 [; M: ^
5) Lo, the red afterglow,
% l! d# U$ ]0 s; p, ?/ f( A Against the sky blue!; r# M! N4 J# a* [( G
Is it the blood of the heroes( z- J0 F, E. h1 s3 P$ x
That died on battlefields3 a }' Y8 j7 g& c2 C
In the sacred defense7 |6 K! ]3 ]! }6 S g1 [4 X% I' G
Of their dear motherland?
2 m$ f3 O* ~/ O$ }# Z6) Lo, the red afterglow,
3 Y: Z9 D7 _! S$ I8 k, |, Q against the sky blue!
$ {# C' m0 O% t, i+ | If it the Isle of Coral' f+ k) M% A- E: G+ r
Removed by a white witch
+ B$ X$ D& a1 ^" Z. d% D2 c. O4 {5 { From the Pacific deep2 ]4 Z6 V; ~0 W4 j, j) s
To the heavens above?8 B' C% [4 B/ q* Z4 ~3 n: h
7) Lo, the red afterglow,6 z! U$ q- Y9 Y6 }. H
Against the sky blue!: H' {# K3 |# ]
Is it a cluster of peach trees,
( v% r' r/ e/ t3 K. M8 C Their blossoms in full bloom,
6 W$ M9 }1 U% J4 G9 R Grown by the daughters of God; M' Y7 b/ j" I" P! }! Z
And watered with nectar?$ Z/ ~" b1 t) m9 ]" U- V3 Y7 _
8) Lo, the red afterglow,
- N* ~. q4 V, o) w; Q! b Against the sky blue!
4 K+ m# D% d7 w: s Is it Flora's rouge {, X* E! E+ O: u w/ a
Spread all over the sky
6 B$ b; G& f& {; z E0 L: ` By her frightened maids6 G b1 f! `. B6 N# d- z2 |
In escape from her anger?
R" z9 a! \5 V: r9) Lo, the red afterglow,/ s' T% T2 ~& e7 A; A
Against the sky blue!
' w% M. G) ?% p3 `, T1 L6 Y& Q Is it a large piece of sponge1 |! q) D0 h/ I" A- E
Soaked through with claret# z2 Q& O* r: l6 f' {
Upset from the Holy Grail
( D. N: R) C& S. q By a rash cosmic pilot?』& y& R, V& v! q" B, @* _
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 E% k/ X. O* S. W5 {
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
, \) t9 c/ C/ x' D1 l7 {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
% m6 F( H/ a8 p+ O. C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* p% x1 z7 Z$ O9 H' J& g* o( 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. w" C4 B' e; ]& S
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; u& x3 v7 X# M% B! M- B3 D" W
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。
* X& y* C% ~ j6 R' K' R 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﹕
x6 t0 m; o9 z" O6 sWhen young, I don't have any notions what woes really mean, g. M6 U y. d5 T- `2 @; a5 N( Q2 {
Just love to get on floors so high.
: ?; Y+ _2 B; J& | Just love to get on floors so high,# K4 p |8 L; M# }, k, v9 v
To write new poems, I try to say the words of woe and spleen.
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But now I fully have ideas of what woe really is,
; q" D5 n" P; Z5 y' f Afraid to get on floors so high.
5 ~/ A* l% I z1 a! R( B9 Y Afraid to get on floors so high,
; D8 A" {( ?8 n! K9 aI only say in poems how good and cool the Autumn is.』
9 t& P! k) h2 o5 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
/ ` Z6 V; U& }# b, g/ o- G& M+ ]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。. F5 n4 {) W# {+ {' l, \: }+ ~9 i
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﹕
9 `4 a# A& [ K7 n『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
5 a* j' D# a+ r' ?5 K8 k o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" q: }4 @" Y4 t* I8 x$ ~
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; d& q+ M5 ~- m& K1 S
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﹐
! \. v& \- b5 n+ m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 E6 ~' D1 z0 g) S3 C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& \/ V1 P$ ?( P/ K, 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, i* }9 u& K" t3 i; V
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0 K6 y0 r y. |. K! L9 k
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3 A$ p. r' @$ |& l* O
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8 L- ~9 b3 Q- ~% w' g3 k2 _
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﹕& k+ f9 _4 E+ s+ h0 J6 ~: m9 U7 b
Poor Odipus, a scapegoat he was! Accused of three great crimes, he
2 Y/ h. a0 m; _; wsuffered a terrible tragic death ----a punishment inflicted on him by
2 s$ U, Q* g1 ]8 y% qthe gods on Olympus. When he learned his fate decided by the almighty
' }' I' ^! S% g7 ~( zgods to kill his father, marry his mother and bring destruction on his - j( J- T- n; V) X
native city, he wished to escape from it. But destiny was unavoidable,and ; r3 a( d3 X8 r. l
unawares he fulfilled the assigned tasks. If the gods had decided his ; I' G8 x# Z8 p$ ^1 h( f1 a f
fate otherwise, he would not have been a criminal, receiving an unjust 4 G1 x3 U& ?1 j% j4 `3 F
punishment and bearing an ill-fame for thousands of years. He was only ( K+ c/ W$ O4 q! u0 W9 `
an executor of the wills of the gods who, struck perhaps with a whimsical " W$ t. J/ j$ H
fantasy, played a practical joke on the helpless mortal. The gods were
; Z0 ~3 q: p: E" a) g+ s6 @the plotters. Who then deserved the punishment? The gods on Olympus rather
3 J5 H+ I- Y+ D+ z; t. bthan poor Odipus!』
7 y4 E4 a, d: t3 ~7 Y+ q0 ^2 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﹐
' Q2 g0 y( w8 v4 ]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﹕
. g E3 F5 h; c' E5 s1 H- s5 Q『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﹕
8 r6 x; c3 S! U; X: F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 * c& |, Y% i" H2 v( l$ e
ADDRESSES TO MONEY﹕
+ ]7 n& l+ ^% C0 D+ V1) Oh, Money! My darling Money! My respected Money! I'm your admirer, : I$ ` _) R9 g6 g m- B/ Q' k+ ^
your worshipper. Oh, Money, my Queen, your Majesty! I'm your servant, ; o7 Y2 U. T% w4 {( U
your slave. With you I can get food to keep me alive. With you I can
u& V, Q0 l; Y0 N( @7 h( F# kget clothes to keep warm. And with you I can get whatever I want, a 3 q- d4 F5 H- F
grand mansion to live in and all the superfluities of life for ostentation. . s z* l1 r9 s4 Y; c) }" S
But without you my love will desert me. Without you my friends will ! K) L0 G; H, q6 Z* M; F
turn back on me. And without you I'll go a-begging like a poor dog - K3 n$ z' ~0 Z: v' D+ Z
and sleeping alone at night in a ruined porch. Oh, Almighty Money, come
$ ?* k" C6 B4 k2 @8 `: [0 ]+ ]to me, I implore you! Pray, endow me with your favor and be sure that I'm
1 L+ U# K4 [! F# y' Ywilling to receive every small coin from you on my knees by which to show
7 B( Y. T/ k& ^9 |' _my deep-hearted gratitude. 』5 j( j9 v h/ M( z l. N* i
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。』
" A1 q- J. `' i/ y芝娜又唸道﹕『第二﹕: ]3 @, v/ e9 k. n* R
2) Oh, money, my obedient servant, my faithful slave! I'm your master,
" E1 {, U* }4 ]' ?your owner. OH, money, my passe-partout, my almighty tool! I'm you user,
0 `1 p5 U3 k' _your disposer. With you I can start my enterprises. With you I can carry ! j( ?2 A2 O5 `5 S8 u" [
on my great plans. And with you I can make the little world around me
% W I5 F6 }+ xgo at my will. If without you I can still have a large store of learning.
2 D+ `5 x6 e- X& V. Z* z- e If without you I can still have an unpolluted name. And if without you . ^* U3 |- Q1 a- N# E- ]' Z
I can still live like a hermit writing books of great thoughts.
8 y' S( f! N" n! b3 _; z; ^Oh, servile money, come to me; my lad, I command you! Serve me well 7 m1 N. u1 y6 F7 M5 x
and don't be naughty, or I'll punish you.』
1 w/ L( }. D1 k8 {, R" R9 s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
! Q- y( Y) J* P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﹐* d2 V/ u4 [2 b5 F9 }& E3 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 BEAUTY) C+ r0 U9 E6 s( ]
(談美)﹕
, r: \! H) y f7 t0 @; t2 R* H( R Beauty often dwells in youth. At sight of a charming girl, everyone * J; N/ r0 ]. }" o1 A- g
will exclaim, "My eyes! What a great beauty!" The male stares with
, x# D$ E& [' x' ja thrill of admiration; the female gazes with a sigh of envy. Wherever
1 A) H: y: V, P4 g& o# hshe goes, she becomes the focus of the attention. Men all yearn to win
) z* n( P& t6 y D7 sher heart; women all feel a regret unable to stand in her shoes. A glance
7 n; {7 A2 K# l. Kor a smile from her makes the stingy empty his hoard of gold and the
: K- l* F$ j$ S* O5 Tcoward give up his life for her. She enjoys her queenly position in society," s: }# R. l g8 P; F
proud of the possession of such a beauty. But the merciless Time
7 S+ Z3 f; O! i, \8 q3 m! E6 ]- Kdogs her steps, too. Her beauty is worn out with the years. She begins to $ p. t" X5 O( G$ R* `
fade away and the hardship in life, if any would befall her, will bring & [& }; h, R7 a% L4 ~7 q/ ?
more wrinkles on her face. Then men turn their backs on her politely with # E6 r8 Z7 `1 n0 Z/ F
a bow; women look at her with indifference. The younger generation is magnetized 0 o5 i7 p3 g, `
round another focus. The old queen has to abdicate and leave the throne 0 M! ^- X. U8 P4 \) Z( W
for a young one to occupy. Only a photo or portrait can preserve her beauty
7 N/ \2 Z: U0 @% ~in youth and no Time is capable of doing any injury to her preserved beauty
9 l, P& I! N0 S1 `; s# J6 ^but the preserver itself." @& E, d, v" A4 l2 h5 c4 ^( ?
Therefore, admire not the beauty without, but the beauty within. Such
4 T7 D( E) X8 q( }- a3 l3 ra beauty will never wither though Time also plots to do it harm. In the
% N9 z ^! c1 f$ P) W3 |# Y* g: Xstruggle against the adversities of life and the ruthlessness of Time, 3 }1 ^# i: i' \4 G U
it grows radiant, or even dazzling, just like a rock in midstream made 1 X8 X$ A6 ~% W a4 ^* W
smooth and glossy by the current of both the stream and Time. Everyone, ; t5 d/ l4 f8 W
in spite of the age and sex, if aware of it, will sing its praise either 3 F# @% |2 r# w, v
openly in words and letters or secretly in mind. It lives as long
! @+ M C9 J& U7 e+ J# kas the possessor, or even much longer after her dust may be blended into
" E! |, R0 l6 M) j: _; za vase with the clay around it. # {7 D; y5 D6 V7 X5 @* h$ @
The outward beauty can only be the object of admiration or envy while
( b& y; l7 e( othe inward beauty, besides being a theme of the ode, can serve as an
# P1 c9 ~7 b1 s" sexample to learn from, for the former is always endowed by birth, but " P6 R9 |" Y8 \
the latter by self-acquirement. However, every man is free to hold
& D2 c* D2 ^7 l* W% P( y6 S% j6 u his own notion of what the beauty is and to choose whichever of the two
0 G( ] E, O$ G4 ~5 `' Mbeauties he prefers. Only his love for his bride select should not degenerate
8 q5 _6 _' ~+ _3 |with the shrunken beauty.』- z$ X" d* T" Q6 G* N
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5 Q8 O! f l7 s0 O M3 t7 N& ~7 y4 j
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: d5 m( `9 w3 ]! v; e
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 。』
( v7 n7 H) I8 `: _2 w7 Z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
: T% ?& Y. B5 }7 ^; K' T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 f& T G3 x; V1 S' j
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- A0 t8 X: i- e2 V) i3 U+ U% ?/ O
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。
1 W, }0 ^' n8 V! I+ c1 R你自己好自為之吧。』芝娜道﹕『下一篇是THE BALLOON﹕
: V8 K9 R R: ~* \6 n3 l7 L4 P A little boy walks by his mother's side, with one hand in hers and a balloon " l, z! n& p. [; [- S- X" f# U* o
in the other. A sudden gust of wind snatches the balloon away from
( n3 l# ^/ n# b; j- e- V the boy's hand and bears it skyward. As it flies higher, the excited 0 `( `$ r0 I" k: V+ m8 t
people in the street all look up. "Surely," the balloon says to itself,
& q6 [9 |1 {# S0 U |: w- Jfeeling proud of its uprising, "they all envy me of my ascent." Then in its B- ?) d1 A: c
upward flight it passes by a balcony on which a group of boys and girls
2 Q6 J1 ~4 t: |are standing, giving a cry of excitement when seeing an escaped balloon - S* I8 i2 N2 s. b1 Q$ u; ]
hurry on its way of freedom. "They are cheering me, I'm sure." The balloon " ^7 a. _1 {# k m& c$ r7 ~
thinks. Up and up it soars, above the roof, above the spire, through a
: Z$ O8 b/ K6 ~) rthin cloud, into the blue sky. Then a dove hovers near, but after a glance
0 E, \- Y+ y6 M" U' {- q2 ^at it, flies away with indifference. "Of course, the bird nears to
# f' O# e0 |9 D8 R4 t1 D) wsalute me," The buoyant balloon flatters itself in exultation, "but as ! B2 ~" E% j& W( }
I ignore her to keep my dignity, she takes herself away in awe and respect."
% Z5 u& I0 ]3 C8 y The higher it clambers, the haughtier it becomes, till it reaches the + k5 x1 C/ Q+ ~# ]6 l
zenith 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6 G* Y( b) ?6 p" z, q6 \1 ?
好幾頁﹐說﹕『下面一篇是ON ETIQUETTE(論禮儀)﹕
, E; |$ e1 y# G5 }3 u% h' y9 R Etiquette is to society what apparel is to the individual. Without
+ p; N) b' `, Z) Napparel men would go in shameful nudity, which would surely lead to the 9 F# k: b. S" {; g* F3 V
corruption of morals; and without etiquette society would be in a pitiable
. x* I6 K8 O3 ~/ T- Ustate and the necessary intercourse between its members would be interfered
, C+ ?4 [8 J/ T1 d2 f7 c- p& x. Zby needless offences and troubles. If society were a train, the etiquette
2 ^2 i7 ^+ }$ z0 f ]" p, lwould be the rails, along which only the train could rumble forth; if
- j' x+ e2 a5 e5 o }' R: asociety were a state coach, the etiquette would be the wheels and axis,
- h/ A8 h0 b5 S) n$ Z3 S on which only the coach could roll forward.0 m. ~* C' S8 ~- w/ w
The lack of proprieties would make the most intimate friends turn to
2 Z4 \" b: a* ^( B! bbe the most decided enemies and the friendly or allied countries declare
' S3 F. g; ]: `9 d' e6 Xwar against each other. We can find many examples in the history of mankind.
. @( c; h4 T9 ], I A duke of Song Dukedom in East Zhou Dynasty in ancient China was killed 0 L! X, j9 M9 j0 P) v- f; B
by his favorite knight for a joking word. therefore, I advise you to stand
2 I( d" P# R! d8 H3 m2 \on ceremony before anyone else and to take pains not to do anything stupid
& f0 u0 L K8 {: j4 Y* m7 Dagainst etiquette lest you give offences or make enemies.』
/ T N- y7 \3 E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6 r0 w: K: H3 ?
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1 E% l5 C4 K7 q7 B) O 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
5 `0 e8 g1 |( f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。4 W- K9 N/ M$ k
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﹕' y/ c: g7 o: W$ ^' L
『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﹕+ ?; o# z6 y& w' g
『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﹐0 q& I5 z0 P) _+ @$ w4 f: k( L
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' I1 l' Y2 q' A* K+ ~. P& L7 i
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6 H8 A- E3 |2 N5 @$ ]
銘」的譯文
6 w# a: P! q" K' `AN EULOGY ON MY HUMBLE ABODE﹕4 }: h/ v J6 }( v6 S/ E( q
Known will the hills be if fairies dwell, no matter high of low; and
+ M1 b6 h" @# Q$ j) }" gcharmed will the waters be if dragons hidden, no matter deep or shallow. * c0 c8 N1 G& k+ w- ~. l
A humble abode though this is, my virtues make it smell sweet. Verdant
) R3 i" |2 b. ], t+ Lare the stonesteps overgrown with moss, and green seems the screen 3 H/ N) ~4 j& ~% N
as the grass seen through it. I chat and laugh only with great scholars
& @2 W/ W0 }, X: o, Mand have no intercourse with the ignorant. I can play lute and read my 5 n" O/ S) `( o% D5 ]
sutras; no unpleasant music to grate on my ears and no red-tape to make 6 ?" J4 v0 U6 I
me weary and tired. Zhuge's residence in Nanyang and Ziyun's inhabitance 8 u" V% `4 N; j/ m1 A
in Xishu are both like what Confucius quoth, "How canth it be humble?" 4 r% N: j' M- I3 P3 ]
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。" ^' l5 z# U0 i
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﹕
* z1 c, ?% F 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+ d4 R5 k8 U2 z6 i7 A$ V' t: D$ }4 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0 [7 K8 r! I* @4 A2 o
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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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
# S, H' F! ]" s4 S) b* k8 T0 ]4 r3 V. x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' [& d' \, w! z- } o
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。』( O" ~1 [. V! I" A: V
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/ v$ o4 }9 c5 E. v2 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。
& V) ?1 Q8 p. A7 s) C# K9 q8 t 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; e$ W) z C) y7 _+ s/ }. r
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
, u6 [4 D% n5 \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﹕" d9 X; X {. w9 w
『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 J! r, n7 K# t2 D9 T+ M+ r音樂跳起舞來﹐直至興盡而散。; V2 j) ?3 |7 {
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
$ X T' e9 q4 j2 k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
6 x5 q' ?7 Q& D5 M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7 q2 H; h% R5 R
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* B% R# m! W: b! h
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﹐' r3 ?& f0 u, {; ?9 `% C8 d/ ^( |
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
: V2 e: J R( t# F9 _, i) D) 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
- A* i' d9 K, c0 Z X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 `" N# k, @* W ~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。9 O" t1 L ^4 o7 W/ [
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
0 S- j9 K% C$ Q+ R% ]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* s0 t. E9 {4 x' t, V" g7 h: L
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 F. r* Z, j( p4 @9 {/ H* Y2 |" X
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# y, Y; o7 M$ G
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% y7 T$ F. f- _. @9 }+ n3 \& F
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! \7 N3 |8 j* @) ?3 e" B
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/ E6 b1 ]$ Y/ v
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
- d" D* n3 X& t" f' P7 M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」) m7 O& K, n6 P: D
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
8 D+ F& B) Y" W/ O8 @7 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$ f# \. G+ S: j, {% \- e$ R4 e
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
5 D8 G( a& k. r( U+ s" c: W6 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+ O5 I2 [4 Z1 o0 u' 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( ?3 _& m( W& c4 L4 D8 X 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
0 B0 Y& s" R5 h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$ b }0 e: E% c& o' o& w, [
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
( z9 ? \" N& A5 i1 }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
+ k" P) R& v0 r& q4 _0 i% h/ X, y0 T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。』9 Z- B; y$ G6 [4 F7 V( 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
7 |* {2 m- p( S$ G; E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
' h- \3 P1 Z5 V評論才會公允。』 |
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