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芝娜道﹕『下面一首是RED AFTERGLOW﹕ o: u* R6 V/ u
1) Lo, the red afterglow,
5 K, J8 P8 R8 w4 h+ W7 l6 r+ o0 w Against the sky blue! ! r! T8 ^3 z) Y/ O3 _
Is it the blush of Heaven, 1 c7 w* j/ `% C0 e- ] @) w; R8 K# J
As on a maiden's cheeks, " ^+ n. h6 ^" t) u9 \: Q% A- J6 s
When she catches sight* g9 a: w" a3 P! K. t
Of her coming lover?
2 ]" p+ A& B( d$ U" c2) Lo, the red afterglow,
' n5 _+ }) c1 i. f Against the sky blue!
( B4 n, W0 O( r! @8 K0 `- |! e/ g Is it the fire of bivouac
% l4 |4 t% }2 k2 x! v Kindled by Nymphs and Naiads6 j3 H: t( P1 f/ o, N& T5 B0 Q
On the banks of Milky Way
2 H# ~/ g, k9 y- {# C1 b$ u9 Q Holding a celestial picnic?
+ g! D! I, P7 P3) Lo, the red afterglow, E( w* c( u# ?# L8 L7 q' E1 f
Against the sky blue!
% A& Q1 m0 B0 @+ R5 k) {5 G Is it the ruddy gauze veil+ \5 v; {& W- o" a
That veiled the face of Juno( d; s3 f) i, z+ l
On her holy nuptial day
4 y+ g/ X2 k4 r) e When she married Jupiter?4 T# r+ n0 Y" d: y+ T
4) Lo, the red afterglow,. w, L3 D0 |) o
Against the sky blue!7 W* q! l9 c: I) s
Is it the fire of Mt. Olympus4 j' z0 [' p( v8 t0 V$ T, ^
Stolen by noble Prometheus,, ]/ P" {1 H( Z5 v% F! g/ l2 d
And in his careless down-flight5 X# ~8 q7 P H& o5 r
Set the fleecy clouds aflame?
3 M D6 N4 `4 q5) Lo, the red afterglow,' B/ h3 J" }3 o+ t, D7 E1 m
Against the sky blue!
# u+ X2 V6 y: U Is it the blood of the heroes
6 Q9 a$ c8 A7 u& n _! M1 P That died on battlefields5 ~+ b2 D6 \% N7 R' X& Y
In the sacred defense
$ ^2 }" Z! L2 q' a" ]7 F' a% a Of their dear motherland?: q, k) P2 U# S7 k! U7 y
6) Lo, the red afterglow,2 E% v, J% ^/ M- [" f1 q5 N
against the sky blue!. A& o+ }) a% c, p- J
If it the Isle of Coral" e) u6 m b3 j ]" F7 }. V
Removed by a white witch4 b. L" E" E6 u3 a1 |/ R4 E) t
From the Pacific deep: Q" d8 o) y* K/ T0 V/ G9 r
To the heavens above?+ \0 ?4 ^3 G- o8 r0 v, w* O- H3 G
7) Lo, the red afterglow,
( z( s: a' g! c- _9 D$ w) U Against the sky blue!+ r# S6 O7 E+ [) i3 i
Is it a cluster of peach trees,2 M% N' g/ P1 A" n w6 a$ w
Their blossoms in full bloom,
4 I) V' O% ^- Q; i Grown by the daughters of God4 m+ _3 R! k7 M1 o
And watered with nectar?- |( o- x$ f8 ~5 x t
8) Lo, the red afterglow,
; m6 I( e# I' Q& o Against the sky blue!
: m. c! Y! S- n Is it Flora's rouge
0 a, \8 T6 p% t8 O: y, c% ~ Spread all over the sky
# k2 i) ~8 z) v4 r) M% c# C0 t: n By her frightened maids* T6 R" G' ]7 P6 _. G3 m0 R
In escape from her anger?8 c$ @- f* _: }9 m% d0 {8 @ s: H" H
9) Lo, the red afterglow,* ~. c* Q0 U( g* p. g# f' n# G
Against the sky blue!
7 g4 X0 A' A! y5 G Is it a large piece of sponge
, [5 k3 F6 ~3 F3 t+ |5 e! }) V9 u Soaked through with claret
2 C, C+ m6 X8 @5 j) v Upset from the Holy Grail
) C4 f7 g) p. r6 }2 n) e5 f By a rash cosmic pilot?』
; H2 W& B# f$ 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
3 E/ r* }( Z5 m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1 O" k* b! t) t/ f- S4 J* h' c, j
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
; F2 m" i7 G; i5 }+ L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
' u: l5 f- \. h a& ~9 d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
5 a2 i" Y( Y" F6 }/ U" j2 @( o( O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3 N x7 X5 `. f# j9 i! u
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。 6 H' [2 L2 q- t* m& p0 T0 I
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﹕
! R; H) t9 I1 K* K* N4 T; `When young, I don't have any notions what woes really mean,3 a: i& M* R) v
Just love to get on floors so high.
( t9 h5 a7 f. O" q& C Just love to get on floors so high,4 W2 q. j. {" }; J% k
To write new poems, I try to say the words of woe and spleen.% S7 B4 I0 B9 L2 A
: j; M" ~7 x6 w% [" ^But now I fully have ideas of what woe really is,; e5 B. J- d; t( `
Afraid to get on floors so high.
7 K9 z& G3 |# X+ l9 `# W- u. x Afraid to get on floors so high,/ h; x7 N. v/ s/ \8 x* G- ]6 ~
I only say in poems how good and cool the Autumn is.』* C9 i' A" {# ~
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+ c, T( W: h$ t7 G
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。 q. p+ X5 A2 g) X; G r8 C
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﹕% f4 G6 V0 ]4 g6 E( b1 k1 X
『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 E. V* u3 j# g0 _8 G3 i, t* X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
# |8 a( ?% `* h( m! s) Z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+ N5 j. q( P+ _2 s 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﹐
& s/ G/ ]7 f" a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4 [- @2 L2 _% B; w) C8 o$ w! 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
# p/ |6 k( @2 c& j" T. c$ 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8 ^" {2 ^# ?" p, ]* Y' z; b8 C
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 u9 [% h7 K9 A' t
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; c$ g$ X" ?- H S5 l# A" k
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* _, n0 G f7 j% X, d
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 n* v0 u/ n% B0 n7 K
Poor Odipus, a scapegoat he was! Accused of three great crimes, he
, r8 y T9 E) M! vsuffered a terrible tragic death ----a punishment inflicted on him by
' i. x+ O) g1 \9 O; |. tthe gods on Olympus. When he learned his fate decided by the almighty
8 m8 s+ f3 E4 c5 [" ngods to kill his father, marry his mother and bring destruction on his
- p- X. O& {8 F, Ynative city, he wished to escape from it. But destiny was unavoidable,and
1 ^9 p# b1 |( l* z' n, \unawares he fulfilled the assigned tasks. If the gods had decided his . @; {3 m6 R* Q6 ~# a# {8 ]
fate otherwise, he would not have been a criminal, receiving an unjust ) l, h( e+ |: e8 ?. f
punishment and bearing an ill-fame for thousands of years. He was only + Q% M, `- o* _2 J5 x: @" W: w0 N; r
an executor of the wills of the gods who, struck perhaps with a whimsical ! r7 m5 _; Y* R
fantasy, played a practical joke on the helpless mortal. The gods were
' G5 G1 {$ Z( \the plotters. Who then deserved the punishment? The gods on Olympus rather
; ]8 }4 o2 c5 Uthan poor Odipus!』
! O1 I! H+ Y6 y& Q4 s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﹐
- E. H; X, S/ ]2 W0 w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﹕
- f& V# A/ f" C% V『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﹕/ P V4 q6 ]) d/ s3 e6 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
5 m: a, d9 X- v1 m4 _7 s! aADDRESSES TO MONEY﹕5 V5 F2 }% q U
1) Oh, Money! My darling Money! My respected Money! I'm your admirer, ) {" u: M+ B5 _6 q" i6 d, S
your worshipper. Oh, Money, my Queen, your Majesty! I'm your servant,
. h/ y4 c8 v7 t7 n, `+ B8 |your slave. With you I can get food to keep me alive. With you I can 7 {2 c& f6 Y: A1 z& p- i; m
get clothes to keep warm. And with you I can get whatever I want, a
' d' x: g! P0 x9 x. a! \grand mansion to live in and all the superfluities of life for ostentation.
2 p: m: W" t1 o3 [2 b8 GBut without you my love will desert me. Without you my friends will
% l: s& t5 Q: [, ?0 X6 i& l. H: a8 Iturn back on me. And without you I'll go a-begging like a poor dog
" p$ D! L: h0 Iand sleeping alone at night in a ruined porch. Oh, Almighty Money, come 1 e. [- T4 M9 `4 F' l+ B6 ^
to me, I implore you! Pray, endow me with your favor and be sure that I'm
( O, `- g& O7 H+ m/ w& a' b7 z) Lwilling to receive every small coin from you on my knees by which to show + }% _: F& G# k& {( M$ A. V
my deep-hearted gratitude. 』
1 _) R) y" T5 C: V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。』
$ p/ H/ }$ J$ d# R! B芝娜又唸道﹕『第二﹕
! B* g) b- |% V8 V2 \( P2) Oh, money, my obedient servant, my faithful slave! I'm your master, % o4 W$ E: t& W6 ]
your owner. OH, money, my passe-partout, my almighty tool! I'm you user, `( _$ S1 x* O
your disposer. With you I can start my enterprises. With you I can carry
( K: P6 q. u9 T% w/ x) hon my great plans. And with you I can make the little world around me
; \1 j1 L* B$ ]" ?7 Vgo at my will. If without you I can still have a large store of learning.
, N9 V+ e; e9 a( c+ n2 L2 H If without you I can still have an unpolluted name. And if without you $ ?% H2 c0 N5 E; m5 e G+ X
I can still live like a hermit writing books of great thoughts. 7 o# l/ j) _) w5 F* C, Z! P, y
Oh, servile money, come to me; my lad, I command you! Serve me well 4 J6 ]" @. O5 E" y
and don't be naughty, or I'll punish you.』8 x5 q% u! G; I+ j0 ?
文倩道﹕『第二篇寫得更有趣。就是不知作者如何去懲罰鈔票。』張明生道﹕『燒
6 ?# g3 k; d' r: r/ h6 b! @掉它。』盛靳云說﹕『那反過來等於在懲罰你自己。』鄭莉道﹕『如果由作者來寫﹐
- _; H/ B# n0 y/ I. q2 ^8 Y一定會有個有趣的懲罰方式。』芝娜翻過幾頁說﹕『這裡有一篇題為ON BEAUTY
) S7 F. @6 N ~9 t' K2 n7 T4 q(談美)﹕
/ \) k/ s2 i% x# m8 v Beauty often dwells in youth. At sight of a charming girl, everyone ( }/ c9 Q9 s+ j* D5 d- G1 Q, c& {
will exclaim, "My eyes! What a great beauty!" The male stares with 8 e+ s f9 J. @
a thrill of admiration; the female gazes with a sigh of envy. Wherever $ U- V- U S$ z5 u# o* U4 u' A
she goes, she becomes the focus of the attention. Men all yearn to win 0 r9 [8 f# }2 z' a5 m, p. _4 h
her heart; women all feel a regret unable to stand in her shoes. A glance
% |! I( [$ X0 a0 hor a smile from her makes the stingy empty his hoard of gold and the 9 C t5 V0 n/ s+ E
coward give up his life for her. She enjoys her queenly position in society,
1 x! p# q: F( ~1 u( l5 Q# t5 L8 X3 i proud of the possession of such a beauty. But the merciless Time - F# a# R. m$ y& C7 c N% z
dogs her steps, too. Her beauty is worn out with the years. She begins to
% o/ g7 _; C" e. b: Yfade away and the hardship in life, if any would befall her, will bring
* ~, l$ Y/ O8 Z1 z9 Q! U {" Mmore wrinkles on her face. Then men turn their backs on her politely with
5 e; g+ y9 G3 D9 ]2 v3 w' Fa bow; women look at her with indifference. The younger generation is magnetized ( V5 Q$ X$ S4 x0 K$ B
round another focus. The old queen has to abdicate and leave the throne
9 g+ X/ A) \& f4 l4 V; Bfor a young one to occupy. Only a photo or portrait can preserve her beauty $ D5 Q1 ?3 G$ r
in youth and no Time is capable of doing any injury to her preserved beauty , |/ `6 g$ C5 @# b' @
but the preserver itself.
6 q3 c! J! c7 T+ k Therefore, admire not the beauty without, but the beauty within. Such
5 j" Q8 K+ @6 e. S N$ r" K# m8 ma beauty will never wither though Time also plots to do it harm. In the
4 a; h1 F0 @' H3 e( E* }struggle against the adversities of life and the ruthlessness of Time,
! M, P: N0 ~4 d& A it grows radiant, or even dazzling, just like a rock in midstream made
% N) k8 i& \0 w0 z2 \ smooth and glossy by the current of both the stream and Time. Everyone,
9 B9 V" i) w2 M1 n* R& Hin spite of the age and sex, if aware of it, will sing its praise either
3 v& o/ h8 |: Z* a) o4 [1 r openly in words and letters or secretly in mind. It lives as long ( ~9 \2 c5 ]' c; N' ]
as the possessor, or even much longer after her dust may be blended into * }, d, A" b% P+ Z$ v
a vase with the clay around it.
: v# Q5 _! n- d d V5 {1 Z7 K( ~ The outward beauty can only be the object of admiration or envy while 8 n% R2 `$ a* w3 ]+ ^1 o. a) U6 F, t
the inward beauty, besides being a theme of the ode, can serve as an
, a6 k* Y% V" v9 u5 p$ u, Dexample to learn from, for the former is always endowed by birth, but
4 a6 c5 i4 q& M, Cthe latter by self-acquirement. However, every man is free to hold
& k) y9 v4 I, U c7 f0 g$ m7 x his own notion of what the beauty is and to choose whichever of the two # P$ M, @/ q) C* r( `. V" M
beauties he prefers. Only his love for his bride select should not degenerate
# I$ X; ]5 ^: ]- @7 {- Z7 Z" q$ ?9 dwith the shrunken beauty.』
7 S# x) m: k+ 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
; J* P! J% U- t3 }) p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* M4 p2 R6 N$ n' u! d/ 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 。』
$ m* H f2 Z* C/ c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1 H, K% i: q7 @7 S
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
- Y3 }3 p% U/ e! ?' R/ k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
0 P5 W& x" X! y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。- I7 M5 p8 F+ O" l
你自己好自為之吧。』芝娜道﹕『下一篇是THE BALLOON﹕1 J: n! ~' t' {7 a
A little boy walks by his mother's side, with one hand in hers and a balloon % @) {# ^3 ?) n/ O, C
in the other. A sudden gust of wind snatches the balloon away from # |1 V4 ^7 z* t' X
the boy's hand and bears it skyward. As it flies higher, the excited 3 D& M: M3 G* X0 h7 p# P
people in the street all look up. "Surely," the balloon says to itself,
+ O x7 A( [3 r7 vfeeling proud of its uprising, "they all envy me of my ascent." Then in its " Y7 N6 X" b; i# E( ?$ q) t
upward flight it passes by a balcony on which a group of boys and girls : f, a- A+ ^$ ~* x0 j, z
are standing, giving a cry of excitement when seeing an escaped balloon 3 k5 s4 v' P8 ^2 V- D
hurry on its way of freedom. "They are cheering me, I'm sure." The balloon
4 B: y* e' W9 w' Mthinks. Up and up it soars, above the roof, above the spire, through a 4 l! |) k+ d3 Y8 F4 u- r g8 d
thin cloud, into the blue sky. Then a dove hovers near, but after a glance ! S) V8 A' h4 S5 a! @. o2 I
at it, flies away with indifference. "Of course, the bird nears to : y3 `3 R6 {- V6 z; ^/ r4 v" P0 h
salute me," The buoyant balloon flatters itself in exultation, "but as # k/ ~0 D5 Q& @; e* o: X
I ignore her to keep my dignity, she takes herself away in awe and respect." + S( k ]. R7 c( r
The higher it clambers, the haughtier it becomes, till it reaches the - ]2 f4 k* _, E1 O
zenith where it means to stay for millions of years, but, alas, it bursts!
1 X8 I c9 E# j% m; L』
! p( R# Z0 Q7 V( q/ S) @9 F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/ l {9 l1 ?# a$ `9 n
好幾頁﹐說﹕『下面一篇是ON ETIQUETTE(論禮儀)﹕
% p5 W X" a3 H" Q" F( [. F Etiquette is to society what apparel is to the individual. Without
) c* g# z' }) _1 Iapparel men would go in shameful nudity, which would surely lead to the
/ L) y& _' `" }8 J9 N9 w( Bcorruption of morals; and without etiquette society would be in a pitiable
! F2 c O; y6 gstate and the necessary intercourse between its members would be interfered
5 S" g) V( c; X% l0 mby needless offences and troubles. If society were a train, the etiquette * a3 S8 V1 b; m
would be the rails, along which only the train could rumble forth; if - i; B; P. W) L' o; h
society were a state coach, the etiquette would be the wheels and axis,
, ]" C, t8 T8 |* ^+ p, S7 Q on which only the coach could roll forward.
# R1 s# ?# K$ i7 ^; j; s The lack of proprieties would make the most intimate friends turn to
5 M5 x8 E& _2 D1 [be the most decided enemies and the friendly or allied countries declare 1 B: B( f; \, O6 Z6 ]
war against each other. We can find many examples in the history of mankind.! m; R8 q5 r- I$ q
A duke of Song Dukedom in East Zhou Dynasty in ancient China was killed 2 t' ~* W. L) S0 p3 x# p% H
by his favorite knight for a joking word. therefore, I advise you to stand
' q5 }; k; H/ s4 _: }: t$ aon ceremony before anyone else and to take pains not to do anything stupid - @+ n% c, P1 c6 N) n
against etiquette lest you give offences or make enemies.』
0 Q ?6 X* H% K7 P9 c9 Y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9 t& w8 T% l- f* B
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 D& D- S$ v5 w u1 M" W4 c
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
1 d' m n1 p S% h" ?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; R" d V& Q8 F: |9 o
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﹕! D; U# K c- s( u$ F" C
『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﹕
$ [0 d9 h5 M: } Q; w$ u; ]『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﹐
+ c) ]8 g% a" T3 I6 k1 r3 S( \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
; }- V" r" j- b! N* {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
+ T, W9 B, p# A4 O5 h銘」的譯文( j5 B( \, i# e0 |+ p* ^! {! F' D
AN EULOGY ON MY HUMBLE ABODE﹕3 q! e) S' @5 F) N0 {
Known will the hills be if fairies dwell, no matter high of low; and
) c! k0 X8 D8 d5 }: K0 O6 U' |" }charmed will the waters be if dragons hidden, no matter deep or shallow. * K* Q1 A$ `9 R( J% J; M# @! f
A humble abode though this is, my virtues make it smell sweet. Verdant 3 e2 U9 j+ x- P$ n
are the stonesteps overgrown with moss, and green seems the screen
% |5 ]5 w' b# z2 E4 ] as the grass seen through it. I chat and laugh only with great scholars
5 P. ~) y& p, k7 y; Iand have no intercourse with the ignorant. I can play lute and read my 9 l1 G" u" b$ o
sutras; no unpleasant music to grate on my ears and no red-tape to make 3 @6 t; X" d4 A- A! f8 B
me weary and tired. Zhuge's residence in Nanyang and Ziyun's inhabitance 7 ~: Z5 L. K% M. G. c8 a& y* Q& r
in Xishu are both like what Confucius quoth, "How canth it be humble?" ' k' m: L( Y) u% |9 Y5 f
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。; j, `7 e% o) r) w# @& l
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﹕3 b' D7 `8 V \5 A, M
『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 W8 Z- Y* R- r( ^1 d- U
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
' {6 ]/ e* u, t6 ]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。』1 P9 @) b* D+ ?* f- o4 `0 W1 o
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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
1 w$ M( p- [. g0 e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
% h, e# m; N5 ^/ J+ f/ _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。』6 z3 B% n3 P' b8 M/ ^
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) i9 A4 G6 L% F2 d+ R. i+ c
資料複印在微縮帶上﹐可放映在一般電腦屏上閱讀﹐很方便。( _5 R, O1 u1 Y& ]
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& F8 I, E9 C0 m8 S4 S
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
+ M3 e( v$ `1 k* Y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﹕
: t+ u6 X# k" L『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
. x L N0 Y F$ g# s* A2 e音樂跳起舞來﹐直至興盡而散。9 M, M- L3 [, V6 Q8 k5 W, @
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# c, ` l. }) j
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; Q" c" J* m, u7 J
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 Q) ]: t- F) 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
: ^3 a, ?/ c; 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 n$ _+ S _4 Y* v" G; P4 F
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9 _$ J+ e8 s% a% ], s' ^6 G- ]
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
7 [; m d$ _) y/ L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
$ _: T a; N2 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。9 Q: v5 L3 m( O& C5 n
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
3 s# k. [9 l( ?8 t. ?7 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
& u0 Q$ q, g: K" l! F" J* c9 |/ F, h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
) E5 o: }! v8 z- E- }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
) x) G# ^% v$ ^! f" ^5 M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
/ x! M: ?- z- k, W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 ]- @4 \! [
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﹐
9 b4 X) v5 o7 h; c* A. R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
, l8 O) P, j5 ?, G; ?/ G: j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」0 T5 i( g9 X+ X/ B% N* Z5 u9 k) G
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% J2 H) h! o/ r9 o
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6 q! i& x' e7 m1 }
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, p4 p& N) A9 o% G# }1 Q
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
3 v0 I/ I4 D A# ?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
6 q9 v/ ?& U2 p; Y. e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
2 O& S: W M l) {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& ~2 V5 i0 L" L; r3 }0 B
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
0 t+ H! X m# F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" X) e, O7 P4 w9 {$ S. v* V
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。』
: A/ s# x9 v& @7 A ^/ d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: D! V. c' }: d+ Q% s3 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
$ b. @/ k% n V$ J* d, p3 `+ y$ i評論才會公允。』 |
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