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芝娜道﹕『下面一首是RED AFTERGLOW﹕4 a1 R6 N1 L' Q
1) Lo, the red afterglow,
4 ?) q5 x1 Q8 C6 P% { Against the sky blue!
@8 s. T' F _ Is it the blush of Heaven,
* ]% i* v' U: c9 l, H As on a maiden's cheeks,
8 I7 p! }& D) @; L4 Q/ e* f When she catches sight" Q/ W T a/ u, e7 ]. t
Of her coming lover?( b5 F: y& n9 F+ M$ @4 Y+ z
2) Lo, the red afterglow,
) U" X/ g8 _+ z Against the sky blue!
. c( i# b _# w3 w3 U* |, l- V. J Is it the fire of bivouac
9 X6 R3 t2 L" R* Q7 L! E Kindled by Nymphs and Naiads
+ O( ~; Y2 E I: Q On the banks of Milky Way0 @4 P; h7 Q( [, c5 O
Holding a celestial picnic?
2 j; a1 c7 H) e* V. v; f0 E( J3) Lo, the red afterglow,( \! ~8 O( ]# L: M# p* ?6 Y/ W
Against the sky blue!
& s- f' k- l- a, i; h) Q v Is it the ruddy gauze veil
9 E w2 X5 M% s2 p& b That veiled the face of Juno
Y+ m" F- S3 m0 h; ^! ~ On her holy nuptial day
5 \" ^% \7 W1 j- g5 @, B When she married Jupiter?5 `( e" E6 P v
4) Lo, the red afterglow,; g8 Q4 v0 b; C! G/ g) I
Against the sky blue!
8 J" Z7 L3 k! Z: `/ h, z2 B Is it the fire of Mt. Olympus8 ^5 r2 Q7 t5 f5 A
Stolen by noble Prometheus,
, C' ]5 V: M$ z8 s3 S5 e$ x. C And in his careless down-flight9 C9 n; r9 o# p. R
Set the fleecy clouds aflame?
2 ]4 R8 t: m% X3 X" L0 W6 [5) Lo, the red afterglow,
* @2 P1 V* R6 k2 o Z. o Against the sky blue!6 c; o+ N9 N0 j( E0 p/ [
Is it the blood of the heroes. X0 _; f# u7 r/ j- \$ R. I) U) m
That died on battlefields$ b8 `) t9 p$ W8 e3 t v* q% M5 ?
In the sacred defense
" T* H- X: r+ `6 C( I) ~ Of their dear motherland?
& e* ^) u1 G- q2 Y; U6) Lo, the red afterglow,( G- t) J. `- T4 X- Y1 ] E
against the sky blue!
% t9 [4 M/ ]5 T: e2 ~9 _' P If it the Isle of Coral4 W/ `2 R4 A0 x8 T
Removed by a white witch
6 A( d( h' L- o From the Pacific deep
4 f7 L7 P' I$ a. g/ l i To the heavens above?, `4 B% c7 }1 l, e a& m3 o, F
7) Lo, the red afterglow,
8 z: \6 U( `# k3 i Against the sky blue!& z& h# P4 ]5 Q0 e. s' |/ A; F
Is it a cluster of peach trees,
6 M% E& L6 b8 v) Q/ |: f1 ^' S) w Their blossoms in full bloom,8 z5 h/ G$ Q5 Q8 v/ a/ o1 l
Grown by the daughters of God
/ g& e" K T+ r! Z5 T And watered with nectar?
( ^% K8 u- d# U7 V; }: V8) Lo, the red afterglow,
& U8 `* i( t& Y+ g& @) i8 Y Against the sky blue!
, g4 A, f0 E& l. y6 V6 H Is it Flora's rouge
9 P) x+ G; r- t; ]7 B& \! P0 W1 [ Spread all over the sky
" F8 i3 W5 s# s" q+ s By her frightened maids
* \$ A" `2 H7 a3 k% m5 ~8 S In escape from her anger?' P$ k2 f( P+ P3 i( _% m
9) Lo, the red afterglow,0 O2 o1 j6 k/ q* i' M" Q
Against the sky blue!( o3 p# v* I% B
Is it a large piece of sponge7 {( B$ ?/ Q+ S6 p4 }
Soaked through with claret
$ r3 u" G: | W5 N Upset from the Holy Grail' w/ x# i: l& {
By a rash cosmic pilot?』
* @6 @; @5 Z k( l; z" X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
v' A, ?; I& I( s" J# O% ?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# K. g. A' g( w/ s* \1 U
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$ J+ a$ |' q# j* \* g
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! S {9 Z5 y2 _# A
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
6 A! i \' c1 [* w8 q* S9 g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9 m6 x# q! {0 q: _
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。 " w- E$ h2 P+ j, 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﹕3 c9 g* ^5 S5 E% x* e" `
When young, I don't have any notions what woes really mean,8 j: {. }: H3 P/ n) q
Just love to get on floors so high. : V( ^9 ~/ r1 {+ N+ N
Just love to get on floors so high,
" {1 ?0 h6 ]# ~) K0 N1 aTo write new poems, I try to say the words of woe and spleen.# `; a& \7 j6 S( ~! K2 p
9 h5 o: K' [0 t5 s, f. d; ^" w/ ?( k" b
But now I fully have ideas of what woe really is,3 d1 o5 h! q: t
Afraid to get on floors so high.
- y/ A7 y- c7 A4 x) ]' ~, N0 C Afraid to get on floors so high,; |9 u9 H& t! |/ {' t" ~5 S
I only say in poems how good and cool the Autumn is.』
" {( N- N) K- C3 D6 [+ ~# v+ H0 g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
4 U7 ^/ h' ]8 i( q; b" 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。; f1 Z4 a; p; t) A6 g* O& y+ N
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﹕
' U1 O+ |9 K, ?, i& q" m# L『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. U. Q$ z% r% 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* M# X& V% P' r
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
, U2 A1 i8 k. ?2 c2 t- U4 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﹐, J7 J2 L% z7 X& R, F
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. \ [! G, N% _9 A: s0 A( N4 v
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 ]) r0 ]" ]
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7 \& I4 f3 P4 d6 s' ]
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
" G4 k" x% w' ?; A2 E5 B' w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
' E# I0 E4 c! o" j* x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1 ~% t- Y+ p% S/ [' }; }
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﹕7 p* t+ C! q7 y- X9 L5 s9 ~$ U
Poor Odipus, a scapegoat he was! Accused of three great crimes, he
! E+ c- c* U7 j5 q* isuffered a terrible tragic death ----a punishment inflicted on him by
- T: s7 i- b8 b. w/ P* kthe gods on Olympus. When he learned his fate decided by the almighty `; f2 S. x5 ~) c+ @
gods to kill his father, marry his mother and bring destruction on his 2 T' a& F$ O- X* ~3 C: H
native city, he wished to escape from it. But destiny was unavoidable,and
$ @3 [- w5 Z1 |+ runawares he fulfilled the assigned tasks. If the gods had decided his
7 p* F* l# v$ u/ b' _1 y! n4 sfate otherwise, he would not have been a criminal, receiving an unjust 9 y+ u. v. ^! J
punishment and bearing an ill-fame for thousands of years. He was only
7 t1 {1 h, P5 q; Y n, Ean executor of the wills of the gods who, struck perhaps with a whimsical 5 c; _, i) |/ n" d7 T
fantasy, played a practical joke on the helpless mortal. The gods were ; P2 P% N9 R) h9 Z
the plotters. Who then deserved the punishment? The gods on Olympus rather
- n! @6 b% O' ^' }6 ?$ H/ B, lthan poor Odipus!』1 V5 s j/ H. e+ h6 O
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﹐6 Q3 h- S, Q$ B7 @; n3 x' x1 H1 v' `. M* P
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﹕9 v3 u4 ~. n1 @1 l
『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﹕5 I/ i w8 X4 D; o
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 # h, D" b! z; @- q
ADDRESSES TO MONEY﹕
$ |8 ]: \& Z7 @% `" J1) Oh, Money! My darling Money! My respected Money! I'm your admirer, 6 m5 p( g3 }* o
your worshipper. Oh, Money, my Queen, your Majesty! I'm your servant, + ~8 w/ _4 M5 v8 _" g4 m( [
your slave. With you I can get food to keep me alive. With you I can : [8 J: V' q" u$ ~* X
get clothes to keep warm. And with you I can get whatever I want, a
3 i8 J+ Z- X5 a' |; f, Lgrand mansion to live in and all the superfluities of life for ostentation.
, e |7 u8 [2 G; {1 f: b$ s# zBut without you my love will desert me. Without you my friends will
) o9 D3 [* t% N" nturn back on me. And without you I'll go a-begging like a poor dog 5 f5 I( Q/ C) r* X/ W- A
and sleeping alone at night in a ruined porch. Oh, Almighty Money, come 0 j9 w. ?2 A, g$ J2 c: g! i( D/ d5 S
to me, I implore you! Pray, endow me with your favor and be sure that I'm 3 f/ B# y5 o& D2 \! G- r" \/ s
willing to receive every small coin from you on my knees by which to show 4 u. R2 S& f' ]( L
my deep-hearted gratitude. 』
6 {9 {$ W0 k/ |0 p. f/ C: J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。』4 W9 M# F) W, j4 [5 F8 Z& Y1 b: p
芝娜又唸道﹕『第二﹕' c9 f; v4 G" a+ w
2) Oh, money, my obedient servant, my faithful slave! I'm your master,
* P! y- E0 B2 A: F: \* vyour owner. OH, money, my passe-partout, my almighty tool! I'm you user,
/ {) ?& F, f- X; ]9 ]your disposer. With you I can start my enterprises. With you I can carry # ~, n: _ Y. F4 q7 g" Z
on my great plans. And with you I can make the little world around me 8 y: r l* E, [% w+ U
go at my will. If without you I can still have a large store of learning.
5 q: @ C& z' J8 k; a9 ^6 _ If without you I can still have an unpolluted name. And if without you 5 z9 J0 }( ]3 t0 v, t
I can still live like a hermit writing books of great thoughts. 5 B2 H) Q/ A" _% V1 j
Oh, servile money, come to me; my lad, I command you! Serve me well 3 c/ r5 W' N2 ^: H4 K1 J5 \) `2 X
and don't be naughty, or I'll punish you.』
4 p3 M& x! X+ G3 i- D, q& O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, R4 o. ` b i4 I
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﹐
+ f6 G2 O! E, }0 T, D% n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) f9 i6 t+ j5 C9 X7 y+ K: k" V4 Q
(談美)﹕
0 |5 a1 K* f6 u$ p Beauty often dwells in youth. At sight of a charming girl, everyone
: G5 |5 R& g; `& j- e7 Qwill exclaim, "My eyes! What a great beauty!" The male stares with ( a) |/ t3 {/ `$ Y8 c& Z
a thrill of admiration; the female gazes with a sigh of envy. Wherever " i# a% q. d' G7 s! ]& v
she goes, she becomes the focus of the attention. Men all yearn to win ) e+ k$ d2 U* E2 J# K6 w
her heart; women all feel a regret unable to stand in her shoes. A glance
" k' [' K0 E9 J) [8 U6 s4 S/ Y7 uor a smile from her makes the stingy empty his hoard of gold and the
- g# O$ e9 {3 x! z% N3 Icoward give up his life for her. She enjoys her queenly position in society,7 Q$ v4 D i. @$ i
proud of the possession of such a beauty. But the merciless Time ! K' m' W' x, m% M& w
dogs her steps, too. Her beauty is worn out with the years. She begins to
6 _* \5 }. e+ G& [. Z( @- T4 F- i. yfade away and the hardship in life, if any would befall her, will bring
$ I) S. t9 i/ l8 umore wrinkles on her face. Then men turn their backs on her politely with " Y6 q Q, ~* Z' d* v/ C& e
a bow; women look at her with indifference. The younger generation is magnetized ) V6 j3 w7 q6 G- V* J& J" T
round another focus. The old queen has to abdicate and leave the throne
5 d: _' E# u1 @0 C" ~. V; K2 Z7 Y Nfor a young one to occupy. Only a photo or portrait can preserve her beauty : M6 I$ ?. \7 R/ i* q
in youth and no Time is capable of doing any injury to her preserved beauty
+ c. }- K* g' c0 Obut the preserver itself.; Q6 b* e, J* m) O; [7 f7 u
Therefore, admire not the beauty without, but the beauty within. Such
- C+ j- {, z, G$ B M* {! _a beauty will never wither though Time also plots to do it harm. In the - v5 ]( C& L' m; m* g3 e
struggle against the adversities of life and the ruthlessness of Time, 4 C9 @' G0 \) k* ~5 f
it grows radiant, or even dazzling, just like a rock in midstream made
: `: L! _% |$ G% X$ D8 f smooth and glossy by the current of both the stream and Time. Everyone, / ^% G2 B, b. ]8 M
in spite of the age and sex, if aware of it, will sing its praise either
+ d* O) W0 g& o7 t! P openly in words and letters or secretly in mind. It lives as long
" W/ z* X" r1 yas the possessor, or even much longer after her dust may be blended into
5 C E( k- { ?! [1 n* ]1 Ca vase with the clay around it.
8 b( L5 a4 `( D, c, Q0 \% X The outward beauty can only be the object of admiration or envy while 1 f" J+ P% S; l3 [
the inward beauty, besides being a theme of the ode, can serve as an
O- D3 @) k4 Y1 E$ @example to learn from, for the former is always endowed by birth, but / S/ N/ d- t: V% c
the latter by self-acquirement. However, every man is free to hold , I& [" |# B3 }0 \+ `
his own notion of what the beauty is and to choose whichever of the two
+ j0 Y9 T) A8 n. i: G* ~! Qbeauties he prefers. Only his love for his bride select should not degenerate
3 g9 R3 w2 ^2 _( J( l, Q- j* Gwith the shrunken beauty.』
9 M6 h3 X8 `. C$ o. m4 r! e$ ?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- t% s( u# K5 s8 A% w+ Y0 K# q
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& n5 v2 }& {& W" e1 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 。』! L5 ^) l* X, g) k8 E5 Y4 ~- u
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
3 u& `0 n, ?/ x# q7 D' I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# D$ p4 n+ g, L' C) `9 @6 }& R9 q
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
% u3 F$ k% k* p# U, L( |: H5 u6 N& h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。
' q7 J; h0 Z7 ]! U# Y你自己好自為之吧。』芝娜道﹕『下一篇是THE BALLOON﹕# S1 @. y Y: ~8 {$ L. i5 D# N
A little boy walks by his mother's side, with one hand in hers and a balloon
' D' F1 R4 @: p3 C2 ~ in the other. A sudden gust of wind snatches the balloon away from
3 n4 c# C1 f' q: _- m* J the boy's hand and bears it skyward. As it flies higher, the excited * g7 i# w) r4 {2 _
people in the street all look up. "Surely," the balloon says to itself, 4 T! t! F! j# g% {- W! C) s% Y/ \: t
feeling proud of its uprising, "they all envy me of my ascent." Then in its 1 h+ H0 {) L/ }
upward flight it passes by a balcony on which a group of boys and girls
6 t8 y, ^; g, g9 P. b J7 X/ uare standing, giving a cry of excitement when seeing an escaped balloon
# n+ E, L# i2 N$ Xhurry on its way of freedom. "They are cheering me, I'm sure." The balloon % N+ |: W( D6 \+ q4 w( y
thinks. Up and up it soars, above the roof, above the spire, through a 7 U0 O$ ~% e( M$ U7 y- r1 `& f
thin cloud, into the blue sky. Then a dove hovers near, but after a glance . P+ `8 N/ w: Y' g. s I- x
at it, flies away with indifference. "Of course, the bird nears to
& e' ^( ?: C; Wsalute me," The buoyant balloon flatters itself in exultation, "but as
- S( c: T* s8 A! b; J: Z$ sI ignore her to keep my dignity, she takes herself away in awe and respect."
3 r4 g3 O, V) S$ s: e The higher it clambers, the haughtier it becomes, till it reaches the
" l5 r; }4 |7 i. J' n( O0 W4 ~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* r+ h# n- j8 w! ^
好幾頁﹐說﹕『下面一篇是ON ETIQUETTE(論禮儀)﹕
; [ t9 T2 a4 B Etiquette is to society what apparel is to the individual. Without # t; n( I. Q, N2 h+ z) T1 {& c
apparel men would go in shameful nudity, which would surely lead to the ! h5 h6 P6 |9 T2 V" I1 ` Y
corruption of morals; and without etiquette society would be in a pitiable
1 Y: E" D! j, ]- ^6 V, g* ustate and the necessary intercourse between its members would be interfered " U, i% O5 g& H) j+ a
by needless offences and troubles. If society were a train, the etiquette ; p5 v! L. g4 w5 ]2 J: u3 V, H
would be the rails, along which only the train could rumble forth; if 1 p1 z. _1 S6 n# K1 d( \$ _
society were a state coach, the etiquette would be the wheels and axis, . q: X! h8 ^7 C$ n6 i `9 I: m
on which only the coach could roll forward.1 e+ n0 S2 Z1 f q, Y2 u# i
The lack of proprieties would make the most intimate friends turn to 5 ]7 C; b/ R) K2 n
be the most decided enemies and the friendly or allied countries declare
d& R) j X4 k$ x" G! Mwar against each other. We can find many examples in the history of mankind.
O5 \6 c3 E+ ~ D: u& S A duke of Song Dukedom in East Zhou Dynasty in ancient China was killed : W; S. `$ H3 N( r
by his favorite knight for a joking word. therefore, I advise you to stand
) H2 t, ]! Q6 m' A% gon ceremony before anyone else and to take pains not to do anything stupid 8 ?3 [; F/ l$ L/ _! P' _6 o P
against etiquette lest you give offences or make enemies.』
' j7 t x) J# Z- r$ K+ P! k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- ]" h( k& z0 {: ^, x4 n2 U
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: |2 Q) |' e9 T$ U& D
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
" o; H" h; d& ~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。, W. j, Q0 d/ b. Q* Q" l; Q
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﹕
6 R/ x# K6 l: b% E; T『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﹕
+ l" s: W% @. \8 u& y& H2 z『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﹐$ A# [! H5 Y" t) Z- g5 }& ?
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
! [2 [9 m; c2 A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. Z! f P, P0 F
銘」的譯文* f- A: B3 t- R
AN EULOGY ON MY HUMBLE ABODE﹕
. |% N+ d0 H: {1 x8 x# F! R Known will the hills be if fairies dwell, no matter high of low; and
* Z0 u( N" N+ p* o, N# Scharmed will the waters be if dragons hidden, no matter deep or shallow. . G) X- j, Q2 Z% @, d) z
A humble abode though this is, my virtues make it smell sweet. Verdant
4 ?: J9 y3 d. r6 u0 D: q$ k( `1 r6 }are the stonesteps overgrown with moss, and green seems the screen
% {; i6 p5 s6 P6 r as the grass seen through it. I chat and laugh only with great scholars
+ E6 M6 {6 q$ D! jand have no intercourse with the ignorant. I can play lute and read my
+ ?, N+ _' z4 f- c' I6 _sutras; no unpleasant music to grate on my ears and no red-tape to make ; V. B% T% E# e& x& E% t8 S* P
me weary and tired. Zhuge's residence in Nanyang and Ziyun's inhabitance / X, T; F. ~1 o: u
in Xishu are both like what Confucius quoth, "How canth it be humble?"
1 ?9 W2 w$ U/ h4 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。
4 d \& ^! r* Y( t7 R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﹕
$ C3 P/ W8 x3 F『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8 q6 M+ Q; |. R. o, n Q; x
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
* c% S& x6 K) b8 }9 J5 s U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。』3 u+ Z9 M, q7 D' l3 p) H- u
7 N9 ]. Y; R$ Y6 M8 O
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 w3 [, Y# u }( O1 Z" I3 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
2 J7 h' C4 F8 G/ m7 c: t, U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, m5 u# Q5 J# k/ H2 }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
$ i5 k1 x3 }+ y h* B% s; X資料複印在微縮帶上﹐可放映在一般電腦屏上閱讀﹐很方便。
$ E: v5 w3 G$ S, C/ C6 X+ 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
- W) L/ {5 F3 k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
! z$ ~0 e- [5 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﹕& w8 q+ c5 H) K$ J$ c! P
『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
% q2 N% {; f2 z3 I, G6 L音樂跳起舞來﹐直至興盡而散。
# h7 b4 Q+ L# c* c; k, a' 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
( ^, e+ u8 s8 P7 N3 Y& g% D- L2 w/ f$ ^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
9 f7 n( n/ R- S1 H) H8 e9 ~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
" j$ k- H7 o. j' G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
0 h6 U6 U: d; [9 N6 U/ d2 z/ 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﹐: q B9 d' |% ]/ S! S! O4 ~- G
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; s' [7 E. g w$ {1 F; N% O$ Z3 Z
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
# H4 _; j; x9 ]; E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 `8 U, n( y7 s+ 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 g) H( t5 j; V) G1 N# \; E4 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6 \% Q% d* h' O
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 b# }1 `" _% i
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- j$ E- M+ C6 Z8 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: A3 A8 g; t- Y
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& v' e; v) |1 L$ C8 W# k 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
( g3 {7 ?* S6 \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﹐
1 l( x! E7 T# j. O3 X4 o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
6 ?. q5 U- F; d3 k& Z( v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」
8 e: R) a" O! `& [, H) 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
( _* Q$ e* n0 C1 { A3 Z5 B# _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
! A: \' i* Q% b& r* 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﹐新作萬千4 h$ U- b+ b- `) H' C4 d
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
; Y) p/ B' R6 }& W, K0 w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( b' }; m5 J6 u/ n" U, 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4 T8 X& r0 F" k" `# x
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% ~$ a" D& q& s# Z# c) v. x
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# M: J2 h9 {/ C% Y
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' A; f k8 R) M, |' Y4 i R
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。』) B* W# v2 K! L$ n
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
8 F! s* e% V- P3 c- a \3 K1 q& v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
% w3 N0 o$ d3 B( ^評論才會公允。』 |
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