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芝娜道﹕『下面一首是RED AFTERGLOW﹕% U5 B& T+ j- ]; R1 Q0 _3 D
1) Lo, the red afterglow,
( t6 Y9 r4 g- y1 F& C Against the sky blue! 5 h1 u* h' q6 o0 v, s$ g
Is it the blush of Heaven,
5 f. m6 O' [6 E" m0 L# L As on a maiden's cheeks,
0 j9 l- Q4 |2 ]9 x4 w When she catches sight
/ r8 {) l1 R) O' _* t$ e Of her coming lover?
6 o0 h! c' u4 B ]2) Lo, the red afterglow,
2 |. v0 }- h3 T) a6 e) Z- _ Against the sky blue!
1 u, L9 P1 p9 J/ R5 } Is it the fire of bivouac
, a4 _) G! c6 j6 S1 h9 V Kindled by Nymphs and Naiads
. J2 ~/ G5 |5 S% L v; z, J On the banks of Milky Way
- I3 |* ^" f g/ G) d Holding a celestial picnic?! Y/ T4 v6 g, d5 w, @+ J
3) Lo, the red afterglow,, F4 i8 p( {+ y& z7 h* y
Against the sky blue!
$ I! n7 w) t7 _! @0 T6 m9 \( c Is it the ruddy gauze veil$ O+ X/ a/ ?8 g# L+ L( J
That veiled the face of Juno
( u( d& X: C$ f1 }% v# Z& ` On her holy nuptial day
" k" i; e4 o C When she married Jupiter?
8 Q2 [* p4 m! ]& M* ?9 _: N4) Lo, the red afterglow,2 a5 ^( X0 }$ C
Against the sky blue!& j6 ]3 o& [6 b* }) y* z( ]5 w+ s- Y
Is it the fire of Mt. Olympus
3 N2 t: |. q4 p; W/ `; { Stolen by noble Prometheus,
+ D3 E' W+ v l4 k And in his careless down-flight
6 B3 K2 g# ~. d) h8 X9 T; x2 R Set the fleecy clouds aflame?- j2 u) A# B Y/ k( G( Z4 f3 F
5) Lo, the red afterglow, g& z) E X( k- U8 [' V$ ^
Against the sky blue!
( ~- O7 ?/ u( `; q3 T/ S Is it the blood of the heroes
/ @/ p* X2 c) ` That died on battlefields/ \2 D) `2 ]6 [0 D) {! D/ ~4 V
In the sacred defense
- [5 ^ ]* S T3 E5 G Of their dear motherland?
) F, o5 ~; z, _6) Lo, the red afterglow,
2 O |* p5 d- ?( Y" ?$ u against the sky blue!$ K2 C% ^5 I4 u9 m; A; L5 g
If it the Isle of Coral. N* y; ~8 i; w4 \( c4 { I$ ]
Removed by a white witch+ ]- B8 [5 R$ ^5 i4 H. Y
From the Pacific deep
`$ V- P+ A$ \2 o3 G8 p To the heavens above?( d6 M5 g4 U( a- `7 u
7) Lo, the red afterglow,
% M% O3 k1 I: x; v Against the sky blue!
) z+ m) g/ U3 v. P( ^* H' [ Is it a cluster of peach trees,
1 t. ^" T) Z+ ?* ]* j; [6 e3 t Their blossoms in full bloom,) A0 _& p! B' t- \' F
Grown by the daughters of God
; j- o* j+ d# n% T And watered with nectar?
2 |6 q' N8 ^- H8) Lo, the red afterglow,
7 }6 o2 a" P/ d, L0 S Against the sky blue!
) ~) e1 S2 j* c. J+ I Is it Flora's rouge
; n3 B7 Z4 h' {8 Q3 n' p: x Spread all over the sky
% ~: @1 [9 V" I, O/ y By her frightened maids A; @' b: g$ r9 V) D6 G
In escape from her anger?4 G! c$ Q0 C, a! j, f' a
9) Lo, the red afterglow,/ I9 s0 B8 m' V" p/ \% m$ r
Against the sky blue!: g8 S1 y) O: z$ Q6 @$ Y
Is it a large piece of sponge8 T' f1 ]( _( r: k
Soaked through with claret" t7 U3 y# b( C7 U- f
Upset from the Holy Grail
/ f. F3 i1 U T0 \ I) o# h4 F By a rash cosmic pilot?』# q5 x" T2 Q& d2 ?" {+ z& w
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" Q8 n8 i5 H8 {6 e. x! I
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
* `- E% |: g! p/ U+ ]/ N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
' T) b; h; U2 N; P; P/ z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
3 q3 }/ d: k' g4 p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- j( c; S! ~) [0 m- h8 _: A
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 W+ j# K f0 v* u3 w* 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。 " d) k0 o3 J# Q; w- E- g! z. J
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﹕* K3 d( z+ O6 D. j! e4 H
When young, I don't have any notions what woes really mean,
" K1 k& f6 U1 u* }9 B Just love to get on floors so high. u2 |4 a5 u" [
Just love to get on floors so high,5 t# J/ }. c( b. M3 @
To write new poems, I try to say the words of woe and spleen.
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! `% i* I! u s, r) F$ M n h0 bBut now I fully have ideas of what woe really is,
0 c, S7 s6 F% W, f& P: o Afraid to get on floors so high.
7 C, C8 \7 J1 y Afraid to get on floors so high,
$ g1 ~7 W7 }3 C8 b- w- L0 OI only say in poems how good and cool the Autumn is.』
$ s; D1 b) y. N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: s) \; E8 o& b) [3 j* X- ~: Y! i
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。
j8 d U: E$ S+ Q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﹕/ V d. d1 q, W) S% t# a4 t2 b
『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' e$ ^. T" G! Y# y
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
1 @1 h+ O/ a N$ P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
$ L9 A4 L6 {, r, }( |0 f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﹐
! f- t; _8 Z! ]% h% x, A# d# ^# ]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
; c0 E; l2 R0 P7 l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" e9 W6 Q. b3 g& V3 w0 b
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
K+ K* M. t3 a) y( \$ t, b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: }, }) X7 U9 X0 G+ z' |
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2 e3 T" c! A) q0 e
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6 [9 t4 a! g& 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﹕6 g- W% J8 n1 M: k' s! e# n
Poor Odipus, a scapegoat he was! Accused of three great crimes, he * v5 j. ]; q* D6 J1 @/ @
suffered a terrible tragic death ----a punishment inflicted on him by , d! ?' m* R7 u
the gods on Olympus. When he learned his fate decided by the almighty
U3 E8 u- |( N8 g9 zgods to kill his father, marry his mother and bring destruction on his
* x% R' l$ Q3 D& F5 _5 ?# V* Enative city, he wished to escape from it. But destiny was unavoidable,and ' v1 y$ `- U7 t3 `
unawares he fulfilled the assigned tasks. If the gods had decided his * J0 p$ f; @0 g
fate otherwise, he would not have been a criminal, receiving an unjust 3 m. `) O- n/ F5 z
punishment and bearing an ill-fame for thousands of years. He was only
9 v' ]+ V% m! R6 fan executor of the wills of the gods who, struck perhaps with a whimsical " O- g6 S" f1 e1 |" B: o
fantasy, played a practical joke on the helpless mortal. The gods were $ U7 u3 n8 o3 v$ I
the plotters. Who then deserved the punishment? The gods on Olympus rather ) S" c4 q3 G& r
than poor Odipus!』
& z4 ~& f9 W7 W, ^6 I! T* ^; 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﹐# B4 Z0 F6 L$ \
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﹕4 h+ g% r" l8 E( k3 X
『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﹕/ B p# _' u7 }, q
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 2 J( j4 m0 N: r. Y( v5 t8 d( n
ADDRESSES TO MONEY﹕
% W7 ? P9 ~5 }2 g3 @- C1 W1) Oh, Money! My darling Money! My respected Money! I'm your admirer, 5 [6 \1 a; A2 _ ]4 s
your worshipper. Oh, Money, my Queen, your Majesty! I'm your servant,
# D5 Y. t) g4 `) F* N8 h% Myour slave. With you I can get food to keep me alive. With you I can
$ ]+ E, p& A' B5 j; tget clothes to keep warm. And with you I can get whatever I want, a 2 j/ H9 p# Y/ i7 }
grand mansion to live in and all the superfluities of life for ostentation.
+ Q. v% `# R! e( E# TBut without you my love will desert me. Without you my friends will , @5 l3 M7 F4 t6 o- {( K
turn back on me. And without you I'll go a-begging like a poor dog
/ a( \" p1 _; W: Z7 Dand sleeping alone at night in a ruined porch. Oh, Almighty Money, come & | G7 J% I ]1 ~% N
to me, I implore you! Pray, endow me with your favor and be sure that I'm ( \/ h* i' `* S/ p0 m6 ` r7 V4 |+ H
willing to receive every small coin from you on my knees by which to show 2 ]! O7 _1 i n2 K1 t& V/ o. U6 O
my deep-hearted gratitude. 』
! [0 v/ s) g. g; J9 I( b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。』6 L' t( E- Z. N4 ]9 C6 D' n
芝娜又唸道﹕『第二﹕
4 v j0 }) m1 b/ l, U& j5 I2) Oh, money, my obedient servant, my faithful slave! I'm your master, ! y- B% t# T" v1 f( k6 ?
your owner. OH, money, my passe-partout, my almighty tool! I'm you user, ! |$ U O% h8 a2 Z) B9 L& {
your disposer. With you I can start my enterprises. With you I can carry 6 g) [. O% X$ M2 b, n+ x
on my great plans. And with you I can make the little world around me # g# i8 J/ R" n# }! R* @9 ~) W
go at my will. If without you I can still have a large store of learning.
4 ]" B3 }+ i3 E If without you I can still have an unpolluted name. And if without you
q" N' J! U2 @4 A$ U g$ K1 u I can still live like a hermit writing books of great thoughts. , P$ X0 R I( `# g3 P- J4 B
Oh, servile money, come to me; my lad, I command you! Serve me well 5 b# s: F( z' b/ H
and don't be naughty, or I'll punish you.』
# s9 c% V1 ?5 h5 c0 P5 {( |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1 q" X) O* {) l# o1 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﹐, f) O* F3 u+ M- Z3 D7 D: i, N* c
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
1 n/ G/ p# Z( v- f' h- d(談美)﹕3 B, C$ A* `* F! I- a0 C, p
Beauty often dwells in youth. At sight of a charming girl, everyone
" W, i1 p# T3 O" ~( u ?will exclaim, "My eyes! What a great beauty!" The male stares with
6 X% B! [8 N8 F% F* S/ J9 Ea thrill of admiration; the female gazes with a sigh of envy. Wherever
9 F5 j9 d" t3 y* m' i2 @8 tshe goes, she becomes the focus of the attention. Men all yearn to win
' m! U7 \7 `- Z& E6 H7 T7 v' z! b: rher heart; women all feel a regret unable to stand in her shoes. A glance
- G7 a$ |& u5 s% A6 Q: p6 a* Ior a smile from her makes the stingy empty his hoard of gold and the
- b5 n4 }/ u. q9 v2 ycoward give up his life for her. She enjoys her queenly position in society,
; M; z" z7 Q# n proud of the possession of such a beauty. But the merciless Time ) C& R3 `; }. B! \
dogs her steps, too. Her beauty is worn out with the years. She begins to ) H2 Q4 N5 D2 B% ~/ N- p( S
fade away and the hardship in life, if any would befall her, will bring , A$ _0 G5 m8 C/ x9 F. l2 m' |# C
more wrinkles on her face. Then men turn their backs on her politely with / A1 W7 t5 ?! r# f
a bow; women look at her with indifference. The younger generation is magnetized 9 d4 C2 l+ b1 `3 L) H$ j5 {4 D
round another focus. The old queen has to abdicate and leave the throne
5 J6 R8 e4 H6 f( H- v% r* y& Rfor a young one to occupy. Only a photo or portrait can preserve her beauty , v( o3 n0 J: l* w; U
in youth and no Time is capable of doing any injury to her preserved beauty
, [( {9 J) l. k6 S- S nbut the preserver itself.0 J" J) F* j& ?) p
Therefore, admire not the beauty without, but the beauty within. Such 2 Z8 p3 a. @) |$ r( [+ g
a beauty will never wither though Time also plots to do it harm. In the
; z3 {( a/ r/ ]% Zstruggle against the adversities of life and the ruthlessness of Time, 9 B0 ]: `. a9 G
it grows radiant, or even dazzling, just like a rock in midstream made " o; H& V8 n5 H: m+ G
smooth and glossy by the current of both the stream and Time. Everyone,
4 j1 j, P6 M9 Nin spite of the age and sex, if aware of it, will sing its praise either 7 e4 N' O5 U2 Y+ Z3 y
openly in words and letters or secretly in mind. It lives as long 9 b* g4 }5 |* \9 ~% D6 Z) @
as the possessor, or even much longer after her dust may be blended into
; J$ f& m2 I) S# B. j" Aa vase with the clay around it.
6 r# G1 h. o0 F" m4 V: C' Q8 u The outward beauty can only be the object of admiration or envy while
( _& `* J; @* c" C$ i' \the inward beauty, besides being a theme of the ode, can serve as an 0 W) q4 f5 D5 C7 r& E( Q
example to learn from, for the former is always endowed by birth, but
/ B k; |. W4 S `the latter by self-acquirement. However, every man is free to hold ; L- u' H( F% b, x: r; ?
his own notion of what the beauty is and to choose whichever of the two
! J. N, B: f5 o4 xbeauties he prefers. Only his love for his bride select should not degenerate ! \: W3 z5 W9 |% |) Y
with the shrunken beauty.』+ q m. I( I7 K9 q4 }7 y
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
: S8 r+ N+ x" F: X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$ a: h8 B0 d- ^$ @9 P7 j
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 。』
+ S% J3 |7 n: V8 U3 Q8 K! N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' h1 n! y; L0 c5 W% T7 B: f
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
" H8 ^( S. R3 j* |) v- C+ w: N6 G; P( C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1 H3 n' r6 D! t6 _/ X5 g
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。
- c& e6 R& s$ f' q2 p! d0 u' u你自己好自為之吧。』芝娜道﹕『下一篇是THE BALLOON﹕! [6 A9 V) k) l# E
A little boy walks by his mother's side, with one hand in hers and a balloon * T+ S+ G) j& j3 N! W9 w
in the other. A sudden gust of wind snatches the balloon away from
( d) }% ]/ W; |7 ^+ q5 n the boy's hand and bears it skyward. As it flies higher, the excited ; w6 A8 h( L$ a
people in the street all look up. "Surely," the balloon says to itself, 5 O. q" a" A! T( X" f$ c) U$ T: w1 ^
feeling proud of its uprising, "they all envy me of my ascent." Then in its 8 h- O) ~6 F& i
upward flight it passes by a balcony on which a group of boys and girls
9 U% H1 C0 _- C/ ]( i. R3 S6 W9 Fare standing, giving a cry of excitement when seeing an escaped balloon + x9 }/ p- [/ R4 N q
hurry on its way of freedom. "They are cheering me, I'm sure." The balloon D" O; I4 g1 [7 k5 v @
thinks. Up and up it soars, above the roof, above the spire, through a
^. N' Z3 M+ ` [ l W/ w. u" s$ T+ Fthin cloud, into the blue sky. Then a dove hovers near, but after a glance
$ D8 \2 ]- c* X; d, @" S: _' Gat it, flies away with indifference. "Of course, the bird nears to 8 X- k& H8 _# C: L! r
salute me," The buoyant balloon flatters itself in exultation, "but as : u0 W* F% o2 @: [
I ignore her to keep my dignity, she takes herself away in awe and respect." 7 N A0 ~' C4 B! ]( ?2 x* ~
The higher it clambers, the haughtier it becomes, till it reaches the
8 u% e0 O* o3 N. X) Tzenith 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
* T' X2 p- V8 ^4 c! B" [6 ]4 `3 K2 m好幾頁﹐說﹕『下面一篇是ON ETIQUETTE(論禮儀)﹕0 \2 K8 L5 K" j5 B
Etiquette is to society what apparel is to the individual. Without
: h( y; a$ m6 T* V7 r4 X* _apparel men would go in shameful nudity, which would surely lead to the + r8 J2 n/ e& h* g6 q& D
corruption of morals; and without etiquette society would be in a pitiable 3 x1 R5 h5 c Z. K. i' i0 [* @
state and the necessary intercourse between its members would be interfered
+ F8 L' w9 n# V, Hby needless offences and troubles. If society were a train, the etiquette k/ n) f+ q) K& Q) E; d
would be the rails, along which only the train could rumble forth; if & q3 G! z; e! g, O
society were a state coach, the etiquette would be the wheels and axis, ! K/ \+ S; J. X# G3 s
on which only the coach could roll forward.# E( G' G' N5 y9 [) }% Y
The lack of proprieties would make the most intimate friends turn to
% n+ i K2 t! l% V, ^be the most decided enemies and the friendly or allied countries declare L1 |6 {* b) l; O% }) D
war against each other. We can find many examples in the history of mankind.7 B0 n4 r$ _) Q s2 a6 Y
A duke of Song Dukedom in East Zhou Dynasty in ancient China was killed
5 z: x7 A6 I% D( h0 V1 @! oby his favorite knight for a joking word. therefore, I advise you to stand 1 @. }/ q6 A) h- Q% B7 W# S
on ceremony before anyone else and to take pains not to do anything stupid
+ n9 `% I2 q7 H0 F3 @3 Fagainst etiquette lest you give offences or make enemies.』
7 o9 A G) Q2 h, L4 t8 T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8 H0 n, [0 b: |& U% N
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
+ s7 A0 H, h4 j/ ~$ z, V! B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& X$ ^6 x: E; X3 A& 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。
8 o, ]- B8 Y5 r- k g 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﹕* v) N- t$ l% U8 ^& K8 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 s+ {& f! d6 j5 j, G2 m
『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﹐
; T% X$ p R% A8 q: i. D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% Z9 ^' o& S* W @; Y
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 s0 h0 e/ Z. i銘」的譯文# g& p$ ~$ _$ _+ q* y" i4 B
AN EULOGY ON MY HUMBLE ABODE﹕4 o0 G% J' w) O; B. r5 A
Known will the hills be if fairies dwell, no matter high of low; and
* h5 |- ]$ `. H0 vcharmed will the waters be if dragons hidden, no matter deep or shallow.
4 a8 Q0 v1 w: m8 f0 Z/ B- s1 t- j$ Q A humble abode though this is, my virtues make it smell sweet. Verdant & J- ]0 X6 m" W9 I
are the stonesteps overgrown with moss, and green seems the screen
/ |* B0 J2 y/ i# U& M as the grass seen through it. I chat and laugh only with great scholars
: v4 R, w Q1 jand have no intercourse with the ignorant. I can play lute and read my 9 P4 t% x* J6 _4 D# _
sutras; no unpleasant music to grate on my ears and no red-tape to make 0 B2 G4 X. ~* S
me weary and tired. Zhuge's residence in Nanyang and Ziyun's inhabitance
, S6 ~! V; l- M6 c8 o8 zin Xishu are both like what Confucius quoth, "How canth it be humble?"
# o0 M+ k4 W4 j" e& I6 V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。2 g( ]: h7 b! i0 T/ R' q# P
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﹕! |% B6 h; ~6 J& z* g, 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
2 i% a4 h5 {% ^- n+ 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* }! M0 E0 i$ J- x7 u) J
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
6 p q1 z N1 e( j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6 r* _+ P: Q/ }6 t* J& t
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。』7 N+ @& ]& l- y" H: ]9 E
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
$ ^: Z/ d' R W4 P# d$ y資料複印在微縮帶上﹐可放映在一般電腦屏上閱讀﹐很方便。
2 E+ K# T( H% c, j' V( Q. Z 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0 t/ w6 t: I3 x# }
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" c3 v( G4 h6 |8 g" l* l3 Q
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 J9 W9 W+ {5 {% S/ {; B7 ]( 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
' G+ M* i- j" Q音樂跳起舞來﹐直至興盡而散。
3 h( [% ?* n$ Y& Q. | 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
. D4 `. q+ y8 M1 M& G4 T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. [+ s! O$ E/ _1 b/ X. c2 H0 n, n5 c
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2 x# p, _- v! _
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) Y9 i/ [: ]% b' \ P
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 N8 B3 ~9 w. A% Z* O2 |3 ^% L
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
2 `# Y4 |7 b6 L& h* x) w$ u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+ x* M' J& X$ ~6 B. g
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 {$ S: F7 C' U+ e# \+ u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。% ^& ~! k. a; S
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
. G0 p% Y E. N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. |6 X$ U8 e% B# t" }# T/ T9 g& Q
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
6 G: F- L0 O6 J6 b% X F0 a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, ]2 J: D$ v. Y1 x: Q4 C7 J/ B
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
( o5 Z1 f- N9 g L2 E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) Z- W" w: v2 h) m% 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﹐
% z3 i6 C4 G$ w( r% E+ G8 R% J* X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
# W) o9 `2 z" }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」% ~2 k6 [/ X3 ~6 t1 T
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
# V1 K4 N" E# q ?7 x2 B! X. ?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
! i- l1 K) S) F, s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
: Y* x/ z( D3 Z* X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
% m% r$ ]$ |& Q$ ]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+ a/ R9 q+ L( z9 E# D' z
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- H/ F# @' S+ O8 D1 \
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- o x o3 _4 F
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' o( W: e$ a$ `# g
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, I; d9 }0 q7 [) e% o: c
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。』
4 O6 V8 N! k% j& t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 B. v7 [- }( B- h' R' _
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
& X$ |- D% }% n, P評論才會公允。』 |
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