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芝娜道﹕『下面一首是RED AFTERGLOW﹕5 g$ v0 @% v' A$ K5 |, D/ S9 h
1) Lo, the red afterglow,
: S! L1 y" U5 N$ h Against the sky blue!
" @, G) o, o6 P" {8 H2 S! a Is it the blush of Heaven,
6 F5 s" z3 i4 t1 x As on a maiden's cheeks,
( Y& L, ~, b, q- R9 e; d' E When she catches sight* a9 j+ e* t% z# Y4 v
Of her coming lover?; H1 V: p9 ^5 i' g! L" |' a
2) Lo, the red afterglow,; C, j) J% |. y) }
Against the sky blue!9 P0 ~2 J: t# @; s. D+ { _
Is it the fire of bivouac
, ^1 B1 K# [; f; L% C! _ Kindled by Nymphs and Naiads; [5 e1 i4 X! T4 f$ A! n% w, Z. w* t
On the banks of Milky Way
3 Q- B- ?+ t/ m$ c. w Holding a celestial picnic?
) O+ D) `! V- s1 r4 Z3) Lo, the red afterglow,
J7 J8 ^% T# i Y& h8 h Against the sky blue!0 j* P! P; Q/ r* X L5 K
Is it the ruddy gauze veil
" i# H4 x/ \: E. n. f; i That veiled the face of Juno
6 V$ i7 ]5 K( V5 g/ ` On her holy nuptial day1 K* @" R, \4 J8 ^; Z' x
When she married Jupiter?
6 d2 {# ?( P2 `* m9 v2 c D4) Lo, the red afterglow,% O' c# R( Z8 i# w
Against the sky blue!
, s" b' p) q: B% A$ C8 } Is it the fire of Mt. Olympus
! p6 U p- B' P- Y Stolen by noble Prometheus,) q; {4 Y9 ]/ q# ~4 b2 f
And in his careless down-flight
( T, v1 J& F! M& ~ Set the fleecy clouds aflame?& J& k6 _" h. J- L4 Z
5) Lo, the red afterglow,
# V& B, J1 z+ p+ p, j, i Against the sky blue!
- T$ j4 R/ v! j* ~( u/ B Is it the blood of the heroes1 Y% y: E8 g8 a) v* e/ L2 H! g
That died on battlefields5 D& d. r% z" S* f% U7 X3 x8 Q
In the sacred defense
+ ?4 a, ?- }& v, G; ]$ Z- d Of their dear motherland?& O; g+ B9 t' m
6) Lo, the red afterglow,
5 w' }& H7 z; K X5 } against the sky blue!8 N0 ^5 v( t) H7 S: h, \( h
If it the Isle of Coral
& O4 S; T% }. _3 P Removed by a white witch, \+ H+ o. a' M7 @# n
From the Pacific deep" ^$ t7 H" R9 K% y
To the heavens above?
" F# ~$ ? ^4 w0 c( `7) Lo, the red afterglow,
' T7 v$ U8 |0 O/ r Against the sky blue!
7 R2 Y# w5 r) i' t# t Is it a cluster of peach trees,
2 ^4 | e+ o m. U; O- l) q- V4 y Their blossoms in full bloom,
) P$ U/ w. i* [4 w Grown by the daughters of God
' Z. ^: E8 s! O9 M/ K And watered with nectar?
& H6 c# K2 _' W8) Lo, the red afterglow,1 J" _5 h; k+ e' J
Against the sky blue!
0 J0 }% o- J N! W* ~6 y0 N Is it Flora's rouge; n c) B+ |$ h. T: c
Spread all over the sky
( Z: k: U I2 u- {; v* f+ Y2 Q By her frightened maids
* C* ^' M4 \2 }, O In escape from her anger?% v' \: h/ _% M! L0 l5 i
9) Lo, the red afterglow,+ d! ] R3 ]5 I" ?) ~
Against the sky blue!
; F- @9 p) ?" S, k4 D Is it a large piece of sponge
* _6 o x" {3 t! m1 A, U Soaked through with claret
5 Y9 |9 y. S" ^* ^$ \ V Upset from the Holy Grail
4 R5 j% ]" a# y& j4 h$ E! g By a rash cosmic pilot?』. _* l; G+ C, }4 f8 d) `" _
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
- \! j4 O) X7 }" K1 R& 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/ v5 b; j; m/ ?. q) D
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# L1 P3 p/ u. Z( m! q0 [
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5 H9 v) {& }8 n, N1 E: g1 [
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
2 a8 n9 a& W% E+ F& t: |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
8 v8 j# d3 M9 l! V' e; 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。 " `! p. _+ w9 t* Q3 ~" h
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﹕
4 a( M& a# h+ P: g1 ?/ MWhen young, I don't have any notions what woes really mean,( P- P% T5 i/ W4 T! f
Just love to get on floors so high.
! j" S. j9 E4 E7 H1 }, a Just love to get on floors so high,' r' M. b5 o$ ~( e0 E+ I
To write new poems, I try to say the words of woe and spleen., A3 _ T. M% W; |5 L4 c6 n1 k
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But now I fully have ideas of what woe really is,
* u4 K: H. J9 y# V8 n }, M Afraid to get on floors so high.
w2 f7 e( H* J4 w' L Afraid to get on floors so high,
+ A, [. s3 ^' i5 M, q% t9 DI only say in poems how good and cool the Autumn is.』8 P. K# v u* L9 m. V
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" I! Q' r6 S$ n$ F5 D
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。
3 y5 z' U% g! c3 W9 }) W9 Q; g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﹕
p7 _: P3 j; z" r2 ]- d' d『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( { W4 |4 p" U! o8 f& k 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. u5 n5 B" M& 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1 ^0 q. Q/ M7 P' H0 R$ c/ v6 d
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﹐
7 ~# p* P5 X% N9 W/ V4 i+ C( ^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, Y2 @6 e1 ^3 ~
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
, F3 n7 P% h7 S; j9 u$ g& Y" P N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5 y9 @2 c; @$ r2 R/ r$ U
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
2 f9 o: q7 C5 f( p3 i3 U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
5 B2 A4 o: L* d- {0 l" N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
# ^$ ~2 t- G D& g( 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﹕" A! U1 v5 `* x& E5 U
Poor Odipus, a scapegoat he was! Accused of three great crimes, he
( C5 V' k% V& n3 q2 }suffered a terrible tragic death ----a punishment inflicted on him by ( L; y+ s- g9 F% J: G L
the gods on Olympus. When he learned his fate decided by the almighty " y: N X- [8 b: m2 T7 B% D$ T# ~- `
gods to kill his father, marry his mother and bring destruction on his + i* ^4 V; ^1 j# r( [2 ^
native city, he wished to escape from it. But destiny was unavoidable,and ! }8 i: W: i: Q+ ?# B5 I4 b5 k
unawares he fulfilled the assigned tasks. If the gods had decided his
& T$ E8 `+ u' _/ p z* a" ~3 cfate otherwise, he would not have been a criminal, receiving an unjust
5 M5 w. t1 B9 m/ ]' Xpunishment and bearing an ill-fame for thousands of years. He was only
7 {! ?" d! `+ l3 p! e( g- A; man executor of the wills of the gods who, struck perhaps with a whimsical U1 ^6 z! F5 v' J$ [+ Y
fantasy, played a practical joke on the helpless mortal. The gods were
% B, ^. c7 B. z! \- s. j8 gthe plotters. Who then deserved the punishment? The gods on Olympus rather . v' z1 b1 W# q
than poor Odipus!』
' _( [* `# _( S1 m- e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﹐: G1 X5 @& B" P) T P: Q; C5 S
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﹕, Y2 y: V; r v. g# 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﹕
0 m, j/ [; q8 m- c @5 |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
' e4 D6 u- S& g" ^! l0 |- f4 yADDRESSES TO MONEY﹕
_3 A) @/ `3 K1) Oh, Money! My darling Money! My respected Money! I'm your admirer, ' o) b6 l1 p, Z/ g8 m. Z! a
your worshipper. Oh, Money, my Queen, your Majesty! I'm your servant,
9 y- Q$ ~; o/ Z1 T9 g9 ^your slave. With you I can get food to keep me alive. With you I can ' K1 I* |5 H/ |' W
get clothes to keep warm. And with you I can get whatever I want, a
7 V6 }2 L' N. g1 M; S& l! P4 lgrand mansion to live in and all the superfluities of life for ostentation.
9 {/ o7 c# Z; w8 }# k* ABut without you my love will desert me. Without you my friends will , ~% V: ^" C- _6 L. e
turn back on me. And without you I'll go a-begging like a poor dog
/ A( y Y- n" ], f, qand sleeping alone at night in a ruined porch. Oh, Almighty Money, come
I) V" b. |$ T6 y4 Cto me, I implore you! Pray, endow me with your favor and be sure that I'm
* `+ }5 a _3 x- bwilling to receive every small coin from you on my knees by which to show
5 Z# X8 L5 W5 ]/ Umy deep-hearted gratitude. 』
$ k4 P4 g1 W X8 a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。』7 n$ T* d/ l" F/ X% L& P: S
芝娜又唸道﹕『第二﹕
" ?, ^) t9 I8 b) f2) Oh, money, my obedient servant, my faithful slave! I'm your master,
2 G9 K+ t8 y$ S5 e# c( Q* F& syour owner. OH, money, my passe-partout, my almighty tool! I'm you user, + F* w' ?( m+ e$ @. e- g, @$ L
your disposer. With you I can start my enterprises. With you I can carry & H! g5 p* K# |- @ |# @% h
on my great plans. And with you I can make the little world around me 7 v* ^$ h3 t1 ^6 X& L2 X/ o" i+ X8 F. w
go at my will. If without you I can still have a large store of learning.
/ D# V; r: x2 T7 z* P4 W* W5 a If without you I can still have an unpolluted name. And if without you
, l4 ^6 s( P, `+ w+ E I can still live like a hermit writing books of great thoughts. % C9 Y! i; e' D
Oh, servile money, come to me; my lad, I command you! Serve me well
7 D" S3 m8 h% u. Y% w and don't be naughty, or I'll punish you.』1 [# H+ u) g- ?+ X& G: T
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+ L. n# n" c4 G
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﹐
- {4 C$ u: v; D% D# W! F% [9 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
. ?; S9 J: K6 T7 L4 z4 w" O3 ^(談美)﹕- t5 k. P: W0 ^3 i6 g+ W" Y
Beauty often dwells in youth. At sight of a charming girl, everyone ! O$ p- t$ C! p) H+ P
will exclaim, "My eyes! What a great beauty!" The male stares with ! I+ \( A K+ C4 k
a thrill of admiration; the female gazes with a sigh of envy. Wherever - ~6 i! ~+ e* N) B/ B
she goes, she becomes the focus of the attention. Men all yearn to win
7 y$ }3 x6 O E) y) a6 ]her heart; women all feel a regret unable to stand in her shoes. A glance
! H2 Q9 z6 w2 r: z8 v) B& X* Cor a smile from her makes the stingy empty his hoard of gold and the
$ a6 B n" o" \4 S& [5 s5 [/ tcoward give up his life for her. She enjoys her queenly position in society,7 n+ m8 {8 }6 \; p& U
proud of the possession of such a beauty. But the merciless Time
' u" v3 w0 w6 h- a' o2 R; L6 J& b0 Adogs her steps, too. Her beauty is worn out with the years. She begins to " `( V, T, y7 B- A. W0 Q
fade away and the hardship in life, if any would befall her, will bring {( x0 _0 @! n* @9 \# ^
more wrinkles on her face. Then men turn their backs on her politely with
1 |- b2 V9 w; k- G# _, @a bow; women look at her with indifference. The younger generation is magnetized
9 K" ` z3 R0 P* Vround another focus. The old queen has to abdicate and leave the throne
( H, P2 q/ B. Q7 ?1 \for a young one to occupy. Only a photo or portrait can preserve her beauty
2 f6 a/ M9 h6 ]6 [1 O' c" X$ Min youth and no Time is capable of doing any injury to her preserved beauty
& Y* G- E7 `5 R, j/ L# Ebut the preserver itself.5 h- D1 d2 _* Z9 n3 {$ b2 O
Therefore, admire not the beauty without, but the beauty within. Such
6 m0 B9 g) j) P$ s% ua beauty will never wither though Time also plots to do it harm. In the
) i% W! k3 ~; v2 M, jstruggle against the adversities of life and the ruthlessness of Time, ! i- a8 `6 x. X" c8 W
it grows radiant, or even dazzling, just like a rock in midstream made % R t1 q4 C& X
smooth and glossy by the current of both the stream and Time. Everyone, & e& Z0 X! k/ s/ K% B
in spite of the age and sex, if aware of it, will sing its praise either 6 u- [* L/ ^ d4 g" c! [5 H
openly in words and letters or secretly in mind. It lives as long ( Q# W. l* c% a( C
as the possessor, or even much longer after her dust may be blended into
1 b+ o3 [9 h) X- b) t- la vase with the clay around it.
1 ]: i$ k; h, T( Z1 m% F The outward beauty can only be the object of admiration or envy while & ~. o$ ~5 j9 x0 L
the inward beauty, besides being a theme of the ode, can serve as an ( F; q: k8 V6 A A, v1 l7 G
example to learn from, for the former is always endowed by birth, but + O1 u8 @: X; D Y0 B
the latter by self-acquirement. However, every man is free to hold 7 o- T$ l4 H: @9 Q
his own notion of what the beauty is and to choose whichever of the two
2 `% d( ]7 J( W! Z, _9 Nbeauties he prefers. Only his love for his bride select should not degenerate + I6 `- q3 c5 B% {0 H- h
with the shrunken beauty.』4 v8 h# Q6 ?4 K/ g$ v" 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, y& g1 C* P' i6 c6 u4 r! A, ?. r
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
. S4 ?. b: @+ p W$ c8 P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 。』- t4 t, Y+ p/ ]. w% u) H4 k" N2 B
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7 z1 s7 c2 e4 W, T8 ]- 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
: H3 ], F4 M; ^7 f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
; E+ w3 o" }9 O) o- j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 F+ g' T4 N% s* f你自己好自為之吧。』芝娜道﹕『下一篇是THE BALLOON﹕
9 y0 | w* i2 m" N1 @6 T A little boy walks by his mother's side, with one hand in hers and a balloon # }$ c/ g% b! j5 S {' F* ^1 ~/ k; ~
in the other. A sudden gust of wind snatches the balloon away from
( S0 D. }8 S0 x$ X( d) |: f the boy's hand and bears it skyward. As it flies higher, the excited 4 ?) a, f# _( v
people in the street all look up. "Surely," the balloon says to itself,
2 C F5 }1 G' s( Kfeeling proud of its uprising, "they all envy me of my ascent." Then in its
0 h, Z. p& y+ _6 @. A5 Qupward flight it passes by a balcony on which a group of boys and girls
* a; z5 y4 F/ I t6 @7 Z1 N8 ^are standing, giving a cry of excitement when seeing an escaped balloon
6 h4 \& ]& \+ c$ [hurry on its way of freedom. "They are cheering me, I'm sure." The balloon
) C$ w$ M( h) C0 |3 e- O1 U8 Uthinks. Up and up it soars, above the roof, above the spire, through a 4 q9 U# A! ?% @" b8 c
thin cloud, into the blue sky. Then a dove hovers near, but after a glance ( z7 U7 ?8 z9 U( R+ N, r0 M& \* l6 i
at it, flies away with indifference. "Of course, the bird nears to
) s# r% h7 ]4 m W4 ?salute me," The buoyant balloon flatters itself in exultation, "but as ; s4 D, a, u" t* g
I ignore her to keep my dignity, she takes herself away in awe and respect." ; |0 C3 o# M7 i, o% v, t1 R7 L
The higher it clambers, the haughtier it becomes, till it reaches the ' C3 k7 @/ B. G0 |' _4 Q1 Y$ e
zenith where it means to stay for millions of years, but, alas, it bursts!
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* s9 g5 Q3 f4 y# x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* s. c, K$ p, x7 d: E/ u8 n
好幾頁﹐說﹕『下面一篇是ON ETIQUETTE(論禮儀)﹕
2 ]& E0 I% Y2 V+ Y- c Etiquette is to society what apparel is to the individual. Without ) S/ H) Q* F; G: ^6 N2 \3 |
apparel men would go in shameful nudity, which would surely lead to the
* r( t# }. G( p$ x, e$ ?4 Jcorruption of morals; and without etiquette society would be in a pitiable
9 \4 s2 A* M- N1 Ystate and the necessary intercourse between its members would be interfered
& Q9 V' V0 O t0 wby needless offences and troubles. If society were a train, the etiquette
/ W4 o% p6 [9 [# uwould be the rails, along which only the train could rumble forth; if
& {, D. R: ?, ~' I- psociety were a state coach, the etiquette would be the wheels and axis,
( y Q9 G1 A g g! G; ^% I: ]# W on which only the coach could roll forward.9 t, m* f/ v. i" ^4 b/ M, T
The lack of proprieties would make the most intimate friends turn to
: I7 F2 a5 e/ c. t4 Cbe the most decided enemies and the friendly or allied countries declare
7 l: j4 ^. ^; M8 Ywar against each other. We can find many examples in the history of mankind./ E) U) d6 \4 o: T' ^7 Q
A duke of Song Dukedom in East Zhou Dynasty in ancient China was killed
/ \3 l5 C: E( ^by his favorite knight for a joking word. therefore, I advise you to stand
5 T6 }7 w3 @& son ceremony before anyone else and to take pains not to do anything stupid & r& W- Z0 t8 g5 ?/ X5 W
against etiquette lest you give offences or make enemies.』+ x6 f5 |4 F9 ^# L( D
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* ^; j3 `" q# l) S
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
6 v* Z. c6 Y0 R2 t x; h0 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
$ A+ V* y: g+ t: D B3 a" O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 T% O9 Z: Z3 J% N$ }7 J2 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﹕
( D t6 R+ e- A4 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﹕0 s+ u3 n+ i: Z/ \( V! [
『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﹐# Y/ j, C0 G6 T' ], o( g
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
0 L, x* _6 i- I d$ v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& ?+ w: x, C: F( Y- z8 h; S
銘」的譯文
% G1 A( f* r" \. m+ {AN EULOGY ON MY HUMBLE ABODE﹕
8 D- @: s# ~5 b* J% A( S1 d Known will the hills be if fairies dwell, no matter high of low; and - h6 r2 N& ]& \( G* j+ ]
charmed will the waters be if dragons hidden, no matter deep or shallow. 6 G% \. w& N7 P2 m
A humble abode though this is, my virtues make it smell sweet. Verdant ) p0 T$ K7 a( G, a
are the stonesteps overgrown with moss, and green seems the screen ( M1 r8 D6 r! E* a: H
as the grass seen through it. I chat and laugh only with great scholars
1 m! R) {. d5 `and have no intercourse with the ignorant. I can play lute and read my
. P7 [/ U. p h- I2 L& v4 Wsutras; no unpleasant music to grate on my ears and no red-tape to make
4 s3 ^) M( S5 c5 `me weary and tired. Zhuge's residence in Nanyang and Ziyun's inhabitance
4 }# ^9 V3 ~/ p) X {in Xishu are both like what Confucius quoth, "How canth it be humble?" ' i: }$ |" k9 V& @1 {- R) R
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。5 i8 {: ^: g7 N3 Y9 U8 ^. d
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﹕
8 P6 z5 s! f. b+ ~1 `0 Z# c『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 j5 a2 C6 m' f$ c
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
4 g% K% k! i7 T# ^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。』: {5 \3 M( D) p @% Q8 L8 ]
! V0 [7 M- b, l( n1 }0 _ 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
( j; @2 b4 B0 u X t! 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! X: t5 o9 _' _
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 \' F* i( f7 }" a+ q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
2 `$ x) |% N F2 X1 s資料複印在微縮帶上﹐可放映在一般電腦屏上閱讀﹐很方便。0 Z% h/ ` E& w. a$ M
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( M' l+ F7 ]0 M! @/ p# Q* t y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5 P4 u6 S. w l+ P* \
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﹕
& [8 X: Y- ]* k/ _# K) q& M『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
' l- T6 I- G. j& w% @音樂跳起舞來﹐直至興盡而散。
8 @* I! S& v( q- I2 d 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/ l- }, A$ j5 B+ {" U
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
0 ~) a7 [0 A' X; d* @1 P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
% G- X/ c) U" A9 N, h 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
; m0 X! u$ m' e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﹐
8 Z. l) p7 ], Y7 Z6 K) \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3 K5 @3 |9 Q# }8 w& B1 L i4 j; ~
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
& i. `4 ~5 G5 t: O5 {( ~8 r: y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1 @7 G+ R" T/ k+ o1 R! M7 G) Q* ]
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。
( C3 ~+ c( I4 b. v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
4 S1 K6 R x* T7 h7 W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
3 A# o* Y u1 ?1 ~! u7 B' o; P) F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
# N1 C* |* u* o; |4 J8 w( n+ s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
9 N8 q- m Z; T, Q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5 n2 o8 j1 c+ r; Y
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
4 w" g8 _7 g2 l% o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﹐ Z- r v9 O: Q6 r& j
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, j3 J1 k0 w! N- t$ l# s2 Y; @
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」
, l3 ?) b" ^. m9 M: M8 p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 N- ~, B* j f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7 O) U. f) p; }% L
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% d' v& c* Q* N; \$ T9 {% @
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1 U6 r" o! B; 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. H- e+ P k$ L2 \3 _8 ^
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
# s/ r6 m* A+ g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# L0 Z2 c; ]$ \3 r& [2 |
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! G& j- s. c) b3 Q' q% 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, ~) t2 n1 C, H7 c. t1 K7 [
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 h6 `( K/ c# V" h: P" Y8 O2 S: `
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. V4 q& V; 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
, P4 V: T" z& z4 f: @, m評論才會公允。』 |
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