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芝娜道﹕『下面一首是RED AFTERGLOW﹕
/ S+ V- a( t1 v7 x9 d1) Lo, the red afterglow,( X: S! c5 W4 O& f2 i g1 B* [
Against the sky blue! 1 W1 T# H5 R' @. F6 k
Is it the blush of Heaven, 0 f" l3 U: a! h
As on a maiden's cheeks, 1 L/ c% l& U6 n R) D$ l
When she catches sight6 c& ?" \! G0 Y
Of her coming lover?9 e1 j0 S e. p# R Z3 y: A
2) Lo, the red afterglow," |7 R) ?. U5 q& H3 z* a
Against the sky blue!* y( s, u' [% T
Is it the fire of bivouac+ s; s- z; y! `8 G/ Q0 W
Kindled by Nymphs and Naiads
7 i: k" h0 S+ Z, S. m; v7 w On the banks of Milky Way
L( ?: P% ]9 m0 v Holding a celestial picnic?
$ r5 H* R) \' t6 K3) Lo, the red afterglow,: _+ y- e1 c* t' I. s" @4 | ]. w M
Against the sky blue!; c; y3 X! S3 p" M3 T
Is it the ruddy gauze veil- K3 h' W! M6 |
That veiled the face of Juno
. f* t; g4 m9 j* _, M On her holy nuptial day( A: \& g9 y% J: \
When she married Jupiter?
4 d1 `. G% X/ S/ y0 D6 j6 p4) Lo, the red afterglow,
) q F/ W4 q8 S; _ Against the sky blue!- V% M. d& }* m
Is it the fire of Mt. Olympus8 V4 e5 b7 ~2 C% Y
Stolen by noble Prometheus,9 Q! G- A* Y% r+ h. h& w5 ^! _
And in his careless down-flight/ P2 c1 q/ x7 j3 M
Set the fleecy clouds aflame?
, B t6 k/ c2 Y/ Q X/ E5) Lo, the red afterglow,
) ~6 K0 P! P$ {1 s% x Against the sky blue!0 _6 A8 b% i0 r7 w) X- w4 @5 R
Is it the blood of the heroes; q" w" u2 a @8 ~0 c( ?
That died on battlefields
- [9 @. T; G* H' N7 N In the sacred defense. s9 Q: g1 F! m" I% n0 R F
Of their dear motherland?
' {0 |1 ~5 y3 [# e6) Lo, the red afterglow,9 B$ c) o- b# T+ x. C4 X# f
against the sky blue!, @2 K+ C* F% l& H( _5 R
If it the Isle of Coral( _1 u* J0 ]' J/ p) l/ N) \/ D
Removed by a white witch
6 t" r7 A" w3 ~$ a9 D From the Pacific deep
: x: J8 k$ m' K/ d2 p/ C: K To the heavens above?
. b. Y8 k! w1 q1 ~; s2 O7) Lo, the red afterglow,
y* Q6 k; |) @' ? |) m Against the sky blue!9 G: N; e) G; a/ ]1 U
Is it a cluster of peach trees,
\% G: A7 Z5 [( I# N6 V Their blossoms in full bloom,
7 t: S9 p' Q" f' c' g+ R. S Grown by the daughters of God) Z$ p& e' k/ l% ~5 p
And watered with nectar?! A( Q9 X) n1 T. `
8) Lo, the red afterglow,$ X5 U: m) ~3 H* g
Against the sky blue!
4 K# r7 P2 J( C1 X3 H# x$ H Is it Flora's rouge
$ h- y) v% ~& ]( N: f Spread all over the sky! D# c/ C2 k, \# _
By her frightened maids6 U! [8 q6 H: s9 P, M `6 W- c# Y
In escape from her anger?
+ Z6 _# S( y" w9) Lo, the red afterglow,
( q8 P; C% u$ y- r+ J# { Against the sky blue!, y* P& H. ?2 l) S. h( m) m
Is it a large piece of sponge
) K3 M% v- v) f; c Soaked through with claret
9 Z- I8 ^) n: h& x+ _5 u Upset from the Holy Grail) ^& E" g# g" S% ` l1 T0 q
By a rash cosmic pilot?』& b- l' W" x3 n: l0 e8 s
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 |: Z) H" ~ }1 F
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
3 k% K' x* [* u1 ]/ [4 O5 P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
5 p/ V) V1 u9 L* r3 t) Y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' `& F& f) \) o% g$ C8 S; U
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9 ^+ D8 C5 A, p( j Z a2 B
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
( M3 }8 L! }8 c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。 * x7 B, \/ H" i7 T, L9 [' s* g
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﹕
) f! G2 U/ |7 U, JWhen young, I don't have any notions what woes really mean,1 |! X: D6 a2 d2 S! I
Just love to get on floors so high. ! p, ~8 b# U6 o9 S
Just love to get on floors so high,
) g! b* t/ I+ STo write new poems, I try to say the words of woe and spleen.
9 Q L( f+ F: R$ _3 M( V$ D8 ~, [3 l- ~% u2 q0 ]
But now I fully have ideas of what woe really is,, `' u* i/ }; g' ^( J, l
Afraid to get on floors so high. / ] _# Y7 }! S9 _7 o. @9 h
Afraid to get on floors so high,
8 L" l% F& [5 g) c2 ?* II only say in poems how good and cool the Autumn is.』
% T) V0 ~" p& L! A A4 _7 a2 D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) X& M( P5 O5 T
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。
- `) S! K) [( 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﹕, I* w3 d) e: X7 E9 k. O
『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8 W+ d$ e# [& |/ L% B; C
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
$ A& x* P0 u0 v; B0 Z! m3 {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
2 f3 _. n$ m0 k8 B8 P( T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﹐8 z0 U* |! S2 {$ B6 n
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
& Z8 O- B3 ]! O( J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) H6 W4 D$ x7 d4 v( s
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 g. Z3 o0 L: `9 ` w- t) r
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
6 P9 Z6 r+ f9 g, T8 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
$ m8 y9 @ W# y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
# I% n; m" G* C0 v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﹕
" q4 Z! `5 t& W- a0 B, q# |Poor Odipus, a scapegoat he was! Accused of three great crimes, he
6 D! P! r' @7 E. s& q* osuffered a terrible tragic death ----a punishment inflicted on him by " h7 M/ [% O+ B- P6 W
the gods on Olympus. When he learned his fate decided by the almighty
. W* y" P, a# v% wgods to kill his father, marry his mother and bring destruction on his ' ~4 x+ q. x. |$ V0 s
native city, he wished to escape from it. But destiny was unavoidable,and
6 I2 f6 |4 X/ l8 ?2 P$ Gunawares he fulfilled the assigned tasks. If the gods had decided his 0 i0 s; Y7 j! h
fate otherwise, he would not have been a criminal, receiving an unjust # t, f1 Y2 ?2 ^0 {
punishment and bearing an ill-fame for thousands of years. He was only 3 g; C8 v( ~, l/ P' _2 z0 P% j$ n
an executor of the wills of the gods who, struck perhaps with a whimsical
) z3 C! J: d! Mfantasy, played a practical joke on the helpless mortal. The gods were ! O7 y: E' {$ [
the plotters. Who then deserved the punishment? The gods on Olympus rather 2 j+ m" l/ W) A6 x; i( z
than poor Odipus!』2 X! _9 S( O% C# @1 `; @
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 u/ ?! X. P0 U3 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﹕" M8 V n6 a1 A5 a9 ~% y
『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﹕+ M/ D6 K1 v! @0 o2 }: X; m' C2 |
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
: {1 Q! X$ C$ `! lADDRESSES TO MONEY﹕; `! G" P4 L! a/ h, V% L+ {! M/ W$ J9 w
1) Oh, Money! My darling Money! My respected Money! I'm your admirer, : f/ s( ~, p% ~+ ]( t" ]) ~
your worshipper. Oh, Money, my Queen, your Majesty! I'm your servant,
5 `0 R2 C, q; n0 ~( gyour slave. With you I can get food to keep me alive. With you I can
5 f$ a, O' N; q1 b" _" ~get clothes to keep warm. And with you I can get whatever I want, a ! p' ^. Y0 I6 X. u' m0 w+ X) M' N
grand mansion to live in and all the superfluities of life for ostentation. $ ~- M9 g. `. i' W
But without you my love will desert me. Without you my friends will ; P7 D+ e" i6 U+ C- M- q
turn back on me. And without you I'll go a-begging like a poor dog
4 M+ `. L2 j1 ]( s6 e. |and sleeping alone at night in a ruined porch. Oh, Almighty Money, come + z9 @2 M" J; s, G) O7 n, P
to me, I implore you! Pray, endow me with your favor and be sure that I'm
( b$ w# N7 y9 }willing to receive every small coin from you on my knees by which to show % X% F9 F7 D, r4 M& h" _ Z
my deep-hearted gratitude. 』
, Y( M3 l/ {6 i1 i3 [- \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 i! w6 n# K6 l5 Z4 z9 J( T+ O
芝娜又唸道﹕『第二﹕0 e: t( f$ N3 `/ z+ ~% R( S9 ^( J' W
2) Oh, money, my obedient servant, my faithful slave! I'm your master,
& r, o/ u D% Y( Q" |your owner. OH, money, my passe-partout, my almighty tool! I'm you user, - J# ~1 Q3 `! M, l
your disposer. With you I can start my enterprises. With you I can carry
9 u( q- `; C- A6 k% Aon my great plans. And with you I can make the little world around me ; n0 a5 G! t' _' e( t' _) y
go at my will. If without you I can still have a large store of learning. / ?, j' q W, ]5 f7 r9 m
If without you I can still have an unpolluted name. And if without you / V: H$ D% z! o
I can still live like a hermit writing books of great thoughts.
7 o$ d! s5 g0 \6 m9 @Oh, servile money, come to me; my lad, I command you! Serve me well # F! C6 h! T+ C' D
and don't be naughty, or I'll punish you.』. h# ]8 m4 ` X% h* `
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
3 O+ s& O. [- _1 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﹐
; c* w. T3 n Z* S) _8 m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
6 u, ~% ~- Q% Z7 E3 B/ N3 U* ~(談美)﹕
h3 i" [; C0 Q9 u9 I Beauty often dwells in youth. At sight of a charming girl, everyone * Z6 L4 \! P5 e- O
will exclaim, "My eyes! What a great beauty!" The male stares with
: i1 s/ b" ?1 n5 t! u# J6 r$ wa thrill of admiration; the female gazes with a sigh of envy. Wherever 5 H. Q4 T6 U$ l2 u* U1 [
she goes, she becomes the focus of the attention. Men all yearn to win / G$ K6 F% u; K" ~5 a
her heart; women all feel a regret unable to stand in her shoes. A glance
$ {- c) ]+ T4 @5 m, Aor a smile from her makes the stingy empty his hoard of gold and the 7 p! f+ {( X7 u, z6 F0 J
coward give up his life for her. She enjoys her queenly position in society,2 o5 @& f$ O* ~7 U, A0 D( U" l: p
proud of the possession of such a beauty. But the merciless Time ' w; S- z1 k9 `) ?$ Z4 g
dogs her steps, too. Her beauty is worn out with the years. She begins to
: p1 O$ k" u- |3 w, d. t! _% rfade away and the hardship in life, if any would befall her, will bring
5 ^# S: H& s" [- c _% } V0 C2 Imore wrinkles on her face. Then men turn their backs on her politely with
0 z7 g- R4 e* Na bow; women look at her with indifference. The younger generation is magnetized
7 u* X5 z: h; i8 Y% W) N! }& Mround another focus. The old queen has to abdicate and leave the throne
4 I( t' Z9 G( lfor a young one to occupy. Only a photo or portrait can preserve her beauty
) b# s C% m! x2 Q- ~* X& h/ [4 n# Qin youth and no Time is capable of doing any injury to her preserved beauty
: j h4 E. i1 Rbut the preserver itself.
3 Q; p3 j2 {' v: X Therefore, admire not the beauty without, but the beauty within. Such ) g0 _# x# R' k& U7 Z
a beauty will never wither though Time also plots to do it harm. In the
: P# k |) ~7 h' l* t: K! j. A7 ]3 b3 |struggle against the adversities of life and the ruthlessness of Time, ; {% ?4 U; N0 I7 K; t
it grows radiant, or even dazzling, just like a rock in midstream made
: |8 W# H+ k* o# X; t7 M( } smooth and glossy by the current of both the stream and Time. Everyone, - u* `$ {" N8 i* F! B% V) P
in spite of the age and sex, if aware of it, will sing its praise either " I1 i. o. ` T+ `4 {
openly in words and letters or secretly in mind. It lives as long
8 j% I9 Y7 a5 k$ N, Has the possessor, or even much longer after her dust may be blended into
5 V p4 w) g z5 {a vase with the clay around it. . _# B2 C% o1 N; P7 U. d
The outward beauty can only be the object of admiration or envy while
# P$ g) r* x8 v. P, k* hthe inward beauty, besides being a theme of the ode, can serve as an 6 X+ h2 s& L$ y% U8 [# C( C7 s! S- [
example to learn from, for the former is always endowed by birth, but
0 q1 M, G% N8 Q1 Hthe latter by self-acquirement. However, every man is free to hold
$ P: k3 X9 @+ X2 z) Z3 H his own notion of what the beauty is and to choose whichever of the two " H, J8 I& r7 N# L- U# l2 `
beauties he prefers. Only his love for his bride select should not degenerate ( [. Y |- O! l* z4 |8 v+ d, ^: H
with the shrunken beauty.』
- ~8 A, I/ u" G. R2 r g# L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7 A# C. }) {" ?# j3 K+ [; e
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6 s1 `! Z$ E+ R, E* _; k
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 。』$ B, F* r0 B9 P6 ~/ K, w7 |4 F
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4 b: v7 C; D1 e- |. q
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$ `, z* a1 u6 S- l' O. o L
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" @" P3 \5 H, y( N- s8 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。
) K+ {# s* h1 _- O9 o* _你自己好自為之吧。』芝娜道﹕『下一篇是THE BALLOON﹕
- J8 I% C4 Z+ I% G- r% p; b A little boy walks by his mother's side, with one hand in hers and a balloon
- `! q2 r$ F8 g7 {8 a in the other. A sudden gust of wind snatches the balloon away from ( O* k+ G* }0 ]" {- m& [
the boy's hand and bears it skyward. As it flies higher, the excited
6 m1 ?+ U9 d) U# `+ k0 ypeople in the street all look up. "Surely," the balloon says to itself,
2 h1 h2 w* f# _ O. P; afeeling proud of its uprising, "they all envy me of my ascent." Then in its 1 F6 x+ b" {( {
upward flight it passes by a balcony on which a group of boys and girls 0 @! e- q2 n" D9 s9 Y i* B6 L
are standing, giving a cry of excitement when seeing an escaped balloon
, L6 W, \$ f* M& Nhurry on its way of freedom. "They are cheering me, I'm sure." The balloon
- z! H0 F) Q8 B0 p% N" E) A# Z5 ithinks. Up and up it soars, above the roof, above the spire, through a ~: w! _0 b0 B% O: r
thin cloud, into the blue sky. Then a dove hovers near, but after a glance
3 T, |, V* a( d7 I4 H0 _at it, flies away with indifference. "Of course, the bird nears to
# n4 O8 y$ H! S- [; \ ~salute me," The buoyant balloon flatters itself in exultation, "but as ' u6 I, y1 h+ H8 `8 i% D/ l, v3 g
I ignore her to keep my dignity, she takes herself away in awe and respect."
! g7 O! L$ C$ ~ The higher it clambers, the haughtier it becomes, till it reaches the
# h$ ?1 U& L7 \zenith where it means to stay for millions of years, but, alas, it bursts!
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5 D6 ?1 ?5 o2 t4 X3 j" S( @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( y" u/ J% Q4 Y9 m
好幾頁﹐說﹕『下面一篇是ON ETIQUETTE(論禮儀)﹕
' u3 @3 x# _. v( Q* i Etiquette is to society what apparel is to the individual. Without
7 m* u$ b0 s, y: H# L4 k& h% Uapparel men would go in shameful nudity, which would surely lead to the 7 n3 P/ v4 I& E% S% i! h- |1 g$ s
corruption of morals; and without etiquette society would be in a pitiable
; s: H( X8 t! Zstate and the necessary intercourse between its members would be interfered
S$ A* y1 m4 T& T/ Oby needless offences and troubles. If society were a train, the etiquette
" d& f, i0 @. A7 x& p$ Z" S8 A% Uwould be the rails, along which only the train could rumble forth; if
, X: D5 k; p" I! ^" a6 F/ T4 Qsociety were a state coach, the etiquette would be the wheels and axis, r1 A( ?8 c7 `; y% a6 K: G2 d
on which only the coach could roll forward.( ^+ q, T$ e8 r, z: B0 |$ J
The lack of proprieties would make the most intimate friends turn to . ^4 O4 i! r# J. d. O% Q
be the most decided enemies and the friendly or allied countries declare
* r' F5 j& k* c2 d+ Y$ swar against each other. We can find many examples in the history of mankind.2 M& ]. D, ~8 X2 Y& H7 |
A duke of Song Dukedom in East Zhou Dynasty in ancient China was killed 2 m' x8 {+ P1 k. d9 S# k" j; A
by his favorite knight for a joking word. therefore, I advise you to stand # O; Q" v0 {1 M9 e
on ceremony before anyone else and to take pains not to do anything stupid
4 [. J0 u% |8 m7 W/ u Magainst etiquette lest you give offences or make enemies.』
3 l" w1 H, y& W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. S1 z2 y6 b, L$ Q5 X0 x9 l1 @
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
) r' H0 {! \( V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$ q) K" X- y+ W. e& I7 I4 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。! M+ C* @7 U8 O2 m% L* O/ G
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﹕
9 g* @$ I( P5 G『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﹕
* v0 b1 f$ t& K, S+ J/ 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﹐ c% D1 f! t% N/ ?8 y
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 }" I/ d0 S* k% G% j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
3 N) F5 A0 v3 D! o( o. v: K/ \+ E3 I銘」的譯文: o$ d' x+ q7 ]% z
AN EULOGY ON MY HUMBLE ABODE﹕& O$ m& x4 q; T9 d- q( [
Known will the hills be if fairies dwell, no matter high of low; and
, c! g) {. q7 x9 r9 _1 v/ x4 y3 Scharmed will the waters be if dragons hidden, no matter deep or shallow. 0 f' B- P' Y: t; q" ^/ a
A humble abode though this is, my virtues make it smell sweet. Verdant * O1 l& }$ v5 i d3 q) N1 t- R
are the stonesteps overgrown with moss, and green seems the screen
% y4 w% a# g4 u0 |# ~( | as the grass seen through it. I chat and laugh only with great scholars , `" W. {4 H4 M6 [% n; c. ~
and have no intercourse with the ignorant. I can play lute and read my , s: z6 Y0 y3 T. q
sutras; no unpleasant music to grate on my ears and no red-tape to make
6 ]" P7 q8 O; [+ l% B3 Lme weary and tired. Zhuge's residence in Nanyang and Ziyun's inhabitance
/ Z: p/ x. N" U& y) I" [" m5 |0 @in Xishu are both like what Confucius quoth, "How canth it be humble?"
1 |& J! r( J$ X. R0 ?" }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。
6 T, G+ [& W, W+ O3 ~* 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﹕2 J6 u8 o$ F2 U; v
『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 c. ^( k, Y2 Y; H; v
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
7 ^/ E" J2 T; L" m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。』
! L) b% d# g, A2 p" e; L6 a$ w6 v9 _5 ~6 K; @( _
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
* I; w& i1 M! m& g7 Y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% R) K8 e2 P' _8 w$ G' V) N
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。』) n! Z4 p+ t% I3 y5 h4 r$ O7 _# x% [
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" T& q) t0 I+ q1 V
資料複印在微縮帶上﹐可放映在一般電腦屏上閱讀﹐很方便。/ `! f2 E( J3 z/ 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
' p' I9 p7 E# g4 G0 a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
( J7 P8 j& j( _! E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﹕% h5 l) r7 `2 y
『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
' O ^# K/ {, w5 O# e' b8 Z音樂跳起舞來﹐直至興盡而散。 F. m+ l3 v) U6 E( _6 s$ V$ ?
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& [& J/ L. U4 y, 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# S# d W* ~, _9 b) b7 D* |* S
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0 l6 p" h [4 g/ t; o
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
2 j: Z# M: w# `9 G/ T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﹐
/ ?& ^: e% N3 ?) b" z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
7 C: p, o% T2 d, R) D6 H! C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( `. |8 { R% q2 I
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2 G& v& a2 \* ~7 Y1 H' J$ k) M4 z
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。
4 c. l( g+ a" ?* ~% k- o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
' y8 r; \; c+ m' ~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
3 ^2 _" x: c' ^5 h, h! E$ S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
% g& b e: V9 @4 P: A* I4 M' k4 \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 s" }& W' k, j4 o
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2 ~7 F3 T5 @9 p6 r' F% M
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
9 b+ v$ f1 U, U3 N" {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﹐# n, t1 c. E/ z/ b
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/ |+ Z! B O. V& ^" P
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」4 a- r4 J+ T% G( X* M& 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
) U6 t A, Q r3 C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
T& x$ N, w3 |2 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
2 r A" f7 A$ |+ N9 y- S y. g1 U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* W" E2 G. B+ \* Q, X; ^; T
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
' C7 g" ~' i9 d0 @ M: U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
: c7 T- a+ J. Z+ `6 w6 M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
% x8 m" z* c$ t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
4 B4 p' t3 s! n9 `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- M( r( D1 G* t# ?& |/ 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。』
) g5 h4 t6 x* e* r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
+ c+ J( p$ T$ d( q' Z+ S2 |/ D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3 o- T. g% j. Z( ^* U! p) ?4 c
評論才會公允。』 |
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