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芝娜道﹕『下面一首是RED AFTERGLOW﹕0 p; `. F! L7 `! D1 U' X
1) Lo, the red afterglow,
% F6 ]3 e5 }2 G( U, ^5 a Against the sky blue! R. ^3 q" ~% l9 q# f# k) i' D' L
Is it the blush of Heaven,
, E, R6 Z. F" f/ t; ^ As on a maiden's cheeks,
4 @' Y3 y( _. u# n8 L U7 E When she catches sight5 F8 z. {0 a0 T4 K `% c
Of her coming lover?
4 w9 n, l7 g* d$ m4 F* C( \& A9 n2) Lo, the red afterglow,. b$ h3 W3 h% u6 k( Z, o' B
Against the sky blue!
7 ~9 f% q6 v( t% [+ _) }3 o Is it the fire of bivouac% @: K2 J2 N- s4 g/ A+ I: m( ]7 G) r
Kindled by Nymphs and Naiads8 S. t3 y% f7 q6 t# g
On the banks of Milky Way
! ?( ?1 W* T/ G7 ^- r, _ Holding a celestial picnic?
/ ~8 N5 ^9 r u, p/ w n% [3) Lo, the red afterglow,
1 E* e0 F C/ W7 F4 | A Against the sky blue! l5 y, ?' ]1 P% {) w1 \
Is it the ruddy gauze veil
& N9 `! x' I h9 z( [# \$ s/ C That veiled the face of Juno( X0 e+ T0 {9 C: f
On her holy nuptial day7 x: F2 C* x+ O1 _) Z3 n
When she married Jupiter?2 b0 [3 m8 l9 P
4) Lo, the red afterglow,
" _ q7 w1 j& R u9 V; G# z Against the sky blue!
# D% M1 a2 _. B* e$ I Is it the fire of Mt. Olympus! ^0 R+ }- A, W* D: N, [* e5 ]0 t0 f4 g
Stolen by noble Prometheus,) K2 l7 H" P9 o3 X+ _0 I% Y% Z
And in his careless down-flight: n1 g* C6 f0 I7 j2 Z' G
Set the fleecy clouds aflame?
$ n! Y6 l% E( g# t5) Lo, the red afterglow,, e0 U4 c5 N" b* R [2 B8 d' L+ N- b; X* ^
Against the sky blue!# d6 W+ d- K; ?, W' ^' p; W
Is it the blood of the heroes% e: K# d( N' u
That died on battlefields6 I: t( r. D1 w' @
In the sacred defense4 r" n6 K7 L- g$ e5 u8 }
Of their dear motherland?
1 W6 O4 i( }. e9 t, y6) Lo, the red afterglow,
! e( o o! F7 T; ^: h; M2 X" S against the sky blue!
5 u: i2 u, G. ~5 k& Q: I If it the Isle of Coral
, D; X& u- N8 k9 y Removed by a white witch
$ ~. U: ^$ M3 M! }6 I From the Pacific deep
% _7 P3 D( I0 i) t3 ~ To the heavens above?
& u# A- `/ \: G+ \' Z7) Lo, the red afterglow,
& m( ~7 f1 [ G; z Against the sky blue!$ Z, l- [0 w6 Z S
Is it a cluster of peach trees,
6 N" t8 [9 g. ^7 w Their blossoms in full bloom,0 J. [& [2 g+ s" B0 d" ?
Grown by the daughters of God
5 C( V5 Z0 P/ r* x# ~& R1 w And watered with nectar?8 e& b E7 n; a+ k+ q6 p
8) Lo, the red afterglow,
& q7 h( r: j+ _" O# y Against the sky blue!
, {9 @' A0 @/ |. a7 | Is it Flora's rouge
8 N6 J% G1 o, o3 w) e* P$ W9 F$ P Spread all over the sky/ c h" x: O, S
By her frightened maids* B* H2 c7 `7 b/ I1 X& F5 S7 N
In escape from her anger?7 l6 L; R7 X+ k4 y9 K
9) Lo, the red afterglow,2 C5 c" F! v0 J) L) ]0 p4 [
Against the sky blue!
, ]# x: h' o" P4 B Is it a large piece of sponge
! o; D8 o) ]8 f: E Soaked through with claret
. w0 t8 @$ c9 l/ Y H: p Upset from the Holy Grail
, c2 Z) `' T) f By a rash cosmic pilot?』
! ]& D$ N5 h+ j2 n! r y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) w' _2 Z* C6 M; r' R- I4 B
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
8 G7 A) {7 B$ u, k. F. b$ g5 a) s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1 A- K9 h( f4 `& ], z9 G. t* \* I
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
9 @2 r) N' t; T0 i4 b# W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# Q" H) i' j3 Y1 G+ X
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6 \8 N0 W1 k4 ^" 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。 ' e, o. M2 n+ n* l) N# q: |' Y0 b
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﹕/ c4 G. r' \6 Q5 Q
When young, I don't have any notions what woes really mean,
! ]! Z! g3 M7 i9 \. W Just love to get on floors so high. ; z2 G5 a& t8 t# t y- j
Just love to get on floors so high,6 f+ X' u+ k5 M: }8 Q& f3 X
To write new poems, I try to say the words of woe and spleen.) ^ [! f2 ], `% M
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But now I fully have ideas of what woe really is,
2 d+ t" K- ? o$ F6 E Afraid to get on floors so high.
+ R# d6 j* O) s) w Afraid to get on floors so high,& Q i+ r& p) ]6 M1 r0 `3 H' G
I only say in poems how good and cool the Autumn is.』
5 o( y( s& _& Q: _( y( s% } z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
) C6 n- c# r0 o) `5 p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。$ V+ x: U2 R' z2 r* B. n/ w+ o
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﹕
- R% E3 {5 a2 X( N8 g2 v" k『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
; X8 ^% [; d1 Y3 V# ~7 ]/ 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/ d7 ?1 b# q4 I/ @
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. m; A3 a! |! C' s: f2 Y
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﹐
9 x% B! Q( G, ?1 [6 `* W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
8 h$ ]' C3 H9 \7 J5 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/ f1 d% Y" P$ k" O3 ^# M b# I
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$ c9 z, i1 h" o6 p- m
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
9 H* U5 w4 B8 ~# M7 \( l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" [& R. X. z- T( k. R
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/ [% W" Z4 O- {! d% z, H
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﹕- w% |; j. g# X0 w5 |% u2 @
Poor Odipus, a scapegoat he was! Accused of three great crimes, he - |' C" U. H; Q5 E1 e
suffered a terrible tragic death ----a punishment inflicted on him by
7 t8 w, c* l- J* t/ Y Q% Fthe gods on Olympus. When he learned his fate decided by the almighty 7 O) B" O+ @% t9 ~
gods to kill his father, marry his mother and bring destruction on his ( u5 b& ^3 P9 g' F/ P* b
native city, he wished to escape from it. But destiny was unavoidable,and
! I3 K" `& l/ U& A5 ~* j- munawares he fulfilled the assigned tasks. If the gods had decided his
) I/ z& D8 q* _* J0 Kfate otherwise, he would not have been a criminal, receiving an unjust 4 @2 Z& k. v, g0 k' ~; |: d( I
punishment and bearing an ill-fame for thousands of years. He was only
$ m' g8 i( r8 @: Y$ I( [an executor of the wills of the gods who, struck perhaps with a whimsical , X2 |& f, t8 o" N
fantasy, played a practical joke on the helpless mortal. The gods were
6 `0 s) p& m5 b c2 F( Xthe plotters. Who then deserved the punishment? The gods on Olympus rather
: Z: V& ^ Q/ F. G8 w+ N' Qthan poor Odipus!』
. ^# O E; l8 U( s; Y5 }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﹐% ? |! N6 L, o2 M/ b. b" M
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﹕2 g- U/ F2 D! P2 J& Q( D6 L7 ~
『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﹕7 q+ v9 u3 K7 V% w g% E# q2 R
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 - x* G6 H. j3 B' I7 t+ b- F9 ], Z
ADDRESSES TO MONEY﹕
/ I0 ~. Q2 o- ~' L _) o, r1) Oh, Money! My darling Money! My respected Money! I'm your admirer, & e- w+ [5 `7 T3 F
your worshipper. Oh, Money, my Queen, your Majesty! I'm your servant, % e5 Z# J* q! u) I
your slave. With you I can get food to keep me alive. With you I can
; Q! a8 d$ [3 m& Mget clothes to keep warm. And with you I can get whatever I want, a ) R0 a6 r( W% B0 b. J& p
grand mansion to live in and all the superfluities of life for ostentation.
# u7 _& a" Y3 K- C2 K& R9 X% SBut without you my love will desert me. Without you my friends will
; w4 ?2 v/ f; z5 Q* u9 @4 Hturn back on me. And without you I'll go a-begging like a poor dog
( g1 O& S3 I" x4 `5 ?and sleeping alone at night in a ruined porch. Oh, Almighty Money, come ' X% I ^' b1 e1 w
to me, I implore you! Pray, endow me with your favor and be sure that I'm 6 `$ K9 r% V/ n
willing to receive every small coin from you on my knees by which to show , G7 v- u4 Q( k
my deep-hearted gratitude. 』
0 P9 `# Y$ U% {: l4 O) @' o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。』2 P2 }& R% n, [4 T" Z0 V, i
芝娜又唸道﹕『第二﹕
2 ]3 p: J9 r) `% q2) Oh, money, my obedient servant, my faithful slave! I'm your master, 0 G% J& ^1 R5 ?7 A, }; b* ?
your owner. OH, money, my passe-partout, my almighty tool! I'm you user, 1 S$ D0 E2 @5 K' A% F. I$ ]; v
your disposer. With you I can start my enterprises. With you I can carry
8 P/ L/ ]3 G7 R9 h- R- Non my great plans. And with you I can make the little world around me
! E4 C4 `8 z! c. L' P4 wgo at my will. If without you I can still have a large store of learning.
! M* U. f9 G. l If without you I can still have an unpolluted name. And if without you
9 ]! n' a+ N, n$ u I can still live like a hermit writing books of great thoughts.
. f6 Q6 {" Y: X# x. _0 gOh, servile money, come to me; my lad, I command you! Serve me well & Q/ e8 o: K7 A2 H
and don't be naughty, or I'll punish you.』& w V2 z* V, {7 s
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
* P1 g! ]1 A! t+ f, ?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﹐
_: a% B' T3 l: _# u$ y# t, ^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 BEAUTY3 `+ f& ?: a5 n* n
(談美)﹕
( |7 }7 m! X% F Beauty often dwells in youth. At sight of a charming girl, everyone
: k9 T2 T) h' H+ Y1 Kwill exclaim, "My eyes! What a great beauty!" The male stares with 9 f& g7 E5 U& o+ ~/ S. E. T2 W7 x. e- \
a thrill of admiration; the female gazes with a sigh of envy. Wherever
( _" ~, N6 j2 i3 f/ dshe goes, she becomes the focus of the attention. Men all yearn to win
: K# y& f5 q9 h5 Q, P, Vher heart; women all feel a regret unable to stand in her shoes. A glance 2 G% h% z, T, ?! E' z: n# \& H
or a smile from her makes the stingy empty his hoard of gold and the
( i$ q7 t' g9 [$ ocoward give up his life for her. She enjoys her queenly position in society,
* ~! A! i; ?2 S, [ proud of the possession of such a beauty. But the merciless Time 6 G# x/ h/ S. I/ x
dogs her steps, too. Her beauty is worn out with the years. She begins to
! v+ a: k* O+ Rfade away and the hardship in life, if any would befall her, will bring
; z$ v: J% g$ K" amore wrinkles on her face. Then men turn their backs on her politely with
1 T$ e% b' b5 w1 @! r' ^+ s8 h- na bow; women look at her with indifference. The younger generation is magnetized
+ ^! a* z1 q/ ~, T$ g: hround another focus. The old queen has to abdicate and leave the throne 6 ^7 }3 M" ^2 L1 v
for a young one to occupy. Only a photo or portrait can preserve her beauty 1 K: q& B1 Z9 n: C% g% ?3 @4 x
in youth and no Time is capable of doing any injury to her preserved beauty
. k2 m9 S, o7 Z( w' \$ Ebut the preserver itself.
( Z! M0 u* S) f! N/ P9 K1 ^ Therefore, admire not the beauty without, but the beauty within. Such # I D3 P7 H3 x
a beauty will never wither though Time also plots to do it harm. In the ; b* K7 k2 e8 Z# q9 H
struggle against the adversities of life and the ruthlessness of Time, 4 z) o& y) n ~4 X0 A
it grows radiant, or even dazzling, just like a rock in midstream made - w- h0 l$ J' W( q9 u# f- z
smooth and glossy by the current of both the stream and Time. Everyone, ) G/ p, _: G; ^ g" G9 L
in spite of the age and sex, if aware of it, will sing its praise either 6 F v- R8 s0 c. ?' M
openly in words and letters or secretly in mind. It lives as long
& }! Z! Z( q- jas the possessor, or even much longer after her dust may be blended into $ ~9 b4 J& `& C/ C5 w [* T
a vase with the clay around it. 9 H; V% n' q3 k. h; D
The outward beauty can only be the object of admiration or envy while # ]6 p( `% ~' _2 X o- _
the inward beauty, besides being a theme of the ode, can serve as an
3 [* Q2 M$ W( N" Dexample to learn from, for the former is always endowed by birth, but - J, Y- c) F/ J/ S! z$ f; a
the latter by self-acquirement. However, every man is free to hold
, a% h8 C2 n5 V/ _2 m; n D; ^ his own notion of what the beauty is and to choose whichever of the two + O9 b H! u3 a8 p( u A1 x
beauties he prefers. Only his love for his bride select should not degenerate $ A0 B6 R9 g0 Y9 U
with the shrunken beauty.』 e; ~& w# K6 f. ^) v, w
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
. V9 m& Z6 x3 k0 e9 Y, W6 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, t3 A' k' ? ~% A
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 。』
6 V2 ~: m/ V" S9 u$ e2 s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- j0 U8 C3 q0 ^: |' x
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
/ w& e& j2 l- a( h: f$ w: r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# v- T0 Q$ Q, 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。* M% `( n/ I! j
你自己好自為之吧。』芝娜道﹕『下一篇是THE BALLOON﹕+ C6 l; O- }0 P5 n
A little boy walks by his mother's side, with one hand in hers and a balloon
9 U* j+ u( d0 L& E5 u& I1 ~4 ` in the other. A sudden gust of wind snatches the balloon away from . d& @8 `8 S4 G7 b
the boy's hand and bears it skyward. As it flies higher, the excited 5 p* T$ A% c& P1 ?8 R
people in the street all look up. "Surely," the balloon says to itself,
m& r! q. v9 i# Ufeeling proud of its uprising, "they all envy me of my ascent." Then in its
4 y8 m# [$ {1 q) {upward flight it passes by a balcony on which a group of boys and girls ! e! x3 E) e) y Y& e
are standing, giving a cry of excitement when seeing an escaped balloon 2 s2 g/ z' c1 g- A: W
hurry on its way of freedom. "They are cheering me, I'm sure." The balloon
' w+ W) f& i f% H3 A8 O6 ythinks. Up and up it soars, above the roof, above the spire, through a - y9 S* o* l2 h
thin cloud, into the blue sky. Then a dove hovers near, but after a glance
3 W1 A* b3 z) z+ W8 M. wat it, flies away with indifference. "Of course, the bird nears to . d4 u* J m, F5 r6 O! B$ ^7 d7 r
salute me," The buoyant balloon flatters itself in exultation, "but as
+ X# y! p5 s! _' xI ignore her to keep my dignity, she takes herself away in awe and respect."
. J- X; E f$ _" W7 w, L% l The higher it clambers, the haughtier it becomes, till it reaches the
: I$ i( x9 l) c" m& t7 P0 j6 \zenith where it means to stay for millions of years, but, alas, it bursts!2 t% x) B# q5 Z' k
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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
. p! E6 N9 a0 r9 G. o: X, y好幾頁﹐說﹕『下面一篇是ON ETIQUETTE(論禮儀)﹕
3 \: b0 q$ @4 G& _; h8 f( X! W# a' M Etiquette is to society what apparel is to the individual. Without ) X9 _) b. |: C, o
apparel men would go in shameful nudity, which would surely lead to the % m5 G$ v0 { F. P1 a9 }
corruption of morals; and without etiquette society would be in a pitiable e3 }/ V, [5 q5 u
state and the necessary intercourse between its members would be interfered
) G: L& s0 q; T8 m) p" Pby needless offences and troubles. If society were a train, the etiquette % I2 z# k+ r, A$ @# l( M6 n% H
would be the rails, along which only the train could rumble forth; if + ]0 ], q6 c0 T( B" A. K; Y
society were a state coach, the etiquette would be the wheels and axis,
5 |, E/ a, d0 F8 A on which only the coach could roll forward.$ y6 L1 i( S: m m' m/ U' w% B5 t
The lack of proprieties would make the most intimate friends turn to
7 r/ ^+ M7 k3 }* I+ |2 \be the most decided enemies and the friendly or allied countries declare ) x, d) y4 H" g8 ]) b
war against each other. We can find many examples in the history of mankind." T( N v2 F; D! e3 \% W) J4 N
A duke of Song Dukedom in East Zhou Dynasty in ancient China was killed
: W- R/ `, t* h* u1 v& uby his favorite knight for a joking word. therefore, I advise you to stand
0 v+ v8 q& V4 j8 a" Zon ceremony before anyone else and to take pains not to do anything stupid
1 y6 F: |! {" k, }2 j# x& g3 Dagainst etiquette lest you give offences or make enemies.』 ]5 u: `; @" X
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
$ D* v8 C8 u! M9 D' x; [ b. g" t5 J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* g5 Q, E0 p; W {! r. Q
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
( o8 i. @/ a, E* ^" G, M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。
# B/ F; R [1 m k ]8 [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﹕
; j; O$ _. q3 N8 V+ C8 r, k『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﹕
7 n) ^* T/ M# \& {* s1 q# 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﹐
. x1 o% z4 m9 s+ ?3 m; q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- V5 ^. \* v) P9 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/ D3 K$ g) z3 z& u$ r
銘」的譯文
7 X( Z4 o6 z f8 H, M. K4 F' MAN EULOGY ON MY HUMBLE ABODE﹕. v$ V. ~4 d' s( a* W
Known will the hills be if fairies dwell, no matter high of low; and
4 { C( F/ [. B# J( I$ ucharmed will the waters be if dragons hidden, no matter deep or shallow. 6 Y2 v0 s3 P' r4 g* v
A humble abode though this is, my virtues make it smell sweet. Verdant - z3 w5 t; f6 O; [6 ^. o- B
are the stonesteps overgrown with moss, and green seems the screen
. C% z) u7 U/ z6 l! u as the grass seen through it. I chat and laugh only with great scholars
: X" z5 b0 O8 |- ]8 Oand have no intercourse with the ignorant. I can play lute and read my - p! p1 K3 G5 a* l. a% ]/ F9 G
sutras; no unpleasant music to grate on my ears and no red-tape to make
7 l1 j- U% [- h; Y0 f: Gme weary and tired. Zhuge's residence in Nanyang and Ziyun's inhabitance $ k! D$ T( r9 b2 ]* w* ~" M
in Xishu are both like what Confucius quoth, "How canth it be humble?"
9 L. U, L1 b" ~9 a! w$ m O2 S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。$ f8 _# Z+ X5 X ~8 Z5 H% K% J
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 A" l9 m3 I! I
『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 B4 V6 M4 v7 N; x& s
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
: a$ h- `7 y3 q! B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。』. ~( A) a! q, p) {
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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# z9 i( t5 y- G
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% \" H; q5 T- d6 ?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。』; \$ K+ B0 r d3 i9 f K3 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
5 S9 Y9 G: E! S) R, D9 y! z- L資料複印在微縮帶上﹐可放映在一般電腦屏上閱讀﹐很方便。
- C' s) H3 _ K# o) Z, D/ H# W5 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& ?+ D2 c2 t0 ?9 `
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
* E: {5 I6 s, K, g! S" T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﹕
0 b1 \0 z7 e4 I『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
& I8 B9 ?0 N1 |, L2 f% Q音樂跳起舞來﹐直至興盡而散。. {9 z# P0 m+ Y
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
6 P) M( i% j8 Q7 c z. y8 B8 V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
8 x6 e L% |- ?2 R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) `9 P" W& u& s( n$ q. ?7 T
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
1 {6 |; `- `1 w4 F7 F 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﹐7 I5 J( s% n2 N0 O; Y
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+ e5 M/ ~( b! T7 x" 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
! \& j' I7 v# l n# H2 N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3 ` z! M' T1 p& w9 f, B$ x
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。
* l7 C0 J4 o6 B; D) Q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2 ~! V! r0 e( F9 ~
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
' L# ]3 I' V: F7 ^! u( 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
; u9 u0 k3 Z6 Q( R: _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 {, |0 i; Z) u! _* j
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
6 I: m) {, D/ }$ [7 q1 q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; a+ U7 q" z- t
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﹐
& _( q/ {8 R# L, @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8 t. t: k7 V% U4 a% \$ i
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」
* \7 {" C/ i0 H' O1 g9 \( h& N) f6 F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% w5 Q1 }6 a7 c* }3 |, `
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; s0 _- D7 t$ f' ~% a
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
- G; E- j. e) t! c" S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$ B. A& `: p. l4 r3 v. u4 k
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
, k; q3 F6 j8 q2 P1 u% s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
9 ?3 d: x! Y% z8 A( o. W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5 ?1 @8 x0 s- ?1 W
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, E* I# D2 `: L" q( R, @
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9 g4 B4 [8 E* L, P# @( 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。』
) U5 m# I/ f$ W+ }7 L! }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6 c0 P# }* l3 D% M1 \' a
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
- I7 I$ b4 e6 @# I+ f) L- w評論才會公允。』 |
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