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芝娜道﹕『下面一首是RED AFTERGLOW﹕" G; S) T! y, s/ \! j
1) Lo, the red afterglow,
! s# p0 I w, R5 D5 ] Against the sky blue!
@3 Z$ b O# w5 r# p Is it the blush of Heaven, ! M$ B$ A$ Y0 O" {0 s [6 R% h* Q
As on a maiden's cheeks,
, s# S& u1 R6 I, g$ D3 h' s When she catches sight
, w: A# t) j" t Of her coming lover?1 s5 K8 U! E) b* k
2) Lo, the red afterglow,
7 A' i- o/ W/ A- Z* ^2 o1 b Against the sky blue!
" {" f6 L- N, A& E8 r1 L* E% S1 K Is it the fire of bivouac4 H# U0 z; T9 ]6 M% r/ R
Kindled by Nymphs and Naiads
% H# X& w8 T+ _ On the banks of Milky Way' ^3 N' A5 p% N5 n( q' y- X7 Y
Holding a celestial picnic?
# m* ^" c: c7 d3) Lo, the red afterglow,+ g4 m7 _2 ~0 d3 @# s+ n
Against the sky blue!
% t. v' u+ B+ e$ P Is it the ruddy gauze veil
9 Y6 r$ ?: p6 ^( d0 z2 _ That veiled the face of Juno" k/ V0 r& a* o, W
On her holy nuptial day' P2 k" O( Z; O: o/ p t
When she married Jupiter?
, d# b' W& Y# E2 U! B4) Lo, the red afterglow,0 y7 m1 A" h0 O* R7 A
Against the sky blue!: g" [$ ?: T; ]3 N/ m
Is it the fire of Mt. Olympus8 \ j6 H+ Z# v6 @$ [
Stolen by noble Prometheus,
+ e G$ T# c9 q% S And in his careless down-flight( x; U* e( e' D- q# W- a: d
Set the fleecy clouds aflame?9 q& f% I5 ~3 M- h S
5) Lo, the red afterglow,
" ~' d C) e2 _ Against the sky blue!. g' R$ @( n0 b
Is it the blood of the heroes( L. O8 r9 V; j7 @
That died on battlefields
) J; W0 {" ^& D. L) C: q0 | In the sacred defense
8 z% L8 }. P: J: ?% o9 V Of their dear motherland?
0 a/ p, W U1 P2 Q2 n: Q+ q6) Lo, the red afterglow,
+ D3 K" |: ~# F; J against the sky blue!7 P8 S1 p; J: v+ ^
If it the Isle of Coral
, p n" m$ q! a! }% E0 ? Removed by a white witch1 w5 N. F; _; d; B) w
From the Pacific deep4 o2 } D! h! ^8 m$ |
To the heavens above?0 }1 y9 j+ J9 r$ D. R! P
7) Lo, the red afterglow,
# C3 P+ ]: L2 s2 c/ W Against the sky blue!" @# [% `0 h' o5 G+ Q A. G
Is it a cluster of peach trees,. h: ^' Q6 M6 j
Their blossoms in full bloom,5 \5 n3 r3 f" P0 E8 u4 U
Grown by the daughters of God
# i# t( p1 B7 v% u# H And watered with nectar?- j' G/ U$ ?# I; K3 V& e
8) Lo, the red afterglow,7 P3 ]$ X# e& s O6 z& L
Against the sky blue!
' O* {8 g7 b& C! s! _& P7 h9 D Is it Flora's rouge- a. P( W7 L; N5 Z5 G
Spread all over the sky6 B$ m! q# }$ h
By her frightened maids
9 F) U) Q! |1 b In escape from her anger?& m4 W7 y+ G: f" r0 ~0 s% V6 m
9) Lo, the red afterglow,1 o& U% S, J; x: @' |4 i9 ]5 p6 X
Against the sky blue!. y* b& o- h; A# L: I2 J$ p: v
Is it a large piece of sponge
9 b, q: x7 _ w! {! w* a Soaked through with claret0 ~/ L* `: ~0 U4 @
Upset from the Holy Grail$ ^! o) J5 O$ V1 L7 \$ A3 [: \
By a rash cosmic pilot?』
2 A* z" j2 P& M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
2 r6 x; a) Q7 a3 N8 U+ G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- h$ Y' F ? n- d: t
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
% v, f5 y8 q; S; 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( y* k: S( ^3 m. Q# | N" T8 ^
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
. A+ b- k: ?$ i. ~5 A! c. Q7 t( 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( Q6 @3 r6 ^/ w6 y T
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。
9 S& k/ m! D# z( S' g1 g z 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﹕
?& A+ P# g% F7 T- @6 g: F2 m: SWhen young, I don't have any notions what woes really mean,
) l K/ m Y8 Z; y4 b# k. R; ~ Just love to get on floors so high. 4 I& ?2 g% Z! i5 a/ Q8 E* u0 v
Just love to get on floors so high,6 Z8 F$ ^! r5 \. p5 ^; o5 v
To write new poems, I try to say the words of woe and spleen.( e, p5 o% g, j5 H
) V+ u( ]& `0 a4 Q% NBut now I fully have ideas of what woe really is,
" j3 N; z3 d- b; U' o2 U Afraid to get on floors so high. - n" D0 ~7 e' J9 v0 [1 y5 K" _
Afraid to get on floors so high,
" J& A3 z3 E3 I5 o% O2 l, DI only say in poems how good and cool the Autumn is.』
5 u" H* [) \5 R- y9 i: A J 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3 X* \# l7 h- {3 h# c8 l2 _
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。( J. }/ x& Y8 h$ S
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﹕
$ L3 l1 g* q- S: O7 q% B' j7 w『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
' P" t" n; k8 h( p3 w+ D- [' p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& V' z+ g3 A% p4 a+ A K8 y
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
! ?0 G3 V: h; G% J" P3 p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﹐
( N7 f- X7 U/ M% y) H& m6 I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
0 q' c2 L5 U' i4 p( B' z$ F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! R2 t6 s7 e/ M7 ^( [, X0 q0 h: V
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1 h7 i0 N N3 S) U7 @! Q7 h/ t
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
* I2 E, w+ x1 ^8 k/ R2 N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
" k' E1 B s' Y4 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- t* p H& S; T4 f; q2 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﹕
1 d z0 ]4 j: B/ QPoor Odipus, a scapegoat he was! Accused of three great crimes, he ) z) P. N5 V& x3 _% E
suffered a terrible tragic death ----a punishment inflicted on him by " B3 }7 v8 p: _ L5 G |8 T& O
the gods on Olympus. When he learned his fate decided by the almighty / `" w" v; ?6 M# W" g7 N4 Y( h3 J' T1 g
gods to kill his father, marry his mother and bring destruction on his
7 `3 S* r* r0 d. \8 _+ A3 C6 F$ T, [native city, he wished to escape from it. But destiny was unavoidable,and # @4 A2 O' u0 d: Z) i) ^- A. R
unawares he fulfilled the assigned tasks. If the gods had decided his
% a- b5 A. k% |/ L2 ~ Ufate otherwise, he would not have been a criminal, receiving an unjust
; q' r5 D& d8 I% i4 Z- i+ spunishment and bearing an ill-fame for thousands of years. He was only
1 c- ^& i: y! t) w T4 s2 ian executor of the wills of the gods who, struck perhaps with a whimsical
' |5 T1 n; l% }% M" ffantasy, played a practical joke on the helpless mortal. The gods were
5 g3 x$ M( x( e2 C0 c$ ?, Fthe plotters. Who then deserved the punishment? The gods on Olympus rather . j7 V0 |1 ^4 T F$ }% i5 N, C
than poor Odipus!』
9 Y1 c6 d6 n. W0 Z, U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﹐! t( o4 s0 t3 H) {9 ^
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﹕& k$ z& m3 n4 s t9 u7 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﹕
! S: _: G3 Q |0 B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 * y5 T& E0 m* g/ M
ADDRESSES TO MONEY﹕( l" W' g1 b& W, V `# _
1) Oh, Money! My darling Money! My respected Money! I'm your admirer, $ }( g7 @% g! ~3 b0 G' E" u
your worshipper. Oh, Money, my Queen, your Majesty! I'm your servant, 9 p! H9 j; o, }; z
your slave. With you I can get food to keep me alive. With you I can
! \% o" {6 e( A) `! }4 c; Eget clothes to keep warm. And with you I can get whatever I want, a
- q# D" ~9 X: kgrand mansion to live in and all the superfluities of life for ostentation. ' F* ]) e4 X$ d' y" g; R7 \
But without you my love will desert me. Without you my friends will ' n6 G( w' n, K% n
turn back on me. And without you I'll go a-begging like a poor dog {$ f. C' o" A" n8 Z7 z+ b- P' O0 ]
and sleeping alone at night in a ruined porch. Oh, Almighty Money, come
2 Y# g/ j' |( N% ]# l2 K& {to me, I implore you! Pray, endow me with your favor and be sure that I'm
2 _- d& j2 e& a) y; {1 `; f! ~willing to receive every small coin from you on my knees by which to show ' \! \3 ~! R" @* S- M
my deep-hearted gratitude. 』
- ~9 p W/ o3 ]9 M; p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。』
5 T% x6 H% H+ T) D! ^( l6 d* s1 i芝娜又唸道﹕『第二﹕
7 d0 D, h1 i5 ~2) Oh, money, my obedient servant, my faithful slave! I'm your master, 1 r. v$ x- | q( t; m; q7 N
your owner. OH, money, my passe-partout, my almighty tool! I'm you user,
/ j) s8 u( ]4 _0 a3 uyour disposer. With you I can start my enterprises. With you I can carry
: A) P% t4 j! I, s6 d) Gon my great plans. And with you I can make the little world around me
6 Y/ H, ^6 J2 `go at my will. If without you I can still have a large store of learning. # j6 P Z& w. H5 u8 K+ e+ j
If without you I can still have an unpolluted name. And if without you # Y! a& F3 `" ]* I! E, }: V. O* Z
I can still live like a hermit writing books of great thoughts. * R5 b) j' U( K, B
Oh, servile money, come to me; my lad, I command you! Serve me well / N$ s" i4 `5 H8 b8 O
and don't be naughty, or I'll punish you.』' i: e" q6 A% t3 ?0 F$ ~0 X
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( A2 L5 o3 |; b$ ?5 a1 ?# A
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﹐
# o4 e" s% i- R! Z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
, ?# r n5 i. k' C/ U) j& f0 q. C(談美)﹕
. Q8 R4 S& {$ z* I, M4 Y Beauty often dwells in youth. At sight of a charming girl, everyone ; D9 {7 X9 a: V# g( }2 J
will exclaim, "My eyes! What a great beauty!" The male stares with
: ^* N) f( ]2 J2 ya thrill of admiration; the female gazes with a sigh of envy. Wherever
9 C2 n' v: [- s. @8 |she goes, she becomes the focus of the attention. Men all yearn to win % H0 ]0 x5 {- A* d8 x8 K
her heart; women all feel a regret unable to stand in her shoes. A glance ; t; N _! y: X" {' y9 [
or a smile from her makes the stingy empty his hoard of gold and the / I/ R8 E# C# S' P5 P
coward give up his life for her. She enjoys her queenly position in society,
7 o2 i; {2 k5 B; p proud of the possession of such a beauty. But the merciless Time
+ E3 G) I: ~' {& kdogs her steps, too. Her beauty is worn out with the years. She begins to , R$ }4 q) w4 P3 B
fade away and the hardship in life, if any would befall her, will bring & L" J9 Y' A5 _. o
more wrinkles on her face. Then men turn their backs on her politely with
) _/ [9 d3 a% d3 c* E8 I5 c+ Ca bow; women look at her with indifference. The younger generation is magnetized 0 \; A0 W% X) G3 r9 ]
round another focus. The old queen has to abdicate and leave the throne , L7 t1 `# ~5 Y* }8 a3 O
for a young one to occupy. Only a photo or portrait can preserve her beauty
$ \; ~8 J2 q( Uin youth and no Time is capable of doing any injury to her preserved beauty
6 U7 |) u Z) h; Obut the preserver itself.: b$ `& f- }' `
Therefore, admire not the beauty without, but the beauty within. Such h( X3 U) \/ ~- i
a beauty will never wither though Time also plots to do it harm. In the
! }1 Z9 N7 e+ M9 lstruggle against the adversities of life and the ruthlessness of Time,
; b: ?/ \' p: e4 L' X9 y it grows radiant, or even dazzling, just like a rock in midstream made 2 m+ F6 e4 l( t: r c
smooth and glossy by the current of both the stream and Time. Everyone,
) K4 o$ {! @4 A' O7 q3 T5 din spite of the age and sex, if aware of it, will sing its praise either
5 t# d' R S! h0 u2 D2 ^ openly in words and letters or secretly in mind. It lives as long ; X: q9 ^( m4 e! E9 S
as the possessor, or even much longer after her dust may be blended into
" j$ l$ X3 k$ [$ T- X% Pa vase with the clay around it. 6 W: @2 a& G5 `. o! e
The outward beauty can only be the object of admiration or envy while % M6 @6 n, O4 ^6 D: X
the inward beauty, besides being a theme of the ode, can serve as an 5 H( c7 Z6 H# F1 t
example to learn from, for the former is always endowed by birth, but ( C! {2 @9 b. N1 D. k# N
the latter by self-acquirement. However, every man is free to hold 9 t' _2 _) V3 z# q; r- m
his own notion of what the beauty is and to choose whichever of the two
_: }1 b) ~: V0 A) _beauties he prefers. Only his love for his bride select should not degenerate 5 I( S' J0 f/ O# n7 ~
with the shrunken beauty.』, ]- q, M0 }4 i6 o9 T) X
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0 ?* |) R9 I) z8 g4 d- T t
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
& k( _9 V9 F+ L m- _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 。』
0 ]( E Q9 x' p, r/ ~" g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% L) Q$ F& T# d0 m
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1 [/ m9 l5 E3 E1 Z" n( _
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0 \, Q* Y& D# t* p
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。3 W& X& z4 K# w* ~$ @% y
你自己好自為之吧。』芝娜道﹕『下一篇是THE BALLOON﹕
# l7 h: t1 T0 G2 B; V' g- k0 q A little boy walks by his mother's side, with one hand in hers and a balloon
) \6 h7 c. W; Z4 h in the other. A sudden gust of wind snatches the balloon away from ( }: q. c- N+ P9 K1 A2 u7 Y
the boy's hand and bears it skyward. As it flies higher, the excited
" b/ `/ m1 ~" C6 @! Dpeople in the street all look up. "Surely," the balloon says to itself, 7 ?( u/ ^( d, m. |1 m. F4 r% d
feeling proud of its uprising, "they all envy me of my ascent." Then in its
0 _! W7 S% ?% v! c# |! Oupward flight it passes by a balcony on which a group of boys and girls 1 P2 E6 w% N/ n( K, ?' }
are standing, giving a cry of excitement when seeing an escaped balloon
" B" c. D4 a! V) s) b/ a, uhurry on its way of freedom. "They are cheering me, I'm sure." The balloon + H* q4 f( _2 e1 f9 y ~& f: u
thinks. Up and up it soars, above the roof, above the spire, through a 9 `! \; }8 ^. {/ K. l
thin cloud, into the blue sky. Then a dove hovers near, but after a glance
. C+ _8 p' Z% D+ [2 B' Pat it, flies away with indifference. "Of course, the bird nears to
5 M% K9 |3 i7 }; P7 lsalute me," The buoyant balloon flatters itself in exultation, "but as ' k7 w5 @' E( L. a- F, p- M- G
I ignore her to keep my dignity, she takes herself away in awe and respect."
" F7 k1 Q8 a" r3 S( e' X! E The higher it clambers, the haughtier it becomes, till it reaches the ! ?4 a X7 _+ }2 q
zenith where it means to stay for millions of years, but, alas, it bursts!
# X' d% H; l1 O+ X; I" A』
; e/ _ K/ f" u' ~. D g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
3 r1 X$ Q: M1 o) @, @: J好幾頁﹐說﹕『下面一篇是ON ETIQUETTE(論禮儀)﹕
6 B! k& v- c& k" }% [; r* @! c Etiquette is to society what apparel is to the individual. Without
& }! w" ^# E& T0 V6 m( Japparel men would go in shameful nudity, which would surely lead to the # X( X9 F7 ~6 z, \1 z& E5 J( m; [) ~4 y
corruption of morals; and without etiquette society would be in a pitiable 6 e# x+ F5 k6 L& _, S3 v6 [
state and the necessary intercourse between its members would be interfered
5 B1 ^$ W6 I4 A% U0 xby needless offences and troubles. If society were a train, the etiquette
# i4 x0 P# D1 @% v) Iwould be the rails, along which only the train could rumble forth; if - V c& H4 Y+ m: }8 r% A5 R `
society were a state coach, the etiquette would be the wheels and axis, 6 J/ c3 v( i. h( \
on which only the coach could roll forward.
5 n; z5 W4 O& U. _. k7 z The lack of proprieties would make the most intimate friends turn to
, [4 D5 p7 Y+ {be the most decided enemies and the friendly or allied countries declare " ~6 Z$ d* U7 _0 d# J* P
war against each other. We can find many examples in the history of mankind.5 _$ s9 J7 ` t9 U. k) p
A duke of Song Dukedom in East Zhou Dynasty in ancient China was killed ; v; N0 `3 ~& s
by his favorite knight for a joking word. therefore, I advise you to stand % W* h; N) z9 n* A' m5 ?! d
on ceremony before anyone else and to take pains not to do anything stupid
' m0 [6 d& S" ^; F. @# p. Aagainst etiquette lest you give offences or make enemies.』! p+ w$ s* c& `: E8 u9 }4 [
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 q) \5 d# i7 K% S/ R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
, h3 v' J( v* B% r) ^$ 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
. f& F4 G# j+ m7 i6 N1 r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。
" S5 m+ N( F! [8 r8 r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﹕5 d7 M4 m5 b7 p0 |
『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﹕
& h: m5 [- O' ]% w『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﹐5 C x8 |/ j9 R
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/ K) c- M- E7 }& o+ l4 G) K2 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
% N3 U& B1 T2 f9 s7 Q8 T0 u銘」的譯文
8 A0 N8 o0 f7 A; b) ^1 ]3 Z: e+ nAN EULOGY ON MY HUMBLE ABODE﹕
. g- k2 P1 g4 e7 g1 `: x! S/ T Known will the hills be if fairies dwell, no matter high of low; and * l. b g6 C. }. q" j
charmed will the waters be if dragons hidden, no matter deep or shallow.
* g* T6 C* K" u; J$ ? A humble abode though this is, my virtues make it smell sweet. Verdant / |) R4 T' H0 e' g
are the stonesteps overgrown with moss, and green seems the screen
. X" w% a4 s; Z5 v' O as the grass seen through it. I chat and laugh only with great scholars
) W9 U) T' h/ \and have no intercourse with the ignorant. I can play lute and read my
3 J3 a" Z! ~6 R5 s' Rsutras; no unpleasant music to grate on my ears and no red-tape to make
: k4 Q$ Y) M3 [; Nme weary and tired. Zhuge's residence in Nanyang and Ziyun's inhabitance ; [: m4 D+ B- t' X# i
in Xishu are both like what Confucius quoth, "How canth it be humble?" , V' j+ [' e) U& T+ Q% D! f' U
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。
0 P& E) `- v" \! `' @% q B! c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﹕
. E7 i1 P2 Y6 k; F" q; M『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
$ t3 |5 e) R+ J, M! _! L8 W' a8 L. R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! _ W" L c0 \2 |0 s E
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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( G9 i8 W& f, a( f+ p& G" S 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7 f4 Q# V& b" j4 u. N. }/ T p; d
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8 h* Q" j* V% Y5 a( _: y
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 ] A* j* f. d- 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
8 f- w, T9 Q$ S, _$ I資料複印在微縮帶上﹐可放映在一般電腦屏上閱讀﹐很方便。: |' T3 m& p+ [2 q
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
( q7 W5 ~1 E+ R/ X3 y* J# T4 r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6 B$ O) X7 l X! k* d
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﹕9 u% m( `/ A7 S" M/ F
『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% D: n3 t" b# e# O5 p
音樂跳起舞來﹐直至興盡而散。
: D; q" D# I1 Q& |9 N1 p. 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
: s' C9 J F5 o- x: `$ P; e* M! @4 @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
3 B9 G! s! f1 i) E3 o5 v# 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( s) H, a5 m- d, a! u6 c5 E. E
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
3 x! r9 L, b/ X0 R( O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﹐
# H+ C2 j2 F) w( E$ a* s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
, N, H$ m" Y- {/ e, R8 x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- g3 l- l: P ^/ Z5 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
9 h' M- o+ A. X1 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。
- ?. y+ r r: k* B% b8 ]7 D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 p2 v" O! B) W8 q2 h/ ~8 m
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$ |8 S5 d7 {1 ~2 T# J4 d& B
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 E2 i0 P2 q7 B0 C8 o/ P
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5 w( q1 t4 v; ~' N
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
a6 |9 f+ _9 f) m9 L1 h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
% f7 {' U0 q% k2 F- @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﹐
: m3 n5 I* h% A( W% _2 [, P* W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 ]/ K" K5 F6 x& `
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」
( r: E/ e" k8 K) c$ q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
! U% I' a5 \; c K! \) z) T; k u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: b1 a7 i/ \/ Z) `% g+ m
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 D. n+ @) b" }: Y2 E( e" h
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
; }% g5 _3 l9 g+ [$ l: ?+ o0 j1 a ?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& D+ h0 x& b) U2 f3 \
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. i: {: P W9 ?9 C1 V
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- ~: D( U1 @# M9 x5 Y3 y
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
8 z8 P* h- |+ |2 P# ?0 z0 ^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
2 v& P2 y: @ t* I! x* I5 e; T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。』
7 n, F h8 [6 c- ~% A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
- u$ E, d9 ?& x/ Z* X6 L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$ t- E9 j6 J- c: u
評論才會公允。』 |
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