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芝娜道﹕『下面一首是RED AFTERGLOW﹕
+ i; F: P: }1 ?, @7 T: Q1) Lo, the red afterglow,5 y; i, A5 @' E& b* d. h
Against the sky blue! 8 q" c* C: `5 r$ G t
Is it the blush of Heaven,
* U3 d2 Y: B& k4 J6 } As on a maiden's cheeks, 1 c. A0 I& b& _5 @& n# i4 x
When she catches sight
+ s& P4 V& ?1 N8 s2 o% ` Of her coming lover?
: B5 a- p& B9 B0 F2) Lo, the red afterglow,! J R$ |# T+ w2 a/ X( W. M
Against the sky blue!/ B& Z- L0 P$ u m( s$ Z) x6 c
Is it the fire of bivouac, y; Z9 E: Y7 Q* e$ [
Kindled by Nymphs and Naiads
* F4 ~" V6 C6 \3 I3 W1 ? On the banks of Milky Way
3 ]3 F6 I. a5 p' L* d2 s& d- d Holding a celestial picnic?
0 k4 h& a3 X- r# F, \5 W0 j3) Lo, the red afterglow,; D& ]5 M. b- u D) e' j
Against the sky blue!+ z& D1 n8 p a% Y0 F
Is it the ruddy gauze veil
/ X( `. _4 V- y; ^8 B! ?6 W4 Q That veiled the face of Juno
" y/ E: L% M& ^ V0 P On her holy nuptial day
$ C/ {8 K3 W& J0 V When she married Jupiter?
, ^2 B4 _! ]2 w0 |9 V) G4) Lo, the red afterglow,
0 |: C3 e- H0 H- e. Z: F* u( t5 T5 G Against the sky blue!
! e9 @) \2 }5 z8 e Is it the fire of Mt. Olympus
6 z! ^7 i2 t& x( j Stolen by noble Prometheus,
P/ w* A3 {0 P' e5 {8 `- y And in his careless down-flight/ H/ J8 y, y$ B9 M* K
Set the fleecy clouds aflame?5 Q% K: Q/ q. v! @
5) Lo, the red afterglow,
2 {2 u4 d) d6 [ Against the sky blue!! q* c2 r, o7 w; p1 K1 r ~/ i( [
Is it the blood of the heroes
) r( ]$ e8 u" y) h# \8 ^# r That died on battlefields
( c3 E- m- [- d) b7 [3 X& p, [ In the sacred defense
4 g1 x$ i: }' i; r, \6 ~ F Of their dear motherland?
7 C. I5 Y% {0 a. X$ l, v" _6) Lo, the red afterglow,8 j2 ?# ]7 X; Z2 @
against the sky blue!
; n' p3 D" z N- W" ~1 O# @# v( z If it the Isle of Coral* G* I* q7 F+ ?0 A) y
Removed by a white witch
. Y4 e# q# d/ H( a" \( K From the Pacific deep' l1 v7 D* J8 _4 _* [
To the heavens above?
' f" D/ V' ~4 H( Z3 Y M6 w; j7) Lo, the red afterglow,# w2 t; u8 A! i2 E: o4 n
Against the sky blue!
6 l5 ] Z' e, { G( n Is it a cluster of peach trees,
4 T" q" x# g7 E$ C. c1 |7 R Their blossoms in full bloom,8 w9 ~5 [) i3 R/ I. l
Grown by the daughters of God( y7 k9 B/ J" U8 S
And watered with nectar?
x) a& @9 R) o7 B% r4 }1 M8) Lo, the red afterglow,
, v7 u2 N3 f2 v+ W Against the sky blue!
+ c+ ~/ b% m4 i1 G Is it Flora's rouge1 f B- I# R2 q; f/ M. B
Spread all over the sky
* O' u# s' Y: H ^; w) m4 J By her frightened maids
6 {& `% e% d& A9 f0 t In escape from her anger?& t v6 q' l" [, U
9) Lo, the red afterglow,
5 E8 h C5 d/ c2 U- Y" ^' w Against the sky blue!+ b& x; `6 P& q0 b6 `* k7 K. T% U
Is it a large piece of sponge
, A/ s7 P2 x- y. P8 r2 y$ e0 ` Soaked through with claret( y+ E7 ]/ ^. n+ J3 u, j- ~2 y9 `) N
Upset from the Holy Grail
* W. t) s% A1 W, ?4 J By a rash cosmic pilot?』7 G5 J" t8 a, q) 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
+ g9 p, X. v- \3 w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; D* s4 R( g$ A8 E# x% W
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) L x/ [7 @- \; V5 {- t* w
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2 E3 b0 U& n% z4 g) x3 K
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
& \+ M7 X; U: N. ~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+ h/ I6 a# }2 z+ ?
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。
( Z* h% J4 J% F0 [) {( l3 o 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﹕/ G/ O4 o& ~5 O6 T* v
When young, I don't have any notions what woes really mean,
0 o; C# h4 W% U. Y8 A4 `) C Just love to get on floors so high. F7 ^( c9 Y8 U6 e: C& e( v/ x
Just love to get on floors so high,$ ^4 _& X6 B/ c+ T* c M
To write new poems, I try to say the words of woe and spleen.& k' E' e) S3 w! Y6 M; g' E c- {
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But now I fully have ideas of what woe really is,. V3 J! V2 T8 g1 I5 n
Afraid to get on floors so high. 5 ?" ^# I" \. a9 y9 j
Afraid to get on floors so high,
3 r8 P: E! ^2 z$ x* ^; k# qI only say in poems how good and cool the Autumn is.』
, t& G8 K# u1 e# n" y! N; U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 f- w2 J n9 C ~$ I) k& I, W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。
, y/ F# D* N4 { |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﹕
0 P% C( U$ Y+ d+ P9 Z1 L『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
+ I5 {) \) c8 u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- c$ ~0 ^4 O/ f4 G8 k
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$ y8 p% _7 }' Q' A: s4 Y" {4 j
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﹐/ M1 N7 _ E% P Z
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
( [# w% g# {" j7 w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7 ~- n6 R% L( S9 u" l
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$ Q1 [5 l. a7 ?/ s. F
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
) u9 J- t; p5 `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
; W$ A s* O3 s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4 \0 X' O; ^* d' q! o
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﹕- H: }& Q$ ?: b- |1 B
Poor Odipus, a scapegoat he was! Accused of three great crimes, he ) |; r6 p! k _- p. q) u4 E: [
suffered a terrible tragic death ----a punishment inflicted on him by
2 H4 J: T' \+ z) T: Lthe gods on Olympus. When he learned his fate decided by the almighty 4 I' A N# D3 M9 |$ i
gods to kill his father, marry his mother and bring destruction on his & I" f3 }6 Z) Q( B/ X2 A4 L
native city, he wished to escape from it. But destiny was unavoidable,and
% p; S% W" a- [0 {8 i7 wunawares he fulfilled the assigned tasks. If the gods had decided his
& k2 z; s# @0 ]! G" k( `5 H& c0 Zfate otherwise, he would not have been a criminal, receiving an unjust
2 r0 g& P* X$ W' H1 g2 }punishment and bearing an ill-fame for thousands of years. He was only 8 \( D7 i, f( K
an executor of the wills of the gods who, struck perhaps with a whimsical
2 S( M+ G! A5 gfantasy, played a practical joke on the helpless mortal. The gods were ( E) t. |7 X* g/ a: ~8 f7 R
the plotters. Who then deserved the punishment? The gods on Olympus rather
+ r8 E- J1 L, g( [& ithan poor Odipus!』
|1 M# J3 m' j: a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﹐- A- l* X; q; m! 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﹕
! E/ R' D; w5 d/ ?' B『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﹕
; s0 L! C/ g# A) Q' N8 L' R0 ]- N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 4 P5 [+ o: K. f% h/ I) T7 g8 z- ?
ADDRESSES TO MONEY﹕! ~' Q8 T. Y6 a* y3 t
1) Oh, Money! My darling Money! My respected Money! I'm your admirer, . B w" z2 l; h' s
your worshipper. Oh, Money, my Queen, your Majesty! I'm your servant, 7 H& A' g2 V. ~
your slave. With you I can get food to keep me alive. With you I can + [+ l: X# U+ X& ?& T, y
get clothes to keep warm. And with you I can get whatever I want, a 6 U! s( I4 V6 D; D( _# Z
grand mansion to live in and all the superfluities of life for ostentation. ! ^4 |/ ~% K1 B% o# ?) A
But without you my love will desert me. Without you my friends will
5 f: Y9 t* \4 \* j5 y2 Rturn back on me. And without you I'll go a-begging like a poor dog ; x( s8 E; U9 ~% I
and sleeping alone at night in a ruined porch. Oh, Almighty Money, come
: F0 X# ~- s9 F5 G8 Q B+ dto me, I implore you! Pray, endow me with your favor and be sure that I'm % j* f9 _. ^( K
willing to receive every small coin from you on my knees by which to show
! G9 ^" M/ f2 O; l6 t5 p4 ?my deep-hearted gratitude. 』
% m, z9 v! N/ z4 C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。』' R m7 M5 P. S4 c) R6 B& ]" ~" V
芝娜又唸道﹕『第二﹕
$ `6 n; h5 |/ z0 }; s, u2) Oh, money, my obedient servant, my faithful slave! I'm your master,
! i; k: w4 n- }your owner. OH, money, my passe-partout, my almighty tool! I'm you user, ; r+ D# {- H7 x! V
your disposer. With you I can start my enterprises. With you I can carry # f w( [( U" d$ @
on my great plans. And with you I can make the little world around me 9 L1 _# ]) e9 T/ J' s0 u% \( ~
go at my will. If without you I can still have a large store of learning.
9 J* r E2 V6 j0 x If without you I can still have an unpolluted name. And if without you
& A8 w! H% t) @- \3 s I can still live like a hermit writing books of great thoughts. 8 ^8 g$ |; `% G: W: w( q
Oh, servile money, come to me; my lad, I command you! Serve me well . C# j+ p3 G3 N- U# U
and don't be naughty, or I'll punish you.』1 a9 H, [! @4 v
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
( ]7 {3 R8 n/ }9 x6 N Z% E) i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﹐
) @5 L5 H$ W! d0 Q- ?7 ~7 J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& K' a/ m0 u7 e) h/ ~/ W+ G" Q
(談美)﹕ C2 g9 m6 q% r: I( W
Beauty often dwells in youth. At sight of a charming girl, everyone * y. p/ X$ h8 a0 n2 [, f
will exclaim, "My eyes! What a great beauty!" The male stares with ; Y! K% L" \6 @3 J
a thrill of admiration; the female gazes with a sigh of envy. Wherever
& Z9 q, C6 H. _6 v5 E! i) [! lshe goes, she becomes the focus of the attention. Men all yearn to win
, E% b2 M2 V8 z2 `1 Yher heart; women all feel a regret unable to stand in her shoes. A glance
3 }+ w; g% ]- N/ _; ]1 v& Dor a smile from her makes the stingy empty his hoard of gold and the
- n3 N& C7 ~8 L9 R8 J+ L9 acoward give up his life for her. She enjoys her queenly position in society,
0 b$ u! h, c1 g8 {8 p# K proud of the possession of such a beauty. But the merciless Time
$ B3 v$ r/ N! o/ {* ]dogs her steps, too. Her beauty is worn out with the years. She begins to
: ]3 y4 o5 D3 |0 i( O& t7 E gfade away and the hardship in life, if any would befall her, will bring " l- z7 c6 I( r# w$ r
more wrinkles on her face. Then men turn their backs on her politely with 6 I2 G: P" X& f9 r0 @' E4 i
a bow; women look at her with indifference. The younger generation is magnetized
# X( H( u, f9 Z5 ^round another focus. The old queen has to abdicate and leave the throne 9 k; F1 X0 w! l, y3 [( g* K9 |
for a young one to occupy. Only a photo or portrait can preserve her beauty 4 T. E1 U" k- T# N( [* W
in youth and no Time is capable of doing any injury to her preserved beauty
/ K& j: j( q7 F, K; r% i4 ebut the preserver itself.
! B" H% J; ?4 a. A5 n' R Therefore, admire not the beauty without, but the beauty within. Such
( c( \' w. t7 a9 b3 _) }: la beauty will never wither though Time also plots to do it harm. In the ) t3 u- M: |9 `- D( [$ P D7 i* l- a
struggle against the adversities of life and the ruthlessness of Time,
, j/ n! n+ m* h5 ?- { it grows radiant, or even dazzling, just like a rock in midstream made
+ n; P8 q, t% R smooth and glossy by the current of both the stream and Time. Everyone, % r& P1 |0 Q: h9 q) D5 v
in spite of the age and sex, if aware of it, will sing its praise either
0 p- U8 M, j: N0 Z. L! s openly in words and letters or secretly in mind. It lives as long
& j$ @2 y5 [$ a& Y% j# eas the possessor, or even much longer after her dust may be blended into
# a9 D2 T; d; ]; P/ B* e% |" M9 P: Oa vase with the clay around it.
. {/ _$ A/ @& H4 x The outward beauty can only be the object of admiration or envy while
. S3 Y2 b' v, d, ethe inward beauty, besides being a theme of the ode, can serve as an
( c- w ^, N& t4 E) h+ lexample to learn from, for the former is always endowed by birth, but # G' q0 B5 B, h* u- z
the latter by self-acquirement. However, every man is free to hold 4 C* G9 r8 o' h) R& y
his own notion of what the beauty is and to choose whichever of the two $ [0 i7 C0 |7 a: \
beauties he prefers. Only his love for his bride select should not degenerate
; G/ R) w# b, c K0 K$ ?* ]! J. qwith the shrunken beauty.』# P$ \8 R# K) l( H: h
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8 v% u! S% ]9 W/ {9 a* a1 E" P+ G+ z
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3 s/ m' O; j e6 [0 F
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 m, p8 q) A* P
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& N( [# G, n% U' S
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/ f2 H' K7 [$ o7 r( t- J) k
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- F9 N/ ~ a* ^0 X9 Z
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。0 W: p9 y' o- e0 Z. w5 F& m) @7 V
你自己好自為之吧。』芝娜道﹕『下一篇是THE BALLOON﹕ l6 L* u7 G2 @2 t" ~8 f
A little boy walks by his mother's side, with one hand in hers and a balloon
& }5 {) q, q' M/ ~; y6 m1 Z2 g in the other. A sudden gust of wind snatches the balloon away from - |0 p; K& @# w6 {7 Y
the boy's hand and bears it skyward. As it flies higher, the excited
: @4 h# H8 f) E. j W1 d7 Hpeople in the street all look up. "Surely," the balloon says to itself,
# D$ }$ b+ h; S# r8 r3 x/ b2 `feeling proud of its uprising, "they all envy me of my ascent." Then in its
; x- Q+ `7 [; w6 }: t& N5 aupward flight it passes by a balcony on which a group of boys and girls
0 A* n8 h! K) s4 W9 u& rare standing, giving a cry of excitement when seeing an escaped balloon
! P6 Y8 ?" i W! j/ A, ?# P8 bhurry on its way of freedom. "They are cheering me, I'm sure." The balloon
; y5 f7 B4 y" I$ r% S6 O4 z+ @thinks. Up and up it soars, above the roof, above the spire, through a ; K9 c; B9 ?' G J
thin cloud, into the blue sky. Then a dove hovers near, but after a glance
$ B2 h g) p4 c0 Z! Uat it, flies away with indifference. "Of course, the bird nears to
8 m4 f) l4 Q& a; q# [salute me," The buoyant balloon flatters itself in exultation, "but as
# Y* b( ^7 ]: }; y& I( @/ iI ignore her to keep my dignity, she takes herself away in awe and respect."
e) B1 ^; p4 c The higher it clambers, the haughtier it becomes, till it reaches the 5 Z& `, t5 G; `, m0 e2 I
zenith 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* N, d6 |- q+ Q; r! ~9 L8 V
好幾頁﹐說﹕『下面一篇是ON ETIQUETTE(論禮儀)﹕
( [3 K, b+ U; U C/ S5 Q- r Etiquette is to society what apparel is to the individual. Without
: m6 L B' X2 D* b: X# W' S) c2 Yapparel men would go in shameful nudity, which would surely lead to the
$ M6 b. @1 c, Y! C( Q/ i& Pcorruption of morals; and without etiquette society would be in a pitiable ! }7 R/ x6 i" ~8 C7 J$ V5 O
state and the necessary intercourse between its members would be interfered 2 V# Q: B) X5 [% ]+ r% g( g
by needless offences and troubles. If society were a train, the etiquette
/ o5 p6 b2 e+ f8 Bwould be the rails, along which only the train could rumble forth; if
% P) Z/ t* V6 ^5 V B1 _5 lsociety were a state coach, the etiquette would be the wheels and axis,
8 f5 ~: c7 q# J: ~/ h3 x& w on which only the coach could roll forward.
5 X2 }" K/ w6 ]/ M1 t The lack of proprieties would make the most intimate friends turn to 7 k. r2 Z7 A# e, R8 \( F! l
be the most decided enemies and the friendly or allied countries declare : U- o9 G2 C0 B/ }; p: ~
war against each other. We can find many examples in the history of mankind.8 n7 i4 ?; F b; A* o
A duke of Song Dukedom in East Zhou Dynasty in ancient China was killed
$ d! L6 e, L3 ~: y; |( ]% Wby his favorite knight for a joking word. therefore, I advise you to stand
! t* X3 Z( w, ^on ceremony before anyone else and to take pains not to do anything stupid 4 Y. w/ p) ?. o8 w) i5 w
against etiquette lest you give offences or make enemies.』. I, ]* P/ N3 E1 p* B% I
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9 Y4 E- S1 i% k/ v) 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
, m( J4 f* ~- \; I7 `, C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/ P! ]3 E( v$ `
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。
* f! q! `( X; \' X7 f& X% B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﹕$ X: z/ r+ f( {3 B! ~, X' |
『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﹕9 I3 E3 v8 t" g# c2 }; S
『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﹐- ~/ \- r% @: Z' ?& 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
& ]; g) M$ b: x. f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) b9 t& a: F6 z1 k$ i" L
銘」的譯文" P6 A" @6 C5 `; f
AN EULOGY ON MY HUMBLE ABODE﹕7 x( c" m2 M/ W \5 K# k
Known will the hills be if fairies dwell, no matter high of low; and
5 j/ d2 \7 }7 H6 u9 T0 Lcharmed will the waters be if dragons hidden, no matter deep or shallow.
/ M6 u8 i/ v8 L3 P: ^ A humble abode though this is, my virtues make it smell sweet. Verdant + U c/ v. |3 i. s. k
are the stonesteps overgrown with moss, and green seems the screen 8 Z/ X3 x- O* ?# X5 q
as the grass seen through it. I chat and laugh only with great scholars 6 Q8 n4 S) |# q; X j
and have no intercourse with the ignorant. I can play lute and read my , z% J- a" w* H8 w3 v7 q
sutras; no unpleasant music to grate on my ears and no red-tape to make
) h4 Y7 |& y* ?' `$ h& @, f, f' ime weary and tired. Zhuge's residence in Nanyang and Ziyun's inhabitance
5 }; D: H! _2 X7 oin Xishu are both like what Confucius quoth, "How canth it be humble?"
- F( b/ h' a+ @7 s; L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。8 c) N! V" K" J/ y) q, h
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﹕
. J% T$ [" \( R3 Y* g『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
/ G2 s& p4 y1 ]: b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
$ Y( H0 Q% w/ n% I/ q; R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。』0 I2 F+ ^5 e" Z& t L% v6 |. N7 O
0 ~) }4 ^6 }3 F5 @ 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
4 P5 i. H3 p: v( A2 G8 U& B( M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& _" e S% A6 Z, @$ j& h
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。』( H, d# N K# Z3 p9 k: W
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9 `& n' W* _4 @. S* K- T4 b8 c
資料複印在微縮帶上﹐可放映在一般電腦屏上閱讀﹐很方便。. j* C V1 J# W0 U8 J8 v! l1 H
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 z2 y* h, _* T7 ?
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# Y d3 x) X- c& r
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﹕
+ a" |' O5 u- _ T) z+ G『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
$ \5 J' Q! l5 n4 Q7 R& Q音樂跳起舞來﹐直至興盡而散。
# a3 C* K6 T/ g7 i3 E G2 c1 w 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
* N/ ^2 r6 r' o$ `7 k: I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 \; a' f/ |& a7 O. m7 W, H' a
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3 M* f0 c( A' y: b s+ [
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
: U" I( p5 C# G0 J1 b1 B: u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﹐5 w# F6 _' f! Q" T
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. ~# Z& O x2 B j0 W. P4 [
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
' k8 j5 @+ o9 i( ~, p( 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 e, u6 w# q6 ~7 L1 F1 N
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。6 ^% R$ e2 `% x$ C9 ]; X& v" \: N
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
# a0 d4 v g: _8 s6 g) z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/ S9 P2 v, g- x3 C0 e+ p; X
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) C& _. ]( m2 A. F
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
& t! C- J" g3 [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" I! I4 r( p2 }0 `
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1 e( q& B( Z+ ]/ Q$ V" M( ^2 P
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﹐* j2 B) b- I" D6 O% @1 M
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
) ]4 k; ^% z- W) ^4 T/ D9 o4 Q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 k A) N# U* s8 z( ~9 o1 S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6 x3 p# a. R- V* i; m# D' T
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2 V; `' o; v& v0 P
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
1 V" e4 f- B$ [ A) y8 u+ n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/ H! w# g3 k5 B. 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, h7 {" t0 e, c) I4 k; p" Q
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) Y* \: W- w; j" e/ [5 f
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
+ Q: Z9 s: ?* i8 D+ K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
- U7 U8 d% K# \; V8 R# a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# v% f6 B p! _6 e$ K
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 Z! D/ k$ z0 _# w9 v
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
2 I1 _, D, l0 o6 U/ k5 K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
5 p: g; F0 ~, Y7 Z評論才會公允。』 |
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