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芝娜道﹕『下面一首是RED AFTERGLOW﹕6 ^6 P0 t3 o% t) ~
1) Lo, the red afterglow,6 Z* d$ |" }' Z( b0 c: b
Against the sky blue!
2 H w$ c5 c( m) ~9 ^* R2 h Is it the blush of Heaven, ; U* \, W m& k( U2 T/ G7 v1 t
As on a maiden's cheeks, + o6 G+ B. R7 C$ _/ u" q
When she catches sight- ~$ S: d @. Y& y0 z3 S! M9 `5 }
Of her coming lover?' v/ W8 w4 t: o6 `4 E9 R# d
2) Lo, the red afterglow," ^" L; [3 U0 Y) w* O- L
Against the sky blue!) X8 c3 ]4 b/ V" U6 ?# L: L: P7 q
Is it the fire of bivouac
- T1 f a3 P* Z+ S4 L: l0 | Kindled by Nymphs and Naiads
8 r2 q3 y# |' l, P6 r On the banks of Milky Way
" N3 F. [) O' R4 P" r3 X% r+ W Holding a celestial picnic?
$ I; `1 m- d6 b) T4 o4 E7 K3) Lo, the red afterglow,! x& m" k7 D1 Y. F! q
Against the sky blue!
1 Y& g% |# N6 o1 F A1 j0 p Is it the ruddy gauze veil
6 F" p* n% C) ? That veiled the face of Juno! R5 ~5 x. n- n& T9 O, u8 ~) y! B% N7 [
On her holy nuptial day7 ]) ^5 }* j) F1 r$ ]* R6 `
When she married Jupiter?
' v4 x3 f. X' X( s) [1 u* i k4) Lo, the red afterglow,& _: {+ E1 z$ @/ a5 D) S$ g; Z% Y
Against the sky blue!; O, k0 l/ y1 ~
Is it the fire of Mt. Olympus* W1 O H/ R7 s2 V/ p3 z5 o. j0 u
Stolen by noble Prometheus,9 l% Y! N: k1 d' p5 M4 G- ]" R& T
And in his careless down-flight
8 F( B/ @% T# i' D+ e/ _+ o! S Set the fleecy clouds aflame?. P! _% V" T( S& k _$ b: f3 Y- L) ~1 W
5) Lo, the red afterglow,; }# A0 T8 _& [# {9 X
Against the sky blue!
! z# i: d3 m. k" a Is it the blood of the heroes* Z( j1 c8 _4 H# i
That died on battlefields
3 R9 ]# C! F$ r6 k In the sacred defense
& A3 K' j8 ^# y( q- K, A% z) l Of their dear motherland?
9 _7 O8 B! b/ |( B6 _6) Lo, the red afterglow,) ]7 J6 Q0 K( [ F1 |2 o( f
against the sky blue!
+ [- R, {; y- b; E If it the Isle of Coral
3 E* n# p. B, t' @ Removed by a white witch/ A) b$ t; K! R5 O, y# o3 W! l
From the Pacific deep, T* p! | m3 j
To the heavens above?* z' a6 d V/ c# H& [4 G! ]8 `
7) Lo, the red afterglow,
' J* J9 a2 o* `: d6 b& i- @& G$ h Against the sky blue!/ ^7 h u4 o! |$ I
Is it a cluster of peach trees,3 Y( ?! E% @5 x3 l+ O! t6 v6 D
Their blossoms in full bloom,; e. X/ S7 h$ I
Grown by the daughters of God
' I: ?+ D" I. v7 f+ o And watered with nectar?) v6 p# F2 O3 ?
8) Lo, the red afterglow,* g: S& f% z$ T/ [
Against the sky blue!$ g. G+ v: Q1 G: ?3 j9 v
Is it Flora's rouge: B5 K7 W' b+ b9 \
Spread all over the sky
2 g# c2 d5 B( | By her frightened maids
" q: G" ^, r2 Z; Y- b In escape from her anger?+ d5 c" E, J# v; {& t' K, e3 x3 k
9) Lo, the red afterglow,# c4 D% ^+ v* U
Against the sky blue!
: j- H6 ?) v: c$ M. {' s0 } Is it a large piece of sponge: s/ i! z( \, {' Y: W, G; _" x
Soaked through with claret/ }! b7 r5 {: G
Upset from the Holy Grail
% j! M3 P; E6 S2 ], n By a rash cosmic pilot?』
0 w: o& k* X( R, |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
* B7 x) ]4 } v ]" B; n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/ t/ }$ d/ [" s% X! l* |% [
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) H, V' R- B- g+ p; x0 j& 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3 z; v1 u. D6 n, z1 v& e2 X, Z
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
! V9 d/ U/ k3 @1 z4 q( i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 S8 Y4 j# ?( O/ J0 j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。 0 H( @! M2 Q% j& c" E
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﹕
8 P$ A$ F4 |5 P, p( JWhen young, I don't have any notions what woes really mean,
0 x, o- J* |2 h) W) S) | Just love to get on floors so high. 1 K9 W) v6 W/ R& n
Just love to get on floors so high,
. \2 o3 X. m1 y1 S0 ~; L% M% eTo write new poems, I try to say the words of woe and spleen.
, ?( m" \. v1 T) H2 y' j$ \$ W& I( b2 w' P' V" b! o) }5 c
But now I fully have ideas of what woe really is,# e2 m, I. R+ j, p
Afraid to get on floors so high.
% F/ K' ~4 f+ ~0 N( o O Afraid to get on floors so high,
( h2 E9 ~- e. o, N j( G9 L6 v) pI only say in poems how good and cool the Autumn is.』
1 p2 J' R+ H4 w- d4 E9 e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6 Q/ V0 z p. S) F$ _6 H$ 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。
& F/ [) ]& J) X# k7 p6 f' Y. K4 X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﹕& c* N& `5 `2 i
『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1 ~8 Q& f4 D, K
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& g4 ^- N/ D3 ]; y) o
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
# S3 [ E) Q. F5 R' K6 e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﹐
* Z- c2 y! T$ e+ W5 ^" B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$ @7 k1 ~, R: z3 q
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( ^! e5 j- a% @. |7 G! 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
' J$ A' j4 S+ }/ H5 h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 y7 p" R6 o& h% D$ j
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
p3 T6 K; P# w; u5 I4 z+ {2 x% [6 \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
9 o6 |8 F2 r) T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﹕8 {+ d* b( z5 y+ y
Poor Odipus, a scapegoat he was! Accused of three great crimes, he ) z2 w) K5 f Y2 ^1 M5 Q
suffered a terrible tragic death ----a punishment inflicted on him by + C# a' }: u: v, J3 S
the gods on Olympus. When he learned his fate decided by the almighty
3 Z, R8 \! V0 N. z" g8 Xgods to kill his father, marry his mother and bring destruction on his
2 |0 Z5 T, G& P2 r% ^- snative city, he wished to escape from it. But destiny was unavoidable,and . I3 R" j0 m/ A+ H5 U: P% u* u
unawares he fulfilled the assigned tasks. If the gods had decided his 1 ]' F! R0 ~8 E- l# C+ p
fate otherwise, he would not have been a criminal, receiving an unjust
. _: C8 O7 u1 K: j# Npunishment and bearing an ill-fame for thousands of years. He was only # x# U4 y/ N3 }% z
an executor of the wills of the gods who, struck perhaps with a whimsical + E% `* @& A6 f. r# m
fantasy, played a practical joke on the helpless mortal. The gods were ! j8 \: E/ E8 l, @
the plotters. Who then deserved the punishment? The gods on Olympus rather
# q, m5 Z. {6 d( ^2 H z' Pthan poor Odipus!』
, a; {9 N& Y1 h+ D) E1 A# ^' Y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﹐
" E3 a7 p! e2 D# Z7 H+ {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﹕
/ m, |# V: N% K『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﹕6 K0 C C) z7 L( U$ o6 o
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 3 M2 ]$ F4 X3 U+ }5 e/ o3 M
ADDRESSES TO MONEY﹕
8 |. [# R$ ?$ A8 W d' [1) Oh, Money! My darling Money! My respected Money! I'm your admirer,
5 k' y% `) f2 R! A" Pyour worshipper. Oh, Money, my Queen, your Majesty! I'm your servant, 0 S) H% N, x( t
your slave. With you I can get food to keep me alive. With you I can
6 M: t6 o8 [8 W" y$ Iget clothes to keep warm. And with you I can get whatever I want, a
, ^, H y3 Z$ z; Igrand mansion to live in and all the superfluities of life for ostentation.
8 ?8 r" M8 p. d, {; A" ABut without you my love will desert me. Without you my friends will - X, M; N# W! y8 I6 j W8 E
turn back on me. And without you I'll go a-begging like a poor dog
& T9 Z8 c' a5 } K: ~and sleeping alone at night in a ruined porch. Oh, Almighty Money, come ( w1 t( r0 m! t1 l" h, D
to me, I implore you! Pray, endow me with your favor and be sure that I'm & |( t# F2 \; X) P3 `+ y3 f4 F
willing to receive every small coin from you on my knees by which to show
- I3 [$ ^1 j) `1 Y! Z6 ?. j9 ]my deep-hearted gratitude. 』
, z, u: m9 F# P* Z0 ]. c6 L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 Q( I8 c/ G: o! b, O$ `* s. }芝娜又唸道﹕『第二﹕1 h, t& w' j1 e- u9 r( e
2) Oh, money, my obedient servant, my faithful slave! I'm your master, 5 c9 d4 t0 V7 C$ f+ c# ~. s
your owner. OH, money, my passe-partout, my almighty tool! I'm you user, - F. R7 y7 z; g" R1 a4 \8 ]8 B- [
your disposer. With you I can start my enterprises. With you I can carry " j2 Y+ n# z' j
on my great plans. And with you I can make the little world around me 2 M' J& ?8 R5 J& k1 z
go at my will. If without you I can still have a large store of learning. 5 W& I7 y# m6 ]0 P0 m& N* L
If without you I can still have an unpolluted name. And if without you 8 N& t) K# }1 ~
I can still live like a hermit writing books of great thoughts.
+ f. J6 v% S# D6 y7 U$ S: q) yOh, servile money, come to me; my lad, I command you! Serve me well
: S2 G( b! d/ W! u- j1 g' u9 A and don't be naughty, or I'll punish you.』; ^( P+ a7 C$ O! 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
# S" C" y. ^( N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﹐9 u( r" _* C' v: K) N: `" N
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
8 O* E, {5 V; \' K(談美)﹕
5 w& `' j+ _6 k Beauty often dwells in youth. At sight of a charming girl, everyone
: d# M* p0 T; E9 u7 a, n" {' z4 u+ k0 Bwill exclaim, "My eyes! What a great beauty!" The male stares with # A& o8 Q! h) ^. v
a thrill of admiration; the female gazes with a sigh of envy. Wherever 0 q4 O6 k# Z, P0 N8 K* n
she goes, she becomes the focus of the attention. Men all yearn to win
n- y6 M+ D- J, Yher heart; women all feel a regret unable to stand in her shoes. A glance
! e$ C& D0 U' V- K' y* Cor a smile from her makes the stingy empty his hoard of gold and the % b) I5 \8 ^% Q/ e' m
coward give up his life for her. She enjoys her queenly position in society,
# W* ~3 ^8 R( J) C( F proud of the possession of such a beauty. But the merciless Time
5 k& ?) l% x) ?& r9 ~0 e/ Fdogs her steps, too. Her beauty is worn out with the years. She begins to
8 L1 X7 q0 ?5 `* x& u2 o% Zfade away and the hardship in life, if any would befall her, will bring
% F& z6 ~ U/ f2 e! R9 [8 K6 t/ S7 jmore wrinkles on her face. Then men turn their backs on her politely with
+ E/ t* H5 v5 r7 B; M5 W" ka bow; women look at her with indifference. The younger generation is magnetized " f) D- V$ J' Z/ l" J
round another focus. The old queen has to abdicate and leave the throne ! K1 Z+ ~# Z) d6 m8 ^6 f) |
for a young one to occupy. Only a photo or portrait can preserve her beauty
$ j6 P' S/ N9 O# \/ B0 x( qin youth and no Time is capable of doing any injury to her preserved beauty
) Q0 g* |# [7 Qbut the preserver itself.
" { }7 G+ {) i1 h! a Therefore, admire not the beauty without, but the beauty within. Such ; R" j* C/ O' [8 D6 i6 \
a beauty will never wither though Time also plots to do it harm. In the
) R2 p. L6 l( ^4 W6 G5 ^struggle against the adversities of life and the ruthlessness of Time, + Q7 X0 w% I( h" N }% W' c
it grows radiant, or even dazzling, just like a rock in midstream made 3 L- k! m1 }! B; ?3 j! N2 }+ [- J3 c
smooth and glossy by the current of both the stream and Time. Everyone,
, S/ r. ~3 R+ hin spite of the age and sex, if aware of it, will sing its praise either ) A2 K; d4 T4 h* T
openly in words and letters or secretly in mind. It lives as long 7 i) `" B- O+ V$ t2 d
as the possessor, or even much longer after her dust may be blended into
, J; d/ y$ x4 K/ F2 |3 m$ K" ma vase with the clay around it. 9 {4 R6 F! w/ V. r X
The outward beauty can only be the object of admiration or envy while + G8 [6 L! x7 K, c) d
the inward beauty, besides being a theme of the ode, can serve as an
8 J- O$ ^ \# F [* f+ [' Texample to learn from, for the former is always endowed by birth, but
* `- D% i2 S; P, ?) z1 C/ athe latter by self-acquirement. However, every man is free to hold
% \% b. e5 d6 h his own notion of what the beauty is and to choose whichever of the two
9 E; W4 D: _7 v# K5 ?beauties he prefers. Only his love for his bride select should not degenerate ' T: B0 v- X# r3 L, i$ l7 n
with the shrunken beauty.』
* U% o- I& U1 k. b8 a& v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
& b) R. j! C* f4 a+ R7 O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
" t7 K, L- z) D* S7 ]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 。』4 P* F0 ~" T' V( z0 j
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
/ f _1 G1 o4 d7 D/ m9 I7 \5 J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
+ x$ U5 v/ f8 t* O! D0 F- ]) A* |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9 q* G8 c* X/ v( z7 b4 |% [* W& V3 C, ^
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。
' y+ c9 B9 G& y" P+ |你自己好自為之吧。』芝娜道﹕『下一篇是THE BALLOON﹕& [. g) \0 S/ i
A little boy walks by his mother's side, with one hand in hers and a balloon
7 ?4 H/ P( G/ g3 n in the other. A sudden gust of wind snatches the balloon away from $ h$ j# d9 ~+ f2 `' W
the boy's hand and bears it skyward. As it flies higher, the excited
' |" p2 _, f- a1 i* wpeople in the street all look up. "Surely," the balloon says to itself, 6 c, v. W A; m1 m; q
feeling proud of its uprising, "they all envy me of my ascent." Then in its $ x/ d6 {! d- d/ O' g0 p( a
upward flight it passes by a balcony on which a group of boys and girls 8 G+ `% [7 K! r
are standing, giving a cry of excitement when seeing an escaped balloon
4 T! f5 q& m& k% lhurry on its way of freedom. "They are cheering me, I'm sure." The balloon % J3 }" ^2 R! I
thinks. Up and up it soars, above the roof, above the spire, through a , v+ A: v+ O% a' a0 D5 W I1 q
thin cloud, into the blue sky. Then a dove hovers near, but after a glance 6 j! L- R* C- U2 w# f
at it, flies away with indifference. "Of course, the bird nears to 4 z9 y v3 Z3 Y b
salute me," The buoyant balloon flatters itself in exultation, "but as 9 C, P# E/ a; U% Z5 V
I ignore her to keep my dignity, she takes herself away in awe and respect."
( j% X3 x; o4 h5 A2 J/ Y5 {# _ The higher it clambers, the haughtier it becomes, till it reaches the $ D; d% Y% G$ h) Z6 A
zenith where it means to stay for millions of years, but, alas, it bursts!
3 x$ r/ p O2 ?』
9 a' a9 k! u& J. c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0 y. ?8 w* K6 M' x/ |
好幾頁﹐說﹕『下面一篇是ON ETIQUETTE(論禮儀)﹕* i/ d6 O0 B q2 Q5 {5 V
Etiquette is to society what apparel is to the individual. Without ( R: o8 n& A% r, A; |* m
apparel men would go in shameful nudity, which would surely lead to the 6 j7 v6 ^3 l: O+ |
corruption of morals; and without etiquette society would be in a pitiable 7 ~1 O+ T2 Q. Z$ m+ g
state and the necessary intercourse between its members would be interfered / N( `0 Q- B* G8 v _$ x1 q
by needless offences and troubles. If society were a train, the etiquette
6 v+ W8 [6 S3 g. K3 Z- Gwould be the rails, along which only the train could rumble forth; if 3 f# [& g. i3 @
society were a state coach, the etiquette would be the wheels and axis, 8 M& d9 M" B, r8 o+ C* k
on which only the coach could roll forward.! s! }* o5 h- q. F* t" V l
The lack of proprieties would make the most intimate friends turn to
5 `, b2 N3 [1 _7 Z1 z, Sbe the most decided enemies and the friendly or allied countries declare * `& R' N) e7 v+ u7 |
war against each other. We can find many examples in the history of mankind.0 W; `: s; @1 }0 P, r0 O( D8 L/ r
A duke of Song Dukedom in East Zhou Dynasty in ancient China was killed ' F7 W" ?% e) L b, F
by his favorite knight for a joking word. therefore, I advise you to stand - G% J4 x: I" _4 I
on ceremony before anyone else and to take pains not to do anything stupid 1 q9 H5 c7 q% V( k7 R
against etiquette lest you give offences or make enemies.』 k) [+ U3 V R9 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
' m+ J9 r! o* |3 T; `9 i ?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; [' V- @, f5 B% M. J; u- 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( R! W. E, E; N2 \2 G I+ f
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。, r0 ?3 C/ r; [0 m |
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﹕
o7 ~/ `& T& p8 q' Z『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﹕6 x; d4 i" R# S, V/ I9 L
『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﹐
3 b- {, n4 w, F8 ?" O5 a2 k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
( G5 J2 `$ I2 i6 T1 A7 I W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5 c; {( T1 ?9 v; @7 Z
銘」的譯文
5 m& ~, m" h8 _$ y' x8 ~4 N4 ^AN EULOGY ON MY HUMBLE ABODE﹕0 g( |6 o2 j- F4 {0 \; G6 M
Known will the hills be if fairies dwell, no matter high of low; and - \; z+ W2 ^* \* L$ \- r
charmed will the waters be if dragons hidden, no matter deep or shallow. - Q' k9 M% u- w
A humble abode though this is, my virtues make it smell sweet. Verdant 9 i7 d, b- T' n( I- r
are the stonesteps overgrown with moss, and green seems the screen
. D" @0 e2 w3 l0 h6 x( Z' J- [- W* G as the grass seen through it. I chat and laugh only with great scholars
' z; G( u2 ]$ J t+ C0 |. gand have no intercourse with the ignorant. I can play lute and read my
- z" \) A# P- X* z" isutras; no unpleasant music to grate on my ears and no red-tape to make
8 s: D+ L7 t( G0 d0 ]/ R- |me weary and tired. Zhuge's residence in Nanyang and Ziyun's inhabitance ( }) q- Y" [7 X" z, o5 |7 o! W6 J
in Xishu are both like what Confucius quoth, "How canth it be humble?"
' C; z5 l$ }) p4 m: b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。7 Z/ j8 L( F' S
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﹕
, d& v5 a' `1 T0 P/ s2 A- N( Y' 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
w8 y; S" C) s# Q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
& x4 n5 w4 q& E1 |3 ^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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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
* |/ I2 ~' x& b4 _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
$ G3 d$ E5 p* s- v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。』1 r0 w0 ?. Z6 }" h, A+ |
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
, Y Y" X. f: L! f資料複印在微縮帶上﹐可放映在一般電腦屏上閱讀﹐很方便。
" S2 y- J# o1 [ 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* m* f4 D$ z b/ p. i7 T
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/ J5 ?- p4 ^5 o8 Q7 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﹕
z/ v( K# H3 E1 x. I; Z3 @『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2 I# @6 P8 {4 y0 z; R
音樂跳起舞來﹐直至興盡而散。
4 E* S1 _- J8 v# x! V0 A 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
5 \( D, Z4 ?1 M- I2 f$ @8 a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: z1 k, B; t7 o8 ~: g1 M
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
n8 g1 ~4 t' n+ }0 u8 ~, Z$ F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 p( n* Y0 e' G3 b8 A# {0 X( t* C
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﹐1 C A& ]$ p$ h& D- n! |* V, g& K. C3 q$ P
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 R. o/ F( z) I9 J& i- w0 a
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# ?4 d! X' J7 q6 s. z6 m U
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
* p' I% D: P$ y0 [$ {/ K2 r0 C# ~ `- e" G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。( o& c% P+ Y* U# ~. ?; W
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$ t' O3 s( p! S, l2 Z$ V3 U
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﹖』八6 V' T9 v" m1 Q; |$ i/ o" j* k
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
" [) o4 e& J. k. o5 @& y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! h/ G, R2 G; H. {
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
; o& w/ y$ l/ d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 p+ H7 v* P1 u7 N' K9 U, U
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﹐5 e8 T; h6 m5 _$ N) ^. w: C
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) @$ ^& s0 J9 g! S% c0 N/ o5 h
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」
& r2 ]" t: d% T1 n0 O1 c' e7 j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
0 a* I3 s( J4 X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3 a& P9 ?/ }. g
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* T% a. S' G; k$ H; k& K
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5 N, L+ a" s+ H! M R! ]
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5 q, D% ]6 \/ K, b/ p8 I! c
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" b% J; k/ H7 H
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
$ s5 Z* g8 n. a6 ?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8 X7 F" ^& h: F$ p/ k# H6 X+ P4 n& d
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
# R( I* s" t3 h% z ]- T5 v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。』
5 I' a; y* R8 a: [; U/ Y3 O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
$ r: U# X) ]$ s3 Y. u) Z u5 s# 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
- f# ]% a: m$ N/ X2 e& E評論才會公允。』 |
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