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芝娜道﹕『下面一首是RED AFTERGLOW﹕ T) N8 b+ |9 v! ?. t% r
1) Lo, the red afterglow,
# Q/ z1 [+ [, S Against the sky blue! 5 |! f; C4 c. `8 N) I
Is it the blush of Heaven, 0 c1 u. h* z8 [# o! F, B5 d
As on a maiden's cheeks,
( j' F$ d$ [% K* h8 Y When she catches sight
1 K P) n' K2 P2 q5 X Y9 S Of her coming lover?
. X* B+ p$ j3 t" S8 M3 G( Q0 V, ?2) Lo, the red afterglow,# t& l: Z1 T$ x' E- t+ I9 [% ^0 c
Against the sky blue!$ J* M+ j% O# w6 i- J0 r* U
Is it the fire of bivouac
3 _$ r- J/ h$ F7 w9 }! M4 q# J Kindled by Nymphs and Naiads) s; E o. f# V, A+ f
On the banks of Milky Way8 ^' c$ k) f. V# {6 ?
Holding a celestial picnic?/ g( f7 \' \5 G! g @. T
3) Lo, the red afterglow,
* s$ }; ?. U, n. Z& |8 e- I Against the sky blue!
0 s" n' H7 U) J" j" ] Is it the ruddy gauze veil/ P2 [% r. j* u! z6 N% c
That veiled the face of Juno& O8 U* F8 w- V( N9 ^
On her holy nuptial day
2 S) S/ B, m) Q# T1 h" O- t0 l9 M When she married Jupiter?6 y, m) z* Z0 c2 V0 q3 J0 o6 R: S
4) Lo, the red afterglow,
5 c/ a$ L3 H+ e0 N Against the sky blue!; h; k8 u+ P* F0 L$ d
Is it the fire of Mt. Olympus, v# n/ N3 P* Z- I8 V
Stolen by noble Prometheus,
$ c# ^- \. U. k. a/ w' x. X; w" H And in his careless down-flight
" X% a% Q* z+ b9 ~3 q Set the fleecy clouds aflame?
% O5 u7 h5 Y* c- n/ S* W% K5) Lo, the red afterglow,5 ?- V" y. |, a G1 R/ n3 _; D6 q: B
Against the sky blue!2 k7 u9 t; Y8 n0 ?
Is it the blood of the heroes$ y/ P" x- J5 v e6 a6 d9 o
That died on battlefields
7 _4 d3 K f4 n! u+ A In the sacred defense# _8 f( Q2 M$ F" e* s1 \
Of their dear motherland?+ q9 ?7 |- ?3 f& I3 {* I8 a# M
6) Lo, the red afterglow,
( s; `0 L8 f |: u) Y against the sky blue!
7 ?/ z1 S! K5 s0 z9 E! E If it the Isle of Coral0 B8 H, H) b1 X. z6 G9 X* c
Removed by a white witch4 ~5 |9 O0 @: D, o
From the Pacific deep
: w/ c' A* z7 ?0 l- ^( w! J To the heavens above?
$ n, ~+ S. J1 ]6 \8 S7) Lo, the red afterglow,
, |, f' i- D3 a" \/ |0 Y Against the sky blue!
# b$ h% K5 M$ J" i- i Is it a cluster of peach trees,
/ U& |6 j9 k7 j- e Their blossoms in full bloom,1 ]6 R! i' ~+ I% G9 W% c0 L4 Q3 n
Grown by the daughters of God
3 ]% v- ^. ^6 n And watered with nectar?; x& ]5 D5 ]3 k' \8 p& j4 ^2 S
8) Lo, the red afterglow,' U: @1 }. e$ Q9 { h7 @4 q- @- [
Against the sky blue!
# I0 `0 y: ]8 B" }- o4 c3 j- S Is it Flora's rouge; o! |) K& R0 B$ o* f
Spread all over the sky
8 ?% p& `. a9 R: u By her frightened maids
3 s \+ z& x0 q; i$ ]0 e6 m In escape from her anger?
1 ]- B4 w: @4 k; s3 z5 N, K9) Lo, the red afterglow,
" P4 h+ L9 O( P9 x" F Against the sky blue!
3 z, M& S6 g" A3 f2 U9 r) u Is it a large piece of sponge
0 l) z! M2 F$ e/ d$ F5 h% y Soaked through with claret
8 Y1 J2 K/ T9 i6 \! x+ S Upset from the Holy Grail. }# G# N2 A2 X9 B( m$ G9 b
By a rash cosmic pilot?』
" i4 {) |9 X2 j' R! S. a6 j9 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2 h0 p5 F2 O! S4 F2 @, R& H
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
0 A. _3 M) ]# i' ]: D. k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
. a# S7 A$ r( R) O( q" `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
" C9 p7 ]8 }2 K+ c3 G0 _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 s! W" u# |) ?7 D
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' q- F: V( h7 S$ Y3 B. a' u- {
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。
! a+ K l k1 u9 Y6 ?% d+ s 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﹕6 v" H! v# v g. [
When young, I don't have any notions what woes really mean,
3 @7 M+ t+ n2 z Just love to get on floors so high.
5 Q/ @/ x V! h2 k2 ^6 k Just love to get on floors so high,- j. N3 I$ T& [3 f- b( Y3 f
To write new poems, I try to say the words of woe and spleen.
1 b# j8 R3 p" W" F% ~& x5 }5 d
+ t; F0 N, }/ j% e- I4 QBut now I fully have ideas of what woe really is,- P* s4 ]- ^+ B0 o
Afraid to get on floors so high.
# A& j# U" y8 ^9 J: V b' C Afraid to get on floors so high,
; T% v! M' w* D& E& ~I only say in poems how good and cool the Autumn is.』! M7 O* C6 Z" u5 K3 C
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5 L0 s" c- |3 n2 f
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。 }5 e" `+ n" F, J; Y
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﹕
; w, c' y) A# }. R『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 F% Q& y# H e/ 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
v f v! ]. l& P/ S4 J2 `6 Q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" L) t/ W( s8 D7 `) j9 |& v
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﹐
+ K: G! P9 E# W( [7 C j: V$ `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
3 y% i0 V; v Q' ?) r. h! m# [' [ 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
6 j, D. Q4 W% A1 L( 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
, P5 f6 H1 y" K* i6 L% e1 D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
M/ V8 w K# }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
& O7 Z" C+ d- e0 Z4 ]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) A; S$ P4 x/ c5 w' {
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﹕
9 |( ~! R6 ^. Y D$ T2 _Poor Odipus, a scapegoat he was! Accused of three great crimes, he ; h6 Y* A+ l& o+ [' c& [
suffered a terrible tragic death ----a punishment inflicted on him by
3 x& H& N, F! W2 |( Y; d4 [the gods on Olympus. When he learned his fate decided by the almighty / }( `& ?( B3 [8 H3 R5 H" k
gods to kill his father, marry his mother and bring destruction on his 5 x4 Y) P6 o* C
native city, he wished to escape from it. But destiny was unavoidable,and . f* u4 Q$ G7 y0 {
unawares he fulfilled the assigned tasks. If the gods had decided his + K( V3 r4 b X7 I4 X. i$ R' d6 q
fate otherwise, he would not have been a criminal, receiving an unjust
3 u- k5 {8 i; V+ @& G8 m# I' t8 F( {' upunishment and bearing an ill-fame for thousands of years. He was only 2 k. M: F* Y+ B5 @5 w9 _
an executor of the wills of the gods who, struck perhaps with a whimsical 4 y) @3 i! E' ?( h" u7 `
fantasy, played a practical joke on the helpless mortal. The gods were
& y9 \: L& N. y7 _, j+ Xthe plotters. Who then deserved the punishment? The gods on Olympus rather % }1 d2 g8 Y$ H0 j
than poor Odipus!』/ M0 e( H; ?9 X1 s, v/ a3 v
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﹐+ e: H: B& L$ T+ b2 I! P6 b
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﹕1 d4 y2 G; X, B" L* U) ^ D0 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﹕ T+ t7 w; O- ~; O3 z+ H% s$ c
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 . s# W! Q& A. M2 q) }4 i
ADDRESSES TO MONEY﹕, t- u; B- t5 J2 t9 Y8 @! W
1) Oh, Money! My darling Money! My respected Money! I'm your admirer, 9 e& |5 v. r8 N, c% C4 ^$ W
your worshipper. Oh, Money, my Queen, your Majesty! I'm your servant,
5 d- R9 q. d3 Hyour slave. With you I can get food to keep me alive. With you I can : H* [% v. a- ]1 G6 G
get clothes to keep warm. And with you I can get whatever I want, a
! s6 N( E2 z: M: sgrand mansion to live in and all the superfluities of life for ostentation. * f" k0 L! B; ?3 x$ H
But without you my love will desert me. Without you my friends will ) n/ V% _1 H8 C% s7 ^' O- Z
turn back on me. And without you I'll go a-begging like a poor dog
; y) `# G& |( J$ K; l$ M$ D6 S/ Cand sleeping alone at night in a ruined porch. Oh, Almighty Money, come
& |; c2 _& B8 C7 L2 `& ]to me, I implore you! Pray, endow me with your favor and be sure that I'm 0 a. Z/ b5 ~5 _% s$ r! |8 i; o$ d
willing to receive every small coin from you on my knees by which to show
! _& `# p5 B) Z1 z" b, `5 F4 G+ e8 v/ }my deep-hearted gratitude. 』, o0 q U& X# k( G8 ]
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。』
) }$ {" F6 M" P" n# O. b芝娜又唸道﹕『第二﹕
1 z; ~% n. N) O3 n2 ]2) Oh, money, my obedient servant, my faithful slave! I'm your master, 1 Y( n& L/ H9 X/ {- L
your owner. OH, money, my passe-partout, my almighty tool! I'm you user, + z& a% l5 R! l* _
your disposer. With you I can start my enterprises. With you I can carry F& X% _$ l5 A' I
on my great plans. And with you I can make the little world around me
# E4 m$ S, l" l- q+ Mgo at my will. If without you I can still have a large store of learning. " E% O% t; N; }; H, c2 ?
If without you I can still have an unpolluted name. And if without you
* m% r/ W+ z+ s1 o- {" j' H& [3 y I can still live like a hermit writing books of great thoughts.
3 D7 q- D0 q2 ?9 t0 JOh, servile money, come to me; my lad, I command you! Serve me well + Y2 g8 x" b% U1 I6 X
and don't be naughty, or I'll punish you.』( |+ `! M3 l! g- _) l4 o
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
5 m& R& T1 ~( a) O9 M' D7 M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 C! s0 h6 `1 n4 m8 N1 e' d
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 BEAUTY7 J) @4 m% \ u9 v2 Y
(談美)﹕
( h% g/ K; T- p% D Beauty often dwells in youth. At sight of a charming girl, everyone % H) o( m q9 ]( \, N, g
will exclaim, "My eyes! What a great beauty!" The male stares with 9 _! l* P5 S3 }- x- j4 }& m7 r
a thrill of admiration; the female gazes with a sigh of envy. Wherever 2 H- h2 ^' t4 |5 J& F
she goes, she becomes the focus of the attention. Men all yearn to win : m% G7 S7 j, r. @" E2 D/ r# \
her heart; women all feel a regret unable to stand in her shoes. A glance " Z9 J2 g' S$ k @: k
or a smile from her makes the stingy empty his hoard of gold and the
3 m/ R8 v+ ?* T7 N8 j' o. T' ]5 i3 W% ucoward give up his life for her. She enjoys her queenly position in society,% L5 \4 t7 e/ j
proud of the possession of such a beauty. But the merciless Time
) T& Z+ P6 g" z6 f2 X! wdogs her steps, too. Her beauty is worn out with the years. She begins to
# A/ U+ g5 W! P3 C! _$ [3 P2 ufade away and the hardship in life, if any would befall her, will bring # T& s" ?4 K- r
more wrinkles on her face. Then men turn their backs on her politely with 7 z4 I' K5 m5 O W/ b' b
a bow; women look at her with indifference. The younger generation is magnetized
9 M' i9 u9 x2 f9 `round another focus. The old queen has to abdicate and leave the throne , e& v0 f* E: { d5 R
for a young one to occupy. Only a photo or portrait can preserve her beauty
; Z: m' w2 r7 H$ Qin youth and no Time is capable of doing any injury to her preserved beauty
. l& a8 t; M/ H5 Wbut the preserver itself.! T" h' U+ i0 V6 i+ [9 Y
Therefore, admire not the beauty without, but the beauty within. Such
8 D5 V4 _0 z( ^1 c' Ta beauty will never wither though Time also plots to do it harm. In the
* G0 @4 G, A8 b3 z& F5 istruggle against the adversities of life and the ruthlessness of Time, 9 I, E4 Z8 s2 v. N
it grows radiant, or even dazzling, just like a rock in midstream made
. `% n @- j2 V% w3 ?. w smooth and glossy by the current of both the stream and Time. Everyone,
' d; s8 u: d, }+ j% r5 l! y: O k! kin spite of the age and sex, if aware of it, will sing its praise either
, s7 R1 h0 P5 R* X& _ openly in words and letters or secretly in mind. It lives as long
3 H" c, K8 L, U0 s2 f/ l; xas the possessor, or even much longer after her dust may be blended into
% {6 p& P, C. [9 p# u! n9 @: r& Za vase with the clay around it. $ i! X, z: c/ ^3 f" a" p0 T
The outward beauty can only be the object of admiration or envy while
8 H, L% Y% G2 z8 c7 nthe inward beauty, besides being a theme of the ode, can serve as an 2 z" G7 i3 K5 X. N; b7 s3 t! v
example to learn from, for the former is always endowed by birth, but ( s0 @3 l2 g0 A3 Q: ? W
the latter by self-acquirement. However, every man is free to hold
: B5 `2 o7 S) U+ F+ y his own notion of what the beauty is and to choose whichever of the two 6 ]' O3 Y) e5 [3 k* N! b
beauties he prefers. Only his love for his bride select should not degenerate
3 x1 ~" d4 Y5 H* y9 F6 u; Gwith the shrunken beauty.』+ Z, ]; `$ W; E: ^
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
' M0 _: E* p/ P* z, @" ~5 [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( J8 f2 R" I" u
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 。』
I. h5 _" C0 ~ k5 u1 i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$ |1 }0 V: h# E. I% L- K& 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
1 \1 @% \7 V4 ` d0 e- D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5 x& e* u2 @7 V9 O) e6 G) [2 k' q
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。
+ W4 S: ~4 Z) B& |, v* v; y$ u你自己好自為之吧。』芝娜道﹕『下一篇是THE BALLOON﹕; y9 [3 ^9 n) \, t2 F s" \
A little boy walks by his mother's side, with one hand in hers and a balloon - l1 L. q8 Y7 b/ {0 H
in the other. A sudden gust of wind snatches the balloon away from 3 ^8 I+ y2 k* |) j" r) t- q1 ^0 C
the boy's hand and bears it skyward. As it flies higher, the excited
* w' U# S6 I" f/ F1 A ?' Y( J2 ]5 [people in the street all look up. "Surely," the balloon says to itself,
- I' p5 V" S: k2 q1 }" B3 Lfeeling proud of its uprising, "they all envy me of my ascent." Then in its
0 w: l# {5 U6 l+ r$ i4 b3 iupward flight it passes by a balcony on which a group of boys and girls ) W' v# q2 i4 f u
are standing, giving a cry of excitement when seeing an escaped balloon
, U* w2 x$ z. Z N4 _0 A& V7 G% shurry on its way of freedom. "They are cheering me, I'm sure." The balloon
9 D, `$ {& g% Y; R, ^0 {6 }5 Ithinks. Up and up it soars, above the roof, above the spire, through a ) O* y Q% S7 w0 B0 ~
thin cloud, into the blue sky. Then a dove hovers near, but after a glance
0 G& ^) S3 o$ h& a# G5 n5 zat it, flies away with indifference. "Of course, the bird nears to * C! y- R) y* ]0 O( u# J
salute me," The buoyant balloon flatters itself in exultation, "but as
- k' B! T7 F$ `. tI ignore her to keep my dignity, she takes herself away in awe and respect." 0 H& w$ t9 |: s2 L" T( i2 n' J
The higher it clambers, the haughtier it becomes, till it reaches the / Z9 [. K, p8 W! t0 _- F! R# n, }
zenith where it means to stay for millions of years, but, alas, it bursts!
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6 S$ k/ U& O# I0 }* [/ B' 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+ ^: j. R/ J$ C2 K/ V
好幾頁﹐說﹕『下面一篇是ON ETIQUETTE(論禮儀)﹕
3 H9 p! x1 {) C" T6 @6 R" H Etiquette is to society what apparel is to the individual. Without ( A4 A' D$ {) `/ b) Q' x; h( K) ^
apparel men would go in shameful nudity, which would surely lead to the 7 S# _3 W! ^1 [% j
corruption of morals; and without etiquette society would be in a pitiable
* n- u1 T. _: z5 j( Y6 I6 Qstate and the necessary intercourse between its members would be interfered , E; u8 B" V1 Q' Y5 Z+ @
by needless offences and troubles. If society were a train, the etiquette 9 C3 Q) O# T5 B' U: z3 i/ T, K
would be the rails, along which only the train could rumble forth; if 5 U3 _) F- {' @7 e3 m% i) H
society were a state coach, the etiquette would be the wheels and axis, , J! @( q- t# ~% `) j
on which only the coach could roll forward.! f2 j2 y/ L8 g/ j z. Q9 p9 g
The lack of proprieties would make the most intimate friends turn to + i' d+ e0 [5 ~. X
be the most decided enemies and the friendly or allied countries declare ' C" y* W3 z+ L: c7 i, h5 j. v
war against each other. We can find many examples in the history of mankind., @0 J& H: U+ `* h; w
A duke of Song Dukedom in East Zhou Dynasty in ancient China was killed " u5 K" l6 d( f; o U) H* h
by his favorite knight for a joking word. therefore, I advise you to stand , C! u, z* p' Y; `
on ceremony before anyone else and to take pains not to do anything stupid
. X# b6 V5 M+ `! }4 ?9 i$ Tagainst etiquette lest you give offences or make enemies.』
; B9 g& M5 d' X( l1 _+ {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
0 y# }$ u9 c1 E) \- k) b4 h" s& O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: J: X, |, [! P; v a+ o
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
6 i: \0 a6 y- \ N. u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。5 y1 o4 V. \% R+ s6 s
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﹕
/ F1 l9 Y4 c1 A; i2 R『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﹕
& z3 L9 w6 G1 Z0 j『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 a3 m& v0 f! c# G* }1 g) J V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
) B2 s s: V! b" 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9 g8 d) j: v- c4 O: W
銘」的譯文
; B9 s8 r4 Y" _. }: x! D% w& wAN EULOGY ON MY HUMBLE ABODE﹕% ?0 w$ a: d" w" r
Known will the hills be if fairies dwell, no matter high of low; and
' s7 O1 c+ X; L* e+ F8 P. z& @) Bcharmed will the waters be if dragons hidden, no matter deep or shallow. * f. `/ `- H8 Q
A humble abode though this is, my virtues make it smell sweet. Verdant - l% |' @5 ^* T/ Y8 w A
are the stonesteps overgrown with moss, and green seems the screen ) v! W# }& g: n3 i/ y
as the grass seen through it. I chat and laugh only with great scholars . C# b/ B$ M0 E% s( G
and have no intercourse with the ignorant. I can play lute and read my
* F! Y/ a' x; X; i' B4 \6 v) |sutras; no unpleasant music to grate on my ears and no red-tape to make
. b/ B- x3 y6 ?1 u2 k$ h( A3 f# N" sme weary and tired. Zhuge's residence in Nanyang and Ziyun's inhabitance
, D/ }2 g4 o, U7 U, o/ f+ yin Xishu are both like what Confucius quoth, "How canth it be humble?" : E+ o1 A2 V; D, v% E' `
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。" H. o) p6 c; a$ e8 V9 S; B2 o2 x; u
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﹕
! o. O7 H) _5 t2 C r『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6 `1 k2 w8 b5 q* z2 p
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
# s. X I4 H( C5 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。』; r2 Z0 M+ _' t7 i
: X3 d( j& y& \. a$ N+ N 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
* f6 J6 C: H2 {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( b7 y8 T! u6 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。』' ?5 \0 `4 {* C0 W" ]0 I9 B/ s
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
$ F8 [+ U) R6 A9 Y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, o3 z V! 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! h/ r9 Y; C( h& e% d
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7 a2 y7 N3 B6 B' Q: d2 w: q
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﹕- m" q2 H' [! b+ P; p3 H
『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9 q2 P; v% S- A; O6 {- G- N
音樂跳起舞來﹐直至興盡而散。
+ M( B- l0 Y+ B" O 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
" q' S: s+ s5 f& m9 h& Z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: R; e' ~+ {8 d3 {! 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1 ~; O; P) S: |% a& {# p. ^6 `
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" R" V+ j. z" G. H
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﹐
6 m, a9 v6 R" C6 ~/ \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+ @) c% F6 r7 p
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
t; _7 @4 d+ \; w4 o: }, c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' ?: f8 S* l9 L+ X# ?" O9 m! f/ |
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。
S, [* C- s% ?( R* K6 V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3 Z' R& }$ g; q! Q
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
0 a' s N/ |5 a) t+ V8 w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2 w# v# R0 D& I; s! A* `# u
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 h' V" t8 c" F1 Z% A% {; Z- I
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 V! `! y( u! n; m( k3 B! m9 b# J, j
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
0 g! e; X* \& z2 |. d9 X$ [7 s1 ?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﹐
8 N' w& H- A. @& Q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3 T7 O/ E O& c2 s7 j7 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」' W0 x: c2 _9 T/ K {
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8 _+ V3 P7 z: l4 b) I3 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2 Y5 [' l2 F& }$ o8 y
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﹐新作萬千3 Y: k& T9 g* [) T: L( ?
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7 ?3 h7 O; W3 T0 O" `
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
A) N" _* L2 y, L8 |0 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. P. P2 S7 Z! N3 \, R3 ]; 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+ p6 |$ E, D6 R5 a# e: L' [
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9 K% l3 `/ J7 P/ z( w, s9 `5 Z# @
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7 a1 r1 j8 @+ p8 X
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。』
& P% l! M! [" p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 M9 B- f0 m) a$ p9 z. l/ v w2 x
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( G6 J( \9 d& f6 ^評論才會公允。』 |
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