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第十一回﹕ 看畫展八戒動興﹔ 觀標本悟空存疑
詩曰﹕行者何知進化論﹐因看標本起疑雲。一時難辨真與假﹐泥土猿猴孰變人﹖
芝娜又翻過幾頁道﹕『這裡有一首辛棄疾「采桑子」詞的英譯。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。 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﹕
When young, I don’t have any notions what woes really mean,
Just love to get on floors so high.
Just love to get on floors so high,
To write new poems, I try to say the words of woe and spleen.
But now I fully have ideas of what woe really is,
Afraid to get on floors so high.
Afraid to get on floors so high,
I only say in poems how good and cool the Autumn is.』
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。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﹕『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﹐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﹕
Poor Odipus, a scapegoat he was! Accused of three great crimes, he suffered a terrible tragic death —-a punishment inflicted on him by the gods on Olympus. When he learned his fate decided by the almighty gods to kill his father, marry his mother and bring destruction on his native city, he wished to escape from it. But destiny was unavoidable,and unawares he fulfilled the assigned tasks. If the gods had decided his fate otherwise, he would not have been a criminal, receiving an unjust punishment and bearing an ill-fame for thousands of years. He was only an executor of the wills of the gods who, struck perhaps with a whimsical fantasy, played a practical joke on the helpless mortal. The gods were the plotters. Who then deserved the punishment? The gods on Olympus rather than poor Odipus!』
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﹐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﹕『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﹕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 ADDRESSES TO MONEY﹕
1) Oh, Money! My darling Money! My respected Money! I’m your admirer, your worshipper. Oh, Money, my Queen, your Majesty! I’m your servant, your slave. With you I can get food to keep me alive. With you I can get clothes to keep warm. And with you I can get whatever I want, a grand mansion to live in and all the superfluities of life for ostentation. But without you my love will desert me. Without you my friends will turn back on me. And without you I’ll go a-begging like a poor dog and sleeping alone at night in a ruined porch. Oh, Almighty Money, come to me, I implore you! Pray, endow me with your favor and be sure that I’m willing to receive every small coin from you on my knees by which to show my deep-hearted gratitude. 』
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。』芝娜又唸道﹕『第二﹕
2) Oh, money, my obedient servant, my faithful slave! I’m your master, your owner. OH, money, my passe-partout, my almighty tool! I’m you user, your disposer. With you I can start my enterprises. With you I can carry on my great plans. And with you I can make the little world around me go at my will. If without you I can still have a large store of learning. If without you I can still have an unpolluted name. And if without you I can still live like a hermit writing books of great thoughts. Oh, servile money, come to me; my lad, I command you! Serve me well and don’t be naughty, or I’ll punish you.』
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﹐一定會有個有趣的懲罰方式。』﹐﹐或許由於自己尚未出名﹐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﹕『這不關我們的事。我們只有欣賞的資格。』
欲知詳情如何﹐且待下回分解。 ◇
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