上善若水·译

 

Tir'd with all these, for restful death I cry 

厌倦这一切，我哭求安息，      

   As to behold desert a beggar born,

   瞧这德性—天生街头行乞，                 

And needy nothing trimm'd in jollity,

身无分文欣然妆点舒齐，                

   And purest faith unhappily forsworn,                

   至诚的忠信，不幸遭背弃，

 

And gilded honour shamefully misplac'd, 

尊荣镀金,卑在胡乱托付，         

   And maiden virtue rudely strumpeted,

   少女的贞操被粗暴玷污，                     

And right perfection wrongfully disgrac'd, 

完美的正义蒙受着羞辱，         

   And strength by limping sway disabled, 

   壮士被跛足的权贵禁锢，            

 

And art made tongue-tied by authority, 

艺术横遭当局封杀、钳口 ，           

   And folly－doctor-like－controlling skill,

   蠢似博学，驾驭行家里手，             

And simple truth miscall'd simplicity,

质朴的真理被讥为愚陋，               

   And captive good attending captain ill:

   狗官逼被俘的顺民伺候：              

 

Tir'd with all these, from these would I be gone,

厌倦这一切，我想离人间，

Save that, to die, I leave my love alone.

只是我去了，爱人太孤单。            

 

           －by William Shakespeare (1564－1616) 

 

 

［附1］：梁实秋译本－             题注：*参看《哈姆雷特》三幕1景之著名的“To be or not to be”

                                                                                                           

这些我厌倦了，我要在死中安息，           

   【例如看着天才生而为乞丐】，                   

蠢货反倒穿戴得堂皇富丽，

   最纯洁的誓约惨遭破坏，

 

金亮的荣誉被放错了地方，

   处女的贞操被人横加污辱，

【一代完人】的名誉被人中伤，

   【懦者】当权，【强者】徒唤负负，

 

【学术】慑于权势不敢【发言】，

   愚昧假充内行对专家发号施令，

【真诚被目为头脑简单】

   良善服从邪恶的乱命：

 

这些我看厌了，我要离开这人世，

只是我一死，我的爱人形单影只。

 

 

 

 

［附2］：屠岸译本－      

屠岸 2010年中国翻译文化终身成就奖

                                

 对这些都倦了，我召唤安息的死亡，—             

   譬如，见到天才注定了做乞丐，                         

见到草包穿戴得富丽堂皇，                                

   见到纯洁的盟誓遭恶意破坏，                             

                           

见到荣誉被可耻地放错了位置，                         

   见到暴徒糟蹋了贞洁的处子，                             

见到不义玷辱了至高的正义，                            

   见到瘸腿的权贵残害了壮士，                               

                                                                              

见到文化被当局封住了嘴巴，                              

    见到愚蠢（像博士见）控制着智慧，                   

见到单纯的真理被瞎称作呆傻，                           

    见到善被俘去给罪恶将军当侍卫；                       

                                                                                                                           

对这些都倦了，我要离开这人间，                        

只是，我死了，要使我爱人孤单。