愛底痛苦 The Pain of Love

愛底痛苦The Pain of Love

爱底痛苦

在綠蔭月影底下，朗日和風之中，或急雨飄雪底時候，牛先生必要說他底眞言，Under green shade and moon-shadow, in bright sun and gentle breeze, or amid driving rain and drifting snow, Mr. Niu would invariably utter his sacred phrase,

在绿荫月影底下，朗日和风之中，或急雨飘雪底时候，牛先生必要说他底真言，

『啊，拉夫斯偏！』他在三百六十日中，少有不說這話底時候．'Ah, love's pain!' Out of three hundred and sixty days in the year, there were few on which he did not say these words.

『啊，拉夫斯偏！』他在三百六十日中，少有不说这话底时候．

暮雨要來，帶着愁容底雲片，急急飛避；When the evening rain was about to come, the clouds, wearing faces of sorrow, fled hurriedly away;不識不知的蜻蜓還在庭園間遨遊着．愛the unwitting, unknowing dragonflies still roamed idly about the garden. Love—

暮雨要来，带着愁容底云片，急急飞避；不识不知的蜻蜓还在庭园间遨游着．爱

誦眞言底牛先生悶坐在屋裏，從西窗望見隔院底女友田和正抱着小弟弟玩．—of chanting his sacred phrase, Mr. Niu sat gloomily in his room, and through the west window saw his neighbor and friend Tian, in the next courtyard, holding her little brother and playing with him.

诵真言底牛先生闷坐在屋里，从西窗望见隔院底女友田和正抱着小弟弟玩．

姊姊把孩子底手臂咬得吃緊；The sister bit down hard on the child's arm;擘他底兩頰：搖他底身體；pinched his two cheeks; shook his body;又掌他底小腿．孩子急and slapped his little legs as well. The child grew so distressed

姊姊把孩子底手臂咬得吃紧；擘他底两颊：摇他底身体；又掌他底小腿．孩子急

得哭了．姊姊才忙忙地擁抱住他，推着笑說，『乖乖，乖乖，好孩子，好弟弟，不要哭．我疼that he began to cry. Only then did the sister hastily gather him into her arms, and, laughing as she pushed him, say, 'There, there, good child, good little brother, don't cry. I dote—

得哭了．姊姊才忙忙地拥抱住他，推着笑说，『乖乖，乖乖，好孩子，好弟弟，不要哭．我疼

愛你，我疼愛你！—on you, I dote on you dearly!不要哭．』不一會孩子底哭聲果然停了．可是弟弟剛現出笑容，姊姊Don't cry.' Before long the child's crying did indeed stop. But just as the little brother's face broke into a smile, the sister

爱你，我疼爱你！不要哭．』不一会孩子底哭声果然停了．可是弟弟刚现出笑容，姊姊

又該咬他、擘他、搖他、掌他咧．would once again set about biting him, pinching him, shaking him, and slapping him.

又该咬他、擘他、摇他、掌他咧．

簷前底雨好像珠簾，把牛先生眼中底對象隔住．但方才那種印象，却縈迴在他眼中．他把窗戶關上，自己一人在屋裏蹀來踱去．最後，他點點頭，笑了一聲，『哈，哈！The rain before the eaves hung like a curtain of pearls, screening off the scene from Mr. Niu's eyes. But the impression of a moment ago still lingered before his eyes. He closed the window, and paced back and forth alone in his room. At last he nodded his head, gave a laugh, 'Ha, ha!這This—

簷前底雨好像珠帘，把牛先生眼中底对象隔住．但方才那种印象，却萦回在他眼中．他把窗户关上，自己一人在屋里蹀来踱去．最后，他点点头，笑了一声，『哈，哈！这

也是拉夫斯偏！』—too is love's pain!'

他走近書桌子，坐下，提起筆來，像要寫什麼似地．想了半天，才寫上一句七言詩．He went over to his writing desk, sat down, and raised his brush as though about to write something. He pondered for a long while before at last setting down a single line of seven-character verse.

他走近书桌子，坐下，提起笔来，像要写什么似地．想了半天，才写上一句七言诗．

他念了幾遍，就搖頭自己說，『不好，不好．我不會做詩，還是隨便記些起來好．』He read it over several times, then shook his head and said to himself, 'No good, no good. I can't write poetry — better just to jot things down as they come.'

他念了几遍，就摇头自己说，『不好，不好．我不会做诗，还是随便记些起来好．』

牛先生將那句詩塗掉以後，就把他底日記拿出來寫．那天他要記底事情格外After Mr. Niu had crossed out that line of verse, he took out his diary to write in it. That day the things he had to record were especially

牛先生将那句诗涂掉以后，就把他底日记拿出来写．那天他要记底事情格外

多，日記裏應用底空格，他在午飯後，早已填滿了．他裁了一張紙，寫着：numerous — the blank space allotted in the diary he had already filled up after lunch. So he cut himself a sheet of paper, and wrote on it:

多，日记里应用底空格，他在午饭后，早已填满了．他裁了一张纸，写着：

『黃昏，大雨．田在西院弄她底弟弟，動起我一個感想；'Dusk, heavy rain. Tian was teasing her little brother in the west courtyard, and it stirred a thought in me;就是：人都喜歡見他們namely: people all love to see the ones

『黄昏，大雨．田在西院弄她底弟弟，动起我一个感想；就是：人都喜欢见他们

所愛者底愁苦；they love suffer sorrow and distress;要想方法教所愛者難受．所愛者越難受，愛者越喜歡，越加愛．they try every means to make the one they love suffer. The more the beloved suffers, the more the lover delights in it, and the more deeply he loves.

所爱者底愁苦；要想方法教所爱者难受．所爱者越难受，爱者越喜欢，越加爱．

『一切被愛底男子，在他們底女人當中，直如小弟弟在田底膝上一樣．他們'Every man who is loved, in the hands of his woman, is exactly like the little brother upon Tian's knee. They too

『一切被爱底男子，在他们底女人当中，直如小弟弟在田底膝上一样．他们

也是被愛者玩弄底．are toyed with by the one who loves them.

也是被爱者玩弄底．

『女人底愛最難給，最容易收囘去．當她把愛收囘去底時候，未必不是一種'A woman's love is hardest to give and easiest to take back. And when she takes her love back, it is not necessarily anything more than a kind of

『女人底爱最难给，最容易收囘去．当她把爱收囘去底时候，未必不是一种

游戲的衝動；playful impulse;可是苦了別人哪．but it is the other person who suffers for it.

游戏的冲动；可是苦了别人哪．

『唉，愛玩弄人底女人，你何苦來這一下！'Ah, woman who loves to toy with others, why must you go and do this!愚男子你底苦惱，又活該呢？』And you, foolish man, is your anguish then only what you deserve?'

『唉，爱玩弄人底女人，你何苦来这一下！愚男子你底苦恼，又活该呢？』

牛先生寫完，覆看一遍，又把後面那幾句塗去，說，『寫得太過了，太過了！』他把When Mr. Niu had finished writing, he read it over once more, then crossed out those last few sentences, saying, 'I've written too much, far too much!' He

牛先生写完，覆看一遍，又把后面那几句涂去，说，『写得太过了，太过了！』他把

那張紙付貼在日記上，正要起身，老媽子把哭着底孩子抱出來，一面說，『姊姊不好，pasted the sheet of paper into his diary, and was just about to get up when the old nurse carried the crying child in, saying as she came, 'Sister is being bad,

那张纸付贴在日记上，正要起身，老妈子把哭着底孩子抱出来，一面说，『姊姊不好，

愛欺負人．不要哭，咱們找牛先生去．』she loves to bully people. Don't cry, let's go find Mr. Niu.'

爱欺负人．不要哭，咱们找牛先生去．』

『姊姊打我！』這是孩子所能對牛先生說底話．'Sister hit me!' This was all the child was able to say to Mr. Niu.

『姊姊打我！』这是孩子所能对牛先生说底话．

牛先生裝作可憐的聲音，憂鬱的容貌，囘答說，『是麼？Mr. Niu, putting on a pitying tone and a mournful face, answered, 'Is that so?姊姊打你麼？Sister hit you?來我看看打Come, let me see how far the hitting

牛先生装作可怜的声音，忧郁的容貌，囘答说，『是么？姊姊打你么？来我看看打

到那步田地？』went?'

孩子受他底撫慰，也就忘了痛苦，安靜過來了．現在吵鬧底，只剩下外間急雨底Comforted by him, the child soon forgot his pain and grew quiet. All that remained noisy now was the sound of the driving rain outside,

孩子受他底抚慰，也就忘了痛苦，安静过来了．现在吵闹底，只剩下外间急雨底

聲音．that was all.

声音．