愚婦人 The Foolish Woman

愚婦人The Foolish Woman

愚妇人

從深山伸出一條蜿蜒的路，窄而且崎嶇．一個樵夫在那里走着，一面唱：A winding road stretched out from the deep mountains, narrow and rugged. A woodcutter was walking along it, singing as he went:

从深山伸出一条蜿蜒的路，窄而且崎岖．一个樵夫在那里走着，一面唱：

『倉鶊，倉鶊，來年莫再鳴！'Oriole, oriole, sing no more next year!

『仓鹒，仓鹒，来年莫再鸣！

倉鶊一鳴草又生．Once the oriole sings, the grass grows again.

仓鹒一鸣草又生．

草木靑青不過一百數十日，The grass and trees stay green for no more than a hundred-odd days,

草木靑青不过一百数十日，

到頭來，又是樵夫擔上薪．and in the end, they end up again as firewood on the woodcutter's carrying-pole.

到头来，又是樵夫担上薪．

倉鶊，倉鶊，來年莫再鳴！Oriole, oriole, sing no more next year!

仓鹒，仓鹒，来年莫再鸣！

倉鶊，一鳴蟲又生．Oriole, once you sing, the insects are born again.

仓鹒，一鸣虫又生．

百蟲生來不過一百數十日，The hundred insects live no more than a hundred-odd days,

百虫生来不过一百数十日，

到頭來，又要紛紛撲紅燈．and in the end, they all go fluttering, one after another, into the red lamp.

到头来，又要纷纷扑红灯．

倉鶊，倉鶊，來年莫再鳴！Oriole, oriole, sing no more next year!

仓鹒，仓鹒，来年莫再鸣！

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他唱時，軟和的晚煙已隨他底脚步把那小路封起來了他還要往下唱，猛然看As he sang, the soft evening mist had, following his footsteps, already sealed off the little path behind him. He was about to go on singing when suddenly he saw

他唱时，软和的晚烟已随他底脚步把那小路封起来了他还要往下唱，猛然看

見一個健壯的老婦人坐在溪澗邊，對著流水哭泣．a sturdy old woman sitting by the mountain stream, weeping as she faced the flowing water.

见一个健壮的老妇人坐在溪涧边，对著流水哭泣．

『你是誰？'Who are you?有什麽難過的事？What is it that's grieving you?說出來，也許我能幫助你．』Tell me — perhaps I can help you.'

『你是谁？有什么难过的事？说出来，也许我能帮助你．』

『我麽？'Me?唉我……！Ah, I...!不必問了．』There's no need to ask.'

『我么？唉我……！不必问了．』

樵夫心裏以爲她一定是個要尋短見底人，急急把擔卸下，進前幾步，想法子安The woodcutter thought to himself that she must surely be someone bent on ending her life, and hastily set down his load, stepped forward a few paces, and tried to think of some way to

樵夫心里以为她一定是个要寻短见底人，急急把担卸下，进前几步，想法子安

慰她．他說：『婦人，你有什麽難處，請說給我聽，或者我能幫助你．天色不早了，獨自一comfort her. He said, 'Good woman, whatever trouble you have, please tell it to me — perhaps I can help you. It's getting late, and to be alone

慰她．他说：『妇人，你有什么难处，请说给我听，或者我能帮助你．天色不早了，独自一

人在山中是很危險的．』in the mountains is very dangerous.'

人在山中是很危险的．』

婦人說：『我從來就不知道什麽叫做難過．自從我父母死後，我就住在這樹林The woman said, 'I have never in my life known what it is to grieve. Ever since my parents died, I have lived in this forest

妇人说：『我从来就不知道什么叫做难过．自从我父母死后，我就住在这树林

裏．我底親戚和同伴都叫我做石女．』她說到這里，眼淚就融下來了．往下她底話語就支離得怪難明白．過一會，她才慢慢說：『我……here. My relatives and companions all call me the Stone Maiden.' When she said this, her tears began to fall. After that her words grew so broken it was strange and hard to make sense of them. After a while, she slowly said: 'I...我到這兩天才知道石女底意思．』It's only these past two days that I've come to know what 'Stone Maiden' means.'

里．我底亲戚和同伴都叫我做石女．』她说到这里，眼泪就融下来了．往下她底话语就支离得怪难明白．过一会，她才慢慢说：『我……我到这两天才知道石女底意思．』

『知道自己名字底意思，更應當喜歡，爲何倒反悲傷起來？』'To know the meaning of one's own name should make one glad all the more — why instead have you grown sorrowful?'

『知道自己名字底意思，更应当喜欢，为何倒反悲伤起来？』

『我每年看見樹林裏底果木開花，結實；'Every year I watch the fruit trees in this forest blossom and bear fruit;把種子種在地裏，又生出新果木來．我plant the seeds in the ground, and new fruit trees grow again. I

『我每年看见树林里底果木开花，结实；把种子种在地里，又生出新果木来．我

看見我底親戚，同伴們不上二年就有一個孩子抱在她們懷裏．我想我也要像這樣——不上二年就可以抱一個孩子在懷裏．我心裏這樣說，這樣盼望，到如今，六十年have seen my relatives and companions, in less than two years, holding a child in their arms. I thought I too would be like this — that in less than two years I could hold a child in my arms. This is what I said to myself, this is what I hoped, and now, sixty years

看见我底亲戚，同伴们不上二年就有一个孩子抱在她们怀里．我想我也要像这样——不上二年就可以抱一个孩子在怀里．我心里这样说，这样盼望，到如今，六十年

了！have passed!我不明白，才打聽一下．呀，這一打聽，叫我多麽難過！I didn't understand, so I asked around. Ah, this asking around — how it has grieved me!我沒有抱孩子底希望了，……I no longer have any hope of holding a child, ...

了！我不明白，才打听一下．呀，这一打听，叫我多么难过！我没有抱孩子底希望了，……

然而，我就不能像果木，比不上果木麽？」Yet, can it be that I cannot even be like the fruit trees, that I am not even equal to a fruit tree?'

然而，我就不能像果木，比不上果木么？」

『哈，哈，哈！』樵夫大笑了．他說：『這正是你底幸運哪！'Ha, ha, ha!' The woodcutter laughed loudly. He said, 'Why, this is precisely your good fortune!抱孩子底人，比你難過得Those who hold children in their arms are far more sorrowful than

『哈，哈，哈！』樵夫大笑了．他说：『这正是你底幸运哪！抱孩子底人，比你难过得

多，你爲何不往下再向她們打聽一下呢？you — why don't you go ask them a bit further about it?我告訴你，不曾懷過胎底婦人是有福的．』I tell you, a woman who has never conceived a child is a blessed one.'

多，你为何不往下再向她们打听一下呢？我告诉你，不曾怀过胎底妇人是有福的．』

一個路傍素不相識底人所說底話，那里能夠把六十年底希望——迷夢——立時揭破呢？How could the words of a stranger met by chance along the road ever, in an instant, shatter sixty years of hope — of illusory dreams?到現在，她底哭聲，在樵夫耳邊，還可以約略地聽見．Even now, the sound of her weeping can still be faintly heard in the woodcutter's ears.

一个路傍素不相识底人所说底话，那里能够把六十年底希望——迷梦——立时揭破呢？到现在，她底哭声，在樵夫耳边，还可以约略地听见．