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Scene I.A room in the house of Polonius.
Enter Laertes and Ophelia.
Laer.My necessaries are embark'd;farewell:
And sister,as the winds give benefit,
And convoy2 is assistant,do not sleep,
But let me hear from you.
Oph.
Do you doubt that?
Laer.
For Hamlet,and the trifling of his favours,
Hold it a fashion and a toy in blood:
A violet in the youth of primy nature;
Forward,not permanent;sweet,not lasting,
The perfume and suppliance of a minute,
No more.
Oph.No more but so?
Laer.Think it no more:
For nature crescent does not grow alone,
In thews and bulk:but as this temple waxes,
The inward service of the mind and soul
Grows wide withal.Perhaps he loves you now,
And now no soil nor cautel doth besmirch
The virtue of his will:but you must fear,
His greatness weigh'd,his will is not his own;
For he himself is subject to his birth:
He may not,as unvalued persons do,
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第三场波洛尼厄斯家中
一室
①embark [em'ba:k】g上船
雷欧提斯及奥菲利娅上。
②convoy[konvoi]n.护航队
雷欧提斯我需要的物件已经装在船上,再会了;妹
妹,在好风给人方便、路上没有阻碍的时候,不
要贪睡,让我听见你的消息。
3 trifling[''traiflin]m.轻率的
奥菲利娅你还不相信我吗?
谈话
雷欧提斯对于哈姆雷特和他的调情献媚,你必须把
它认作一时的感情冲动,一朵初春的紫罗兰,早
熟而易凋,馥郁而不能持久,一分钟的芬芳和喜
suppliance ['sAplions]n.
恳求
悦,如此而已。
奥菲利娅不过如此吗?
雷欧提斯不过如此,因为像新月一样逐渐饱满的人
5 crescent'kres3ntL.斩月
生,不仅是肌肉和体格的成长,而且随着身体的
发展,精神和心灵也同时扩大。也许他现在爱
你,他的真诚的意志是纯洁而不带欺诈的:可是
你必须留心,他有这样高的地位,他的意志并不
⑥cautel ['ko:toll n.警觉
属于他自己,因为他自己也要被他的血统所支
⑦besmirch [bi'sm:tg损害
配;他不能像一般庶民一样为自己选择,因为他
的决定足以影响到整个国家的安危,他是全身的
首脑,他的选择必须得到各部分肢体的同意:所
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Hamlet
Carve for himself;for,on his choice depends
The sanctity and health of this whole state,
And therefore must his choice be circumserib'd?
Unto the voice and yielding of that body
Whereof he is the head.Then if he says he loves you,
It fits your wisdom so far to believe it,
As he in his particular act and place
May give his saying deed:which is no further,
Than the main voice of Denmark goes withal.
Then weigh what loss your honour may sustain,
If with too credent ear you list his songs;
Or lose your heart;or your chaste treasure open
To his unmaster'd importunity.
Fear it,Ophelia,fear it,my dear sister,
And keep you in the rear of your affection,
Out of the shot and danger of desire.
The chariest maid is prodigal enough,
If she unmask her beauty to the Moon:
Virtue itself'escapes not calumnious strokes,
The canker galls the infants of the spring
Too oft before their buttons be disclos'd,
And in the morn and liquid dew of youth,
Contagious blastments are most imminent.
Be wary then,best safety lies in fear;
Youth to itself rebels,though none else near.
Oph.
I shall th'effect of this good lesson keep,
As watchman to my heart:but good my brother,
Do not as some ungracious pastors do.
Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven,
Whiles like a puff'd and reckless libertine
Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads,
And recks not his own rede.
Laer.
Oh,fear me not.
I stay too long;but here my father comes:
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哈姆雷特
以要是他说,他爱你,你不可贸然相信,应该明
①sanctity ['saenktotilm.圣洁
白:照他的身份地位来说,他要想把自己的话付
2 circumscribed ['sa:kam-
skraibd)a.受限制的
诸实现,绝不能越出丹麦国内普遍奥论所同意的
范围。你再想一想,要是你用过于轻信的耳朵倾
听他的歌曲,让他攫走了你的心,在他的狂安的
渎求之下,打开了你的宝贵的童贞,那时候你的
名誉将要蒙受多大的损失。留心,奥菲利娅,留
③withal[wio3:lad,【古语
心,我的亲爱的妹妹,不要放纵你的爱情,不要
以此:与此
让欲望的利箭把你射中。一个自爱的女郎不应该
向月亮显露她的美貌:圣贤也不能逃避谗口的中
伤:春天的草木往往还没有吐放它们的蓓蕾,
importunity [impo:'tju:noti]
.强求
就被蛀虫蠹蚀:朝露一样品莹的青春,常常会受
到罡风的吹打。所以留心吧,戒惧是最安全的方
策;即使没有旁人的诱惑,少年的血气也要向他
⑤prodigal['prodigol]a.过
自己叛变。
分大方的
calumnious (kalAmnias]a.
毁谤的
⑦canker ['kaenka]n.渍疡病
8 contagious [kan'teidsas]a.
感染性的
奥菲利娅我将要记住你这个很好的教训,让它看守着
我的心。可是,我的好哥哥,你不要像有些坏牧
ungracious [.An'greifos]a.
师一样,指点我上天去的险峻的荆棘之途,自己
无礼貌的
thorny[0b:nia.多刺的
却在花街柳巷流连忘返,忘记了自己的箴言。
dalliance'daclions]n.嬉戏
雷欧提斯啊!不要为我担心。我耽搁得太久了;可是
父亲来了。
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Hamlet
Enter Polonius.
A double blessing is a double grace;
Occasion smiles upon a second leave.
Pol.
Yet here,Laertes?Aboard,aboard,for shame!
The wind sits in the shoulder of your sail,
And you are stay'd for;there,my blessing with thee;
And these few precepts in thy memory,
See thou character.Give thy thoughts no tongue,
Nor any unproportion'd thought his act:
Be thou familiar;but by no means vulgar:
The friends thou hast,and their adoption tried,
Grapple them unto thy soul with hoops of steel:
But do not dull thy palm with entertainment
Of each unhatch'd,unfledg'd,comrade.Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel:but being in
Bear't that th'opposed may beware of thee.
Give every man thine ear;but few thy voice:
Take each man's censure;but reserve thy judgment:
Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy;
But not express'd in fancy:rich,not gaudy:
For the apparel oft proclaims the man,
And they in France of the best rank and station,
Are most select and generous,chief in that.
Neither a borrower,nor a lender be;
For loan oft loses both itself and friend:
And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
This above all;to thine ownself be true:
And it must follow,as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
Farewell:my blessing season this in thee.
Laer.
Most humbly do I take my leave,my lord.
Pol.
The time invites you.Go,your servants tend.
Laer.
Farewell Ophelia,and remember well
What I have said to you.
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哈姆雷特【
波洛尼厄斯上。
雷欧提斯两度的祝福是双倍的恩荣:第二次的告别是
格外可喜的。
①precept[pri:sept]m.训诫
波洛尼厄斯还在这儿,雷欧提斯!上船去,上船去,
真好意思!风息在帆顶上,人家都在等着你哩。
好,我为你祝福!还有几句教训,希望你铭刻在
记忆之中:不要想到什么就说什么,凡事必须三
思而行。对人要和气,可是不要过分狎昵。相知
②grapple['grapl]抓住
有素的朋友,应该用钢圈箍在你的灵魂上,可是
不要对每一个泛泛的新知滥施你的交情。留心避
免和人家争吵:可是万一争端已起,就应该让
对方知道你不是可以轻侮的。倾听每一个人的意
见,可是只对极少数人发表你的意见:接受每一
③censure'senfol n.批评
个人的批评,可是保留你自己的判断。尽你的财
力购置贵重的衣服,可是不要炫新立异,必须富
④gaudy ['g::dia.俗丽的
丽而不浮艳,因为服装往往可以表现人格:法国
5 proclaim [prau'kleim]v.
表明
的名流要人,在这一点上是特别注重的,不要向
人告贷,也不要借钱给人;因为债款放了出去,
往往不但丢了本钱,而且还失去了朋友:向人告
贷的结果,容易养成因循懒惰的习惯。尤其要紧
的,你必须对你自己忠实,正像有了白昼才有黑
夜一样,对自已忠实,才不会对别人欺诈。再
会,愿我的祝福使这一番话在你的行事中奏效!
雷欧提斯父亲,我告别了。
波洛尼厄斯时候不早了;去吧,你的仆人都在等着。
雷欧提斯再会,奥菲利娅,记住我对你说的话。
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Hamlet
Oph.Tis in my memory lock'd,
And you yourself shall keep the key of it.
Laer.
Farewell.
Exit Laertes.
Pol.
What is't,Ophelia,he hath said to you?
Oph.
So please you,something touching the lord Hamlet.
Pol.
Marry,well bethought:
"Tis told me he hath very oft of late
Given private time to you:and you yourself
Have of your audience been most free and bounteous
If it be so,as so 'tis put on me;
And that in way of caution:I must tell you,
You do not understand yourself so clearly,
As it behooves3 my daughterat,and your honour.
What is between you?Give me up the truth.
Oph.
He hath,my lord,of late made many tenders
Of his affection to me.
Pol.
Affection!Pooh!You speak like a green girl,
Unsifted in such perilouscircumstance.
Do you believe his tenders,as you call them?
Oph.I do not know,my lord,what I should think,
Pol.
Marry,I will teach you,think yourself a baby,
That you have ta'en these tenders for true pay,
Which are not sterling.Tender yourself more dearly,
Or not to crack the wind of the poor phrase,
Running it thus,you'll tender me a fool.
Oph.My lord,he hath importun'd me with love,
In honourable fashion.
Pol.
Ay,fashion you may call it,go to,go to.
Oph.And hath given countenance to his speech,my lord,
With almost all the holy vows of heaven.
Pol.
Ay,springes to catch woodeocks.I do know
When the blood burns,how prodigal the soul
Lends the tongue vows:these blazes,daughter,
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哈姆雷特【
奥菲利娅你的话已经锁在我的记忆里,那钥匙你替我
保管着吧。
雷欧提斯再会!(下)
波洛尼厄斯奥菲利娅,他对你说些什么话
奥菲利娅回父亲的话,我们刚才谈起哈姆雷特殿下的
①bethink [bi'0ink]g思考
事情。
波洛尼厄斯嗯,这是应该考虑一下的,听说他近来常
常跟你在一起,你也从来不拒绝他的求见:要是
2 bounteous ['bauntias]a.
慨的
果然有这种事一人家这样告诉我,也无非是叫
我注意的意思一那么我必须对你说,你还没有
懂得你做了我的女儿,按照你的身份,应该怎样
留心你自己的行动。究竟在你们两人之间有些什
③behoove [bi'hu:vjk理应:
对…有此必要
么关系?老实告诉我
奥菲利娅父亲,他最近曾经屡次向我表示他的爱情。
波洛尼厄斯爱情!呸!你讲的话完全像是一个不曾经
历过这种危险的不懂事的女孩子。你相信你所说
④perilous'[perilas]a.危险
的那种他的表示吗?
的
奥菲利娅父亲,我不知道我应该怎样想才好。
波洛尼厄斯好,让我来教你,你应该这样想,你是
一个毛孩子,竟把这些假意的表示当作了真心的
奉献。你应该把你自己的价值抬高一些,你应该
⑤sterling'sta:lin]a.纯正
的
“表示”出一番更大的架子,要不然一就此
打住吧,这个可怜的字眼被我使唤得都快断气
了一你就“表示”你是个十足的傻瓜。
奥菲利娅父亲,他向我求爱的态度是很光明正大的。
波洛尼厄斯嗯,他的态度很好,很好。
奥菲利娅而且,父亲,他差不多用尽一切指天誓日的
神圣的盟约,证实他的言语。
woodcock'wudkok】n,
山鹬
波洛尼厄斯嗯,这些都是捕捉愚蠢的山鹬的圈套。我
知道在热情燃烧的时候,一个人无论什么盟誓都
会说出口来:这些火焰,女儿,是光多于热的,
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Hamlet
Giving more light than heat,extinct in both,
Even in their promise,as it is a-making.
You must not take for fire.From this time
Be somewhat scanter of your maiden presence;
Set your entreatments at a higher rate,
Than a command to parley.For lord Hamlet,
Believe so much in him,that he is young,
And with a larger tether may he walk,
Than may be given you.In few,Ophelia,
Do not believe his vows;for they are brokers,
Not of that dye which their investments show,
But mere implorators of unholy suits,
Breathing like sanctified④and pious⑤bawds⑤,
The better to beguile.This is for all:
I would not,in plain terms,from this time forth,
Have you so slander any moment leisure,
As to give words or talk with the Lord Hamlet:
Look to't,I charge you;come your ways.
Oph.I shall obey,my lord.
Exeunt.
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哈姆雷特【
一下子就会光消焰灭,因为它们本来是虚幻的:
你不能把它们当作真火看待。从现在起,你还是
少露一些你的女儿家的脸:你应该拾高身价,不
①scant [skaent]a.不足的
要让人家以为你是可以随意呼召的。对于哈姆雷
②entreat[in'i:tg恳求
特殿下,你应该这样想,他是个年轻的王子,他
比你在行动上有更大的自由。总而言之,奥菲利
娅,不要相信他的盟誓,因为它们都是诱人堕落
③tether'teoa]n.范围
的淫媒,用庄严神圣的辞令,掩饰淫邪险恶的居
心。我言尽于此,简单一句话,从现在起,我不
许你跟哈姆雷特殿下谈一句话。你留点神吧:
进去。
sanctified ['saenktifaid]a.
认可的
奥菲利娅我一定听从您的话,父亲。(同下)
⑤pious[paiasl a.虔诚的
⑥bawd [bo:d.鸨母
⑦beguile [bi'gail训g欺骗
8 slander['sla:nda]m.诽谤
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