ACT1 Scene4 The platform before the Castle露台-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《哈姆雷特Hamlet》

Scene IV.The platform before the Castle. Enter Hamlet,Horatio,and Marcellus. Ham.The air bites shrewdly:it is very cold. Hor. It is a nipping②and an eager③air. Ham.What hour now? Hor. I think it lacks of twelve. Mar.No,it is struck. Hor. Indeed?I heard it not:then it draws near the season, Wherein the spirit held his wont to walk. A flourish of trumpets,and ordnance shot off,within. What does this mean,my lord? Ham. The king doth wake to-night,and takes his rouse, Keeps wassail,and the swagg'ring up-spring reels: And as he drains his draughts of Rhenish down, The kettle-drum and trumpet thus bray out The triumph of his pledge. Hor.Is it a custom? Ham.Ay,marry,is't; But to my mind,though I am native here, And to the manner born,it is a custom More honour'd in the breach than the observance. This heavy-headed revel east and west Makes us traduc'd,and tax'd of other nations: They clepeus drunkards,and with swinish phrase ·042· 第四场 露台 ①shrewdly [fru:dli]ad.剧 哈姆雷特，霍拉旭及马西勒斯上。 烈地 哈姆雷特风吹得人怪痛的，这天气真冷。 ②nipping['nipinl a.锋利 的 霍拉旭是很凛测的寒风。 ③eager ['i:g的la.I古语1（空 气)藻冽的 哈姆雷特现在什么时候了？ 霍拉旭我想还不到十二点。 马西勒斯不，已经打过了。 霍拉旭真的？我没有听见，那么鬼魂出现的时候快 要到了。（内喇叭奏花腔及鸣炮声)这是什么意 思，殿下？ ④wassail[woseil]n.酒宴 哈姆雷特王上今晚大宴群臣，作通宵的醉舞；每次他 ⑤draught(dra:ftln.饮 喝下了一杯葡萄美酒，铜鼓和喇叭便吹打起来， 欢祝万寿。 霍拉旭这是向来的风俗吗？ 哈姆雷特嗯，是的。可是我虽然从小就熟习这种风 俗，我却以为把它破坏了倒比遵守它还体面些， 这一种酗酒纵乐的风俗，使我们在东西各国受到 许多非议；他们称我们为酒徒醉汉，将下流的污 名加在我们头上，使我们各项伟大的成就都因此 ⑥revel ['revoll n.狂欢 ⑦clepe [kli:p]v.【古语]叫 而大为减色。在个人方面也常常是这样，有些人 作，命名 ⑧swinish['swaini切a.卑鄙 因为身体上长了丑陋的黑痣一这本来是天生的 的：贪婪的 ·043· Hamlet Soil our addition;and indeed it takes From our achievements,though perform'd at height, The pith and marrow of our attribute: So oft it chances in particular men, That,for some vicious mole of nature in them, As in their birth wherein they are not guilty, Since nature cannot choose his origin, By the o'ergrowth of some complexion③， Oft breaking down the pales and forts of reason, Or by some habit,that too much o'er-leavens The form of plausivemanners,that these men, Carrying,I say,the stamp of one defect, Being nature's livery,or fortune's star, Their virtues else be they as pure as grace, As infinite as man may undergo, Shall in the general censure take corruption From that particular fault:the dram of eale Doth all the noble substance often dout To his own scandal. Enter Ghost. Hor. Look,my lord,it comes. Ham.Angels and ministers of grace defend us: Be thou a spirit of health,or goblin damn'd, Bring with thee airs from heaven,or blasts from Hell, Be thy intents wicked or charitable⑦， Thou com'st in such a questionable shape That I will speak to thee.I'll call thee Hamlet, King,father,royal Dane:Oh,answer me, Let me not burst in ignorance,but tell Why thy canoniz'd bones hearsed in death, Have burst their cerements,why the sepulchre Wherein we saw thee quietly inurn'd, Hath op'd his ponderous and marble jaws, To cast thee up again?What may this mean? ·044· 哈姆雪特 缺陷，不是他们自己的过失一或者生就一种令 人侧目的怪癖，虽然他们此外还有许多纯洁优美 ①marrow[maerou]n.精华 的品性，可是为了这一个缺点，往往会受到世人 的歧视。一点丑恶就毁坏了高贵的品质，使人声 ③vicious[vifos]a.恶毒的 名狼藉。 鬼上。 ③complexion [kom'plek∫pn] n肤色 ④plausive[pb:ziva.喝采 的 ⑤dram【draem]n.少量 霍拉旭瞧，殿下，它来了！ 哈姆雷特天使保佑我们！不管你是一个善良的灵魂或 是万恶的妖魔，不管你带来了天上的和风或是地 狱中的罡风，不管你的来意好坏，因为你的形状 @goblin[goblin]m.小妖精 是这样的和蔼可爱，我要对你说话；我要叫你哈 charitable ['tfaratabl]a. 姆雷特，君王，父亲！尊严的丹麦先王，啊，回 仁慈的 答我！不要让我在无知的蒙昧里抱恨终天；告诉 我为什么你的长眠的骸骨不安窀穷，为什么安葬 着你遗体的坟幕张开它的沉重的大理石的两颚， 把你重新吐放出来。你这已死的尸体这样全身甲 胄，出现在月光之下，使黑夜变得这样阴森，使 8 cerement ['siamont]n. 我们这些为造化所玩弄的愚人充满了不可思议的 寿衣 sepulchre ['sepolko]n. 恐怖，究竟是什么意思呢？说，这是为了什么？ 坟墓 ponderous ['pondaras]a. 你要我们怎样？ 笨重的 鬼向哈姆雷特招手。 ·045· Hamlet That thou dead corse again in complete steel, Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the Moon, Making night hideous,and we fools of nature So horridly to shake our disposition②， With thoughts beyond the reaches of our souls; Say,why is this?wherefore?What should we do? Ghost beckons Hamlet. Hor. It beckons you to go away with it, As if it some impartment did desire To you alone. Mar. Look,with what courteousaction It waves you to a more removed ground. But do not go with it. Hor. No,by no means！ Ham.It will not speak:then will I follow it. Hor. Do not,my lord. Ham. Why,what should be the fear? I do not set my life at a pin's fee; And for my soul,what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself: It waves me forth again;I'll follow it. Hor. What if it tempt you toward the flood my lord? Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff, That beetles o'er his base into the sea, And there assume some other horrible form, Which might deprive your sovereignty of reason, And draw you into madness?Think of it: The very place puts toys of desperation, Without more motive,into every brain That looks so many fadoms to the sea And hears it roar beneath. Ham.It waves me still: Go on,I'll follow thee. Mar. You shall not go,my lord. ·046· 哈姆雷特 ①hideous[hidias]a.丑恶 的 @disposition [.dispa'zifan]n. [心理]性情 ③beckon[bekon]招手 霍拉旭它招手叫您跟着它去，好像它有什么话要对您 一个人说似的。 马西勒斯瞧，它用很有礼貌的举动，招呼您到一个僻 ④courteous[ka:tjas]a.有 远的所在去；可是别跟它去。 礼貌的 霍拉旭千万不要跟它去。 哈姆雷特它不肯说话：我还是跟它去。 霍拉旭不要去，殿下。 哈姆雷特嗨，怕什么呢？我把我的生命看得不值一枚 针；至于我的灵魂，那是跟它自己同样永生不灭 的，它能够加害它吗？它又在招手叫我前去了； 我要跟它去。 霍拉旭殿下，要是它把您诱到潮水里去，或者把您 ⑤immortal [i'm:tall a.不 朽的 领到下临大海的峻蛸的悬崖之巅，在那边它现出 了狰狞的面貌，吓得您丧失理智，变成疯狂，那 可怎么好呢？您想，无论什么人一到了那样的地 方，望着下面千仞的峭壁，听见海水奔腾的怒 sovereignty ['sovronti]n. 吼，即使没有别的原因，也会吓得怪念迭起。 至尊 哈姆雷特 它还在向我招手。去吧，我跟着你。 马西勒斯您不能去，殿下！ ·047· Hamlet Ham. Hold off your hands. Hor. Be rul'd,you shall not go. Ham.My fate cries out, And makes each petty artire in this body As hardy as the Nemean lion's nerve. Ghost beckons. Still am I call'd.Unhandme,gentlemen, Breaking from them. By heaven!I'll make a ghost of him that lets me: I say away,go on,I'll follow thee. Exeunt Ghost and Hamlet. Hor. He waxes desperate with imagination Mar. Let's follow;'tis not fit thus to obey him. Hor. Have after,to what issue wail this come? Mar. Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. Hor. Heaven will direct it. Mar. Nay,let's follow him. Exeunt. ·048· 哈姆雷特 哈姆雷特放开你们的手！ 霍拉旭听我们的劝告，不要去。 哈姆雷特我的命运在高声呼喊，使我全身每一根微 细的血管都变得像怒狮的筋骨一样坚硬。（鬼招 手)它仍旧在招我去。放开我，朋友们；（挣脱 ①unhand[An'naend]v.松手 二人之手)凭着上天起誓，谁要是拉住我，我要 叫他变成一个鬼！走开！去吧，我跟着你。 鬼及哈姆雷特同下。 霍拉旭幻想占据了他的头脑，使他不顾一切。 马西勒斯让我们跟上去；我们不应该服从他的话。 霍拉旭那么去吧。这种事情会引出些什么结果来 呢？ 马西勒斯丹麦国里恐怕有些不可告人的坏事。 ②wail【weil]v哀号 霍拉旭上帝的意旨支配一切。 ③rotten [rtan]a.腐烂的 马西勒斯不，我们还是跟上去。（同下） ·049·