ACT3 Scene3 A room in the Castle城堡中的一室-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《哈姆雷特Hamlet》

Scene III.A room in the Castle. Enter King,Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. King.I like him not,nor stands it safe with us, To let his madness range.Therefore prepare you; I your commission will forthwith dispatch, And he to England shall along with you. The terms of our estate may not endure Hazard so near us as doth hourly grow Out of his lunacies. Guil.We will ourselves provide: Most holy and religious fear it is To keep those manymany bodies safe That live and feed upon your majesty. Ros. The single and peculiar life is bound With all the strength and armour of the mind, To keep itself from noyance;but much more, That spirit upon whose weal depends and rests The lives of many;the cesse of majesty Dies not alone,but like a gulf doth draw What's near it with it.It is a massy wheel, Fix'd on the summit of the highest mount, To whose huge spokes ten thousand lesser things Are mortis'd and adjoin'd;which when it falls, Each small annexment,petty consequence, ·160· 第三场 城堡中的一室 国王，罗森格兰兹及吉尔登斯吞上。 国王我不喜欢他：纵容他这样疯闹下去，对于我是一 个很大的威胁，所以你们快去准备起来吧：我马 上叫人办好你们要递送的文书，派遣你们两人护 送他到英格兰去。就我的地位而论，他的疯狂每 小时都可以危害我的安全，我不能让他留在我的 近旁。 吉尔登斯吞我们就去准备起来：许多人的安危都寄托 ①religious [rilid3sla.虔诚 在陛下身上，这一种顾虑是最圣明不过的。 的 罗森格兰兹每一个庶民都知道怎样远祸全身，一个 身负天下重寄的人，尤其应该时刻不解地防备危 害的袭击。君主的薨逝不仅是个人的死亡，它像 ②armour[a:mn.盔甲 一个旋涡一样，凡是在它近旁的东西，都要被它 3weal[wi:ln.幸福 卷去同归于尽：又像一个矗立在最高山峰上的巨 轮，它的轮辐上连附着无数的小物件，当巨轮轰 然崩裂的时候，那些小物件也跟着它一齐粉碎， annexment [oneksmant]n 附加物 ·161· Hamlet Attends the boisterous ruin.Never alone. Did the king sigh,but with a general groan. King.Arm you,I pray you to this speedy voyage; For we will fetters put upon this fear, Which now goes too free-footed. Both. We will haste us. Exeunt Rosencrantz and Guildensteren. Enter Polonius. Pol. My lord,he's going to his mother's closet: Behind the arras I'll convey myself To hear the process.I'll warrant she'll tax him home; And as you said,and wisely was it said, "Tis meet that some more audience than a mother, Since nature makes them partial,should o'erhear The speech of vantage.Fare you well my liege. I'll call upon you ere you go to bed, And tell you what I know. King. Thanks dear my lord. Exit Polonius. Oh!my offence is rank,it smells to heaven; It hath the primal eldest curse upon't, A brother's murther.Pray can I not, Though inclination be as sharp as will: My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent, And like a man to double business bound, I stand in pause where I shall first begin, And both neglect;what if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood. Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?Whereto serves mercy, But to confront the visage of offence? And what's in prayer,but this twofold force, To be forestalled ere we come to fall. Or pardon'd being down?Then I'll look up; ·162· 哈姆雷特【 D boisterous ['boistoros]a. 国王的一声叹气，总是伴随着全国的呻吟。 喧闹的，狂暴的 ②voyage[voiid3l n.航行 国王请你们准备立刻出发：因为我们必须及早制止这 ③fetter ['feto]m.束缚 种公然的威胁 罗森格兰兹、吉尔登斯吞我们就去赶紧预备。（罗森 格兰兹、吉尔登斯吞同下) 波洛尼厄斯上。 波洛尼厄斯陛下，他到他母亲房间里去了。我现在就 去躲在帷幕后面，听他们怎么说。我可以断定她 一定会把他好好教训一顿的。您说得很不错，母 亲对于儿子总有几分偏心，所以最好有一个第三 者躲在旁边偷听他们的谈话。再会，陛下；在您 未睡以前，我还要来看您一次，把我所探听到的 事情告诉您。 国王谢谢你，贤卿。（波洛尼厄斯下)啊！我的罪 恶的戾气已经上达于天：我的灵魂上负着一个元 始以来最初的诅咒，杀害兄弟的暴行！我不能祈 祷，虽然我的愿望像决心一样强烈：我的更坚强 的罪恶击败了我的坚强的意愿。像一个人同时要 做两件事情，我因为不知道应该先从什么地方下 手而徘徊歧途，结果反弄得一事无成。要是这一 ④intent [in'tent]n.意图 只可诅咒的手上染满了一层比它本身还厚的兄弟 的血，难道天上所有的甘霖，都不能把它洗涤得 像雪一样洁白吗？慈悲的使命，不就是宽有罪恶 吗？祈祷的目的，不是一方面预防我们的堕落， 一方面救拔我们于已堕落之后吗？那么我要仰望 上天；我的过失已经犯下了。可是唉！哪一种祈 祷才是我所适用的呢？“求上帝赦免我的杀人重 罪”吗？那不能，因为我现在还占有着那些引起 ⑤forestall [f6:'sto:l预先 阻止 我的犯罪动机的目的物，我的王冠，我的野心和 我的王后。非分攫取的利益还在手里，就可以幸 ·163· Hamlet My fault is past.But oh what form of prayer Can serve my turn?Forgive me my foul murther?' That cannot be,since I am still possess'd Of those effects for which I did the murther, My crown,mine own ambition,and my queen. May one be pardon'd and retain th'offence? In the corrupted currents of this world, Offence's gilded hand may shove by Justice, And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law;but'tis not so above. There is no shuffling;there the action lies In his true nature,and we ourselves compell'd, Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults, To give in evidence.What then?What rests? Try what repentance can.What can it not? Yet what can it,when one cannot repent? O wretched state!O bosom,black as death! O limed soul,that struggling to be free, Art more engag'd;help,angels,make assay: Bow stubborn knees and heart with strings of steel, Be soft as sinews of the new-born babe, All may be well. Retires and kneds. Enter Hamlet. Ham. Now might I do it pat,now he is praying, And now I'll do't,and so he goes to heaven, And so am I reveng'd:that would be scann'd. A villain kills my father,and for that I,his sole son,do this same villain send to heaven. Why,this is hire and salary,not revenge. He took my father grossly,full of bread, With all his crimes broad blown,as flush as May; And how his audit stands,who knows,save heaven: But in our circumstance and course of thought, ·164· 哈姆雷特 邀宽恕吗？在这贪污的人世，罪恶的镀金的手也 许可以把公道推开不顾，暴徒的赃物往往就是枉 法的贿赂：可是天上却不是这样的，在那边一切 都无可遁避，任何行动都要显现它的真相，我们 必须当面为我们自己的罪恶作证。那么怎么办 ①corrupt [ka'rApt]a.腐败的 呢？还有什么法子好想呢？试一试忏悔的力量 ②gilded'gildid]a.镀金的 吧。什么事情是忏悔所不能做到的？可是对于一 个不能忏悔的人，它又有什么用呢？啊，不幸的 处境！啊，像死亡一样黑暗的心胸！啊，越是挣 扎，越是不能脱身的胶住了的灵魂！救救我，天 使们！试一试吧：屈下来，顽强的膝盖：钢丝一 样的心弦，变得像新生之婴的筋肉一样柔嫩吧！ 但愿一切转祸为福！（退后跪祷） ③repentance【ri'pentans]n. 悔改 哈姆雷特上。 ④stubborn['stAbanl a.顽固 的 哈姆雷特他现在正在祈祷，我正好动手：我决定现在 就干，让他上天堂去，我也算报了仇了。不，那 还要考虑一下：一个恶人杀死我的父亲：我，他 的独生子，却把这个恶人送上天堂。啊，这简直 是以恩报怨了。他用卑鄙的手段，在我父亲满心 俗念、罪孽正重的时候乘其不备地把他杀死；虽 然谁也不知道在上帝面前，他的生前的善恶如何 相抵，可是照我们一般的推想，他的孽债多半是 很重的。现在他正在洗涤他的灵魂，要是我在这 时候结果了他的性命，那么天国的路是为他开放 ·165· Hamlet 'Tis heavy with him;and am I then reveng'd, To take him in the purging of his soul, When he is fit and seasoned for his passage? No. Up,sword,and know thou a more horrid hent When he is drunk asleep;or in his rage; Or in th'incestuous pleasure of his bed; At gaming,swearing,or about some act That has no relish of salvation in't, Then trip him,that his heels may kick at heaven, And that his soul may be as damn'd and black As hell,whereto it goes.My mother stays, This physie but prolongs thy sickly days. Exit. King.My words fly up,my thoughts remain below. Words without thoughts never to heaven go. Exit. ·166· 哈姆雷特 着，这样还算是复仇吗？不，收起来，我的剑， 等候一个更惨酷的机会吧：当他在酒碎以后，在 愤怒之中，或是在荒淫纵欲的时候，在赌博，咒 骂或是其他邪恶的行为的中间，我就要叫他颠踬 在我的脚下，让他幽深黑暗不见天日的灵魂永堕 D incestuous [in'sestjuas]a. 地狱。我的母亲在等我。这一服续命的药剂不过 乱伦的 延长了你临死的痛苦。（下） ②salvation [sael'veifon]n.拯救 国王起立上前。 国王我的言语高高飞起，我的思想滞留地下；没有思 想的言语永远不会上升天界。（下） ③physic'[fzik]i.药品 ·167·