ACT5 Scene1 A churchyard墓地-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《哈姆雷特Hamlet》

ACT V. 第五幕 Scene 1.A churchyard. Enter two clowns,with spades and pickaxes Clown.Is she to be buried in Christian burial,that wilfully seeks her own salvation②？ Other.I tell thee she is,and therefore make her grave straight.The crowner hath sat on her,and finds it Christian burial. Clown.How can that be,unless she drown'd herself in her own defence? Other.Why,'tis found so. Clown.It must be se offendendo,it cannot be else.For here lies the point:if I drown myself wittingly,it argues an act;and an act hath three branches;it is to act,to do,and to perform;argal,she drown'd herself wittingly. Other.Nay,but hear you,goodman delver! Clown.Give me leave.Here lies the water;good;here stands the man;good;if the man go to this water and drown himself,it is,will he nill he,he goes; mark you that?But if the water come to him and drown him,he drowns not himself.Argal,he that is not guilty of his own death,shortens not his own life. ·242· 第一场基地 ①pickaxe['pikaeks]n.镐 二小丑携锄锹等上。 甲丑她存心自己脱离人世，却要照基督徒的仪式下葬 ③salvation【sel'veifan]n 拯救 吗？ 乙丑我对你说是的，所以你赶快把她的坟掘好吧；验 尸官已经验明她的死状，宣布应该按照基督徒的 仪式把她下葬。 甲丑这可奇了，难道她是因为自卫而跳下水里的吗？ 乙丑他们验明是这样的。 甲丑那一定是自杀了，不可能有别的原因。因为问题 是这样的：要是我有意投水自杀，那必须成立一 个行为；一个行为可以分为三部分，那就是干， 行，做；所以，她是有意投水自杀的。 乙丑唉，你听我说一 ③delver[delvo]n.探索者 甲丑让我说完。这儿是水；好。这儿站着人；好。 ④nill (nil训k不愿意 要是这个人跑到这个水里，把他自己淹死了，那 么，不管他自己愿不愿意，总是他自己跑下去 的；你听见了没有？可是要是那水走到他的身上 把他淹死了，那就不是他自己把自己淹死；所 以，对于他自己的死无罪的人，并没有杀害他自 己的生命。 ·243· Hamlet Other.But is this law? Clown.Ay marry is't,crowner's quest law. Other.Will you ha'the truth on't?If this had not been a gentlewoman,she should have been buried out o'Christian burial. Clown.Why,there thou say'st!And the more pity that great folk should have count'nance in this world to drown or hang themselves,more than their even Christen.Come,my spade;there is no ancient gentlemen but gard'ners,ditchers and grave-makers;they hold up Adam's profession. Other.Was he a gentleman? Clown.He was the first that ever bore arms. Other.Why,he had none. Clown.What,art a heathen?How dost thou understand the Scripture?The Scripture says Adam digg'd.Could he dig without arms?I'll put another question to thee;if thou answerest me not to the purpose,confess thyself Other.Go to. Clown.What is he that builds stronger than either the mason,the shipwright or the carpenter⑦？ Other.The gallows-maker;for that frame outlives a thousand tenants. Clown.I like thy wit well in good faith.The gallows does well.But how does it well?It does well to those that do ill.Now,thou dost ill to say the gallows is built stronger than the church.Argal,the gallows may do well to thee. To't again,come. Other.Who builds stronger than a mason,a shipwright,or a carpenter? Clown.Ay,tell me that,and unyoke Other.Marry,now I can tell. Clown.To't. Other.Mass,I cannot tell. Enter Hamlet and Horatio afar off. ·244· 哈姆雷特【 乙丑法律上是这样说的吗？ 甲丑嗯，是的，这是验尸官的验尸法。 乙丑说一句老实话，要是这个死的不是一位贵家女 子，他们绝不会按照基督徒的仪式把她下葬的。 甲丑对了，你说得有理；有财有势的人，就是要投 ①spade[speid]n.铁锹 河上吊，比起他们同教的基督徒来也可以格外通 @ditcher['dif)n.挖沟人 融，世上的事情真是太不公平了！来，我的锄 头。古时候没有什么绅士，只有一些种地的，开 沟的，掘坟的人；他们都继承着亚当的行业。 乙丑亚当也算是世家？ 甲丑当然，他在创立家业方面很有一套呢！ 乙丑他有一套？ ③heathen ['hi:Son]n.异教徒 ④Scripture['skriptfoln.（大 甲丑怎么？你是个异教徒吗？你有没有读过《圣 写)圣经 经》？《圣经》上说：“亚当掘地。”没有一 套，能够掘地吗？让我再问你一个问题；要是你 回答得不对，那么你就承认你自己— 乙丑你问吧。 ⑤mason['meison]n.泥瓦匠 ⑥shipwright ['fiprait]n.船 甲丑谁造出的东西比泥水匠，船匠或是木匠更坚固？ 匠 ⑦carpenter[ka:ponto]n.木 乙丑造绞架的人；因为一千个在它上面悬挂过的人都 安 已经先后死去，它还是站在那儿动都不动。 甲丑我很喜欢你的聪明，真的。绞架是很合适的；可 是它怎么是合适的？它对于那些有罪的人是合适 的。你说绞架造得比教堂还坚固，说这样的话是 罪过的：所以，绞架对于你是合适的。来，重新 说过。 乙丑谁造出的东西比泥水匠，船匠或是木匠更坚固？ ⑧unyoke【An'jouk停止 甲丑嗯，你回答了这个问题，我就让你下工。 工作 乙丑呃，现在我知道了。 甲丑说吧。 乙丑真的，我可回答不出来。 哈姆雷特及霍拉旭上；立远处。 ·245· Hamlet Clown.Cudgel thy brains no more about it,for your dull ass will not mend his pace with beating;and when you are ask'd this question next,say 'a grave- maker'.The houses he makes lasts till doomsday:go,get thee to yaughan; fetch me a stoup of liquor. Exit Second Clown. Clown digs and sings. In youth when I did love,did love, Methought it was very sweet; To contract,O!the time for a my behove, O methought there was nothing meet. Ham.Has this fellow no feeling of his business,that he sings at grave-making? Hor. Custom hath made it in him a Property of easiness. Ham.'Tis e'en so;the hand of little employment hath the daintiersense. Clown.[Sings.But age with his stealing steps Hath clawed me in his clutch③， And hath shipped me intil the land, As if I had never been such. Throws up a skull. Ham.That skull had a tongue in it,and could sing once:how the knave jowls it to the ground,as if'twere Cain's jaw-bone,that did the first murther:it might be the pate of a politician,which this ass now o'erreaches;one that would circumvent god,might it not? Hor. It might,my lord. Ham. Or of a courtier,which could say,good morrow,sweet lord:how dost thou,good lord?This might be my lord such-a-one,that prais'd my lord such-a-one's horse,when he meant to beg it;might it not? Hor. Ay,my lord. ·246· 哈姆雪特 ①cudgel one's brains绞尽 甲丑别绞尽你的脑汁了，懒驴子是打死也走不快的； 脑汁 下回有人问你这个问题的时候，你就对他说： “掘坟的人。”因为他造的房子是可以一直住到 世界末日的。去，到酒店里去给我倒一杯酒来。 (乙丑下。甲丑且掘且歌) 年轻时候最爱偷情， 觉得那事很有趣味； 规规矩矩学做好人， 在我看来太无意义。 哈姆雷特这家伙难道对于他的工作一点没有什么感 觉，在掘坟的时候还会唱歌吗？ ②dainty[deinti]a.挑剔的 霍拉旭他做惯了这种事，所以不以为意。 哈姆雷特正是；不大劳动的手，它的感觉要比较灵敏 一些。 ③clutch [klAt切n.手 甲丑（唱） 谁料如今岁月潜移， 老景催人急于星火， 两腿挺直，一命归西， 世上原来不曾有我。（掷起一骷髅） 哈姆雷特那个骷髅里面曾经有一条舌头，它还会唱歌 哩；瞧这家伙把它摔在地上，好像它是第一个杀 circumvent [sa:kam'vent] 人凶手该隐一)的颚骨似的！它也许是一个政客的 陷害 头颅，现在却让这蠢货把它丢来踢去；也许他生 前是个偷天换日的好手，你看是不是？ 霍拉旭也许是的，殿下。 ⑤courtier ['ko:jn.朝臣 哈姆雷特也许是一个朝臣，他会说：“早安，大人！ 您好，大人！”也许他就是某大人，嘴里称赞某大 人的马好，心里却想把它讨了来，你看是不是？ 霍拉旭是，殿下。 (一)该隐(Cain),亚当之长子，杀其弟亚伯(Abel),见《圣 经·旧约·创世记》。 ·247· Hamlet Ham.Why e'en so:and now my lady Worm's,chapless,and knock'd about the mazzard with a sexton's spade;here's fine revolution,if we had the trick to see't.Did these bones cost no more the breeding but to play at loggets with'em?Mine ache to think on't. Clown.[Sings.]A pick-haxe and a spade,a spade, For and a shrouding sheet; O a Pit of clay for to be made, For such a guest is meet. Throws up another skull. Ham.There's another:why might not that be the skull of a lawyer?Where be his quiddits now?his quillets,his cases,his tenures,and his tricks? Why does he suffer this rude knave now to knock him about the sconce with a dirty shovel,and will not tell him of his action of battery?Hum. This fellow might be in's time a great buyer of land,with his statutes,his recognizances,his fines,his double vouchers,his recoveries:is this the fine of his fines,and the recovery of his recoveries,to have his fine pate full of fine dirt?Will his vouchers vouch him no more of his purchases,and double ones too,than the length and breadth of a pair of indentures?The very conveyances of his lands will scarcely lie in this box;and must th' inheritor himself have no more,ha? Hor.Not a jot more,my lord. Ham.Is not parchment made of sheep-skins? Hor. Ay,my lord,and of calv-skins too. Ham.They are sheep and calves which seek out assurance in that.I will speak to this fellow:whose grave's this,sir? Clown.Mine,sir: [Sings.O a pit of clay for to be made, For such a guest is meet. ·248· 哈姆雷特 哈姆雷特啊，正是；现在却让蛆虫伴寝，他的下巴 ①mazzard['mazod]n.【古 也脱掉了，一柄工役的锄头可以在他头上敲来敲 语]头 ②sexton【'sekston]n.教堂 去。从这种变化上，我们大可看透了生命的无 司事 常。难道这些枯骨生前受了那么多的教养，死后 ③shroud [fraud)用裹尸 却只好给人家当木块一般抛着玩吗？想起来我的 布裹 骨头都痛了。 甲丑（唱） 锄头一柄，铁铲一把， 殓衾一方掩面遮身； 挖松泥土深深掘下， 掘了个坑招待客人。（掷起另一骷髅） 哈姆雷特又是一个；谁知道那不会是一个律师的骷 ④tenure['tenjual n.任期 ⑤sconce【skons]n.头 髅？他的玩弄刀笔的手段，颠倒黑白的雄辩，现 ©shovel[SAvall m.铁铲 在都到哪儿去了？为什么他让这个放肆的家伙用 龌龊的铁铲敲他的脑壳，不去控告他一个殴打 罪？哼！这家伙生前也许曾经买下许多地产，开 口闭口用那些条文、具结、罚款、证据、赔偿一 类的名词吓人；现在他的脑壳里塞满了泥土，这 indenture [in'dentfol n. 就算是他所取得的罚款和最后的赔偿了吗？除了 契约 两张契约大小的一方地面以外，谁能替他证明他 究竞有多少地产？这一撮黄土，就是他所有的一 切了吗，吓？ parchment ['pa:tfmant]n. 羊皮纸 霍拉旭这就是他所有的一切了，殿下。 哈姆雷特契约纸不是羊皮做的吗？ 霍拉旭是的，殿下，也有用小牛皮做的。 哈姆雷特我看痴心指靠那些玩意儿的人，比牲口聪明 不了多少。我要去跟这家伙谈谈。喂，这是谁的 坟墓？ 甲丑我的，先生— 挖松泥土深深掘下， 掘了个坑招待客人。 ·249· Hamlet Ham.I think it be thine indeed,for thou liest in't. Clown.You lie out on 't sir,and therefore'tis not yours: For my part,I do not lie in't,and yet it is mine. Ham.Thou dost lie in't to be in't and say it is thine:'tis for the dead,not for the quick,therefore thou liest. Clown.'Tis a quick lie,sir;'twill away again from me to you. Ham.What man dost thou dig it for? Clown.For no man,sir. Ham.What woman then? Clown.For none neither. Ham.Who is to be buried in't? Clown.One that was a woman sir;but,rest her soul,she's dead. Ham.How absolute the knave is!We must speak by the card,or equivocation will undo us.By the lord,Horatio,this three years I have taken note of it,the age is grown so picked that the toe of the peasant comes so near the heel of the courtier,he galls his kibe.How long hast thou been a grave-maker? Clown.Of all the days i'th'year,I came to't that day that our last king Hamlet overcame Fortinbras. Ham.How long is that since? Clown.Cannot you tell that?Every fool can tell that:it was the very day that young Hamlet was born,he that is mad,and sent into England. ·250·