ACT3 Scene5 Gloucester’s Castle格洛斯特城堡中一室-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《李尔王King Lear》

Scene V.Gloucester's Castle. Enter Cornwall and Edmund. Corn.I will have my revenge ere I depart his house. Edm.How,my lord,I may be censured,that nature thus gives way to loyalty, something fears me to think of. Corn.I now perceive it was not altogether your brother's evil disposition made him seek his death;but a provoking merit,set a-work by a reproveable badness in himself. Edm.How malicious is my fortune that I must repent to be just!This is the letter he spoke of,which approves him an intelligent party to the advantages of France.O heavens!That this treason were not or not I the detector! Corn.Go with me to the Duchess. Edm.If the matter of this paper be certain,you have mighty business in hand. Corn.True or false,it hath made thee Earl of Gloucester.Seek out where thy father is,that he may be ready for our apprehension. ·166· 第五场 格洛斯特城堡中一室 康沃尔及埃德蒙上 康沃尔我在离开他的屋子以前，一定要把他惩治一 下。 埃德蒙殿下，我为了尽忠的缘故，不顾父子之情，一 想到人家不知将要怎样批评我，心里很有点儿惴惴 Dreproveable [ri'pru:vabl]a. 不安哩。 应该被谴责的 康沃尔我现在才知道你的哥哥想要谋害他的生命，并 不完全出于恶意：多半是他自己咎有应得，才会引 起他的杀心的。 埃德蒙我的命运多么颠倒，虽然做了正义的事情，却 必须抱恨终身！这就是他说起的那封信，它可以证 实他私通法国的罪状。天啊！为什么他要干这种叛 逆的行为，为什么偏偏又在我手里发觉了呢？ 康沃尔跟我见公爵夫人去。 埃德蒙这信上所说的事情倘然属实，那您就要有一番 重大的行动了。 康沃尔不管它是真是假，它已经使你成为格洛斯特伯 爵了。你去找找你的父亲在什么地方，让我们可以 把他逮捕起来。 ·167· ACT In Edm.[Aside]If I find him comforting the king,it will stuff his suspicion more fully.I will persevere in my course of loyalty,though the conflict be sore between that and my blood. Corn.I will lay trust upon thee,and thou shalt find a dearer father in my love. Exeunt. ·168· 第三幕 埃德蒙（旁白）要是我看见他正在援助那老王，他的 ①persever[pa:si'vi间y 嫌疑就格外加重了。一虽然忠心和孝道在我的灵 (persevere的另一种形式) 坚持 魂里发生剧烈的争战，可是大义所在，只好把私恩 抛弃不顾。 康沃尔我完全信任你：你在我的恩宠之中，将要得到 一个更慈爱的父亲。（各下） ·169·