【讀書筆記】王爾德《自深深處》09
1891年,處在寫作生涯巔峰期的王爾德遇見了阿爾弗雷德·“波西”·道格拉斯(Alfred "Bosie" Douglas),兩人很快成為了同性戀人。四年后,因為這段“不敢說出名字的愛”,王爾德 被判“有傷風(fēng)化”罪而入獄。在獄中,王爾德開始反思從前的生活,思索痛苦和人生的意義,藝術(shù)和愛的真諦 ,最終將那些痛苦的淚水都化作優(yōu)美而深沉的文字,寫成了這封名為"de profundis"(從深處)的長信。
作者簡介:奧斯卡·王爾德(Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900),英國維多利亞時代著名作家, “唯美主義運動”的領(lǐng)軍人物,倡導(dǎo)“為藝術(shù)而藝術(shù)”(Art for art's sake)。他的代表作有 戲劇《莎樂美》(Salome)《認(rèn)真的重要性》(The Importance of Being Earnest),童話《快樂王子》(The Happy Prince) 《夜鶯與玫瑰》(The Nightingale and the Rose),小說《道連·格雷的畫像》(The Picture of Dorian Gray), 以及書信《自深深處》(De Profundis)等。
【原著選段】
The trivial in thought and action is?charming. I had made it the keystone of a very?brilliant?philosophy expressed in plays and?paradoxes. But the froth and folly of our life?grew often very wearisome to me: it was only in the?mire that we met: and fascinating, terribly?fascinating though the one topic round which?your talk invariably centred was, still at the end it?became quite monotonous to me. I was often?bored to death by it, and accepted it as I accepted?your passion for going to music-halls, or your?mania for absurd extravagances in eating and?drinking, or any other of your to me less attractive?characteristics, as a thing, that is to say, that one simply had to put up with, a part of the high price one?paid for knowing you.
【孫宜學(xué)譯本】
【朱純深譯本】
思想和行為上的瑣屑討人喜歡。我曾用這一點來作為一個非常睿智的人生哲學(xué)的基石, 在劇本和悖語中加以表達(dá)。但是我們生活中的蠢話傻事卻常常變得令人煩不勝煩:我們只是在泥淖中相遇。你談話時總是圍繞著的那個話題雖然引人入勝,引人入勝得不得了,但到頭來我還是覺得膩味。我常常被它煩得要死, 但卻接受了它, 就像接受了你要去雜耍劇場的狂熱, 接受了你荒唐地大吃大喝的癖好,以及別的在我看來不那么有趣的脾氣;也就是說,我干脆當(dāng)它為一個不得不忍受的東西,當(dāng)它為同你認(rèn)識所要付出的高昂代價的一部分。
【讀書筆記】
1、trivial 瑣碎的,無關(guān)緊要的,微不足道的;(人)淺薄的,輕浮的?
【舉例】trivial matters 瑣事
trivial formalities 繁文縟節(jié)
Don't marry that trivial young man, please. 千萬別嫁給那個淺薄輕浮的人。
2、某些形容詞,在前面加上定冠詞the,可以變成指代一類人或事物的名詞性詞組,比如trivial(瑣碎的)/the trivial(瑣事),poor(貧窮的)/the poor(窮人),dead(死亡的)/the dead(死人),等等。
3、bore?v.使厭煩,使厭倦 n.令人討厭的人或事
【舉例】bore sb. to death?使某人厭煩得要死
He has bored himself with bridge. 他玩橋牌玩膩了。
Stop being a bore. 別再煩人了。
4、extravagance 奢侈,鋪張浪費;過度,無節(jié)制
【舉例】extravagance with money?揮霍無度
love one's children with extravagance?溺愛孩子
5、pay for?為……付出代價,因……接受懲罰
【舉例】He paid dearly for his mistake.?他為自己所犯的錯誤付出了高昂的代價。