美國(guó)語(yǔ)文第六冊(cè) 第205期:布魯圖和凱西尤的爭(zhēng)吵(3)

There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats; For I am armed so strong in honesty That they pass by me as the idle wind, Which I respect not.

凱西尤，不管你怎樣恐嚇威脅，我都不怕;因?yàn)檎钡木有谋闶俏易钣辛Φ奈淦?，你那些話就像一陣毫無(wú)意義的風(fēng)掠過(guò)一樣，我全不放在心上。

I did send to you For certain sums of gold, which you denied me;— For I can raise no money by vile means:

我曾經(jīng)派人去向你借些金錢，你拂了我的面子;——因?yàn)槲也粫?huì)通過(guò)邪惡的手段斂錢的，

By heaven! I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash By any indirection.

上帝啊!我寧愿把自己一滴滴心血熔鑄成錢幣，也不愿從農(nóng)人粗硬的手里榨取他們那卑賤污穢的銅板。

I did send To you for gold to pay my legions, Which you denied me: was that done like Cassius?

我派人向你借錢，為了支付軍餉，你卻拂了我的面子;這哪像凱西尤的作為啊?

Should I have answered Caius Cassius so?

我應(yīng)不應(yīng)該也這樣對(duì)待蓋尤斯·凱西尤呢?

When Marcus Brutus grows so covetous, To lock such rascal counters from his friends,

當(dāng)馬庫(kù)斯·布魯圖要是也變得這般吝嗇，像無(wú)賴似的鎖住他的錢柜，不與他的朋友們時(shí)，

Be ready, gods, with an your thunderbolts; Dash him to pieces! I denied you not. You did.

神啊，就請(qǐng)你們用雷電把他劈得粉身碎骨吧!我并沒(méi)有拂你的面子啊。你拒絕我了。

I did not: he was but a fool that brought My answer back.

我沒(méi)有，傳我口信的那家伙就是個(gè)傻瓜。

 

Brutus hath rived my heart: A friend should bear his friend's infirmities, But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.

布魯圖把我的心都劈碎了，一個(gè)朋友應(yīng)當(dāng)擔(dān)待他朋友的過(guò)失，可是布魯圖卻把我的過(guò)失渲染得格外大。

I do not, till you practice them on me. You love me not. I do not like your faults.

我沒(méi)有，是你有負(fù)于我的。你不喜歡我。我不喜歡你的過(guò)錯(cuò)。

A friendly eye could never see such faults.

一個(gè)朋友的眼里決不容許這種過(guò)錯(cuò)存在。

A flatterer's would not, though they do appear As huge as high Olympus.

布魯圖，在一個(gè)阿諛?lè)畛械娜搜劾?，即使有像奧林匹斯山一樣高聳龐大的過(guò)錯(cuò)，也會(huì)視而不見(jiàn)的。

Come, Antony, and young Octavius, come, Revenge yourselves alone on Cassius, For Cassius is aweary of the world;

來(lái)，安東尼，來(lái)，年輕的屋大維，你們向凱西尤一個(gè)人復(fù)仇吧，因?yàn)閯P西尤已經(jīng)厭倦這個(gè)世界了，

Hated by one he loves; braved by his brother; Checked like a bondman;

被所愛(ài)的人憎恨，被他的兄弟脅迫，像一個(gè)奴隸似的被人呵來(lái)呵去，

all his faults observed, Set in a notebook, learned, and conned by rote, To cast into my teeth.

他的一切過(guò)失都被人記在本上，爛熟于心，成了當(dāng)面揭發(fā)我的罪狀。