仲夏夜之梦中英对照

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

仲夏夜之梦

Scripts：

Aside：There was a law in the city of Athens which gave to its citizens the power of forcing their daughters to marry whomever they pleased. For if a daughter refused to marry the man her

father had chosen to be her husband, the father might by thus law cause her to be put to death.

在雅典有一条法律赋予市民权力，可以强迫他们的女儿嫁给他们所喜欢的人，因此如果女儿拒绝父亲为她选的丈夫，依据这条法律，父亲可以自行判她死刑。

(灯不开，只有旁白)

ACT I. SCENE I

Athens. The corrider.

Egeus急匆匆的大步往前走，Hermia在后面追，两人都从舞台左侧上，在中间停住HERMIA: Father, please, please don't do that.

Egeus: I'm sorry ,HERMIA, you have to marry Demetrious, the eligible young man in the city.

荷米亚，你必须嫁给狄米崔斯，这城中最好的年轻人。

HERMIA: I can't, Father! I can't be his wife. 爸爸，抱歉。我不能成为他的妻子。

Egeus: Why do you refused to marry Demetrius? He is really a worthy gentleman!

你为什麼拒绝嫁给狄米崔斯呢？他是一个真正的绅士。

HERMIA: But I don't love him. I've fell in love with Lysander.

但是我不爱他。我已经爱上了莱赛德。

Egeus: Lysander? Is he better than Demetrious? No!

莱赛德？他会比狄米崔斯好吗？不！

HERMIA: Oh! Father! Demetrious had ever said that he love my friend, Helena, and she, a sweet

lady also love him deeply.

喔！爸爸，狄米崔斯曾说过，他爱我的朋友——海伦娜，而这一个甜美女孩也深爱狄米崔斯。Egeus: No matter what you say, I've decided to let you marry Demetrious. I stick to do this!

不管你怎麼说！我已经决定让你嫁给狄米崔斯了，我坚决这样做。

HERMIA: I won't give my heart to the person who I never like.

我不愿把我的心交给一个我不曾喜欢的人。

Egeus: If you don't marry Demetrious, I'll use the ancient right of Athens, asking to put you to

death according to our law! (头也不回，怒气冲冲的疾步走下去，从右侧下)

如果你不嫁给狄米崔斯，根据我们的法律，我将用雅典的古律法要求判你死刑。

HERMIA: Oh! Please, please do not! My dear father! Don't you love me any more? Don't give me up, please! （半捂住脸啜泣）

喔，不要，请不要这么做，亲爱的父亲，你不再爱我了吗？请不要放弃我。

Lysander从左侧上场

Lysander: Sweet HERMIA, my love! What's going wrong? Let me wipe your heart-breaking tears!

亲爱的荷米亚，我的爱人，怎麼回事?让我擦掉你那心碎的眼泪。

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HERMIA: My father said that unless I marry Demetrious, or he'll be put me to death!

(一步步后退到舞台右侧)

我爸爸说，除非我嫁给狄米崔斯，否则他将处死我

Lysander: My love…

Lysander跟到右侧，试图安慰Hermia,

Hermia:NO…Hermia 躲开他，悲伤的跑到舞台左侧

LYSANDER. Ay me! For aught that I could ever 中听到的，真正的爱情，所走的read, Could ever hear by tale or 道路永远是崎岖多阻；不是因为history, The course of true love 血统的差异——never did run smooth; But either it （向前走一步)

was different in blood-不幸啊，尊贵的要向微贱者屈节臣服！

HERMIA. O cross! Too high to be enthrall'd to （向前走一步）

low. 便是因为年龄上的悬殊——

LYSANDER. Or else misgraffed in respect of （一步）

years-可憎啊，年老的要和年轻人发生关系！

HERMIA. O spite! Too old to be engag'd to （一步）

young. 或者因为信从了亲友们的选择——

LYSANDER. Or else it stood upon the choice （一步）

of friends-倒霉啊，选择爱人要依赖他人的眼光！

HERMIA. O hell! To choose love by another's （一步）

eyes. 或者，即使彼此两情悦服，但战争、死LYSANDER. Or, if there were a sympathy in 亡或疾病却侵害着它，使它像一个声音、一choice, War, death, or sickness, 片影子、一段梦、黑夜中的一道闪电那样短did lay siege to it, Making it 促，在一刹那间展现了天堂和地狱，但还来momentary as a sound,Swift as 不及说一声“瞧啊！”黑暗早已张开口把它吞a shadow, short as any dream, 噬了。光明的事物，总是那样很快地变成了Brief as the lightning in the 混沌。

collied night,That, in a spleen, （慢慢向前走去，最终停在Hermia面前）

unfolds both heaven and earth,

And ere a man hath power to

say ‘Behold!' The jaws of

darkness do devour it up; So

quick bright things come to

confusion.

HERMIA. If then true lovers have ever cross'd, 既然真心的恋人们永远要受磨折似乎已It stands as an edict in destiny. 是一条命运的定律，那么让我们练习着忍耐Then let us teach our trial 吧；因为这种磨折，正和忆念、幻梦、叹息、patience, Because it is a 希望和哭泣一样，都是可怜的