《紅樓夢》楊憲益和霍克斯翻譯對照--61

2024年3月23日發(作者：蒙陰海浪谷)

曹雪芹

第六十一回

投鼠忌器寶玉瞞贓 判

冤決獄平兒行權

那柳家的笑道： "好

猴兒崽子，你親嬸子找野

老兒去了，你豈不多得一

個叔叔，有什么疑的！別

討我把你頭上的榪子蓋

似的幾根屄毛挦下來！還

不開門讓我進去呢。"這

小廝且不開門，且拉著笑

說："好嬸子，你這一進

去，好歹偷些杏子出來賞

我吃。我這里老等。你若

忘了時，日后半夜三更打

酒買油的，我不給你老人

家開門，也不答應你，隨

你干叫去。"柳氏啐道："

發了昏的，今年不比往

年，把這些東西都分給了

眾奶奶了。一個個的不象

抓破了臉的，人打樹底下

一過，兩眼就象那黧雞似

的，還動他的果子！昨兒

我從李子樹下一走，偏有

一個蜜蜂兒往臉上一過，

我一招手兒，偏你那好舅

母就看見了。他離的遠看

不真，只當我摘李子呢，

就Б聲浪嗓喊起來，說又

是`還沒供佛呢'，又是`

老太太，太太不在家還沒

進鮮呢，等進了上頭，嫂

子們都有分的'，倒象誰

害了饞癆等李子出汗呢。

叫我也沒好話說，搶白了

他一頓。可是你舅母姨娘

楊憲益

Chapter 61

Baoyu Covers Up a Girl’s

Theft to

Protect His Sister

Pinger Wields Authority

to Right a Wrong

‘You monkey!’

chuckled Mrs. Liu. ‘If

your aunt goes to find a

lover that means one more

uncle for you what’s

wrong with that? Don’t

make me tear out that tuft

of mangy hair stuck on

your head like the lid of

chamberpot. Hurry up!

Open the gate and let me

in.’

Instead of doing so, the

young rascal went on

teasing.

‘When you go in,

auntie, do filch a few

apricots for me. I’ll wait

for you here. If you forget,

don’t expect me to open

the gate for you in future,

when you want to buy

wine or oil in the middle

of the night. I won’t even

answer you, just leave you

to shout yourlf hoar.’

Mrs. Liu spat.

‘You’re crazy!’ she

scoffed. ‘This year’s not

like the old days.

Everything here has been

put in the care of different

women, every single one

of them spoiling for a

霍克斯

Chapter 61

Bao-yu owns up to a crime

he did not commit

And Patience bends

authority in order that

the innocent may be

spared

Cook Liu was trying to

get back into the Garden,

but the bantering page-boy

delayed her.

‘You don’t live in this

direction. Naughty old

Auntie! What have you

been up to?’

“‘Auntie” is it?’ said Cook

Liu, laughing. ‘Cheeky

little monkey! If your

“auntie” has got herlf a

fancy man, that means you

have a new uncle, so what

are you worrying about?

You open that gate quickly,

my lad, and let me in, or

I’ll take hold of you by

that little po-cover of

yours and pull your hair

out!’

‘If I let you in, promi

you’ll pinch a few apricots

for me,’ said the boy, ‘to

make up for having kept

me waiting so long. Mind

you don’t forget, now, or

next time you want to nip

out in the middle of the

night for a bottle of wine

or some oil, I’ll not open

for you. I’ll just let you

stand there shouting and

not even answer you.’

兩三個親戚都管著，怎不

和他們要的，倒和我來

要。這可是`倉老鼠和老

鴰去借糧----守著的沒

有，飛著的有' 。"小廝

笑道："哎喲喲，沒有罷

了，說上這些閑話！我看

你老以后就用不著我

了？就便是姐姐有了好

地方，將來更呼喚著的日

子多，只要我們多答應他

些就有了。"柳氏聽了，

笑道："你這個小猴精，

又搗鬼吊白的，你姐姐有

什么好地方了？"那小廝

笑道："別哄我了，早已

知道了。單是你們有內

牽，難道我們就沒有內牽

不成？我雖在這里聽哈，

里頭卻也有兩個姊妹成

個體統的，什么事瞞了我

們！"

fight. Just walk under a

tree, and they glare like

broody hens. How can you

touch their fruit?’

‘The other day I was

walking under a plum tree

when a bee brushed past

my face, and just as I

flapped it away that aunt

of yours spotted me. She

was too far away to e

what I was doing and

thought I was picking

plums, so she let out a

screech, then started

squawking at the top of her

voice that this fruit hadn’t

yet been offered to

Buddha, that Their

Ladyships being away

hadn’t tasted it yet, and

that after the best had been

nt to the mistress the rest

of us would get our share,

carrying on as if I were

dying for her plums! I

didn’t take it too kindly,

sol gave her tit for tat.

‘But you have veral

aunts in charge of things

here. Why not ask them

for what you want? Why

apply to me? This is like

the rat in the barn who

asked a crow for grain, as

if a bird on the wing had

some while the rat living

in the barn had none.

‘Aiyaya!’ chortled the

boy. ‘If you can’t help,

you can’t. Why all this

palaver? Think you won’t

need me in future? If your

daughter does get a good

‘You must be mad!’ said

the cook. ‘We can’t do that

sort of thing any more

now. Nowadays it’s all

divided up among the

garden-women; and there

isn’t one of them, either,

that wouldn’t just as soon

scratch your eyes out as

look at you. You only have

to walk under one of the

fruit-trees and they’re

watching you like hawks.

Fat chance I should have

of picking any of the fruit

for you I only yesterday I

was walking underneath a

plum-tree and raid my

hand to drive a bee away

that was buzzing in front

of my face. One of your

old aunties happened to

e me, but as she was

quite a long way off, she

couldn’t quite make out

what I was doing. She

thought I was picking the

plums. Oh, you should

have heard her shout!

“Don’t take them! We

haven’t offered the

first-fruits yet. No one

must have any of tho

plums until Their

Ladyships have got back

and made the offerings.

You’ll get your share in

time.” I suppo she

thought I had a craving

and couldn’t wait! I’m

afraid I wasn’t very polite.

I gave her a piece of my

mind. You ask one of your

old aunties if you want