All the World's a Stage

全世界是个舞台

作者:莎士比亚,译者:朱生豪

All the world's a stage,

全世界是个舞台,

And all the men and women merely players;

所有的男男女女不过是一些演员;

They have their exits and their entrances.

他们都有下场的时候,也都有上场的时候。

And one man in his time plays many parts,

一个人的一生中扮演着好几个角色,

His acts being seven ages.

他的表演可以分为七个时期。

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At first the infant,

最初是婴孩,

Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.

在保姆的怀中啼哭呕吐。

Then the whining school-boy, with his satchel

然后是背着书包、满脸红光的学童

And shining morning face, creeping like snail,

像蜗牛一样慢腾腾地拖着脚步,

Unwillingly to school.

情愿地呜咽着上学堂。

And then the lover,

然后是情人,

Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad

像炉灶一样叹着气,写了一首悲哀的诗歌咏着

Made to his mistress' eyebrow.

他恋人的眉毛。

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Then a soldier,

然后是一个军人,

Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard,

满口发着古怪的誓,胡须长得像豹子一样,

Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,

爱惜着名誉,动不动就要打架,

Seeking the bubble reputation, even in the cannon's mouth.

在炮口上寻求着泡沫一样的荣名。

And then the justice,

然后是法官,

In fair round belly with a good capon lined,

胖胖圆圆的肚子塞满了阉鸡,

With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,

凛然的眼光,整洁的胡须,

Full of wise saws, and modern instances;

满嘴都是格言和老生常谈;

And so he plays his part.

他这样扮了他的一个角色。

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The sixth age shifts

第六个时期变成了

Into the lean and slippered pantaloon,

精瘦的趿着拖鞋的龙钟老叟,

With spectacles on nose and pouch on side,

鼻子上架着眼镜,腰边悬着钱袋;

His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide

他那年轻时候节省下来的长袜子,

For his shrunk shank,

套在他皱瘪的小腿上显得宽大异常;

And his big manly voice

他那朗朗的男子的口音

Turning again toward childish treble, pipes,

又变成了孩子似的尖叫,

And whistles in his sound.

像是吹着风笛和哨子。

Last scene of all, that ends this strange eventful history,

终结着这段古怪多事的历史的最后一场,

Is second childishness, and mere oblivion,

是孩提时代的再现,全然的遗忘,

Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.

没有牙齿,没有眼睛,没有口味,没有一切。

诗歌简介

本诗节选自莎士比亚喜剧《皆大欢喜(As you like it)》,写尽了人的一生。《皆大欢喜》是莎士比亚创作的“四大喜剧”之一,故事场景主要发生在远离尘世的亚登森林中。大约创作于1598-1600年间。

作者简介

威廉·莎士比亚,英国文艺复兴时期伟大的戏剧家和诗人,于1564年4月23日出生在英国中部斯特拉福德城一个富裕的市民家庭(逝世于1616年的生日)。后来家道中落,在伦敦当了演员和编剧,与社会各阶层的生活有比较广泛的接触。

林语堂评价莎士比亚,说他最伟大的地方在于把人生当做人生看,而没有按照自己的偏见去曲解世间万物的存在方式,“他仅是活于世界上,观察人生,而终于跑开了。”

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