世界是個舞臺

世界是個舞臺

All the World Is a Stage

文◎莎士比亞 譯◎朱生豪 繪◎也圓

All the world's a stage,

And all the men and women merely players:

They have their exits and their entrances;

And one man in his time plays many parts,

His acts being seven ages. At fi rst, the infant,

Mewling①mewl 英 [mju?l] 美 [mjul] vi. 低泣；咪咪叫and puking in the nurse's arms.

And then the whining②whine 英 [wa?n] 美 [wa?n] vi. 發牢騷；哭訴；嘎嘎響；發嗚嗚聲vt. 哀訴 n. 抱怨；牢騷；哀鳴school-boy, with his satchel③satchel 英 ['s?t?(?)l] 美 ['s?t??l] n. 書包；小背包,

And shining morning face, creeping like snail

Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,

Sighing like furnace④furnace 英 ['f??n?s] 美 ['f?n?s] n. 火爐，熔爐, with a woeful⑤woeful 英 ['w??f?l; -f(?)l] 美 ['wof l ] adj. 悲哀的；悲慘的；遺憾的；不幸的ballad

Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier,

Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard,

Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,

Seeking the bubble reputation

Even in the cannon's⑥cannon 英 ['k?n?n] 美 ['k?n?n] n. 大炮；加農炮；榴彈炮；機關炮vi. 炮轟；開炮vt. 炮轟mouth. And then the justice,

In fair round belly with good capon lined,

With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,

Full of wise saws and modern instances;

And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts

Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon,

With spectacles⑦spectacles 英 ['spekt?k(?)lz] 美 ['sp?kt?klz] n. [輕] 眼鏡（spectacle的復數）；大場面on nose and pouch on side,

His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide

For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice,

Turning again toward childish treble, pipes

And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,

That ends this strange eventful history,

Is second childishness and mere oblivion⑧oblivion 英 [?'bl?v??n] n. 遺忘；湮沒；赦免,

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

世界是一個舞臺，

所有的男男女女不過是一些演員：

他們都有下場的時候，也都有上場的時候；

一個人的一生中扮演著好幾個角色，

他的演出分七個階段。起先是嬰兒，

在保姆的懷里低泣著和嘔吐著。

然后是發出嗚嗚聲上學的男孩，背著他的小書包，

滿臉光亮的晨光，像蝸牛一樣的慢慢蠕動著，

不情愿地去上學。然后是情人，

暖爐一樣嘆息著，唱著悲傷的歌謠，

贊嘆著他的女主人（戀人）的眉毛。然后是一個戰士，

滿口奇怪的誓言，蓄著豹一樣的胡子，

在榮譽中嫉妒著，會突然的開始爭吵，

在炮口上追逐泡沫般的名聲。然后是審判者，

肚子圓圓塞滿了閹雞，

眼神凌厲，胡須修剪地精細，

滿嘴的明言和老生常談；

他這樣扮演了他的角色。

第六個時期變成了精瘦的趿著拖鞋的老頭，

鼻子上架著眼鏡，腰邊懸著錢袋，

他那年輕時候節省下來的長襪子，

套在他皺癟的小腿上顯得寬大異常；

他那朗朗的男子的口音又變成了孩子似的尖聲，

象是吹著風笛和哨子。

終結著這段古怪的多事的歷史的最后一場，

是孩提時代的再現，全然的遺忘，

沒有牙齒，沒有眼睛，沒有口味，沒有一切。