【原著选段】
I said to myself: “At all costs I must keep Love in my heart. If I go into prison without Love what will become of my Soul?” But do you really think that you were worthy of the love I was showing you then, or that for a single moment I thought you were? Do you really think that at any period in our friendship you were worthy of the love I showed you, or that for a single moment I thought you were? I knew you were not. But Love does not traffic in a marketplace, nor use a huckster’s scales. Its joy, like the joy of the intellect, is to feel itself alive. The aim of Love is to love: no more, and no less.
【朱纯深译本】
我对自己说:“不管怎样, 我必须心中存着爱。要是不带着爱进监狱,那我的灵魂该怎么办?”。但是你真的就认为自己配得上我那时对你表示的爱吗?真的就认为我有哪一刻觉得你配得上吗?你真的就认为在我们的友谊之中,有哪一段时期你配得上我对你表示的爱吗?真的就认为我有哪一刻觉得你配得上吗?我知道你配不上的。但爱不在市场上交易,也不用小贩的秤来称量。爱的欢乐,一如心智的欢乐,在于感受自身的存活。爱的目的是去爱,不多,也不少。
【孙宜学译本】
我对自己说:"无论如何我要把爱埋在心里。如果我进了监狱而失去了爱,我的灵魂会发生什么样的变化呢?"但你真的以为你值得我当时给你的爱或以为我有过片刻的想法以为你值得我爱吗?我知道你不配得到我的爱,但爱是不能在市场上公开买卖的,商贩的天平对之也毫无用途。爱的快乐,就像思想的快乐一样,在于感觉到它自己的存在。爱的目的就是爱,不多也不少。
【读书笔记】
1、become of 使遭遇;发生于 【举例】What has become of George? 乔治的情况怎么样? They investigated what had become of the missing ship. 他们调查了失踪船舶的下落。
2、worthy a.有价值的;值得重视的;值得的,应得的 【举例】a worthy opponent 不可小觑的对手 live a worthy life 生活得很有意义 That is worthy of our attention. 那件事值得我们注意。 【相关词汇】 worth n.价值 worthful a.有价值的,宝贵的 worthful ideas 宝贵的意见 worthless a.不值钱的;无足轻重的 worthless currency 不值钱的货币 worthwhile a.值得花费时间(精力)的 a worthwhile book 值得一读的书
3、traffic 除了常用的“交通”的意思外,traffic也有“交易;非法买卖”的意思。作“交易”解时,traffic既可作名词,也可作动词 【举例】the drug traffic 毒品交易 Rumour has it that he trafficked in cocaine. 谣传他贩卖过可卡因。 |