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堂吉诃德|Don Quixote

Part 2 第39章|Part 2 Chapter 37

属类: 双语小说 【分类】世界名著 -[作者: 塞万提斯] 阅读:[44768]
《堂吉诃德》是一部幽默诙谐、滑稽可笑、充满了奇思妙想的长篇文学巨著。此书主要描写了一个有趣、可敬、可悲、喜欢自欺欺人的没落贵族堂吉诃德,他痴狂地迷恋古代骑士小说,以至于放弃家业,用破甲驽马装扮成古代骑士的样子,再雇佣农民桑乔作侍从,三次出征周游全国,去创建所谓的扶弱锄强的骑士业绩。他们在征险的生涯中闹出了许多笑话,到处碰壁受辱,堂吉诃德多次被打成重伤,有一次还被当成疯子关在笼子里遣送回乡。最后,他因征战不利郁郁寡欢而与世长辞,临终前他那一番貌似悔悟的话语让人匪夷所思又哭笑不得。
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无论桑乔说什么,公爵夫人都很喜欢听,可是唐吉诃德却急坏了,他让桑乔赶紧住嘴。忧伤妇人又接着说道:

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“简单说吧,后来几经反复,公主还是坚持己见,不改初衷,于是牧师批准了克拉维霍的请求,让安东诺玛霞做了他的妻子。这一下可把安东诺玛霞的母亲唐娜马贡西娅气坏了。

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没过三天,我们就把她埋掉了。”

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“那么她准是死了。”桑乔说。

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“那当然,”白胡子三摆说,“在坎达亚从来不埋活人,只埋死人。”

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“侍从大人,”桑乔说,“以前可有过晕过去的人被当成死人埋掉的事情。我觉得马贡西娅王后可能是晕过去了,并不是死了。只要人还活着,很多事都可以商量,而且公主的事也并不是什么很大的蠢事,何至于让她这么难过!如果公主同某个侍童,或者同她家的某个佣人结了婚,这种事常有,那才是没有办法的糟糕事呢。若是照您说的,她嫁给了一个英俊而又有才华的男子,即使是件蠢事,也并不像人们想象得那么蠢。按照我主人的规定,他就在旁边,从来不许我说谎,既然文人雅士可以成为主教,那么骑士,特别是游侠骑士,就完全可以成为国王和皇帝。”

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“你说得对,桑乔,”唐吉诃德说,“游侠骑士只要有一点运气,就可以成为世界上最高贵的主人。不过忧伤妇人,请您继续讲下去吧,我似乎觉得这个甜蜜的故事后面就是悲苦的部分了。”

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“岂止是苦呀,”伯爵夫人说,“而且是苦得很呢!与这个苦比起来,药西瓜①都算是甜的,夹竹桃也算是香的了。王后不是昏过去了,她确实是死了,我们把她掩埋了。这事谁能闻之不泣呢?我们刚刚把土盖好,还没来得及说一声‘安息吧’,就看见马贡西娅的表兄马兰布鲁诺巨人骑着一匹木马出现在王后的坟墓上。他这个人不仅狠毒,而且会魔法。为了给王后报仇,他就在王后的坟墓上对胆大妄为的克拉维霍和轻佻放纵的安东诺玛霞施了魔法。他把安东诺玛霞变成了一只青铜母猴,把克拉维霍变成了一条不知是什么金属的可怕鳄鱼,在他们俩中间还立了一个同样是用那种金属做的纪念碑,上面用叙利亚文写了几行字,若是译成坎达亚语,现在再翻成西班牙语,意思就是:‘在曼查的勇士同我展开一场恶战之前,这一对胆大妄为的情人不得恢复原状,这次空前的事件要靠那位勇士才能解决。’施完魔法后,马兰布鲁诺从刀鞘里抽出一把又长又大的大刀,揪着我的头发,做出要切断我的喉咙、割掉我的脑袋的样子。我吓坏了,可我还是竭尽我的全力,声音颤抖而又痛苦地对他说这说那,这才使他放了手。最后,他把王宫里的所有女仆都叫来,也就是现在旁边这几位女仆,除了大骂女仆们品行恶劣、诡计多端之外,还把我的罪责也都加到了她们身上。他说,他不想一下子杀了我们,他要慢慢地折磨我们,让我们欲死不能,欲活不成。他刚说完这句话,我们就觉得我们脸上的毛孔都张开了,整张脸都像被针扎了似的,用手一摸脸,我们发现自己已经变成了现在这模样。”

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①一种植物,味苦。

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忧伤妇人和其他女仆说着就摘掉了头罩,露出了满是胡须的脸庞,有的是金黄色的,有的是黑色的,有的是白色的,还有的是灰白色的。公爵和公爵夫人都惊讶不已,唐吉诃德和桑乔也呆住了,在场的其他人更是面带惧色。“三摆裙夫人”又接着说道:

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“那个坏蛋马兰布鲁诺就是这样惩罚我们的,他用这些猪鬃似的东西遮盖了我们娇嫩的脸庞。我宁愿祈求老天让他用大刀割掉我们的脑袋,也不愿意让这些毛烘烘的东西遮住我们的脸!再往下讲我本来会泪如泉涌的,可是一想到我们遭受的不幸,我们已经欲哭无泪,所以再往下讲我也就不会流泪了。咱们不妨想一想,诸位大人,一个满脸胡须的女仆能够到哪儿去呢?谁家的父母能不为自己的女儿变成这个样子而心疼呢?谁能帮助她呢?以前她的脸细滑柔嫩,还涂了很多香脂,尚且没有人十分爱她,现在她满脸胡须,又该怎么办呢?我的女仆伙伴们啊,咱们真是生不逢时啊,父母是在不吉利的时辰生养了我们!”

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说到这儿,她似乎要昏过去了。

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The duke and duchess were extremely glad to see how readily Don Quixote fell in with their scheme; but at this moment Sancho observed, “I hope this senora duenna won’t be putting any difficulties in the way of the promise of my government; for I have heard a Toledo apothecary, who talked like a goldfinch, say that where duennas were mixed up nothing good could happen. God bless me, how he hated them, that same apothecary! And so what I’m thinking is, if all duennas, of whatever sort or condition they may be, are plagues and busybodies, what must they be that are distressed, like this Countess Three-skirts or Three-tails! — for in my country skirts or tails, tails or skirts, it’s all one.”

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Hush, friend Sancho,” said Don Quixote; “since this lady duenna comes in quest of me from such a distant land she cannot be one of those the apothecary meant; moreover this is a countess, and when countesses serve as duennas it is in the service of queens and empresses, for in their own houses they are mistresses paramount and have other duennas to wait on them.”

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To this Dona Rodriguez, who was present, made answer, “My lady the duchess has duennas in her service that might be countesses if it was the will of fortune; ‘but laws go as kings like;’ let nobody speak ill of duennas, above all of ancient maiden ones; for though I am not one myself, I know and am aware of the advantage a maiden duenna has over one that is a widow; but ‘he who clipped us has kept the scissors.’”

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“For all that,” said Sancho, “there’s so much to be clipped about duennas, so my barber said, that ‘it will be better not to stir the rice even though it sticks.’”

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“These squires,” returned Dona Rodriguez, “are always our enemies; and as they are the haunting spirits of the antechambers and watch us at every step, whenever they are not saying their prayers (and that’s often enough) they spend their time in tattling about us, digging up our bones and burying our good name. But I can tell these walking blocks that we will live in spite of them, and in great houses too, though we die of hunger and cover our flesh, be it delicate or not, with widow’s weeds, as one covers or hides a dunghill on a procession day. By my faith, if it were permitted me and time allowed, I could prove, not only to those here present, but to all the world, that there is no virtue that is not to be found in a duenna.”

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“I have no doubt,” said the duchess, “that my good Dona Rodriguez is right, and very much so; but she had better bide her time for fighting her own battle and that of the rest of the duennas, so as to crush the calumny of that vile apothecary, and root out the prejudice in the great Sancho Panza’s mind.”

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To which Sancho replied, “Ever since I have sniffed the governorship I have got rid of the humours of a squire, and I don’t care a wild fig for all the duennas in the world.”

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They would have carried on this Duenna dispute further had they not heard the notes of the fife and drums once more, from which they concluded that the Distressed Duenna was making her entrance. The duchess asked the duke if it would be proper to go out to receive her, as she was a countess and a person of rank.

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“In respect of her being a countess,” said Sancho, before the duke could reply, “I am for your highnesses going out to receive her; but in respect of her being a duenna, it is my opinion you should not stir a step.”

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“Who bade thee meddle in this, Sancho?” said Don Quixote.

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“Who, senor?” said Sancho; “I meddle for I have a right to meddle, as a squire who has learned the rules of courtesy in the school of your worship, the most courteous and best-bred knight in the whole world of courtliness; and in these things, as I have heard your worship say, as much is lost by a card too many as by a card too few, and to one who has his ears open, few words.”

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“Sancho is right,” said the duke; “we’ll see what the countess is like, and by that measure the courtesy that is due to her.”

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And now the drums and fife made their entrance as before; and here the author brought this short chapter to an end and began the next, following up the same adventure, which is one of the most notable in the history.

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