<p class="ql-block">【雙語】郁達(dá)夫《故都的秋》</p><p class="ql-block">郁達(dá)夫、張培基 甲申同文翻譯 2022-11-10 21:15 發(fā)表于福建</p><p class="ql-block">故都的秋 Autumn in Peiping </p><p class="ql-block">文/郁達(dá)夫 譯/張培基</p> <p class="ql-block">秋天，無論在什么地方的秋天，總是好的；可是啊，北國的秋，卻特別地來得清，來得靜，來得悲涼。我的不遠(yuǎn)千里，要從杭州趕上青島，更要從青島趕上北平來的理由，也不過想飽嘗一嘗這“秋”，這故都的秋味。</p><p class="ql-block">Autumn, wherever it is, always has something to recommend itself. In North China, however, it is particularly limpid, serene and melancholy. To enjoy its atmosphere to the full in the onetime capital, I have, therefore, made light of travelling a long distance from Hangzhou to Qingdao, and thence to Peiping.</p><p class="ql-block">江南，秋當(dāng)然也是有的，但草木凋得慢，空氣來得潤，天的顏色顯得淡，并且又時(shí)常多雨而少風(fēng)；一個(gè)人夾在蘇州上海杭州，或廈門香港廣州的市民中間，混混沌沌地過去，只能感到一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)清涼，秋的味，秋的色，秋的意境與姿態(tài)，總看不飽，嘗不透，賞玩不到十足。秋并不是名花，也并不是美酒，那一種半開、半醉的狀態(tài)，在領(lǐng)略秋的過程上，是不合適的。</p><p class="ql-block">There is of course autumn in the South too, but over there plants wither slowly, the air is moist, the sky pallid, and it is more often rainy than windy. While muddling along all by myself among the urban dwellers of Suzhou, Shanghai, Xiamen, Hong Kong or Guangzhou, I feel nothing but a little chill in the air, without ever relishing to my heart’s content the flavour, colour, mood and style of the season. Unlike famous flowers which are most attractive when half opening, good wine which is most tempting when one is half drunk, autumn, however, is best appreciated in its entirety.</p><p class="ql-block">不逢北國之秋，已將近十余年了。在南方每年到了秋天，總要想起陶然亭的蘆花，釣魚臺(tái)的柳影，西山的蟲唱，玉泉的夜月，潭柘寺的鐘聲。在北平即使不出門去吧，就是在皇城人海之中，租人家一椽破屋來住著，早晨起來，泡一碗濃茶，向院子一坐，你也能看得到很高很高的碧綠的天色，聽得到青天下馴鴿的飛聲。從槐樹葉底，朝東細(xì)數(shù)著一絲一絲漏下來的日光，或在破壁腰中，靜對(duì)著像喇叭似的牽牛花（朝榮）的藍(lán)朵，自然而然地也能夠感覺到十分的秋意。說到了牽?；?，我以為以藍(lán)色或白色者為佳，紫黑色次之，淡紅色最下。最好，還要在牽牛花底，教長著幾根疏疏落落的尖細(xì)且長的秋草，使作陪襯。</p><p class="ql-block">It is more than a decade since I last saw autumn in North. When I am in the South, the arrival of each autumn will put me in mind of Peiping's Tao Ran Ting with its reed catkins, Diao Yu Tai with its shady willow trees, Western Hills with their chirping insects, Yu Quan Shan Mountain on a moonlight evening and Tan Zhe Si with its reverberating bell. Suppose you put up in a humble rented house inside the bustling imperial city, you can, on getting up at dawn, sit in your courtyard sipping a cup of strong tea, leisurely watch the high azure skies and listen to pigeons circling overhead. Saunter eastward under locust trees to closely observe streaks of sunlight filtering through their foliage, or quietly watch the trumpet-shaped blue flowers of morning glories climbing half way up a dilapidated wall, and an intense feeling of autumn will of itself well up inside you. As to morning glories, I like their blue or white flowers best, dark purple ones second best, and pink ones third best. It will be most desirable to have them set off by some tall thin grass planted underneath here and there.</p><p class="ql-block">北國的槐樹，也是一種能使人聯(lián)想起秋來的點(diǎn)綴。像花而又不是花的那一種落蕊，早晨起來，會(huì)鋪得滿地。腳踏上去，聲音也沒有，氣味也沒有，只能感出一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)極微細(xì)極柔軟的觸覺。掃街的在樹影下一陣掃后，灰土上留下來的一條條掃帚的絲紋，看起來既覺得細(xì)膩，又覺得清閑，潛意識(shí)下并且還覺得有點(diǎn)兒落寞，古人所說的梧桐一葉而天下知秋的遙想，大約也就在這些深沉的地方。</p><p class="ql-block">Locust trees in the North, as a decorative embellishment of nature, also associate us with autumn. On getting up early in the morning, you will find the ground strewn all over with flower-like pistils fallen from locust trees. Quiet and smelless, they feel tiny and soft underfoot. After a street cleaner has done the sweeping under the shade of the trees, you will discover countless lines left by his broom in the dust, which look so fine and quiet that somehow a feeling of forlornness will begin to creep up on you. The same depth of implication is found in the ancient saying that a single fallen leaf from the wutong tree is more than enough to inform the world of autumn's presence.</p><p class="ql-block">秋蟬的衰弱的殘聲，更是北國的特產(chǎn)，因?yàn)楸逼教幪幦L著樹，屋子又低，所以無論在什么地方，都聽得見它們的啼唱。在南方是非要上郊外或山上去才聽得到的。這秋蟬的嘶叫，在北方可和蟋蟀耗子一樣，簡直像是家家戶戶都養(yǎng)在家里的家蟲。</p><p class="ql-block">The sporadic feeble chirping of cicadas is especially characteristic of autumn in the North. Due to the abundance of trees and the low altitude of dwellings in Peiping, cicadas are audible in every nook and cranny of the city. In the South, however, one cannot hear them unless in suburbs or hills. Because of their ubiquitous shrill noise, these insects in Peiping seem to be living off every household like crickets or mice.</p><p class="ql-block">還有秋雨哩，北方的秋雨，也似乎比南方的下得奇，下得有味，下得更像樣。</p><p class="ql-block">As for autumn rains in the North, they also seem to differ from those in the South, being more appealing, more temperate.</p><p class="ql-block">在灰沉沉的天底下，忽而來一陣涼風(fēng)，便息列索落地下起雨來了。一層雨過，云漸漸地卷向了西去，天又晴了，太陽又露出臉來了，著著很厚的青布單衣或夾襖的都市閑人，咬著煙管，在雨后的斜橋影里，上橋頭樹底下去一立，遇見熟人，便會(huì)用了緩慢悠閑的聲調(diào)，微嘆著互答著地說：“唉，天可真涼了-----”（這了字念得很高，拖得很長。）“可不是嗎？一層秋雨一層涼了！”</p><p class="ql-block">A sudden gust of cool wind under the slaty sky, and raindrops will start pitter-pattering. Soon when the rain is over, the clouds begin gradually to roll towards the west and the sun comes out in the blue sky. Some idle townsfolk, wearing lined or unlined clothing made of thick cloth, will come out pipe in mouth and, loitering under a tree by the end of a bridge, exchange leisurely conversation with acquaintances with a slight touch of regret at the passing of time: “Oh, real nice and cool – ” “Sure! Getting cooler with each autumn shower!”</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p>