《威尼斯商人》章节试读

《威尼斯商人》的笔记-仁慈 - 仁慈

　William Shakespeare
仁慈的品性不受限阻 —
它像柔和的甘雨
從天降在地上：是兩方面的賜福。
給予者蒙福，受者也蒙福：
它是最權威中的最高威權
如坐寶座的君王勝於他的王冠；
他的權杖是暫時勢和力的展現，
象徵尊貴和威嚴，
王的可畏可懼在那裏彰顯：
但仁慈超越這權杖的威勢。
它統治在王者的心裏；
它是神自己的品質；
地上的權柄表明與神的相似，
當仁慈緩和公義。
Mercy
The quality of mercy is not strained, —
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest;
It blesseth him that gives, and that him takes.
'Tis mightiest in the mightiest. It becomes
The throned monarch better than his crown.
His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,
The attribute to awe and majesty
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings.
But mercy is above this sceptred sway,
It is enthroned in the hearts of kings,
It is an attribute to God himself;
And eathly power doth then show likest God's
When mercy seasons justice.
　　　William Shakespeare （1564-1616）
　　　English poet and playwright
　　　from Merchant of Venice

《威尼斯商人》的笔记-闪光的并不都是金子 - 闪光的并不都是金子

It is a wise father that knows his own child. (A Merchant of Venice 2.2)
知子之父为智。——《威尼斯商人》
Love is blind and lovers cannot see the pretty follies that themselves commit. (A Merchant of Venice 2.6)
爱情是盲目的，恋人们看不到自己做的傻事。——《威尼斯商人》
All that glisters is not gold. (A Merchant of Venice 2.7)
闪光的并不都是金子。——《威尼斯商人》
So is the will of a living daughter curb’d by the will of a dead father. (A Merchant of Venice 1.2)
一个活生生的女人的意愿，却被过世的父亲的遗嘱所限。——《威尼斯商人》
外观往往和事物的本身完全不符，世人都容易为表面的装饰所欺骗。——《威尼斯商人》
没有比较，就显不出长处；没有欣赏的人，乌鸦的歌声也就和云雀一样。要是夜莺在白天杂在聒噪里歌唱，人家绝不以为它比鹪鹩唱得更美。多少事情因为逢到有利的环境，才能达到尽善的境界，博得一声恰当的赞赏。——《威尼斯商人》
The quality of mercy is not strained. (A Merchant of Venice 4.1)
慈悲不是出于勉强。——《威尼斯商人》