The Rape of the Lock: Canto II

The Rape of the Lock

原文與注釋(Text and Annotation)

Canto II

Not with more glories, in the ethereal plain,	[1-18];(1-4)
The sun first rises o'er the purpled main,
Than issuing forth, the rival of his beams
Launched on the bosom of the silver Thames.
Fair nymphs, and well-drest youths around her shone,	5 [5-6]
But every eye was fixed on her alone.
On her white breast a sparkling cross she wore,
Which Jews might kiss, and infidels adore.
Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose,
Quick as her eyes, and as unfixed as those:	10
Favours to none, to all she smiles extends,
Oft she rejects, but never once offends.
Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike,
And, like the sun, they shine on all alike.
Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride,	15
Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide:
If to her share some female errors fall,	(17-18)
Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all.

This nymph, to the destruction of mankind,	[19-28];(19-22)
Nourished two locks which graceful hung behind	20
In equal curls, and well conspired to deck
With shining ringlets the smooth ivory neck.
Love in these labyrinths his slaves detains,
And mighty hearts are held in slender chains.
With hairy sprindges we the birds betray,	25
Slight lines of hair surprise the finny prey,
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.

The adventurous Baron the bright locks admired,	(29-34)
He saw, he wished, and to the prize aspired:	30
Resolved to win, he meditates the way,
By force to ravish, or by fraud betray;
For when success a lover's toil attends,	(33-34)
Few ask, if fraud or force attained his ends.

For this, ere Phoebus rose, he had implored	35 [35-46]
Propitious Heaven, and every power adored,
But chiefly Love-to Love an altar built,
Of twelve vast French romances, neatly gilt.
There lay three garters, half a pair of gloves,
And all the trophies of his former loves.	40
With tender billet-doux he lights the pyre,
And breathes three amorous sighs to raise the fire.
Then prostrate falls, and begs with ardent eyes
Soon to obtain, and long possess the prize:	(44-45)
The powers gave ear, and granted half his prayer,	45
The rest, the winds dispersed in empty air.

But now secure the painted vessel glides,	[47-72]
The sun-beams trembling on the floating tydes,
While melting music steals upon the sky,
And softened sounds along the waters die.	50
Smooth flow the waves, the zephyrs gently play,
Belinda smiled, and all the world was gay.
All but the Sylph-with careful thoughts opprest,
The impending woe sat heavy on his breast.
He summons straight his denizens of air;	55
The lucid squadrons round the sails repair:
Soft ov'r the shrouds aerial whispers breath,
That seemed but zephyrs to the train beneath.
Some to the sun their insect-wings unfold,
Waft on the breeze, or sink in clouds of gold.	60
Transparent forms, too fine for mortal sight,
Their fluid bodies half dissolved in light.
Loose to the wind their airy garments flew,
Thin glittering textures of the filmy dew;
Dipt in the richest tincture of the skies,	65
Where light disports in ever-mingling dies,
While every beam new transient colors flings,	(67-68)
Colours that change whene'er they wave their wings.
Amid the circle, on the gilded mast,
Superior by the head, was Ariel placed:	70
His purple pinions opening to the sun,
He raised his azure wand, and thus begun.

"Ye Slyphs and Sylphids, to your chief give ear!	[73-90]
Fays, Fairies, Genii, Elves, and Daemons hear!
Ye know the spheres and various tasks assigned	75 (75-76)
By laws eternal to the aerial kind.
Some in the fields of purest ether play.
And bask and whiten in the blaze of day.
Some guide the course of wandering orbs on high,
Or roll the planets through the boundless sky.	80
Some less refined, beneath the moon's pale light
Pursue the stars that shoot athwart the night;
Or suck the mists in grosser air below,
Or dip their pinions in the painted bow,
Or brew fierce tempests on the wintry main,	85
Or o'er the glebe distil the kindly rain.
Others on earth o'er human race preside,
Watch all their ways, and all their actions guide:
Of these the chief the care of nations own,	(89-90)
And guard with rms divine the British Throne.	90

"Our humbler province is to tend the fair,	[91-100]
Not a less pleasing, though less glorious care.
To save the powder from too rude a gale,
Nor let the imprisoned essences exhale;
To draw fresh colours from the vernal flowers,	95
To steal from rainbows ere they drop in showers
A brighter wash; to curl their waving hairs,
Assist their blushes, and inspire their airs;
Nay oft, in dreams, invention we bestow,
To change a flounce, or add a furbelow.	100

"This day black omens threat the brightest fair,	[101-16]
That e'er deserved a watchful spirit's care;
Some dire disaster, or by force, of slight,
But what, or where, the Fates have wrapt in night.
Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law,	105 (105-106)
Or some frail China jar receive a flaw,
Or stain her honour, or her new brocade,
Forget her prayers, or miss a masquerade,
Or lose her heart, or necklace, at a ball;
Or whether heaven has doomed that Shock must fall.	110
Haste then ye spirits! to your charge repair;
The fluttering fan be Zephyretta's care;
The drops to thee, Brillante, we consign;
And, Momentilla, let the watch be thine;
Do thou, Crispissa, tend her faverite Lock;	115
Ariel himself shall be the guard of Shock.

"To fifty chosen Sylphs, of special note,	[117-22];(117-18)
We trust thr important charge, the petticoat:
Oft have we known that sevenfold fence to fail,
Though stiff with hoops, and armed with ribs of whale.	120
Form a strong line about the silver bound,
And guard the wide circumference around.

Whatever spirit, careless of his charge,	[123-36]
His post neglects, or leaves the fair at large,
Shall feel sharp vengeance soon o'ertake his sins,	125
Be stopped in vials, or transfixt with pins;
Or plunged in lakes of bitter washes lie,
Or wedged whole ages in a bodkin's Eye:
Gums and pomatums shall his flight restrain,
While clogged he beats his silken wings in vain;	130
Or Alom-Stypticks with contracting power	(131-132)
Shrink his thin essence like a rivelled flower.
Or, as Ixion fixed, the wretch shall feel
The giddy motion of the whirling mill,
In fumes of burning chocolate shall glow	135
And tremble at the sea that froaths below!"

He spoke; the spirits from the sails descend;	[137-42]
Some, orb in orb, around the nymph extend,
Some thread the mazy ringlets of her hair,
Some hang upon the pendants of her ear;	140
With beating hearts the dire event they wait,	(141-142)
Anxious, and trembling for the birth of Fate.

Line / No.	Word or Phrase	Annotation
[第1-18節大意]:這一時節皆在讚美Belindad 的美艷動人。[back]
1-4	掛在空中，映著紫色大海的旭日亦不及其對手Belinda在泰晤士河中乘遨遊時顯得光彩奪目。[back]
1	the ethereal palin	指天空。[back]
2	the purpled main	染紫的大海。清晨時，旭日把大海染成紫色，故稱。[back]
3	the rival of his beams	太陽光芒的對手，即指Belnda。[back]
5	散文句法為Fair nymphs, and well-dressed youths shone around her. [back]
5-6	Belinda身邊的男男女女亦有其光彩，然而她是唯一被注視的對象。[back]
8	猶太人本不會吻十字架，不信教者(Infidels)本也不崇敬十字架；他們之所以如此，乃因這閃亮的十字架掛在她的酥胸之故。[back]
9	散文句法為Her lively looks disclose a sprightly mind。她活潑的神情顯出快活的心境。[back]
11	散文句法為Favors to none she extends smiles to all,她眾人微笑，但並沒有對某一個人特別施惠。[back]
12	她常拒絕，但未曾冒犯（他人）。[back]
13	她的眼睛有如太陽，令注視人暈眩。[back]
15	sweetness void of pride嬌而不驕。void of=without。[back]
17-18	如果她有女人的過錯，望著她的臉，你就會將之全然忘掉。[back]
[第19-28節大意]:本詩節在描述Blinda的鬈髮之美，其柔絲足以囚愛愛神之俘，擄英雄之心等，也就是說，無人能抗拒其秀髮的誘惑。[back]
19-22	Belinda梳了兩束鬈髮，優雅的掛在滑潤的白頸之上。[back]
19	This nymph	在本詩中特指this nymph時即指Belinds。
19	to the destruction of mankind	來毀滅人類的。[back]
20	graceful hung	gracefully hung。[back]
23	散文句法為Love detains his slaves in these labyrinths.
23	These labyrinths	即指Belinda的鬈髮，因其圈圈的鬈髮有迷宮。本行大意是說Belinda的秀髮極為迷人，愛神將他的奴隸羈留在這些迷宮之中。[back]
24	mighty hearts	指英雄。
	slender chains	指Belinda的鬈髮。
	因此本行是說英雄之心亦為輕柔的鍊子所繫。[back]
25	hairy springes	髮編的羅網。
	We the birds betray	散文句法是We betray the birds。
	本行是說我們以髮織的羅網捕捉小鳥。[back]
26	finny	指有鰭的。
	prey	是被捕食的動物。
	finny prey	指魚類。
	本行大意是說以細長的髮線捕魚。[back]
27	散文句法為Fair tresses ensnare man's imperial race.本行是說秀髮使得人類中威嚴之族入陷。
27	ensnare	誘入陷阱。[back]
29-34	Belinda的鬈髮令Baron神魂顛倒，決心不管是巧騙或強奪都要獲得。[back]
30	to the prize aspired	aspired to the prize，立志要獲得那個獎品，即想獲得Belinda的鬈髮。[back]
32	以暴力強取或以詐欺騙取。ravish意為攫取，另有強姦之意，與詩題The Rape of the Lock相契。
32	betray	騙取。[back]
33-34	散文句法是For when success attends a lover's toil….西諺有云All is fair in love and war，戰爭與愛情目的都在求勝，不管其手段是巧取還是強奪。
33-34	attends	accompanies as a result of. [back]
[第35-46節大意]:這一節是說Baron決心獲得Belinda的鬈髮之後，在清晨向神-尤其愛神-禱告，以言情小說，吊襪帶，手套和其他情場戰利品為獻，諸神終於允許他Belinda一邊的鬈髮。[back]
35	Phoebus	Apollo as the sun god, 日神。此為即指太陽。
35	implored	乞求。[back]
36	Propitious Heaven	仁慈的上蒼。
36	every poewr adored	adored every power，崇拜諸神。[back]
37	to Love an altar bult	bult an altar to Love，為愛神築台。向愛神獻祭以求達到目的。[back]
38	gilt	gilded指在書頁上鍍金。以言這十二本法國的言情小說之精美。[back]
39	garters	吊襪帶。[back]
40	trophies	戰利品。指Baron在情場上的戰利品。[back]
41	tender biller-doux	滿是甜言蜜語的情書。
41	pyre	原意是大堆供燃燒的木材，此處指這些romances, garter gloves以及其他的trophies。[back]
42	吹出三口多情的嘆息把火升旺起來。[back]
43	prostrate falls	falls prostrate，匐伏在地上（祈求），表虔誠。[back]
44-45	Baron祈求儘快獲得Belinda的鬈髮，並且可以永久的保存，但是諸神聽了之後只伏允他一半的禱告，也就是說讓他得到Belinda一邊的鬈髮，其餘的則隨風吹散到虛無的空氣中。[back]
[第47-72節大意]:在這一節中，從42行到52行描述Belinda乘船出遊。此時歌聲輕柔，風平浪靜，Belinda微微一笑，四周一片歡樂。從53行到72行描述在另一個世界中，Ariel憂心忡忡，忙於召集眾精靈以保護Belinda。[back]
47	secure	securely, 平穩地。
47	the painted vessel	畫舫。[back]
49	melting music	飄散的音樂；餘音。[back]
51	Smooth flow	smoothly flow.
51	zephyrs gently play	西風西吹；和風輕吹。[back]
53	the Sylph	指Ariel。
53	careful thought	憂心忡忡。careful: full of care。[back]
54	impending woe	即將來臨的災難。[back]
55	He summons straight	他立即召喚。straight: at once。
55	his denizens of air	他住在空中的人，指Ariel手下的小精靈。Denizens: an inhabitant, indweller, occupant (of a place, region, etc.)（見OED）。[back]
56	The lucid squadron	透明的艦隊，即指那些小精靈。
56	round the sails repair	repair round the sails，一起去繞著船帆。 repair: go in numbers. [back]
57	Soft o'er…breathe	Aerial whispers breathe soft o'er the shrouds, soft: softly, shrouds：護桅索。[back]
58	大意說如同和風輕拂船上的遊客。
58	train	一群人。[back]
59	散文句法為 Some unfold their insect wings to the sun.有一些對著太陽展開昆蟲般的翅膀。[back]
60	Waft on the breeze	在和風中飄蕩。[back]
61	透明的形體，其精細非肉眼所能見。[back]
62	Their fluid bodies	他們流動可變的身體。
62	dissolved	溶。[back]
64	glittering textures	閃閃發光的組織。
64	filmy dew	朦朧的露水。[back]
65	the richest tincture of the skies	天空中最絢麗的色彩。
65	tincture	color. [back]
66	在那裏光以不斷混合的顏色變幻著。
66	disports	嬉戲；玩樂。[back]
67	散文句法為While every beam flings new transient colors.
67	transient colors	瞬間即逝的色彩。因為各精靈合攏翅膀時，其展翅時的色彩即行消失。[back]
67-68	小精靈的翅膀蘸著各種不同的色彩，在陽光下展翅時現出五顏六色來。[back]
69	on the gilded mast	在漆金的船桅上。[back]
70	Superior by the head	在傳統的史詩中，首領總是比他手下的人高些。Ariel為眾精靈的首領，亦顯得較高。
70	Ariel	小精靈的領袖。此名亦見諸莎翁的《暴風雨》一劇中。[back]
71	purple pinions	紫色的翅膀。[back]
72	azure wand	天藍色的魔扙。[back]
[第73-90節大意]:在這一節中，Ariel對眾小精靈說話，說明各種不同的精靈有各種不同的工作，或在天空，或在陸上，或在海洋，各有職責。[back]
73	Ye sylphs and sylphids, to your chief give ear	Ye sylphs and sylphids, give ear to your chief, sylphids: little or young sylphs. [back]
74	Fays, Fairies, Genii, Elves, and Daemons	均為精靈。[back]
75	the spheres	活動的範圍。[back]
75-76	various tasks…kind	various tasks assigned to the aerial kind by eternal laws.永恆的法則所如予精靈的各種工作。[back]
77	散文句法為Some play in the fields of purest ether。即是說有些在空中玩。[back]
78	bask	曝於日光中。[back]
79	wandering orbs on high	天空中的慧星。[back]
82	追尋橫射過夜空的星星，即追尋流星。
82	athwart	橫越。[back]
83	in grosser air below	在下面比較濃的空氣中。[back]
84	the painted bow	彩中。Bow:rainbow。[back]
85	或在冬日的大海中醞釀可怖的暴風雨。
85	the wintry main	冬日的大海。[back]
86	the glebe	耕地。[back]
87	散文句法為Others preside o'er human race on earth。其餘的統治世上的人類。[back]
89-90	散文句法為The chief of these, own the care of nations and guard the British throne with divine arms. [back]
[第91-100節大意]:在這一節中，Ariel繼續說，他們比較卑下的職責是照顧美女，雖然看起來不那麼喧赫，但並不會比較沒有意思。[back]
91	我們比較卑下的工作即在照顧美人。
91	to tend the fair	指照顧所有的美人。[back]
93	大意說不讓狂暴的強風吹走脂粉。
93	gale	強風，急風。[back]
94	也不使裝在瓶中的香水漏出香味。[back]
95	vernal flowers	春花。[back]
97	a brighter wash	比較明艷的化粧水。即用彩虹的水所製成的化粧水，其統淨可以讓人在化裝時顯得更為艷麗。wash: cosmetic lotion，化粧水。[back]
98	Assist their blushes	即在幫助她們臉上顯得紅暈可愛。
	inspire their airs	即在給美女們靈感，什麼時候應該撒嬌弄姿。
	airs	造作之神態。 [back]
99	Nay	不僅如此；而且(=not only that, but also)。
99	Invention we bestow	we bestow invention，即我們還有別出心裁的花樣。[back]
100	flounce	衣裙上的荷葉邊裝飾。
100	furbelow	（女服的）裙摺等精巧的裝飾。[back]
[第101-16節大意]:在這節中，Ariel說這一天最美的女人Belinda將遭噩運，只是不知道是什麼樣的噩運。他並要各小精靈趕快去各盡職責。命令Zephyretta, Brillante, Momentilla和Crispissa各照顧Belinda的扇子、耳環、錶和鬈髮，而他自己則照顧小狗Shock。[back]
101	今天，惡兆威脅著最美的女子，即Belinda。[back]
103	dire disaster	可怕的災難。
	or by force, or slight	或以強力，或以詭計。
	slight	trick，詭計。[back]
104	但為何事，在何處，命運之神沒有透露。參閱Canto I,111。[back]
105-6	不知道是Belinda會失貞，還是某個易碎的瓷瓶會破裂。在這兩行中，Belinda之失貞與瓷瓶的破裂被看得一樣的重要。這是Pope的諷刺手法之一。Diana為羅馬神話中的月神與司童貞之神。[back]
107	或沾污她的名譽，或是她新的錦衣。這一行是zeugma（軛式修飾法）之一例，stain的受詞有二，honor和brocade。沾污honor關係重大，沾污brocade則不算一回事，而Pope將這兩回事並排以為諷刺。[back]
108	miss a masquerade	錯過一個化裝舞會。[back]
110	或是老天爺注定了Shock 要摔倒。[back]
111	to your charge repair	repair to your charge去盡你們的職務。[back]
112	Zephyretta	Pope 所造的名字。這字與zephyr（和風）有關，故其職責為照顧Belinda不斷揮動的扇子。[back]
113	散文句法為Brillante, we consign the drops to thee.
	the drops	鑽石耳環。
	consign	付託。
	Brillante	一字與brilliant（燦爛的）有關，故其職責是照顧鑽石耳環。[back]
114	Momentilla一字與moment（瞬間，片刻）有關，故其職責是照顧錶。[back]
115	Crispissa一字與crisp (to curl)有關，故其職責是照顧Belinda所最喜愛的鬈髮(Lock)。[back]
116	Ariel himself	Ariel為眾精靈的首領，以王者自居，故自稱時用himserlf而不用myself。[back]
[第117-22節大意]:在這一詩節中，Ariel指定五十名小精靈照顧Belinda的 petticoat。[back]
117-8	這兩行的散文句法為We trust the important charge, the petticoat to fifty chosen sylphs, or special note, of special note: of special quality, of special importance, 出眾的�CPetticoat: a skirt as distinguished from a bodice, worn either externally, or beneath the gown or frock as part of the costume, and trimmed or ornamented. 中文譯為襯裙。其實petticoat是一種寬大的裙子，可以穿在裏面，也可以穿在外面。[back]
119	seven-fold fence to fail	典出Homer之Iliad, Ajax的盾是七層牛皮所做成的。在這兒，Pope有意諷刺說Belinda的 Petticoat雖然由好幾層布做成的也照樣是靠不住的。[back]
120	Stiff with hoops	用藤圈將之撐硬起來。
120	armed with ribsof whale	用鯨魚的肋骨撐起來。[back]
121	繞著銀飾的裙邊形成一道堅固的防線。[back]
122	the wide circumference	指Belinda的Petticoat之寬寬的裙邊。 circumference：圓周。[back]
[第123-36節大意]:在這一節中，Ariel告訴小精靈們，如有疏忽職守，將受到各種嚴厲的酷刑。[back]
124	His post neglects	neglects his post。疏忽他的崗位。
124	leaves the fair at large	讓Belinda未受保護。at large: without protection.[back]
126	Be stopped in vials	被關在小瓶之中。Vials：小瓶，用以裝化粧品等。Ariel告訴小精靈們如果疏忽職責都必加嚴懲，而種種懲罰都與化粧品或食品有關，也就是可以在Belinda房中找到的東西。
126	transfixed with pins	被用針刺穿。transfixed: pierced through, 刺穿。[back]
127	散文句法為Or lie plunged in lakes of bitter washes. 或投入苦味的化裝水中。此處用lakes一字以示誇張。[back]
128	或被長久的嵌牢在針眼中。Wedged：嵌牢。Bodkin's eye：針眼。參閱Shakespeare的《暴風雨》一劇。在Prospero來到該荒島之前，Ariel被Sycorax 嵌牢於樹幹的縫隙裏。[back]
129	樹膠和髮油會沾著它的飛行。
	gums	樹膠。
	pomatums	髮油。[back]
130	被粘住時，即使鼓著絲綢般的薄翼也是枉然。
130	clogged	被粘住。[back]
131-2	或是有收歛力的白礬止血劑把它稀薄的精髓（指小精靈的身體）縮成枯萎的花朵一般。
	alum styptics	為白礬止血劑，有收歛的作用，若有小割傷，可塗在傷品上以止血。
	rivelled flower	枯萎的花朵。[back]
133	Ixon	希臘神話中的King of Thessaly。因企圖勾引 Juno而被打入地獄，綁在一個永遠旋轉的輪子上。見Virgil的Aeneid中Book VI。
133	the wretch	不幸受罰的精靈。[back]
134	The giddy motion	令人頭昏的動作。
134	the whirling mill	即攪巧克力的機器。[back]
135	散文句法為Shall glow of fumes of burning chocolate在燒焦的巧克力濃煙中燒烤。
	fumes	味道強烈的煙。
	glow	to feel hot. [back]
136	對著下面泡沫滾滾的大海發抖。在煮巧克力時，邊上燒焦的冒出味道強烈的濃煙。燻得受罰的小精靈極為難過，並且還要對著下面滾著的巧克力發抖。從133行到136行的描寫應用地獄的意象。[back]
[第137-42節大意]:本詩節在說Ariel講完之後，眾小精靈各就各位，焦急而戰抖的等待命運之神的誕生。[back]
137	散文句法為He spoke; the spirits descend from the sails，他說完了，小精靈們從帆上降下來。[back]
138	orb in orb	團團圍住，有如星球依軌道一圈一圈圍住。語出Paradise Lost, V., 596行。
138	around the nymph extend	extend around the nymph. 繞著Belinda散開。[back]
139	有些通過她迷宮般的鬈髮。
	thread	pass through.
	the mazy ringles	迷宮般的鬈髮彎曲有致。[back]
140	the pendants	耳環。[back]
141-42	因為命運之神並未透露Belinda會遭到什麼劫數，所以小精靈心跳的等待著可怕的事件；心焦、身顫的等待命運之神的誕生在這兩行中，the dire event所指的也就是the birth of Fate。[back]

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