原文與注釋(Text and Annotation)
| In Just | |
| spring when the world is mud- | |
| luscious the little | |
| lame balloonman | |
whistles far and wee |
5 |
and eddieandbill come |
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| running from marbles and | |
| piracies and it's | |
| spring | |
when the world is puddle一wenderful |
10 |
| the queer | |
| aid balloonman whistles | |
| far and wee | |
| and bettyandisbel come dancing | |
from hop-scotch and jump- rope and |
15 |
| it's | |
| spring | |
| and | |
| the | |
goat-footed |
20 |
| balloonMan whistles | |
| far | |
| and | |
| wee |
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| 1-2. | in Just- / spring: | =in
just spring time,春到人間。"Just"有
beginning之意,此字大寫,給讀者在心理上或意識感受上,一種較強烈的衝和較深刻的印象: 春天到了。[back] |
| 2-3. | the world is mud / luscious: | "mud-luscious"=pleasant
muddy. "mud-luscious"一字喚起讀者的感受是春雨後,小孩們在充滿生氣而泥濘潮濕的地上玩的愉快情景。[back] |
| 4. | balloonman: | 賣氣球的人。把 "balloon"和"man"合併成一個字可能產生 多層次的意義: (一)賣氣球的人﹔(二)賣氣球的人因為手上拿著很輕飄飄的氣球,遠遠看去,就活個氣球人; (三)"balloonman"是春的象徵,氣球給人輕快的感覺。[back] |
| 5. | far and wee: | =far and wide,或 far and away,用來表示賣氣球的人的哨音傳得廣而遠,空隔使人有聲音從遠方傳來的真實感。[back] |
| 6-7. | eddieandbill come / running: | =eddie
and bill come running=Eddie and Bill come running. "eddie and bill"是兩個小男孩的名字 (eddie=Edward; bill=William)。"eddieandbill"有幾個層次的意思: (一)名字的頭一個字用小寫,給人一種「小」的感覺; 也就是說,兩個小孩還很小﹔(二)"eddie" "and" "bill"三個字合成一個字給人一種小孩手拉著手輕快的跑過去的感覺,亦即使用平面的字表現立體的印象。[back] |
| 7. | marbles: | 彈子。此一字很能使讀者彷彿看見小孩在玩彈子遊戲的生動畫面。[back] |
| 8. | piracies: | 官兵捉強盜,其功用與 marbles相同。[back] |
| 10. | puddle-wonderful: | puddle指(路上的)污水坑; 參閱2-3行註解,其意大略相同。[back] |
| 14. | bettyandisbel: | =betty and isbele=Elizabeth
and lsabela; 參閱6-7行註解, 其意大略相同。[back] |
| 15. |
jump-rope: |
跳房子,一種小孩子的遊戲。 跳繩子,一種小孩子的遊戲。[back] |
| 20. | goat-footed / balloonMan: | 山羊腳的氣球人。"goatfooted" 的人,使人聯想到希臘神話中半人半羊的牧神Pan。 此處該注意的是:第四行賣氣球的人被形容為"lame balloonman"; 在第11, 12 行,被稱為"the queer / old balloonman"; 在這�堻Q稱為 "goatfooted / balloonMan,"前後彼此呼應。Pan同時也是 god of music and play,在這裹便成了春天歡樂的象徵。balloonMan這個字�堛�"Man"第一個字母大寫,給人一種「大」的感覺; 這位有山羊腳的賣氣球的人原來是春之牧神變的。[back] |
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