红楼梦·中英翻译学习-第一回22

本人喜欢英文，更喜欢红楼梦，希望在简书，中英文的红楼梦能给你带来别样的阅读体验~

Shi-yin approached the Taoist and questioned hie. "What is all this you are saying? All I can make out is a lot of "won" and "done". 
士隐听了，便迎上来道：“你满口说些什么？只听见些‘好’‘了’‘好’‘了’。

If you can make out "won" and "done", replied the Taoist with a smile, "you may be said to have understood; for in all the affairs of this world what is won isdone, and what is done is won; for whoever hs not yet done has not yer won, and in order to have won, one must first have done. I shall call my song the "Won-Done Song".
”那道人笑道：“你若果听见‘好’‘了’二字，还算你明白。可知世上万般，好便是了，了便是好。若不了，便不好；若要好，须是了。我这歌儿，便名《好了歌》。”

Shi-yin had always been quick-witted, and on hearing these words a flash of understanding had illuminated his mind, He therefore smiled back at the Taoist:"Wait a minute!How would you like me to provid your "Won-Done" Song with a commentary?"
士隐本是有宿慧的，一闻此言，心中早已彻悟。因笑道：“且住！待我将你这《好了歌》解注出来何如？”

#Comments#

放下的领悟甄士隐要开始领悟了，所有的词句就在“好”跟“了”里面。大家都很容易懂，完全是白话歌词的感觉。“世人都晓神仙好，惟有功名忘不了！”《好了歌》在讲，你想要做神仙，希望生命活得很快乐幸福，可是你忘不了功名，整天为事业劳碌，为求官奔忙，忘不掉的事情就是使你不幸福的事情。“古今将相在何方？荒冢一堆草没了。”追逐名利、权力的古今将相，现在都到哪里去了？不过是“荒冢一堆草没了”。

“世人都晓神仙好，只有金银忘不了！”你想幸福快乐，可是你又觉得要多赚一点，再多赚一点。“终朝只恨聚无多，及到多时眼闭了。”每天都觉得钱还不够，每次都告诉自己，这次做完就可以放手了，可是到时候还是不够。等到够多了，已经离死亡不远了。“世人都说神仙好，只有姣妻忘不了！”“君生日日说恩情，君死又随人去了。”活着的时候每天恩恩爱爱，死了之后很快又嫁别人了。“世人都晓神仙好，惟有儿孙忘不了！痴心父母古来多，孝顺儿孙谁见了？”《好了歌》把人世间的东西，权力也好，财富也好，爱情或亲情也好，都当成“好”跟“了”来做点醒。

2022-10-27