Romeo & Juliet 05 - Act I Scene iv

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A street．

［Enter ROMEO，MERCUTIO，BENVOLIO，with five or six Maskers，Torch-bearers，and others］

ROMEO

What，shall this speech be spoke for our excuse？Or shall we on without a apology？

BENVOLIO

The date is out of such prolikity：

We'll have no Cupidhoodwink'd with a scarf，Bearing a Tartar'spainted bow of lath，Scaringthe ladies like a crow-keeper；Nor no without-book prologue，faintlyspoke After the prompter，for our entrance：But let them measure us by what they will；We'll measure them a measure，and be gone．

ROMEO

Give me a torch：I am not for this ambling；Being but heavy，I will bear the light．

MERCUTIO

Nay，gentle Romeo，we must have you dance．Not I，believe me：you have dancing shoes With nimblesoles：I have a soul of lead So stakesme to the ground I cannot move．

MERCUTIO

You are a lover；borrow Cupid's wings，And soarwith them above a common bound．

ROMEO

I am too soreenpiercedwith his shaft To soar with his light feathers，and so bound，I cannot bound a pitchabove dullwoe：Under love's heavy burden do I sink．

MERCUTIO

And，to sink in it，should you burden love；Too great oppression for a tender thing．

ROMEO

Is love a tender thing？it is too rough，Too rude，too boisterous，and it prickslike thorn．

MERCUTIO

If love be rough with you，be rough with love；Prick love for pricking，and you beat love down．Give me a caseto put my visagein：A visor for a visor！What care I What curious eye dothquotedeformities？Here are the beetlebrows shall blush for me．

BENVOLIO

Come，knock and enter；and no sooner in，But every man betakehim to his legs．

ROMEO

A torchfor me：let wantonslight of heart Ticklethe senseless rusheswith their heels，For I am proverb'd with a grandsirephrase；I'll be a candle-holder，and look on．The game was ne'erso fair，and I am done．

MERCUTIO

Tut，dun'sthe mouse，the constable'sown word：If thou artdun，we'll draw thee from the mire Of this sir-reverencelove，whereinthou stick'st Up to the ears．Come，we burn daylight，ho！

ROMEO

Nay，that's not so．

MERCUTIO

I mean，sir，in delay We waste our lights in vain，like lampby day．Take our good meaning，for our judgment sits Five times in that ere once in our five wits．

ROMEO

And we mean well in going to this mask；But'tisno Wit to go．

MERCUTIO

Why，may one ask？

ROMEO

I dream'd a dream to-night．

MERCUTIO

And so did I．

ROMEO

Well，what was yours？

MERCUTIO

That dreamers often lie．

ROMEO

In bed asleep，while they do dream things true．

MERCUTIO

O，then，I see Queen Mabhath been with you．She is the fairies' midwife，and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the fore-finger of an alderman，Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwartmen's noses as they lie asleep；Her wagon-spokes made of long spiders'legs，The cover of the wings of grasshoppers，The tracesof the smallest spider's web，The collars of the moonshine'swaterybeams，Her whip of cricket's bone，the lashof film，Her wagonera small grey-coated gnat，Not so big as a round little worm Prick'dfrom the lazy finger of a maid；Her chariotis an empty hazel-nut Made by the joinersquirrel or old grub，Time out o'mind the fairies'coachmakers．And in this state she gallops night by night Through lovers'brains，and then they dream of love；O'ercourtiers'knees，that dream on court'siesstraight，O'er lawyers'fingers，who straight dream on fees，O'er ladies 'lipe，Who straight on kisses dream，Which oftthe angry Mab with blistersplagues，Because their breaths with sweetmeats taintedare：Sometime she gallopso'er a courtier's nose，And then dreams he of smelling out a suit；And sometime she with a tithe-pig's tail Tickling a parson's nose as a'lies asleep，Then dreams，he of another benefice：Sometime she drivetho'er a　soldier's neck，And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats，Of breaches，ambuscadoes，Spanish blades，Of healths five-fathom deep；and then anon Drums in his ear，at which he starts and wakes，And being thus frighted swears a prayer or two And sleeps again．This is that very Mab That plats the manes of horses in the night，And bakes the elflocks in foul sluttish hairs，Which once untangled，much misfortune bodes：This is the hag，when maids lie on their backs，That presses tham and learns them first to bear，Making them women of good carriage：This is she——

ROMEO

Peace，peace，Mercutio，peace！Thou talk'st of nothing．

MERCUTIO

True，I talk of dreams，Which are the children of an idlebrain，Begot of nothing but vain fantasy，Which is as thin of substance as the air And more inconstant than the wind，who wooes Even now the frozen bosomof the north，And，being anger'd，puffs away from thence，Turning his face to the dew-dropping south．

BENVOLIO

This wind，yod talk of，blows us from ourselves；Supper is done，and we shall come too late．

ROMEO

I fear，too early：for my mind misgives Some consequence yet hanging in the stars Shall bitterly begin his fearful date With this night's revels and expire the term Of a despisedlife closed in my breastBy some vile forfeit of untimely death．But He，that hath the steerageof my course，Direct my sail！On，lusty gentlemen．

BENVOLIO

Strike，drum．

［Exeunt］

第四场  同前。街道

罗密欧、茂丘西奥、班伏里奥及五六人或戴假面或持火炬上。

罗密欧  怎么！我们就用这一番话作为我们的进身之阶呢，还是就这么昂然直入，不说一句道歉的话？

班伏里奥  这种虚文俗套，现在早就不流行了。我们用不着蒙着眼睛的丘匹德，背着一张花漆的木弓，像个稻草人似的去吓那些娘儿们；也用不着跟着提示的人一句一句念那从书上默诵出来的登场白；随他们把我们认做什么人，我们只要跳完一回舞，走了就完啦。

罗密欧  给我一个火炬，我不高兴跳舞。我的阴沉的心需要着光明。

茂丘西奥  不，好罗密欧，我们一定要你陪着我们跳舞。

罗密欧  我实在不能跳。你们都有轻快的舞鞋；我只有一个铅一样重的灵魂，把我的身体紧紧地钉在地上，使我的脚步不能移动。

茂丘西奥  你是一个恋人，你就借着丘匹德的翅膀，高高地飞起来吧。

罗密欧  他的羽镞已经穿透我的胸膛，我不能借着他的羽翼高翔；他束缚住了我整个的灵魂，爱的重担压得我向下坠沉，跳不出烦恼去。

茂丘西奥  爱是一件温柔的东西，要是你拖着它一起沉下去，那未免太难为它了。

罗密欧  爱是温柔的吗？它是太粗暴、太专横、太野蛮了；它像荆棘一样刺人。

茂丘西奥  要是爱情虐待了你，你也可以虐待爱情；它刺痛了你，你也可以刺痛它；这样你就可以战胜了爱情。给我一个面具，让我把我的尊容藏起来；（戴假面）嗳哟，好难看的鬼脸！再给我拿一个面具来把它罩住吧。也罢，就让人家笑我丑，也有这一张鬼脸替我遮羞。

班伏里奥  来，敲门进去；大家一进门，就跳起舞来。

罗密欧  拿一个火炬给我。让那些无忧无虑的公子哥儿们去卖弄他们的舞步吧；莫怪我说句老气横秋的话，我对于这种玩意儿实在敬谢不敏，还是作个壁上旁观的人吧。

茂丘西奥  胡说！要是你已经没头没脑深陷在恋爱的泥沼里——恕我说这样的话——那么我们一定要拉你出来。来来来，我们别白昼点灯浪费光阴啦！

罗密欧  我们并没有白昼点灯。

茂丘西奥  我的意思是说，我们耽误时光，好比白昼点灯一样。我们没有恶意，我们还有五个官能，可以有五倍的观察能力呢。

罗密欧  我们去参加他们的舞会也无恶意，只怕不是一件聪明的事。

茂丘西奥  为什么？请问。

罗密欧  昨天晚上我做了一个梦。

茂丘西奥  我也做了一个梦。

罗密欧  好，你做了什么梦。

茂丘西奥  我梦见做梦的人老是说慌。

罗密欧  一个人在睡梦里往往可以见到真实的事情。

茂丘西奥  啊！那么一定春梦婆来望过你了。

班伏里奥  春梦婆！她是谁？

茂丘西奥  她是精灵们的稳婆；她的身体只有郡吏手指上一颗玛瑙那么大；几匹蚂蚁大小的细马替她拖着车子，越过酣睡的人们的鼻梁，她的车辐是用蜘蛛的长脚作成的；车蓬是蚱蜢的翅膀；挽索是小蜘蛛丝，颈带如水的月光；马鞭是蟋蟀的骨头；缰绳是天际的游丝。替她驾车的是一只小小的灰色的蚊虫，它的大小还不及从一个贪懒丫头的指尖上挑出来的懒虫的一半。她的车子是野蚕用一个榛子的空壳替她造成，它们从古以来，就是精灵们的车匠。她每夜驱着这样的车子，穿过情人们的脑中，他们就会在梦里谈情说爱；经过官员们的膝上，他们就会在梦里打躬作辑；经过律师们的手指，他们就会在梦里伸手讨讼旨费；经过娘儿们的嘴唇，她们就会在梦里跟人家接吻，可是因为春梦婆讨厌她们嘴里吐出来的糖果的气息，往往罚她们满嘴长着水泡。有时奔驰过廷臣的鼻子，他就会在梦里寻找好差事；有时她从捐献给教会的猪身上拔下它的尾巴来，撩拨着一个牧师的鼻孔，他就会梦见自己又领到一份俸禄；有时她绕过一个兵士的颈项，他就会梦见杀敌人的头，进攻、埋伏、锐利的剑锋、淋漓的痛饮——忽然被耳边的鼓声惊醒，咒骂了几句，又翻了个身睡去了。就是这一个春梦婆在夜里把马鬣打成了辫子，把懒女人的龌龊的乱发烘成一处处胶粘的硬块，倘然把它们梳通了，就要遭逢祸事；就是这个婆子在人家女孩子们仰面睡觉的时候，压在她们身上，教会她们怎样养儿子；就是她——

罗密欧  得啦，得啦，茂丘西奥，别说啦！你全然在那儿痴人说梦。

茂丘西奥  对了，梦本来是痴人脑中的胡思乱想；它的本质像空气一样稀薄；它的变化莫测，就像一阵风，刚才还在向着冰雪的北方求爱，忽然发起恼来，一转身又到雨露的南方来了。

班伏里奥  你讲起的这一阵风，不知把我们自己吹到哪儿去了。人家晚饭都用过了，我们进去怕要太晚啦。

罗密欧  我怕也许是太早了；我仿佛觉得有一种不可知的命运，将要从我们今晚上的狂欢开始它的恐怖的统治，我这可憎恨的生命，将要遭遇惨酷的夭折而告一结束。可是让支配我的前途的上帝指导我的行动吧！前进，快活的朋友们！

班伏里奥  来，把鼓擂起来。（同下。）