Act1 Scene5 Antony and Cleopatra 莎翁戏剧原著

This riveting tragedy presents one of Shakespeare's greatest female characters—the seductive, cunning Egyptian queen, Cleopatra. Mark Antony, a virtual prisoner of his passion for her, is torn between pleasure and virtue, between sensual indolence and duty...
作者：William Shakespeare，1564-1616，英国文艺复兴时期最伟大的剧作家、诗人、文学家；朗读：苑溪仙；播出时间：晚9点
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ACT I SCENE V Alexandria. Cleopatra's palace  
[Enter CLEOPATRA, CHARMIAN, IRAS, and MARDIAN]
CLEOPATRACharmian!
CHARMIANMadam?
CLEOPATRAHa, ha!
Give me to drink mandragora.
CHARMIANWhy, madam?5
CLEOPATRAThat I might sleep out this great gap of time
My Antony is away.
CHARMIANYou think of him too much.
CLEOPATRAO, 'tis treason!
CHARMIANMadam, I trust, not so.10
CLEOPATRAThou, eunuch Mardian!
MARDIANWhat's your highness' pleasure?
CLEOPATRANot now to hear thee sing; I take no pleasure
In aught an eunuch has: 'tis well for thee,
That, being unseminar'd, thy freer thoughts15
May not fly forth of Egypt. Hast thou affections?
MARDIANYes, gracious madam.
CLEOPATRAIndeed!
MARDIANNot in deed, madam; for I can do nothing
But what indeed is honest to be done:20
Yet have I fierce affections, and think
What Venus did with Mars.
CLEOPATRAO Charmian,
Where think'st thou he is now? Stands he, or sits he?
Or does he walk? or is he on his horse?25
O happy horse, to bear the weight of Antony!
Do bravely, horse! for wot'st thou whom thou movest?
The demi-Atlas of this earth, the arm
And burgonet of men. He's speaking now,
Or murmuring 'Where's my serpent of old Nile?'30
For so he calls me: now I feed myself
With most delicious poison. Think on me,
That am with Phoebus' amorous pinches black,
And wrinkled deep in time? Broad-fronted Caesar,
When thou wast here above the ground, I was35
A morsel for a monarch: and great Pompey
Would stand and make his eyes grow in my brow;
There would he anchor his aspect and die
With looking on his life.
[Enter ALEXAS, from OCTAVIUS CAESAR]
ALEXASSovereign of Egypt, hail!40
CLEOPATRAHow much unlike art thou Mark Antony!
Yet, coming from him, that great medicine hath
With his tinct gilded thee.
How goes it with my brave Mark Antony?
ALEXASLast thing he did, dear queen,45
He kiss'd,--the last of many doubled kisses,--
This orient pearl. His speech sticks in my heart.
CLEOPATRAMine ear must pluck it thence.
ALEXAS'Good friend,' quoth he,
'Say, the firm Roman to great Egypt sends50
This treasure of an oyster; at whose foot,
To mend the petty present, I will piece
Her opulent throne with kingdoms; all the east,
Say thou, shall call her mistress.' So he nodded,
And soberly did mount an arm-gaunt steed,55
Who neigh'd so high, that what I would have spoke
Was beastly dumb'd by him.
CLEOPATRAWhat, was he sad or merry?
ALEXASLike to the time o' the year between the extremes
Of hot and cold, he was nor sad nor merry.60
CLEOPATRAO well-divided disposition! Note him,
Note him good Charmian, 'tis the man; but note him:
He was not sad, for he would shine on those
That make their looks by his; he was not merry,
Which seem'd to tell them his remembrance lay65
In Egypt with his joy; but between both:
O heavenly mingle! Be'st thou sad or merry,
The violence of either thee becomes,
So does it no man else. Met'st thou my posts?
ALEXASAy, madam, twenty several messengers:70
Why do you send so thick?
CLEOPATRAWho's born that day
When I forget to send to Antony,
Shall die a beggar. Ink and paper, Charmian.
Welcome, my good Alexas. Did I, Charmian,75
Ever love Caesar so?
CHARMIANO that brave Caesar!
CLEOPATRABe choked with such another emphasis!
Say, the brave Antony.
CHARMIANThe valiant Caesar!80
CLEOPATRABy Isis, I will give thee bloody teeth,
If thou with Caesar paragon again
My man of men.
CHARMIANBy your most gracious pardon,
I sing but after you.85
CLEOPATRAMy salad days,
When I was green in judgment: cold in blood,
To say as I said then! But, come, away;
Get me ink and paper:
He shall have every day a several greeting,90
Or I'll unpeople Egypt.
[Exeunt]