试听180秒E26《普鲁弗洛克的情歌》诗歌赏析4：谁与共孤光，把盏凄然北望

▍原文

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock -- by T.S Eliot 
普鲁弗洛克的情歌  TS艾略特

（接上节）
And would it have been worth it, after all,
After the cups, the marmalade, the tea,
Among the porcelain, among some talk of you and me, 
Would it have been worth while,
To have bitten off the matter with a smile,
To have squeezed the universe into a ball
To roll it towards some overwhelming question, 
To say: “I am Lazarus, come from the dead, 
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all”— 
If one, settling a pillow by her head
Should say: “That is not what I meant at all; 
That is not it, at all.” 
而这一切，真值得吗? 
在举杯，喝茶，吃过果酱后， 
在杯盘之间，在你我的交谈中， 
是不是还值得
将矛盾一笑而过?
把宇宙捏成一个球 
然后让它滚向某个压倒一切的问题 
说:“我是拉撒路，从死里复活， 
回来给你们报信，我将把一切告诉你们 
要是有人把枕头塞到头下 
轻轻的说:“那根本不是我的意思; 
根本不是这样。” 

And would it have been worth it, after all,
Would it have been worth while,
After the sunsets and the dooryards and the sprinkled streets,
After the novels, after the teacups, after the skirts that trail along the floor— 
And this, and so much more?—
It is impossible to say just what I mean!
But as if a magic lantern threw the nerves in patterns on a screen: 
Would it have been worth while
If one, settling a pillow or throwing off a shawl,
And turning toward the window, should say:
“That is not it at all, 
That is not what I meant, at all.” 
这一切会值得吗?会值得吗? 
经过多少次落日，多少个院落和洒过水的街道之后， 
经过多少部小说，多少只茶杯和多少条⻓裙摇曳在地板上之后—— 
还有这个，还有更多的?——
要我说出想说的是不可能的! 
但是，就好像一盏神奇的幻灯把神经投射到屏幕上: 
这样做是否值得?
如果一个人，放好一个枕头或者扔掉一条披肩， 
然后转身面对窗外，应该说:
“根本不是这样，
我根本不是那个意思。" 

▍生词好句

marmalade /ˈmɑːməleɪd/ n. 果酱
porcelain /ˈpɔːsəlɪn/ n. 瓷器
sprinkle /ˈsprɪŋkl/ v. 洒（水）
dooryard /'dɔːjɑːd/ n. 院落
shawl /ʃɔːl/ n. 披肩

▍知识拓展

1. 拉撒路（Lazarus）
拉撒路是《圣经·约翰福音》中记载的人物，他病危时没等到耶稣的救治就死了，但耶稣一口断定他将复活，四天后拉撒路果然从山洞里走出来，证明了耶稣的神迹。