那逝去的年味儿《祝福》-经典双语诵读系列

The New Year's Sacrifice

Originally Written by Lu Xun

Reading Version by Louie

鲁迅先生写实的文风记录了很多旧时的生活习俗,在小说《祝福》中,除去对祥林嫂的叙述,文中关于“年”的描写也是颇有一丝意韵。

祝福

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逝去的年味

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先中文后英文

旧历的年底毕竟最像年底,村镇上不必说,就在天空中也显出将到新年的气象来。灰白色的沉重的晚云中间时时发出闪光,接着一声钝响,是送灶的爆竹;近处燃放的可就更强烈了,震耳的大音还没有息,空气里已经散满了幽微的火药香。

我是正在这一夜回到我的故乡鲁镇的。虽说故乡,然而已没有家,所以只得暂寓在鲁四老爷的宅子里。他是我的本家,比我长一辈,应该称之曰“四叔”,是一个讲理学的老监生。他比先前并没有什么大改变,单是老了些,但也还末留胡子,一见面是寒暄,寒暄之后说我“胖了”,说我“胖了”之后即大骂其新党。

但我知道,这并非借题在骂我:因为他所骂的还是康有为。但是,谈话是总不投机的了,于是不多久,我便一个人剩在书房里。

第二天我起得很迟,午饭之后,出去看了几个本家和朋友;第三天也照样。

他们也都没有什么大改变,单是老了些;家中却一律忙,都在准备着“祝福”。这是鲁镇年终的大典,致敬尽礼,迎接福神,拜求来年一年中的好运气的。杀鸡,宰鹅,买猪肉,用心细细的洗,女人的臂膊都在水里浸得通红,有的还带着绞丝银镯子。

煮熟之后,横七竖八的插些筷子在这类东西上,可就称为“福礼”了,五更天陈列起来,并且点上香烛,恭请福神们来享用,拜的却只限于男人,拜完自然仍然是放爆竹。

年年如此,家家如此,——只要买得起福礼和爆竹之类的——今年自然也如此。

天色愈阴暗了,下午竟下起雪来,雪花大的有梅花那么大,满天飞舞,夹着烟霭和忙碌的气色,将鲁镇乱成一团糟。我回到四叔的书房里时,瓦楞上已经雪白,房里也映得较光明,极分明的显出壁上挂着的朱拓的大“寿”字,陈抟老祖写的,一边的对联已经脱落,松松的卷了放在长桌上,一边的还在,道是“事理通达心气和平”。

我又无聊赖的到窗下的案头去一翻,只见一堆似乎未必完全的《康熙字典》,一部《近思录集注》和一部《四书衬》。无论如何、我明天决计要走了。

如那逐渐远去的年味

在喧嚣声中,人们还是期望着家的温暖

即使在很久很久以前已经飘零

英文版节选自杨宪益先生译作

The next day I got up very late, and after lunch went out to see some relatives and friends. The day after I did the same. None of them was greatly changed, simply slightly older; but every family was busy preparing for "the sacrifice."

This is the great end-of-year ceremony in Luchen, when people reverently welcome the God of Fortune and solicit good fortune for the coming year. They kill chickens and geese and buy pork, scouring and scrubbing until all the women's arms turn red in the water.

Some of them still wear twisted silver bracelets. After the meat is cooked some chopsticks are thrust into it at random, and this is called the "offering." It is set out at dawn when incense and candles are lit, and they reverently invite the God of Fortune to come and partake of the offering.

Only men can be worshippers, and after the sacrifice they naturally continue to let off firecrackers as before. This happens every year, in every family, provided they can afford to buy the offering and firecrackers; and this year they naturally followed the old custom.

词汇备注

bracelet [ˈbreɪslət] 手镯;手链

cracker ['krækə] 爆竹;鞭炮

fortune ['fɔrtʃən] 运气;福气

sacrifice ['sækrɪfaɪs] 牺牲;祭品;供奉

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