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| 【書摘】在斯萬家那邊—斯萬的愛情 (Swann in love) 11 Comme si les instrumentistes beaucoup moins jouaient la petite phrase qu’ils n’exécutaient les rites exigés d’elle pour qu’elle apparût, et procédaient aux incantations nécessaires pour obtenir et prolonger quelques instants le prodige de son évocation, Swann, qui ne pouvait pas plus la voir que si elle avait appartenu à un monde ultra-violet, et qui goûtait comme le rafraîchissement d’une métamorphose dans la cécité momentanée dont il était frappé en approchant d’elle, Swann la sentait présente, comme une déesse protectrice et confidente de son amour, et qui pour pouvoir arriver jusqu’à lui devant la foule et l’emmener à l’écart pour lui parler, avait revêtu le déguisement de cette apparence sonore. Et tandis qu’elle passait, légère, apaisante et murmurée comme un parfum, lui disant ce qu’elle avait à lui dire et dont il scrutait tous les mots, regrettant de les voir s’envoler si vite, il faisait involontairement avec ses lèvres le mouvement de baiser au passage le corps harmonieux et fuyant. (p.342, Éditions Gallimard, 1987) 與其說樂師們在演奏那個樂句，倒不如說他們在舉行為召喚這個樂句出現所需的儀式，在誦念為使它出現並使它的奇跡得以延續一些時間所需的咒語；斯萬現在不再能看到它，除非它屬於一個紫外線的世界，他在離它越來越近時卻一時失明，只感到這一變化使他的精神為之一爽；他現在感到這個樂句出現在他面前，像是他的愛情的保護神和知情人，為了能在大庭廣眾之中走到他的跟前，把他拉到一邊跟他絮語，而用這有聲的外形把自己喬裝打扮起來。當這樂句從他身邊飄然而過，輕盈、安神，像鮮花的清香那樣悄悄私語，傾心相訴，他仔細啼聽每一個字，直惋惜話語如此迅速地飛逝，不由自主地用嘴唇去親吻那和諧的，正在消逝的形體。 (p.376 追憶似水年華 I 在斯萬家那邊 聯經版 1992) 那些樂師彷彿壓根兒就不是在演奏那個小小的樂句，而是在舉行迎接她出現的儀式，念動那些專門用來招魂的咒語，召喚它降臨並祈求將這奇跡延長些許時間，斯萬無法看見它，彷彿它屬於一個紫外線的世界，但他在它接近時猛然感到一陣暫時的失明，與此同時他感受到了一種沁人心脾的變化，他覺得著它來了，就像他愛情的一位知心的保護女神那樣來了，它為了能當著眾人的面來到他跟前，把他帶到一旁去說悄悄話，特地喬裝改扮成這種音響的模樣。當它猶如一陣馨香那般輕盈、舒緩地喃喃絮語著拂過他面前，把它想要對他說的話告訴他，惹動他去細細思量它說的每一句話，惋惜它們轉眼間就飄走不見的時候，他的嘴唇不由自主地做了個動作，像是要在那個優美和諧而又悄然離去的身影經過的時候去吻它。 (p.384~385 追尋逝去的時光 I 去斯萬家那邊 上海譯文版 周克希譯 2004) As though the musicians were not nearly so much playing the little phrase as performing the rites on which it insisted before it would consent to appear, as proceeding to utter the incantations necessary to procure, and to prolong for a few moments, the miracle of its apparition, Swann, who was no more able now to see it than if it had belonged to a world of ultra-violet light, who experienced something like the refreshing sense of a metamorphosis in the momentary blindness with which he had been struck as he approached it, Swann felt that it was present, like a protective goddess, a confidant of his love, who, so as to be able to come to him through the crowd, and to draw him aside to speak to him, had disguised herself in this sweeping cloak of sound. And as she passed him, light, soothing, as softly murmured as the perfume of a flower, telling him what she had to say, every word of which he closely scanned, sorry to see them fly away so fast, he made involuntarily with his lips the motion of kissing, as it went by him, the harmonious, fleeting form. (Translated by C. K. Scott Moncrieff ) As if the instrumentalists were not so much playing the little phrase as performing the rituals it required in order to make its appearance, and proceeding to the incantations necessary for obtaining and prolonging a few moments the wonder of its evocation, Swann, who could no more see it than if it had belonged to an ultraviolet world, at who was experiencing something like the refreshing sense of a metamorphosis in the momentary blindness with which he was struck as he approached it, left it to be present, like a protective goddess, a confidante of his love, who in order to be able to come to him in the midst of the crowd and take him aside to talk to him, had assumed the disguise of this body of sound. And while it passed, light, soothing, murmured like a perfume, telling him what it had to tell him, as he scrutinized every word, sorry to see them fly off so quickly, he involuntarily made the motion with his lips of kissing the harmonious fleeting body as it passed. (Translated by Lydia Davis) |
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