以下是我找到的三段莎士比亚名作《哈姆雷特》(又译作《哈姆莱特》)中丹麦王子的经典独白。(中文版)其中他最著名的“生存还是毁灭?”那一段独白我凭着的自己记忆力译出的一小段英文(不好意思,我的英文水平有限,如果你发现我有翻译错误的地方,望见谅),希望这些资料能对你有所帮助。
以下是这三段独白:
哈姆雷特独白(1)
生存还是毁灭?这是个问题。
究竟哪样更高贵,去忍受那狂暴的命运无情的摧残 还是挺身去反抗那无边的烦恼,把它扫一个干净。
去死,去睡就结束了,如果睡眠能结束我们心灵的创伤和肉体所承受的千百种痛苦,那真是生存求之不得的天大的好事。去死,去睡,
去睡,也许会做梦!
唉,这就麻烦了,即使摆脱了这尘世 可在这死的睡眠里又会做些什么梦呢?真得想一想,就这点顾虑使人受着终身的折磨,
谁甘心忍受那鞭打和嘲弄,受人压迫,受尽侮蔑和轻视,忍受那失恋的痛苦,法庭的拖延,衙门的横征暴敛,默默无闻的劳碌却只换来多少凌辱。但他自己只要用把尖刀就能解脱了。
谁也不甘心,呻吟、流汗拖着这残生,可是对死后又感觉到恐惧,又从来没有任何人从死亡的国土里回来,因此动摇了,宁愿忍受着目前的苦难 而不愿投奔向另一种苦难。
顾虑就使我们都变成了懦夫,使得那果断的本色蒙上了一层思虑的惨白的容颜,本来可以做出伟大的事业,由于思虑就化为乌有了,丧失了行动的能力。
Hamlet:To be, or not to be- that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them. To die- to sleep-
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heartache, and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to. 'Tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die- to sleep.
To sleep- perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub!
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause. There's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life.
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
Th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely,
The pangs of despis'd love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office, and the spurns
That patient merit of th' unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? Who would these fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death-
The undiscover'd country, from whose bourn
No traveller returns- puzzles the will,
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all,
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pith and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry
And lose the name of action.
哈姆雷特独白[2]
哈姆雷特:
念台词要念地跟我一样,很顺当的从舌尖上吐出来。有许多演员他们爱直着嗓子喊,那我宁可找个叫街的来。
哦,不。千万不要这样地用手在空中乱劈一气,要做的自然些,即使感情激动爆发,甚至在狂风般的冲动里,你们都一定要懂得有节制,做到雍容大方。哦,我最讨厌有些个人戴着假头发在台上乱叫乱嚷,龇牙咧嘴的做戏,把观众的耳朵都震聋了,而这些观众大多数什么也不懂就喜欢看个热闹劲,这种演戏的该打,演戏火上加油一定要避免。
伶人甲:殿下尽管放心。
哈姆雷特:
可也别太温了,一定要非常细心的来掌握你自己。要用动作配合话,用话配合动作。特别注意一点,千万别超出生活的分寸,因为过分了就违背了演戏的意义,演戏,不论过去或是现在,都像是一面镜子用它来反映人生,显示出什么是善的什么是恶的,显示出时代和社会的形象和印记。
演得太过火了,虽然能叫外行人发笑,可只能叫明眼人痛心,这种行家的看法,你们一定要比满座看得更重。
哦,我看到过一些演员演戏,也听到过别人捧过他们,说句不好听的话,他们说话简直不像人在说话,他们走路也不像人在走路,大摇大摆地乱吼乱叫,简直就像是什么笨手艺人捏出来的,而且捏得那样子的叫人恶心。
伶人乙:我相信我们已经把这一点改正了。