為你讀英語美文 · 第434期 史鐵生《我與地壇》 · 羅斌 主播：羅斌 《我與地壇》五 節(jié)選 作者：史鐵生，翻譯：羅斌 誰又能把這世界想個明白呢？世上的很多事是不堪說的。你可以抱怨上帝何以要降諸多苦難給這人間，你也可以為消滅種種苦難而奮斗，并為此享有崇高與驕傲，但只要你再多想一步你就會墜入深深的迷茫了： Who can actually comprehend the world? Many things in the world are unspeakable. You can complain about why God sent so many sufferings to the human world, or you can fight to wipe out suffering and then enjoy dignity and pride, but if you think further, you will fall into profound confusion. 假如世界上沒有了苦難，世界還能夠存在么？ 要是沒有愚鈍，機(jī)智還有什么光榮呢？ 要是沒了丑陋，漂亮又怎么維系自己的幸運(yùn)？ 要是沒有了惡劣和卑下，善良與高尚又將如何界定自己又如何成為美德呢？ 要是沒有了殘疾，健全會否因其司空見慣而變得膩煩和乏味呢？ If there were no suffering, would the world still exist? If there were no foolishness, would there be glory for wit? If there were no ugliness, how would beauty maintain one's luck? If there were no vileness and baseness, how would kindness and nobleness be defined as virtue? If there were no disability, would soundness become boring because it is so common? 我常夢想著在人間徹底消滅殘疾，但可以相信，那時將由患病者代替殘疾人去承擔(dān)同樣的苦難。如果能夠把疾病也全數(shù)消滅，那么這份苦難又將由（比如說）像貌丑陋的人去承擔(dān)了。就算我們連丑陋，連愚昧和卑鄙和一切我們所不喜歡的事物和行為，也都可以統(tǒng)統(tǒng)消滅掉，所有的人都一味健康、漂亮、聰慧、高尚，結(jié)果會怎樣呢？ 怕是人間的劇目就全要收場了，一個失去差別的世界將是一條死水，是一塊沒有感覺 沒有肥力的沙漠。 I often dream of eradicating disability from human world, but I believe that it will be the sick who will bear the same sufferings, instead of the disabled. If disease could be eliminated too, the suffering would be borne by, let’s say, ugly people. If we could wipe out ugliness, stupidity, baseness, and all the things and behaviors that we dislike, what would happen if all people were healthy, beautiful, intelligent and noble? A world without difference would be like backwater, a desert without feeling and fertility. 看來差別永遠(yuǎn)是要有的?？磥砭椭缓媒邮芸嚯y——人類的全部劇目需要它，存在的本身需要它?？磥砩系塾忠淮螌α恕? It seems that difference should be always there. Suffering, it seems, must be accepted –all dramas of human needs it, and existence itself needs it. It seems like, God is right again. 于是就有一個最令人絕望的結(jié)論等在這里：由誰去充任那些苦難的角色？又有誰去體現(xiàn)這世間的幸福，驕傲和快樂？只好聽?wèi){偶然，是沒有道理好講的。 And here lies the most desperate conclusion of all: who would take the role of suffering? Who would embody happiness, pride and joy? Just leave it to coincidence without any reason. 就命運(yùn)而言，休論公道。 So far as fate is concerned, do not mention justice. 那么，一切不幸命運(yùn)的救贖之路在哪里呢？設(shè)若智慧的悟性可以引領(lǐng)我們?nèi)フ业骄融H之路，難道所有的人都能夠獲得這樣的智慧和悟性嗎？ Then, where is the salvation of all misfortune? If wisdom and comprehension can lead us to salvation, can all people acquire such wisdom and comprehension? 我常以為是丑女造就了美人。我常以為是愚氓舉出了智者。我常以為是懦夫襯照了英雄。我常以為是眾生度化了佛祖。 I’ve been thinking it is the ugly who makes the beauty. I’ve been thinking it is the fool who serves as a foil to the wise. I’ve been thinking it is the coward who raises the hero up. I’ve been thinking it is mortal beings who deify Buddha.