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名著精读:《悉达多》-沙门(4)

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Quoth Siddhartha: "Always, oh Govinda, I had thought, Govinda would stay with the Samanas, always I had believed his goal was to live to be sixty and seventy years of age and to keep on practising those feats and exercises, which are becoming a Samana. But behold, I had not known Govinda well enough, I knew little of his heart. So now you, my faithful friend, want to take a new path and go there, where the Buddha spreads his teachings."席特哈尔塔说:“哦,戈文达,我一直以为戈文达会留在沙门这儿,一直以为戈文达的目标是活到六十岁和七十岁,继续从事那些为沙门装点门面的技巧和修行呢。可是你看,我对戈文达了解得太少,我对他的心知道得太少。朋友,如今你也想另选一条路,去活佛那儿聆听他的教诲了!”
Quoth Govinda: "You're mocking me. Mock me if you like, Siddhartha! But have you not also developed a desire, an eagerness, to hear these teachings? And have you not at one time said to me, you would not walk the path of the Samanas for much longer?"戈文达说:“你可真爱讽刺人。那就随你讽刺吧,席特哈尔塔!不过,你心中不是也有一种要求,一种兴趣,想去聆听这种教诲么?你以前不是跟我说过,这样沙门之路不会再长久走下去了么?”
At this, Siddhartha laughed in his very own manner, in which his voice assumed a touch of sadness and a touch of mockery, and said: "Well, Govinda, you've spoken well, you've remembered correctly. If you only remembered the other thing as well, you've heard from me, which is that I have grown distrustful and tired against teachings and learning, and that my faith in words, which are brought to us by teachers, is small. But let's do it, my dear, I am willing to listen to these teachings--though in my heart I believe that we've already tasted the best fruit of these teachings."席特哈尔塔以他特有的方式笑了,语气里带着一丝悲哀和嘲讽,说道:“不错,戈文达,你说得对,你记性真好。但愿你也记得你从我这儿听到的其他话,那就是我对学说和学习已经怀疑和厌倦了,我对老师们灌输给我们的那些话也缺乏信仰了。好吧,亲爱的,我已经准备好了去听那种教诲——尽管我心里确信,我们已经尝过了那种教诲的甜美果实。”
Quoth Govinda: "Your willingness delights my heart. But tell me, how should this be possible? How should the Gotama's teachings, even before we have heard them, have already revealed their best fruit to us?"戈文达说:“你的决心真叫我高兴。可是你倒说说看,这怎么会可能呢?在聆听戈塔马的教诲之前,咱们怎么可能已经尝到了它的甜美果实呢?”
Quoth Siddhartha: "Let us eat this fruit and wait for the rest, oh Govinda! But this fruit, which we already now received thanks to the Gotama, consisted in him calling us away from the Samanas! Whether he has also other and better things to give us, oh friend, let us await with calm hearts."席特哈尔塔说:“哦,戈文达,咱们还是去细细品味这果实,继续耐心静候吧!咱们现在就该感谢戈塔马,因为这果实就在于他促使我们脱离了沙门!至于他是否还会给予我们别的更好的东西,朋友,咱们就耐心静候吧。”
On this very same day, Siddhartha informed the oldest one of the Samanas of his decision, that he wanted to leave him. He informed the oldest one with all the courtesy and modesty becoming to a younger one and a student. But the Samana became angry, because the two young men wanted to leave him, and talked loudly and used crude swearwords.就在同一天,席特哈尔塔把他的决定告诉了那个老沙门,表示要离开他。他说话的态度谦逊有礼,合乎晚辈与弟子的规矩,可是,老沙门却对两个年轻人要离开他大为光火,高声大叫,并且使用了粗野的骂人话。
Govinda was startled and became embarrassed. But Siddhartha put his mouth close to Govinda's ear and whispered to him: "Now, I want to show the old man that I've learned something from him."戈文达吓坏了,不知所措。而席特哈尔塔却把嘴凑到戈文达耳边,低语道:“现在我要让这个老头儿看看,我在他这儿到底学到了什么?”
Positioning himself closely in front of the Samana, with a concentrated soul, he captured the old man's glance with his glances, deprived him of his power, made him mute, took away his free will, subdued him under his own will, commanded him, to do silently, whatever he demanded him to do. The old man became mute, his eyes became motionless, his will was paralysed, his arms were hanging down; without power, he had fallen victim to Siddhartha's spell. But Siddhartha's thoughts brought the Samana under their control, he had to carry out, what they commanded. And thus, the old man made several bows, performed gestures of blessing, spoke stammeringly a godly wish for a good journey. And the young men returned the bows with thanks, returned the wish, went on their way with salutations.他凑到老沙门面前,聚精会神,直视老人的目光,用法术蛊惑他,使他出不得声,没了主见,屈服于徒弟的意志,不声不响地去做要求他做的事情。老人果然不出声了,眼神呆滞,意志瘫痪,胳臂也耷拉下来,无力对付席特哈尔塔的法术;而席特哈尔塔的思想却控制了老沙门,使他不得不执行给他下的命令。于是,老人连连鞠躬,并且作出祝福的手势,结结巴巴地说着“一路顺风”之类的祝愿。两个年轻人也鞠躬致谢,答以祝愿,然后有礼貌地离去了。
On the way, Govinda said: "Oh Siddhartha, you have learned more from the Samanas than I knew. It is hard, it is very hard to cast a spell on an old Samana. Truly, if you had stayed there, you would soon have learned to walk on water."半路上,戈文达说:“哦,席特哈尔塔,你从沙门那儿学到的东西可比我所了解的多。要想蛊惑一个老沙门是困难的,十分困难。真的,要是你还留在那儿,你很快就能学会在水面上自由行走!”
"I do not seek to walk on water," said Siddhartha. "Let old Samanas be content with such feats!"“我才不要求能在水面上行走呢。”席特哈尔塔说,“让那些老沙门去为这样的本领而沾沾自喜吧!”

Quoth Siddhartha: "Always, oh Govinda, I had thought, Govinda would stay with the Samanas, always I had believed his goal was to live to be sixty and seventy years of age and to keep on practising those feats and exercises, which are becoming a Samana. But behold, I had not known Govinda well enough, I knew little of his heart. So now you, my faithful friend, want to take a new path and go there, where the Buddha spreads his teachings."
Quoth Govinda: "You're mocking me. Mock me if you like, Siddhartha! But have you not also developed a desire, an eagerness, to hear these teachings? And have you not at one time said to me, you would not walk the path of the Samanas for much longer?"
At this, Siddhartha laughed in his very own manner, in which his voice assumed a touch of sadness and a touch of mockery, and said: "Well, Govinda, you've spoken well, you've remembered correctly. If you only remembered the other thing as well, you've heard from me, which is that I have grown distrustful and tired against teachings and learning, and that my faith in words, which are brought to us by teachers, is small. But let's do it, my dear, I am willing to listen to these teachings--though in my heart I believe that we've already tasted the best fruit of these teachings."
Quoth Govinda: "Your willingness delights my heart. But tell me, how should this be possible? How should the Gotama's teachings, even before we have heard them, have already revealed their best fruit to us?"
Quoth Siddhartha: "Let us eat this fruit and wait for the rest, oh Govinda! But this fruit, which we already now received thanks to the Gotama, consisted in him calling us away from the Samanas! Whether he has also other and better things to give us, oh friend, let us await with calm hearts."
On this very same day, Siddhartha informed the oldest one of the Samanas of his decision, that he wanted to leave him. He informed the oldest one with all the courtesy and modesty becoming to a younger one and a student. But the Samana became angry, because the two young men wanted to leave him, and talked loudly and used crude swearwords.
Govinda was startled and became embarrassed. But Siddhartha put his mouth close to Govinda's ear and whispered to him: "Now, I want to show the old man that I've learned something from him."
Positioning himself closely in front of the Samana, with a concentrated soul, he captured the old man's glance with his glances, deprived him of his power, made him mute, took away his free will, subdued him under his own will, commanded him, to do silently, whatever he demanded him to do. The old man became mute, his eyes became motionless, his will was paralysed, his arms were hanging down; without power, he had fallen victim to Siddhartha's spell. But Siddhartha's thoughts brought the Samana under their control, he had to carry out, what they commanded. And thus, the old man made several bows, performed gestures of blessing, spoke stammeringly a godly wish for a good journey. And the young men returned the bows with thanks, returned the wish, went on their way with salutations.
On the way, Govinda said: "Oh Siddhartha, you have learned more from the Samanas than I knew. It is hard, it is very hard to cast a spell on an old Samana. Truly, if you had stayed there, you would soon have learned to walk on water."
"I do not seek to walk on water," said Siddhartha. "Let old Samanas be content with such feats!"


席特哈尔塔说:“哦,戈文达,我一直以为戈文达会留在沙门这儿,一直以为戈文达的目标是活到六十岁和七十岁,继续从事那些为沙门装点门面的技巧和修行呢。可是你看,我对戈文达了解得太少,我对他的心知道得太少。朋友,如今你也想另选一条路,去活佛那儿聆听他的教诲了!”
戈文达说:“你可真爱讽刺人。那就随你讽刺吧,席特哈尔塔!不过,你心中不是也有一种要求,一种兴趣,想去聆听这种教诲么?你以前不是跟我说过,这样沙门之路不会再长久走下去了么?”
席特哈尔塔以他特有的方式笑了,语气里带着一丝悲哀和嘲讽,说道:“不错,戈文达,你说得对,你记性真好。但愿你也记得你从我这儿听到的其他话,那就是我对学说和学习已经怀疑和厌倦了,我对老师们灌输给我们的那些话也缺乏信仰了。好吧,亲爱的,我已经准备好了去听那种教诲——尽管我心里确信,我们已经尝过了那种教诲的甜美果实。”
戈文达说:“你的决心真叫我高兴。可是你倒说说看,这怎么会可能呢?在聆听戈塔马的教诲之前,咱们怎么可能已经尝到了它的甜美果实呢?”
席特哈尔塔说:“哦,戈文达,咱们还是去细细品味这果实,继续耐心静候吧!咱们现在就该感谢戈塔马,因为这果实就在于他促使我们脱离了沙门!至于他是否还会给予我们别的更好的东西,朋友,咱们就耐心静候吧。”
就在同一天,席特哈尔塔把他的决定告诉了那个老沙门,表示要离开他。他说话的态度谦逊有礼,合乎晚辈与弟子的规矩,可是,老沙门却对两个年轻人要离开他大为光火,高声大叫,并且使用了粗野的骂人话。
戈文达吓坏了,不知所措。而席特哈尔塔却把嘴凑到戈文达耳边,低语道:“现在我要让这个老头儿看看,我在他这儿到底学到了什么?”
他凑到老沙门面前,聚精会神,直视老人的目光,用法术蛊惑他,使他出不得声,没了主见,屈服于徒弟的意志,不声不响地去做要求他做的事情。老人果然不出声了,眼神呆滞,意志瘫痪,胳臂也耷拉下来,无力对付席特哈尔塔的法术;而席特哈尔塔的思想却控制了老沙门,使他不得不执行给他下的命令。于是,老人连连鞠躬,并且作出祝福的手势,结结巴巴地说着“一路顺风”之类的祝愿。两个年轻人也鞠躬致谢,答以祝愿,然后有礼貌地离去了。
半路上,戈文达说:“哦,席特哈尔塔,你从沙门那儿学到的东西可比我所了解的多。要想蛊惑一个老沙门是困难的,十分困难。真的,要是你还留在那儿,你很快就能学会在水面上自由行走!”
“我才不要求能在水面上行走呢。”席特哈尔塔说,“让那些老沙门去为这样的本领而沾沾自喜吧!”
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willingness ['wiliŋnis]

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n. 乐意,愿意

 
motionless ['məuʃənlis]

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adj. 不动的,静止的

 
informed [in'fɔ:md]

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concentrated ['kɔnsentreitid]

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embarrassed [im'bærəst]

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cast [kɑ:st]

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mockery ['mɔkəri]

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