the divine comedy(神曲)-第5节
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So we passed onward o'er the filthy mixture
Of shadows and of rain with footsteps slow;
Touching a little on the future life。
Wherefore I said: 〃Master; these torments here;
Will they increase after the mighty sentence;
Or lesser be; or will they be as burning?〃
And he to me: 〃Return unto thy science;
Which wills; that as the thing more perfect is;
The more it feels of pleasure and of pain。
Albeit that this people maledict
To true perfection never can attain;
Hereafter more than now they look to be。〃
Round in a circle by that road we went;
Speaking much more; which I do not repeat;
We came unto the point where the descent is;
There we found Plutus the great enemy。
Inferno: Canto VII
〃Pape Satan; Pape Satan; Aleppe!〃
Thus Plutus with his clucking voice began;
And that benignant Sage; who all things knew;
Said; to encourage me: 〃Let not thy fear
Harm thee; for any power that he may have
Shall not prevent thy going down this crag。〃
Then he turned round unto that bloated lip;
And said: 〃Be silent; thou accursed wolf;
Consume within thyself with thine own rage。
Not causeless is this journey to the abyss;
Thus is it willed on high; where Michael wrought
Vengeance upon the proud adultery。〃
Even as the sails inflated by the wind
Involved together fall when snaps the mast;
So fell the cruel monster to the earth。
Thus we descended into the fourth chasm;
Gaining still farther on the dolesome shore
Which all the woe of the universe insacks。
Justice of God; ah! who heaps up so many
New toils and sufferings as I beheld?
And why doth our transgression waste us so?
As doth the billow there upon Charybdis;
That breaks itself on that which it encounters;
So here the folk must dance their roundelay。
Here saw I people; more than elsewhere; many;
On one side and the other; with great howls;
Rolling weights forward by main force of chest。
They clashed together; and then at that point
Each one turned backward; rolling retrograde;
Crying; 〃Why keepest?〃 and; 〃Why squanderest thou?〃
Thus they returned along the lurid circle
On either hand unto the opposite point;
Shouting their shameful metre evermore。
Then each; when he arrived there; wheeled about
Through his half…circle to another joust;
And I; who had my heart pierced as it were;
Exclaimed: 〃My Master; now declare to me
What people these are; and if all were clerks;
These shaven crowns upon the left of us。〃
And he to me: 〃All of them were asquint
In intellect in the first life; so much
That there with measure they no spending made。
Clearly enough their voices bark it forth;
Whene'er they reach the two points of the circle;
Where sunders them the opposite defect。
Clerks those were who no hairy covering
Have on the head; and Popes and Cardinals;
In whom doth Avarice practise its excess。〃
And I: 〃My Master; among such as these
I ought forsooth to recognise some few;
Who were infected with these maladies。〃
And he to me: 〃Vain thought thou entertainest;
The undiscerning life which made them sordid
Now makes them unto all discernment dim。
Forever shall they come to these two buttings;
These from the sepulchre shall rise again
With the fist closed; and these with tresses shorn。
Ill giving and ill keeping the fair world
Have ta'en from them; and placed them in this scuffle;
Whate'er it be; no words adorn I for it。
Now canst thou; Son; behold the transient farce
Of goods that are committed unto Fortune;
For which the human race each other buffet;
For all the gold that is beneath the moon;
Or ever has been; of these weary souls
Could never make a single one repose。〃
〃Master;〃 I said to him; 〃now tell me also
What is this Fortune which thou speakest of;
That has the world's goods so within its clutches?〃
And he to me: 〃O creatures imbecile;
What ignorance is this which doth beset you?
Now will I have thee learn my judgment of her。
He whose omniscience everything transcends
The heavens created; and gave who should guide them;
That every part to every part may shine;
Distributing the light in equal measure;
He in like manner to the mundane splendours
Ordained a general ministress and guide;
That she might change at times the empty treasures
From race to race; from one blood to another;
Beyond resistance of all human wisdom。
Therefore one people triumphs; and another
Languishes; in pursuance of her judgment;
Which hidden is; as in the grass a serpent。
Your knowledge has no counterstand against her;
She makes provision; judges; and pursues
Her governance; as theirs the other gods。
Her permutations have not any truce;
Necessity makes her precipitate;
So often cometh who his turn obtains。
And this is she who is so crucified
Even by those who ought to give her praise;
Giving her blame amiss; and bad repute。
But she is blissful; and she hears it not;
Among the other primal creatures gladsome
She turns her sphere; and blissful she rejoices。
Let us descend now unto greater woe;
Already sinks each star that was ascending
When I set out; and loitering is forbidden。〃
We crossed the circle to the other bank;
Near to a fount that boils; and pours itself
Along a gully that runs out of it。
The water was more sombre far than perse;
And we; in company with the dusky waves;
Made entrance downward by a path uncouth。
A marsh it makes; which has the name of Styx;
This tristful brooklet; when it has descended
Down to the foot of the malign gray shores。
And I; who stood intent upon beholding;
Saw people mud…besprent in that lagoon;
All of them naked and with angry look。
They smote each other not alone with hands;
But with the head and with the breast and feet;
Tearing each other piecemeal with their teeth。
Said the good Master: 〃Son; thou now beholdest
The souls of those whom anger overcame;
And likewise I would have thee know for certain
Beneath the water people are who sigh
And make this water bubble at the surface;
As the eye tells thee wheresoe'er it turns。
Fixed in the mire they say; 'We sullen were
In the sweet air; which by the sun is gladdened;
Bearing within ourselves the sluggish reek;
Now we are sullen in this sable mire。'
This hymn do they keep gurgling in their throats;
For with unbroken words they cannot say it。〃
Thus we went circling round the filthy fen
A great arc 'twixt the dry bank and the swamp;
With eyes turned unto those who gorge the mire;
Unto the foot of a tower we came at last。
Inferno: Canto VIII
I say; continuing; that long before
We to the foot of that high tower had come;
Our eyes went upward to the summit of it;
By reason of two flamelets we saw placed there;
And from afar another answer them;
So far; that hardly could the eye attain it。
And; to the sea of all discernment turned;
I said: 〃What sayeth this; and what respondeth
That other fire? and who are they that made it?〃
And he to me: 〃Across the turbid waves
What is expected thou canst now discern;
If reek of the morass conceal it not。〃
Cord never shot an arrow from itself
That sped away athwart the air so swift;
As I beheld a very little boat
Come o'er the water tow'rds us at that moment;
Under the guidance of a single pilot;
Who shouted; 〃Now art thou arrived; fell soul?〃
〃Phlegyas; Phlegyas; thou criest out in vain
For this once;〃 said my Lord; 〃thou shalt not have us
Longer than in the passing of the slough。〃
As he who listens to some great deceit
That has been done to him; and then resents it;
Such became Phlegyas; in his gathered wrath。
My Guide descended down into the boat;
And then he made me enter after him;
And only when I entered seemed it laden。
Soon as the Guide and I were in the boat;
The antique prow goes on its way; dividing
More of the water than 'tis wont with others。
While we were running through the dead canal;
Uprose in front of me one full of mire;
And said; 〃Who 'rt thou that comest ere the hour?〃
And I to him: 〃Although I come; I stay not;
But who art thou that hast become so squalid?〃
〃Thou seest that I am one who weeps;〃 he answered。
And I to him: 〃With weeping and with wailing;
Thou spirit maledict; do thou remain;
For thee I know; though thou art all defiled。〃
Then stretched he both his hands unto the boat;
Whereat my wary Master thrust him back;
Saying; 〃Away there with the other dogs!〃
Thereafter with his arms he clasped my neck;
He kissed my face; and said: 〃Disdainful soul;
Blessed be she who bore thee in her bosom。
That was an arrogant person in the world;
Goodness is none; that decks his memory;
So likewise here his shade is furious。
How many are esteemed great kings up there;
Who here shall be like unto swine in mire;
Leaving behind them horrible dispraises!〃
And I: 〃My Master; much should I be pleased;
If I could see him soused into this broth;
Before we issue forth out of the lake。〃
And he to me: 〃Ere unto thee the