雷雨 英文版
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《雷雨》英文版
PING
(hurrying across to the
centre door):Feng!(opening the
door)Come in!
(Sifeng comes
in ,her face wet whit tears and rain,and her tangl
ed
纠缠
的
,dripping
hair hanging in her starts at Zhou Ping as if in
a
trance
恍惚
.)
FENG
:Ping!---(Tinmidly)Anyone
about?
PING
(perturbed):No
,it
’
s all right.(He grasps
her hands)
FENG
:Oh,Ping!(She
flings her arms round him and sobs convulsively) <
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PING
:How
—
how did you get into such a stste?How did you know I was
here?(Babbling with
relief.)How did you get in?
FENG
:I slipped in through
the back way.
PING
:Your
hands are like
’
d better
hurry up and get those wet
things off.
FENG
:No
—
(with a sob)let me have a look at you first.
PING
(taking her over to a
sofa and sitting her down beside him):But
–
but where have you been?
FENG
(looking at Zhou Ping
with here eyes fuul of tears):Here you areat
last, seems ages since I last saw you.
PING
:My poor darling,how can
you be so silly?But where have you
been
,my silly sister?
FENG
:I
just ran on and on in the rain untill I
didn
’
t where I
noise of thunder seemed to driced
everything out of in my mind.I thought
I heard Mother calling after me,but I
was afraid,and I ran as fast as I could.
I was looking for the river out in
front of our place.I was going to throw
myself in.
PING
(a
ghast):
FENG
!
FENG
--:But somehow I
couldn
’
t find it,though I
went round and round
in circles looking
for it.
PING
:Oh,
F
ENG
,it
’
s all my
forgive
’
t hold it against
me.
FENG
:Somehow
I stumbled here in a ly I saw there was a
lirht in your window and I relized you
were in .ALL of a sudden I felt that I
couldn
’
t just
die:I couldn
’
t bear to be
part from you.I think we can still go
away
—
only we must
go away together.
PING
(solemnly):Yes,we must
go away together.
FENG
(earne
stly):It
’
s the only way
out,PING. I
‘
ve got nothing
now
—
no
family ,no
friends. I
’
ve got only you ,
me away with you
tomorrow.(A pause)
PING
(after a pause):No ,no.
FENG
(in despair):PING!
PING
:We must go right now.
FENG
(incredulous):What ,this
minute?
PING
(tenderly):Yes.
I was intending to go alone and then come back for
you there is no need to wait now.
FENG
(still incredulous):You
really mean it?We
’
ll go
together?
PING
:Yes, I really
do mean it.
FENG
(tears
stream down her cheeks):So
it
’
s
true.I
t’
s true,then!Oh
Ping!You darling,you!
You
’
re the darest darling in
the whole
—
you
’
ve saved my life!
PING
(fervently):From now on
we
’
ll always be together.
FENG
:Yes ,once we get away
from this place,we
’
ll never
be parted from
each other.
PING
(getting up):All
right,
FENG
, but before we go
there
’
s someone
we must soon as
we
’
ve done that
,we
’
ll be away.
FENG
: What do you mean?
PING
: Your brother.
FENG
: Dahai?
PING
:
He
’
s been looking for you.
He
’
s in the dining room
there.
FENG
(frightened):No,
no ,don't see him. He hates you.
He
’
ll hurt you.
Let
’
s go
—
let
’
s get
out
—
quick.
PING
:I
’
ve already
seen him
—
and wo must seen
him once more.
—
(with
an air of finality)otherwise we just
won
’
t be able to go.
FENG
(timoroulsly): But
,PING, you---(ZHOU PING goes across to the
dining-room door and opens it)
PING
(calling):LU Dahai!
LUDhai!
—
I say!
He
’
s gone!
That
’
s funny. He
must have gone out through the other
door.(He looks at sifeng)
FENG
(going up to ZHOU PING
and pleading with him):Come on,PING,
let’
s go.(Dragging him
towards the centre
door.)Let
’
s go just as we
are.
(As sifeng gets ZHOU PING to the
door,it
MA
and LU Dahai
come in.)
(LU
MA
looks a changed has
cried and shouted herself
hoarse in the
seems to have aged considerably.)
FENG
(in alarm):Mother!
(a silght pause)
MA
(in a agonized voice ,her
arms held out towards
sifeng.):
FENG
.
(sifeng rushes towards her mother)
FENG
:Oh,Mother!
MA
(stroking
sifeng
’
s head):M y child, my
poor poor child.
FENG
(sobbing quietly):Oh
,Mother ,forgive me ,forgive me.
MA
:Why
didn
’
t you tell me eariler?
FENG
(hanging her head):I was
afraid.I was afraid you might be angry
with me,and despise me ,and turn me
out.I just didn
’
t dare tell
you.
MA
(sorrowfully):It
’
s my own fault for being so
stupid.I should have
thought it who
could have expected anything like this?And to
thing that it should have happened to
my own child of all people!My own
fate
’
s been hard
enough ,but you---
HAI(unemotionally)Le
t
’
s get going, will be going
home with
you for the time being.
—
I
’
ve
arranged everything with
him
—
(pointing to
ZHOU PING)he can go on in advance and
come back for Sifeng later.
MA
(bewildered):What are you
saying?What are you saying?
HAI(looking
at his mother ,unperturbed):I know
what
’
s worrying
you,Mother,but
there
’
s no other way
---(after a pause)we may as
well let
them go.
MA
:What?Let them
go?
PING
(hesitantly):You can
trust me,Mrs .LU.I
’
ll be
good to her.I
’
m taking
her with me and leaving at once.
MA
(her voice trembling):Do
you want to go with
him,
FENG
?
FENG
( tightly gripping her
mother
’
s
hands):Mother,I
’
m afraid
I
’
ll have to
leave you for a while.
MA
:You
can
’
t live together!
HAI(surprised)What
’
s the
matter ,Mother?
MA
(firmly):No! It
wouldn
’
t do!
FENG
:Mother!
MA
:sifeng,
we
’
re going home.(To
Dahai)Go and call a rickshaw.I
don
’
t
suppose
Sifeng can do any more must
go
—
as fast as we
can!
FENG
(recoiling from her in
desperation):You can
’
t do
this to
me ,Mother!
MA
:It
wouldn
’
t do,I on, we must
go.
FENG
:Do you want to
drive your daughter to distraction and see her die
of worry before your very eyes?
PING
(going up to LU
MA
):,I know
I’
ve done you wrong,but
I’
ll do
my best
to make up fot that things have come to such a
pass,you---
HAI(at a loss to
understand his mother
’
s
hehaviour):What
’
s the matter
with you?Mother?
MA
:You go and get a
rickshaw!(To sifeng).Now listen to me,
F
ENG
:I
’
d
rather lose you than see you living
with him!
—
Come on
,then.(Just as
Dahai gets to the
door,sifeng screams.)
FENG
:A
—
a
—
ah!
Mother!(She faints into her
mother
’
s arms.)
MA
(holding her in her
arms):My child!You---
PING
(a
gitated):She
’
s fainted.
MA
(feeling
sifeng
’
s forhead and softly
calling her name):sifeng.
(ZHOU PING
runs towards the dining room)
HAI:
Don't’
s
panic:a drop of cold water and
she
’
ll be all was like
that when she was little.
(ZHOU PING gets some cold water on her
face):Wake up wake up,sifeng.
FENG
(drawing a deep
breath):Ah ,mother.
MA
(trying to comfort
her):Don
’
t be hard on
me,child.I
’
m not being
hard
—
hearted.I
just can
’
t tell you what
I
’
m going through.
FENG
(sighting
deeply):Mother.
MA
:What is
it?
FENG
(to ZHOU PING): I
—
there
’
s
something
I’
ve got to tell
you .
PING
: feel better now,
Feng?
FENG
:I
---I
’
ve been keeping it from
you all the time. (looking piteously at
her mother .)
MA
:
What is it ,child ?
FENG
:
(sobbing):I----we
’
re going
to have a
–
(She breaks down
in a flood
of tears.)
MA
:What? You mean
you---(Words fail her.)
PING
(seizing
SiFeng
’
s
hand)
：
Sifeng! You mean it ?
You---
FENG
:(weeping): Yes.
PING
:But when? How long?
FENG
:(hanging her head):
About three months now.
PING
: But ,Sifeng,why
didn
’
t you tell me? I ---oh,
my
—
MA
:(hoarsely) : My God!
PING
:
（
goin
g over to Lu Ma
）
: You just
can
’
t stand in our way now,
. Its all my fault. Now., please.
Please let her go. I give you my
word
I
’
ll be worthy of her ,and a
credit to you
FENG
:(going
down on her knees at her
mother
’
feet) Have pity on
us,
Mother. Say yes and let us go.
MA
:(sitting there in a daze,
unable to speak for a moment): I must be
dreaming. My children, my own children,
after thirsty years---Oh, my
God!( She
buries her face in her hands and bursts into
tears,then waves
them away.)
Go away! I don
’
t
know you! (she turns her face away)
PING
:In that case
---(rising)we
’
d better
go.(Sifeng gets to her feet again)
MA
:(unable to control
herself): No,you can’
t do it
FENG
:(falling on her knees
again and pleading with her):
What
’
s the
matter
with you, Mother? My mind
’
s
made up. Whoever he is , I belong to
him now. my heart was promised to him
from the very first, and there can
never be anybody else for me but him.
I
’
ve got now so that
wherever he
goes
I’
ll go with him and
whatever he does
I’
ll do
’
t you
understand
.Mother, that I
–
MA
:(stopping her with a
gesture , distressed): Child!
HAI:
Well, things being as they are, I
don
’
t see why we
should
n’
t let her
go
PING
:Mrs. Lu ,
if you refuse to let her go ,
we
’
ll have no alternative
but
to disobey you and just go .---
Feng!
FENG
:(shaking her hand
):No---(still looking up at Lu Ma )Mother!
MA
(in a low voice ): Oh ,
God knows what this is a punishment for
---what have I ever done to bring such
a calamity down on our
heads?
—
My poor
children , they did
n’
t know
what they doing. Oh ,God ,if
anyone has
to be punished, why can
’
t it
just be me? It
’
s my fault
and
no
one
else
’
s: it all began when I
took the first false
step.(Heart-
broken.)They
’
re my innocent
children; they deserve a chance
in life
, The guilt is here in my heart , and I should be
the one to suffer for
it ,(she rises to
her feet and looks heavenwards,)And tonight, here
I am
letting them go away together , I
know I’
m doing wrong, but
this way the
responsibility will all be
mine; all this trouble was caused by me in the
first place ,My children
haven
’
t done anything wrong,
they
’
re too good
and innocent to do anything wrong , If
there must be a punishment,
let
me bear it ---along, (looking away
,)Feng---
FENG
:(uneasily)
:What’
s the matter with you ,Mother?
What are you
talking about?
MA
: (turning her face
away):It doesn
’
t matter.(
Gently.) Now get up. And
go. Both of
you.
FENG
:(getting up an
embracing her mother):Oh, Mother!
PING
:Come on, then.(Looking
at his watch.) We haven
’
t
got much
twenty-five minutes before
the train goes. Tell them to get the
car out . Come on.
MA
: (calmly): No
,don
’
t do that, Feng,If
you
’
re going away secretly
like
this in the middle of the night
,it would be best not to attract too much
attention.(To Dahai.)Dahai, you can go
and get a rickshaw. I
’
m
going
home can see the off at the
station
HAI:All right (He goes out
through the centre door)