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
tangled
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
(aghast):
FENG
!
FENG
--:But somehow I
couldn
’
t find it,though I
went round and round in circles looking for
it.
PING
:Oh,
FENG
,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
—
< br>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(unemot
ionally)Let
’
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,
FENG
: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)
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