THE MARQUISE DE SADE 《萨德侯爵夫人》 翻译：Kkso_ 校对：Kkso_
AUTUMN 1772 1772年的秋天
What a strange way of receiving one's guests! 这叫什么待客之道！
She sent for me and then keeps me waiting like this! 她邀请我来拜访，却让我就这么等着！
No doubt Mme de Montreuil is beside herself with worry for her son-in-law. 难怪孟特勒伊夫人被她女婿（的事）搞得晕头转向。
I can't imagine that time has healed her wounds. 时间丝毫不能减轻她心中的痛苦。
But I haven't seen her since... what happened. 自打那件事情以来，我还没能见到过她。
Always, everywhere, we gloss over the matter saying ''what happened''-- 我们不管在哪里，一提起“那件事”， 我们总是在掩饰--
--exchanging looks and knowing smiles. Surely you are well informed? --并挤眉弄眼，意味深长地笑。 但你真的了解此事吗？
No. Alphonse and I are childhood friends. 不，虽说阿方斯和我从小就是朋友。
I'm content to remember him as a child, with his lovely fair hair. 我清楚地记得，他小时候长着一头可爱的金发。
As you wish, Madame. 随您的便，夫人。
For my part, I shall disclose the precise and detailed information-- 至于我，我搜集了宝贵而详细的消息——
--which I have collected with every means at my disposal. ——千方百计地搜集。
Three months ago, on the 27th of June-- 三个月前的六月二十七日——
--Donatien-Alphonse-Fran鏾is, Marquis de Sade, journeyed to Marseilles-- ——多纳西安·阿方斯·弗朗索瓦·德·萨德侯爵， 前往马赛旅游——
--with Latour, his servant. There, one morning, he assembled-- ——带着他的男仆拉图尔。 在那儿，一天清晨，他集中了——
--four young women in a house belonging to a certain Mariette Borelly. ——四个年轻的姑娘到名为玛丽耶特·博雷利的女人家中。
All four were of course whores. 不消说，四个人都是妓女。
He took a handful of gold coins out of his pocket and said-- 他从口袋里掏出一把金币，说道——
--that he would favour the girl who could guess how many coins he had. ——哪个姑娘能够猜出他有多少金币， 他便会临幸于她。
Marianne won. He sent the other women out, but the servant stayed. 玛丽安娜猜中了。侯爵把其余女子都赶出去， 但男仆留了下来。
Then he ordered the two of them to lie on the bed-- 他叫他们俩躺在床上——
--whipped the girl with one hand and aroused the servant with the other. ——一手用鞭子抽打那个姑娘， 用另一手唤起男仆的性欲。
All the while Alphonse addressed his servant as ''Monsieur le Marquis''-- 同时，阿方斯将男仆打扮成“侯爵大人”——
--and made the man call his master Latour. ——而让仆人称呼他为拉图尔。
After that he dismissed the servant, took out a crystal box set in gold-- 然后，阿方斯打发走男仆， 拿出一只镶着金边的水晶盒子——
--that contained aniseed pastilles and told the girl to help herself. ——将散发着茴香味儿的糖果给那个姑娘， 叫她吃下去。
A remedy for flatulence, he said. In fact they were an aphrodisiac-- 他说，那是一种通气的药丸。 实际上，这是一种媚药——
--made of dried tiger beetle and Spanish fly. ——由干虎甲虫和西班牙芫菁混合制成。
You know about that, don't you? You should try it some time. 您知道那东西对吧？ 您还是经常吃一吃的好。
Marianne ate seven or eight of the pastilles. 玛丽安娜连吃了七八粒。
When she finished, the Marquis... 吃完之后，这回侯爵…
...promised her a louis d'or if she let him do a certain thing. …给了她一个金路易，要求她做一件事情。
The thing you're said to be so fond of. When the morning sun... 就是您所喜爱的“那种事儿”。 当朝阳…
...lights the front of a statue of Venus that stands in a park-- …照在花园里伫立着的维纳斯雕像上时——
--the dazzling light penetrates right inside a vulva of snow-white marble. ——灿烂的阳光渗进洁白的大理石像的两股之间。
But when the sun, having circled the garden for half a day-- 但是当太阳绕着天空，照耀了花园半天——
--sinks beneath the trees, which part of Venus do the sun's rays penetrate? ——渐渐沉入森林中， 这时阳光贯穿了维纳斯身上的什么地方呢？
Only a devil would do something like that! 只有恶魔才能做出这事来！
Then Alphonse took out a bloodstained, barbed whip-- 接着，阿方斯取出沾满血迹的钢鞭——
--apparently often used. ——那鞭子显然是他经常使用的。
He made her undress and kneel at the foot of the bed. 他让女子脱光衣服，跪在床边。
When he had castigated her, he ordered her to do the same to him. 他拼命地抽打她，然后再命令女子对他做同样的事。
Alphonse carved the number of blows on the chimney-piece with a knife... 阿方斯用小刀将打他的次数刻在暖炉上…
The figures were 215, 179-- 二百一十五下，一百七十九下——
--225 and 240... ——两百二十五下，二百四十下…
- ...or a total of... - 859 lashes! - …总共是… - 八百五十九下！
He has always been fascinated by figures-- 他总是痴迷于数字——
--since only figures are truly irrefutable. ——唯有数字最可靠。
If numbers are at an inconceivable level, vice itself becomes a miracle. 只要数字不断增大，罪恶就会变成奇迹。
- Watch out, you too may go to hell! - Thank you for the warning. - 当心点说话，你也要下地狱了! - 谢谢你的提醒。
Then it was Rose's turn. The whip, the servant, a new combination-- 下面该轮到罗丝了。又是鞭打， 又叫上男仆，一种新的组合——
--as in a game of cards. Then came Marianette, the whip, the servant... ——如同扑克游戏一般。 接着是玛利亚奈特，又是鞭打和男仆…
So the morning's performance ended with wailing and screaming. 早晨的表演在哭声和尖叫声中结束了。
The Marquis gave the girls six gold coins each and sent them packing. 侯爵给四个姑娘每人六个金币， 将她们打发走了。
He lowered the Venetian blinds on the windows facing the sea-- 他将面朝大海的软百叶窗关上——
--and sank into a slumber, as deep and untroubled as a child's... ——像孩子一样沉沉入睡了…
An innocent, dreamless sleep. It was as if he had been buried in the sand-- 无邪的，无梦的睡眠。 就像自己被埋在沙子中——
--of a beach where all the d閎ris had been washed away-- ——在沙滩上，一切都被冲刷得干净——
--where the shells had been ground to dust, the seaweed had dried-- ——贝壳碎成了齑粉，海藻干了——
--and the dead fish turned to reeds... ——死鱼变作了芦苇…
Next morning at cockcrow he left Marseilles in a three-horse carriage-- 第二天一大早，他驾着三头马离开马赛——
--and drove home to La Coste. Needless to say, he had no idea-- ——朝着拉斯科特驶去。 不用说，他做梦都没想到——
--that two days later the girls testified before the public prosecutor. ——过了两天，那些姑娘到法官面前告发了他。
Madame de Montreuil will be with you shortly. 太太马上就来了。
Charlotte! Don't run away! 夏洛特！不要逃避！
You worked for me, before you rushed off and became engaged in this house. 你本来为我工作，后来跑掉了，又到这儿来帮工。
You know all about my private life. 你对我的私生活知道得一清二楚。
You know people whisper behind my back that I am the Devil incarnate-- 你知道人们在我背后用鞭子抽我， 把我看做恶魔的化身——
--that I've harvested all the weeds that grow on the Isle of Love. ——因为我把爱之岛上的花花草草一棵不留地斩除了。
It is unforgivable of me to keep you waiting so long. 让你们等这么长时间，真是太对不起了。
Madame la Comtesse de Saint-Fond... 圣丰伯爵夫人…
Madame la Baronne de Simiane... how kind of you to come! 西米阿纳男爵夫人… 二位夫人都这么赏脸！
Tell us whatever you wish, without reticence. It may console you-- 您有什么话就全说出来吧。 这对您也是个安慰——
--to have someone to listen. We shall not repeat a word. ——如果有人愿意听您的倾诉。 我们绝不会泄露出去。
Perhaps this is not the right occasion for revealing it-- 或许现在并不适合再谈论这些了——
--but when Ren閑 married Alphonse, I was impressed with his character. ——但当我女儿勒内嫁给阿方斯的时候， 我对这位女婿的人品是非常满意的。
He had a slightly foolish air, but he was witty and charming-- 他虽说多少有些轻佻， 但人很机灵且富有情趣——
--and so obviously in love with my daughter. ——也很爱我女儿。
And through their bond you became related to the house of Bourbon. 凭着这层关系， 你们这个家庭从此与波旁王朝结了亲。
At first, my son-in-law showed his most lovable side. 刚开始，女婿把自己最好的一面展现了出来。
While the newly-weds ere honey-- mooning at the Chateau Echauffour-- 在新婚蜜月期—— 在埃乔富尔城中——
--Alphonse wrote small plays with parts for both my daughter and me. ——阿方斯写了一出小小的戏剧， 女儿和我也分摊到了角色。
Alphonse was an adorable child. We were playing in the rosegarden once-- 阿方斯是个可爱的孩子。 我们曾经在玫瑰园玩耍——
--when I pricked myself on a thorn. Alphonse not only pulled it out... ——我的手指被玫瑰刺扎破流血了。 阿方斯不但给我拔出花
- ...but sucked the wound clean. - Even then he had a taste for blood. - …还用嘴吮吸伤口。 - 打那时候起，他就喜欢吸血。
- You talk as if he were a vampire! - No doubt vampires can be lovable. - 您说得他好像是吸血鬼！ - 吸血鬼都很亲切可爱的。
Ladies! Whatever is said about Alphonse today-- 夫人们！如今不论他受到什么样的评论——
--nothing can favourably influence my view of his character. ——都无法影响我对于他人品的看法了。
As these agreeable theatrical performances were going on-- 随着那些欢乐的戏剧表演的进行——
--Alphonse travelled frequently to Paris, claiming important business. ——阿方斯借口有重要的事儿， 而频繁地前往巴黎。
When, only five months after the wedding, he was thrown into prison-- 仅仅才结婚五个月， 他就被投到了监狱里——
--I learnt the truth. It was a dreadful shock. ——我才知道真相。 多么可怕。
In the ensuing nine years, I have waged a hopeless battle-- 此后的九年间， 我坚持着毫无希望的斗争——
--to protect the family's good name and my daughter's honour. ——来维护家族名声和我女儿的荣誉。
Ren閑 has refused to be crushed by what has happened. But this time... 勒内并没有因此而受挫。 但是这一回…
Oh, I know it's hopeless. Still, for my daughter's sake... 啊，我明白事态已无可指望。 但为了女儿…
I must do my best to save Alphonse. But today... Alphonse is ill! 还是要尽力搭救阿方斯。 但今天…阿方斯病了！
How can one convince a patient that he needs curing from an illness-- 要用什么办法才能说服病人去治疗疾病——
--which evidently gives him so much pleasure? ——而这个病的特点竟是让他快乐？
However repulsive to outsiders, it is a sickness with a scent of roses. 无论别人如何厌恶， 他那病中藏着一朵玫瑰花呢。
Since I'm considered an authority on immorality-- 关于罪恶和臭名远扬——
--I beg you to listen carefully. ——我希望夫人您认真听我说一段话。
Depravity is a preserve unto itself, in which nothing is lacking. 罪恶这东西， 从一开始就有自己完整无缺的领地。
It has its shepherds' huts and windmills, its streams and lakes. 它既有牧人的小屋，也有风车。 有小河，也有湖泊。
But the whole landscape is not so tranquil: there are wastelands-- 然而整个景象却并不那么平静： 这儿还有荒地——
--valleys belching sulphorous fumes, predators, dried-up springs... ——有喷射硫磺的山谷，有野兽，有干枯的泉水…
May I continue? 我可以继续吗？
This ample domain was designed by God. 这块丰饶的地域是上天赐予的。
However strange the phenomena that occur there, they are intrinsic. 无论有什么奇怪的现象发生，它们都源于内在。
The child, and I'm spealing from personal experience-- 孩提时代…我说的都是自己的经历——
--tales the telescope provided, and looks through it from the wrong end. ——（我被父母和社会赐予）那只望远镜， 总是倒过来使用。
A telescope, used in the way prescribed by morality and convention-- 社会道德和习俗告诫， 要倒过来使用望远镜——
--shows only how small the lawn and flowers surrounding one's home are. ——在镜中只会看到自家周围小巧的绿地和鲜花。
The child feels secure and is content with the beauty of its small domain. 孩子放心了，安居于这块小巧美丽的领土之上。
It starts hoping that once grown up, it can enlarge lawns and flowerbeds. 开始希望在长大后可以扩大草坪，增种花木。
But one day, something happens that strikes the child without premonition: 谁知有一天， 毫无征兆地事情降临在了孩子身上：
you discover that the telescope has been the wrong way round. 他发现过去使用的望远镜是颠倒着看的。
And then you suddenly perceive what you've never seen before: 他过去未曾见的突然如实地显现了：
the flames of sulphorous fire in remote valleys-- 遥远的山谷喷射着硫磺的火焰——
--the savage animals in the wilderness with their fangs bared. ——森林里有着张牙舞爪，长着血盆大口的野兽。
You know then that your world is an endless one-- 他知道自己的世界很宽广——
--of infinite variety. ——一切具备。
I have no idea what you're talking about. I have kept on struggling-- 我不知道你在说些什么。 我只是坚持着斗争——
--rushing to and fro, unbelieving... All I understand is honour and glory. ——糊里糊涂地东奔西走… 我只知道一点，那就是名誉。
All in vain. The High Court in Provence condemned Alphonse to death. 您知道这一点也没用。 高等法院判处阿方斯死刑。
Since the accused was not present and his whereabouts unknown-- 由于被告去向不明——
--his portrait was burnt... ——他的肖像便作为替身…
...at the stake. I can well imagine flames licking at the friendly smile-- …被焚烧了。 对我而言一切历历在目，烈火在你女婿那——
--and fair hair of my son-in-law's portrait, while the mob cheered... ——笑容可掬，金光闪闪的肖像上燃烧。 民众们欢呼…
Perhaps that was the first glimpse of the inferno in our world. 或许这是地狱的火焰第一次在人世闪现。
The masses must have been yelling ''More wood!'' and ''Make it burn!''-- 民众喊叫着“再加一把火！”以及“燃烧吧！”——
--expressing envy for the depravity they themselves were incapable of. ——发泄着他们嫉妒的火焰， 这是冲着他们自己无法实现的恶行而来的。
''More wood!'' What would we do if the shouts reached all the way here? “再加一把火！” 要是呼声逼近了这座住宅，我们该怎么办？
Some in the crowd are said to have shouted Ren閑's name, even mine! 听说民众中有人呼喊我女儿的名字，甚至我的名字！
''More wood on the fire!" It must have been a purifying fire. “再加一把火！” 这是净化之火。
When the Marquis' portrait went up in flames, it atoned for his sins. 侯爵的肖像被烧了， 所有的罪恶都得到了补偿。
''More wood on the fire!" “再加一把火！”
The lashing flames struck his pale cheeks and fair hair mercilessly. 火焰狠狠地抽打着他苍白的脸庞和金发。
215...179... 二百一十五…一百七十九…
I'm sure the portrait was smiling. 那个人的肖像在微笑。
Madame, please consider my plight. I'm alone, I have no one to turn to. 夫人，请理解我的处境。 我孤身一人，无依无靠。
All my plans have misfired. My voice is hoarse from all my lamenting. 我所有的计划都失败了。 我连嗓子都因悲痛而喊哑了。
Tale heart, Madame! I shall hasten to pay a visit to Cardinal Philippe-- 夫人，坚强些！ 我会尽快去拜访枢机主教菲利普——
--and ask him to secure absolution from the Vatican. ——请他向教廷请求一份赦免书。
I have no wish to compete with Madame de Simiane in magnanimity-- 我不想和西米阿纳夫人争什么热心肠——
--nor do I usually strive for justice, honour or virtue. ——我也没资格讲正义、名誉和美德。
But I shall do what I can, not for your sake, but for the Marquis. 但我会尽自己所能，不是为了你， 而是为了萨德侯爵。
I shall coax the steadfast Chancellor to annul the high court's decision. 我将诓骗那位规规矩矩的法官大人， 迫使高等法院撤销判决。
Surely you asked me here to induce me to use my body? 你今天叫我来，不就是想诱使我出卖自己的身体吗？
- I would never dream of such a... - You needn't dissemble. - 我不是这个意思… - 您不用掩饰。
Making use of evil for a virtuous purpose, is a respectable thing to do. 为了成就美德，可以利用邪恶。
- So I can count on your help? - Yes, you can, Madame. - 这么说，您肯救他？ - 是的，夫人。
I would have been prepared to beg on my knees. How can I thank you? 叫我跪倒求您我都愿意。 真不知道怎么感谢您。
I have no desire to be thanked. 我不想得到您的感谢。
- Excuse me, Madame... - What is it? Speak up. - 打扰了，夫人… - 什么事？说吧。
In this house there is no longer anything to keep secret. 在我们家没有必要遮掩隐瞒的。
- The Marquise de Sade is here. - My daughter? What brings her here? - 侯爵夫人现在来了。 - 我女儿？她来这做什么？
Without a word of advance notice... Very well... Show her in. 预先连个招呼也不打… 好吧…叫她进来。
Ren閑! I'm so pleased to see you. I've missed you. 勒内！我很高兴见到你。 我很想你。
I was so eager to see you, Mother, that I just packed and left. 我迫切地想见您，妈妈， 因此我匆忙就上路了。
It has been raining every day at La Coste. Outside the chateau-- 拉克斯特城堡当地的雨每天下个不停。 走出城外——
--I kept meeting the stares and surreptitious whispering of the villagers. ——我不断地遇见盯着我和小声议论我的村民。
I was alone all day. At night the torchlight flickered on the walls-- 从早到晚，我独自一人。 夜间，城墙上火把闪动——
--the bats flew around and the owls screeched... ——蝙蝠乱舞，枭鸟悲鸣…
I've come to Paris, because I longed to see you, albeit briefly-- 我来到巴黎，因为我只想瞧瞧你，哪怕看上一眼——
--and to confide in you, if only a few words. ——说说心里话，即使一句也行。
It was good of you to come. I've sat here all on my own too-- 你来得正好。 我也是孑然一身——
--almost losing my head with worry about my poor daughter. ——想起不幸的女儿，我简直要发疯。
Have you met the Comtesse de Saint-Fond? 你见过圣丰伯爵夫人了吧？
My daughter, the Marquise de Sade. 我女儿——萨德侯爵夫人勒内。
- Madame de Simiane, it's been long. - You've been through an ordeal. - 西米阿纳阿姨，好久不见了。 - 你受苦了。
These ladies have promised to help us. 夫人们已经决定帮助你。
Two allied friends like this mean as much as a band a thousand strong! 有了她们两位的援助， 你就会获得无穷的力量！
- You should thank them too, Ren閑. - My humble thanks. - 你应该好好谢谢她们，勒内。 - 非常感谢。
It's a pleasure to be of help. I shall act promptly in the morning. 不客气。 明早我就开始行动起来。
- It's time we left. - Our fate is in your hands. - 我们告辞了。 - 请务必关照。
I greatly appreciate anything you can do for us. 实在感激你们。
Before we go, I'd like to ask the Marquise... 临别前，我想问侯爵夫人…
Perhaps it is not quite appropriate, but such is my nature. 问这个问题有点失敬，但这是我的脾气。
We've heard a fair amount about the Marquis from your mother. 关于侯爵的事，我们从你母亲那儿都听说了。
I myself have collected more precise information than the gossip entails. 我搜集到的材料， 比世上的流言还要丰富。
You and the family walk about without a trace of protective disguise. 你们全家如今就像穿着透明的衣服。
I don't suppose any question can surprise you now. 我想再不会有什么问题能够让你吃惊了。
This might make you willing to answer some indiscreet questions. 我这么说， 或许会让你愿意回答一些轻率的问题。
- Am I right? - Of course. - 我说得对吗？ - 当然。
I am convinced the Marquis cannot express affection except indirectly-- 我认为，萨德侯爵无法表达出自己的爱意，除非——
--through the cruelty that is the inverse of tenderness. ——通过他的残暴，残暴就是他的温柔。
How does this apply in your case? 那么，他对你呢？
- That's enough, Mme de Saint-Fond! - I mean, how does he treat you? - 够了，圣丰夫人！ - 我的意思是，他对你怎么样？
If I reply that he is sweet and considerate, you'll think him cruel. 我要是回答他很温柔，您一定会认为这就是他的残暴。
- And if I say that he is brutal... - How astute you are! - 我要是回答他很残暴… - 你真聪明！
He is my husband, and he loves me as a husband loves his wife. 他是我的丈夫，丈夫总是爱妻子的。
Even if you should see us in bed, I would not need to be ashamed. 您即使看看我们的卧室， 我也没什么好感到羞耻的。
How strange! Perhaps such a refined couple do not even need tenderness? 真怪异！对于这样一对恩爱夫妻来说， 什么温柔也不需要吗？
- No, and not cruelty either. - We really must leave now. - 是的，不需要，也不需要残暴。 - 我们得走了。
And please forgive the intrusion. 打扰了。
I am truly grateful for your visit. How can I thank you... 实在有劳你们了。 真不知如何感谢才好…
What a snake! And I have to ask that woman for a favour! 真是条毒蛇！ 我居然还要拜托这种女人办事！
You handled it admirably. That was a truly dignified reply. 你的回答很好， 真是不卑不亢。
I was prepared for unpleasantness. The ladies will help us free Alphonse. 什么也别说了。 她们会帮我们救下阿方斯的。
- So they have promised. - Poor Alphonse! - 她们都答应下来了。 - 可怜的阿方斯！
It was worth coming to Paris just to hear such welcome news. 听到这么个好消息， 巴黎没白来。
I thought you said you'd come to Paris to see me. 我以为你来巴黎是想要见我呢。
- Where is Alphonse now? - I wonder. - 阿方斯现在哪？ - 我不知道。
Did he leave without telling even his wife where he was heading? 他在离开前甚至都没有告知自己的妻子他的去向吗？
If I'd known, I would have found it difficult to pretend ignorance. 我要是真知道，很难掩饰了。
It is best for me to know nothing. His safety is my paramount wish. 我还不如不知道来得好。 我最大的心愿是他能平安无事。
What a loyal wife you are! My ideals really have borne fruit! 你真是个坚贞的女子！ 是我的理想培育出的一朵鲜花！
And then you get a husband like that! 可你却有着这么个丈夫！
The value of a wife's chastity is independent of her husband's character. 妻子坚贞的价值并不因丈夫而改变。
Yes, but there are limits. 是的，但凡事都有分寸。
If my husband's debauchery exceeds the limits, so must my obligations. 丈夫的罪行要是超出分寸， 那么我作为妻子的责任也要一并超出分寸。
It breaks my heart to see how patiently you endure all your troubles. 看到你如此的坚韧不拔，我的心都要碎了。
Your blessed father was, after all, honorary president of the Tax Court. 毕竟你那幸福的父亲，曾经是税务法院的名誉院长。
We always lived an honourable life, far from wicked gossip. 我们总是过着高尚的生活， 远离流言蜚语。
What curse has heaped such misfortunes on our beloved daughter? 究竟是什么样的诅咒作祟， 使不幸降临到我们可爱的女儿身上？
I loathe that word, ''misfortunes''! 我厌恶这个词，“不幸”！
I've always had to adapt to you. Your wishes have been my commands. 我一直都随着你的意愿。 按照你的希望行动。
To save your husband, I've swallowed my pride, begged outsiders for help! 为了营救你的丈夫， 我咽下自己的骄傲，求助于外人！
But now that you've turned up unexpectedly like this-- 可是，既然你今天突然间回来了——
--I shall speak my mind. I don't care what happens-- ——我得说出自己的想法。 我不在意会发生些什么——
--to our royal connections. You must divorce Alphonse! ——什么波旁王朝，随它去吧。 你必须和阿方斯离婚！
- God doesn't allow divorce. - But leave him then, at least! - 上帝不允许离婚。 - 但至少要和他分居！
The formalities don't matter, so long as you cut all ties. 不管什么形式， 要彻底分开。
If God does not allow the form of divorce, it's because separation-- 如果上帝不承认离婚这种形式， 就是要你用分居——
--will remedy your misfortunes, without severing our royal connections. ——来治愈不幸， 同波旁王朝继续维持这份姻缘。
- No, I won't leave Alphonse. - Why not, Ren閑? - 不，我不会离开阿方斯的。 - 为什么不，勒内？
Is it just obduracy, or is it a matter of etiquette and good form? 是意气用事，还是顾及面子？
I refuse to believe it is love. 我不相信这是因为爱情。
I don't know if love is the right word. During my sleepless nights-- 我也不知道是不是为了爱情。 在我那些不眠的夜里——
--I have pondered on everything that has happened since we married. ——我都在思考我们结婚以来发生的事情。
It has all become clear. 现在我完全明白了。
Fragments that lay scattered in my memory have fallen into place-- 留在记忆里的那些片段连接了起来——
--and become strung together like a necklace - a necklace of rubies... ——就像一条项链 — 红宝石项链…
...of precious stones as red as blood. …血一般鲜红的宝石。
I remember how on our honeymoon Alphonse stopped our carriage-- 我记得在新婚旅行途中， 有一回阿方斯将我们的马车停在——
--in a lily field. He wanted to intoxicate the flowers-- ——百合花从里。 他想让那鲜花也醉一醉——
--and he had a cask of red wine emptied over their white heads. ——于是他拎起一桶红葡萄酒， 浇在白色的百合花上。
Then he watched in delight as the red wine dripped from the petals. 他看着那酒液从花瓣上一滴一滴掉落下来。
Another time we came home from a hunt, and with his bare hands-- 还有一回，我们打猎回来， 他光着手——
--he removed the heart from the bloodstained breast of a white hare. ——从小白兔鲜血染红的胸膛中， 掏出它的心脏。
He smiled contentedly and said that all loving hearts look the same. 他满足地笑了，并说所有热恋中的心看起来都是一样的。
Things that I took for whims have become part of a pattern-- 当时我以为只不过是心血来潮的事， 如今联想起来——
--with their own signifiance. ——那每件事原来都别有意味。
I was gripped by a feeling beyond all logic. 我因此产生了一种异乎寻常的感情。
If all the rubies that whirled in my mind had been joined to a necklace-- 如果坠落在记忆中的一颗颗红玛瑙， 能串成一条项链——
--it was my duty to take good care of it and make it my own. ——我定会倍加珍视。
It was not you but Alphonse who lost those rubies. 可这些红玛瑙不是你， 而是阿方斯掉落的呀。
- Now he has entrusted them to me. - Your pride will be the ruin of you. - 是他献给我的。 - 你的傲慢会毁了你自身的。
However I express myself, I don't think you can understand. Once more: 不管怎样我已经表明了自己的想法， 我不认为你能理解我。还有：
Now I know what the truth is. My loyalty is based on that truth. 如今我已经知道了真相。 我的贞淑便是建立在这个真相之上的。
Do you understand what Alphonse's wife is trying to say? 懂吗？这就是阿方斯的妻子要说的话。
The truth is the whip and the pastilles... shame and dishonour. 真相就是鞭子和媚药… 以及羞愧与耻辱。
You and everyone else look only to facts. 你和其他人一样都只盯着表象。
It's easy to dismiss him as a monster, when one is a normal person. 申辩他不是个怪物当然很容易， 如果他是个普通人的话。
But Alphonse really is a monster. 但阿方斯确实是个怪物。
Then I can hardly be sane myself, and no one can rely on me. 要是这么说， 我也就不是一个安全可靠的人了。
- Ren閑, you don't mean that you... - Don't worry. - 勒内，你真的也… - 放心吧。
You give your imagination just as free a rein as Madame de Saint-Fond. 连妈妈你都有圣丰夫人那样的想象力。
Alphonse is like music with a single theme. I vowed to be faithful to it. 阿方斯是一首无主题音乐， 我誓为这首音乐保守贞洁。
The theme may be tender, or resound with lashes of a whip. 这主题可能是温柔的， 也可能听得到鞭子抽打时的回声。
But Alphonse has never made me hear the lashes. 但阿方斯绝不会对我响起鞭子声。
Whether it's a sign of his respect or his contempt, I don't know. 我不知道这种关怀对于我是尊敬还是侮辱。
- You've been deceived, like me. - No man has ever deceived a woman. - 你被欺骗了，我也一样。 - 女人从来都不会被男人欺骗。
- But if he were a normal man... - Alphonse is a man! - 假如他不是一般的男人呢… - 但阿方斯是男人！
Of course when we married I had no idea that he was a man like this. 当然，结婚时我做梦都没想到他是这样的男人。
But still, I think I have always known him. 即便如此，我依然认为我早就了解他。
Perhaps I have loved the shadows-- 或许我热爱着那片阴影——
--that may be glimpsed behind his radiant brow and shining gaze. ——在阴影里藏匿着他帅气的前额， 以及明亮的眸子。
What's the difference between loving roses and loving the scent of roses? 热爱玫瑰，也就热爱玫瑰的香气， 这两者有区别吗？
What a stupid question! The rose has the scent suitable for a rose. 别瞎说了！ 玫瑰应该具有与玫瑰自身相称的香气。
I beg you, save Alphonse. If he is pardoned-- 我请求您，救救阿方斯。 如果他能获得赦免——
--I shall do my utmost to move his heart, to soothe the fury in his soul-- ——我将竭尽全力，融化他的心， 抚慰他焦躁的灵魂——
--to make sure he is never again the subject of evil gossip. This time... ——努力使他不再为世人说三道四。 这回…
You're exhausted. Rest awhile. You're bound to find some way out. 你累了。歇一歇吧。 会想出好办法的。
I'll accompany you to your room. 我带着你回房间。
Why don't you wish to see your sister, mademoiselle? 为什么不想见您的姐姐呢？
Unpleasant words might be uttered. I've returned to see my mother-- 见了就得谈些不愉快的事。 我回来是想看看妈妈——
--and find my sister. What bad luck! The look in her eyes frightens me. ——却发现我姐姐在这儿。真不走运！ 她的眼神好吓人。
How can you say that about your own sister? 你对自己的亲姐姐怎能这么说？
You can go, Charlotte. I shall wait for Mother here. 夏洛特，你下去吧。 我在这儿等妈妈。
- Anne! What a surprise! - It's a long time since we last met. - 安娜！真是惊喜！ - 我们好久没见面了。
- To have both my daughters home! - Charlotte just said. Where is Ren閑? - 我的两个女儿都回来了！ - 夏洛特刚告诉了我。勒内在哪？
In her room, resting. But how was your journey? Where did you go? 在她房间里休息。 你的旅行怎样？你都去了哪儿？
- To Italy. I was mainly in Venice. - Then you really did go a long way. - 去了意大利。主要呆在威尼斯。 - 你跑得很远呐。
- I didn't want to be known. - An innocent lady of noble descent? - 为了避人耳目嘛。 - 一个清纯的孟特勒伊家姑娘何必这样？
It was my travelling companion who wished not to be recognized. 是与我同行的伴侣希望这样。
- A lady friend? - No, my brother-in-law. - 一位女性朋友？ - 不，是姐夫。
Alphonse. 阿方斯。
Surely you don't mean that you travelled with Alphonse? 这么说，你、你是和阿方斯一起旅行？
- Yes, we were together all the time. - But how could you? - 是啊，我们一直在一起。 - 你竟然？
I was invited to La Coste. 我应邀去拉科斯特城堡。
On the very first night Alphonse came to my bedroom. 第一个晚上， 姐夫闯入我的房间。
He didn't ask whether I wanted it or not. 他连问我愿不愿意都没有。
When he was sought by the police he asked me to flee with him. 当追捕的人发现了他， 姐夫要我和他一起逃走。
How dreadful! He's an evil spirit in human guise. 多么可怕啊！他是个魔鬼。
Poor Ren閑! 可怜的勒内！
This must stay between you and me. 这件事只能是你和我两个人之间的秘密。
You must on no account say anything to Ren閑. It would kill her. 你绝不能让勒内知道。 这会杀了她。
My sister already knows everything. What happened at La Coste... 姐姐已经知道啦。 发生在拉科斯特城堡的事…
..that we travelled to Italy. She also knows where Alphonse is hiding. …以及我们去意大利旅行的事。 她也知道阿方斯现在躲藏的地方。
Does Ren閑 know? 勒内都知道？
Where is Alphonse hiding now? I suppose you know that too? 阿方斯现在藏哪？ 你也知道吧？
- Of course I know. - Where, then? - 我当然知道。 - 在哪？
At Chamb閞y, in Sardinia. He's hiding at a farm outside the town. 在撒丁王国的尚贝里。 他就躲在郊外的一家农舍里。
- In Sardinia, did you say? - At Chamb閞y. - 在撒丁王国，你确定吗？ - 嗯，尚贝里。
Charlotte! 夏洛特！
I'm going to write three letters. I want them delivered straight away. 我马上写三封信。 你立即送去。
Stay here! 就在这儿等！
- How was the summer in Venice? - Wonderful! - 威尼斯的夏天怎样？ - 太美了！
Mortal danger, love, death, turbid canals... 梦幻般的危险，温柔，死亡，污浊的运河…
And the square that one couldn't cross when the water rose... 涨水时无法通行的教堂广场…
- I'd like to go somewhere like that - Every night you could hear a duel. - 多想去看看啊。 - 每晚都有喧闹的决斗。
There were bloodstains on the bridges in the morning mist. 早晨，雾霭缭绕的小桥上残留着血迹。
And the whole sky was full of pigeons! 成群的鸽子漫天飞舞！
When nothing disturbs them, they strut around St. Mark's Square-- 安静的时候， 圣马可广场满是鸽子——
--but when frightened they all rise at once, with rustling wings... ——一旦受惊，它们便挥舞起羽毛…
The peals of the campanile bells, resounding over the still water... 钟声，掠过沉沉水面的钟声…
All the bridges, as countless as the pigeons. And the moon... 多得像鸽子般的桥梁。还有月亮…
You must have enjoyed the gondolas, and the gondoliers' singing! 你一定很享受贡多拉（独具特色的威尼斯尖舟）， 以及贡多拉的船歌！
Gondolas? Singing? I suppose that is what Venice means to other people. 贡多拉？船歌？ 我认为那是一般世俗凡人的威尼斯。
Charlotte! 夏洛特！
One to the Comtesse de Saint-Fond, the other to the Baronne de Simiane. 一封送给圣丰伯爵夫人， 一封送给西米阿纳男爵夫人。
Make sure they understand that I retract something I requested earlier. 要保证她们明白， 我撤销了刚才拜托她们的事情。
The third letter is a petition to His Majesty the King. 还有一封是呈送给国王陛下。
I shall deliver this one to the Palace personally. 这封信我还是亲自送到宫里去吧。
SECOND ACT SEPTEMBER 1778 第二幕 1778年9月
- I have good news. - What's it all about, so suddenly? - 好消息。 - 这么突然，什么事啊？
You can have it... if you can take it! 只要你拿得到…你就能知道！
- Don't tease, Anne. - Look, here it is! - 别逗我了，安娜。 - 看，这个！
How childish you are! 你真孩子气！
"Decision of the High Court in Provence: “《普罗旺斯地区高等法院判决书》
The accused, Donatien-Alphonse- Fran鏾is de Sade is reprimanded-- 被告，多纳西安·阿方斯·弗朗索瓦·德·萨德， 因——
--for the crimes of sodomy and indecency committed by him. ——鸡奸和伤风败俗罪受训诫处分。
Furthermore, the said Marquis is required to pay fines of 50 louis d'or-- 另，罚金五十里弗赫——
--and prohibited, for the ensuing three years, to reside in Marseilles. ——三年内不得离开马赛。
On payment of fines, his name will be deleted from the records." 支付罚金的同时， 将其名字从囚犯名册上删去。”
- That was good news, wasn't it? - It's like a dream. - 是好消息吧？ - 像梦一样。
- More like waking from a nightmare. - This means Alphonse is free... - 像从恶梦中醒来。 - 这意味着阿方斯自由了…
...and so am I... after six long years. …而且我也…在长长的六年后。
Six years ago we concocted those plans to save Alphonse, remember? 还记得吗，六年前我们策划着营救阿方斯？
You'd just come back from Italy, where you had consoled Alphonse. 为了抚慰阿方斯， 你陪他到意大利旅行刚回来那阵子。
''Consoled Alphonse''! Isn't it time to stop using such euphemisms? “抚慰阿方斯”！ 你能不再说这些客套话吗？
- After all, it's past history. - Yes, of course it's the past - gone. - 毕竟，都过去了。 - 是的，过去当然都 — 过去了。
For six years I hammered on a door of stone. My nails were torn off-- 六年来，我不停敲击那扇紧闭的石门。 我的指甲剥落了——
--my fists became bloody, but it was beyond my power to open that door. ——拳头磨出血来， 但以我的力气，根本打不开这扇门。
- You did your best. - But my best wasn't good enough. - 你已经尽力了。 - 但单凭我的力量是不够的。
If it was our mother's strength that make that door close-- 如果这扇石门是因母亲的力量而紧紧关闭的话——
--it's also her strength that has made it open, quite unexpectedly. ——那么这次也同样是因为母亲的力量才出乎意料地打开来。
So now mother and daughters are reconciled, and the daughters too. 那么现在，我们母女三人应该没有什么隔阂了。
Of course. You've grown up... 是啊。你也长大了…
...and I've grown old. …我也上年纪了。
No, your radiant face is younger and more beautiful than six years ago. 不，姐姐你春光满面的脸庞，比六年前更年轻，更漂亮。
Happiness... In the world's eyes I'm the unhappiest of people. 所谓幸福… 在世人的眼里我是个最最不幸的女人。
Last winter at La Coste, there was such a shortage of wood-- 去年冬天在拉科斯特城堡， 连烤火的木柴也短缺了——
--that all I could do to get some warmth was crawl into bed. ——我只能钻进被窝里取暖。
I've never felt such joy about the spring. 我在春天从来没有感到这么快乐过。
When the grass turned green and the sun filtered down on the icy floors-- 当草儿新绿，阳光照射着冰冻的地面——
--through the round windows high up, like great shining brass trumpets-- ——透过高耸的圆窗， 宛如一只巨大的黄铜喇叭——
--my hope was reawakened that Alphonse would regain his freedom. ——我的愿望也复苏了， 巴望着阿方斯能重获自由。
It was as if Alphonse's debauchery and my own distress had merged. 就好像阿方斯的恶行和我的不幸， 结成了一体。
In these six years, my unhappiness has finally caught up-- 这六年间， 我的不幸终于达到——
--with Alphonse's obsession - or so it seems. ——阿方斯追求欢愉的高度了- 似乎是这样。
I have felt his terrible loneliness in prison-- 我早已品尝到他在监狱中那恐怖的孤独——
--as strongly as if myself had experienced it. ——这孤独如此强烈， 好像我自己也经历过一般。
I have realized that whatever depraved actions he has carried out-- 我已经意识到， 无论他做过多少邪恶的事——
--he has always striven for the unattainable. ——他只是一直在追求着无法达到的滋味。
That is why Alphonse has never loved anyone... 这就是为什么阿方斯谁也不爱…
...not even you. …包括你。
Nor you, sister? 也包括姐姐您吗？
Perhaps that is why you and I have managed to become friends again. 这也许就是我们言归于好的主要原因。
And the happiness you mentioned? 那么，幸福呢？
How shall I describe the happiness? 所谓幸福，怎么说才好？
It is like a piece of handiwork that makes one's neck stiff-- 它好比是让人脖子疼的手工活——
--like a kind of needlework. ——就像某种绣花活。
Stitch by stitch, the embroiderer sews in loneliness, weariness-- 一针一线，刺绣的人将孤独，寂寞——
--anxiety, sadness, nights of terror-- ——焦虑，悲伤，夜间的凄清——
--and sunrises of dismay-- ——和巨大的沮丧给缝进去——
--and she sighs with relief when she has completed a small tapestry... ——当她制作完成了一块小挂毯后，松了口气…
...with conventional roses. …这挂毯带着一朵平凡的玫瑰花。
A woman's hands and a woman's patience-- 凭借女人的双手和耐力——
--can even transform the torments of hell into roses. ——可以将地狱里的痛苦变成一朵玫瑰花。
Ren閑, isn't it wonderful? Congratulations! 勒内，这回好了。 祝贺你！
- I owe everything to you, mother. - Don't overdo the gratitude. - 这些都是托妈妈的福啊。 - 别这样郑重其事地感谢。
- You've felt very bitter towards me. - I blush to hear you say that. - 你以前好像一直在怨恨我来着。 - 提起这些，我就脸红。
Alphonse should be home at La Coste already. I must prepare to leave. 阿方斯一定已经回到拉科斯特城堡了。 我得准备走了。
- You needn't be in such a hurry. - No, you can very well let him wait. - 不要着急嘛。 - 越是这个时候，越要让他等着。
Today I think we should be together all three like we used to-- 我想我们仨该好好聚一聚，像从前一样——
--and tell one another about the hardships we've gone through. ——互相倾诉所受的苦难。
Like that time when Alphonse managed to escape from prison. 例如，阿方斯巧妙地逃狱的那次。
I can't stop hating him for treating my daughters so disgracefully. 我不住地怨恨他，如此轻视我的女儿。
- He hasn't treated med disgracefully. - Nor me. - 他没有轻视我。 - 对我也是。
What you say is ridiculous and incomprehensible! 你们所说的是多么无耻和下流啊！
His desire flares up like a sacriledge-- 他的欲望因冒渎而燃烧——
--like when a horse is excited by trampling the frozen grass... ——正如马因为兴奋而踩踏结冰的草地…
That's why he always follows a fixed pattern: 这就是为何他总表现得这般：
he lets the muddy water of a cold morning crystallize into sacred ice-- 他等污秽的土地上渗出的水， 在早晨寒冷空气中结成了霜柱——
--that he crushes underfoot. Whores are momentarily turned into saints-- ——只为了将它踏碎。 （因为他，）那些娼妓一时成为了圣女——
--so that he can whip them. The next moment the dream is torn to shreds. ——只是为了被他鞭打。 紧接着，她们的梦碎了。
Then he gets rid of the whores and beggars-- 随后他将这些娼妓和乞丐踢出门外——
--and has no one to feed the honey of tenderness he has collected inside-- ——他找不到一个可以赠与的对象， 来分享他从这些瞬间积聚的蜜糖——
--after these moments of rapture. ——这些狂喜的瞬间。
Then he returns to me-- 最后他回到我身边——
--and lets all his love flow over me. ——把他全部的爱倾注到我的身上。
Under the dazzling sun, he toils to collect the honey of tenderness-- 在令人眩晕的阳光下， 他辛勤地采集着温馨的花蜜——
--and bestows it on me where I'm waiting in the cool, dark hive. ——送给等待在阴凉窝巢里的我。
How you end up adorning Alphonse with your understanding, your poetry! 你在各方面都用理解和诗， 来表示你对阿方斯的喜爱！
I never thought of understanding him. With me, he let himself go. 我根本不打算理解他。 （因此）当与我为伴时，他能很放心。
He loves me like a man. And I responded like a woman. 他作为一个男人爱我。 我也能作为一个女人回应他。
Since you venture to be so open, I have something to add: 既然你能够谈得这样毫不遮掩， 那我不妨也补充一下：
I used you as a tool. 我把你当成工具使用了。
Alphonse could never behave like a normal man with me-- 阿方斯和我在一起时没法表现得像一个凡人——
--since I knew he wasn't a normal man. That's why I chose you. ——而我知道，他根本不是凡人。 于是，我选择了你。
You don't have my memories of Venice. I'm sorry for you. 姐姐你的回忆里没有我的威尼斯。 我为你感到可怜。
The moon, red as blood, rising out of a canal in the mist... 如血般鲜红的月亮， 从雾气包裹的运河上升起来…
An umade bed, redolent of seaweed washed up on a white beach-- 一张杂乱的小床，以及白色海滩边被海风吹拂的海藻——
--full of the dampness and odour of the sea. ——都飘荡在湿润潮腥的海上。
The bloodstained recollections that sometimes showed in his eyes... 他眼睛里闪现的血光…
- ...were the source of our tenderness. - What a revolting topic of discussion! - …正是我们温馨的源泉。 - 多么无耻下流！
The Comtesse de Saint-Fond asks to be admitted for a brief word. 圣丰伯爵夫人希望能和您谈几句。
Well, she's heard most of it. Ask her to come in. 好的，她随时都可以与我见面。 快请她进来吧。
I took the liberty of arriving like this. I trust you don't mind. 我自己进来了。希望您别介意。
At least I'm not flying in on a broomhandle. 毕竟我不是骑着扫帚飞进来的。
I have something to tell you. 我有事要告诉您。
Last night I acted like Mme de Montespan in the days of Louis XIV. 昨晚，我干了一件太阳王时代孟特斯庞夫人做过的事。
A private audience with the King? But they say our present monarch... 您的意思是做了国王的情妇？ 不过，现在的国王陛下…
I shall tell you everything. I need a good listener like you-- 不，我得把一切告诉你。 我需要有您这样优秀的听众——
--not an easily scared creature like Madame de Simiane. ——而不是像西米阿纳夫人那样胆小怕事的人。
A lady with courage and presence of mind, who defends virtue at all times. 您是一位有勇气，有意志力，能充当美德代表的夫人。
Thank you for the compliment. 我感到很光荣。
When people feel a need to spice their pleasures, they call to mind-- 当人们认为快乐需要加点佐料时， 他们会想起——
--how as children they enjoyed being punished, and regret this loss. ——儿童时代受处罚的快乐， 谁都会认为不受处罚是一种不足。
Then they begin to scorn the invisible Master-- 因此，他们都会向看不见的天主吐唾沫——
--challenging him, arousing his wrath. But divinity is a lazy dog: ——挑战他，激起他的愤怒。 然而神圣却像一只懒狗：
while it is dozing in the sun, you can pull its tail without it flinching. 它在太阳底下睡午觉， 你拽它的尾巴，它连眼睛也不会睁一下。
- You say that God is a lazy dog? - Yes, and a degenerate one too. - 您把神说成一只懒狗？ - 是的，而且老得不成样子。
I misjudged the Marquis when I considered that master of chastisement-- 我从前误解了萨德侯爵， 一直以为他是执鞭者——
--that provost-marshal with his whip, that hooligan, as one chosen by God. ——用他的鞭子来代理一切， 是被上帝选中的代理人。
No, the Marquis is a simple fellow, we are members of the same coterie. 不，侯爵只是一个普通人， 是我的同党。
The clique surrounding the lazy dog are both scourgers and scourged-- 在睡懒觉的懒狗周围， 有执鞭者，也有被鞭打者——
--both castigators and castigated, trouble-makers of the same hue. ——有处罚者，也有受罚者， 只不过都是同样的可怜的挑事者。
One challenges the dog by flagellating-- 一个用鞭子挑战——
--another by being flagellated... ——另一个用挨打挑战…
One by shedding blood, the other by letting blood flow... 一个使人流血， 另一个自己流血…
And still the dog does not deign to awaken. 然而，狗还是不睁一下眼睛。
The Marquis de Sade and I are accomplices. 萨德侯爵和我是同一伙人。
- How did you discover that? - Not discover... I felt it. - 您是怎么发现的？ - 我没有发现…仅凭感觉。
- When did that happen? - When I was serving as a table. - 什么时候？ - 当我像桌子那般为人服务时。
Nothing strange about that, is there? To go straight to the point-- 这话没什么奇怪的吧？ 还是明白点说吧——
--I was stripped naked so that my body could be used as an altar. ——我是光裸着身子， 被当作弥撒的祭坛使用。
I was turned on my back on a black shroud. 我仰面躺在黑色的裹尸布上。
Between my breasts, a small silver crucifix was laid. 在我的乳沟里， 放着银制的十字架。
The silver chalice placed between my thighs-- 一只银制圣杯放在我的胯间——
--felt just as cold as a chamber-pot of S関res porcelain... ——那冰冷的感觉和塞夫勒烧制的瓷器完全相同…
But none of this made me tremble with pleasure at the blasphemy itself. 我丝毫感觉不到那种令人浑身颤抖的亵渎神明的喜悦。
The moment for celebrating the mass approached-- 祝圣的时间临近了——
--and they gave me burning candles to hold in my hands. ——我的两只手捧着点燃的蜡烛。
The flames were far away, the boiling wax seemed distant... 远远的火焰， 朦胧的蜡滴…
In the Sun King's day, they sacrificed babies at their black masses... 在太阳王时代， 他们用婴儿作为黑弥撒的祭品…
In these degenerate days, the baby was replaced by a lamb. 如今的黑弥撒仪式已然堕落， 婴儿被小羊羔所替代。
The officiating priest invoked Jesus Christ-- 司祭者念诵着耶稣基督的名字——
--and suddenly the anxious bleating above my head gave way to a shriek. ——我头顶上羊羔的啼叫立即变成异样的呻吟。
And then the animal's blood flowed over my breasts-- 羊羔的血顺着我的胸脯流下——
--over my stomach and down... ——滴到我的腹部，然后…
...into the holy chalice between my thighs. …滴落到我胯间的圣杯里。
Until then I had found the whole business half comic, half eccentric-- 直到这时候，我才发现这一切， 一半是滑稽，一半是怪异——
--but at that moment... ——但在那一刻…
...joy flared up in my impassive heart. …我的心里燃起了火一般的喜悦。
While the hot wax dripped on my outspread arms-- 灼热的蜡烛滴落在我展开的手臂上——
--which formed a cross of wickedness, I understood-- ——形成了一个邪恶的十字形， 我明白到——
--that the fire in my hands was equivalent to the Crucifixion nails. ——我双手的火焰就如十字架上的长钉。
I'm telling you this not from vanity or self-satisfaction. 我并不是得意洋洋地告诉你那件事。
I want you to understand that I've made Alphonse's ecstacy my own. 我希望你明白， 我将阿方斯的狂喜据为己有。
Alphonse wants to see, I want to be seen. Our experience is different. 阿方斯想看我，我想被他看。 我们的经历是不同的。
But when the lamb's blood poured like rain over my naked body-- 但是当羊羔的血如雨般倾洒在我的裸体之上时——
--I realized who Alphonse really is. ——我明白了阿方斯是个什么人。
- And who is he? - Alphonse is myself. - 他是什么人呢？ - 阿方斯就是我。
He is me. 他就是我。
He is the bloodstained table of human flesh-- 他是那血肉模糊的桌子——
--a quivering foetus with blind eyes, ingrowing limbs; a divine miscarriage. ——是那神三个月流产的眼睛看不见、手足萎缩的胎儿。
Yes, I realized that the Marquis de Sade is the foetus aborted by God-- 是的，我意识到萨德侯爵是神的早产儿——
--who can be himself only when he flees from himself-- ——只能在摆脱了自我时，变成自己——
--and that those surrounding Alphonse - the women he tormented-- ——那些围绕着阿方斯周遭的人， 那些他欺凌的女子——
--and the women who tormented him - were also Alphonse. ——以及凌辱阿方斯的女子， 统统都是阿方斯。
The man you call Alphonse is a mere shadow. 你们所称呼的阿方斯的那个人， 只不过是个影子罢了。
If I understand you correctly, you mean that Alphonse is blameless. 要是我没理解错的话， 您是说阿方斯无罪吧。
Presumably that is the term in your vocabulary. 用您的话说，也就是这样吧。
So you and the High Court judges have come to the same conclusion. 那么您，圣丰夫人，与高等法院的法官意见一致咯。
Be glad, Madame. Thanks to my mother Alphonse is free at last. 为我高兴吧，夫人。 由于母亲的努力，阿方斯终于成为自由人了。
- Read it yourself. - Strange... What date does it say? - 你自己读读。 - 怪事…上面的日期是什么时候？
- When was the court decision issued? - I didn't think of that. - 判决日期是什么时候？ - 我没注意。
Here it is, in small lettering... not surprising that I didn't notice it. 在这儿，字这么小… 难怪我没看到。
''14th July, 1778...'' “1778年7月14日…”
The fourteenth of July! Today is the first of September. 7月14日！ 可今天是9月1日。
The decision was announced one and a half months ago! 一个半月前的判决！
I've been in Paris all summer without hearing about it. 我夏天一直呆在巴黎， 却什么也不知道。
Anne! What does this mean? Why wasn't I told anything before now? 安娜！这是怎么回事？ 你之前怎么什么都没有告诉我？
Why has my mother done this? Why keep quiet about such happy news? 妈妈，你为什么这么做？ 为什么隐瞒着好消息？
Alphonse must be waiting for me! Yet I haven't heard a word from him. 阿方斯一定等我很久了！ 但我一点儿回信都没听到。
- I'm going straight home to La Coste. - There's no point. - 我马上去拉科斯特城堡。 - 回去也没用。
The Marquis de Sade is safely incarcerated again, in another prison. 萨德侯爵又被关进监狱了， 另一座。
It can't be true! Alphonse has been pardoned. 这不是真的！ 阿方斯明明已经自由了。
- Mother, say it isn't true! - The Comtesse teases you. - 妈妈，告诉我这不是真的！ - 夫人故意逗你玩呢。
Today you'll regret that an irreproachable lady like you-- 今天你一定后悔了吧， 像您这样一位身份高贵的夫人——
--got involved with a woman like me. Six years ago, you tried to use me. ——竟与我这样一个女子交往。 六年前，您试图利用我。
Immediately afterwards, you changed your mind and declined my assistance. 紧接着， 您反悔了，拒绝我的帮助。
I can forgive your wanting to use me, but not your rejecting my help. 您利用我，我可以原谅， 您拒绝我，我就不能原谅。
I was denied the opportunity of carrying out a virtuous deed-- 我未能有机会施行我的善举——
--and that compels me once more to play a part contrary to my nature. ——而如今我必须再一次扮演同我的品行不相符合的角色。
I find myself in the unusual position of revealing the true situation. 我正处于一个不寻常的境遇下， 必须得说出真话来。
Your mother set a trap for Alphonse. 阿方斯中了你母亲的圈套了。
The retrial at the High Court was a means of ensnaring him again. 高等法院的复审也只是再次引他上钩罢了。
You know my information is always correct, don't you? 你知道我的消息总是正确的，对吧？
Not until yesterday did I myself find out the details of what happened. 我也是直到昨天才知道了事情的详情。
Last autumn your mother requested an arrest warrant from His Majesty. 去年秋天，你的母亲请求陛下下达拘捕令。
As soon as Alphonse had been released by the court order of July 14-- 7月14日，阿方斯一被高等法院释放——
--he was surrounded by the King's guard and taken back to Vincennes. ——便被皇家警察保卫，带到了万森纳监狱。
This time he was moved to an isolation cell-- 而这次他被转到单人牢房——
--that was infinitely darker, colder and damper than the first one. ——比以前更黑暗、更寒冷、更潮湿。
On the way there he succeeded in escaping, it is true-- 他曾经在半道上成功逃跑过，这是事实——
--but don't worry, Madame! Your son-in-law is in safe custody-- ——但如今您大可放心，夫人！ 你的女婿正被安全地囚禁在——
--in a dungeon fortified with double iron doors, even the skylight has bars. ——两道铁门紧闭，插翅也难逃的监牢里。
This time you can be sure that he won't get out so easily. 这回你可以相信，他可没那么容易逃出来啰。
I believe you said that you dropped in while you were out on a walk? 圣丰阿姨，您不是散步路过这儿吗？
I would like to accompany you as you continue your walk. 我也想陪着您散散步，多走一段路。
I shall consider myself lucky to have the company of such a charming tool. 有你这么个可爱而美丽的工具作伴，实在幸福。
First you were your sister's tool-- 一开始你是你姐姐的工具——
--then your mother's. ——之后是你母亲的。
Next time you can be mine, can't you? 下一次你或许会成为我的工具，对吧？
By all means, use me as a table, a chest of drawers or whatever! 随你使唤，把我当做桌子，抽屉，随你便！
You're a wise young woman. You have two folding wings-- 你真是聪明年轻的姑娘。 你有一双藏起来的翅膀——
--that allow you to fly away from every troublesome situation. ——能让你从困境中飞出来。
Those wings are undoubtedly your own. 这翅膀无疑就是你的。
There we are, then, Madame. 好吧，夫人。
Charlotte! Look closely at my face. I shan't visit this house again. 夏洛特！好好记住我的模样。 我大概不会再来到这座宅子了。
You'll probably only see the faces of impeccable people in the future-- 将来或许你只能见到优雅正确的面孔了——
--so you'd better memorize what a dissolute woman looks like. ——所以你要牢牢记住品行不端的女人的长相。
Why did you deceive me in that despicable way? 您为什么那样死死瞒着我？
We're both guilty of keeping secrets. We stand opposed to each other: 我们不是彼此彼此吗？ 我们是敌对的双方：
I wish to keep Alphonse in prison, you're determined to get him free. 我想把阿方斯关起来， 你想使他成为自由身。
Throughout, we've tried to thwart each other's plans. Ren閑... 因此我们都试图阻挠对方的打算，勒内…
I've become old and tired, I don't wish to quarrel with you any more. 我老了，疲倦了， 我不想再和你争吵下去。
But it's true that Alphonse is in prison, and that it's your doing? 但，阿方斯是真的被投进监狱， 而且是因你所为吗？
- I'm not the King. - That was a wicked thing to do. - 我可不是国王。 - 做出这样的事，多么残酷啊。
I thought a certain brutality was required to bring you to your senses. 为了使你真正明白过来， 这样的残酷是必要的。
Once your eyes were opened, you would break with Alphonse. 一旦你清醒了， 也就能够与阿方斯一刀两断。
- I can't. - Why not? - 我做不到？ - 为什么？
How long are you going to regard that monster as your husband? 你还要把那个可怕的怪物当做丈夫到什么时候？
Has he been faithful to you? 那个人有一次忠于你过吗？
Oh yes, when he's alone in his cell, he weeps and wails in his letters. 哦还真有过，当他一个人呆在牢房， 将他的哭泣写在信上的时候。
Then he casts out sickly words of love and promises eternal faithfulness. 他写下很多可怜可爱的话语， 发誓永远地忠诚。
But that is reserved for his letters. Divorce him! 然而，这不过是在信中说说而已。 和他离婚！
That is your only chance of finding happiness. 这是你寻找幸福的唯一机会。
My happiness... I can't break with him. 我的幸福… 我不能和他分手。
So you mean it's love that prevents you from leaving him? 所以说，是出于爱，才使得你无法离开他？
That's beyond understanding. 不可理喻。
Think, Ren閑! Your husband is not a human being. 好好想想，勒内！ 你的丈夫根本不是个人类。
He is still my husband! I mean to follow him as far as I can. 他依然是我的丈夫！ 我会一直追随着他。
If your intention was to separate us, it was an error to put him in prison. 如果你想要拆散我们才把他关进牢房， 那你可打错算盘了。
I shall write to him and take every opportunity to visit him. 我会不断地写信， 抓住一切机会同他见面。
As long as he is imprisoned, I am the only person he has in the world. 对于身陷囹圄的他来说， 全世界只有我是他的依靠。
I get the impression that you too, deep down-- 我对你有一点很肯定， 其实你打心底——
--want to have Alphonse like a bird in a cage. ——也想把阿方斯当做笼中鸟。
When he is deprived of his freedom, you needn't feel any jealousy. 当他被剥夺了自由， 你就可以免除嫉妒之心。
Then it's his turn to be jealous. 这回轮到他嫉妒了。
Didn't he write an awful letter when he thought you'd been unfaithful? 指不定他何时回为妄想所驱使， 寄上一封可怕的信笺来。
You and I have the same interest in keeping him locked up. 对于把他给封闭起来， 你和我有同样的乐趣。
It's not true. 不是这样的。
You want him released, although you know he will cause you suffering. 你希望他被释放， 即使你知道这样子他会引起你的痛苦。
Do you enjoy suffering so much? 你喜欢享受这样子的痛苦吗？
There's no worse suffering than I'm going through at present. 不会比现在更痛苦。
If he is released, will you be glad then? Happy? 他若获得自由， 你就会感到快乐？幸福？
- I can't dream of a greater happiness! - What kind of happiness? - 那会是我梦想中最大的幸福！ - 什么样的幸福？
The happiness of being abandoned by my husband night after night... 这幸福，是每一个夜晚都独守空房…
...of lying curled up in bed at La Coste shivering with cold-- …蜷缩地躺在严冬中拉科斯特城堡的床上， 因寒冷而发抖——
--and seeing in my mind's eye Alphonse in a warm room somewhere-- ——一边想象着阿方斯正在某个温暖的房间里——
--holding a flaming brand to the naked back of a bound woman. ——炙烤着被捆绑的女人们光裸的脊背。
The happiness of knowing that bloody scandals are spreading out-- 这幸福，就是将一次次臭名远扬的血的丑闻四处传播——
--like the scarlet train of a coronation robe... ——犹如加冕典礼上鲜红的裙裾…
...of walking through the village as the chatelaine, with downcast eyes. …就是一位领主的妻子，穿过城镇，低眉俯首。
The happiness of poverty, dishonour, is due to me if Alphonse is released. 贫穷与耻辱的幸福， 是我为换取阿方斯自由而获得的回报。
You're lying, lying! You still keep secrets from me, I know! 你在撒谎，撒谎！ 你还隐瞒着我些什么，我知道！
My hired investigator saw you at La Coste at Christmas four years ago! 在四年前的圣诞节里， 我雇佣的密探看见你拉科斯特城堡！
You've forgotten it, of course. Or you can't keep the occasions apart. 你当然忘了。 你一定分不清是哪一天了。
Four years ago Alphonse had managed to escape from prison-- 四年前阿方斯成功地越狱——
--and secretly returned to La Coste. It was a severe winter-- ——并秘密返回拉科斯特城堡。 那是一个严冬——
--and I had to pawn the family silver to pay for firewood. ——我当掉家中的银器， 购买了木柴。
- It was hardly a Christmas at all. - Not what you were engaged in, no! - 那根本不是在过圣诞节了。 - 你们干的那些事，当然不是在过圣诞！
Despite your poverty you could afford to hire five young girls as ''maids''-- 你们一贫如洗， 但却雇来了五个少女做“佣人”——
--and a young man as a ''secretary''. My investigator hid on a balcony-- ——一个少年做“秘书”。 我的密探躲在阳台上——
--and saw through the window your peculiar way of celebrating Christmas. ——窥探了你们离奇的圣诞之夜。
The firelight was bright enough to illuminate the bare treetrunks outside. 暖炉的火焰映红了窗外枯树的枝干。
- Say no more! - Don't interrupt! - 别说了！ - 别打断我！
Alphonse wore a black velvet cape, his bare chest showed underneath. 阿方斯披着一件黑天鹅绒斗篷， 敞开洁白的胸脯。
The five girls ran naked to and fro to avoid his whip, begging for mercy. 五个姑娘光着身子四处奔逃， 躲避他的鞭子，辗转求饶。
You hung from a ceiling beam, your hands tied together, naked as well. 你被吊在天花板横梁上， 双手紧绑，赤身裸体。
You were half-unconscious from pain, drops of blood shone in the firelight. 你疼痛得昏了过去， 鲜血滴落在火光里。
The Marquis ordered the young man the cleanse the Marquise's body. 侯爵命令少年为你净身。
The youth stood on a chair and took hold of your hanging body... 少年站在椅子上， 扶住了你被悬吊着的身体…
And then he licked you... And it wasn't only blood he licked... 然后，他开始舔你… 并且，他舔到的地方不光是血…
Ren閑... there's no point getting you to show your scars. 勒内… 你根本没必要展示自己身上的伤疤。
Your pallor tells me everything that needs to be said. 你那失掉血色的面孔说明了一切。
- It was the only time. I was forced. - Can Alphonse turn you into a dog? - 我受到强迫仅仅就这么一次。 - 阿方斯叫你做狗，你就做狗？
A worm? Where is your womanly pride? 就做蛆虫？ 你那女人的骄傲呢？
I didn't bring you up for that. You are poisoned by Alphonse's lechery. 我可没想到把你养育成这样。 你受到了阿方斯的毒害。
At the depths of shame and dishonour, there's no sympathy. 当一个人感到羞愧和屈辱时， 她不会抱有同情的。
A woman who has resolved to live in fidelity is prepared to take any step. 一个决计在心底保有贞淑的女人， 会准备好采取任何措施。
She will trample on both society's laws and her own reputation. 她会踏碎这世界上的规则与她个人的体面。
- All women who love rogues say so. - Alphonse is no rogue. - 爱上流氓的女人都会这么说。 - 阿方斯不是流氓。
He's a threshold between me and the impossible. Between me and God. 他是我与不可能之间的界限。 如同我与神之间的界限。
- Your embellishing descriptions! - You need metaphors to describe him. - 你这愚蠢的比喻！ - 你需要用必须来描述他。
He's a dove, not a lion. He's a white flower, not a poisonous plant. 他是鸽子，不是狮子。 他是一朵白色小花，不是毒草。
That Christmas I realized that understanding and protecting don't suffice. 在那个圣诞节，我意识到理解和保护他是远远不够的。
I had to rid myself of the illusion that I was the most decent of wives. 我必须摆脱做他最贞淑妻子的幻想。
The arrogance that is yoked to decency vanished on that dreadful night. 伴随贞淑而来的傲慢之心， 从那可怕的一夜起就消失了。
You mean you became his accomplice? 你是说自己成了他的同谋犯？
Yes, I became the accomplice of a dove, of a white flower. 是的，我成了鸽子的同谋，白色小花的同谋。
The unruly wild beast called woman discovered-- 女人是一只不甘示弱的野兽， 这只野兽发现了——
--that hers had been none other than voracious decency... ——自己只不过是空有贞淑之名的野兽…
- You are still a wild beast like that. - No one has said such things to me! - 妈妈，您也是一只平常的野兽。 - 从没有人这么形容过我！
You shall hear it often! With your teeth, you've torn Alphonse to shreds. 您该多听听这样的话！ 您用牙齿把阿方斯撕得粉碎。
I'm the one who has been torn to shreds by that monster's fangs. 被撕得粉碎的人明明是我， 被那个魔鬼的毒牙。
He has nothing resembling fangs. He has a knife, a whip and a rope: 他根本没什么牙齿。 他有的是刀子，鞭子和绳子：
oldfashioned instruments of torture and human inventions. 还有折磨人的古老刑具，都是人类的发明。
But you've had fangs from the start. Your white breasts are fangs. 但您有一副天生的牙齿。 那圆圆的乳房，就是牙齿。
Your thighs, which haven't lost their suppleness and lustre, are fangs. 您的双腿，依然柔韧，没有失去光泽， 那就是牙齿。
Your body is clad in armour, glittering with the thorns of hypocrisy. 您的身体，覆盖着盔甲， 布满了闪闪发光的伪善的荆棘。
- My breasts bore and nurtured you! - My breasts are not like yours... - 您可是吃着我的乳房长大的！ - 但我的乳房可和您不同…
..moulded in the shape of hypocrisy to tally with accepted rules of morality. …您的乳房是伪善的乳房， 有着符合世俗的材质。
No doubt my father loved them, since you both put store by conventions. 父亲喜欢它们，我一点不意外， 因为你们更重视习俗（而不是爱情）。
I forbid you to denigrate your father! 不许说你父亲的坏话！
You complied with the rules even in bed. 你们即使在床上也要符合习俗。
Even your whispered pillowtalk expressed a shared admiration-- 甚至你们的闺房情话也表达着——
-for conventional morallty You two were a ready-made ley and leyhole. ——对世俗道德观的赞美。 你们是天生的钥匙和锁眼。
--for conventional morality. You two were a ready-made key and keyhole. ————对世俗道德观的赞美。 你们是天生的钥匙和锁眼。
If the key was inserted in the lock the door of happiness always opened. 钥匙插入锁眼的一刻， 便能打开欢乐的大门。
You talked about keys and keyholes that didn't fit together, and laughed. 你们俩时常把不相契合的钥匙和锁眼当做笑料。
No one wants to be a rusty key or a keyhole that whines with pain! 没人想成为生锈的钥匙， 或插入时发出痛苦的摩擦声的锁眼！
Your breasts and thighs clinged like leeches to social conventions. 您的胸脯和大腿， 像水蛭般附着在社会规范上。
You slept with morality and banality and moaned with pleasure. 您和世俗、道德、常规一起睡觉， 并发出喜悦的呻吟。
That's monstrous! Three times a day you sated yourselves with contempt-- 太可怕了！ 每天你们三次蔑视——
--for those who flouted etiquette, just as you ate three meals. ——那些违反礼仪的人， 正如你们每日吃三顿一样。
If you turned the key and opened the door, the bedroom was there... 要是你们用钥匙打开了门， 那边是卧室…
...the drawingroom there, the bathroom over there, and the kitchen... …这边是客厅， 那边是浴室，这边是厨房…
You strolled around as you pleased, discussing honour and reputation. 你们带着满足转悠， 谈论着荣誉和名誉。
Not even in your wildest dreams did you imagine-- 你们做梦也没想过——
--what it would be like to unlock the wonderful door-- ——锁在门外的是个多么美妙的世界——
--that opened on a sky full of stars. ——一打开门便会是辽阔的星空。
We didn't try to open the gates of hell either. 我们可不想打开地狱的大门。
Hatred of what one cannot imagine is spreading in the world. 对于无法想象之物的憎恶， 在这个世界蔓延。
It is a kind of hammock in which people enjoy their afternoon nap. 就像一张吊床，人们乐于在上头睡午觉。
But soon enough you have acquired brass breasts and a stomach of brass. 但是不久后你的胸膛和肚子就晒得金黄。
They shine when you polish them. 打磨得金光闪亮。
You and your kind call a rose beautiful and a snake nasty. 你和你这类人， 形容玫瑰美丽，形容蛇恶心。
You don't know that they are friends and exchange guises in the night. 你们不知道，它们乃是朋友， 在夜间会相互转化。
The snake turns red and the rose gets gleaming scales. 蛇面颊鲜红，玫瑰鳞片闪闪。
A roe deer you think is pretty, a lion is frightening. 你们认为狍子可爱， 狮子可怕。
You have no idea how their blood flows when they make love. 你们不知道，当它们做爱时， 血液是相溶的。
You know nothing of the nights when sanctity and shame switch places-- 你们不知道，在夜间， 当神圣与屈辱相互转化——
--and therefore you want to exterminate such nights-- ——你们却想着彻底根绝这样的夜晚——
--after you have ridiculed them with your brains of brass. ——用你们那黄铜脑袋去污蔑。
So the sweet roe, the ugly toad, the frightening lion och the cunning fox-- 可爱的獐鹿，丑陋的青蛙，可怕的狮子，狡猾的狐狸——
--are one and the same and merge together in thunderstorms at night? ——这些动物， 他们在雷电交加之夜相会。
What's so remarkable about that? 这有什么稀奇的？
Women used to be burnt at the stake for such ideas. 女人曾因为有这样的想象而被处以火刑。
You have merely opened the door to that sky full of stars-- 你只不过是在打开通往一片星空的大门时——
--and stumbled out through it. ——一脚踏空罢了。
People divide everyone into compartments-- 人们喜欢划分人群——
--just as they lay handkerchiefs and gloves in different drawers-- ——就像他们把手帕和手套放在不同的抽屉里——
--or say that roe deers are pretty and toads ugly. ——把狍子说成可爱，把青蛙说成丑陋。
You are kept in the drawer for propriety-- 你把自己放在符合规矩的那个抽屉里——
--and Alphonse is consigned to the drawer for perversity. ——而阿方斯被你放在怪异的那个抽屉里。
But an earthquake may turn the drawers upside down. 但是一场地震就能把抽屉给颠倒过来。
You may land among the depraved, Alphonse among the well behaved. 你也许进了恶人的抽屉， 阿方斯也许进入好人的抽屉。
One has to watch out for earthquakes and lock the drawers. 我时刻留意着地震， 给每个抽屉上了锁。
If you could see how repellent you look, you'd find it hard to decide-- 你要是能好好看看自己可憎的面孔， 你就知道把自己放到哪个抽屉里——
--which drawer to place yourself in. ——会是一件很难抉择的事。
Dazzled by the de Sade family name, you gave your daughter to Alphonse-- 被萨德侯爵家族的名望给迷惑， 将自己的女儿嫁给了阿方斯——
--but when your house is threatened by fire, you want to buy her back. ——而如今自己的家有火灾的危险， 你又想把女儿给赎回来。
I've already spent all available funds. 我可是花了一大笔的赎金。
You're as pleased to buy your daughter back-- 你乐于将女儿赎回——
--as a prostitute to redeem the wardrobe she has pawned. ——就像妓女赎回自己的衣柜一样。
You have fantasies of an enjoyable, happy life. 你幻想着过欢快幸福的生活。
Without ever exploring what lies at the end of the world-- 甚至不想探索一下， 究竟在这个世界的尽头存在着一个什么谎言——
--you cover your windows with pink curtains - and then you die. ——你用绯红色的窗帘遮住窗户， 之后，你死去了。
You're proud never to have let yourself be harmed by those you despise-- 你为从不曾被自己污蔑过的人所伤害而感到骄傲——
--but no base of human pride could be more petty and contemptible. ——但人类所拥有的骄傲，没有比这更渺小和卑贱的了。
- You'll die too one day. - Yes, but not like you. - 你迟早也要死的。 - 是的，但不会与你一样。
Of course not. I've no intention of being burnt at the stake. 当然不会。我可不想被绑在刑柱上烧死。
I don't intend to die like a genteel whore with a nest-egg put aside. 我也不会像一个存了一点小钱、 品行高贵的妓女那样死去。
Ren閑 - I could hit you! 勒内，我要打你！
Do that! But what will you do, if I curl up with pleasure at being hit? 动手吧！但要是你越打我越高兴的话， 你该怎么办？
- Your face, when you say that... - What about my face? - 当你说这话时，你的脸… - 我的脸怎么了？
You've become so like Alphonse that it scares me. 你变得和阿方斯好像， 吓着我了。
What was it that Madame de Saint- Fond said? ''Alphonse is myself!'' 圣丰夫人刚才说得好， “阿方斯就是我！”
''Alphonse is myself!'' “阿方斯就是我！”
THIRD ACT 第三幕
Nine months after the outbreak of the French Revolution 法国大革命爆发后九个月 （第二幕十二年后）
- Ren閑? - Yes? - 勒内？ - 哎？
- Aren't you tired of it? - No. - 你感到很疲惫吗？ - 不。
For twelve years I've seen you visiting Alphonse in prison. 这十二年间，你不间断地去监狱里探视阿方斯。
Never have I seen you tired of it. You had hardly returned from a visit-- 我从没见你抱怨过。 一次见面回来——
--when you started preparing for the next, wondering what to bring him. ——就接着准备下一次见面， 忙碌着该给他带些什么。
That's true. I didn't want my husband to think I had aged. 是这样的。 我不想让丈夫看出我已经上了年纪。
If he saw me often enough, I thought he wouldn't notice I was growing old. 要是他经常见我， 就不会发觉我变老了。
But any day now, all the criminals and lunatics will be let out. 可现在一切都过去了， 所有的罪犯和疯子都会被释放。
The justice I always believed in was eliminated-- 我一直相信着的正义已经消亡——
--when the National Assembly declared all royal arrests to be invalid. ——当制宪会议宣布了所有的贵族逮捕令均为无效时。
Since that day, you've stopped visiting Alphonse. 从那时起， 你就不再去探视阿方斯了。
There's no need any more. Sooner or later, he'll come home. 已经用不着再去了。 他迟早要回来了。
That's true. At the same time, you've changed. 是这样没错。 不过这阵子，你倒是变了。
I've become old and tired too. 我也变得越来越老，越来越疲倦。
When the whole society is changing, people can't avoid changing as well. 世道变了，人也不得不变。
Charlotte didn't come to the door. Is she joining the rest of the mob? 夏洛特怎么没来迎接我。 她也加入到游行的民众中去了？
Anne! 安娜！
I'm here to say farewell. Or rather, to ask you to come with us, Mother. 我是来道别的。 更确切说，是请妈妈和我们一道走的。
Without the slightest warning? Where are you planning to go? 一声不吭地就走？ 你打算上哪去？
- To Venice, with my husband. - Venice... - 和我丈夫去威尼斯。 - 威尼斯…
No, sister. This has nothing to do with the Venice you remember. 不，姐姐。 这和你记忆中的威尼斯没有任何关系。
My husband has bought a palace and decided we should move there. 我丈夫在那儿买了豪宅， 我们打算搬过去。
Why should you leave your beautiful home and your position at court? 为什么你要舍弃自己漂亮的宅邸和宫里的差事？
My husband says it is already dangerous to fraternize with the court. 我丈夫说，要是现在还和宫里保持着关系， 那就危险啦。
The Comte de Mirabeau has urged the King to go into exile-- 米拉博伯爵敦促国王尽快逃亡——
--but others are against it. My husband also thinks it would be wise. ——但遭到其他人的反对。 我丈夫也认为逃亡是明智的选择。
- And yet the King remains? - He always was a great vacillator. - 国王还在巴黎吗？ - 他是个优柔寡断的君主。
As long as the King remains, I shall stay in Paris. 只要国王呆在巴黎， 我就呆在巴黎。
Have you become such a royalist, Mother? Joking apart-- 你变得如此忠诚了吗，妈妈？ 我可不是开玩笑——
--things look peaceful on the surface, but we don't know what may happen. ——如今世面上看起来太平， 可我们谁也不知道将会发生什么。
The best thing is to remain calm and look both left and right. 最稳妥的方法是，冷静下来左右仔细瞧瞧。
I think I shall be able to live here in peace and quiet. 我认为自己将在这儿安详而平静地生活。
However indiscriminately the mob acts, they won't attack an old woman. 无论民众如何善恶不分， 他们也不会袭击我这么个老妇人的。
These days, the wisest course is not to take sides. 如今，最明智的做法是不偏袒任何一方。
Keep that up, and you may end up like the Comtesse de Saint-Fond. 这样说，您指不定就会像圣丰阿姨一样了。
A poor comparison. Do you think I can die such an honourable death? 我怎么好和她比。 你觉得我会像她那样光荣赴死吗？
Madame de Saint-Fond was said to have tired of Paris-- 据说圣丰阿姨厌倦了呆在巴黎——
--and gone to Marseilles where, at night, she dressed up as prostitute-- ——便前往马赛， 在那儿她每天晚上扮作妓女卖淫——
--and sold herself to the sailors she accosted in the street. ——在大街上勾搭水手。
She spent her days in her villa, caressing her cheeks with her earnings. 白天她呆在自家别墅里， 把赚来的钱贴在脸上亲一亲。
She had a jeweller set precious stones in the coins. 她在金币上镶嵌了宝石。
She planned to have a dress sewn from them, and show it off in Paris. 她打算把它们做成一件金衣， 穿着金衣来巴黎炫耀。
She would have had to earn a fortune to cover enough of that body. 她一定发了大财， 才足够制作出那么一件衣服来遮蔽身子。
She had aged considerably, you know. 你知道，她已经上了年纪。
One evening a riot broke out. 一天夜里，发生了暴动。
Since she was standing on a dark street corner in her harlot's guise-- 她在黑暗的街角，以妓女的身份卷入了暴动——
--she was dragged along with the mob and sang that song with the others... ——她和民众站在一起， 与他们一起唱歌…
Ta-ta-ta-ta! The refrain is ''Hang the aristocrats from the lamp-posts!'' Ta-ta-ta-ta! 那首歌叫做《把贵族吊在路灯柱上》！
She sang ''Hang the aristocrats!'' at the top of her voice. 她高声地唱道：“吊死贵族！”
But the rioters were attacked by guards and fell like dominoes-- 但暴徒们遭到了警察的袭击， 一排排倒下去——
--and Madame de Saint-Fond was trampled to death. ——圣丰夫人被踩死了。
When morning came, the crowd found her body and placed it on a shutter. 天亮了， 人们发现了她的遗体，把她放在门板上。
They carried it round the streets and mourned her as a sublime victim. 人们抬着她游街， 为她哭泣，把她当做了崇高的烈士。
Impromptu poets wrote ballads about the ''pathetic harlot''-- 即兴诗人创作了一首赞歌，《光辉的妓女》——
--that everyone sang. No one knew who she was. ——人人传唱。 但没人知道她的身份。
In the morning light her body looked like a slaughtered hen. 早晨的阳光照耀着她的遗体， 遗体就像一只被屠杀的母鸡。
It took on the same colours as the tricolore: 颜色就像一面三色旗：
the red blood, the white flesh and all the bruises. 鲜红的血，白的皮肤上布满了淤青。
But the morning sun shone mercilessly through the thick layer of powder-- 阳光无情地穿透她那涂抹的浓厚白粉——
--and revealed her withered skin. People were dismayed-- ——暴露了她衰老的肌肤。 人们大吃一惊——
--when they saw that she had metamorphosed into an old hag. ——当他们看到她变成了一个老太婆。
But it didn't detract from the tribute given to her. 但这丝毫不会损坏她的光辉形象。
Deprived of her feathers, the wrinkled thighs laid bare-- 她的羽毛被拔去， 皱巴巴的大腿露了出来——
--her corpse continued its triumphal procession through the city. ——她的尸体继续穿过城市胜利游行。
That, as you know, was the beginning of the Revolution. 众所周知， 那正是革命的开端。
Now you're off to the Mediterranean, the sea of old age and death. 现在你就要启程去地中海边了， 那是死亡和衰老之海。
What an unpleasant way to put it! We're going there to stay alive. 您这话说得真令人不快！ 我们是为了活着才去的。
You've always been busy living. But other people have kept you alive. 你为了生存总是忙碌着。 但事实上你只能靠着别人才活得下去。
I agree that Venice today has little in common with your Venice of the past. 我同意你所说的， 如今的威尼斯和你过去的威尼斯没有什么关联。
You're escaping quite simply by not keeping any memories. 你通过删除记忆， 从回忆里轻易地逃了出来。
So you think I should hold on to memories? 你的意思是我必须保有回忆吗？
When reminiscences become necessary, I shall show them with pleasure. 当回忆成为必要时， 我会愉快地拿出来给你看的。
It's just that I don't let myself be weighed down by them. 只不过我不会让自己被回忆所压垮的。
Aren't you the one without memories? 没有回忆的，难道不是您吗？
All your life, you'll stand with your face turned towards a white wall. 你终其一生， 都将脸朝向一堵白色的围墙。
One can discern traces of congealed blood and drops resembling tears... 仔细看去，上面遍布着黑色的血迹， 还有泪痕…
- But otherwise it is simply a wall. - That's true. - 但这终归只是一堵墙。 - 不错。
I've always turned my face towards the motionless sediment. 我总是把脸朝向一动不动的死水。
My memories are insects in amber-- 我的回忆是一颗包裹着小虫的琥珀——
--not like yours, shadows fluttering over the water. ——不像你， 在水中泛起了影子。
You're right about one thing: my memories have always been a burden. 你说对了一件事： 我的回忆总是负担。
Yes, and a source of jealousy. In my face you can read two memories-- 没错，同样也是嫉妒之源。 从我脸上你可以看到两种回忆——
--and you hate me for them - Venice and happiness. ——你因为这两种回忆而厌恶我 - （它们是）威尼斯和幸福。
- I've never wished for them. - You won't admit defeat, will you? - 我对它们没兴趣。 - 你不承认自己输了，对吗？
When I was young, I thought I wished for those same recollections. 年轻的时候， 我也希望能拥有这两样东西。
But what remained in my memory, the insects that stuck in my amber-- 但留在我记忆里的， 留着我琥珀里的虫子——
--was neither Venice nor happiness but something frightening... ——既不是威尼斯，也不是幸福， 而是某种可怕的…
Something that cannot be expressed in words-- 某种无法形容的——
--something I neither wished for nor even dreamed of in my youth. ——某种我在年轻时做梦也没想过的东西。
When something happens that you think is the last thing you wanted-- 当你碰到自己最不希望的东西时——
--it often proves to be what has unconsciously been your supreme desire ——其实那才是你所最渴望的东西。
Only that deserves to be a memory-- 只有那种渴望，才具有回忆的价值——
--only that can be enclosed in amber. ——只有那种渴望，才会被封存在琥珀内。
That alone is the kernel that can ripen into the fruit of memory-- 只有那种渴望，才能变成回忆的果核——
--of which you never tire, no matter how many times you taste it. ——无论你千百次地品尝都不会厌倦。
That letter! That letter! 那封信！那封信！
When I read the letter from Alphonse a few days ago, I was really touched. 当我读到了阿方斯几天前寄来的信， 我大为感动。
When freedom is near, he forgives everything, even what I did to him. 当自由临近，他宽恕了一切， 包括我对他做的事。
Among the revolutionaries, there are several he has known in prison. 在革命党中，有不少人也被投入监狱， 他在狱中与他们相识。
He says that if ever I get in difficulties-- 他说自己要是碰到困难——
--he'll speak to his friends. That's quite a reversal of fortunes! ——会告诉这些人。 这真是一场命运的逆转！
You choose not to trust me then? I don't ask you to decide today-- 你不打算相信我说的吗？ 我不强求你今天就相信——
--but my husband and I leave the day after tomorrow. ——但我和丈夫后天就出发了。
It's kind of you, but old people like to think things over. 你真好心，但是上了年纪的人总要再三考虑。
You must give me a bit more time to make up my mind. 你得多给我点时间好下定决心。
For the time being it's good-bye then. 暂时该说再见了。
Farewell, Mother. 再见，妈妈。
- Farewell, sister. - Farewell, Anne. - 再见，姐姐。 - 再见，安娜。
- Give my regards to the Comte. - Thank you, I shall. - 替我向伯爵问好。 - 好，我会转达。
- Charlotte! - Yes, Madame. - 夏洛特！ - 来了，夫人。
There hasn't been a death in our family. Why are you dressed in black? 我们家没人过世。 你为何穿着一身黑衣？
Ah, you want to honour Madame de Saint-Fond, your former employer. 哦，你在悼念圣丰伯爵夫人，你的旧主人。
I respect that fine thought. 其志可感。
But why the sudden loyalty to a lady you disliked so much that you left her? 你是那样厌恶原来的主人， 为何又突然想为她尽忠心了呢？
- Oh, Madame... - That's no reply! Don't be so silly! - 哦，夫人… - 好好回答我!别装傻了！
It's nine months since the fall of the Bastille. 巴士底狱被攻破已经九个月了。
The more unsettled conditions are, the more impudent you become. 事态越不安定， 你越无礼。
Since the mob marched on Versailles you've become positively rude. 自从民众向凡尔赛宫游行后， 你也变得越加粗鲁。
You've been in our home for more than twenty years-- 你在我们家呆了二十多年——
--and acquired a taste for luxury by looking at us. ——耳濡目染，也习得了奢华的品味。
You've managed to save a little money... 你攒了点小钱…
Surely you can't join the mob that jostles and clamours in the streets? 但你不能像那些暴民一样， 到大街上去推搡和大声喧闹！
Like Mme de Saint-Fond, you too, pretending to be one of the people-- 你和圣丰夫人一样， 都想装作那人群中的一员——
--would be a hypocrite and die... ——但不过是个假货，死了也白死…
You identify with her, of course, and mourn the death of an impostor! 你和她是一路货色， 你不过是在悼念一个骗子！
Yes, Madame! I mourn her death. 是的，夫人！我在为她悼念。
In that case, wear mourning garb or whatever you like. 既然这样，你随便穿丧服或什么的我都无所谓。
- Did you like Mme de Saint-Fond? - Yes, Madame. - 你喜欢圣丰夫人吗？ - 喜欢，夫人。
- More than your present mistress? - Yes, Madame. - 胜过我这个现在的东家？ - 是的，夫人。
One certainly never heard such answers before the Revolution! 革命之前我从未听过你这么回答！
People have become ever more unpolished... 人们都变得越来越率直了…
Madame de Montreuil. 孟特勒伊夫人。
My goodness! Isn't it the Baronne de Simiane? An unexpected visit. 天哪！这不是西米阿纳男爵夫人吗？ 来得这么突然。
- It really has been a long time. - What brings you here? - 好久不见了。 - 什么风把你吹来了？
- I came at Ren閑's invitation. - Thank you for taking the trouble. - 勒内邀请我来的。 - 谢谢您抽空前来。
- I'm glad you've come to a decision. - What decision? - 我很高兴你能下定决心。 - 下定什么决心？
I asked Madame de Simiane for a favour. 我请西米阿纳夫人帮了个忙。
I've been granted admission to the Baronne's convent. 我被准许进入阿姨所在的那座修道院。
- Are you going to become a nun? - What help did Ren閑 ask you for? - 你打算做修女？ - 勒内请你帮她什么忙？
Ren閑 has visited me several times. 勒内来拜访过我好多次了。
I promised we would look after her if she decided to enter a convent. 我许诺将好好照顾她， 如果她决定进入修道院。
When you stopped visiting Alphonse - was that when you decided? 当你停止去探视阿方斯时， 你就是那时候做的决定吗？
The plans I have harboured for years have taken on a more definite shape. 我很早前就有这个打算了， 只是现在已经更坚定了。
Just when Alphonse is about to be freed? 就在阿方斯即将获释的这个节骨眼上？
Every time I visited him, I decided that the next time would be the last. 我探视他的每一次， 我都下决心，下一次探视将会是最后一次。
But when that the came, my resolution came to nothing... 但当下一次到来时， 我的决心便不复存在了…
You are a small fish that caught on the line of the Fisher of Men. 你就像一条小鱼， 一条上了神的吊钩的鱼。
However often you've spat out the hook, you've known, deep down-- 无论你多少次脱钩逃走， 你打心里知道——
--that one day you would be caught. You have longed for the moment-- ——总有一天你会上钩的。 你在期待着那一刻——
--when you'd lie wriggling in the bright evening light from God's eye-- ——当你在神的眼睛照射出的午后之“光”中扭动时——
--and your scales would glitter with the water of this worldly life. ——你的鱼鳞便在这浮世的水面上闪闪发亮。
Oh, Ren閑, God's countless eye-- 哦，勒内，神的千只眼睛——
--send us myriads of scouts, who-- ——犹如在这世上放出千个密探，他们——
--with infinitely greater thoroughness than the royal security forces-- ——将严厉的皇家警察都难于靠近的人——
--search our souls, and then, with immeasurable patience-- ——的灵魂，搜查了个遍， 以无限的忍耐力——
--wait until they fasten in the nets of their own accord. ——等待着灵魂的自投罗网。
They take in their hands the souls they have so skilfully captured-- 神的手巧妙地捕捉住灵魂——
--and take them to a prison of light. ——将它们带到充满“光”的牢房。
I'm ashamed to say it, but it is only now that I'm old-- 我这样说实在难为情， 但只有我衰老了的现在——
--that I understand at least something of God's will. ——我才明白了神的意志。
I have always played the role of a pious woman. 我总扮演者虔诚女人的角色。
My conviction that I possessed all virtues made me narrowminded. 自以为具备了所有的美德， 这使我心胸狭窄。
I blush to think back on that time. 想起那个时候，我就脸红。
That's right - an autumn day eighteen years ago-- 是的 - 那是十八年前秋季的一天——
--here in his room-- ——就在这座宅邸里——
--I heard Madame de Saint-Fond talking about the Marquis de Sade. ——听圣丰夫人谈论萨德侯爵的事。
Since then eighteen long years have passed. 自那以后过去十八年了。
I remember how you, Madame de Montreuil, came rushing in-- 我记起了你，孟特勒伊夫人， 快步走了进来——
--more beautiful than ever, despite all you had gone through. ——越发美丽动人， 虽然你经历过那么多磨难。
You, Ren閑, returned that same day to live with your mother. 你，勒内， 在同一天回到了母亲身边。
You looked so young and pure of heart, as if transfigured with sorrow. 你看起来多么美丽清纯， 神情里透露着几分悲伤。
It's like yesterday. 一切恍如昨日。
I wonder if time has not slipped through this room with trailing skirts-- 我感觉时光好像从没有拖曳着裙裳从这座房子里溜走——
--although our ears have not detected the rustling of silk... ——而且我们的耳朵不就是蹭到了一下这裙裳的一角…
Your views are no doubt valuable-- 你的看法无疑很有价值——
--but now I hope Ren閑 will also listen to a mother's words. ——但是如今我希望勒内也能听听我这个做母亲的人的话。
I think Ren閑 should fulfil her duties in this mundane world-- 我认为勒内必须完成自己在俗世间的任务——
--before entering a convent. There is no reason to hurry. ——在她进入修道院之前。 没有理由急着进去。
- Madame de Montreuil! - Will you let me finish speaking? - 孟特勒伊夫人！ - 你能听我说完吗？
Alphonse will soon be released from prison. Don't you think-- 阿方斯很快就要从监狱里出来了。 你不觉得——
--that you ought to live with him until death do you part? ——你们应该终生相守，直到死亡吗？
For eighteen years I've begged you to leave him-- 过去的十八年里， 我一直央求你离开他——
--but you've always said that you will never do so. ——但你总是说自己永远不会那么做。
Why is the situation reversed? I'm not trying to influence you any more. 为什么现在情况反转了？ 如今我再也不打算反对你们了。
If you want to go on living with Alphonse, I have no objections. 要是你想和阿方斯共同生活， 我没有异议。
What is it that makes you want to be a nun? 是什么导致你想要成为修女？
In all honesty, I still consider him an incorrigible scoundrel. 坦白讲，我依然认为他是一个无可救药的混蛋。
But now criminals, lunatics and paupers are the ones in power. 不过，如今的世界属于犯人、疯子和穷光蛋了。
Alphonse belongs to all these categories. 阿方斯也属于这类人。
- He may become the family's saviour. - So you're planning to use him? - 他说不定会成为我们家族的救星呢。 - 所以说，您是打算利用他啰？
Indeed! And you must help me. In the labour pains of the Revolution-- 说得对！你也应该帮我才是。 在这场革命的洪流中——
--Alphonse's shameless behaviour may well be applauded. ——阿方斯那无耻的行为或许会被众人喝彩。
Society's condemnation of his acts may be seen as proof of his integrity. 过去社会上对他行为的审判， 在如今或许会化作他正直的证据。
An honourable person wouldn't solicit help from one she has persecuted. 一个有身份的人不会向她曾经迫害过的人请求援助的。
I think it was a different kind of light from that you refer to. 我认为，我们俩说谈论的“光明”，压根不是同一回事。
It was as if it came from another source... 我所说的“光明”来自另一个源泉…
There's only one source of the holy light. 神圣的曙光只有一个源泉。
...as if the light had been refracted and came from another direction... …这光，受到了折射，来自另一个方向…
Another direction? 另一个方向？
I'm not sure, but I became aware that it came from another direction-- 我不确定，不过我意识到它来自另一个方向——
--when I read this frightful novel Alphonse wrote in prison-- ——当我读到了阿方斯在牢中所写的， 那骇人的故事时——
--called Justine. ——叫做《朱斯蒂娜》。
It's a novel about two sisters, Juliette, the elder, and Justine. 这个故事里有一对姐妹， 姐姐叫朱丽叶，妹妹叫朱斯蒂娜。
They lose their parents and are cast out into the world. 她们的父母去世了，在世界上流浪。
Justine who seeks to defend her virtue incurs all possible misfortunes-- 朱斯蒂娜坚守自己的美德却遭受种种不幸——
--while the elder sister who has indulged in vice flourishes. ——而姐姐却沉迷于罪恶的挥霍。
However, it is not Juliette who is struck by God's wrath, but Justine-- 然而，神怒没有降临在朱丽叶身上，反倒是朱斯蒂娜——
--who ends her days in misery. She is constantly humiliated and tortured. ——凄惨地死去。 她被一次次羞辱和虐待。
Her toes are amputated and her teeth pulled out-- 她被割断脚趾，拔去牙齿——
--she is branded, flogged and robbed. ——被烙印，被打，被盗。
When she is about to be executed, her sister turns up and saves her. 当她将受刑之时， 姐姐出现并救了她。
But her happiness does not last long: she has an accident and dies. 但她的幸福并没有持续太久： 她遭遇事故，并死去。
Alphonse toiled night and day with this novel. 阿方斯夜以继日地进行写作。
What made him do it? 是什么驱使着他这么做？
Don't you think it is spiritual treason to write such a disgusting story? 写出这么可怕的故事， 你不认为这是一种心灵上的罪恶吗？
Undoubtedly. Contaminating one's own mind and others' is indefensible. 毫无疑问。 这罪恶既玷污了自己的心灵，也毒害别人的心灵。
While Alphonse sat in his prison cell, brooding and writing-- 当阿方斯坐在监狱中， 沉思，写作——
--he shut me up in his novel. ——他将我封闭在他的故事中。
We on the outside were also locked up in that prison. 监狱外的我们也被关进了监狱中。
When I read his novel I realized what he was doing in prison. 当我读了他的故事后， 我意识到他在狱中做了些什么。
The mob stormed the Bastille, but he tore down the walls from within-- 民众攻占了巴士底狱， 但他，却从内部打破了这座狱墙——
--and remained in prison of his own free will. ——随后出于他个人自由的意志，选择留在了监狱中。
He wanted to create an imperishable cathedral of vice. 他想要创造出不朽的恶之殿堂。
Instead of committing evil deeds, he wanted to develop a code of evil. 比起犯下邪恶的行为， 他更想创造出罪恶的法则。
Not so much actions as principles. 不是行为而是法则。
Not so much nocturnal pleasure as a single, everlasting night. 不只是快乐的一夜，而是漫漫长夜。
Not so much slaves of the whip as the rule of the whip. 不止是鞭子下的奴隶，而是鞭子下的秩序。
Obsessed with destruction, he created something instead. 醉心于毁灭， 他随即创造了一些新的东西。
Something inexplicable, congenital in him-- 一些无法解释的，先天存在于他本身的东西——
--that produced transparent forms of evil. ——创造出了十分纯净的罪恶模型。
The world we are living in now is a creation of the Marquis de Sade. 我们所居住的这个世界， 就是由萨德侯爵创造出来的。
His heart and his body were what I wanted to follow! 他的心灵和肉体， 便是我一直想要追随的！
I believed we'd never part. 我相信我们永远不会分开。
Suddenly, his hands turned to iron and knocked me down. 突然间，他的双手变成了铁棍， 将我打倒。
He no longer has a heart. 他已经没有心灵了。
A mind that can think up and write something like that is not human. 一颗能想出并写出那样故事的心智， 绝非人类。
How radiant he looks, standing there outside my prison! 他看上去是那么光芒四射， 站立在我的监狱之外！
He is the freest human being in the world. 他是这世上最自由的人。
He stretches out his arms to the end of time, the end of the world. 他把手伸向时间和国境的尽头。
He piles evil on evil, and mounts the crest of evil. 他堆砌着罪恶， 并抵达了邪恶之巅。
Soon he will touch eternity. 不久他将会触碰到永恒。
Alphonse has built a back stairway to salvation. 阿方斯已经搭好了通往救赎的天梯。
God will destroy that back stairway. 神将会毁掉这阶梯的。
No - perhaps God gave him the task of building it. 不 - 神或许将托付阿方斯完成建造的任务。
I plan to spend the remainder of my life asking God that question. 我打算在自己的余生， 将这个问题向神发问。
So you've made up your mind. 那么说，你主意已定了。
Yes, I've made up my mind. 是的，我主意已定。
Even if Alphonse were on his way here-- 哪怕阿方斯正在回来的路上——
--and returned home as the free man you've waited eighteen years for? ——哪怕他以你等了十八年之久的自由身，回到这儿来？
It wouldn't alter my decision. 我的决心不会改变。
Alphonse has spun a thread of light from evil-- 阿方斯从邪恶中捻出光明——
--created something sacred from the corruption he has gathered round him. ——从腐朽里造出了神圣。
His armour gleams faintly with the light he spreads across the world. 他的铠甲上，泛着由他播撒向世界的微光。
The pattern on the armour, beaten in a metal that is rusty from blood-- 甲胄上的图章，带着血迹和锈迹——
--represents not garlands of flowers but whips. ——代表的并不是花环，而是鞭子。
Instead of a shield he carries a branding-iron-- 他的盾牌，在烙铁上——
--that reflects the reddened skin of the women he has branded. ——映照出他所炙烤过的女人们鲜红的肌肤。
Human anguish... 人类的痛苦…
...human suffering... …人类的不幸…
...human lamentation rise-- …人类的悲叹声响起——
--like horns on his silver helmet, reaching for the sky. ——就像他银制头盔上的棱角， 直抵天空。
He presses a sword sated with blood to his lips-- 他将沾满了血的宝剑贴在唇边——
--and swears the solemn oath. ——宣读着誓言。
His fair hair frames his pale face like a halo-- 他的金发映衬着惨白的脸庞， 犹如散发出荣光——
--and his cuirass shines like a mirror, clouded by the sighs of the dying. ——他那攻无不克的铠甲像一面镜子， 布满了垂死者的叹息。
His hands touch people's heads-- 他的手触及人们的头颅后——
--and then even the most despised, the most rejected take courage-- ——即使最受鄙夷，最缺乏勇气的人——
--and follow him to the battlefield in the first light of dawn. ——也会追随着他， 在第一缕夕阳来临前，到达战场。
His chest surges when he sees the bloody slaughter-- 当他见证了血腥的屠戮， 他觉得窒息——
--the banquet attended by millions of corpses-- ——看着这由千百万人尸首组成的盛宴——
--the most silent of feasts. ——这个世界上最安静的盛宴。
His white horse, spattered with blood, braces its breast-- 他的白色骏马，身上溅满血迹， 却昂首站立——
--like the prow of a ship, and stretches out to a morning sky-- ——立在帆船的船头， 迎向清晨的天空——
--in which the flashes of lightning cross one another. ——电光穿透了苍穹。
At the same moment, the sky is rent-- 这时候， 整片天空安静了——
--and a cascade of light plunges down-- ——洒下了一束光——
--a holy light that blinds all who behold it. ——这圣光使得看见它的人都成了瞎子。
And Alphonse, perhaps, is the very essence of that light. 而阿方斯， 也许他就是这道光。
The Marquis de Sade is at the door. Shall I show him in? 萨德侯爵在门口了。 让他进来吗？
- Shall I show him in? - How does the Marquis look? - 让不让他进来？ - 侯爵看起来怎样？
- He's waiting. Shall I show him in? - I'm asking you how he looks. - 他在门外等着。我该让他进来吗？ - 我问你他看起来怎样？
He's so changed that I hardly recognized him. 他模样大变，我都快认不出他了。
His black coat is pathmed at the elbows. 他的黑色大衣在胳膊肘处打着补丁。
His shirtcollar is so dirty that I took him for a beggar. 他的衬衫领口脏兮兮的，我都快把他当作乞丐了。
And he's become so plump! His face is puffy and deathly pale. 还有，他变得十分臃肿！ 他的脸颊浮肿而苍白。
His clothes are too tight, I even wonder if he'll get through the door. 他的衣裳很紧， 我怀疑他没准连门都挤不进来。
His gaze shifts as if in fright, his chin trembles slightly-- 他的眼睛里含着惊恐， 他的下巴微微颤动——
--and when he talks you see that only a few yellow teeth are left. ——当他说话时，可以看到他嘴里仅剩的几颗黄牙。
But he said his name with dignity ''Have you forgotten me?'' he asked. 但他却带着威严报出了自己的名字， 并问道：“你忘记了吗？”
And then, stressing each syllable: ''I'm Donatien-Alphonse-Fran鏾is...'' 随后，一字一顿地说道： “我是多纳西安·阿方斯·弗朗索瓦…”
- ''...Marquis de Sade.'' - Tell him to go away. - “…德·萨德侯爵。” - 让他回去吧。
And say this: ''The Marquise wishes never to see him again.'' 告诉他：“侯爵夫人绝不会见你。”
翻译：Kkso_ 校对：Kkso_ 2018.2.1 献给 巫师布莱克