"Jabberwocky": One of literature's best bits of nonsense

Today we have a frabjous treat for you.

譯者: Lilian Chiu 審譯者: H.L. Au

今天要帶給你一場美好的享受。

This poem is full of seemingly nonsensical words

這首詩中滿是看似無理的文字，

that somehow manage to make sense.

加在一起卻很合理。

Ready to see if you can follow along?

準備好試看看你能不能跟上了嗎？

Without further ado, we present:

廢話少說，我們就來看看

"Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll.

路易斯卡羅的《胡言亂語》。 （中文版本為賈文浩、賈文淵譯版）

’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:

空洞巨龍光滑如菱鮃，蜿蜒蠕動，

纏繞如藤蘿，轉動裕如：

All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.

摹仿誠可信，真偽難辨，

反應雖敏捷，難掩愚蠢。

“Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!

行文旅途謹防空洞巨龍，

誤受其害難免裂膚傷心，

Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!”

書林漫步遠避鳴禽聒噪，

浮華伴侶不啻鬼怪妖精。

He took his vorpal sword in hand; Long time the manxome foe he sought—

強壯雙手緊握修辭利劍，

精悍青年依傍簡練樹幹，

So rested he by the Tumtum tree And stood awhile in thought.

犀利明眸搜尋冗贅敵手，

片刻沉思腦中獲益匪淺。

And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,

他的思路正在馳騁縱橫，

空洞巨龍此時乘風來臨，

Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came!

一路飄來依然廢話連篇，

眼冒凶光儼然咄咄逼人！

One, two! One, two! And through and through

砍剁突刺好個翻飛寶劍，

The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!

修辭利刃一如雷鳴閃電，

He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.

空洞巨龍終于身首異處，

年輕英雄這才掛劍凱旋。

“And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy!

空洞巨龍斃命他的寒劍，

年輕英雄回到我們身邊，

O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!”

歡呼慶賀難言胸中喜悅，

He chortled in his joy.

欣喜驕傲綻開他的笑顏。

’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:

光滑如菱鮃，蜿蜒蠕動，

纏繞如藤蘿，轉動裕如，

All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.

摹仿誠可信，真偽難辨，

反應雖敏捷，難掩愚蠢。