《奥德赛》经典语录：英文原文与中文翻译
The Odyssey
从荷马的《奥德赛》中选出的15句经典语录，英文原文下附中文翻译。每一句都直接摘自原书。整本书可以免费阅读，配有翻译、朗读和词典。
And Ulysses said, “I am no god, why should you take me for one? I am your father, on whose account you grieve and suffer so much at the hands of lawless men.”
尤利西斯说：「我不是神，你为何把我当作神？我是你的父亲，你正为了他，在无法无天之人的手里受苦受难。」
“Dogs, did you think that I should not come back from Troy? You have wasted my substance,[167] have forced my women servants to lie with you, and have wooed my wife while I was still living. You have feared neither God nor man, and now you shall die.”
「狗东西，你们以为我从特洛伊回不来了吗？你们挥霍我的家产，逼迫我的女仆与你们同床，还在我活着的时候追求我的妻子。你们既不敬畏神，也不敬畏人，如今你们非死不可。」
“But I would not listen to them, and shouted out to him in my rage, ‘Cyclops, if any one asks you who it was that put your eye out and spoiled your beauty, say it was the valiant warrior Ulysses, son of Laertes, who lives in Ithaca.’
「可我不听他们的话，愤怒地向他喊道：『独眼巨人，要是有人问你，是谁弄瞎了你的眼睛、毁了你的美貌，你就说是英勇的战士尤利西斯，拉厄耳忒斯之子，住在伊萨卡。』」
“Ill deeds do not prosper, and the weak confound the strong. See how limping Vulcan, lame as he is, has caught Mars who is the fleetest god in heaven; and now Mars will be cast in heavy damages.”
「恶行不会兴旺，弱者也能挫败强者。看那跛脚的伏尔甘，尽管瘸腿，却抓住了天界跑得最快的玛尔斯；如今玛尔斯要付出沉重的代价。」
“But Polyphemus shouted to them from inside the cave, ‘Noman is killing me by fraud; no man is killing me by force.’
「但波吕斐摩斯从洞里向他们喊道：『无人用诡计杀我，无人用暴力杀我。』」
“My mother,” answered Telemachus, “tells me I am son to Ulysses, but it is a wise child that knows his own father. Would that I were son to one who had grown old upon his own estates, for, since you ask me, there is no more ill-starred man under heaven than he who they tell me is my father.”
「母亲，」忒勒玛科斯答道，「说我是尤利西斯的儿子，但聪明的孩子才认得自己的父亲。但愿我是一个在自家产业上养老的人的儿子，因为既然你问我，天下没有比他们所说的我父亲更不幸的人了。」
“Some things, Telemachus,” answered Minerva, “will be suggested to you by your own instinct, and heaven will prompt you further; for I am assured that the gods have been with you from the time of your birth until now.”
「忒勒玛科斯，」密涅瓦答道，「有些事你的本能会提示你，上天还会进一步指引你；因为我确信，从你出生到现在，众神一直与你同在。」
“As he spoke he pulled the herb out of the ground and shewed me what it was like. The root was black, while the flower was as white as milk; the gods call it Moly, and mortal men cannot uproot it, but the gods can do whatever they like.
「他说着从地里拔出那株草，让我看它是什么样子。根是黑的，花却白如乳汁；众神称它为摩利，凡人无法将它连根拔起，但众神想做什么都行。」
“They sang these words most musically, and as I longed to hear them further I made signs by frowning to my men that they should set me free; but they quickened their stroke, and Eurylochus and Perimedes bound me with still stronger bonds till we had got out of hearing of the Sirens’ voices. Then my men took the wax from their ears and unbound me.
「她们唱得极为动听，我渴望再听下去，便皱眉示意我的手下放开我；但他们划得更快，欧律洛科斯和佩里墨得斯用更结实的绳索把我绑住，直到我们听不见塞壬的歌声。然后我的手下从耳朵里取出蜡，解开了我。」
To this you answered, O swineherd Eumaeus, “Eat, my good fellow, and enjoy your supper, such as it is. God grants this, and withholds that, just as he thinks right, for he can do whatever he chooses.”
对此你答道，哦，牧猪人欧迈俄斯：「吃吧，我的好伙计，享受你的晚餐，尽管简陋。神赐予这个，扣留那个，全凭他认为合适，因为他想做什么都行。」
“What an exquisitely delicious sleep I have been having,” said she, as she passed her hands over her face, “in spite of all my misery. I wish Diana would let me die so sweetly now at this very moment, that I might no longer waste in despair for the loss of my dear husband, who possessed every kind of good quality and was the most distinguished man among the Achaeans.”
「我睡得多香多甜啊，」她说着用手拂过脸庞，「尽管我受尽苦难。但愿狄安娜让我此刻就如此甜蜜地死去，好让我不再为了失去亲爱的丈夫而绝望地消磨下去，他具备各种优良品质，是阿卡亚人中最杰出的人。」
Then Ulysses tore off his rags, and sprang on to the broad pavement with his bow and his quiver full of arrows. He shed the arrows on to the ground at his feet and said, “The mighty contest is at an end. I will now see whether Apollo will vouchsafe it to me to hit another mark which no man has yet hit.”
于是尤利西斯扯掉破衣，带着弓和装满箭的箭袋跳上宽阔的铺石地面。他把箭倒在脚边，说道：「这场盛大的比赛结束了。我现在要看看阿波罗是否恩准我射中另一个无人射中过的目标。」
Ulysses smiled at him and answered, “Fear not; Telemachus has saved your life, that you may know in future, and tell other people, how greatly better good deeds prosper than evil ones. Go, therefore, outside the cloisters into the outer court, and be out of the way of the slaughter—you and the bard—while I finish my work here inside.”
尤利西斯对他微笑答道：「别怕；忒勒玛科斯救了你的命，好让你今后知道，并告诉别人，善行比恶行兴旺得多。所以，走出回廊到外院去，避开这场屠杀，你和那位吟游诗人都是，等我在里面把事办完。」
Laertes was delighted when he heard this. “Good heavens,” he exclaimed, “what a day I am enjoying: I do indeed rejoice at it. My son and grandson are vying with one another in the matter of valour.”
拉厄耳忒斯听了这话，欣喜万分。「天哪，」他喊道，「我享受的是怎样的一天啊：我确实为此欢欣。我的儿子和孙子在勇武上互相争胜。」
“Farewell, queen,” said he, “henceforward and for ever, till age and death, the common lot of mankind, lay their hands upon you. I now take my leave; be happy in this house with your children, your people, and with king Alcinous.”
「再会，王后，」他说，「从今往后，直到衰老和死亡，人类共同的命运，向你们伸出手来。我现在告辞了；在这座宅邸里与你的孩子们、你的人民，以及阿尔喀诺俄斯国王一起幸福生活吧。」
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