月光慢慢移出房间。
这是快乐的。或者我应该抛开这想法，说
这是悲伤的？用某种时态，我唱着
你无法听到的，一支不成曲的希望之歌。
啦啦啦啦，听到了吗？我闭上眼睛，想象
我穿越黑黢黢的山
来到你身边。因为我爱着你，而这
就是爱，任何言辞也难以表达。
细语吟咽的草原
爱之珍，爱之罕
爱令双目不可逼视
就那么出人意料，甚至茫然无绪地
爱呈现出至真性情，没有谎言
湮灭了惧栗，也明白了
时空于我就这样静止的缘由
无所畏惧，却又犹豫迟疑地
我走上这为之骄傲的细语吟咽的草原
这里，过去是我希望的摇篮，如今是我安息之地
对那些在幸福生活中抛弃过我的
令我忧虑痛苦的人
而今我要报以一个你们怎也躲不掉的笑容
自由了，终于脱离过去的阴影自由了
广阔天地在我面前展现
无所畏惧，却又犹豫迟疑地
我走上这为之骄傲的细语吟咽的草原
注释:
1) The room is turning slowly away from the moon. 这句诗直译为“房间慢慢地从月亮旁移开”。而实际上，房间是不可能移动的，是月光的移动给人造成的一种错觉。诗人以简洁的语句描述出月光的这种动感。
2) cross out: 抹掉，勾销
3) subside v. 衰退，沉淀
4) unencumberedly adv. 无所畏惧地
5) reluctantly adv. 犹豫地
6) whispering a. 轻声细语的
7) steppe n. 无树的大平原，大草原
8) cradle n. 摇篮
9) render v. 呈递
★★《2003年07月号-第41期-Disc01-04》★★
Chicago
scene 1
Roxie Hart is a chorus girl with hopes of being a headliner in Vaudeville. Velma Kelly is a former headliner. They are both jailed as the murderesses.
(Music: Five, six, seven, eight.)
Roxie: Oh, Miss Kelly! Hey listen, can I ask you somethin’? You know that Harrison guy? Well, he said that what I've done is a hanging case and that he's prepared to ask for the 1)maximum 2)penalty.
Kelly: Yeah? So?
Roxie: So, I'm scared. (Nervous laugh) Sure would appreciate some advice, especially from someone I admire as much as you. See, since I can remember, I have wanted to be on the stage.
Kelly: Really? What's your talent, washing and drying?
Roxie: No. No, no. I, I dance in the 3)chorus.
Kelly: Oh.
Roxie: Well, that was before I met my husband, Amos...
Kelly: Look honey, want some advice? Here it is, direct from me to you: 4)keep your paws off my underwear. OK?
Roxie: Yeah, OK. Thanks... for nothing!
Scene 2
Kelly is 5)aloof to Roxie, though 6)Matron Morton offers Roxie an opportunity of representation by 7)slick Chicago lawyer Billy Flynn.
Morton: She's something, ain't she? I tell ya, no matta how big she gets, she's still as common as ever. I'd like to help you... 8)dearie. 9)Take a load off. So, what do you figure on using for 10)grounds?
Roxie: What grounds?
Morton: What are you gonna tell a 11)jury?
Roxie: I jus' figure I'd tell 'em the truth.
Morton: The truth?
Roxie: Yeah.
Morton: That's a one-way ticket to the death house.
Roxie: Holy Mother of God!
Morton: Oh, relax. I mean, in this town, murder's a form of entertainment. Besides, in 47 years, Cook County ain't never hung a woman yet. So the 12)odds are 47 to 1 that they won't hang you.
Roxie: Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Morton: You talkin’ to the wrong people. What you need is Billy Flynn.
Roxie: Who?
Morton: Billy Flynn. He's only the best criminal lawyer in all of Illinois. Telling ya, what he don't know about juries and women....
Roxie: How do you get this Billy Flynn?
Morton: Well, not by prayin’ dearie. First you give me a hundred dollars. Then I'll make a phone call.
Roxie: A hundred dollars?! Will you just... I mean... seems pretty steep for a phone call.
Morton: Oh, but he's worth every cent. I mean he's never lost a case for a female client yet. And with a sweet little 13)puss like you, as well... let's just say justice ain't so blind in Chicago.
Roxie: He's never lost a case?
Morton: Never! Every girl in this place would kill to have Billy Flynn represent 'em.
(Music: We want Billy....)
MC: Ladies and gentlemen, presenting the silver-tongued the prince of the 14)courtroom: the one, the only, BILLY FLYNN!
Billy: (Sings) I don't care about expensive things. Cashmere coats, diamond rings, don't mean a thing. All I care about is love.
Chorus: That's what he's here for.
Billy: (Sings) I don't care for wearin’ silk 15)cravats. 16)Ruby 17)studs, 18)satin 19)spats, don't mean a thing. All I care about is love.
Chorus: All he cares about is love.
Billy: (Sings) Give me two eyes of blue, softly saying...
Chorus: I need you!
Billy: (Sings) Let me see her standin’ there, and, honest mister, I'm a millionaire!
Scene 3
Billy is more a showbiz PR agent than a legal lawyer and 20)manipulates the 21)tabloids into thinking Roxie is no more than an innocent "good time girl" who took the wrong path, than a scheming murderess.
Billy: Alright. This is what we're gonna do. By the end of the week, I'm gonna have Roxie's name on the front page of every newspaper in town. "Sweetest Little Jazz Killer Ever Been in Chicago"--- that's the angle I'm after. We make an announcement, we're gonna have an 22)auction. Tell 'em we gotta raise some money for the defense. They'll buy everything she's ever touched---everything: your shoes, your dresses, your perfume, your underwear.
Roxie: 23)Victrola records, like the one I was playing when I shot the bastard.
Billy: I didn't hear that.
Roxie: Not that I didn't have grounds, mind you. Hey, what are they?
Billy: That's for when we go to trial. Look, nobody, NOBODY's gonna care a lick what your defense is unless they care about you. So the first thing we gotta do is work up some sympathy from the press. And they're not all 24)pushovers like Mary Sunshine. But, there's one thing that they can never resist, and that is, a reformed sinner. Alright, so tell me, who was your favorite subject in school?
Roxie: Thaowfth! That was a real dull ...
Billy: Now, come on, there musta' been something you're really good at.
Roxie: Oh, I got high marks in 25)courtesy and, ahh, 26)hygiene.
Billy: Perfect. You wanted to be a 27)nun.
Roxie: (Laughter) A nun?!
Billy: Where were you born?
Roxie: On a chicken farm outside of Lubbock.
Billy: Beautiful southern home filled with every luxury and 28)refinement. Were your parents home?
Roxie: Probably on the front porch in their rocking chairs.
Billy: Parents dead! Family fortune swept away! You were educated at the Sacred Heart...
Roxie: (Laughter)
Billy: ...then you fell into a 29)runaway marriage--left you miserable, alone, unhappy. And of course, you got all swept up in the mad world of the city - jazz, 30)cabarets, liquor. You were drawn, like a moth to the flame.
Roxie: A moth...
Billy: An’ now the mad world has ceased, and you are a butterfly, 31)crushed on the wheel....
Roxie: Doh! Which is it? Is it the moth or the butterfly?
Billy: You have sinned! And you're sorry!
Roxie: God, that's beautiful!
Billy: Cut out "God". Stay where you're better 32)acquainted.
(At the Press Conference.)
Billy: Ladies and gentlemen, Miss Sunshine: My client has just entered a plea of not guilty. We look forward to a trial at the earliest possible date. Now, are there any questions? (The press shout questions.) Miss Sunshine.
Sunshine: As you know, my paper is dry. Do you have any advice for young girls seeking to avoid a life of jazz and drink?
Billy: Absolutely. Yes, Mrs. Hart feels that it was the tragic combination of liquor and jazz which led to her 33)downfall. Next question please....
Roxie: Ladies and gentlemen. I would just like to say how flattered I am that y'all came to see me.
Billy: Mrs. Hart is very pleased...
Roxie: Ya see, I was a moth, crushed on the wheel, you know, a butterfly, drawn to the... to the ... (sigh). I bet you want to know why I shot the bastard.
Billy: Shut up, dummy.
MC: Mr. Billy Flynn and the press conference 34)rag! Notice how his mouth never moves... almost.
(Billy decides for Roxie what to answer the press.)
Press 1: Where'd ya come from?
Billy: Mississippi.
Press 2: And your parents?
Billy: Very wealthy.
Press 3: Where are they now?
Billy: Six feet under, but she was granted one more start: the 35)convent of the Sacred Heart.
Press 4: When'd ya get here?
Billy: Nineteen twenty.
Press 5: How old were you?
Billy: Don't remember.
Press 6: Then what happened?
Billy: I met Amos and he stole my heart away; convinced me to elope one day...
Sunshine: Understandable. Understandable.
S & Billy: Yes, it's perfectly understandable. Comprehensible. Comprehensible. Not a bit reprehensible. It's so 36)defensible.
Scene 4
The tabloids go crazy for the new girl on the cellblock, and Roxie finally becomes a star.
Newsman: Move over, 37)Al Capone. The Windy City has taken a new criminal to its heart. The name on everybody's lips is Roxie Hart, the sweetest little lady ever accused of murder in Chicago. Women wanna look like her. Fellas wanna go out with her. Some little girls even wanna take her home. Don't get any ideas, little lady. On the other side of town, the Assistant D.A. promises the keen little sharpshooter will swing before the year is out.
D.A.: She'll swing before the year is out.
Newsman: Who knows? If he lives up to his word, Assistant D.A. Harrison might become Governor Harrison some day. Back at the scene of the crime, everybody wants a little piece of Roxie Hart. This jar of cold cream set her husband back twenty dollars! Maybe this pretty little lady will get some of that famous "Roxie Style". It seems everybody, these days, is rooting for, Roxie Hart.
Scene 5
Being set innocent, Roxie is soon forgotten by the press. To bring back the press’ attention, she allies with her old competitor Kelly Velma.
Kelly: You know, you're really pretty good.
Roxie: Yeah, that and a dime. What're you doin' here?
Kelly: I heard you've been er, makin’ the rounds.
Roxie: Yeah, well if it was up to you, I'd be swinging by now.
Kelly: Come on. I always knew Billy'd get you off. You should learn how ta put things behind ya.
Roxie: Oh, thank you. I'll put that at the top of my list right after finding a job and an apartment with a john.
Kelly: Just shut up and listen to me!
Roxie: You really are somethin’ comin’ in here like... like some goddamn queen bee all full of advice for a poor slob like me. Well let me tell you somethin’ Miss Velma Kelly. I got a new life now, and one of the best things about it is, it don't include you!
Kelly: Fine. I just thought we could help each other out.
Roxie: Well, you thought wrong, didn't ya?
Kelly: Hello, look. Listen to me, I talked to this guy downtown. He said one jazz killer's nothing these days... But two... We can make a couple a hundred a week. Think about it, Roxie. Our faces back in the papers, our names on the 38)marquee, "Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart"
Roxie: Shouldn't it be 39)alphabetical?
Kelly: That could work...couple a hundred. Maybe we could ask for a thou? We're worth it.
Roxie: (Hesitates) Forget it. It'd never work.
Kelly: Why not?!
Roxie: 'Cause I hate you!
Kelly: (Challenges Roxie) There's only one business in the world where that's no problem at all.
(In the last scene, the two finally get what they both want: freedom and fame.)
芝加哥
场景一：
洛茜·哈特是一名普通的歌舞演员，她一心想在歌舞厅出人头地。而威尔玛·凯丽曾是红极一时的明星。她们俩均因谋杀罪名锒铛入狱。
（音乐：五，六，七，八。）
洛茜：哦，凯丽小姐！嗨，我能跟你谈谈吗？你认不认识叫哈里森的那个人？唔，他说我的案子是要判绞刑的，他准备请求最大限度的补偿金。
凯丽：是吗？那又怎样？
洛茜：所以我很害怕。（紧张地笑）我很想听一些意见，特别是你这样让我崇拜的人。你明白吗，自从我懂事以来，就一直想登台演出。
凯丽：是吗？你有什么天分呢？洗衣干衣？
洛茜：不。不不，我在歌舞团跳舞。
凯丽：噢。
洛茜：这个，那是我遇到我丈夫阿莫斯之前的事了……
凯丽：亲爱的，你想听意见对吧？我就直接给你说说我的意见好了：你的手别碰脏了我的内衣。知道了吗？
洛茜∶是，好的。谢谢你……没什么好谢的。
场景二：
尽管凯丽对洛茜很冷淡，不过女狱长莫顿却给洛茜找了个机会--让巧舌如簧的芝加哥律师比利做洛茜的代理人。
莫顿：她很厉害，对不？我告诉你，管她多出名也好，她不过是个普通人。我很想帮你一把……亲爱的。给你排忧解难。说说看，你要用什么理由？
洛茜：什么理由？
莫顿: 你跟陪审团怎么说？
洛茜：我想我只能实话实说。
莫顿：实话实说？
洛茜：是啊。
莫顿：那等于弄了张赴黄泉的单程票。
洛茜：我的天哪！
莫顿：哦，放松些。我的意思是，在这城里，杀人就像是一种娱乐形式。再说了，47年来，这里还没有吊死过女犯人。所以说他们不吊死你的机率是47比1。
洛茜：耶稣老天！
莫顿：你的倾诉对象找错了。你该找的是比利·弗林。
洛茜：谁？
莫顿：比利·弗林。他是全伊利诺州最好的犯罪辩护律师。我跟你说，他对陪审团和女人的了解……
洛茜：怎么才能找到这个比利·弗林？
莫顿∶哦，靠祈祷是行不通的，小宝贝。首先，你得交给我一百美元。然后我就打电话。
洛茜：一百美元？！你是不是也……我是说……这电话费似乎不太合理。
莫顿: 噢，他可是物有所值。他为女客户打官司还从没败过一次。至于你这样的甜姐儿嘛……芝加哥的正义是不会瞎了眼的。
洛茜: 他从没打败过一次官司？
莫顿: 没有！这里面的每个女孩都不惜一切地想找他当代理。
(音乐：我们要比利……)
司仪：女士们先生们，欢迎法庭上的雄辩王子：独一无二的比利·弗林！
比利：（唱）我不爱金银珠宝。羊绒外套，钻石戒指，都不在我眼里。我只在乎爱。
合唱: 那正是他在这里的原因。
比利:（唱）绸缎领带，我不爱。宝石纽扣，缎子鞋罩，都不在我眼里。我只在乎爱。
合唱：他只在乎爱。
比利:（唱）带给我一双湛蓝的眼睛，温柔地说声……
合唱：我需要你！
比利:（唱）让我看到她在那里婷婷而立，诚实的先生，那我就变成了百万富翁！
场景三：
比起当律师的本行，比利更像是个公关经纪人，他的暗箱操作令各小报信以为真：洛茜原是名安分守己的女子，只不过行差
踏错了一步，她和有预谋的杀人犯相差甚远。
比利：好了。我们要这么做。在本周末前，我要让洛茜的大名出现在城里各大报纸的头版。“芝加哥有史以来最美丽的爵士杀手”--这是我下手的切入点。我们要发表一次公开讲话，还要进行一次拍卖。告诉记者我们准备给辩护筹钱。大家会一窝蜂地买下她碰过的所有东西--一切东西：你的鞋，你的衣服，你的香水，你的内衣。
洛茜：还有维克多牌唱机，比如我杀了那杂种时正用着的那架。
比利：这句话我当作没听到。
洛茜：可我要提醒你，我还没准备好辩词呢。嗨，我怎么说好？
比利∶那等到我们接受审讯时再想。没人，没有人会关心你的辩词，除非他们关注你。所以我们首先要从媒体那里赚点同情分。他们可并不都像玛利·珊赛那样好打发。但是有一样东西他们是永远抵制不了的，那就是，一名洗心革面的罪人。好了，现在告诉我，你在学校最喜欢什么科目？
洛茜：唔--好难想……
比利：再想想，你一定有什么拿手的科目。
洛茜：噢，我的礼仪得过高分，还有就是……卫生。
比利：太好了。你以前还想当名修女。
洛茜：（笑）当修女？
比利：你在哪出生？
洛茜：在卢巴克外围的一个养鸡场。
比利：是在一个美丽的南方家庭，家里摆满了豪华精品。你父母在家乡吗？
洛茜：可能坐在前廊的摇椅上。
比利：你的父母去世了！家里一贫如洗！你在圣心修道院接受教育……
洛茜：（笑）
比利：……然后你逃了婚--这让你生活得孤苦无依，郁郁寡欢。不过当然了，你受到过这个疯狂的都市世界的一切冲击--爵士乐、歌舞和酒精。你不能自拔，像一只扑火的飞蛾。
洛茜：一只飞蛾……
比利：如今疯狂的世界已经平息下来，你成为一只蝴蝶，被轮子碾碎……
洛茜：唔，是哪只被碾碎？飞蛾还是蝴蝶？
比利：你是有罪的！你感到满心愧疚。
洛茜：老天爷，太动人了！
比利：别说“老天爷”。表现出你胸有成竹的样子。
（记者招待会上。）
比利∶女士们先生们，珊赛小姐：我的当事人刚刚提出无罪的申诉。我们翘首以盼尽早开庭审案。现在，你们有没有什么问题？（记者们大声地提问。）珊赛小姐。
珊赛∶你也知道，我的报纸是一本正经的。女孩怎样才能远离爵士乐和酗酒的生活方式，对此你有何建议？
比利：有。是的，哈特夫人认为正是爵士乐和酒精的可悲结合，才让她走向深渊。下个问题……
洛茜：女士们先生们。我要说，你们大家的到场使我感到受宠若惊。
比利：哈特夫人非常高兴地……
洛茜∶你们知道，我曾是一只飞蛾，被轮子碾碎了的飞蛾，唔，一只蝴蝶，扑到……到……（叹气）。我打赌你们想知道我为什么要杀了那杂种。
比利：闭嘴，笨蛋。
司仪∶比利·弗林先生和媒体记者的闹剧开演！请注意他的嘴从没动过……几乎没动。
（比利为洛茜决定如何回答记者的问题。）
记者1：你从哪来？
比利：密西西比。
记者2：你的父母？
比利：非常富有。
记者3：他们现在何处？
比利: 九泉之下，但她得到一个新的转机：去圣心修道院进修。
记者4: 你是什么时候去的？
比利：1920年。
记者5：那时你多大？
比利：记不清了。
记者6：然后呢？
比利: 我就遇到阿莫斯，他偷去了我的心，说服我和他一起私奔……
珊赛: 事情是可以理解的，可以理解的。
珊赛、比利：是的，完全是可以理解的。可以谅解，可以谅解。丝毫不该受到谴责。辩之有理。
场景四：
各家报纸热炒新女囚新闻，洛茜终于成为了公众焦点人物。
