第 4 节
作者:抵制日货      更新:2021-02-19 20:54      字数:9322
  THE WHOLE HOUSE:   Coward。 。 e back!
  CYRANO (delighted; sits back in his chair; arms crossed):   Come back an if you dare!
  A BURGHER:   Call for the orator!
  (Bellerose comes forward and bows。)
  THE BOXES:   Ah! here's Bellerose!
  BELLEROSE (elegantly):   My noble lords。 。 。
  THE PIT:   No! no!  Jodelet!
  JODELET (advancing; speaking through his nose):   Calves!
  THE PIT:   Ah! bravo! good! go on!
  JODELET:   No bravos; Sirs!   The fat tragedian whom you all love   Felt。 。 。
  THE PIT:   Coward!
  JODELET:   。 。 。was obliged to go。
  THE PIT:   Come back!
  SOME:   No!
  OTHERS:   Yes!
  A YOUNG MAN (to Cyrano):   But pray; Sir; for what reason; say;   Hate you Montfleury?
  CYRANO (graciously; still seated):   Youthful gander; know   I have two reasonseither will suffice。   Primo。  An actor villainous! who mouths;   And heaves up like a bucket from a well   The verses that should; bird…like; fly!  Secundo   That is my secret。 。 。
  THE OLD BURGHER (behind him):   Shameful!  You deprive us   Of the 'Clorise!'  I must insist。 。 。
  CYRANO (turning his chair toward the burgher; respectfully):   Old mule!   The verses of old Baro are not worth   A doit!  I'm glad to interrupt。 。 。
  THE PRECIEUSES (in the boxes):   Our Baro!   My dear!  How dares he venture!。 。 。
  CYRANO (turning his chair toward the boxes gallantly):   Fairest ones;   Radiate; bloom; hold to our lips the cup   Of dreams intoxicating; Hebe…like!   Or; when death strikes; charm death with your sweet smiles;   Inspire our verse; butcriticise it not!
  BELLEROSE:   We must give back the entrance fees!
  CYRANO (turning his chair toward the stage):   Bellerose;   You make the first intelligent remark!   Would I rend Thespis' sacred mantle?  Nay! (He rises and throws a bag on the stage):   Catch then the purse I throw; and hold your peace!
  THE HOUSE (dazzled):   Ah!  Oh!
  JODELET (catching the purse dexterously and weighing it):   At this price; you've authority   To come each night; and stop 'Clorise;' Sir!
  THE PIT:   Ho!。 。 。Ho!  Ho!。 。 。
  JODELET:   E'en if you chase us in a pack!。 。 。
  BELLEROSE:   Clear out the hall!。 。 。
  JODELET:   Get you all gone at once!
  (The people begin to go out; while Cyrano looks on with satisfaction。  But the crowd soon stop on hearing the following scene; and remain where they are。  The women; who; with their mantles on; are already standing up in the boxes; stop to listen; and finally reseat themselves。)
  LE BRET (to Cyrano):   'Tis mad!。 。 。
  A BORE (coming up to Cyrano):   The actor Montfleury!  'Tis shameful!   Why; he's protected by the Duke of Candal!   Have you a patron?
  CYRANO:   No!
  THE BORE:   No patron?。 。 。
  CYRANO:   None!
  THE BORE:   What! no great lord to shield you with his name?
  CYRANO (irritated):   No; I have told you twice!  Must I repeat?   No! no protector。 。 。 (His hand on his sword):   A protectress。 。 。here!
  THE BORE:   But you must leave the town?
  CYRANO:   Well; that depends!
  THE BORE:   The Duke has a long arm!
  CYRANO:   But not so long   As mine; when it is lengthened out。 。 。 (Shows his sword):   As thus!
  THE BORE:   You think not to contend?
  CYRANO:   'Tis my idea!
  THE BORE:   But。 。 。
  CYRANO:   Show your heels! now!
  THE BORE:   But I。 。 。
  CYRANO:   Or tell me why you stare so at my nose!
  THE BORE (staggered):   I。 。 。
  CYRANO (walking straight up to him):   Well; what is there strange?
  THE BORE (drawing back):   Your Grace mistakes!
  CYRANO:   How now?  Is't soft and dangling; like a trunk?。 。 。
  THE BORE (same play):   I never。 。 。
  CYRANO:   Is it crook'd; like an owl's beak?
  THE BORE:   I。 。 。
  CYRANO:   Do you see a wart upon the tip?
  THE BORE:   Nay。 。 。
  CYRANO:   Or a fly; that takes the air there?  What   Is there to stare at?
  THE BORE:   Oh。 。 。
  CYRANO:   What do you see?
  THE BORE:   But I was careful not to lookknew better。
  CYRANO:   And why not look at it; an if you please?
  THE BORE:   I was。 。 。
  CYRANO:   Oh! it disgusts you!
  THE BORE:   Sir!
  CYRANO:   Its hue   Unwholesome seems to you?
  THE BORE:   Sir!
  CYRANO:   Or its shape?
  THE BORE:   No; on the contrary!。 。 。
  CYRANO:   Why then that air   Disparaging?perchance you think it large?
  THE BORE (stammering):   No; small; quite smallminute!
  CYRANO:   Minute!  What now?   Accuse me of a thing ridiculous!   Smallmy nose?
  THE BORE:   Heaven help me!
  CYRANO:   'Tis enormous!   Old Flathead; empty…headed meddler; know   That I am proud possessing such appendice。   'Tis well known; a big nose is indicative   Of a soul affable; and kind; and courteous;   Liberal; brave; just like myself; and such   As you can never dare to dream yourself;   Rascal contemptible!  For that witless face   That my hand soon will come to cuffis all   As empty。 。 。
  (He cuffs him。)
  THE BORE:   Aie!
  CYRANO:   of pride; of aspiration;   Of feeling; poetryof godlike spark   Of all that appertains to my big nose; (He turns him by the shoulders; suiting the action to the word):   As。 。 。what my boot will shortly come and kick!
  THE BORE (running away):   Help!  Call the Guard!
  CYRANO:   Take notice; boobies all;   Who find my visage's center ornament   A thing to jest atthat it is my wont   An if the jester's nobleere we part   To let him taste my steel; and not my boot!
  DE GUICHE (who; with the marquises; has come down from the stage):   But he becomes a nuisance!
  THE VISCOUNT DE VALVERT (shrugging his shoulders):   Swaggerer!
  DE GUICHE:   Will no one put him down?。 。 。
  THE VISCOUNT:   No one?  But wait!     I'll treat him to。 。 。one of my quips!。 。 。See here!。 。 。 (He goes up to Cyrano; who is watching him; and with a conceited air):   Sir; your nose is。 。 。hmm。 。 。it is。 。 。very big!
  CYRANO (gravely):   Very!
  THE VISCOUNT (laughing):   Ha!
  CYRANO (imperturbably):   Is that all?。 。 。
  THE VISCOUNT:   What do you mean?
  CYRANO:   Ah no! young blade!  That was a trifle short!   You might have said at least a hundred things   By varying the tone。 。 。like this; suppose;。 。 。   Aggressive:  'Sir; if I had such a nose   I'd amputate it!'  Friendly:  'When you sup   It must annoy you; dipping in your cup;   You need a drinking…bowl of special shape!'   Descriptive:  ''Tis a rock!。 。 。a peak!。 。 。a cape!   A cape; forsooth!  'Tis a peninsular!'   Curious:  'How serves that oblong capsular?   For scissor…sheath?  Or pot to hold your ink?'   Gracious:  'You love the little birds; I think?   I see you've managed with a fond research   To find their tiny claws a roomy perch!'   Truculent:  'When you smoke your pipe。 。 。suppose   That the tobacco…smoke spouts from your nose   Do not the neighbors; as the fumes rise higher;   Cry terror…struck:  〃The chimney is afire〃?'   Considerate:  'Take care;。 。 。your head bowed low   By such a weight。 。 。lest head o'er heels you go!'   Tender:  'Pray get a small umbrella made;   Lest its bright color in the sun should fade!'   Pedantic:  'That beast Aristophanes   Names Hippocamelelephantoles   Must have possessed just such a solid lump   Of flesh and bone; beneath his forehead's bump!'   Cavalier:  'The last fashion; friend; that hook?   To hang your hat on?  'Tis a useful crook!'   Emphatic:  'No wind; O majestic nose;   Can give THEE cold!save when the mistral blows!'   Dramatic:  'When it bleeds; what a Red Sea!'   Admiring:  'Sign for a perfumery!'   Lyric:  'Is this a conch?。 。 。a Triton you?'   Simple:  'When is the monument on view?'   Rustic:  'That thing a nose?  Marry…come…up!   'Tis a dwarf pumpkin; or a prize turnip!'   Military:  'Point against cavalry!'   Practical:  'Put it in a lottery!   Assuredly 'twould be the biggest prize!'   Or。 。 。parodying Pyramus' sighs。 。 。   'Behold the nose that mars the harmony   Of its master's phiz! blushing its treachery!'   Such; my dear sir; is what you might have said;   Had you of wit or letters the least jot:   But; O most lamentable man!of wit   You never had an atom; and of letters   You have three letters only!they spell Ass!   Andhad you had the necessary wit;   To serve me all the pleasantries I quote   Before this noble audience。 。 。e'en so;   You would not have been let to utter one   Nay; not the half or quarter of such jest!   I take them from myself all in good part;   But not from any other man that breathes!
  DE GUICHE (trying to draw away the dismayed viscount):   Come away; Viscount!
  THE VISCOUNT (choking with rage):   Hear his arrogance!   A country lout who。 。 。who。 。 。has got no gloves!   Who goes out without sleeve…knots; ribbons; lace!
  CYRANO:   True; all my elegances are within。   I do not prank myself out; puppy…like;   My toilet is more thorough; if less gay;   I would not sally fortha half…washed…out   Affront upon my cheeka conscience   Yellow…eyed; bilious; from its sodden sleep;   A ruffled honor;。 。 。scruples grimed and dull!   I show no bravery of shining gems。   Truth; Independence; are my fluttering plumes。   'Tis not my form I lace to make me slim;   But brace my soul with efforts as with stays;   Covered with exploits; not with ribbon…knots;   My spirit bristling high like your mustaches;   I; traversing the crowds and chattering groups   Make Truth ring bravel