石钟记原文翻译一一对应:适合古文初学者的对照版

《石钟记》原文及对照翻译如下:

原文:

《水经注》云:“彭蠡之口有石钟山”。郦元之所见闻,李渤始访而异之。

《水经注》里记载:“鄱阳湖的湖口有座石钟山”。郦道元所记述的,就是根据他所见和所闻的。李渤开始去访求石钟山,但结果和郦道元所说的大不相同。

翻译:

The “Waterway Notes” by Li Daoyao states: “There is a Stone Bell Mountain at the mouth of Penglai Lake.” What Li Bo saw and heard during his visit to the mountain differed greatly from what Li Daoyao had described.

原文:

机器穷箇尽搜,蹊隧冥漠,百端恐穷;

我和同游者用尽了各种办法来寻找它,道路不通,各种情况都弄不清,

翻译:

We and our companions searched everywhere, but the path was blocked and the conditions were unclear,

原文:

殆不可数。然是州之山川驰名天下,固以谓此声也欤?

几乎弄得不着边际,实在难以数清。然而天下著名的大山大川,

翻译:

It was almost impossible to count them all. But the mountains and rivers of this state are famous throughout the country, so perhaps this is the sound they make?

原文:

余方拏舟挂席,旋视山胁,有若钟者然。及舟临江,大声如宏钟,确乎大锺,磬也。

我正划着小船,挂着风帆,忽然看见山旁小路上有个像大钟的物体。等到船靠近了,那声音像巨大的铜钟,又像是巨大的磬,

翻译:

I was just about to get on my boat and set sail when I noticed a large object resembling a bell on the side of the mountain. As the boat approached the river, the sound became like a loud bell, definitely a large bell, a qing.

原文:

固非一夫之躯所能为也。

当然不是一个人所能敲响的。

翻译:

Certainly not something that could be struck by a single person.

原文:

扣而聆之,南声函胡,北音清越,

敲击它,听那声音,南边是厚重而模糊,北边是清脆而响亮,

翻译:

When I knocked on it and listened, the sound from the south was muffled and模糊, while the sound from the north was clear and resounding.

原文:

其声发于两山排闼之间,

那声音是从两山排门之间发出来的,

翻译:

The sound came from between the two mountains,

原文:

而抑扬顿挫,各得其宜。

忽高忽低,忽快忽慢,都恰到好处。

翻译:

And the抑扬顿挫of the sound was just right.

原文:

余固笑而不信也。

我本来是笑着而不相信的。

翻译:

I laughed and didn’t believe it.

原文:

至夜,月明,独与子酆然至绝壁下。

到了晚上,月明的时候,我和苏子一同悄悄地来到石钟山的绝壁下。

翻译:

At night, under the bright moon, I went with my friend Su Feng to the sheer cliff beneath the Stone Bell Mountain.

原文:

闻大钲声。

听到巨大的钲声。

翻译:

We heard the sound of a large .

原文:

乃使童子何暮持斧如吾声。

于是叫小何拿着斧头,像我们所听到的钟声砍去。

翻译:

Then we asked He Mu, a young boy, to hold a axe and chop at the rock as we had heard the sound.

原文:

徐而察之,南声为函胡,北声为清越,

慢慢地观察,南边的声音是厚重而模糊,北边的声音是清脆而响亮,

翻译:

As we observed carefully, the sound from the south was muffled and模糊, while the sound from the north was clear and resounding,

原文:

其下为磬,石之铿然有声者,所在皆是也,

那下面的是磬,石头被敲得铿铿作响的地方,到处都有,

翻译:

and the rocks that made a clear sound when knocked were everywhere.

原文:

其东为钟,

那东边的就是钟,

翻译:

The east side was a bell,

原文:

而石之铿然有声者,所在皆是也。

石头被敲得铿铿作响的地方,到处都有。

翻译:

and the rocks that made a clear sound when knocked were everywhere.

原文:

因笑谓迈曰:“汝识之乎?

我于是笑着对苏子说:“你明白了吗?

翻译:

I smiled and said to Su Mai, “Do you understand this?”

原文:

噫!

哦!

翻译:

Oh!

原文:

盖石性坚重,朴击不能动,

原来石头的性质坚硬而沉重,用斧头敲却不能使它动,

翻译:

The stone is very hard and heavy, and cannot be moved by a axe.

原文:

而磬石之性脆薄,

而磬石的性质脆而薄,

翻译:

And the qing stones are脆薄,

原文:

叩之则发声。

一敲就发出声音。

翻译:

When knocked, they make a sound.

原文:

以大小为实,

根据石头的大小,

翻译:

Based on the size of the rocks,

原文:

而声音之胜负异。

声音的高低也就不同了。

翻译:

the sound is different.

原文:

吾之所以笑而不信也,

我之所以笑而不信的原因,

翻译:

The reason why I laughed and didn’t believe it was

原文:

今以钟磬置水中,

是因为把钟和磬放在水里,

翻译:

is because when a bell or a qing is placed in water,

原文:

虽然,犹桡、撞而为之也。

即使这样,还是要依靠桡和撞来使它发出声音。

翻译:

However, it still requires a paddle or a collision to make it sound.

原文:

而磬石之性,

而磬石的性质,

翻译:

And the nature of the qing stones,

原文:

击之则不鸣,

一敲就不响,

翻译:

when knocked, they do not make a sound,

原文:

非至其地莫知其音,

不到实地就不能知道它的声音,

翻译:

unless you go to the place, you cannot know its sound,

原文:

而陋者乃以锤敲之,

而浅陋的人却用锤子敲它,

翻译:

while the ignorant person uses a hammer to knock it,

原文:

岂山石之性哉?

这难道是石头的本性吗?

翻译:

Is this the nature of the rocks?

原文:

事不目见耳闻,而臆断其有无,可乎?

事情不亲眼看见亲耳听见,就凭主观臆断它的有无,可以吗?

翻译:

If we don’t see or hear with our own eyes and ears, can we just assume its existence or non-existence based on our imagination?

原文:

郦元之所见闻,

郦道元所看见和听见的,

翻译:

What Li Daoyao had seen and heard,

原文:

盖亦闻之而未目见也。

大概也是听说而已,没有亲眼看见。

翻译:

was probably just hearsay without actual sight.

原文:

余乃以手击巨石,相击皆崩裂,

我于是用手敲大石头,互相敲击都崩裂了,

翻译:

I then hit large rocks with my hand, and they all broke apart,

原文:

观其貌,

看它们的形状,

翻译:

looking at their appearance,

原文:

敲之则不类余音也。

一敲就不像钟磬的声音了。

翻译:

When knocked, they did not sound like a bell or a qing.

原文:

因笑谓迈曰:“汝识之乎?

我于是笑着对苏子说:“你明白了吗?

翻译:

I smiled and said to Su Mai, “Do you understand this?”

原文:

吾疑亦似之矣。”

我怀疑也是这样。”

翻译:

I suspect it is similar.”

原文:

事不目见耳闻,而臆断其有无,可乎?

事情不亲眼看见亲耳听见,就凭主观臆断它的有无,可以吗?

翻译:

If we don’t see or hear with our own eyes and ears, can we just assume its existence or non-existence based on our imagination?

原文:

盖闻一百三十里,

因为听说有一百三十里,

翻译:

As I had heard that it was 130 li,

原文:

矫然浮波,

迅猛地浮在水波上,

翻译:

I felt a strong urge to float on the waves,

原文:

疾如挂席。

快得像挂着帆席。

翻译:

as fast as if I were hanging a mat on a sail.

原文:

余亦悔其随之,

我也后悔跟着来,

翻译:

I also regret following him,

原文:

而不能极乎深。

而不能探个究竟。

翻译:

but I could not reach the depth of it.

原文:

不游则已,

不游就罢了,

翻译:

If you don’t want to travel,

原文:

游则必信。

游就一定要相信。

翻译:

but if you do, you must believe what you see and hear.