09 約瑟芬致拿破侖 Josephine to Napoleon

瑪麗·約瑟芬(Marie Josephine)

名人檔案

瑪麗·約瑟芬(1763—1814)，法蘭西第一帝國皇帝拿破侖·波拿巴的第一任妻子，法蘭西第一帝國的皇后(1804—1809)。1809年，因不能再生育，被迫與拿破侖取消婚約。離婚后獨(dú)居的約瑟芬始終對拿破侖懷有感情，留戀他們在一起共同生活的日子，盡管仍舊和拿破侖保持通信，但她一直郁郁寡歡，直至生命的終結(jié)。在本書選取的這封信中，離婚后的約瑟芬再訴衷腸，重申自己對拿破侖的愛。

簡介與鑒賞

在信的開頭，約瑟芬表達(dá)了收到拿破侖來信的欣喜：“我懷著熾熱的感情，用了很長的時(shí)間才讀完它，因?yàn)樾爬锩恳粋€字都讓我潸然淚下?！苯又?，她為前一封信的意氣用事道歉，希望獲得拿破侖的諒解。在信的結(jié)尾處，不再是拿破侖妻子和愛人的約瑟芬以“我的朋友，我將用無限的溫柔來感謝你，如同我一直用無限的溫柔來愛你那樣”來稱呼拿破侖并再一次表達(dá)了自己不渝的感情。

這封信情深意切，真摯而又凄美，是約瑟芬真實(shí)的情感表達(dá)。對照前一封拿破侖寫給約瑟芬的感情熱烈的情書，不免使人對他們感情和婚姻的結(jié)局唏噓不已。

英文正文

Navarre,

April 1810

A thousand, thousand tender1thanks for not having forgotten me. My son has just brought me your letter. With what ardor2I read it and yet it has taken a deal of time, because there is not a word which has not made me weep3; but those tears were very sweet! I have recovered my heart entirely, and such as it will always be; there are feelings which are life itself, and which may not end but with life.

I am in despair that my letter of the 19th should have displeased you. I do not entirely recall the wording4，but I know what very painful feeling had dictated5it. It was grief6at not having a word from you.

I wrote you on leaving Malmaison, and how many times thereafter did I wish to write! But I felt the reasons for your silence, and I feared to seem importunate7by writing. Your letter has been a balm8to me. Be happy; be as happy as you deserve; it is my whole heart that speaks. You have given me my share, too, of happiness, and a share very keenly felt; nothing else can have for me the value of a token of remembrance9.

Adieu, my friend, I thank you as tenderly as I shall love you always.

Josephine

經(jīng)典語句

With what ardor I read it and yet it has taken a deal of time, because there is not a word which has not made me weep.

Adieu, my friend, I thank you as tenderly as I shall love you always.

單詞/詞組

1 tender⁴adj. 溫柔的；柔軟的

2 ardor⁶n. 熱情；狂熱

3 weep⁴vi. 哭泣；流淚

4 wording⁶n. 措辭；用語

5 dictate⁴vt. 命令；使聽寫

6 grief⁴n. 悲痛；憂傷

7 importunate⁶adj.急切的；纏擾不休的

8 balm⁶n. 香膏

9 remembrance⁴n. 回想，回憶；紀(jì)念

中文譯文

你并沒有把我忘記，我心中感激不盡。剛才，我的兒子把你的信帶給我。我懷著熾熱的感情，用了很長的時(shí)間才讀完它，因?yàn)樾爬锩恳粋€字都讓我潸然淚下；不過，這是甜蜜的眼淚，我已徹底恢復(fù)平靜了，以后也一直會這樣；有些感情就如同生命本身，它們只會隨著生命的結(jié)束而終止。

當(dāng)知道我十九日的信讓你感到不快時(shí)，我非常失望。那封信的內(nèi)容我已經(jīng)記不清了，然而，我知道自己是懷著非常痛苦的心情寫下那封信的，痛苦的原因是我從你那里沒有收到哪怕是一個字。

我剛離開馬爾梅松時(shí)就曾寫信給你；后來我又有多少次想寫信給你啊！但是我感覺到你保持緘默是有原因的，我怕給你寫信會讓你覺得我對你糾纏不休。對我而言，你的信是莫大的安慰。我衷心地祝你快樂，盡情地享受你所應(yīng)得的快樂吧。你也曾帶給我快樂，一份極大的快樂，沒有其他東西比它更值得我深深地刻在記憶里了。

再見了，我的朋友，我將用無限的溫柔來感謝你，如同我一直用無限的溫柔來愛你那樣。

約瑟芬

1810年4月于那伐勒