《美語曼陀羅》
陌生人──Stranger
文╱英文老師貝兒(Belle)特稿

旅遊是人生的一大樂趣,能夠到不同的地方旅行,對我而言,始終是個很新鮮、很吸引人的憧憬。然而,在人生地不熟的環境,不僅看到的都是陌生人,連自己也忽然成了一位陌生人呢!

「陌生人」一詞的英文稱為"stranger"。精研佛法的盧勝彥大師,為何會認為自己「永遠都是陌生人」?讓我們從他的文章中一起來了解他的領悟:

「我曾站立在『日本東京』的鐵塔上,望著底下的車水馬龍,試問,誰又認識你?你又認識誰?你不是陌生人是什麼?

我到了『漢城』,望著韓文的招牌,我連韓國文字一個也不認識,韓國人看我,當然怪陌生的。

我終於了解到,我是陌生的來到這世界,最後也會陌生的離去,來時空空,去時空空,一切空空。」英譯如下:

「I once stood on top of the Tokyo Tower looking down at the heavy traffic that rushed by and asked myself, who recognized me? and did I recognize anyone? Who am I if not a stranger?

When I arrived in Seoul and stared at signboards written in Korean, I could not recognize any of the characters. When Koreans looked at me, of course I came across as a total stranger.

I finally understand that I came into this world as a stranger, and I will leave as a stranger, coming here empty-handed and leaving here empty-handed, all is void. 」{Translated by TBF Translation Team}

《英語詞彙》(English Vocabulary)

rush by:匆匆而過

recognize:認識、認可

stare:凝視

signboard:招牌

character:(某一語言的)字體、符號



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