莎剧译选和比读：The fault will be in the music

BEATRICE

The fault will be in the music, cousin, if you be

not wooed in good time: if the prince be too

important, tell him there is measure in every thing

and so dance out the answer. For, hear me, Hero:

wooing, wedding, and repenting, is as a Scotch jig,

a measure, and a cinque pace: the first suit is hot

and hasty, like a Scotch jig, and full as

fantastical; the wedding, mannerly-modest, as a

measure, full of state and ancientry; and then comes

repentance and, with his bad legs, falls into the

cinque pace faster and faster, till he sink into his grave.

（选自《无事生非》/《无事自扰》第二幕第一场）

梁实秋 译：

璧

妹妹，毛病是出在音乐上，如果有人不按适当的节奏向你求婚：如果王爷纠缠得太紧，告诉他一切事情都要有节制，这样在跳舞中就可把他回绝了。你听我说，西罗：求婚，结婚，后悔，恰似一曲苏格兰的轻快舞，一只庄严舞，一场五步舞：初次求婚是热烈而急促的，像是一曲苏格兰的轻快舞，同样的怪诞不经；结婚，则温文有礼，像一只庄严舞，充满了雍容的旧式的仪节，随后是后悔，踱着蹒跚步，变成五步舞，越跳越快，直到进入坟墓为止。

朱生豪 译：

贝特丽丝

妹妹，要是对方向你求婚求得不是时候，那毛病一定出在音乐里了——要是那亲王太冒失，你就对他说，什么事情都应该有个节拍；你就拿跳舞作为回答。听我说，希罗，求婚、结婚和后悔，就像是苏格兰急舞、慢步舞和五步舞一样：开始求婚的时候，正像苏格兰急舞一样狂热，迅速而充满幻想；到了结婚的时候，循规蹈矩的，正像慢步舞一样，拘泥着仪式和虚文；于是接着来了后悔，拖着疲乏的脚腿，开始跳起五步舞来，愈跳愈快，一直跳到精疲力尽，倒在坟墓里为止。