PERICLES
He reads the
riddle
I am no viper, yet I
feed
On mother's flesh which did me
breed.
I sought a husband, in which
labour
I found that kindness in a
father:
He's father, son, and husband
mild;
I mother, wife, and yet his
child.
How they may be, and yet in
two,
As you will live, resolve it
you.
(选自《泰尔亲王配力克里斯》第一幕第一场)
朱生豪 译:
配力克里斯
(读)
我虽非蛇而有毒,
饮我母血食母肉;
深闺待觅同心侣,
慈父恩情胜夫婿。
夫即子兮子即父,
为母为妻又为女;
一而二兮二而一,
君欲活命须解谜。

