梁民康(莫平)英文私塾 - 孤獨六講摘譯1020

p. 40

當道德變成一種表演, 就是做假, 就會變成各種型態的演出, 就會讓最沒有道德的人變成最有道德的人, 語言和行為開始分離.

When morality becomes a show, it is fake. It turns into all kinds of act. It makes the least moral people the most moral ones. Words and deeds become separated.

p. 41

家庭, 倫理的束縛之巨大, 遠超過我們的想像. 只要在八十四歲的媽媽面前, 我又變回了小孩子, 哪敢談什麼自我? 她照樣站在門口和鄰居聊我小時候尿床的糗事.

The bondage of family and ethics is so powerful that it goes beyond our imagination. In front of my 84-year-old mom, I become a child again. My "self" is nowhere to be found. She would as usual stand at the front door and tell the neighbors how I wetted my bed as a little kid.

P. 41-42

我母親和許多母親一樣, 手上一直握有一把剪刀...這一把看不見的剪刀叫做 "愛" 或是 "關心."...在我們的文化中, 以 "愛", "關心" 或 "孝" 之名, 其所做的任何決定都是對的.

My mother, like many mothers, has a pair of scissors in her hand...The invisible scissors are called "love" or "care." In our culture, any decision made in the name of "love," "care" or "felial piety" is right no matter what.

p. 43

(等待果陀) 生命就是在荒蕪之中度過, 神不會來, 救世主不會來, 生命的意義與價值也沒有來.

(Waiting for Godot) Life goes by in desolation. God doesn't come. Messiah doesn't come. The meaning and value of life don't come either.

p. 44

不管生命的意義為何, 如果強把自己的意義加在別人身上, 那是非常恐怖的事.

No matter what the meaning of life is, it will be horrible if one forces his own meaning onto others.