《西游记》英汉： 第六章 蛇盘山遇险 鹰愁涧白龙化马

第六章 蛇盘山遇险 鹰愁涧白龙化马

Chapter 6 Take on Little White Dragon as a horse




1.

Sanzang, the devout monk of Tang Dynasty, also called Tang Monk, went west
with the assistance of his first disciple Sun Wukong, the Monkey King.
Several days later, they came to a big mountain and took a rest under a
tree. Tang Monk heard a sound of water
“Wukong,” Tang Monk said to Monkey King. “Where does the water sound
come from?”
“I remember this mountain is called Mt. Snake,” said Monkey King. “In
this mountain, there is a stream called Eagle Stream. I think the water
sound must come from this stream.”
The master and the disciple went to the stream bank and had a look. They
found the current was extremely swift. While attentively looking at the
stream, they suddenly found a dragon coming from the water. The dragon
rushed directly to Tang Monk and wanted to take him away. Monkey King
quickly hold his master and ran away leaving their horse on the stream
bank. Unable to catch up with them, the dragon hold the horse and swallowed
it.
“How can we go continuously without a horse?” Tang Monk cried.
“Don’t cry, Master,” said Monkey King. “Let me go and ask the dragon
to return our horse.”
“Where can you find it?” Tang Monk asked. “You’d better not leave me
here. I’m afraid the dragon will come here to eat me up. If so, who will
go west to take the Buddhist ures?”
“Don’t be so coward, Master,” said Monkey King. “You want your horse
back but you don’t let me go. How can I do? Could it be said that we just
sit here waiting for death?”

却说行者伏侍唐僧西进。
行经数日，遇到一座大山，师徒在大树下歇脚。唐僧遥闻唿喇喇水声聒耳。
唐僧回头叫：“悟空，是那里水响？”
行者道：“我记得此处叫做蛇盘山鹰愁涧，想必是涧里水响。”
说罢师徒来到岸边观看。只见水势湍急。师徒两个正然看处，只见那涧当中响一声，钻出一条龙来，径直冲向长老，想把他抢走。慌得个行者丢了行李，把师父抱下马来，回头便走，把个白马丢在岸上。那条龙赶不上，就把白马一口吞下肚去。
三藏道：“徒弟啊，没了马却怎生再往前接着走？”
行者道：“放心，放心，等我去找它把马要回来。”
三藏道：“你到哪里去找它？你最好别离开我。我怕那龙到这里来将我吃掉。果真的如此，我们还如何去西天取经？”
“师父，你不要如此胆小。你想要马，可又不让我走。那我怎么能办到。莫不是说我们就坐在这里等死不成？”


Quarreling sharply, they heard someone saying to them in the sky.
“Monkey King, don’t be worried. Tank Monk, don’t cry,” said the man. “
We are the gods sent by Guanyin. Our task is to protect you secretly.”
“Excellent!” said Monkey King. “I just need you to be here to protect
my master. I can go alone to ask the dragon to return our horse.’
Monkey King came to the bank of the stream.
“Give back my horse! Give back my horse!” Monkey King cried toward the
water. “You dirty loach!”
Hearing some one cursing him, the dragon came out the water immediately.
“Who’re you?” the dragon asked. “Don’t take too many liberties.”
“Don’t talk nonsense!” said Monkey King. “Give back my horse!”
These two thereafter started to fight violently. At the beginning, neither
side acknowledged defeat. But at the end, no match for Monkey King, the
dragon turned into a small snake and escaped into the wild grass.


二人争得不可开交，只听得空中有人言语，叫道：“孙大圣莫恼，唐御弟休哭。我等是观音菩萨差来的一路神祗，特来暗中保取经者。”
行者道：“留下诸位保守着我师父。等老孙寻那涧中的孽龙，教他还我马来。”
好猴王径临涧壑。
只听他高叫道：“泼泥鳅，还我马来，还我马来！”
却说那龙只听得有人叫骂索马，他按不住心中火发，急纵身跃浪翻波，跳将上来。
那龙道：“是那个敢在这里海口伤吾？”
行者见了他，大咤一声“休得胡说！还我马来！”
二者立即厮杀起来。起初双方难分胜负。后来那龙渐渐招架不住，见敌不过孙悟空，就变成一条小蛇，钻进野草中。


Angrily searching for a long time, Monkey King found nothing. Finally, he
could do nothing but ask the earth god and the mountain god for help.
“What can I do for you?” the two gods asked.
“What sort of evil dragon in the stream?” Monkey King asked. “It should
dare to eat the horse of my master!”
“Many years ago, Guanyin Bodhisattva, the Goddess of Mercy, once saved a
little dragon when she was looking for a devout monk to go west to take the
Buddhist ures.” Monkey King was told. “Guanyin left the dragon here
and asked him to wait for the monk and didn’t allow him to do evil things.
When hungry, the little dragon would come up to the bank and looked for
some birds or deer to eat. I don’t know why he has the gut to offend
Monkey King today.”
The two gods told Monkey King that it was very difficult to find out the
snake because there were many holes leading into the deep stream. They said
that it is only the Goddess of Mercy that can catch the snake.
“If we ask for help from Goddess of Mercy,” asked Tang Monk, “how many
days can she come here? How can I endure hunger for so long a time?”
“Don’t worry about it,” said Monkey King. “I can go to South Sea to
ask Goddess of Mercy for help.”
“Monkey King!” a god named the Golden Head God said in the sky. “I’m
willing to go.”
“Thanks a lot!” Monkey King said. “You’d better go at once.”



寻了好久，悟空什么也未找到。无可奈何，只得求助土地神与山神。
“我二人能帮你做点什么？”两位神仙问道。
“这山涧里到底是什么龙？”美猴王问。“它居然胆敢吃掉我师父的白马！”
“多年前，观音菩萨因为寻访取经人去，救了一条玉龙，送他在此，教他等候那取经人，不许为非作歹。他只是饥了时，上岸来扑些鸟鹊吃，或是捉些獐鹿食用。不知他怎么无知，今日冲撞了大圣。”
有神仙告诉孙大圣，很难找到那小龙，因这条涧千万个孔窍相通。只有菩萨能抓到这条蛇。
“如果求菩萨，她要多少天才能到达？”唐僧问道，“我怎么能饿这么多天。”
“师父不用急，”猴王说。“我能到南海去请菩萨帮忙。”
“孙大圣！”金头仙人在空中说。“我愿前往。”
“多谢大仙！”悟空道。“你最好立即就走。”



2.

Before long, Goddess of Mercy came to the bank of the stream and called
out the dragon.
“Goddess of Mercy,” the dragon said. “You asked me to wait for the
monk. I’ve been waiting here for a long time but he hasn’t come yet.”
“The monk has come,” then Goddess of Mercy pointed at Monkey. “He’s
the disciple of the monk.”
“Goddess of Mercy,” said the little dragon. “He’s my sworn enemy.
Yesterday I was too hungry and ate his horse. But the evil monkey abused
his power and bullied me. He just didn’t let me off. I had to escape by
turning into a snake.” The dragon complained. “He didn’t mention a
single word about taking Buddhist ures.”
“You didn’t ask me,” Monkey King said. “How could I tell you?”
“Don’t quarrel,” Goddess of Mercy said.
Stepping up and taking off the pear from the dragon’s neck, Goddess of
Mercy inserted her willow spray into her jade bottle and dipped it in the
water and sprinkled some water upon the dragon. Finally she opened her
mouth and blew a gust of immortal air at the dragon.
“Change!” said Goddess of Mercy with a blow at the dragon.
The dragon turned into a horse immediately. Goddess of Mercy told him that
so long as he behaved well, he could be turned into an immortal dragon. The
horse meekly obeyed.

那菩萨不多时到了涧边，将小龙叫了出来。
“菩萨，”小龙道。“你叫我在这儿等个和尚。我一直等了这么久也不见他来。”
“那和尚到了，”菩萨指着猴王说。“他就是那和尚的徒弟。”
“菩萨，”小龙说。“他是我的仇敌。昨天我太饿，吃了他的马。这猴子就仗着他的势力欺侮我。他就是不放过我。我没办法只好变成一条蛇逃跑了，”小龙继续诉苦。“取经的事他连一个字也没提。”
悟空道：“你根本没有问。我怎么会告诉你？”
“别争吵，”菩萨说。
菩萨走上前去，从小龙脖子上把珠子取下来，把手中柳枝往余瓶里的水蘸了蘸，再往小龙身上洒了洒。最后她张开嘴，朝小龙吹了一口仙气。
“变！”菩萨又朝小龙吹了口气。
那龙立时变成一匹马。菩萨告诉他，只要他表现好，他就可以成为一条仙龙。这马温顺地表示服从。


Monkey King seized Goddess of Mercy by her sleeve just at the moment she
wanted to go back to South Sea.
“I want to go back,” said Monkey King. “The way to the west is too long
and there’re too many monsters along the roads. I maybe lose my life at
any time. How can I help my master?”
“Never mind,” Goddess of Mercy told him. “You may call me so long as in
need. I’ll come immediately.”
Calling Monkey King over to her, Goddess of Mercy took off three leaves
from her willow spray and then put them into the hair at the back of his
head.
“Change!” she said.
These three leaves turned into three lifesaving hairs at once.
“In critical situation, they can change at your will.” Goddess of Mercy
told Monkey King. “You can free yourself from any disasters with their
help.”
Hearing this, Monkey King thanked Goddess of Mercy but she had already
left riding a piece of colorful cloud. They set out again without any
delay.


就在菩萨想离开的时候，猴王拉住了她的衣袖。
“我想回去，”悟空说。“往西天的路太长，一路上还有这么多妖怪。我可能随时丧命。那我还怎么帮助我师父？”
“没关系的，”菩萨告诉悟空。“只要你需要，可随时叫我。我会马上来到。”
菩萨把猴王叫过去，从她的柳枝上摘下三片叶子，然后放到他脑后的头发里。
“变！”她说。
三片叶子立时变成三根救命毫毛。
菩萨道：“若到那关键时节，可以随机应变，救得你急苦之灾。”
行者闻了这许多好言，才谢了大慈大悲的菩萨。那菩萨早已驾起祥云离开。