雷雨-英文版.doc

雷雨英文版PING(hurrying across to the centre door):Feng!(opening the door)e in!(Sifeng es in ,her face wet whit tears and rain,and her tangled纠缠的,dripping hair hanging in her eyes.She starts at Zhou Ping as if in a trance恍惚.)FENG:Ping!-(Tinmidly)Anyone about?PING(perturbed):No ,its all right.(He grasps her hands)FENG:Oh,Ping!(She flings her arms round him and sobs convulsively)PING:Howhow did you get into such a stste?How did you know I was here?(Babbling with relief.)How did you get in?FENG:I slipped in through the back way.PING:Your hands are like ice.youd better hurry up and get those wet things off.FENG:No(with a sob)let me have a look at you first.PING(taking her over to a sofa and sitting her down beside him):But but where have you been?FENG(looking at Zhou Ping with here eyes fuul of tears):Here you areat last,Ping.It seems ages since I last saw you.PING:My poor darling,how can you be so silly?But where have you been ,my silly sister?FENG:I just ran on and on in the rain untill I didnt where I was.The noise of thunder seemed to driced everything out of in my mind.I thought I heard Mother calling after me,but I was afraid,and I ran as fast as I could. I was looking for the river out in front of our place.I was going to throw myself in.PING(aghast):FENG!FENG-:But somehow I couldnt find it,though I went round and round in circles looking for it.PING:Oh,FENG,its all my fault.Please forgive me.Dont hold it against me.FENG:Somehow I stumbled here in a daze.Suddenly I saw there was a lirht in your window and I relized you were in .ALL of a sudden I felt that I couldnt just die:I couldnt bear to be part from you.I think we can still go awayonly we must go away together.PING(solemnly):Yes,we must go away together.FENG(earnestly):Its the only way out,PING. I ve got nothing nowno family ,no friends. Ive got only you ,PING.Take me away with you tomorrow.(A pause)PING(after a pause):No ,no.FENG(in despair):PING!PING:We must go right now.FENG(incredulous):What ,this minute?PING(tenderly):Yes. I was intending to go alone and then e back for you later.but there is no need to wait now.FENG(still incredulous):You really mean it?Well go together?PING:Yes, I really do mean it.FENG(tears stream down her cheeks):So its true.Its true,then!Oh Ping!You darling,you! Youre the darest darling in the whole world.Youyouve saved my life!PING(fervently):From now on well always be together.FENG:Yes ,once we get away from this place,well never be parted from each other.PING(getting up):All right,FENG, but before we go theres someone we must see.As soon as weve done that ,well be away.FENG: What do you mean?PING: Your brother.FENG: Dahai?PING: Hes been looking for you. Hes in the dining room there.FENG(frightened):No, no ,dont see him. He hates you. Hell hurt you. Lets golets get outquick.PING :Ive already seen himand wo must seen him once more.(with an air of finality)otherwise we just wont be able to go.FENG (timoroulsly): But ,PING, you-(ZHOU PING goes across to the dining-room door and opens it)PING(calling):LU Dahai! LUDhai!I say! Hes gone! Thats funny. He must have gone out through the other door.(He looks at sifeng)FENG(going up to ZHOU PING and pleading with him):e on,PING, lets go.(Dragging him towards the centre door.)Lets go just as we are.(As sifeng gets ZHOU PING to the door,it opens.LU MA and LU Dahai e in.)(LU MA looks a changed woman.She has cried and shouted herself hoarse in the rain.She seems to have aged considerably.)FENG(in alarm):Mother!(a silght pause)MA(in a agonized voice ,her arms held out towards sifeng.):FENG.(sifeng rushes towards her mother)FENG:Oh,Mother!MA(stroking sifengs head):M y child, my poor poor child.FENG(sobbing quietly):Oh ,Mother ,forgive me ,forgive me.MA:Why didnt you tell me eariler?FENG(hanging her head):I was afraid.I was afraid you might be angry with me,and despise me ,and turn me out.I just didnt dare tell you.MA(sorrowfully):Its my own fault for being so stupid.I should have thought it before.But who could have expected anything like this?And to thing that it should have happened to my own child of all people!My own fates been hard enough ,but you-HAI(unemotionally)Lets get going,then.Sifeng will be going home with you for the time being.Ive arranged everything with him(pointing to ZHOU PING)he can go on in advance and e back for Sifeng later.MA(bewildered):What are you saying?What are you saying?HAI(looking at his mother ,unperturbed):I know whats worrying you,Mother,but theres no other way out.So-(after a pause)we may as well let them go.MA:What?Let them go?PING(hesitantly):You can trust me,Mrs .LU.Ill be good to her.Im taking her with me and leaving at once.MA(her voice trembling):Do you want to go with him,FENG?FENG( tightly gripping her mothers hands):Mother,Im afraid Ill have to leave you for a while.MA:You cant live together!HAI(surprised)Whats the matter ,Mother?MA(firmly):No! It wouldnt do!FENG:Mother!MA:sifeng, were going home.(To Dahai)Go and call a rickshaw.I dont suppose Sifeng can do any more walking.We must goas fast as we can!FENG(recoiling from her in desperation):You cant do this to me ,Mother!MA:It wouldnt do,I say.e on, we must go.FENG:Do you want to drive your daughter to distraction and see her die of worry before your very eyes?PING(going up to LU MA):Mrs.Lu,I know Ive done you wrong,but Ill do my best to make up fot it.Now that things have e to such a pass,you-HAI(at a loss to understand his mothers hehaviour):Whats the matter with you?Mother?MA:You go and get a rickshaw!(To sifeng).Now listen to me,FENG:Id rather lose you than see you living with him!e on ,then.(Just as Dahai gets to the door,sifeng screams.)FENG:Aaah!Mother!(She faints into her mothers arms.)MA(holding her in her arms):My child!You-PING(agitated):Shes fainted.MA(feeling sifengs forhead and softly calling her name):sifeng.(ZHOU PING runs towards the dining room)HAI:Donts panic:a drop of cold water and shell be all right.She was like that when she was little.(ZHOU PING gets some cold water on her face):Wake up wake up,sifeng.FENG(drawing a deep breath):Ah ,mother.MA(trying to fort her):Dont be hard on me,child.Im not being hardhearted.I just cant tell you what Im going through.FENG(sighting deeply):Mother.MA:What is it?FENG(to ZHOU PING): Itheres something Ive got to tell you .PING: feel better now, Feng?FENG:I -Ive been keeping it from you all the time. (looking piteously at her mother .)MA: What is it ,child ?FENG: (sobbing):I-were going to have a (She breaks down in a flood of tears.)MA:What? You mean you-(Words fail her.)PING(seizing SiFengs hand)：Sifeng! You mean it ? You-FENG:(weeping): Yes.PING:But when? How long?FENG:(hanging her head): About three months now.PING: But ,Sifeng,why didnt you tell me? I -oh, myMA:(hoarsely) : My God!PING:（going over to Lu Ma）: You just cant stand in our way now, Mrs.Lu. Its all my fault. Now., please. Please let her go. I give you my word Ill be worthy of her ,and a credit to youFENG :(going down on her knees at her mother feet) Have pity on us, Mother. Say yes and let us go.MA:(sitting there in a daze, unable to speak for a moment): I must be dreaming. My children, my own children, after thirsty years-Oh, my God!( She buries her face in her hands and bursts into tears,then waves them away.)Go away! I dont know you! (she turns her face away)PING:In that case -(rising)wed better go.(Sifeng gets to her feet again)MA:(unable to control herself): No,you cant do itFENG:(falling on her knees again and pleading with her): Whats the matter with you, Mother? My minds made up. Whoever he is , I belong to him now. my heart was promised to him from the very first, and there can never be anybody else for me but him. Ive got now so that wherever he goes Ill go with him and whatever he does Ill do too.Cant you understand .Mother, that I MA:(stopping her with a gesture , distressed): Child!HAI: Well, things being as they are, I dont see why we shouldnt let her goPING:Mrs. Lu , if you refuse to let her go , well have no alternative but to disobey you and just go .-Feng!FENG:(shaking her hand ):No-(still looking up at Lu Ma )Mother!MA(in a low voice ): Oh , God knows what this is a punishment for -what have I ever done to bring such a calamity down on our heads?My poor children , they didnt know what they doing. Oh ,God ,if anyone has to be punished, why cant it just be me? Its my fault and no one elses: it all began when I took the first false step.(Heart-broken.)Theyre my innocent children; they deserve a chance in life , The guilt is here in my heart , and I should be the one to suffer for it ,(she rises to her feet and looks heavenwards,)And tonight, here I am letting them go away together , I know Im doing wrong, but this way the responsibility will all be mine; all this trouble was caused by me in the first place ,My children havent done anything wrong, theyre too good and innocent to do anything wrong , If there must be a punishment, let me bear it -along, (looking away ,)Feng-FENG:(uneasily) :Whats the matter with you ,Mother? What are you talking about?MA: (turning her face away):It doesnt matter.( Gently.) Now get up. And go. Both of you.FENG:(getting up an embracing her mother):Oh, Mother! PING:e on, then.(Looking at his watch.) We havent got much time.Only twenty-five minutes before the train goes. Tell them to get the car out . e on.MA: (calmly): No ,dont do that, Feng,If youre going away secretly like this in the middle of the night ,it would be best not to attract too much attention.(To Dahai.)Dahai, you can go and get a rickshaw. Im going home now.You can see the off at the stationHAI:All right (He goes out through the centre door)MA:（To Sifeng,with a sad tenderness）:e here,my child.let me kiss you good-bye.(Sifeng goes up to her mother and embraces her.)MA(to Zhou Ping):you e here,too.letme have a look at you. (Zhou Ping goes and stands in front of Lu Ma ,hishead bent.)MA(looking at him and wiping her eyes):go on,then .Off you go.-I want you both to promise me one thing before you go,though.PING:what is it?MA:if you dont promise,then I wontlet Sifeng go after all.FENG:tell us what it is,mother.ill promise.MA(looking from one to the other):when you go,youdbest go as far as you can and never e back.one youve left tonight ,you must never see me again as long as you live.FENG(in distress):oh, mother,dont-PING(tipping her a wink and whispering):shes overwrought just now-will be all right later on.FENG:yes all right,then.-well be off now,then,mother. (her eyes full with tears as she knees for a farewell kowtow to her mother.) (Lu Ma is controlling her own emotions with an effort.)MA(waving them away):off you go,then.PING:lets go out through the dining-room.five still got some of my things in there. (just as the three of them get to the dining-room door,it opens and Fanyi es in.)FENG(invluntarily);Madanm!FAN(with posure):why,where are you all going ?theres still a thunderstorm on outside,you know!PING(to Fanyi):so youve been eaverdropping at the door,have you?FAN:yes,and Im not the only one.theres someone else here.(turning back to thedining-room.)e oyt,you!(a sheepish ZhouChong emerges from the dining-room.)FENG(startled):Master Chong!CHONG(disconcerted):Hullo,Sifeng!PING(annoyed): I didnt expect such behaviour from you.ChongCONG(still at sea) it was mother who told me to e here,Id no idea what was going on.FAN(coldly):youll know soon enough.PING(to Fanyi,furning):now whats the meaning of all this?FAN(mockingly):I just wanted your brother to e and give you a send-off.PING(furiously):what a dirty,mean trick!-CHONG:noe,Ping!PING(to Zhou Chong): Im sorry!(rounding obruptly on Fanyi again.)but there isnt another mother like you on earth!CHONG(bewildered):whats going on.then,mother?FAN:see for youself!(to Sifeng.)where are you going,Sifeng?FENG(falteringly): i-eri-PING:nothing silly,now.tell them were going away toghter.CHONG(noe that the light has dawned): whats this,Sifeng?youregoing awaywith him?FENG:yes,master Chong.i-ImCHONG(somewhat reproachfully):then why didnt you tell me so before?FENG:but I did:I told you to leave me alone because i-I was no longer a-PING（to Sifeng）：go on,tell them all about it!(pointing to Fanyi)tell hea that youre going to marry me!CHONG(rather taken aback):Sifeng,you-FAN(to Zhou Chong):now you know what its all about.(Zhou Chong hangs his head)PING(rounding on Fanyi with a sudden viciousness):you spiteful creture!you thingk hell spoil everything to help you?well,Chong?what ideas have you got on the subject?eh? what are you going to do about it?eh? (Zhou Chong looks from his mother to Sifeng,then hangs his head in silence.)FAN:e on ,Chong!(after a pause,more insistently.)why dont you say something,Chong?whydont you ask him?why dont you ask your brother something?(another pause.everybody looks at Zhou Chong,who stands mute.)FAN:say something,Chong!youre not dead,are you?or dumb?or are youjust a stupid child?surely youre not just going to stand there with all this going on and not make a murmur?CHONG(lifting his head and replying with a lamblike bleat):no,mother.(he looks at Sifeng is willing,Ivno objection.PING(going up to Zhou Chong):spoken like a sensible fellow,Chong!CHONG(with a pizzled frown):no,Iv suddenly realizes-its just e to me-that I wasnt really in love with Sifeng after all.(Staring abstractedly into space.) what I felt about her was-probable only a silly infatuation.(Shrinking back from the triumphant Zhou Ping.) yes.take her away with you-only be good to her.FAN(all her hopes dashed):ugh,you!(with a sudden fury.)youre no son of mine!(incoherently.)youre no man at all!if I were you-(turning onSifeng)Id smash her, burn her,kill her!youre just a poor,feeble idiot-not a spark none of life in you!ishould have known better-youre none of mine-no son of mine!CHONG(pained):whats the matter with you,mother?FAN(to Zhou Chong,hysterically):dont think Im your not her.(raising her voice.)your mother died long ago.she was crushed and smothered by your father.(wiping her eyes,in an anguished voice.)after all these eighteen years of the Zhou family thats more like a prison,married to a hateful tyrant-after may have made me spirit is still not dead.your father may have made me have you,Chong,butmy heart-my soul is still my own.(pointing to Zhou Ping.)hes the only one thats ever possessed me body and soul.