雙語詩歌翻譯|呂氏春秋-《古代寓言·掩耳盜鐘》

譯文：范氏滅亡了，有個人趁機偷了一口鐘。想要背著它逃跑，但是，這口鐘太大了，背不動；于是用槌子把鐘砸碎，剛一砸，鐘锽锽的響聲很大。他生怕別人聽到鐘聲，來把鐘奪走了，就急忙把自己的耳朵緊緊捂住。他以為捂住自己的耳朵別人就聽不到了，這就太荒謬了。比喻自己欺騙自己。

《古代寓言·掩耳盜鐘》

范氏之亡也，百姓有得鐘者。
欲負(fù)而走，則鐘大不可負(fù)。
以椎毀之鐘況然有音?？秩寺勚鴬Z已也，逐掩其耳。
——惡人聞之，可也；惡已自聞之，悖矣。
——《呂氏春秋》

Stealing the Bell
After the fall of the house of Fan, a man got hold of a bronze bell. It was too big to carry away on his back, and when he tried to break it with a hammer it made such a din that he feared others might hear and take it away from him. So he hastily stopped his ears.
It was all right to worry about others hearing the noise, but foolish to stop his own ears.
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