文 _ 張儀

人生賭場— The Gambler

文 _ 張儀

在中國的很多傳奇故事里，往往會(huì)有這樣的情節(jié)：當(dāng)英雄失意于江湖，走投無路之時(shí)，往往會(huì)偶遇高人。高人往往寥寥數(shù)語，便使英雄茅塞頓開。正當(dāng)英雄準(zhǔn)備叩謝時(shí)，高人已不見蹤影。這樣的老橋段，在西方的很多故事里也不鮮見。美國鄉(xiāng)村歌手Kenny Rogers在1978年推出的歌曲《賭徒》中也描述了這樣一段奇遇。

在一列不知目的地的火車上，失意的“我”巧遇了一位不知名的賭徒。他看出了“我”的落魄，于是給了“我”一些忠告。他說他一輩子混跡于賭場，要想在賭桌上求生，就必須知道哪些牌該守、哪些牌該走。要想玩，就得好好玩，因?yàn)閯儇?fù)都在那一手牌，成也是它，敗也是它。說完之后，賭徒緩緩睡去。聽完賭徒的話，“我”如醍醐灌頂。

在這個(gè)故事中，賭徒用牌局寶典作為人生箴言，舉一反三。要想在人生的江湖行走，何嘗不是學(xué)習(xí)、運(yùn)用游戲規(guī)則的過程。膽小者步步小心，無驚險(xiǎn)亦無驚喜；膽大者劍走偏鋒，不按常理出牌，享受著天堂般的成功，也承擔(dān)著下地獄的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。在生活的賭局中，一旦下注就落子無悔，愿賭服輸。都說人生無悔，那是賭氣的話，如果真無悔，該有多無趣！賭徒最后那句“最大的愿望是在睡夢中死去”，蘊(yùn)含了多少欲言又止的弦外之音。

On a warm summer's evening on a train bound for nowhere，

在某個(gè)夏日夜晚，在一列沒有方向的火車上

I met up with the gambler; we were both too tired to sleep.

我偶遇了一個(gè)賭徒，我倆都困乏異常卻難以成眠

So we took turns a starin' out the window at the darkness

所以我們輪流看著窗外的黑夜

Till boredom overtook us， and he began to speak.

直到彼此閑極無聊，他率先打破了沉默

He said， "Son， I've made a life out

of reading people's faces，

他說，孩子，我一輩子都在察言觀色

And knowing what their cards were by

the way they held their eyes.

看看人們的眼色，就知道他們手里有什么牌

And if you don't mind my sayin'， I can see you're out of aces.

恕我直言，我可以看出你時(shí)運(yùn)不濟(jì)

For a taste of your whiskey I'll give you some advice."

如果你賞我一口威士忌，我會(huì)給你一些忠告

And the night got deathly quiet， and

his face lost all expression.

夜晚一片死寂，他面無表情

Said， "If you're gonna play the game，

boy， you gotta learn to play it right.

他說，如果你想玩，就得知道怎么玩

You got to know when to hold 'em， know when to fold 'em，

你得知道何時(shí)該守，何時(shí)該棄

Know when to walk away and know when to run

知道何時(shí)該走，何時(shí)該逃

You never count your money when you're sitting at the table.

當(dāng)你一上賭桌，就永遠(yuǎn)不要點(diǎn)錢

There'll be time enough for counting when the dealin's done.賭局結(jié)束，你有時(shí)間慢慢盤點(diǎn)

Every gambler knows that the secret to surviving

每一個(gè)賭徒都知道賭場上的求生之道

Is knowing what to throw away and knowing what to keep

就是要知道哪些牌該出，哪些牌該留

Cause every hand's a winner and every hand's a loser，

因?yàn)槊恳皇侄伎梢宰屇阗嵉绞周?，也可以讓你輸個(gè)底掉

And the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep."

最大的愿望是在睡夢中死去

And when he'd finished speaking， he

turned back toward the window，

說完之后，他忘向窗外

Crushed out his cigarette and faded off to sleep.

掐掉香煙，漸漸睡去

And somewhere in the darkness， the gambler he broke even.

黑暗中的某個(gè)地方，這個(gè)賭徒打了個(gè)平手

But in his final words I found an ace that I could keep.

但在他最后的那句話中，我發(fā)現(xiàn)了自己的王牌

The Gambler

賭徒