JABBERWOCKY

《愛麗絲夢遊仙境》中，惡龍Jabberwocky像恐龍一樣高大，有着一副爬蟲的翅膀，身上還覆蓋着鱗片，它的爪子長而尖鋭，長着兩條分別向上向下的尾巴。在預言中的輝煌日，Jabberwocky被手持佛盤劍的愛麗絲斬殺。Jabberwocky也被音譯作 炸脖龍或伽卜沃奇。

下面是這首詩的原文：

'Twas brillig，and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe； All mimsy were the borogoves， And the mome raths outgrabe. 'Beware the Jabberwock，my son！ The jaws that bite，the claws that catch！ Beware the Jubjub bird，and shun The frumious Bandersnatch！' He took his vorpal sword in hand： Long time the manxome foe he sought So rested he by the Tumtum tree， And stood awhile in thought. And as in uffish thought he stood. The Jabberwock，with eyes of flame， Came whiffling through the tulgey wood， And burbled as it came！ One，two！One，two！And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack！ He left it dead，and with its head He went galumphing back. 'And thou hast slain the Jabberwock？ Come to my arms，my beamish boy！ O frabjous day！Callooh！Callay！' He chortled in his joy. 'Twas brillig，and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe； All mimsy were the borogoves， And the mome raths outgrabe.

推薦賈文浩、賈文淵的譯版。

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這個版本是意譯，把一首童謠般的“廢話連篇”的詩譯成這樣一首很有氣場，並保持了古英語和原著的風格實屬不易。