俄國大文豪柴可夫斯基的一封新年賀信
On January second, 1877, Peter Tchaikovsky chided[2] his brother Modeste for not being a better correspondent.
I don’t know if you still remember my existence. I happen to be your own brother. I hold the position of professor at the Moscow Conservatoire and have written several compositions: operas, symphonies, overtures and so on.[3] There was a time when you condescended[4] to take an interest in me. We even took a trip abroad together last year, which has left an unforgettable memory in my heart.
You often used to write frequent[5] charming and interesting letters to me. But now it all seems to me nothing but a sweet dream. Oh, yes—you have forgotten me and don’t want to know me any more! But I am not like you. In spite of my antipathy[6] toward keeping up correspondence, in spite of being very tired (it is midnight now), here I am sitting writing to you to remind you of my feelings of great love for you. And so, dear brother, I wish you a Happy New Year, health, happiness, and success very soon in all your new ventures[7]...
As for me, dear brother, the holidays passed idly[8] and not very happily. I wanted to work but was disturbed by friends. And now my relative Misha Assiere is on leave and staying with me. I must say, he is a very nice and sweet boy and I, dear brother, stay home with him every evening...
Before the holidays I became friendly, dear brother, with the writer Count[9] Leo Tolstoy and have a very nice letter from him. And he listened, dear brother, to my first string quartet and during the Andante he shed real tears which, dear brother, makes me very proud.[10]
And you, my dear brother, do not be so presumptuous[11] to forget that I, dear brother, am a “bird” of certain importance.
And now, good-bye my dear brother.
Your furious brother, Peter Tchaikovsky.
1877年1月2日，彼得?柴可夫斯基寫信責(zé)備他的弟弟莫迪斯特，因為這個弟弟不常給他通信。信件如下：
我有幸作你的哥哥，但我不知道你是否還記得我這個老哥。我在莫斯科音樂學(xué)院任教授，寫了好幾部作品：歌劇、交響樂、序曲等等。去年，你還曾屈尊對我有點興趣，我們甚至還一起到國外旅行，這讓我難以忘懷。
以往，你常常給我寄來一些美好而有趣的信件，但現(xiàn)在看來卻如美夢一場。哦，是的——你已經(jīng)把我忘掉了，再也不想了解我的近況了。但我和你不一樣，盡管我一向不喜歡寫信，盡管現(xiàn)在我已經(jīng)疲倦不堪(現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)是午夜了)，我仍然坐在這里給你寫這封信，讓你知道我對你的深情厚誼。親愛的老弟，我希望在新的一年里，你健康、快樂、心想事成……
親愛的兄弟，至于我的情況——假日里慵懶無聊，我想工作卻又屢被朋友打擾。現(xiàn)在我的親戚米沙?阿西兒和我在一塊，他在休假。我得說，親愛的兄弟，他是個非常逗人歡心的孩子，我們每天晚上都呆在家里。
親愛的兄弟，在假期前，我和作家列夫?托爾斯泰伯爵成了好朋友，他還給我寫了一封信。他曾經(jīng)聽我的第一個弦樂四重奏。兄弟，你猜怎么著?在聽“行板樂曲”時，他居然老淚縱橫。這真讓我自豪。
而你呢，我親愛的兄弟，不要那么粗率地忘了，哥哥現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)是一個名人了。
好了，我親愛的兄弟，再見了!
你懊惱的哥哥彼得?柴可夫斯基
On January second, 1877, Peter Tchaikovsky chided[2] his brother Modeste for not being a better correspondent.
I don’t know if you still remember my existence. I happen to be your own brother. I hold the position of professor at the Moscow Conservatoire and have written several compositions: operas, symphonies, overtures and so on.[3] There was a time when you condescended[4] to take an interest in me. We even took a trip abroad together last year, which has left an unforgettable memory in my heart.
You often used to write frequent[5] charming and interesting letters to me. But now it all seems to me nothing but a sweet dream. Oh, yes—you have forgotten me and don’t want to know me any more! But I am not like you. In spite of my antipathy[6] toward keeping up correspondence, in spite of being very tired (it is midnight now), here I am sitting writing to you to remind you of my feelings of great love for you. And so, dear brother, I wish you a Happy New Year, health, happiness, and success very soon in all your new ventures[7]...
As for me, dear brother, the holidays passed idly[8] and not very happily. I wanted to work but was disturbed by friends. And now my relative Misha Assiere is on leave and staying with me. I must say, he is a very nice and sweet boy and I, dear brother, stay home with him every evening...
Before the holidays I became friendly, dear brother, with the writer Count[9] Leo Tolstoy and have a very nice letter from him. And he listened, dear brother, to my first string quartet and during the Andante he shed real tears which, dear brother, makes me very proud.[10]
And you, my dear brother, do not be so presumptuous[11] to forget that I, dear brother, am a “bird” of certain importance.
And now, good-bye my dear brother.
Your furious brother, Peter Tchaikovsky.
1877年1月2日，彼得?柴可夫斯基寫信責(zé)備他的弟弟莫迪斯特，因為這個弟弟不常給他通信。信件如下：
我有幸作你的哥哥，但我不知道你是否還記得我這個老哥。我在莫斯科音樂學(xué)院任教授，寫了好幾部作品：歌劇、交響樂、序曲等等。去年，你還曾屈尊對我有點興趣，我們甚至還一起到國外旅行，這讓我難以忘懷。
以往，你常常給我寄來一些美好而有趣的信件，但現(xiàn)在看來卻如美夢一場。哦，是的——你已經(jīng)把我忘掉了，再也不想了解我的近況了。但我和你不一樣，盡管我一向不喜歡寫信，盡管現(xiàn)在我已經(jīng)疲倦不堪(現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)是午夜了)，我仍然坐在這里給你寫這封信，讓你知道我對你的深情厚誼。親愛的老弟，我希望在新的一年里，你健康、快樂、心想事成……
親愛的兄弟，至于我的情況——假日里慵懶無聊，我想工作卻又屢被朋友打擾。現(xiàn)在我的親戚米沙?阿西兒和我在一塊，他在休假。我得說，親愛的兄弟，他是個非常逗人歡心的孩子，我們每天晚上都呆在家里。
親愛的兄弟，在假期前，我和作家列夫?托爾斯泰伯爵成了好朋友，他還給我寫了一封信。他曾經(jīng)聽我的第一個弦樂四重奏。兄弟，你猜怎么著?在聽“行板樂曲”時，他居然老淚縱橫。這真讓我自豪。
而你呢，我親愛的兄弟，不要那么粗率地忘了，哥哥現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)是一個名人了。
好了，我親愛的兄弟，再見了!
你懊惱的哥哥彼得?柴可夫斯基
