帕布莉卡第三本
第一出 慈戒
（老旦上）
“昨日胜今日，
今年老去年[1]。
可怜小儿女[2]，
长自绣窗前。”
几日不到女孩儿房中，午晌去瞧他，只见情思无聊，独眠香阁。问知他在后花园回，身子困倦。他年幼不知：凡少年女子，最不宜艳妆戏游空冷无人之处。这都是春香贱材逗引他。春香那里？
（贴上）
“闺中图一睡，
堂上有千呼。”
奶奶，怎夜分时节，还未安寝？
（老旦）小姐在那里？
（贴）陪过夫人到香阁中，自言自语，淹淹[3]春睡去了。敢在做梦也。
（老旦）你这贱材，引逗小姐后花园去。傥有疏虞，怎生是了！
（贴）以后再不敢了。
（老旦）听俺分付：
【征胡兵】
女孩儿只合香闺坐，
拈花剪朵。
问绣窗针指如何？
逗工夫一线多[4]。
更昼长闲不过，
琴书外自有好腾那[5]。
去花园怎么？
（贴）花园好景。
（老旦）丫头，不说你不知：
【前腔】
后花园窣静[6]无边阔，
亭台半倒落。
便我中年人要去时节，
尚兀自里[7]打个磨陀[8]。
女儿家甚做作？
星辰高[9]犹自可。
（贴）不高怎的？
（老旦唱）
厮撞着，有甚不着科[10]，
教娘怎么？
小姐不曾晚餐，早饭要早。你说与他。
（老）风雨林中有鬼神，苏广文
（贴）寂寥未是采花人。郑谷
（老）素娥[11]毕竟难防备，段成式
（贴）似有微词[12]动绛唇。唐彦谦
注释：
[1]昨日胜今日，今年老去年：见《云溪友议》卷九《艳阳词》所引刘采春唱词。
[2]可怜小儿女：杜甫《月夜》：“遥怜小儿女，未解忆长安。”见《草堂诗笺》卷九。
[3]淹淹：昏昏沉沉。
[4]逗工夫一线多：日子长起来，可以比平日多做一些针线活。一线，刺绣时用完一根线的工夫。《全五代诗》卷十一和凝《宫词百首》：“才经冬至阳生后，今日工夫一线多。”
[5]腾那：此作消遣讲。第五本第五出的腾那，却是翻腾、运动的意思。那，同挪。第五本第二出“不见影儿那”，第五本第五出“月影向中那”。
[6]窣静：很静。窣，方言的音写。
[7]尚兀自里：犹自。
[8]磨陀：徘徊、盘旋，这里作犹豫解。磨陀或作笃么，突磨。
[9]星辰高：迷信的说法，命大、运道好。
[10]有甚不着科：有甚么不对头、出了甚么意外。
[11]素娥：嫦娥，此指杜丽娘。
[12]微词：很婉转的规劝、责备。
Scene 1 Mother’s Admonition
(Enter Lady Zhen.)
Zhen: “Not so good as yesterday today may appear,
But we grow older this year than last year.
Thinking of my daughter, I sighed.
How could she sit all day by window side?”
Having not been to my daughter’s room for a few days, I went to see her at noon, when I found her in low spirit, dozing lonely in her boudoir. She told me she felt tired after a stroll in the garden. Young maidens like her did not know the harm of visiting an unfrequented place in an attractive attire. It must be the maid Fragrant Spring who induced her to go there. Where is Fragrant Spring? (Enter Fragrant Spring.)
Fragrant: A maid can’t take a moment’s rest
Without being called east or west.
Madame, you have not gone to bed so late in the night?
Zhen: Where is your young mistress?
Fragrant: After your visit she felt drowsy and murmured herself to sleep. She must be dreaming now.
Zhen: Was it intentional for you to induce her to the garden? What if something harmful should happen?
Fragrant: I would not have dared to do so again.
Zhen: Listen!
(Sing to the tune ofConquering the Tartars):
A maiden should stay in her bower
To embroider grass or flower,
To do more needlework by window side
So as not to waste time and tide.
If she has leisure when lengthens the day,
She may have books to read and music to play.
Why go to the garden? For what need she?
Fragrant: In the garden there are fine sights to see.
Zhen: Fine sights are not so important as long sight. Don’t you know? Listen to me!
(Singing to the previous tune):
The garden when deserted is in vain too wide,
With crumbled walls and bowers side by side.
Even the middle-aged would hesitate
Whether they’d go there or just wait.
As for young maidens fair,
It would be lucky to be safe there.
Fragrant: What if unlucky?
Zhen: If there were anything wrong,
The trouble would last long.
Your young mistress did not take her supper today. Breakfast should be served earlier. Tell her what I say to you.
(They sing the Epilogue):
Zhen: The evildoers haunt the woods in wind and shower.
Fragrant: Still there goes the lover to seek for flower.
Zhen: A maiden is not proof against the vice.
Fragrant: She should listen to her mother’s advice.
