with Nabokov's fantasy of the living artwork.

的追求有着异曲同工之处
But, unlike Nabokov's fantasy, it requires this concept of love,

但区别在于它追求的是爱的概念
because love is what makes being into narrative.

是爱让人成为叙述的一部分
It takes two, and it takes desire.

衍生出两者衍生出欲望
Desire moves narrative.

欲望驱动了叙述
And so at the end, the comic ending of "Menelaiad,"

最后 "梅内莱厄斯"的喜剧结局
which echoes the comic ending of Odysseus' trip back home,

仿效了奥德修斯主人公的喜剧式结局
of The Odyssey, he says: Menelaus's story itself in ten

他说 "梅内莱厄斯的故事本身
or ten thousand years expires, yet I'll survive it

传唱千年即将结束而我要让它长存
[Who is this "I"?],

["我"又是谁]
I, in Proteus's terrifying last disguise,

我带着普罗特斯最后的伪装

Beauty" spouse"s,

协同美的伴侣