中英双语阅读443:Night in the open world 露天世界的夜晚
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Night in the open world
露天世界的夜晚
Robert Louis Stevenson
罗伯特·路易斯·斯蒂文森
Night is a dead and monotonous period under a roof; but in the open world it passes lightly, with its stars and dews and perfumes, and the hours are marked by changes in the face of Nature.
在室内,夜是死气沉沉,单调乏味的时刻。但是在露天世界里,有星星,有露珠,还有芬芳的香气,黑夜轻快地流逝,而大自然的面貌却在夜里时刻变化着。
What seems a kind of temporal death to people choked between walls and curtains is only a light and living slumber to the man who sleeps afield. All night long he can hear Nature breathing deeply and freely; even as she takes her rest she turns and smiles; and there is one stirring hour, unknown to those who dwell in houses, when a wakeful influence goes abroad over the sleeping hemisphere, and all the outdoor world are on their feet.
禁锢在室内和帘后的人们觉得夜似乎是短暂的死亡,而露宿野外的人却觉得夜只是一场充满生机的微睡。他整夜能听见大自然深沉的、自由自在的呼吸。大自然即使在休息时也在转动和微笑。当沉睡着的半球出现韪醒迹象的时候,室外的万物都起来了,那种忙碌的时刻是居住在室内的人所不知道的。
It is then that the cock first crows, not this time to announce tile dawn, but like a cheerful watchman speeding the course of night. Cat- fie awake on the meadows; sheep break their fast on dewy hill-sides, and change to a new lair among the ferns; and houseless men, who have lain down with the fowls, open their dim eyes and behold the beauty of the night.
雄鸡最先啼鸣,这时不是报晓,而是象欢乐的更夫在催黑夜快走。草地上牛群醒来露珠晶莹的山坡上羊群在进早餐,并且在羊齿植物丛中改换新的羊窝;与禽鸟共眠的无家可归的人们睁开了惺松的双眼,观赏美丽的夜色。
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