美國(guó)語(yǔ)文第六冊(cè) 第46期:耐兒之死(3)

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倘若拿塵世和她那年輕的靈魂振翅飛上去的那個(gè)世界比較的話，塵世又算得了什么呢。

and say, if one deliberate wish, expressed in solemn tones above this bed, could call her back to life, which of us would utter it?"

不妨說(shuō)，倘若在這張床榻上而用嚴(yán)肅的語(yǔ)氣表達(dá)一種愿望，真誠(chéng)期盼喚回她的生命，我們當(dāng)中有誰(shuí)能講出這番話呢?”

She had been dead two days.

她已經(jīng)死了兩天了。

They were all about her at the time, knowing that the end was drawing on.

當(dāng)時(shí)，他們?nèi)紘谒砼?，知道她就要斷氣了?/p>

She died soon after daybreak.

天剛放亮她就咽氣了。

They had read and talked to her in the earlier portion of the night; but, as the hours crept on, she sank to sleep.

前半夜時(shí)，他們給她念書(shū)聽(tīng)，和她說(shuō)著什么，可是隨著時(shí)間流逝，她又沉睡過(guò)去了。

They could tell by what she faintly uttered in her dreams, that they were of her journeyings with the old man;

從她在夢(mèng)中隱約的夢(mèng)囈，他們分辨出她說(shuō)的是和那位老者旅行的事情;

they were of no painful scenes, but of people who had helped them, and used them kindly; for she often said "God bless you!" with great fervor.

其中沒(méi)有令人痛苦心酸的場(chǎng)面，涉及幫助過(guò)他們和對(duì)他們很和善的一些人，因?yàn)樗偸欠浅Ｕ嬲\(chéng)熱切地說(shuō)：“上帝保佑你們!”

Waking, she never wandered in her mind but once, and that was at beautiful music, which, she said, was in the air.

醒著的時(shí)候，她神志一直很清醒，只有一次她說(shuō)空中飄過(guò)動(dòng)聽(tīng)的音樂(lè)。

God knows. It may have been. Opening her eyes, at last, from a very quiet sleep, she begged that they would kiss her once again.

只有上帝知道是不是這樣。也許是真的。最后，她從非常安詳?shù)乃咧斜犻_(kāi)眼睛，請(qǐng)求他們?cè)傥撬槐椤?/p>

That done, she turned to the old man, with a lovely smile upon her face,

吻過(guò)之后，她轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)頭對(duì)著老者，臉上浮出惹人憐愛(ài)的笑容——這笑容是那般嫵媚動(dòng)人，

such, they said, as they had never seen, and could never forget, and clung, with both her arms, about his neck.

他們說(shuō)，他們從未見(jiàn)過(guò)，永遠(yuǎn)無(wú)法忘懷。她伸手緊緊攔住他的脖子。

She had never murmured or complained; but, with a quiet mind, and manner quite unaltered,

她從來(lái)沒(méi)有發(fā)過(guò)牢騷，也沒(méi)有抱怨過(guò)，最后她帶著平靜的心情和絲毫沒(méi)有改變的態(tài)度，

save that she every day became more earnest and more grateful to them, faded like the light upon the summer's evening.

只不過(guò)她每天對(duì)它們更加虔敬和感恩了，最后她像一道光線在一個(gè)夏日的黃昏中慢慢隱去了。