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香港之夜
Hong Kong At Night
巴金
By Ba Jin
Translated by ascetlan
我们搭小火轮去广州。晚上十点钟船离开了香港。
We boarded a steam launch to Guangzhou and left Hongkong at ten o’clock.
开船的时候，朋友洪在舱外唤我。我走出船去，便听见洪说：“香港的夜很美，你不可不看。”
As the boat started to move, my friend Hong called me outside the cabin. The moment I stepped out I heard him yelling：\"Look! Hongkong's night view is marvelous, you can’t miss it\".
我站在舱外，身子靠着栏杆，望着渐渐退去的香港。
Outside on the deck I leaned against the railing, watching Hongkong receding from us.
海是黑的，天也是黑的。天上有些星星，但大半都不明亮。只有对面的香港成了万颗星点的聚合。
The sea was dark, so was the sky. There scattered some stars in the heavens but most of them not quite bright while Hongkong in the distance made a constellation of stars.
山上有灯，街上有灯，建筑物上有灯。每一盏就像一颗星，在我的肉眼里它比星星更亮。它们密密麻麻地排列着，像是一座星的山，放射着万丈光芒的星的山。
Over the mountains, on the streets and buildings were lights, each resembling a star, yet in my naked eyes they outshone stars. Myriads of lights dotted here and there constituted a mountain of stars, shining with a spectacle of brilliance.
夜是静寂的，柔和的。从对面我听不见一点声音。香港似乎闭上了它的大口。但是当我注意到那座光芒万丈的星的山的时候，我仿佛又听见了那无数的灯光的私语。船在移动，灯光也跟着在移动起来。而且电车汽车上的灯也在飞跑。我看见它们时明时暗，就像人在眨眼，或者像它们在追逐，在说话。我的视觉和听觉混合起来。我仿佛在用眼睛听了。那一座星的山并不是沉默的，在那里正奏着出色的交响乐。
Tranquility and peace reigned the night. Not a sound could be heard from cross the water as though Hongkong closed its big mouth. However, when I gazed at that starry mountain I felt as if those countless lights were whispering with each other. The ship was moving and so were the lights, together with the lamplights on the running trolley buses and cars on the opposite streets. I saw them turning dim and bright now and then just like children winkling or frolicking or chatting with each other. My visual and auditory senses blending, I was almost listening with my eyes. The star-studded mountain was no dumb; instead, they were busy with performing a magnificent symphony...
我差不多到了忘我的境界……
I was almost lost in reverie.
船似乎在转弯。星的山愈来愈窄小了。但是我的眼里还留着一片金光，还响着动人的乐曲。
Presumably the ship was swinging around. The star-lit mountain retreated smaller and smaller, yet in my eyes there were shining with an expanse of golden rays and lingering on a touching melody.
后来船驶进群山的中间（我不知道是山还是岛屿），香港完全给遮住了。海上没有灯，浓密的黑暗包围着我们的船。星的山成了一个渺茫的梦。 我还呆呆地站在那里，我想找回那座星的山，但是我什么也看不见。外面的空气很凉爽，风吹得我的头有点受不住了，我便回到舱里去。舱里人声嘈杂，是一个完全不同的世界。我把脚踏进舱里的时候，我不禁疑惑地问自己：我先前看见的难道只是一个幻景？
Slowly the ship sailed into the heart of mountains (I could not distinguish whether they were mountains or islands), for Hongkong was gone unseen. Lightless on the sea, our ship was enveloped by the pitch darkness. The mountain of stars disappeared like a vague dream. Standing lost there, I wished to find the mountain back yet there was noting in sight. Outside the air was cool, but the blowing wind was too much for my head, so I walked back to the crowded and noisy cabin, a completely different world. As I set my foot in to the cabin, I couldn’t help asking myself: was it only a mirage that I saw just now? |
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发表于 2006-9-13 15:14:03
