英语听书《白鲸记》第465期

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but only laid on from without; so that all deified Nature absolutely paints like the harlot, whose allurements¹ cover nothing but the charnel-house within;  而不过是从外部敷上去的东西,所以,神化了的大自然完全象是妓女的涂脂抹粉一样,她们的魅力只是掩盖那藏骸所在的内部;

and when we proceed further, and consider that the mystical cosmetic² which produces every one of her hues³, the great principle of light, for ever remains⁴ white or colorless in itself,  如果我们再继续探讨下去,细想一下神秘的宇宙,它虽产生了每一种色泽,产生了伟大的光学原理,可它本身却始终是白色的或者是无色的,

and if operating without medium upon matter, would touch all objects, even tulips and roses, with its own blank tinge-pondering all this, the palsied universe lies before us a leper;  如果它对物质起作用而缺乏媒质的话,它就会用它自己的空白的色泽来渲染一切物体,甚至包括郁金香和玫瑰花在内。

and like wilful⁵ travellers in Lapland, who refuse to wear colored and coloring glasses upon their eyes,  把这一切都仔细地想了以后,那么,横在我们面前的这个瘫痪了似的宇宙就是一个麻风病人了,

so the wretched infidel gazes himself blind at the monumental white shroud⁶ that wraps all the prospect⁷ around him.  于是象在拉普兰的那些固执的旅行者一样,他们由于不肯戴上有色的和着色的眼镜,才弄得他们自己那双可怜而没有信心的眼睛,一望到周围那种墓碣幢幢的白色景物就失明了。

And of all these things the Albino whale was the symbol. Wonder ye then at the fiery⁸ hunt? .. 白鲸就是这一切事物的代表。那么,你们对这种激烈的猎捕可觉得惊讶么?

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