月亮和六便士 第五十八章(1)

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The time came for my departure from Tahiti. 我离开塔希提的日子已经到了。

According to the gracious custom of the island, presents were given me by the persons with whom I had been thrown in contact— 根据岛上好客的习惯，凡是萍水相逢和我有一面之识的人临别时都送给我一些礼物——

baskets made of the leaves of the cocoa-nut tree, mats of pandanus, fans; 椰子树叶编的筐子、露兜树叶织的席、扇子……。

and Tiare gave me three little pearls and three jars of guava-jelly made with her own plump hands. 蒂阿瑞给我的是三颗小珍珠和用她一双胖手亲自做的三罐番石榴酱。

When the mail-boat, stopping for twenty-four hours on its way from Wellington to San Francisco, blew the whistle that warned the passengers to get on board, 最后，当从惠灵顿开往旧金山的邮船在码头停泊了二十四小时，汽笛长鸣，招呼旅客上船的时候，

Tiare clasped me to her vast bosom¹, so that I seemed to sink into a billowy sea, and pressed her red lips to mine. Tears glistened² in her eyes. 蒂阿瑞把我搂在她肥大的胸脯里（我有一种掉在波涛汹涌的大海中的感觉），眼睛里闪着泪珠，把她的红嘴唇贴在我的嘴上。

And when we steamed slowly out of the lagoon³, making our way gingerly through the opening in the reef, 轮船缓缓驶出咸水湖，从珊瑚礁的一个通道小心谨慎地开到广阔的海面上，

and then steered⁴ for the open sea, a certain melancholy⁵ fell upon me. 这时，一阵忧伤突然袭上我的心头。

The breeze was laden⁶ still with the pleasant odours of the land. 空气里仍然弥漫着从陆地飘来的令人心醉的香气，

Tahiti is very far away, and I knew that I should never see it again. 塔希提离我却已经非常遥远了。我知道我再也不会看到它了。

A chapter of my life was closed, and I felt a little nearer to inevitable⁷ death. 我的生命史又翻过了一页；我觉得自己距离那谁也逃脱不掉的死亡又迈近了一步。

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