美国语文第六册 第87期:散文选篇(4)

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　　It is not true that the poet paints a life which does not exist. 诗人渲染并不存在的生活，这个说法并不确切。

　　He only extracts and concentrates, as it were, life's ethereal essence, 在某种程度上，诗人只是提炼并专注于生活的虚幻缥缈的精神本质，

　　arrests and condenses its volatile¹ fragrance², brings together its scattered³ beauties, and prolongs its more refined but evanescent joys; 阻止并凝聚其容易挥发的芳香，将分散的美结合成一个整体，延长其带给人们的转瞬即逝的快乐，使其焕发出更精美的一面。

　　and in this he does well, for it is good to feel that life is not wholly usurped⁴ by cares for subsistence and physical gratifications, 在这方面，诗人做得恰到好处。因为切实感受生活并非全都被对生计的担心和生理上的满足霸占了，这是很好的体验。

　　but admits, in measures which may be indefinitely enlarged, sentiments and delights worthy⁵ of a higher being. 但是必须承认，相对来说对生计的担心和生理上的满足的蔑视也许被无限放大了，情感和愉悦仍然是较高层次的精神实在。

　　Mountains. By William Howitt. 崇山峻岭。威廉·豪伊特

　　There is a charm connected with mountains, so powerful that the merest mention of them, the merest sketch⁶ of their magnificent features,  有一种魅力与山联在一起，崇山峻岭如此摄人心魄，以至于哪怕是略一提及，哪怕对其巍峨的面貌最细小的描述，

　　kindles⁷ the imagination, and carries the spirit at once into the bosom⁸ of their enchanted⁹ regions. 都会激发人们的想象，并马上将这种情绪传导到他们内心被迷惑住的心房。

　　How the mind is filled with their vast solitude¹⁰! 人们的内心何以被孤独塞满的啊！

　　How the inward eye is fixed¹¹ on their silent, their sublime¹², their everlasting¹³ peaks! 内心的目光又是怎样被山之静谧、崇高和永恒的峰顶震慑住了！

　　How our hearts bound to the music of their solitary¹⁴ cries, to the tinkle¹⁵ of their gushing¹⁶ rills, to the sound of their cataracts¹⁷! 我们的心灵如何与它们孤独的呐喊那雄浑的乐声，与小溪潺潺的悦耳声音，与山间大瀑布的隆隆声连在一起！

　　How inspiriting are the odors that breathe from the upland turf, from the rock-hung flower, from the hoary¹⁸ and solemn pine! 从高地草场，从岩石上长的鲜花，从生长多年庄严肃穆的松柏传来的味道真沁人心脾啊！

　　How beautiful are those lights and shadows thrown abroad, 这些向外投射的那些光影多美啊，

　　and that fine, transparent¹⁹ haze²⁰ which is diffused²¹ over the valleys and lower slopes, as over a vast, inimitable picture! 散到山谷和斜坡上的透明的雾霭，这一切就像一幅巨大的无法仿效的画儿一样！

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