英语听书《白鲸记》第909期

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In a word, it was Queequeg's conceit¹, that if a man made up his mind to live, mere² sickness could not kill him: 总之，这是魁魁格的妙论，就是说，一个人如果决心要活，区区疾病是死不了的；

nothing but a whale, or a gale³, or some violent, ungovernable, unintelligent destroyer of that sort. 除非是碰上一条大鲸，一阵狂风，或者是那种猛烈的、无法控制的、无法理解的破坏成性的东西。

Now, there is this noteworthy difference between savage⁴ and civilized⁵; 这就是野人和文明人的显著的分别；

that while a sick, civilized man may be six months convalescing⁶, generally speaking, a sick savage is almost half-well again in a day. 一般说来，如果一个生了病的文明人要六个月才能康复，那么，一个生了病的野人差不多一天工夫便可以好了一半。

So, in good time my Queequeg gained strength; 所以，我的魁魁格就准时恢复了健康；

and at length after sitting on the windlass for a few indolent days (but eating with a vigorous appetite) 最后，他在绞车上懒散地坐了几天后（不过胃口极佳），

he suddenly leaped to his feet, threw out his arms and legs, gave himself a good stretching, yawned a little bit, 他突然砰咚跳将起来，甩手甩足，痛痛快快伸个懒腰，打了一阵子呵欠，

and then springing into the head of his hoisted⁷ boat, and poising⁸ a harpoon⁹, pronounced himself fit for a fight. 就跳进他那只吊着的小艇里，立在艇首，抓起标枪，说是他完全可以战斗了。

With a wild whimsiness, he now used his coffin¹⁰ for a sea-chest; and emptying into it his canvas bag of clothes, set them in order there. 这会儿，他奇兴大发，把他的棺材拿来当箱子用，把他那只帆布包里的衣服全都倒在棺材里，又把衣服理得整整齐齐。

Many spare hours he spent, in carving¹¹ the lid with all manner of grotesque¹² figures and drawings; 他还花了许多空闲的工夫，在棺材盖上刻了各式各样奇形怪状的人像和图画；

and it seemed that hereby he was striving, in his rude way, to copy parts of the twisted tattooing¹³ on his body. 看来他正力图以他那拙劣的手法，把他身体上那些弯弯曲曲的刺花给复摹一些下去。

And this tattooing had been the work of a departed prophet and seer of his island, who, by those hieroglyphic marks, 这种刺花原来就是他故乡岛上的一个已故的预言家兼先知的杰作，这个先知用这些象形的记号，

had written out on his body a complete theory of the heavens and the earth, and a mystical treatise on the art of attaining truth; 在他身上刻出了关于天地的一套完整的见解，和一篇阐述如何获得真理的奥妙的论文；S

 

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