英语听书《白鲸记》第929期

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and floating in the lovely sunset sea and sky, sun and whale both stilly died together; 大鲸和太阳都一起静悄悄地断了气，漂泛在可爱的落日的海空中，

then, such a sweetness and such plaintiveness², such inwreathing orisons curled up in that rosy³ air, 这时，在那玫瑰色的空中，突然激起这样一种动人而又这样忧伤的情调，

that it almost seemed as if far over from the deep green convent valleys of the Manilla isles⁴, 这样一种象是在堆满花圈的氛围里作祷告的景况，简直象是远从马尼拉群岛那郁郁苍苍的修道院似的幽谷里，

the Spanish land-breeze, wantonly turned sailor, had gone to sea, freighted with these vesper hymns⁵. 刮来一阵西班牙的陆风，让个放荡不羁的水手载着这些晚祷的赞美歌声出海去了。

Soothed⁶ again, but only soothed to deeper gloom, 心里虽然又轻松了一阵，可是结果却更其感到忧郁。

Ahab, who had sterned off from the whale, sat intently watching his final wanings from the now tranquil⁷ boat. 亚哈往后倒划，离开了那条鲸后，坐在那只现在很平静的小艇上，全神贯注地望着那条鲸在作最后挣扎。

For that strange spectacle observable in all sperm⁸ whales dying — the turning sunwards of the head, 因为一般抹香鲸临死时都会出现这种奇特的景象——脑袋转向了太阳一会，

and so expiring — that strange spectacle, beheld⁹ of such a placid¹⁰ evening, somehow to Ahab conveyed a wondrousness¹¹ unknown before. 就慢慢地咽了气——在如此静谧的黄昏中，看到这种奇特的景象，好象让亚哈看到一种过去从未发现的奇妙的东西似的。

He turns and turns him to it, — how slowly, but how steadfastly¹², his homage-rendering and invoking¹³ brow, with his last dying motions. 它转呀转的，转向了太阳——转得多慢，可又转得多坚定，看它那股虔虔敬敬而又象是恳求的神情，还有它那最后的临终的动作。

He too worships fire; most faithful, broad, baronial vassal¹⁴ of the sun! — Oh that these too-favoring eyes should see these too-favoring sights. 它也是拜火的；是太阳的最明显。最忠诚的堂堂的臣民！——啊，它那双至福的眼睛当然应该看到这种至福的景象。

 

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