【双语有声阅读】内卡河上木筏行(5)

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We went slipping silently along, between the green and fragrant¹ banks, with a sense of pleasure and contentment that grew, and grew, all the time.

 

带着不断高涨的愉悦和满足感，我们在郁葱芳香的河岸间静静地滑行。

Sometimes the banks were overhung with thick masses of willows² that wholly hid the ground behind；sometimes we had noble hills on one hand, clothed densely³ with foliage⁴ to their tops, and on the other hand open levels blazing with poppies, or clothed in the rich blue of the corn-flower；sometimes we drifted in the shadow of forests, and sometimes along the margin⁵ of long stretches of velvety⁶ grass, fresh and green and bright, a tireless charm to the eye.

有的地方，岸边倒垂下的浓密柳枝，覆盖了后面所有的土地；有的地方，河岸一侧壮丽的山脉，上面植被丰盈，另一侧则是一望无际的平原，开放着鲜艳的罂粟花，或是靛蓝恰人的矢车菊。我们时而漂流在森林的阴影之下，时而沿着天鹅绒般柔软的草地边缘滑行。那映入眼帘的草地是那么碧绿清新，灼灼明亮，蕴涵着无限的魅力。

 

And the birds!-they were everywhere；they swept back and forth⁷ across the river constantly, and their jubilant music was never stilled.

 

还有那随处可见的鸟儿。它们频繁地穿梭于两岸之间，鸣起的欢歌不绝于耳。

It was a deep and satisfying pleasure to see the sun create the new morning, and gradually, patiently, lovingly, clothe it on with splendor⁸ after splendor, and glory after glory, till the miracle was complete.

看日出能令人百般回味且愉悦人心。太阳冉冉升起，耐心地、温柔地铺上一层又一层光彩，拨撒着—片又一片壮丽。直到一个新的早晨完整地筑就起来。

How different is this marvel⁹ observed from a raft，from what it is when one observes it through the dingy¹⁰ windows of a railway-station in some wretched village while he munches¹¹ a petrified¹² sandwich and waits for the train.

在木筏上观赏日出与等候在火车站的候车室中，嚼着干巴巴的三明治，透过窗户眺望破落的小村庄的感觉有着天壤之别。

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