美丽新世界Brave New World 第14章(6)

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　　美丽的回忆总顽固地拒绝升起，

　　there was only a hateful resurrection of jealousies² and uglinesses and miseries³.

　　真正复活了的倒是关于妒忌、丑恶和苦难的可惜的记忆。

　　Pope with the blood trickling⁴ down from his cut shoulder; and Linda hideously⁵ asleep,

　　肩头被砍伤，滴着血的波培；睡相丑恶的琳妲；

　　and the flies buzzing round the spilt mescal on the floor beside the bed; and the boys calling those names as she passed.

　　绕着打翻在床前的美似可嗡嗡乱飞的苍蝇；琳妲经过时对她骂怪话的顽童

　　Ah, no, no! He shut his eyes, he shook his head in strenuous⁶ denial of these memories.

　　啊，不，不！他闭上了眼，死命地摇着头，竭力否定着这些回忆。

　　"A, B, C,vitamin D... " He tried to think of those times when he sat on her knees and she put her arms about him and sang, over and over again,

　　“A呀B呀C，维他命D……”他努力回忆自己坐在琳妲膝盖上的日子，琳妲用双臂搂住他，晃荡着他，反复地唱着歌，

　　rocking him, rocking him to sleep. "A, B, C, vitamin D, vitamin D, vitamin D... "

　　摇晃着他，直到把他摇睡着了：“A呀B呀C，维他命D，维他命D，维他命D……”。

　　The Super-Vox-Wurlitzeriana had risen to a sobbing⁷ crescendo⁸;

　　伍丽策瑞安娜的超级女高音逐级上升，已到了如泣如诉的高度。

　　and suddenly the verbena gave place, in the scent-circulating system, to an intense patchouli.

　　突然香味循环系统的马鞭草香味消失了，换成了浓郁的印度薄荷香。

　　Linda stirred, woke up, stared for a few seconds bewilderly at the Semi-finalists,

　　琳妲动了动，醒了过来，莫名其妙地看了几秒钟半决赛运动员，

　　then,lifting her face, sniffed⁹ once or twice at the newly perfumed air and suddenly smiled—a smile of childish ectasy.

　　然后抬起头嗅了几嗅刚换了香味的空气，突然笑了——一种儿童式的非常开心的关。

　　"Popé!" she murmured, and closed her eyes. "Oh, I do so like it, I do... " She sighed and let herself sink back into the pillows.

　　“波培！她喃喃地说着闭上了眼睛“啊，我太喜欢这个了，我太喜欢……”她叹了一口气，又倒进枕头。

　　"But, Linda!" The Savage¹⁰ spoke¹¹ imploringly¹², "Don't you know me?"

　　“可是琳妲，”野蛮人哀求道，“你不认识我了吗？”

　　He had tried so hard, had done his very best; why woudn't she allow him to forget?

　　他已经竭尽全力，做了最大努力；可为什么总忘不了她？

　　He squeezed her limp hand almost with violence, as though he would force her to come back from this dream of ignoble¹³ pleasures,

　　他几乎是使用着暴力紧捏她那软瘫的手，仿佛想强迫她从那淫猥快活的梦里醒来，

　　from these base and hateful memories–back into the present, back into reality:

　　从那卑贱可惜的回忆里醒来——回到目前来，回到现实来。

　　the appalling¹⁴ present, the awful reality—but sublime,but significant,

　　回到恐怖的现在，可怕的现实里来——而因为使得这一切都可怕的死亡即将到来，

　　but desperately¹⁵ important precisely¹⁶ because of the immience of that which made them so fearful.

　　那现实又显得崇高，深刻，无比的重要。

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