国家地理:香氛熏陶的历史(4)

（单词翻译）

During the five to six hours it takes for Tegh Singh's roses to become attar,

在特格·辛格的玫瑰花瓣变成阿塔尔所需的五到六个小时间，

Ram¹ Singh moves between the still and the pot,

拉姆·辛格在蒸馏器和铜锅之间来回走动，

testing the water temperature and listening to the hiss² of steam to intuit whether to feed more wood into the fire.

测试水温并聆听蒸汽所发出的嘶嘶声，以判断是否要添加柴火。

"I've been doing this since I was a boy," says the 50-year-old Ram Singh.

“我从小就一直在做这个。”50岁的拉姆·辛格说。

To achieve the desired potency³, the process is repeated the next day, with a new batch⁴ of rose petals⁵,

为了达到预期的浓度，隔天会使用另一批玫瑰花瓣再重复一次流程。

Once this is done, the rose attar is aged⁶ for several months in a camel-skin bottle, which wicks moisture.

这个步骤完成后，玫瑰阿塔尔会装在可以吸去水分的骆驼皮瓶子中熟成数个月。

The finished rose attar is akin⁷ to liquid gold.

完成的玫瑰阿塔尔就像是液体黄金。

One kilo (being 2.2 pounds) can fetch up to $3,000.

1公斤（2.2磅）可以卖到3000美元。