双语对照 ● 爱情与时间　Love and Time

■ 爱情与时间　Love and Time

◎ Tom Farley

Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge and all of the others, including Love. One day, it was announced to the feelings that the island would sink, so all constructed[88] boats and left, except for Love.

很久以前，一个小岛上住着所有的情感：快乐、悲伤、智慧以及其他一切情感，当然还有爱情。有一天，突然有消息声称这座小岛将会沉没，所有的情感都造好了船准备离开，除了爱情。

Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to hold out until the last possible moment.

爱情是唯一一个留下来的，爱情希望能够坚持到最后一刻。

When the island had almost sunk, Love decided to ask for help.

当小岛即将没顶之际，爱情决定寻求帮助。

Richness was passing by Love in a grand boat. Love said, “Richness, can you take me with you?” Richness answered, “No, I can’t. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no place here for you.”

财富开着一条大船经过。爱情问：“财富，你可以带上我吗？”财富答道：“不，我不能。我的船上装满了金银财宝，装不下你了。”

Love decided to ask Vanity[89] who was also passing by in a beautiful vessel[90] . “Vanity, please help me!” “I can’t help you, Love. You are all wet and might damage my boat,” Vanity answered.

爱情决定问开着漂亮的船从旁边经过的虚荣。“虚荣，请你救救我吧！”“我帮不了你，爱情，你浑身湿透了，会弄脏我的船的！”

Sadness was closed by, so Love asked, “Sadness, Let me go with you.” “Oh ... Love, I am so sad that I need to be myself!”

悲伤也在附近，于是爱情问：“悲伤，带我一起走吧。”“噢……爱情，我是那么痛苦，痛苦得只想一个人待着！”

Happiness passed by Love, too. But she was so happy that she did not even hear when Love called her.

快乐也经过了爱情，可是她快乐过头了，没有听见爱情的呼唤。

Suddenly, there was a voice, “Come, Love, I will take you.” It was an elder. So blessed and overjoyed, Love even forgot to ask the elder where they were going. When they arrived at dry land, the elder went her own away.

突然，一个声音响起：“来吧，爱情，我来帮你。”那是一位长者。爱情十分高兴，甚至忘了问这位长者要去哪儿。当他们抵达陆地时，老人独自离开了。

Realizing how much was owed the elder, Love asked Knowledge, another elder, “Who helped me?”

爱情意识到自己亏欠老人很多，于是问身边的另一个长者智慧：“帮我的那个是谁？”

“It was Time,” Knowledge answered.

智慧老人答道：“是时间。”

“Time?” asked Love. “But why did Time help me?”

“时间？可是时间为什么要帮助我？”爱情不解。

Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered, “Because only Time is capable of understanding how valuable Love is.”

智慧意味深长地笑着，答道：“因为只有时间才能理解爱是多么宝贵 。”

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