英语听书《白鲸记》第230期
他们的幸免于难的船友特立此碑以为纪念。故伊齐基尔.哈代船长纪念碑渠于一八三二年八月三日在日本沿海在其艇头为一抹香鲸所害。他的未亡人特立此碑以为纪念。
Shaking off the sleet from my ice-glazed hat andjacket, I seated myself near the door, and turningsideways was surprised to see Queequeg near me. Affected by the solemnity of the scene,there was a wondering gaze of incredulous curiosity in his countenance. This savage wasthe only person present who seemed to notice my entrance; because he was the only one whocould not read, and, therefore, was not reading those frigid inscriptions on the wall. Whetherany of the relatives of the seamen whose names appeared there were now among thecongregation, I knew not; but so many are the unrecorded accidents in the fishery, and soplainly did several women present wear the countenance if not the trappings of someunceasing grief, that I feel sure that here before me were assembled those, in whose unhealinghearts the sight of those bleak tablets sympathetically caused the old wounds to bleed afresh.
我抖掉我的冰结得闪亮的帽子和外套上的雨雪后,在靠门边的地方坐下来,出乎意料的是,我侧过头去一看,魁魁格就在我旁边.他受到了这种肃穆的气氛的感染,脸上显出一股奇特的信疑参半。想探个究竟的神气。这个野人似乎是在场的人群中,唯一看到我走进来的人;因为只有他不识字,所以不在念墙上那些索然无味的碑文。究竟在这些会众中,有没有那些刻在碑上的水手们的亲属,我可不知道;但在捕鱼业中,这种没有记录的意外事件,本来就是多得不可胜数,而且,很明显地,在场的女人中,虽然有几个脸上没有一种无止的忧伤的装饰,但是,我敢断定,在我面前这些集合在这里的妇女,一看到这些凄凉的石碑,她们那创伤未愈的心胸,一定会触景生情,旧恨添新愁。
Oh! ye whose dead lie buried beneath the green grass; who standing among flowers can say--here, here lies my beloved; ye know not the desolation that broods in bosoms like these. Whatbitter blanks in those black-bordered marbles which cover no ashes!
啊!你们这些有死亡的亲属埋在青草冢里的人;你们可以站在花丛中指着说...喏,这里躺有我的亲人;你们却体会不出象这样郁积在心里的凄怆之情。在这些下边并没有骨灰的镶黑边的碑石里,是多么凄怆和空虚!这些不可移动的碑文多么使人绝望!
