Ulysses — Page 11
Give up the moody brooding.
放弃那阴郁的沉思吧。
His head vanished but the drone of his descending voice boomed out of the stairhead:
他的头消失了，但他那低沉的嗡鸣声从楼梯口隆隆传来：
And no more turn aside and brood / Upon love's bitter mystery / For Fergus rules the brazen cars.
不再转身徘徊沉吟／爱之苦涩谜语萦绕心间／因弗格斯驾驭着铜铸的战车。
Woodshadows floated silently by through the morning peace from the stairhead seaward where he gazed.
树影在晨间的宁静中悄然飘过，从楼梯口飘向他凝望的海面。
Inshore and farther out the mirror of water whitened, spurned by lightshod hurrying feet.
近岸处和更远处，水面的镜子泛起白光，被那轻足匆匆踏过所激起。
White breast of the dim sea.
朦胧海面的白色胸膛。
The twining stresses, two by two.
那缠绕交织的节奏，两两相伴。
A hand plucking the harpstrings, merging their twining chords.
一只手拨动竖琴弦，将那交缠的和弦融为一体。
Wavewhite wedded words shimmering on the dim tide.
如浪白般交融的词语在朦胧的潮水上闪烁。
A cloud began to cover the sun slowly, wholly, shadowing the bay in deeper green.
一朵云开始缓缓地、完全地遮住太阳，将海湾笼罩在更深的绿色阴影之中。
It lay beneath him, a bowl of bitter waters.
它就在他脚下，宛如一碗苦涩的水。
Fergus' song: I sang it alone in the house, holding down the long dark chords.
弗格斯之歌：我独自在屋中吟唱，按住那漫长而幽暗的和弦。
Her door was open: she wanted to hear my music.
她的门开着：她想听我的音乐。
Silent with awe and pity I went to her bedside.
我怀着敬畏与怜悯，默默地走到她的床边。
She was crying in her wretched bed.
她在那悲惨的床上哭泣。
For those words, Stephen: love's bitter mystery.
为了那些话，斯蒂芬：爱之苦涩的谜。
Where now?
而今何处？
Her secrets: old featherfans, tasselled dancecards, powdered with musk, a gaud of amber beads in her locked drawer.
她的秘密：旧羽毛扇、缀着流苏的舞会卡片、撒着麝香粉末，还有锁着的抽屉里一串俗艳的琥珀珠。
A birdcage hung in the sunny window of her house when she was a girl.
她年少时，家中阳光照耀的窗边挂着一只鸟笼。
She heard old Royce sing in the pantomime of Turko the Terrible and laughed with others when he sang:
她听过老罗伊斯在《可怕的土耳科》哑剧中演唱，当他唱道时，她和众人一起笑了：
I am the boy / That can enjoy / Invisibility.
我是那个男孩／能够享受／隐身之术。
Phantasmal mirth, folded away: muskperfumed.
幻影般的欢笑，已被收折起来：带着麝香的芬芳。
And no more turn aside and brood.
不再转身徘徊沉吟。
Vocabulary
- 放弃
- fàngqì — To give up or abandon something
- 那
- nà — That; referring to something previously mentioned
- 阴郁
- yīnyù — Gloomy, melancholy, or depressing in mood
- 的
- de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification
- 沉思
- chénsī — To think deeply; be lost in thought
- 吧
- ba — Modal particle suggesting suggestion or mild assumption
- 他
- tā — He; third-person singular male pronoun
- 头
- tóu — Head; also used as a measure word
- 消失
- xiāoshī — To disappear or vanish from sight
- 了
- le — Particle indicating completed action or new situation
- 但
- dàn — But; however; indicating contrast or exception
- 低沉
- dīchén — Low and deep in sound or mood
- 嗡鸣声
- wēngmíng shēng — Buzzing or humming sound
- 从
- cóng — From; starting point of time or place
- 楼梯口
- lóutī kǒu — Entrance or top of a staircase
- 隆隆
- lónglóng — Rumbling sound, like thunder or machinery
- 传来
- chuánlái — To come from; sound or news arrives
- 不再
- bùzài — No longer; not anymore
- 转身
- zhuǎnshēn — To turn around; rotate one's body
- 徘徊
- páihuái — To linger, pace back and forth hesitantly
- 沉吟
- chényín — To murmur pensively; hesitate while pondering
- 爱
- ài — Love; affection; to love someone
- 之
- zhī — Classical possessive particle meaning 'of'
- 苦涩
- kǔsè — Bitter and astringent; figuratively painful or sad
- 谜语
- míyǔ — Riddle; a puzzling question or enigma
- 萦绕
- yíngrào — To linger around; haunt one's mind persistently
- 心间
- xīnjiān — In one's heart; deep within the mind
- 因
- yīn — Because of; due to; a cause
- 驾驭
- jiàyù — To drive or control a vehicle or horse
- 着
- zhe — Particle indicating ongoing action or state
- 铜铸
- tóngzhù — Cast in bronze; made of cast copper
- 战车
- zhànchē — War chariot; ancient battle vehicle
- 树影
- shùyǐng — Shadow or silhouette of a tree
- 在
- zài — At; in; located at a place
- 晨间
- chénjiān — In the morning; during early morning time
- 宁静
- níngjìng — Peaceful, calm, and quiet atmosphere
- 中
- zhōng — In the middle of; within; among
- 悄然
- qiǎorán — Quietly and gently, without making a sound
- 飘过
- piāoguò — To drift or float past something
- 飘向
- piāo xiàng — To drift toward; float in a direction
- 凝望
- níngwàng — To gaze intently and steadily at something
- 海面
- hǎimiàn — Surface of the sea or ocean
- 近岸处
- jìn àn chù — Area near the shore or coastline
- 和
- hé — And; together with; connecting nouns
- 更远处
- gèng yuǎn chù — A place even farther away in distance
- 水面
- shuǐmiàn — Surface of water; the water's top layer
- 镜子
- jìngzi — Mirror; a reflective glass surface
- 泛起
- fànqǐ — To rise up; appear on a surface
- 白光
- báiguāng — White light; bright pale illumination
- 被
- bèi — Passive marker; indicates action done to subject
- 轻足
- qīng zú — Light-footed; moving with light steps
- 匆匆
- cōngcōng — Hastily; in a hurried manner
- 踏过
- tàguò — To step over or tread across something
- 所
- suǒ — Particle used before verbs in passive structures
- 激起
- jīqǐ — To stir up; arouse or cause ripples
- 朦胧
- ménglóng — Hazy, dim, or indistinct; dreamlike quality
- 白色
- báisè — White color
- 胸膛
- xiōngtáng — Chest; the front of the torso
- 缠绕
- chánrào — To wind around; entwine or entangle
- 交织
- jiāozhī — To interweave; intermingle in complex ways
- 节奏
- jiézòu — Rhythm; regular beat or pace
- 两两
- liǎngliǎng — In pairs; two by two together
- 相伴
- xiāngbàn — To accompany each other; be together
- 一只
- yī zhī — One (measure word for certain objects/animals)
- 手
- shǒu — Hand; the human hand
- 拨动
- bōdòng — To pluck or strum; move something aside
- 竖琴弦
- shùqín xián — Harp strings; strings of a harp
- 将
- jiāng — About to; will; used before verb object
- 交缠
- jiāochán — Intertwined; entangled with each other
- 和弦
- héxián — Chord; multiple musical notes played together
- 融为
- róng wéi — To merge into; become unified as one
- 一体
- yītǐ — One unified whole; integrated together
- 如
- rú — Like; as; similar to
- 浪白
- làngbái — White as waves; whiteness of ocean waves
- 般
- bān — Like; as; in the manner of
- 交融
- jiāoróng — To blend and merge together harmoniously
- 词语
- cíyǔ — Words; vocabulary; terms and expressions
- 潮水
- cháoshuǐ — Tidal water; tide; waves of the sea
- 上
- shàng — On; above; up; upon a surface
- 闪烁
- shǎnshuò — To flicker, shimmer, or twinkle with light
- 一朵
- yī duǒ — One (measure word for clouds or flowers)
- 云
- yún — Cloud; a mass of water vapor
- 开始
- kāishǐ — To begin; start; the beginning of something
- 缓缓
- huǎnhuǎn — Slowly and gradually; at a leisurely pace
- 地
- de — Adverbial particle linking adverb to verb
- 完全
- wánquán — Completely; entirely; fully; totally
- 遮住
- zhēzhù — To cover and block; conceal from view
- 太阳
- tàiyáng — The sun; sunshine
- 海湾
- hǎiwān — Bay; a curved inlet of the sea
- 笼罩
- lǒngzhào — To envelop; shroud; cover completely over
- 更深
- gèng shēn — Even deeper; more profound or darker
- 绿色
- lǜsè — Green color
- 阴影
- yīnyǐng — Shadow; shade; dark influence or gloom
- 之中
- zhīzhōng — Within; in the midst of something
- 它
- tā — It; third-person pronoun for objects/animals
- 就
- jiù — Then; just; right away; exactly
- 脚下
- jiǎoxià — Beneath one's feet; underfoot
- 宛如
- wǎnrú — Just like; as if; resembling closely
- 一碗
- yī wǎn — One bowl; a bowl of something
- 水
- shuǐ — Water; liquid; river
- 歌
- gē — Song; to sing; music with lyrics
- 我
- wǒ — I; me; first-person singular pronoun
- 独自
- dúzì — Alone; by oneself; without company
- 屋中
- wū zhōng — Inside the room or house
- 吟唱
- yínchàng — To chant or sing in a lyrical tone
- 按住
- ànzhù — To press down and hold in place
- 漫长
- màncháng — Very long; lengthy; seemingly endless duration
- 而
- ér — And; yet; but; connecting clauses
- 幽暗
- yōuàn — Dim and dark; gloomy and shadowy
- 她
- tā — She; her; third-person singular female pronoun
- 门
- mén — Door; gate; entrance
- 开着
- kāizhe — (Door) is open; in an open state
- 想
- xiǎng — To want to; to think; to miss someone
- 听
- tīng — To listen; to hear something
- 音乐
- yīnyuè — Music; musical sound or art
- 怀着
- huáizhe — Holding in one's heart; harboring a feeling
- 敬畏
- jìngwèi — Awe and reverence; deep respectful fear
- 与
- yǔ — And; with; together (formal/written usage)
- 怜悯
- liánmǐn — Pity; compassion; sympathy for suffering
- 默默
- mòmò — Silently; quietly; without saying anything
- 走到
- zǒu dào — To walk up to; arrive at on foot
- 床边
- chuángbiān — Beside the bed; at the bedside
- 悲惨
- bēicǎn — Miserable, tragic, and deeply sorrowful
- 床上
- chuáng shàng — On the bed; upon the bed surface
- 哭泣
- kūqì — To weep; cry with tears and sobs
- 为了
- wèile — For the sake of; in order to
- 那些
- nàxiē — Those; referring to plural things mentioned
- 话
- huà — Words; speech; what someone said
- 谜
- mí — Mystery; riddle; enigma; puzzle
- 而今
- érjīn — Now; nowadays; at the present time
- 何处
- héchù — Where; what place (literary expression)
- 秘密
- mìmì — Secret; something kept hidden from others
- 旧
- jiù — Old; used; formerly owned or worn
- 羽毛扇
- yǔmáo shàn — Feather fan; fan made from feathers
- 缀着
- zhuìzhe — Decorated with; adorned with attachments
- 流苏
- liúsū — Tassel; decorative hanging fringe
- 舞会
- wǔhuì — Dance party; ball; formal dancing event
- 卡片
- kǎpiàn — Card; a small piece of printed card
- 撒着
- sǎzhe — Sprinkled with; scattered upon a surface
- 麝香
- shèxiāng — Musk; a strong fragrant animal secretion
- 粉末
- fěnmò — Powder; fine dust-like particles
- 还有
- háiyǒu — And also; there is also; furthermore
- 锁着
- suǒzhe — Locked; in a locked state
- 抽屉里
- chōuti lǐ — Inside the drawer
- 一串
- yī chuàn — A string of; a bunch of items
- 俗艳
- súyàn — Gaudy, vulgar, and tastelessly showy
- 琥珀
- hǔpò — Amber; fossilized tree resin gemstone
- 珠
- zhū — Bead; pearl; small round ornament
- 年少
- niánshào — Young; youthful; in one's young years
- 时
- shí — Time; when; period or moment
- 家中
- jiā zhōng — Inside the home; within the family house
- 阳光
- yángguāng — Sunlight; sunshine; sunny and bright
- 照耀
- zhàoyào — To shine upon; illuminate brilliantly
- 窗边
- chuāngbiān — Beside the window; near the windowsill
- 挂着
- guàzhe — Hanging; suspended in place
- 鸟笼
- niǎolóng — Birdcage; a cage for keeping birds
- 听过
- tīngguò — Have heard; listened to before
- 老
- lǎo — Old; elderly; experienced; prefix for names
- 可怕
- kěpà — Terrible, frightening, or dreadful
- 哑剧
- yǎjù — Pantomime; silent theatrical performance
- 演唱
- yǎnchàng — To perform and sing on stage
- 当
- dāng — When; at the time of; while
- 唱道
- chàng dào — To sing (and say); singing the words
- 众人
- zhòngrén — Everyone present; all the people; the crowd
- 一起
- yīqǐ — Together; at the same time; jointly
- 笑了
- xiào le — Laughed; broke into laughter
- 是
- shì — To be; is; am; are
- 那个
- nàge — That one; that particular thing or person
- 男孩
- nánhái — Boy; a male child
- 能够
- nénggòu — To be able to; capable of doing
- 享受
- xiǎngshòu — To enjoy; take pleasure in something
- 隐身
- yǐnshēn — To become invisible; hide one's body
- 之术
- zhī shù — The art or technique of something (classical)
- 幻影
- huànyǐng — Phantom; illusion; ghost-like apparition
- 欢笑
- huānxiào — Joyful laughter; happy laughing sounds
- 已被
- yǐ bèi — Has already been (passive construction)
- 收折
- shōuzhé — To fold up and put away; pack away
- 起来
- qǐlái — Up; start doing; verbal complement of rising
- 带着
- dàizhe — Carrying with; bringing along; bearing
- 芬芳
- fēnfāng — Fragrant; sweet-smelling aroma or scent
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