White nights, and other stories — Page 8

所有路过的行人都用那么友善的眼神看着我，仿佛在向我打招呼，他们个个看起来都为某件事感到高兴。

All the passers-by gave me such friendly looks that they seemed almost greeting me, they all seemed so pleased at something.

他们人人都叼着雪茄，无一例外。

They were all smoking cigars, every one of them.

我感到从未有过的愉快。

And I felt pleased as I never had before.

仿佛我突然置身于意大利——大自然对我这个半病不拉的城里人影响如此之深，我几乎在城墙之间快要窒息了。

It was as though I had suddenly found myself in Italy--so strong was the effect of nature upon a half-sick townsman like me, almost stifling between city walls.

彼得堡周围的大自然有一种难以言说的动人之处，当春天来临，她倾尽全力，将上天赋予她的所有力量一一展现，当她吐出新叶、盛装打扮、以鲜花点缀自身的时候……

There is something inexpressibly touching in nature round Petersburg, when at the approach of spring she puts forth all her might, all the powers bestowed on her by Heaven, when she breaks into leaf, decks herself out and spangles herself with flowers....

我不由得想起一个体弱多病的少女，人们有时怀着怜悯注视她，有时带着温柔的爱意，有时又根本不曾留意她；

Somehow I cannot help being reminded of a frail, consumptive girl, at whom one sometimes looks with compassion, sometimes with sympathetic love, whom sometimes one simply does not notice;

然而突然之间，在某一瞬间，她仿佛偶然间变得无法解释地可爱而精致，令人心醉神迷，不禁自问：是什么力量让那双忧郁沉思的眼睛燃起如此火焰？

though suddenly in one instant she becomes, as though by chance, inexplicably lovely and exquisite, and, impressed and intoxicated, one cannot help asking oneself what power made those sad, pensive eyes flash with such fire?

是什么让鲜血涌上那苍白憔悴的双颊？

What summoned the blood to those pale, wan cheeks?

是什么用激情润泽了那柔和的面容？

What bathed with passion those soft features?

是什么让那胸膛起伏不已？

What set that bosom heaving?

是什么突然将力量、生命与美丽召唤进那可怜少女的面庞，令她绽放出如此灿烂的微笑，点燃那明亮闪耀的笑声？

What so suddenly called strength, life and beauty into the poor girl's face, making it gleam with such a smile, kindle with such bright, sparkling laughter?

你环顾四周，你寻寻觅觅，你反复猜想……

You look round, you seek for some one, you conjecture....