White nights, and other stories — Page 9
但那一刻终将逝去，第二天你也许又会遇见她，依旧是那若有所思、心事重重的神情，依旧是那苍白的面容，依旧是那温顺而胆怯的举止，甚至还带着悔恨的痕迹，带着那短暂欢愉过后留下的深切痛苦与遗憾的印记……
But the moment passes, and next day you meet, maybe, the same pensive and preoccupied look as before, the same pale face, the same meek and timid movements, and even signs of remorse, traces of a mortal anguish and regret for the fleeting distraction....
而你为此感到悲伤——那短暂的美丽如此迅速地消逝，再也无从追回；它如此背信弃义地、如此徒劳地在你眼前一闪而过；你悲伤，因为你甚至还来不及爱上她……
And you grieve that the momentary beauty has faded so soon never to return, that it flashed upon you so treacherously, so vainly, grieve because you had not even time to love her....
然而我的夜晚却胜过了我的白昼！事情是这样发生的。
And yet my night was better than my day! This was how it happened.
我回城的时候已经很晚了，走向住所时钟声已敲响十下。我的路途经过运河堤岸，那个时辰那里从不见人影。
I came back to the town very late, and it had struck ten as I was going towards my lodgings. My way lay along the canal embankment, where at that hour you never meet a soul.
确实，我住在城里一个十分偏僻的地方。我一边走，一边哼着歌，因为每当我快乐的时候，我总会像每一个没有朋友或相识可以分享喜悦的快乐之人一样，自顾自地哼着小调。
It is true that I live in a very remote part of the town. I walked along singing, for when I am happy I am always humming to myself like every happy man who has no friend or acquaintance with whom to share his joy.
突然，我遇到了一件极为意想不到的奇遇。
Suddenly I had a most unexpected adventure.
一个女人倚靠在运河的栏杆上，以手肘撑着栏杆，显然正专注地凝视着运河那浑浊的河水。
Leaning on the canal railing stood a woman with her elbows on the rail, she was apparently looking with great attention at the muddy water of the canal.
她戴着一顶十分别致的黄色帽子，披着一件俏皮的黑色小斗篷。"她是个姑娘，我敢肯定她是深色头发，"我心想。
She was wearing a very charming yellow hat and a jaunty little black mantle. "She's a girl, and I am sure she is dark," I thought.
Vocabulary
- moment
- 片刻，短暂的时间点
- passes
- （时间）流逝，过去
- pensive
- 沉思的，忧郁地陷入深思
- preoccupied
- 心事重重的，思绪被某事占据
- pale
- 苍白的，脸色发白的
- meek
- 温顺的，柔和谦逊的
- timid
- 胆怯的，羞怯而缺乏自信
- movements
- 动作，身体移动的方式
- signs
- 迹象，表明某事的信号
- remorse
- 悔恨，对过去行为深感内疚
- traces
- 痕迹，残留的细微迹象
- mortal
- 极度的，致命般强烈的
- anguish
- 极度痛苦，强烈的精神折磨
- regret
- 遗憾，后悔某件事情
- fleeting
- 短暂的，转瞬即逝的
- distraction
- 分心，注意力被暂时转移
- grieve
- 悲伤，为某事感到深切悲痛
- momentary
- 瞬间的，只持续极短时间的
- faded
- 消逝，逐渐变淡或消失
- flashed
- 闪现，突然短暂地出现
- treacherously
- 背信弃义地，令人措手不及地
- vainly
- 徒劳地，无效果地
- struck
- （钟）敲响，strike的过去式
- lodgings
- 租住的房间，临时住所
- canal
- 运河，人工挖掘的水道
- embankment
- 堤岸，河边的护坡或路道
- soul
- 灵魂，此处指人迹
- remote
- 偏僻的，远离中心的地方
- humming
- 哼唱，轻声哼小调
- acquaintance
- 熟人，不太亲密的认识者
- share
- 分享，与他人共同享有
- joy
- 喜悦，快乐的感受
- Suddenly
- 突然，出乎意料地发生
- unexpected
- 意想不到的，令人惊讶的
- adventure
- 奇遇，意外有趣的经历
- Leaning
- 倚靠，身体斜靠在某物上
- railing
- 栏杆，扶手护栏
- elbows
- 肘部，手臂弯曲处
- rail
- 栏杆，护栏横杆
- apparently
- 显然，看起来好像是
- attention
- 注意力，专心凝视
- muddy
- 浑浊的，泥泞的
- charming
- 迷人的，非常有魅力的
- jaunty
- 轻快俏丽的，活泼有朝气的
- mantle
- 斗篷，无袖的宽松外套
- thought
- 想法，思绪，念头
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