英語文摘—心中的“小王子”(下)

    23、The house， the stars， the desert – what gives them their beauty is something that is invisible！

    古屋、星星和沙漠——賦予它們美麗的是某種看不見的東西……

    24、What moves me so deeply， about this little prince who is sleeping here， is his loyalty to a flower – the image of a rose that shine through his whole being like the flame of a lamp， even when he is asleep…

    這個熟睡的小王子最叫我感動的地方是，他對一朵玫瑰的感情——甚至他睡著了，那朵玫瑰花的影子，仍像燈光一樣照亮他的生命……

    25、The men where you live， raise five thousand roses in the same garden – and they do not find in it what they are looking for. And yet what they are looking for could be found in one single rose， or in a little water. But eyes are blind. One must look with the heart…

    你所居住的星球上的人們，在同一座花園培育了五千朵玫瑰——卻無法從中找到他們所要尋找的東西。但是，他們所尋找的，其實是可以從一朵玫瑰花或一滴水中找到的。然而眼睛往往是盲從的。人還是必須用心去看……

    26、The thing that is important is the thing that not seen… It is just as it is with the flower. If you love a flower that lives on a star， it is sweet to look at the sky at night. All the stars are abloom with flowers…

    重要的東西用眼睛是看不到的……就好比花一樣。假如你喜歡某個行星上的一朵花，在夜晚仰望星空的時候心情就會很愉快，感覺所有的行星都開滿了花……

    27、My star will be just one of the stars， for you. And so you will love to watch all the stars in the heavens…… They will be your friends.

    我的星星對你而言，只不過是眾星中的一顆。你會喜歡仰望天際所有的繁星……它們都會是你的朋友。

    28、All men have the stars， but they are not the same things for different people. For some， who are travelers， the stars are guides. For others they are no more than little lights in the sky. For others， who are scholars， they are problems. For my businessman they were wealth. But all these stars are silent. You – you alone – will have the stars as no one else has them…

    每一個人都有自己的星星，但其中的含意卻因人而異。對旅人而言，星星是向導；對其他人而言，它們只不過是天際中閃閃發光的小東西而已；對學者而言，星星則是一門待解的難題；對我那位商人來說，它們就是財富。不過，星星本身是沉默的。你——只有你——了解這些星星與眾不同的含義……

    29、In one of the stars I shall be living. In one of them I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars were laughing， when you look at the sky at night… You – only you – will have stars that can laugh…

    我就在繁星中的一顆上生活。我會站在其中的一顆星星上微笑。當你在夜間仰望天際時，就仿佛每一顆星星都在笑……你——只有你——才能擁有會笑的星星……

    30、And when your sorrow is comforted time soothes all sorrows you will be content that you have known me. You will always be my friend. You will want to laugh with me. And you will sometimes open your window， so， for that pleasure… And your friends will be properly astonished to see you laughing as you look up at the sky！ Then you will say to them， “Yes， the stars always make me laugh！”

    當你不再感到傷心的時候（時間會沖淡一切傷痛），你就會因認識我而感到心滿意足。你是我永遠的朋友。將會和我一起歡笑。為了歡樂，你會經常打開窗子……當你的朋友看到你因仰望天空而大笑時，一定會感到莫名其妙！到時候，你可以對他們說：“是的，星星總讓我開心而笑！”

    31、You understand… It is too far. I cannot carry this body with me. It is too heavy. But it will be like an old abandoned shell. There is nothing sad about old shells…

    你知道……路途太遙遠了。我的身軀太沉重了，帶不走它……但它只不過是一具被丟棄了的舊軀殼。不必為一具舊軀殼感到傷心難過。

    32、You know， it will be very nice. I， too， shall look at the stars. All the stars will be wells with a rusty pulley. All the stars will pour out fresh water for me to drink… That will be so amusing！ You will have five hundred million little bells， and I shall have five hundred million springs of fresh water…

    你知道，一切都會很好。我也會抬頭看星星，每一顆星星都有一口井，上頭都有一個生繡的滑輪。每一顆星星也會為我沁出甘醇的井水給我止渴……多有趣啊！你將擁有五億個小鈴鐺，我也能擁有五億道清泉……

    33、You know – my flower… I am responsible for her. And she is so weak！ She is so na？ve！ She has four thorns， of no use at all， to protect herself against the world…there now – that is all…

    你知道——我的花……我要對她負責。她是那么脆弱！那么純真！她也只有四根無用的刺可以自衛、抵御這個世界……就是這樣，沒有其它的……