(单词翻译:单击)
Translated by Steven J. Stewart
One of her nipples was red, tepid1, carnal; the other, blue, looked
made for death's caress2. They also brought to mind the luxuri-
ous faucets3 of a porcelain4 tub.
There's a story of a woman who was devoured6 by the moon. It's
said that her cries were made of silver.
Never write the words "tiger" and "dove" in the same line, for
the first may devour5 the second.
I was fascinated by the cloud the farmer kept anchored to the
door of his shack7: "It's very docile," he explained, "and we milk
it three times a week. That's all the land needs."
I knew that he had assassinated8 the sea, for his hands were
stained blue.
"That swan is a rapist!" the frightened girl shouted at me, point-
ing at the erect9 neck of a ferocious10 swan. And I, who through
some strange interference shared her dreams, proposed at that
instant that we exchange nightmares.
The girls came running: "The sea, the sea!" they shouted.
"There's a wave made of gold!"
I asked her to, I asked her like a child asking for the impossible: she
took off her shoes and clothes and walked all night long on the sea.
It was a forest of infinite trees, and each tree had a swing, and
in each swing was a dead child waiting to be resurrected.
A boy whose eyes were darkening asked me, "When I die, will
the sea cease to exist?" I chose not to disillusion11 him.
1 tepid | |
adj.微温的,温热的,不太热心的 | |
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2 caress | |
vt./n.爱抚,抚摸 | |
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3 faucets | |
n.水龙头( faucet的名词复数 ) | |
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4 porcelain | |
n.瓷;adj.瓷的,瓷制的 | |
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5 devour | |
v.吞没;贪婪地注视或谛听,贪读;使着迷 | |
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6 devoured | |
吞没( devour的过去式和过去分词 ); 耗尽; 津津有味地看; 狼吞虎咽地吃光 | |
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7 shack | |
adj.简陋的小屋,窝棚 | |
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8 assassinated | |
v.暗杀( assassinate的过去式和过去分词 );中伤;诋毁;破坏 | |
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n./v.树立,建立,使竖立;adj.直立的,垂直的 | |
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10 ferocious | |
adj.凶猛的,残暴的,极度的,十分强烈的 | |
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11 disillusion | |
vt.使不再抱幻想,使理想破灭 | |
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