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两篇树叶的爱情
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  • The forest was large and thickly overgrown with all kinds of leaf-bearing trees. Usually, it is cold this time of year and it even happens that it snow, but this November was relatively1 warm. You might have thought it was summer except that the whole forest was strewn with fallen leaves-some yellow as saffron, some red as wine, some the color of gold and some of mixed color. The leaves had been torn down by the rain, by the wind, some by day, some at night, and they now formed a deep carpet over the forest floor. Although their juices had run dry, the leaves still exuded2 a pleasant aroma3. The sun shone down on them through the living branches, and worms and flies which had somehow survived the autumn storms crawled over them. The space beneath the leaves provided hiding places for crickets, field mice and many other creatures who sought protection in the earth.

    这是一座很大很茂密的森林,长满生有各种各样叶子的树。通常,每年的这个时候天气很冷了,甚至下雪了,可是这个十一月比较暖和,如果不是满林子的落叶——桔黄的,酒红的,金黄的,还有杂色的——也许以为还是夏天呢。这些落叶有些在白天,有些在夜里被雨打落,被风吹落,如今它们在森林的地面上形成了一条厚厚的落叶毯子。尽管已干枯,落叶仍散发出好闻的香味。阳光透过树枝照耀着它们,落叶上爬动着在秋天的暴风雨中不知怎么存活下来的虫子、苍蝇。落叶底下也为蟋蟀们提供了藏身之所,田鼠和许多其它生物也在大地上找寻庇护。

    On the tip of a tree which had lost all its other leaves, two still remained hanging from one twig4: Ole and Trufa. For some reason unknown to them, Ole and Trufa had survived all the rains, all the cold nights and winds. Who knows the reason one leaf falls and another remains5? But Ole and Trufa believed the answer lay in the great love they bore one another. Ole was slightly bigger than Turfa and a few days older, but Trufa was prettier and more delicate. One leaf can do little for another when the wind blows, the rain pours, or the hail begins to fall. Still, Ole encouraged Ttufa at every opportunity. During the worst storms, when the thunder clapped, the lightning flashed and the wind tore off not only leaves but even whole branches, Ole pleaded with Trufa: "Hang on, Trufa! Hand on with all your might!"

    在一棵其它叶子都落了的树梢上,还有两片挂在一根细枝上:这是奥立和特鲁法。奥立和特鲁法也不知道为什么他们在所有的雨、寒夜和风中幸存了下来。没有人知道为什么有的树叶会飘落下来而有的树叶依旧长在树上?可是奥立和特鲁法认为答案在于他们深深地爱着对方。奥立比特鲁法年长几天,外形略大于特鲁法,可是特鲁法更漂亮精致。每当刮风下雨或开始下冰雹时,一片树叶并不能为另一片做些什么。然而每到这个时候,奥立都鼓励特鲁法。在最恶劣的暴风雨里,雷鸣电闪,狂风不仅刮落树叶,甚至刮断整根树枝,奥立央求着特鲁法:"坚持,特鲁法!尽你的全力坚持住!"

    At times during cold and stormy nights, Trufa would complain: "My time had come, Ole, but you hand on!"

    "What for?" Ole asked. "Without you, my life is senseless. If you fall, I'll fall with you."

    "NO, Ole, don't do it! So long as a leaf can stay up it mustn't let go."

    "It all depends if you stay with me," Ole replied. "By day I look at you and admire your beauty. At night I sense your fragrance6. Be the only leaf on a tree? No never!"

    "Ole, your words are so sweet but they're not true," Trufa said. "You know very well that I'm no longer pretty.

    Look how wrinkled I am, how shriveled I've become! Only one thing is still left me-my love for you."

    "Isn't that enough? Of all our powers love the highest, the finest," Ole said. "So long as we love each other we remain here, and no wind, rain or storm can destroy us. I'll tell you something, Trufa-I never loved you as much as I love you now."

    "Why, Ole? Why? I'm all yellow."

    "Who says green is pretty and yellow is not? All colors are equally handsome."

    有时在寒冷的暴风雨之夜,特鲁法会抱怨:"我的时间到了,奥立,可是你要坚持住!"

    "为了什么理由呢?"奥立问。"没有你我的生命毫无意义,如果你掉下去,我将跟你一起掉下去!"

    "不,奥立,别这样!一片树叶只要能留在树上就不应该松手往下掉。"

    "这全得靠你是否留下来陪我。"奥立回答。"白天我看着你爱慕你的美丽,夜里感觉着你的芬芳。只我一片树叶留在树上?决不!"

    特鲁法说:"奥立,你的话真让我高兴,可是你说得不对。你很清楚我不漂亮了,看我多皱,变得多枯萎了啊!我唯一剩下的就是——我爱你。"

    奥立说:"那不就够了吗?爱是所有力量中最高尚、最美好的。只要我们在这里彼此相爱,就没有风,没有雨或暴风雪能毁灭我们。告诉你,特鲁法,我从来没有像现在这么爱你。"

    "为什么,奥立?为什么,我已经完全枯黄了。"

    "谁说绿色漂亮黄色就不漂亮了?所有的色彩都同样漂亮。"

    And just as Ole spoke7 these words, that which Trufa had feared all these months happened-a wind came up and tore Ole loose from the twig. Trufa began to tremble and flutter until it seemed that she, too, would soon be torn away, but she held fast. She saw Ole fall and sway in the air, and she called to him in leafy language: "Ole! Come back! Ole! Ole!"But before she could even finish, Ole vanished from sight. He blended in with the other leaves on the ground, and Trufa was left all alone on the tree.

    奥立刚说完这些话,特鲁法这几个月里一直害怕的事发生了——一阵风刮来从细枝上拉扯松了奥立。特鲁法开始颤抖、晃动,似乎她很快也要被刮落了,可是她牢牢抓住了。她看到奥立掉了下去在空中摇晃着,她用叶子的语言大声喊:"奥立,回来!回来啊,奥立!"可是她甚至话都没能说完,奥立就从视野里消失了。他跟地上的其它落叶混合在一起,而特鲁法孤伶伶地留在了树上。

    So long as it was still day, Trufa managed somehow to endure her grief. But when it grew dark and cold and a piercing rain began to fall, she sank into despair. Somehow she felt that the blame for all the leafy misfortunes lay with the tree, the trunk with all its mighty8 limbs. Leaves fell, but the trunk stood tall, thick and firmly rooted in the ground. No wind, rain or hail could upset it. What did it matter to a tree, which probably lived forever, what become of a leaf? To Trufa, the trunk was a kind of god. It covered itself with leaves for a few months, then it shook them off. It nourished them with its sap for as long as it pleased, then it let them die of thirst. Trufa pleaded with the tree to give her back her Ole, to make it summer again, but the tree didn't heed9 her prayers.

    只要天还没黑,特鲁法不管怎样还能设法忍受悲痛。可是天渐渐黑冷下来,并开始下起刺骨的雨,她绝望了。不知怎么地她觉得所有树叶不幸的责任要怪树,要怪长有巨大树枝的树干。树叶掉了,而树干仍旧高大牢固地扎根在大地上,没有风雨或冰雹能掀翻它。这些对树有什么要紧呢,它有可能永远存活下去,可是成为一片树叶呢?在特鲁法看来,树干就像上帝,它用树叶覆盖自己几个月,然后又抖落它们;在树干高兴的时候就用树的汁液滋养树叶,而后又渴死它们。特鲁法请求树把奥立还给她,让夏天再一次来临,可是树没有注意到它的祈求。

    Trufa didn't think a night could be so long as this one—so dark, so frosty. She spoke to Ole and hoped for an answer, but Ole was silent and gave no sign of his presence.Trufa said to the tree: "Since you've taken Ole from me, take me too."But even this prayer the tree didn't acknowledge.

    特鲁法从没想到一个夜晚能像今晚这么长——这么黑暗,这么严寒。她呼唤着奥立,希望能听到一声回答,可是奥立沉默着,没有给出一点他存在的迹象。特鲁法对树说道:"既然你从我身边带走了奥立,把我也一起带走吧。"可是甚至这个祈求树也没有注意。

    After a while, Trufa dozed10 off. This wasn't sleep but a strange languor11. Trufa awoke and to her amazement12 found that she was no longer handing on the tree. The wind had blown her down while she was asleep. This was different from the way she used to feel when she awoke on the tree with the sunrise. All her fears and anxieties had now vanished. The awakening13 also brought with it an awareness14 she had never felt before. She knew now that she wasn't just a leaf that depended on every whim15 of the wind, but that she was part of the universe. Through some mysterious force, Trufa understood the miracle of her molecules16, atoms, protons and electrons-the enormous energy she represented and the divine plan of which she was a part.

    片刻后,特鲁法打瞌睡了。这不是睡,而是让人不适的衰弱无力。醒来后,她吃惊地发现她不挂在树上了,睡着时风已把她刮了下来。这给了她不同于伴着日出醒来的感觉,她所有的害怕和焦虑此刻都消失了。这次醒来给了她前所未有的意识。她知道现在她不只是一片依赖于风的一时兴致的树叶了,她成为宇宙的一部分。通过某些神秘的力量,特鲁法了解了自身分子,原子,质子和电子的奇迹,她所代表的巨大能量以及她是其中一部分的神圣计划。

    Next to her lay Ole, and they greeted each other with a love they hadn't been aware of before. This wasn't a love that depended on chance or caprice, but a love as mighty and eternal as the universe itself. That which they had feared all the days and nights between April and November turned out to be not death but redemption. A breeze came and lifted Ole and Trufa in the air and they soared with the bliss17 known only by those who have freed themselves and have joined with eternity18.

    奥立就躺在她身旁,他们怀着前所未有的爱问候对方。这不是依赖机会或反复无常的爱,这爱跟宇宙本身一样巨大和永恒。在四月至十一月间他们日日夜夜恐惧的结果却不是死亡而是解救。一阵和风把奥立和特鲁法带到空中,他们在只有解放自己进入永恒才能领悟到的无限幸福里冲入云宵。

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    1 relatively [ˈrelətɪvli] bkqzS3   第8级
    adv.比较...地,相对地
    参考例句:
    • The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia. 兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
    • The operation was relatively painless. 手术相对来说不痛。
    2 exuded [ɪgˈzu:did] c293617582a5cf5b5aa2ffee16137466   第10级
    v.缓慢流出,渗出,分泌出( exude的过去式和过去分词 );流露出对(某物)的神态或感情
    参考例句:
    • Nearby was a factory which exuded a pungent smell. 旁边是一家散发出刺鼻气味的工厂。 来自辞典例句
    • The old drawer exuded a smell of camphor. 陈年抽屉放出樟脑气味。 来自辞典例句
    3 aroma [əˈrəʊmə] Nvfz9   第9级
    n.香气,芬芳,芳香
    参考例句:
    • The whole house was filled with the aroma of coffee. 满屋子都是咖啡的香味。
    • The air was heavy with the aroma of the paddy fields. 稻花飘香。
    4 twig [twɪg] VK1zg   第8级
    n.小树枝,嫩枝;v.理解
    参考例句:
    • He heard the sharp crack of a twig. 他听到树枝清脆的断裂声。
    • The sharp sound of a twig snapping scared the badger away. 细枝突然折断的刺耳声把獾惊跑了。
    5 remains [rɪˈmeɪnz] 1kMzTy   第7级
    n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
    参考例句:
    • He ate the remains of food hungrily. 他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
    • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog. 残羹剩饭喂狗了。
    6 fragrance [ˈfreɪgrəns] 66ryn   第8级
    n.芬芳,香味,香气
    参考例句:
    • The apple blossoms filled the air with their fragrance. 苹果花使空气充满香味。
    • The fragrance of lavender filled the room. 房间里充满了薰衣草的香味。
    7 spoke [spəʊk] XryyC   第11级
    n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
    参考例句:
    • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company. 他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
    • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre. 辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
    8 mighty [ˈmaɪti] YDWxl   第7级
    adj.强有力的;巨大的
    参考例句:
    • A mighty force was about to break loose. 一股巨大的力量即将迸发而出。
    • The mighty iceberg came into view. 巨大的冰山出现在眼前。
    9 heed [hi:d] ldQzi   第9级
    vt.&vi.注意,留意;n.注意,留心
    参考例句:
    • You must take heed of what he has told. 你要注意他所告诉的事。
    • For the first time he had to pay heed to his appearance. 这是他第一次非得注意自己的外表不可了。
    10 dozed [dəuzd] 30eca1f1e3c038208b79924c30b35bfc   第8级
    v.打盹儿,打瞌睡( doze的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • He boozed till daylight and dozed into the afternoon. 他喝了个通霄,昏沉沉地一直睡到下午。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
    • I dozed off during the soporific music. 我听到这催人入睡的音乐,便不知不觉打起盹儿来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    11 languor [ˈlæŋgə(r)] V3wyb   第11级
    n.无精力,倦怠
    参考例句:
    • It was hot, yet with a sweet languor about it. 天气是炎热的,然而却有一种惬意的懒洋洋的感觉。
    • She, in her languor, had not troubled to eat much. 她懒懒的,没吃多少东西。
    12 amazement [əˈmeɪzmənt] 7zlzBK   第8级
    n.惊奇,惊讶
    参考例句:
    • All those around him looked at him with amazement. 周围的人都对他投射出惊异的眼光。
    • He looked at me in blank amazement. 他带着迷茫惊诧的神情望着我。
    13 awakening [ə'weikəniŋ] 9ytzdV   第8级
    n.觉醒,醒悟 adj.觉醒中的;唤醒的
    参考例句:
    • the awakening of interest in the environment 对环境产生的兴趣
    • People are gradually awakening to their rights. 人们正逐渐意识到自己的权利。
    14 awareness [əˈweənəs] 4yWzdW   第8级
    n.意识,觉悟,懂事,明智
    参考例句:
    • There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful. 人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
    • Environmental awareness has increased over the years. 这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。
    15 whim [wɪm] 2gywE   第9级
    n.一时的兴致,突然的念头;奇想,幻想
    参考例句:
    • I bought the encyclopedia on a whim. 我凭一时的兴致买了这本百科全书。
    • He had a sudden whim to go sailing today. 今天他突然想要去航海。
    16 molecules ['mɒlɪkju:lz] 187c25e49d45ad10b2f266c1fa7a8d49   第7级
    分子( molecule的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • The structure of molecules can be seen under an electron microscope. 分子的结构可在电子显微镜下观察到。
    • Inside the reactor the large molecules are cracked into smaller molecules. 在反应堆里,大分子裂变为小分子。
    17 bliss [blɪs] JtXz4   第8级
    n.狂喜,福佑,天赐的福
    参考例句:
    • It's sheer bliss to be able to spend the day in bed. 整天都可以躺在床上真是幸福。
    • He's in bliss that he's won the Nobel Prize. 他非常高兴,因为获得了诺贝尔奖金。
    18 eternity [ɪˈtɜ:nəti] Aiwz7   第10级
    n.不朽,来世;永恒,无穷
    参考例句:
    • The dull play seemed to last an eternity. 这场乏味的剧似乎演个没完没了。
    • Finally, Ying Tai and Shan Bo could be together for all of eternity. 英台和山伯终能双宿双飞,永世相随。

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