英语听书《白鲸记》第946期

 The javelins¹ cease; open eyes; see, or not? 那些个标枪停止不动了，睁开眼睛来，看到了没有？

There burn the flames! Oh, thou magnanimous! now do I do glory in my genealogy². 火还在烧着呢！你这个了不起的人物啊！这会儿，我可为我的族系增光啦。

But thou art but my fiery³ father; my sweet mother, I know not. 可是，你不过是我的炽热的父亲，至于我那可爱的母亲，我却还不认识。

Oh, cruel! what hast thou done with her? 啊，多残酷！你究竟把我母亲怎么搞的？

There lies my puzzle; but thine is greater. 这就是我所大惑不解的：可是，你却更叫人莫测高深。

Thou knowest not how came ye, hence callest thyself unbegotten; certainly knowest not thy beginning, hence callest thyself unbegun. 你因为自己不知道你的来历，这才自称为绝后的；既然你是自称为绝后的，当然就不知道你的来头喽。

I know that of me, which thou knowest not of thyself, oh, thou omnipotent⁴. 我清楚我的来历，你却自己不知道自己的来历，你这万能者呵。

There is some unsuffusing thing beyond thee, thou clear spirit, to whom all thy eternity⁵ is but time, all thy creativeness mechanical. 你居然有些无法理解的事物，你这个真神呀，你的一切永恒只不过是时间，你一切的创造力都是无意识的。

Through thee, thy flaming self, my scorched⁶ eyes do dimly see it. 我通过你，通过你那燃烧着的体躯，我的灼伤的眼睛只能模糊地看到这一切。

Oh, thou foundling fire, thou hermit⁷ immemorial, thou too hast thy incommunicable riddle⁸, thy unparticipated grief. 你这弃儿的火呀，你这年代久远的隐士呵，你也有你自己的无法表达的哑谜，你自己的叫人无法分担的悲伤。

Here again with haughty⁹ agony, I read my sire. 这里，我再次地又傲慢又苦痛地看清了我的祖先。

Leap! leap up, and lick the sky! 跳吧，跳起来吧，火舌直舔上青天吧！

I leap with thee; I burn with thee; would fain be welded with thee; defyingly I worship thee! 我要跟你一起跳，我要跟你一起烧；我情愿跟你焊在一起；我不顾一切地崇拜你！

The boat! the boat! cried Starbuck, "look at thy boat, old man!" 小艇！小艇！斯达巴克叫了起来，"看你那只小艇，老人家！"

 

1 javelins   

n.标枪( javelin的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The heavy infantry blocks moved forward, throwing javelins just before the clash. 在正面交火之前，庞大的兵团会整体向前移动并投掷标枪。 来自互联网
• Elite mercenaries, originally from Aragon, armed with javelins and light armour. 加泰罗尼亚标枪兵为精锐雇佣部队，最初来自阿拉贡，装备标枪和轻甲。 来自互联网

2 genealogy   

n.家系，宗谱

参考例句：

• He had sat and repeated his family's genealogy to her,twenty minutes of nonstop names.他坐下又给她细数了一遍他家族的家谱，20分钟内说出了一连串的名字。
• He was proficient in all questions of genealogy.他非常精通所有家谱的问题。

3 fiery   

adj.燃烧着的，火红的；暴躁的；激烈的

参考例句：

• She has fiery red hair.她有一头火红的头发。
• His fiery speech agitated the crowd.他热情洋溢的讲话激动了群众。

4 omnipotent   

adj.全能的，万能的

参考例句：

• When we are omnipotent we shall have no more need of science.我们达到万能以后就不需要科学了。
• Money is not omnipotent,but we can't survive without money.金钱不是万能的，但是没有金钱我们却无法生存。

5 eternity   

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。

6 scorched   

烧焦，烤焦( scorch的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（植物）枯萎，把…晒枯； 高速行驶； 枯焦

参考例句：

• I scorched my dress when I was ironing it. 我把自己的连衣裙熨焦了。
• The hot iron scorched the tablecloth. 热熨斗把桌布烫焦了。

7 hermit   

n.隐士，修道者；隐居

参考例句：

• He became a hermit after he was dismissed from office.他被解职后成了隐士。
• Chinese ancient landscape poetry was in natural connections with hermit culture.中国古代山水诗与隐士文化有着天然联系。

8 riddle   

n.谜，谜语，粗筛；vt.解谜，给…出谜，筛，检查，鉴定，非难，充满于；vi.出谜

参考例句：

• The riddle couldn't be solved by the child.这个谜语孩子猜不出来。
• Her disappearance is a complete riddle.她的失踪完全是一个谜。

9 haughty   

adj.傲慢的，高傲的

参考例句：

• He gave me a haughty look and walked away.他向我摆出傲慢的表情后走开。
• They were displeased with her haughty airs.他们讨厌她高傲的派头。