英语听书《白鲸记》第242期

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and the ship, heeling over towards the wharf² with the weight of the last bales received, the lamp, flame and all, though in slight motion, still maintains a permanent obliquity³ with reference to the room; though, in truth, infallibly straight itself, it but made obvious the false, lying levels among which it hung.  当那只船因为装上最后的货物而船身向码头一边倾斜时,那盏尽冒着烟焰的灯,虽然稍微一动,却始终是随着房间的倾斜而倾斜;事实上,尽管它是笔直地挂在那里,却显然是倾斜得很厉害了,

The lamp alarms and frightens Jonah; as lying in his berth⁴ his tormented⁵ eyes roll round the place, and this thus far successful fugitive⁶ finds no refuge for his restless glance.  这盏灯可把约拿给吓慌了;他躺在铺位上,那双苦恼的眼睛滴溜溜地滚来滚去,这回虽然逃成功了,

But that contradiction in the lamp more and more appals⁷ him.  可是那不安的眼色却还找不到依傍。而且,那盏象是反挂着的灯,也越来越教他害怕。

The floor, the ceiling, and the side, are all awry⁸. 'Oh! so my conscience hangs in me! 地板，顶棚，舱侧全都歪歪斜斜。呵!我的良心也这样挂起啦!他唉声叹气说,

he groans⁹, "straight upward, so it burns; but the chambers¹⁰ of my soul are all in crookedness¹¹!' 笔直朝上,它就这样点着;可是,我的心房却全都歪歪斜斜了。

Like one who after a night of drunken revelry hies to his bed, still reeling,  他象一个通宵纵酒狂欢后急忙上床的人一般,脑子还是转呀旋呀的,

but with conscience yet pricking¹² him, as the plungings of the Roman race-horse but so much the more strike his steel tags into him;  不过,良心还在刺戳着他,正如罗马赛马场里一匹急冲狂奔的雄驹,越奔得快,脚镫也刺得它越凶;

as one who in that miserable¹³ plight¹⁴ still turns and turns in giddy anguish¹⁵, praying God for annihilation until the fit be passed;  也如一个身处苦境.在苦恼的急转中不住地旋来转去。祈求上帝赐助.消灭病症的人一样;

and at last amid the whirl of woe¹⁶ he feels, a deep stupor¹⁷ steals over him, as over the man who bleeds to death, for conscience is the wound, and there's naught¹⁸ to staunch it;  最后,在一阵眼花缭乱的悲痛中,他觉得有一阵强烈的麻痹悄悄地袭上身来,就象麻痹悄悄地袭上一个流血过多。快要断气的人一样,因为良心就是伤口,而那个伤口的血是止不注的;

so, after sore wrestling in his berth, Jonah's prodigy¹⁹ of ponderous²⁰ misery²¹ drags him drowning down to sleep. 因此,约拿在铺位上猛烈地抽扭一阵后,他那沉重的苦难的怪物就把他拉向黑甜乡了。

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