那些

Those

不同的声音，始终模糊不清，像不间断地随意敲打玻璃

various sounds, consistently indistinct, like intermingled echoes

发出的嘈杂回声——

   struck from thin glasses successively at random—

音调的变化被遮蔽了：你的头发，两只头抵着头的

       the inflection disguised: your hair, the tails of two

石头斗鸡的尾巴——

   fighting-cocks head to head in stone—

如同被刻出的弯刀，以相反的方向

       like sculptured scimitars repeating the curve of your

重复了你耳朵的曲线：

               ears in reverse order:

 你的眼睛，

                                                                        your eyes,

冰雪之花，

             flowers of ice and snow

被猛烈的风吹落在失事船只的缆索上：你

sown by tearing winds on the cordage of disabled ships: your

举起的手，

       raised hand

一个暧昧的信号：你的面颊，法国城堡的

an ambiguous signature: your cheeks, those rosettes

石头地板上，那些鲜血的花环， 

   of blood on the stone floors of French châteaux,

对于这一点，向导如此肯定——

with regard to which the guides are so affirmative—

你的另一只手，

          your other hand

一束相似的长矛，被来自波斯的绿宝石

a bundle of lances all alike, partly hid by emeralds from Persia

和佛罗伦萨的金器破碎的辉煌

    and the fractional magnificence of Florentine

部分掩盖着——一些物的集合——

       goldwork—a collection of little objects—

蓝宝石与绿宝石，珍珠与月光石，精心制作的

sapphires set with emeralds, and pearls with a moonstone, made fine

灰色、黄色和蓝色的彩釉蜻蜓；

   with enamel in gray, yellow, and dragonfly blue;

一只柠檬，一只梨，

      a lemon, a pear

and three bunches of grapes, tied with silver: your dress, a magnificent square

和三串葡萄，用银丝串着：你的衣服，一个辉煌的广场，

cathedral tower of uniform

制服的教堂塔，

   and at the same time diverse appearance—a

同时，变化万千的外表——一种

species of vertical vineyard, rustling in the storm

向上蔓延的葡萄园，在传统观念的冲击下

   of conventional opinion—are they weapons or scalpels?

沙沙作响——他们是武器还是手术刀？

       Whetted to brilliance

被刻板而考究的坚硬王权

by the hard majesty of that sophistication which is superior to opportunity,

打磨得锃亮，

these things are rich instruments with which to experiment.

这些东西是昂贵的实验工具。

    But why dissect destiny with instruments

但是，为什么要用工具将命运剖析得

    more highly specialized than the components of destiny

比命运本身的成分

            itself?

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