Those

那些

various sounds, consistently indistinct, like intermingled echoes

不同的声音，始终模糊不清，像不间断地随意敲打玻璃

   struck from thin glasses successively at random—

发出的嘈杂回声——

       the inflection disguised: your hair, the tails of two

音调的变化被遮蔽了：你的头发，两只头抵着头的

   fighting-cocks head to head in stone—

石头斗鸡的尾巴——

       like sculptured scimitars repeating the curve of your

如同被刻出的弯刀，以相反的方向

               ears in reverse order:

重复了你耳朵的曲线：

                                                                        your eyes,

 你的眼睛，

             flowers of ice and snow

冰雪之花，

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

被猛烈的风吹落在失事船只的缆索上：你

       raised hand

举起的手，

an ambiguous signature: your cheeks, those rosettes

一个暧昧的信号：你的面颊，法国城堡的

   of blood on the stone floors of French châteaux,

石头地板上，那些鲜血的花环， 

with regard to which the guides are so affirmative—

对于这一点，向导如此肯定——

          your other hand

你的另一只手，

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

一束相似的长矛，被来自波斯的绿宝石

    and the fractional magnificence of Florentine

和佛罗伦萨的金器破碎的辉煌

       goldwork—a collection of little objects—

部分掩盖着——一些物的集合——

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

蓝宝石与绿宝石，珍珠与月光石，精心制作的

   with enamel in gray, yellow, and dragonfly blue;

灰色、黄色和蓝色的彩釉蜻蜓；

      a lemon, a pear

一只柠檬，一只梨，

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

cathedral tower of uniform

和三串葡萄，用银丝串着：你的衣服，一个辉煌的广场，

   and at the same time diverse appearance—a

制服的教堂塔，

species of vertical vineyard, rustling in the storm

同时，变化万千的外表——一种

   of conventional opinion—are they weapons or scalpels?

向上蔓延的葡萄园，在传统观念的冲击下

       Whetted to brilliance

沙沙作响——他们是武器还是手术刀？

被刻板而考究的坚硬王权

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

these things are rich instruments with which to experiment.

打磨得锃亮，

    But why dissect destiny with instruments

这些东西是昂贵的实验工具。

    more highly specialized than the components of destiny

但是，为什么要用工具将命运剖析得

            itself?

比命运本身的成分

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