當(dāng)你厭了鏡中反映的世界
——節(jié)選自《窗簾》

文/楊絳　譯/哈金　繪/修介

當(dāng)你厭了鏡中反映的世界
——節(jié)選自《窗簾》

文/楊絳譯/哈金繪/修介

Therefore， naked truth should be somewhat covered. The blazing①blazing 英 ［'ble?z??］ 美 ［'blez??］ adj. 燃燒的；強烈的；閃耀的sunlight， which ruthlessly beats down on everything in the world， do not leave shadows that allow one to be mystified②mystified adj. 困惑的， to dream and to hope. Without light clouds and thin hazes③haze 英 ［he?z］ 美 ［hez］ n. 陰霾；薄霧；疑惑vt. 使變朦朧；使變糊涂vi. 變朦朧；變糊涂sieving④sieving ［'si:vi?］ n. 篩分；篩選the sunshine and creating a colorful glow， how boring the sky would be！

Only in dimness⑤dimness ［'d?mn?s］ n. 微暗；不清楚；混沌and obscurity⑥obscurity 英 ［?b'skj??r?t?］ 美 ［?b'skj?r?ti］ n. 朦朧；陰暗；晦澀；身份低微；不分明can one dream and give play to the imagination. Distance increases mystery. We are lost in a boundless remoteness， calling to mind mountains and rivers obscured in mist and clouds， stars on a dark night， the future in our hopes， a transcendental⑦transcendental 英 ［，tr?nsen'dent（?）l； ，trɑ?n-］ 美 ［'tr?ns?n'd?ntl］ adj. 先驗的；卓越的，［數(shù)］ 超越的；超自然的ideal， celebrities worshipped from afar， and a "friend" in one's wishful thinking. Similarly， the barrier of a window curtain obscures and mystifies，inducing endless speculation⑧speculation 英 ［，spekj?'le??n］ 美 ［，sp?kju'le??n］ n. 投機；推測；思索；投機買賣. Whereas if you burst through the barrier and invade the area behind the curtain， I am afraid the naked truth in there may not be an uplifting sight.

所以赤裸裸的真實總需要些掩飾。白晝的陽光，無情地照徹了人間萬物，不能留下些幽暗讓人迷惑，讓人夢想，讓人希望。如果沒有輕云薄霧把日光篩漏出五色霞彩來，天空該多么單調(diào)枯燥！

隱約模糊中，才容許你做夢和想象。距離增添了神秘?？床灰娺呺H，變?yōu)闆]邊沒際的遙遠(yuǎn)與遼闊。云霧中的山水，暗夜的星辰，希望中的未來，高超的理想，仰慕的名人，心許的“相知”，——隔著窗簾，惝怳迷離，可以產(chǎn)生無限美妙的想象。如果你嫌惡窗簾的間隔，冒冒失失闖進(jìn)門、闖到窗簾后面去看個究竟，赤裸裸的真實只怕并不經(jīng)看。

If You Are Tired of the World Reflected by the Mirror