见信如晤Letters Live 第26期:'罗伯特·林德尔'读信:安睡吧,我的爱人(2)

 　　A screwball piano player — competition — miserable¹ days and lonely nights.

　　一个可笑的钢琴家，比赛，糟糕的日子和孤独的夜晚。

　　The cold, windy night we crawled through the window of a GI theatre and fell asleep on a cot backstage, locked in each other's arms — the shock when we awoke and realized that miraculously² we hadn't been discovered.

　　那个寒风瑟瑟的晚上，我们在士兵剧院后台窗户下的小床上相拥入睡。当我们醒来时，发现没有人发现我们，这真是个奇迹。

　　A fast drive to a cliff above the sea — pictures taken, and a stop amid the purple grapes and cool leaves of a vineyard.

　　我们开一小会儿车去海岸的峭壁，照了很多照片，流连于路边葡萄园内紫色的葡萄和翠绿的叶子。

　　The happiness when told we were going home — and the misery³ when we learned that we would not be going together.

　　当得知要回家时，我们欣喜若狂；而当得知我们无法一起回家时，又痛苦万分。

　　Fond goodbyes on a secluded⁴ beach beneath the star-studded velvet⁵ of an African night, and the tears that would not be stopped as I stood atop the sea-wall and watched your convoy⁶ disappear over the horizon.

　　在幽静的海滩，非洲满天的星空下，我们温情告别。当我站在海上，看到你的舰队逐渐消失在地平线，眼泪止不住地往下流。

　　We vowed⁷ we'd be together again "back home," but fate knew better — you never got there.

　　我们发誓等你回家后要在一起，但终究抵不过命运的安排－你永远回不来了。

　　And so, Dave, I hope that where ever you are these memories are as precious to you as they are to me.

　　所以戴夫，不管你在哪儿，我希望这些回忆对于你，就像对于我一样的珍贵。

　　Goodnight, sleep well my love.

　　晚安，安睡吧我的爱人。

　　Brian Keith

　　布莱恩·基思

1 miserable   

adj.悲惨的，痛苦的；可怜的，糟糕的

参考例句：

• It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他，这是可耻的。
• Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。

2 miraculously   

ad.奇迹般地

参考例句：

• He had been miraculously saved from almost certain death. 他奇迹般地从死亡线上获救。
• A schoolboy miraculously survived a 25 000-volt electric shock. 一名男学生在遭受2.5 万伏的电击后奇迹般地活了下来。

3 misery   

n.痛苦，苦恼，苦难；悲惨的境遇，贫苦

参考例句：

• Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
• He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。

4 secluded   

adj.与世隔绝的；隐退的；偏僻的v.使隔开，使隐退( seclude的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• Some people like to strip themselves naked while they have a swim in a secluded place. 一些人当他们在隐蔽的地方游泳时，喜欢把衣服脱光。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• This charming cottage dates back to the 15th century and is as pretty as a picture, with its thatched roof and secluded garden. 这所美丽的村舍是15世纪时的建筑，有茅草房顶和宁静的花园，漂亮极了，简直和画上一样。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 velvet   

n.丝绒，天鹅绒；adj.丝绒制的，柔软的

参考例句：

• This material feels like velvet.这料子摸起来像丝绒。
• The new settlers wore the finest silk and velvet clothing.新来的移民穿着最华丽的丝绸和天鹅绒衣服。

6 convoy   

vt.护送，护卫，护航；n.护送；护送队

参考例句：

• The convoy was snowed up on the main road.护送队被大雪困在干路上了。
• Warships will accompany the convoy across the Atlantic.战舰将护送该船队过大西洋。

7 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。