《至爱梵高·星空之谜》精讲 梵高的遗信

You were looking for me?

你找我做什么

This arrived from Holland this morning.

这封信是今天早上从荷兰寄来的

It's from Jo, Theo's widow.

是乔寄的 提奥的遗孀

It turns out Gachel did send the letter.

看来加歇医生确实把信转交了

And, she was terribly touched by what you did.

你送信这事让她非常感动

She thought it only right that you should know what was in it,

她觉得你有权知道这封信的内容

so she copied it out for us.

就抄了一份给我们

She sends her,

她寄的

she said something about

她里面说的是

... Alright, give it here.

行了 让我读吧

In the life of the painter,

在画家的人生里

death may perhaps not be the most difficult thing.

死亡并非难以接受

For myself, I declare I don't Know anything about it.

对于死亡 我的说法不尽准确

But, the sight of the stars always makes me dream.

然而每当我仰望星空时 我总会畅想一番

Why I say to myself should those spots of light

我常常问自己 我们为什么触摸不到

in the firmament¹ bet Inaccessible² to us?

头上的点点星光

Maybe we can take death to go to a star

莫非人类可以通过死亡去往那一片星空

and to die peacefully of old age would be to go there on foot.

这么说 暮年的安详离世该是朝向星海徜徉徘徊吧

For the moment, I'm going to go to bed because it's late,

夜已深了 我该上床安歇了

and I wish you goodnight and good luck

祝你晚安 也祝你好运

with a handshake,

与你亲切地握手

your loving Vincent.

来自你挚爱的文森特

1 firmament   

n.苍穹；最高层

参考例句：

• There are no stars in the firmament.天空没有一颗星星。
• He was rich,and a rising star in the political firmament.他十分富有，并且是政治高层一颗冉冉升起的新星。

2 inaccessible   

adj.达不到的，难接近的

参考例句：

• This novel seems to me among the most inaccessible.这本书对我来说是最难懂的小说之一。
• The top of Mount Everest is the most inaccessible place in the world.珠穆朗玛峰是世界上最难到达的地方。