美国语文第六册 第247期:砖石切砖石(7)

（单词翻译）

"Yes," said the young man, "and I beg your pardon for not having satisfied you sooner: you know the cause. Ask of me what you desire."

“是的，”这位年轻人说，“请原谅我没有尽快让你满意；你晓得原因的。请求我做你希望的事情。”

"What I desire," said Mansour, "is the casket with all its contents.

“我期望的事情，”曼苏尔说，“就是篮子和里面所有的东西。

Illustrious magistrate¹, you have declared that all bargains hold good before the law;

明察秋毫的法官，你声称只要守法所有的交易都会很好地进行下去；

this young man has promised to give me what I please; now I declare that nothing pleases me but these diamonds."

这个年轻人已经承诺给我想要的东西；现在我宣布除了这些钻石以外，没有我想要的东西。”

The cadi raised his head and looked about the assembly, as if to interrogate² the faces, then stroked his beard, and relapsed into his meditations³.

这时，下级法官抬起头，瞥了一眼在场的人，仿佛在质问这些面孔，然后他捋了一下胡子，重新陷入沉思。

"Ali is defeated," said the sheik to Omar, with a smile, "The fox is not yet born more cunning than the worthy⁴ Mansour."

“阿里败了，”酋长对奥马尔说，脸上浮出笑意，“狐狸不是注定比老练的曼苏尔狡猾的。”

"I am lost!" cried the Banian.

“我完蛋了！”印度商人喊道。

"O Omar, have you saved me only to cast me down from the highest pinnacle⁵ of joy to the depths of despair?

“啊，奥马尔，你能把从最高的顶点坠落到失望深渊的我解救出来吗？

Persuade your father to spare me, that I may owe my life to you a second time."

劝你父亲饶了我吧，看来我又得欠你的人情债了。”