He thought of the merchant's daughter, and was sure that she had probably married. 后来，他又想起了那个商人的女儿，并确信她已经结婚。 Perhaps to a baker, or to another shepherd who could read and could tell her exciting stori...
The caravan moved toward the east. 老商队开始朝着东方行进。 It traveled during the morning, halted when the sun was at its strongest, and resumed late in the afternoon. 他们上午赶路，中午日头最毒的时候便停下来，傍晚时...
I'm the leader of the caravan, said a dark-eyed, bearded man. 我是这支商队的头领。一个黑眼睛、蓄长髯的男人说道， I hold the power of life and death for every person I take with me. The desert is a capricious lady, and sometim...
Did you say a king? he asked. 你刚才提到一位王？他说。 I guess you don't believe that a king would talk to someone like me, a shepherd, he said, wanting to end the conversation. 而您并不相信王会和牧羊人对话。男孩说道，这...
That's strange, said the boy, as he tried once again to read the burial scene that began the book. I've been trying for two years to read this book, and I never get past these first few pages. 真有意思，当圣地亚哥正要重新阅读书上开头...
He lives at the Al-Fayoum oasis, his friend had said. And people say that he is two hundred years old, and is able to transform any metal into gold. 那人住在法尤姆绿洲。他的朋友说，人们都说他有两百岁了，还说他能把任何金...
The Englishman was sitting on a bench in a structure that smelled of animals, sweat, and dust; it was part warehouse, part corral. 英国人坐在一座充斥着灰尘、汗臭和牲口气味的房子里。这样的房子根本称不上是货栈，充其...
Who knows ... maybe it's better to be like the crystal merchant: never go to Mecca, and just go through life wanting to do so, he thought, again trying to convince himself. 说不定像水晶店老板那样更好：永远不去麦加，依靠对麦加的...
When you want something, all the universe conspires to help you achieve it, the old king had said. 当你想要某种东西时，整个宇宙会合力助你实现愿望。老迈的撒冷王这样说过。 But the old king hadn't said anything about b...
The boy went to his room and packed his belongings. They filled three sacks. 圣地亚哥回到房间里，把自己的全部东西集中在一起。那是三个装得满满的包。 As he was leaving, he saw, in the corner of the room, his old sheph...
