小王子 第58期:受到驚嚇

I had loosened the golden muffer that he always wore.

我解開(kāi)了他一直帶著的金黃色的圍脖。

I had moistened his temples, and had given him some water to drink.

我用水漬濕了他的太陽(yáng)穴，讓他喝了點(diǎn)水。

And now I did not dare ask him any more questions.

這時(shí)，我什么也不敢再問(wèn)他。

He looked at me very gravely, and put his arms around my neck.

他嚴(yán)肅地看著我，用雙臂摟著我的脖子。

I felt his heart beating like the heart of a dying bird, shot with someone's rifle.

我感到他的心就象一只被槍彈擊中而瀕于死亡的鳥(niǎo)的心臟一樣在跳動(dòng)著。

"I am glad that you have found what was the matter with your engine," he said. "Now you can go back home–"

他對(duì)我說(shuō)：“我很高興，你找到了你的機(jī)器所缺少的東西。你不久就可以回家去了。”

How do you know about that?

你怎么知道的?

I was just coming to tell him that my work had been successful, beyond anything that I had dared to hope.

我正是來(lái)告訴他，在沒(méi)有任何希望的情況下，我成功地完成了修理工作。

He made no answer to my question, but he added: "I, too, am going back home today. "

他不回答我的問(wèn)題，卻接著說(shuō)道：“我今天回家。”

Then, sadly– It is much farther. it is much more diffcult...

要遠(yuǎn)得多…要難得多…

I realised clearly that something extraordinary was happening.

我清楚地感到發(fā)生了某種不尋常的事。

I was holding him close in my arms as if he were a little child;

我把他當(dāng)作小孩一樣緊緊抱在懷里，

and yet it seemed to me that he was rushing headlong toward an abyss from which I could do nothing to restrain him...

可是我感覺(jué)到他徑直地向著一個(gè)無(wú)底深淵沉陷下去，我想法拉住他，卻怎么也辦不到…

His look was very serious, like some one lost far away.

他的眼神很?chē)?yán)肅，望著遙遠(yuǎn)的地方。

"I have your sheep. And I have the sheep's box. And I have the muzzle... "

“我有你畫(huà)的羊，羊的箱子和羊的嘴套子…”

And he gave me a sad smile. I waited a long time. I could see that he was reviving little by little.

他帶著憂(yōu)傷的神情微笑了。我等了很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間，才覺(jué)得他身子漸漸暖和起來(lái)。

"Dear little man," I said to him, "you are afraid... "

小家伙，你受驚了…

He was afraid, there was no doubt about that.

他害怕了，這是無(wú)疑的!

But he laughed lightly. "I shall be much more afraid this evening... "

他卻溫柔地笑著說(shuō)：“今天晚上，我會(huì)怕得更厲害…”

Once again I felt myself frozen by the sense of something irreparable.

我再度意識(shí)到要發(fā)生一件不可彌補(bǔ)的事。