《四季隨筆》節(jié)選 - 冬 02

《四季隨筆》是吉辛的散文代表作。其中對(duì)隱士賴克羅夫特醉心于書籍、自然景色與回憶過去生活的描述，其實(shí)是吉辛的自述，作者以此來抒發(fā)自己的情感，因而本書是一部富有自傳色彩的小品文集。

吉辛窮困的一生，對(duì)文學(xué)名著的愛好與追求，以及對(duì)大自然恬靜生活的向往，在書中均有充分的反映。本書分為春、夏、秋、冬四個(gè)部分，文筆優(yōu)美，行文流暢，是英國文學(xué)中小品文的珍品之一。

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I came home this afternoon just at twilight, and, feeling tired after my walk, a little cold too, I first crouched before the fire, then let myself drop lazily upon the hearthrug. I had a book in my hand, and began to read it by the firelight. Rising in a few minutes, I found the open page still legible by the pale glimmer of day. This sudden change of illumination had an odd effect upon me; it was so unexpected, for I had forgotten that dark had not yet fallen. And I saw in the queer little experience an intellectual symbol. The book was verse. Might not the warm rays from the fire exhibit the page as it appears to an imaginative and kindred mind, whilst that cold, dull light from the window showed it as it is beheld by eyes to which poetry has but a poor, literal meaning, or none at all?

我今天下午外出散步，回到家時(shí)已是黃昏，我覺得疲倦，還有點(diǎn)冷，便蜷縮在火爐前，接著懶懶地躺在爐旁的地毯上。我手里拿著一本書，開始借著爐火的光閱讀。幾分鐘后，我站起來，發(fā)現(xiàn)借著昏暗的天光，書本上的字還清晰可辨。這種照明的突然變化，讓我產(chǎn)生一種奇特的感覺；這真有些出乎意料，因?yàn)槲彝浟艘鼓贿€沒有降臨。我從這個(gè)奇妙的小經(jīng)驗(yàn)里看到一種智慧的象征。我手上這本書是一本詩集，火光發(fā)出的溫暖光線照亮?xí)?，就像詩句呈現(xiàn)在一個(gè)富有想象力和理解力的頭腦面前，而窗戶透進(jìn)來的寒冷陰暗的光照在書上，就如同它在那些認(rèn)為詩歌只有貧乏的字面意義或是全無意義的讀者眼里一樣。