翻译：岑桑·《残雪断想》（中）

　　Then it was a time of a hundred leagues locked in ice and ten thousand leagues of whirling snow. The world was in fact still frozen and silenced by the force of the ice and snow. Man was forced to wait in pain. The eagerness for the coming of spring made them anxious to the point of tearing their chests open.

　　啊，什么时候，才有彩蝶蹁跹，才见群莺飞舞？什么时候呵，才让繁花竞放，树木葱茏，蜂房酿满蜜汁，人心注满情谊……

　　Oh, when would the colourful butterflies be whirling about again? When would the orioles be flying around? When would the flowers blossom, the trees turn green, the bee hives overflow wither sweet honey, and the human heart be full of the ties of friendship?...

　　美丽的期待，在人们心怀里跳荡不安；因为生活荒凉已久，谁也难以继续忍受了。人们祈求一夜之间冰化雪消，花繁叶茂；而坚冰毕竟太厚，最初的春色毕竟还不够浓艳。现实并无点化而成的奇迹，得以满足人们可以理解的迫切心愿，以致到了飞燕衔泥的时光，竟还有人感觉不到如今已是换了人间。

　　Beautiful expectations are dancing in our hearts, for life has been so desolate for so long and nobody can bear it any longer. We sincerely hope that the snow melt overnight, and the flowers and leaves flourish. But the warmth of spring is not yet enough to melt the hard, thick ice. No wonder that even after the swallows are darting about, there are still some people who are not yet convinced that the world is changing. And there are those men who are only satisfied in their eagerness to understand this feeling through touch.

　　莫非正是由于这样，你才不承认春光就在眼前？

　　Is it just because of this that you don’t believe spring is before your eyes?

　　残雪以它白皑皑的回光，刺痛我们的眼睛；然而它正在崩溃，再也堆不起几个雪罗汉了。

　　The sun’s reflection of the melting snow is blinding our eyes. However, it is slowly melthing and no longer can you build a snowman with it.

　　残雪以它冷冰冰的神态，傲然盘踞在依旧可容立足的东边一角、西边一隅；然而它正在没落，再也不能无休无止地扼杀大地的生机了。

　　With a chilly gesture, the melting snow still settles in this corner and that corner, trying its best to keep a foothold to life. However, the melting weather is too warm for the snow, so it finally surrendered to spring.

　　残雪呵，你是丑恶势力绝不甘心退隐的明证；也是它摆脱不掉败亡命运的象征。你是属于冬天的，有着冷酷而凌厉的秉性；然而你以自身残缺的形象，反证了春的胜利，我们因之得以透过你的寒光，探寻到切切实实的春意。

　　The remainder of snow, you are a proof of the ugly force that desperately attempts to force itself upon the earth when it should retreat. You are also a symbol of the impossible escape from its doomed fate. You belong to winter with your cold-blooded and untamed character. However, you are also a proof in the triumph of spring with your dissolving appearance. We can see the real spring atmosphere through your chilly, bleak light.

　　隆冬溃退了，残雪是为它殿后的。

　　The cold winter has retreated, and the melting snow is its real guard.

　　（张梦井、杜耀文 译）

　　翻译：岑桑·《残雪断想》（上）

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