《四季隨筆》節(jié)選 - 秋 25

《四季隨筆》是吉辛的散文代表作。其中對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，對文學(xué)名著的愛好與追求，以及對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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Yesterday I passed by an elm avenue, leading to a beautiful old house. The road between the trees was covered in all its length and breadth with fallen leaves—a carpet of pale gold. Further on, I came to a plantation, mostly of larches; it shone in the richest aureate hue, with here and there a splash of blood-red, which was a young beech in its moment of autumnal glory.

昨天，我走過一條榆樹夾道的林陰路，它通向一座古老美麗的房子。路上鋪滿了落葉——織就了一條淡金色的地毯。我繼續(xù)走，來到一片樹林前，這里最多的是落葉松，整個樹林閃耀著飽滿的金色光澤，間或有一抹血紅色，那是山毛櫸幼樹到了秋日輝煌的時刻。

I looked at an alder, laden with brown catkins, its blunt foliage stained with innumerable shades of lovely colour. Near it was a horse-chestnut, with but a few leaves hanging on its branches, and those a deep orange. The limes, I see, are already bare.

我看到一棵榿木，綴滿了棕色的柔荑，堅實(shí)的葉子染上了無數(shù)層可愛的顏色。它的旁邊是一棵七葉樹，樹枝上只剩下幾片葉子，都是深橘紅色。而酸橙樹呢，它已經(jīng)是光禿禿的了。

To-night the wind is loud, and rain dashes against my casement; tomorrow I shall awake to a sky of winter.

今晚，風(fēng)聲很大，雨點(diǎn)撞擊著我的窗扉；明天早晨醒來，我看到的將是冬日的天空了。