“Drink, then,”“ replied he, still with the same cold composure. ”“Dost thou know me so little, Hester Prynne? Are my purposes wont to be so shallow?”

“那就喝吧,”他回答着,依然冷酷如前,不动声色。“难道你这么不了解我吗,海丝特·白兰?我的目标会如此浅薄吗?

“Why dost thou smile so at me?”“ inquired Hester, troubled at the expression of his eyes. ”“Art thou like the Black Man that haunts the forest round about us? Hast thou enticed me into a bond that will prove the ruin of my soul?”

“你干嘛要这样子冲我笑?”海丝特对着他的目光费解地问。“你打算象那个在森林里作祟的黑男人一样纠缠着我们吗?你是不是已经把我引进了一个圈套,证明我的灵魂给毁绰了呢?”

“Dost thou think the child will be glad to know me?”“ asked the minister, somewhat uneasily. ”“I have long shrunk from children, because they often show a distrust-a backwardness to be familiar with me. I have even been afraid of little Pearl!”

“你看孩子会高兴认识我吗?”牧师有点不安地问。“我躲着小孩子已有好长时间了,因为他们常常对我表示不信任--一种回避和我亲近的态度。我甚至一直害怕小珠儿!”

“Wherefore dost thou desire it?”“ inquired Hester, shrinking, she hardly knew why, from this secret bond. ”“Why not announce thyself openly, and cast me off at once?”

“你为什么要这样呢?”海丝特怯生生地问,她也说不清她怎么会由于这一秘密的约束而畏缩了。“你为什么不公开站出来,把我立刻抛弃呢?”

“My little Pearl,”“ said Hester, after a moment’s silence, ”“the green letter, and on thy childish bosom, has no purport. But dost thou know, my child, what this letter means which thy mother is doomed to wear?”

“我的小珠儿,”海丝特沉默了一会儿之后说,“那绿色的字母,在你童稚的胸口是没有意义的。不过,我的孩子,你可知道你妈妈非戴不可的这个字母的意思吗?”。

“Dost thou know thy mother now, child?”“ asked she reproachfully, but with a subdued tone. ”“Wilt thou come across the brook, and own thy mother, now that she has her shame upon her-now that she is sad?”“ ”

“现在你认识你妈妈了吧,孩子?”她压着声音责问说。“现在你妈妈又戴上了她的耻辱,--她又悲伤了,你愿意走过河来,认她了吧?”

Yes, thou art released;dost thou not understand?

“是的，我们让你走，你耳朵聋了吗?”

To pour out gratitude, as thou dost , good. ;Oh, yes! They love through all this world of ours!

把感激尽量倾吐，正象你把恩惠布施。;是啊，咱们这世道，谈情说爱，多的是!

Thou, silent form, dost tease us out of thought Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say’st, ’beauty is truth, truth beauty’--that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.

沉默的形体呵,你象是“永恒”使人超越思想:呵,冰冷的牧歌!等暮年使这一世代都凋落,只有你如旧;在另外的一些忧伤中,你会抚慰后人说:“美即是真,真即是美,”这就包括你们所知道、和该知道的一切。

And dost thou lift this house’s latch too poor;For hand of thine? and canst thou think and bear

而你却抽起我的门闩，你果真;不嫌它亵渎了你的手?没谁看见

And sometimes like a gleaner thou dost keep Steady thy laden head across a brook; Or by a cider-press, with patient look, Thou watchest the last oozings, hours by hours.

或者．像拾穗人越过小溪,你昂首背着谷袋,投下倒影,或者就在榨果架下坐几点钟,你耐心地瞧着徐徐滴下的酒浆。

On the way was a nettle-plant, and she said, oh, nettle-plant, little nettle-plant, what dost thou here alone. I have known the time when I ate thee unboiled when I ate thee unroasted.

她看见了一丛荨麻，就说道:“噢，荨麻呀荨麻，小小的荨麻，你为何孤零零地长在这里?我还记得那个时候我没有煮你，就拿你来生吃。”

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time for that is the stuff life is made of.--Benjamin Franklin

你爱自己的生命吗?那么就不要浪费时间，因为时间是构成生命的原料。--富兰克林

Should seem `a cuckoo-song,’ as thou dost treat it. ;Remember, never to the hill or plain

你会把它看成一支“布谷鸟的歌曲”;;可是记着，在那青山和绿林间

Dost thou not think her beautiful? And see with what natural skill she has made those simple flowers adorn her!

你难道不认为她很美吗?你看,她天生有多大的本事用那些普通的花朵来装扮自己啊!

Dost thou love life

你热爱生命吗?

Art thou a Christian child-ha? Dost know thy catechism? Or art thou one of those naughty elfs or fairies, whom we thought to have left behind us, with other relics of Papistry, in merry old England?

你是基督徒的孩子吗,啊?你懂得《教义问答手册》吗?也许,你是那种调皮的小妖精或小仙女吧?我们还以为,连同罗马天主教的其它遗物,全都给留在快乐的老英格兰了呢。“

Say over again, and yet once over again,;That thou dost love me. Though the word repeated

请说了一遍，再向我说一遍，;说“我爱你!”即使那样一遍遍重复

Let it be like this:I shall say to a girl“please lower your jar so that I may drink;and if she answered”Drink,and I will water your camels also,that would be the girl whom thou dost intend for thy servant Isaac“

让事情象这样吧:我会对一个姑娘说:“请把你的水罐拿下来，好让我喝点水!如果她回答说:‘请喝吧，我还给你的骆驼也喝点水。’那她就是你预定要你的仆人以撒迎娶的姑娘。”

He bears no letter of infamy wrought into his garment, as thou dost ; but I shall read it on his heart.

他的衣服上没有象你一样缝着耻辱的字毋;但我仍可以洞察他的内心。

Too many flowers, though each shall crown the year? ;Say thou dost love me, love me, love me--toll

太多的星，即使每颗都在太空转动;;太多的花，即使每朵洋溢着春意

As he, in his swooning ears, the choir’s amen. ;Beloved, dost thou love? or did I see all

心里却一片怔忡不安，因为不见你;在我的眼前。亲爱的，你当真爱我

What does the letter mean, mother?-and why dost thou wear it?-and why does the minister keep his hand over his heart?

这字母到底是什么意思,妈妈?--你干嘛要戴着它?--牧师干嘛总要用手捂着心口?

||1: A memorial service for him was held at the foot of the window while the scaffolding still covered it. ||2: Mr Lassen, who worked from Bristol, was barely known in Durham, although he had once had a studio at Worship Farm, not far away. ||3: To most of the people who attended, extending the human crowd in the bottom panels of the window, he was just “that nice chap” who had had the accident. ||4: But when September 25th came, the day of dedication, he was remembered in a different way. ||5: The clue lay in George Herbert’s poem “The Windows” which was sung as an anthem at evensong. ||6: Man was “a brittle crazy glass”:Yet in thy temple thou dost him afford This glorious and transcendent place To be a window, through thy grace.

||1:一个为他举办的纪念仪式就在那窗户脚下进行，脚手架还没有拆掉。||2:来自布里斯托尔的拉森在达赫姆几乎不为人知，尽管他在不远的礼拜农场有一个工作室。||3:对于来参加纪念仪式的人群来说，他就是那个出事故的“好小伙”。||4:但是当9月25日，奉献日这天到来的时候，他以一种不同的方式被怀念。||5:而线索就藏在乔治·赫伯特的一首诗里“窗”，这是晚祷的一首赞美歌。||6:人是一块“易脆的疯狂的玻璃”：然而，栖身在你的圣殿，透过你的恩典，他这一光荣而超然的地方是一扇窗

“Dost thou think the child will be glad to know me? ” asked the minister, somewhat uneasily.

“你看孩子会高兴认识我吗？”牧师有点不安地问。

I am coming, “ answered his wife; and then she cried, ” Anne, sister Anne, dost thou not see anyone coming?

“我来了，”他的老婆应着；接着她喊道，“安妮，安妮姐姐，你有没有看见有人来啊？”

Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?

挨到西门彼得，彼得对他说，主阿，你洗我的脚吗。

But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone?

马大伺候的事多，心里忙乱，就进前来说，主阿，我的妹子留下我一个人伺候，你不在意吗。

Dost thou think that being the ward of the last Great Indian Track Superstar is too much pressure?

难道你觉得保卫最后的跨栏超级明星这个头衔实在太大压力？

What dost thou here between the towers?

你到这两塔之间干嘛来了？

maintenance dost

n.维持剂量