第27章 钟 The Bell (第2/12页)

重要。

the tale provides a crowning utopian moment in Andersen’s literary work, and the scenes describing the beauties of the forest remind us that visual delights were as important to Andersen as the arresting acoustical enchantments of the bell.

就像在《皇帝的新装》中一样，孩子比成年人更有见识，安徒生对王子和穷人携手的动人描绘提醒我们，对人性的深刻愤世嫉俗与对我们转变能力的基本信念并不矛盾。

As in “the Emperor’s New clothes,” the child is more knowing than adults, and Andersen’s moving portrait of prince and pauper joining hands reminds us that deep cynicism about human nature is not inconsistent with a bedrock of faith in our capacity for transformation.

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人们说：“晚钟正在敲响，太阳正在落山。” 因为在一个大城市狭窄的街道上听到了一种奇怪而奇妙的声音。它就像教堂的钟声：但只听到了一会儿，因为马车的滚动声和人群的嘈杂声太大了。

people said “the Evening bell is sounding, the sun is setting.” For a strange wondrous tone was heard in the narrow streets of a large town. It was like the sound of a church-bell: but it was only heard for a moment, for the rolling of the carriages and the voices of the multitude made too great a noise.

那些在城外行走的人，那里的房子相距较远，中间有花园或小块田地，可以更好地看到傍晚的天空，也更清楚地听到钟声。就好像声音是从寂静森林中的一座教堂传来的；人们朝那个方向望去，感到他们的心灵被极其庄严地协调起来。

those persons who were walking outside the town, where the houses were farther apart, with gardens or little fields between them, could see the evening sky still better, and heard the sound of the bell much more distinctly. It was as if the tones came from a church in the still forest; people looked thitherward, and felt their minds attuned most solemn