第58章 祖母 Grandmother (第1/4页)

《祖母》，1845 年

Grandmother, 1845

祖母年纪很大了，她满脸皱纹，头发全白了；但她的眼睛就像两颗星星，当她看着你时，眼神里透着温和、慈祥的神情，这让你感觉很舒服。

Grandmother is very old, her face is wrinkled, and her hair is quite white; but her eyes are like two stars, and they have a mild, gentle expression in them when they look at you, which does you good.

她穿着一件质地厚重、华丽的丝绸连衣裙，上面绣着大朵的花；她走动时，裙子会沙沙作响。

She wears a dress of heavy, rich silk, with large flowers worked on it; and it rustles when she moves.

而且她能讲出最精彩的故事。

And then she can tell the most wonderful stories.

祖母懂得很多事情，因为她比父亲和母亲的年纪都大 —— 这是肯定的。

Grandmother knows a great deal, for she was alive before father and mother — that’s quite certain.

她有一本带大银扣的赞美诗集，她经常在里面阅读；在书页间，夹着一朵玫瑰，已经完全扁平且干枯了；它不像插在花瓶里的那些玫瑰那么漂亮，但她却对着它笑得非常开心，甚至眼里还涌出了泪水。

She has a hymn-book with large silver clasps, in which she often reads; and in the book, between the leaves, lies a rose, quite flat and dry; it is not so pretty as the roses which are standing in the glass, and yet she smiles at it most pleasantly, and tears even e into her eyes.

“我不明白祖母为什么要那样看着旧书里的那朵枯萎的花？

你知道吗？”

“I wonder why grandmother looks at the withered flower in the old book that way?

do you know?”

哎呀，当祖母的泪水滴落在玫瑰上，她正看着它的时候，玫瑰复活了，它的芬芳弥漫了整个房间；墙壁像在雾中一样消失了，她周围全是一片郁郁葱葱的树林，夏天的时候，阳光透过茂密的枝叶洒下来；而祖母呢，她又变年轻了，成了一位迷人的少女，像玫瑰一样清新，有着圆圆的、红润的脸颊，一头金黄、光亮的卷发，身材美丽又优雅；但那双眼睛，那温和、圣洁的眼睛，还是原来的样子 —— 它们一直留在祖母身上。

why, when grandmother’s tears fall upon the rose, an