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By the time the moon stood clear of the horizon,full-chested, round and the color of ivory,the valleys were deep shadows in the landscape.
等到皓月當空，滿月如盤，閃耀著象牙般乳白的清輝，山谷便成了風景中一片片幽深的陰影。
The dogs, reassured that this was the familiar moon, stopped barking.
那些狗確信了那團光原來是它們熟悉的月亮，也安定下來，停止了吠叫。
And all at once I felt a confidence and joy close to laughter.
霎時間，我也覺得信心倍增，心情舒暢，幾乎笑了出來。
The drama took an hour.
這奇特的景觀持續了一個小時。
Moonrise is slow and serried with subtleties.
月出是緩慢的，充滿著一個個微妙的變化。
To watch it, we must slip into an older, more patient sense of time.
觀看月出，我們必須重拾過去那種對時間的耐心。
To watch the moon move inexorably higher is to find an unusual stillness within ourselves.
觀看月亮不可阻擋地升上空中，會讓我們的內心找到不尋常的安寧。
Our imaginations become aware of the vast distances of space, the immensity of the earth, and the huge improbability of our own existence.
我們的想象力能讓我們看到宇宙的遼闊和大地的廣袤，能讓我們忘掉自己的存在。
We feel small but privileged.
我們感到自身的渺小但又深感大自然的厚待。
Moonlight shows us none of life’s harder edges.
月色下，我們看不到生活堅硬的棱角。
Hillsides seem silken and silvery, the oceans still and blue in its light.
山坡在月光下如同籠上了柔和的輕紗，一片銀白；大海在月光下靜謐而碧藍。
