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One of the most picturesque and impressive parts of the bazaar is the copper-smiths' market. As you approach it, a tinkling and banging and clashing begins to impinge on your ear. It grows louder and more distinct, until you round a corner and see a fairyland of dancing flashes, as the burnished copper catches the light of innumerable lamps and braziers . In each shop sit the apprentices-boys and youths, some of them incredibly young-hammering away at copper vessels of all shapes and sizes, while the shop-owner instructs, and sometimes takes a hand with a hammer himself.In the background, a tiny apprentice blows a bi-, charcoal fir e with a huge leather bellowsworked by a string attached to his big toe-the red of the live coals glowing, bright and then dimming rhythmicallyto the strokes of the bellows.
集市上最引人注目、給人印象最深刻的地方之一是銅器市場。你一走近這里，耳朵里便只聽得見金屬器皿互相碰擊時所發(fā)出的一陣陣砰砰啪啪、丁丁當(dāng)當(dāng)?shù)捻懧?走得越近，響聲便越來越大，越來越清晰。直待你走到拐角處一轉(zhuǎn)彎，眼前便出現(xiàn)了锃亮的銅器，它們映照著無數(shù)盞明燈和火盆，流光飛舞，有如仙境。每個銅匠鋪子里都有幾個徒工-他們都是一些男性青少年，其中有的年齡小得讓人難以置信-在那里不停地錘打著一些形狀各異、大小不一的銅器，而鋪子的老板則在一旁指點著，有時也親自操錘敲打幾下。鋪子的后邊，還有一個小不點兒的徒工在那里用一根拴在大腳趾上的繩子鼓動著一個巨大的皮風(fēng)箱，煽著一大爐炭火--燃燒著的木炭隨著風(fēng)箱的鼓動而有節(jié)奏地變得忽明忽暗。
Here you can find beautiful pots and bowls engrave with delicate and intricate traditional designs, or the simple, everyday kitchenware used in this country, pleasing in form, but undecorated and strictly functional.Elsewhere there is the carpet-market, with its profusion of rich colours, varied textures and regional designs-some bold and simple, others unbelievably detailed and yet harmonious.
在這里，你會看到許多精美的鍋碗瓢盆，上面雕刻著各種精細復(fù)雜的傳統(tǒng)圖案，也能看到一些當(dāng)?shù)厝巳粘Ｊ褂玫馁|(zhì)樸無華的廚房用具，雖無花紋圖案，但造形美觀，經(jīng)濟實用。 再走一處便是地毯市場。這兒有各種質(zhì)地的地毯，它們色彩斑炯，花紋圖案富有地方特色--有的簡單粗獷，有的精巧和諧得令人吃驚。再往前走便是香料市場，這里充滿各種濃烈的異香奇味;接下來是食品市場，在這里，你可以買到豪華酒宴上所需的任何山珍海味，也可以與徒工、腳夫一道坐進小飯館里去吃那不能登大雅之堂的面包和奶酪。集市里有棚頂?shù)慕窒锟v橫交錯，有如一座迷宮，鱗次櫛比地坐落其間的有印染市場、陶器市場和木器市場。隨便走到哪兒，你都有可能透過某個門洞瞥見一個灑滿陽光的庭院，那也許是個清真寺的院子，也許是個商旅客棧的院子。在那兒，總會有幾頭駱駝旁若無人地臥著嚼草料，而在駱駝的身邊則總是堆放著它們穿越沙漠，從幾百英里以外的地方馱運而來的大捆大捆的貨物。
