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O dark dark dark. They all go into the dark
啊 黑暗 黑暗 黑暗。他們都走進(jìn)了黑暗，
The vast interstellar spaces, the vacant into the vacant,
空虛的星際之間的空間，空虛進(jìn)入空虛，
The captains, merchant bankers, eminent men of letters,
上校們，銀行家們，知名的文學(xué)家們，
The generous patrons of art, the statesmen and the rulers,
慷慨大度的藝術(shù)贊助人、政治家和統(tǒng)治者，
Distinguished civil servants, chairmen of many committees,
顯要的文官們，形形色色的委員主席們，
Industrial lords and petty contractors, all go into the dark,
工業(yè)巨子和卑微的承包商們都走進(jìn)了黑暗，
And dark the Sun and Moon, and the Almanach de Gotha
太陽和月亮也暗淡無光了，哥達(dá)年鑒
And the Stock Exchange Gazette, the Directory of Directors,
證券市場報(bào)和董事姓名錄都黯然失色了，
And cold the sense and lost the motive of action.
感覺冷卻，行動(dòng)的動(dòng)機(jī)也已經(jīng)消失。
And we all go with them, into the silent funeral,
于是我們大家和他們同行，走進(jìn)肅穆的葬禮，
Nobody's funeral, for there is no one to bury.
不是誰的葬禮，因?yàn)闆]有誰要埋葬。
I said to my soul, be still, and let the dark come upon you which shall be the darkness of God. As, in a theatre,
我對我的靈魂說，別作聲，讓黑暗降臨在你的身上，這準(zhǔn)是上帝的黑暗。正如在劇場里
The lights are extinguished, for the scene to be changed with a hollow rumble of wings, with a movement of darkness on darkness,
為了變換場景，燈光熄滅了，舞臺兩廂一陣沉重的轆轆聲，在黑暗里，隨著一番黑暗的動(dòng)作，我們知道
And we know that the hills and the trees, the distant panorama and the bold imposing facade are all being rolled away -
群山，樹林，遠(yuǎn)處的活動(dòng)畫景，還有那顯目而堂皇的正面裝設(shè)都在移走——
Or as, when an underground train, in the tube, stops too long between stations
或者象一列地鐵火車，在地道里，在車站與車站之間停得太久
And the conversation rises and slowly fades into silence
旅客們交談之聲紛起，又逐漸消寂于靜默，
And you see behind every face the mental emptiness deepen
而你在每張臉孔后面看到內(nèi)心的空虛正在加深
Leaving only the growing terror of nothing to think about;
只留下沒有什么可想的恐懼在心頭升起；
Or when, under ether, the mind is conscious but conscious of nothing -
或者像上了麻醉以后，頭腦清醒卻無所感覺——
