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I sought the orchard, driven to its shelter by the wind,
我朝果園走去了，風把我驅趕到了隱蔽的角落，
which all day had blown strong and full from the south, without, however, bringing a speck of rain.
強勁的南風刮了整整一天，卻沒有帶來一滴雨。
Instead of subsiding as night drew on, it seemed to augment its rush and deepen its roar:
入夜，風勢非但沒有減弱，反而越來越強，咆哮聲越來越響。
the trees blew steadfastly one way, never writhing round, and scarcely tossing back their boughs once in an hour;
樹木被一個勁兒地往一邊吹著，從不改向，一個小時里，樹枝幾乎一次都沒有朝反方向倒去，
so continuous was the strain bending their branchy heads northward
樹梢一直緊繃著往北彎著。
the clouds drifted from pole to pole, fast following, mass on mass: no glimpse of blue sky had been visible that July day.
云塊從一頭飄到另一頭，接踵而來，層層疊疊，七月的這一天看不到一絲藍天。
It was not without a certain wild pleasure I ran before the wind,
我被風推著往前奔跑，
delivering my trouble of mind to the measureless air-torrent thundering through space.
把心頭的煩惱付諸呼嘯而過、無窮無盡的氣流，倒也不失為一種狂亂的喜悅。
Descending the laurel walk, I faced the wreck of the chestnut-tree;
我走下月桂小徑，面前是橫遭洗劫的栗樹，
it stood up black and riven: the trunk, split down the centre, gasped ghastly.
黑乎乎的已經被撕裂，卻依然站立著，樹干中一劈為二，可怕地張著大口。
The cloven halves were not broken from each other, for the firm base and strong roots kept them unsundered below;
但裂開的兩半并沒有完全脫開，因為堅實的樹基和強壯的樹根使底部仍然連接著。
though community of vitality was destroyed -- the sap could flow no more:
盡管生命的整體遭到了破壞--樹汁已不再流動，
their great boughs on each side were dead, and next winter's tempests would be sure to fell one or both to earth:
每一片大樹枝都已枯死，明年冬天的暴風雨一定會把裂開的一片或者兩片都刮到地上，
as yet, however, they might be said to form one tree -- a ruin, but an entire ruin.
但是它們可以說合起來是一棵樹--雖已倒地，卻完整無缺。
