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"No, sir, finish it now; I pity you -- I do earnestly pity you."
“不，先生，現在就講完它。我憐憫你--我真誠地憐憫你。”
"Pity, Jane, from some people is a noxious and insulting sort of tribute,
“憐憫，這個詞出自某些人之口時，簡，是討厭而帶有污辱性的，
which one is justified in hurling back in the teeth of those who offer it;
完全有理由把它奉還給說出來的人。
but that is the sort of pity native to callous, selfish hearts;
不過那是內心自私無情的人的憐憫，
it is a hybrid, egotistical pain at hearing of woes, crossed with ignorant contempt for those who have endured them.
這是聽到災禍以后所產生的以自我為中心的痛苦，混雜著對受害者的盲目鄙視。
But that is not your pity, Jane; it is not the feeling of which your whole face is full at this moment
但這不是你的憐憫，簡，此刻你滿臉透出的不是這種感情。
with which your eyes are now almost overflowing
此刻你眼睛里洋溢著的
with which your heart is heaving
你內心搏動著的
with which your hand is trembling in mine.
使你的手顫抖的是另一種感情。
Your pity, my darling, is the suffering mother of love: its anguish is the very natal pang of the divine passion.
我的寶貝，你的憐憫是愛的痛苦母親，它的痛苦是神圣的熱戀出世時的陣痛。
I accept it, Jane; let the daughter have free advent -- my arms wait to receive her."
我接受了，簡；讓那女兒自由地降生吧，我的懷抱已等待著接納她了。”
