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"Never," said he, as he ground his teeth, "never was anything at once so frail and so indomitable.
“從來沒有，”他咬牙切齒地說，“從來沒有任何東西既那么脆弱，又那么頑強。
A mere reed she feels in my hand!"
在我手里她摸上去只不過像根蘆葦！”
(And he shook me with the force of his hold.)
（他緊握著手使勁搖我），
"I could bend her with my finger and thumb: and what good would it do if I bent, if I uptore, if I crushed her?
“我可以不費吹灰之力把它弄彎曲，但要是我把它弄彎了，拔起來，碾碎它，那又有什么用？
Consider that eye: consider the resolute, wild, free thing looking out of it,
想想那雙眼睛，想想從中射出的堅定、狂野、自在的目光，
defying me, with more than courage -- with a stern triumph.
蔑視我，內中隱含的不止是勇氣，而是嚴峻的勝利感。
Whatever I do with its cage, I cannot get at it -- the savage, beautiful creature!
不管我怎么擺弄這籠子，我無法靠攏它--這野蠻、漂亮的家伙！
If I tear, if I rend the slight prison, my outrage will only let the captive loose.
要是我撕壞或者打破這小小的監獄，我的暴行只會讓囚徒獲得自由。
Conqueror I might be of the house;
我也許可以成為這所房子的征服者，
but the inmate would escape to heaven before I could call myself possessor of its clay dwelling-place.
但我還來不及稱自己為泥屋的擁有人，里邊的居住者會早就飛到天上去了。
And it is you, spirit -- with will and energy, and virtue and purity -- that I want: not alone your brittle frame.
而我要的正是你的精神--富有意志、活力、德行和純潔，而不單是你脆弱的軀體。
Of yourself you could come with soft flight and nestle against my heart,
如果你愿意，你自己可以輕輕地飛來，偎依著我的心坎，
if you would: seized against your will, you will elude the grasp like an essence
而要是違背你的意思，死死抓住你，你會像一陣香氣那樣在我手掌中溜走，
you will vanish ere I inhale your fragrance. Oh! come, Jane, come!"
我還沒有聞到你就消失了。呵！來吧，簡，來吧！”
