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I could not bear to return to the sordid village, where, besides, no prospect of aid was visible.
我不忍再返回齷齪的莊子，況且那兒也沒有希望得到幫助。
I should have longed rather to deviate to a wood I saw not far off,
我本想繞道去一個看得見的不遠的林子。
which appeared in its thick shade to offer inviting shelter;
那里濃蔭蓋地，似乎有可能提供誘人的落腳地方。
but I was so sick, so weak, so gnawed with nature's cravings,
但是我那么病弱，那么為天性的渴求所折磨、
instinct kept me roaming round abodes where there was a chance of food.
本能使我只繞著有機會得到食品的住處轉。
Solitude would be no solitude -- rest no rest -- while the vulture, hunger, thus sank beak and talons in my side.
當饑餓像猛禽一樣嘴爪俱下抓住我時、孤獨也不成其孤獨，歇息也談不上歇息了。
I drew near houses; I left them, and came back again, and again I wandered away:
我走近了住家，走開了又回來，回來了又走開。
always repelled by the consciousness of having no claim to ask -- no right to expect interest in my isolated lot.
總有被一種意識所擊退，覺得沒有理由提出要求，沒有權利期望別人對我孤獨的命運發生興趣。
Meantime, the afternoon advanced, while I thus wandered about like a lost and starving dog.
我像一條迷路的餓狗那么轉來轉去，一直到了下午。
In crossing a field, I saw the church spire before me: I hastened towards it.
我穿過田野的時候，看到前面的教堂尖頂，便急步朝它走去。
