Here, we are all in it together.
我們在此 同處一室
Islam is a religion of law and simple faith.
伊斯蘭教法度嚴明 信仰唯一
Everything revealed to all.
一切都坦誠布公
Islam means submission.
伊斯蘭的意思是服從
And what we submit to here is the light,
而在這里我們服從于光明
the light of true faith and of the Koran.
真正的信仰的光明 古蘭經中的光明
Its record, the light of God's law streaming through 249 windows,
據記載 神意之光從249扇窗傾瀉而下
drowning the space with radiance.
耀眼的神光充斥了整個教堂
How weightless this all feels,
這一切看起來都輕靈極了
even the gigantic dome.
即便是巨大的穹頂石也不例外
That's all the more extraordinary
這就更加的非同尋常了
because it could only be
因為只有巨大的建筑結構
supported by absolutely titanic architecture.
才能支撐得住大型的穹頂石
These huge four masonry piers.
也就是這四面巨大的磚石窗間壁
Everything is, kind of, airy, and light, and graceful,
一切都是那么的輕盈柔美
but, you feel, behind it is this
但在這一切背后你能感受到的
hard mathematical engineering mind of Sinan.
是希南那精確的工程師的構思
That achievement,
這項成就
something built on the ground that is full of this kind of
本是塵世中的建筑 卻充滿了這種
planetary uplift towards which our gaze is sent
超脫塵世之感 也讓我們凝視的目光
over and over again
久久不能離開
is what makes this place
正是這一點讓這里
one of the most beautiful buildings on earth.
成為了世上最美的建筑之一
Sinan was not working in isolation.
希南并非閉門造車
He knew very well, that in Christian Europe
他非常清楚 在基督教治下的歐洲
architects had been working to remake Christian architecture
建筑師們都在努力將基督教建筑整修成
on an imperial scale.
具有宏大規格的建筑
Turkish visitors to Rome, just like their Italian counterparts
土耳其人游羅馬 就相當于意大利人
visiting Istanbul, would have seen first hand
去游覽伊斯坦布爾 能夠直接看到
this east-west competition of cultural one-upmanship.
這種自覺高人一等的東西文化之間的較量
Sinan had thought obsessively about the long history
希南曾非常癡迷于君士坦丁堡那段
of Constantinople.
悠長的歷史
And in Rome, too,
而在羅馬
artists and architects found themselves
藝術家和建筑師們也發現
in a dialogue with the past.
他們是在與過去進行對話