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The boy awoke as the sun rose.
男孩睜開了雙眼，太陽在地平線上噴薄欲出。
There, in front of him, where the small stars had been the night before, was an endless row of date palms, stretching across the entire desert.
在他面前，昨夜群星閃爍的地方，有一排看不到盡頭的椰棗樹鋪展開去，將面前的沙漠覆蓋了。
"We've done it!" said the Englishman, who had also awakened early.
“我們成功了。”英國人說。他也是剛剛醒來。
But the boy was quiet. He was at home with the silence of the desert, and he was content just to look at the trees.
但是，男孩卻默默無語。他已經(jīng)學(xué)會了像沙漠那樣保持沉默，只是興奮地望著面前的椰棗樹林。
He still had a long way to go to reach the pyramids, and someday this morning would just be a memory.
他還必須走很多的路才能到達金字塔。有朝一日，這個清晨將成為一個回憶，僅此而已。
But this was the present moment—the party the camel driver had mentioned—and he wanted to live it as he did the lessons of his past and his dreams of the future.
但是現(xiàn)在，清晨是正在經(jīng)歷的這一刻，是那趕駝人所說的節(jié)日。他想帶著過去的教訓(xùn)和未來的夢想去體驗這個時刻。
Although the vision of the date palms would someday be just a memory, right now it signified shade, water, and a refuge from the war.
有一天，那成千上萬棵椰棗樹覆蓋沙漠的景象將會成為回憶。不過，現(xiàn)在這會兒，椰棗樹對他來說卻意味著陰涼、水源和躲避戰(zhàn)火的地方。
Yesterday, the camel's groan signaled danger, and now a row of date palms could herald a miracle.
就如同駱駝的一聲嘶鳴可能意味著危險一樣，一排椰棗樹也可以標志著一個奇跡。
The world speaks many languages, the boy thought.
世界會講許多種語言，男孩想。
