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"My heart is a traitor," the boy said to the alchemist, when they had paused to rest the horses. "It doesn't want me to go on."
“我的心非常叛逆。”當(dāng)兩人停下來，讓馬匹歇歇腳的時候，男孩對煉金術(shù)士說，“它不愿讓我繼續(xù)前行。”
"That makes sense," the alchemist answered.
“這很好。”煉金術(shù)士回答。
"Naturally it's afraid that, in pursuing your dream, you might lose everything you've won."
“這證明你的心很活躍。為一個夢想而失去已經(jīng)到手的一切，有點擔(dān)心也情有可原。”
"Well, then, why should I listen to my heart?"
“那么，我為什么要傾聽自己的心聲呢？”
"Because you will never again be able to keep it quiet.
“因為你永遠(yuǎn)不能讓它沉默。
Even if you pretend not to have heard what it tells you, it will always be there inside you,
即使你佯裝不聽它的話，它還是會在你的胸膛里，
repeating to you what you're thinking about life and about the world."
反復(fù)傾訴它對生活和世界的看法。”
"You mean I should listen, even if it's treasonous?"
“即使它違背我的意志？”
"Treason is a blow that comes unexpectedly. If you know your heart well, it will never be able to do that to you.
“違背意志是你不希望受到打擊。如果你對自己的心非常了解，它就永遠(yuǎn)打擊不到你。
Because you'll know its dreams and wishes, and will know how to deal with them."
因為你將了解它的夢想和愿望，并知道怎樣應(yīng)對。
"You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it's better to listen to what it has to say.
誰也不能逃避自己的心，所以最好傾聽心在說什么。
That way, you'll never have to fear an unanticipated blow."
只有這樣，你才永遠(yuǎn)不會遭受意外的打擊。”
The boy continued to listen to his heart as they crossed the desert.
他們在沙漠中趕路的時候，圣地亞哥繼續(xù)傾聽自己的心聲。
He came to understand its dodges and tricks, and to accept it as it was.
他早已熟悉心所耍的手腕和種種花招，并接受了它的表現(xiàn)。
He lost his fear, and forgot about his need to go back to the oasis, because, one afternoon, his heart told him that it was happy.
于是，男孩不再害怕，并放棄了返回綠洲的打算，因為有一天下午，他的心告訴他，它非常滿意。
"Even though I complain sometimes," it said, "it's because I'm the heart of a person, and people's hearts are that way.
“即便我有點抱怨，”他的心說道，“也是因為我是人類的一顆心，人心全都如此。
People are afraid to pursue their most important dreams, because they feel that they don't deserve them, or that they'll be unable to achieve them.
它們害怕實現(xiàn)更大的夢想，因為認(rèn)為自己不配有這樣的夢想，或者無法實現(xiàn)這樣的夢想。
We, their hearts, become fearful just thinking of loved ones who go away forever,
我們的心就害怕得要命，一想到愛情去而不返，
or of moments that could have been good but weren't, or of treasures that might have been found but were forever hidden in the sands.
本該美好的時刻卻并非如此，本該發(fā)現(xiàn)的財寶卻永埋沙下。
Because, when these things happen, we suffer terribly."
因為一旦這種情況發(fā)生，我們將會痛苦異常。”
