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The boy rode along through the desert for several hours, listening avidly to what his heart had to say.
男孩在沙漠里走了兩個半小時，邊走邊全神貫注地傾聽內心的話。
It was his heart that would tell him where his treasure was hidden.
心將會向他揭示寶藏埋藏的準確地點。
"Where your treasure is, there also will be your heart," the alchemist had told him.
“你的心在哪兒，你的財寶就在哪兒。”煉金術士曾經說過。
But his heart was speaking of other things.
然而，男孩的心卻在講述著別的事情。
With pride, it told the story of a shepherd who had left his flock to follow a dream he had on two different occasions.
它驕傲地講起了一個牧羊人的故事，那牧羊人為了追尋自己連續兩個夜晚所做的同一個夢而拋棄了他的羊群。
It told of personal legend, and of the many men who had wandered in search of distant lands or beautiful women, confronting the people of their times with their preconceived notions.
心還講到天命，以及很多追尋天命的人。他們挑戰那些帶有時代偏見的人，前去尋找遙遠的土地和漂亮的女人。
It spoke of journeys, discoveries, books, and change.
在整個旅途過程中，心一直在談論新的發現，談論書籍和巨大的變化。
As he was about to climb yet another dune, his heart whispered,
男孩準備爬一座沙丘，就在這時，他的心在他耳邊竊竊私語道：
"Be aware of the place where you are brought to tears. That's where I am, and that's where your treasure is."
“請你注意你流淚的地方，因為那里就是我所在的地方，也是財寶所在的地方。”
The boy climbed the dune slowly. A full moon rose again in the starry sky: it had been a month since he had set forth from the oasis.
男孩慢慢向沙丘頂端爬去。一輪滿月懸在中天，星光燦爛。他在沙漠中已經走了一個月了。
The moonlight cast shadows through the dunes, creating the appearance of a rolling sea;
月光灑在沙丘上，變幻的陰影令沙漠看上去像波濤滾滾的大海，
it reminded the boy of the day when that horse had reared in the desert, and he had come to know the alchemist.
男孩回憶起一匹馬在沙漠里自由馳騁，為煉金術士帶去好預兆的那一天。
And the moon fell on the desert's silence, and on a man's journey in search of treasure.
說到底，月亮照耀的是沙漠的靜寂和尋寶者們的足跡。
When he reached the top of the dune, his heart leapt.
幾分鐘之后，他爬到沙丘頂，心猛地一跳。
There, illuminated by the light of the moon and the brightness of the desert, stood the solemn and majestic Pyramids of Egypt.
莊嚴雄偉的埃及金字塔，在白色沙漠的映襯中，矗立在面前，沐浴著滿月的銀輝。
The boy fell to his knees and wept. He thanked God for making him believe in his personal legend,
男孩雙膝跪地，淚流滿面。他感謝上帝使他相信了自己的天命，
and for leading him to meet a king, a merchant, an Englishman, and an alchemist.
并讓他在某一天遇見了一位王、一個水晶商販、一個英國人和一個煉金術士。
And above all for his having met a woman of the desert who had told him that love would never keep a man from his personal legend.
尤其是讓他遇見了一個沙漠中的女子，她使他懂得了愛永遠不會讓男人與他的天命分離。
