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But war is pain, and hate is woe. Come in thy lowest form of love, and I will kneel and kiss thee; but at thy highest, come as mere supernal power; and though thou launchest navies of full-freighted worlds, there's that in here that still remains indifferent. Oh, thou clear spirit, of thy fire thou madest me, and like a true child of fire, I breathe it back to thee.
不過，戰爭是苦痛的，憎恨是悲哀的。如果你哪怕以最起碼的愛的形式來對待我，我就會跪倒下來吻著你；可是，如果你只是以至高的權力來壓我；盡管你出動全部裝備充足的海軍，我們這里還是不為所動。你這個真神呵，你用火把我造了出來，我就要象火神的真正的孩子一樣，把火給你吹回去。
(Sudden, repeated flashes of lightning; the nine flames leap lengthwise to thrice their previous height; Ahab, with the rest, closes his eyes, his right hand pressed hard upon them.)
（火光突然一再閃爍；那九股火焰直往上沖，比原先高了三倍；亞哈和其余的人們，都緊閉眼睛，他右手緊蒙著雙眼。）
I own thy speechless, placeless power; said I not so? Nor was it wrung from me; nor do I now drop these links. Thou canst blind; but I can then grope. Thou canst consume; but I can then be ashes. Take the homage of these poor eyes, and shutter-hands. I would not take it. The lightning flashes through my skull; mine eyeballs ache and ache; my whole beaten brain seems as beheaded, and rolling on some stunning ground. Oh, oh! Yet blindfold, yet will I talk to thee. Light though thou be, thou leapest out of darkness; but I am darkness leaping out of light, leaping out of thee!
我承認你具有說不出的。摸不準的權力，我剛才不是這樣說過嘛？這可不是我硬擠出來的話；我這會兒也不放下這些鏈環了。你能夠使人瞎眼；我只能摸索著走。你能夠燒盡燒光，我只能化成灰。請接受這雙可憐的手和遮掩著的眼睛的敬意吧。我決不僭越。火光照穿了我的腦殼；我的眼球痛得難耐；我整個受傷的腦袋直象被砍了下來，在一種使人立不住腳的地上滾來滾去。啊，啊，盡管我眼睛看不清楚，我還是要跟你說話。雖然你是火光，是從黑暗中跳出來的；我卻是從火光中跳出來的黑暗，是從你那里面跳出來的黑暗！
