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What soulless thing is this that laughs before a wreck? Man, man! did I not know thee brave as fearless fire (and as mechanical) I could swear thou wert a poltroon. Groan nor laugh should be heard before a wreck.
喂，喂！這是多沒良心的家伙，居然嘲笑一只破艇？如果我不知道你是勇敢得象百無所畏的火神（又象木瓜）一樣，我真要斷定你是個膽小鬼。在破艇面前就不該唉聲嘆氣，也不該哈哈大笑。
Aye, sir, said Starbuck drawing near, "'tis a solemn sight; an omen, and an ill one."
是，是，先生，斯達巴克挨近著說道，"這真是個了不起的光景；是種預兆，也是種不吉利的預兆。"
Omen? omen? — the dictionary! If the gods think to speak outright to man, they will honorably speak outright; not shake their heads, and give an old wives' darkling hint. — Begone! Ye two are the opposite poles of one thing; Starbuck is Stubb reversed, and Stubb is Starbuck; and ye two are all mankind; and Ahab stands alone among the millions of the peopled earth, nor gods nor men his neighbors! Cold, cold — I shiver! — How now? Aloft there! D'ye see him? Sing out for every spout, though he spout ten times a second!
預兆？預兆？——拿字典來！如果神明想對人類坦白說話，他們就會堂而皇之地坦白說出來；既不搖頭，也不說些婆婆媽媽的陰陽怪氣的暗語——。滾開，你們兩個，正是一樣東西的兩極；斯達巴克是斯塔布的反極，斯塔布又是斯達巴克的反極；你們倆都是人；亞哈卻孤零零地置身在熙熙攘攘的人間，神明也好，人類也好，都不是他的鄰居！冷呀，冷呀——我打顫啦！——現在怎么啦？上邊的人呀！你們可看到它？盡管它一秒鐘噴十次水，你們看到一次，也要叫一次！
The day was nearly done; only the hem of his golden robe was rustling. Soon it was almost dark, but the look-out men still remained unset.
白天快要消逝了，不過，它那領金碧輝煌的麻袍還在沙沙作響。不一會，天色幾乎就漆黑了，可是，那幾個瞭望者仍然留在那里，沒有下來。
Can't see the spout now, sir; — too dark — cried a voice from the air.
先生，這會兒噴水也看不到啦；——天太黑啦。——空中傳下一聲喊叫。
How heading when last seen?
最后看到它是朝哪里去的？
As before, sir, — straight to leeward.
跟以前一樣，先生，——直往下風游去。
Good! he will travel slower now 'tis night.
好！天黑啦，它會游得慢些了。
