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原文

巷

柯灵

译者

-

张培基

巷，是城市建筑艺术中一篇飘逸恬静的散文，一幅古雅冲淡的图画①。

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这

种巷，

常在江南的小城市中 ，

有如古代的少女，

躲在僻静的深闺，

轻易不肯抛头

露面②。你要在这种城市里住久了

,

和它真正成了莫逆，你才有机会看见她③，

接触到她优娴贞静的风度。

这种小巷，隔绝了市廛的红尘④，却 又不是乡村的风味。它又深又长，一个

人耐心静静走去，要老半天才走完。它又这么曲折

,

你望前面，好像已经堵塞了

⑤，可是 走过去，一转弯，依然是巷陌深深，而且更加幽静。那里常是寂寂的，

寂寂的⑥。

什么时候，

你向巷中踅去，

都如宁静的黄昏，

可以清晰地听到自己的

足音。

不高不矮 的围墙挡在两边⑦，

斑斑驳驳的苔痕，

墙上挂着一串串苍翠欲滴

的藤萝，

简直像古朴的屏风。

墙里常是 人家的竹园，修竹森森，

天籁细细

；

春 来

时还常有几枝娇艳的桃花杏花，娉娉婷婷，从墙头殷勤地摇曳红袖，向行人招

手。⑧

小巷的动 人处就是它无比的悠闲。

无论是谁，

只要你到巷里去踯躅⑨一会 ，

你的心情就会如巷尾不波的古井，那是一种和平的静穆，而不是阴森和肃杀⑩。

它闹中取静，

别有天地，

仍是人间。

它可能是一条现代的乌衣巷

(11)

，

家家有自

己的一本哀乐帐，

一部兴衰史，

可是重门叠户，

讳莫如深，

夕阳影里，

野花闲草，

燕子低飞，寻觅归家（

12

）

。只是一片澄明如水的气氛，净化一切，笼罩一切，

使人忘忧。

译文

The Lane

Ke

Ling

The

lane,

in

terms

of

the

art

of

urban

architecture,

is

like

a

piece

of

prose

of

gentle gracefulness or a painting of classic elegance and simplicity

①

.

Often

tucked

away

in

a

small

town

south

of

the

Yangtse

River,

the

lane,

like

a

maiden

of

ancient

times

hidden

away

in

a

secluded

boudoir,

is

reluctant

to

make

its

appearance

in public.

Y

ou’ll

never

have an opportunity to see

it and

savour

its gentle

poise

②

until you have become truly attached to the small town after living there for a

long time.

③

The

lane,

though

cut

off

from

the

hustle

and

bustle

of

busy

cities

④

,

does

not

taste of the countryside at all. It

is

long and deep, so

it

will

take

you a

long while to

walk

patiently

and

quietly

through

it

from

end

to

end.

It

is

also

so

winding

that

it

seems

to be

a blind alley

⑤

when

you

look

far ahead, but

if

you keep

walking

until

you

take

a

turning,

you’ll

find

it

again

lying

endless

and

still

more

quiet.

There

is

nothing but stillness

there

⑥

. At any

hour of day

,

you can even distinctly

hear

in

the

dusk-like quiet your own footsteps. On either side of the lane stand enclosing

walls of

medium height

⑦

, which, moss-covered and hung with clusters of fresh green wisteria,

look almost like screens of primitive simplicity

. Inside the

walls are residents’ gardens

with

dense

groves

of

tall

bamboos

as

well

as

soft

sounds

of

nature.

In

spring,

beautiful

peach

and

apricot

blossoms

atop

the

walls,

like

graceful

girls

⑧

waving

their red sleeves, will sway hospitably to beckon the pedestrians.

The charm of the

lane

lies

in

its absolute serenity

. No

matter

who

you are,

if

you

loiter

around

in

the

lane

for

a

while

⑨

,

your

mind

will

become

as

unruffled

as

the

ancient

well

at

the

end

of

the

lane.

There

you

will

experience

a

kind

of

peaceful

calmness rather than gloomy sternness

⑩

. There reigns peace and quiet in the midst of

noisy bustle. It

is a world of

its own on earth. It

may be a

modern

version of

Wu Yi

Xiang,

a

special

residential

area

of

nobility

in

the

Jin

Dynasty

southeast

of

today’s

Nanjing,

(11)where

each

family,

secluded

behind

closed

doors,

has

its

own

covered- up

story of

joys and sorrows, and rise and decline.

When the sun

is setting,

swallows will fly low over wild flowers and grass on their way to their nests.

（

12

The

all-pervading

and

all-purifying

atmosphere

of

water-like

placidness

makes

one

forget all cares and worries.