瓦尔登湖:Spring7

　　Beside this I got a rare mess of golden and silver and bright cupreous fishes， which looked like a string of jewels.  Ah！ I have penetrated to those meadows on the morning of many a first spring day， jumping from hummock to hummock， from willow root to willow root， when the wild river valley and the woods were bathed in so pure and bright a light as would have waked the dead， if they had been slumbering in their graves， as some suppose.  There needs no stronger proof of immortality.  All things must live in such a light.  O Death， where was thy sting？  O Grave， where was thy victory， then？

　　Our village life would stagnate if it were not for the unexplored forests and meadows which surround it.  We need the tonic of wildness ―― to wade sometimes in marshes where the bittern and the meadow-hen lurk， and hear the booming of the snipe； to smell the whispering sedge where only some wilder and more solitary fowl builds her nest， and the mink crawls with its belly close to the ground.  At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things， we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable， that land and sea be infinitely wild， unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because unfathomable.  We can never have enough of nature.  We must be refreshed by the sight of inexhaustible vigor，vast and titanic features， the sea-coast with its wrecks， the wilderness with its living and its decaying trees， the thunder-cloud， and the rain which lasts three weeks and produces freshets.  We need to witness our own limits transgressed， and some life pasturing freely where we never wander.  We are cheered when we observe the vulture feeding on the carrion which disgusts and disheartens us， and deriving health and strength from the repast. There was a dead horse in the hollow by the path to my house， which compelled me sometimes to go out of my way， especially in the night when the air was heavy， but the assurance it gave me of the strong appetite and inviolable health of Nature was my compensation for this.  I love to see that Nature is so rife with life that myriads can be afforded to be sacrificed and suffered to prey on one another； that tender organizations can be so serenely squashed out of existence like pulp ―― tadpoles which herons gobble up， and tortoises and toads run over in the road； and that sometimes it has rained flesh and blood！  With the liability to accident， we must see how little account is to be made of it.  The impression made on a wise man is that of universal innocence.  Poison is not poisonous after all， nor are any wounds fatal.  Compassion is a very untenable ground.  It must be expeditious.  Its pleadings will not bear to be stereotyped.

　　Early in May， the oaks， hickories， maples， and other trees， just putting out amidst the pine woods around the pond， imparted a brightness like sunshine to the landscape， especially in cloudy days， as if the sun were breaking through mists and shining faintly on the hillsides here and there.  On the third or fourth of May I saw a loon in the pond， and during the first week of the month I heard the whip-poor-will， the brown thrasher， the veery， the wood pewee， the chewink， and other birds.  I had heard the wood thrush long before.  The phoebe had already come once more and looked in at my door and window， to see if my house was cavern-like enough for her， sustaining herself on humming wings with clinched talons， as if she held by the air， while she surveyed the premises.  The sulphur-like pollen of the pitch pine soon covered the pond and the stones and rotten wood along the shore， so that you could have collected a barrelful.  This is the "sulphur showers" we bear of. Even in Calidas' drama of Sacontala， we read of "rills dyed yellow with the golden dust of the lotus."  And so the seasons went rolling on into summer， as one rambles into higher and higher grass. Thus was my first year's life in the woods completed； and the second year was similar to it.  I finally left Walden September 6th，1847.

　　此外，我居然捕到了很难得的一堆金色银色闪闪发光的杯形鱼，看来很像一串宝石。

　　啊！我在许多早春的黎明深入过这些个草地，从一个小丘跳到另一个小丘，从一枝柳树的根，到达另一枝柳树的根，当时野性的河谷和森林都沐浴在这样纯净、这样璀璨的光芒中，如果死者真像人家设想过的，都不过在坟墓中睡着了觉，那他们都会给唤醒过来的。不需要更有力的证据来证明不朽了！一切事物都必须生活在这样的一道光芒下。啊，死亡，你的针螯在何处？啊，坟墓，你的胜利又在哪儿呢？

　　如果没有一些未经探险的森林和草原绕着村庄，我们的乡村生活将是何等的凝滞。

　　我们需要旷野来营养，――有时跋涉在潜伏着山鸡和鹭鸶的沼泽地区，听鹬声，有时嗅嗅微语着的菅草，在那里只有一些更野更孤独的鸟筑了它的巢，而貂鼠爬来了，它肚皮贴着地，爬行着。在我们热忱地发现和学习一切事物的同时，我们要求万物是神秘的，并且是无法考察的，要求大陆和海洋永远地狂野，未经勘察，也无人测探，因为它们是无法测探的。我们决不会对大自然感到厌倦。我们必须从无穷的精力，广大的巨神似的形象中得到焕发，必须从海岸和岸上的破舟碎片，从旷野和它的生意盎然的以及腐朽林木，从雷云，从连下三个星期致成水灾的雨，从这一切中得到精神的焕发。我们需要看到我们突破自己的限度，需要在一些我们从未漂泊过的牧场上自由地生活。当我们观察到使我们作呕和沮丧的腐尸给鸷鹰吃掉的时候，我们高兴起来了，它们是能从这里面得到健康和精力的。回到我的木屋去的路中，在一个洞穴里面有一匹死马，往往能逼得我绕道而行，特别在晚上空气很闷的时候，但是它使我相信大自然的强壮胃口与不可侵犯的健康，这却给了我一个很好的补偿。我爱看大自然充满了生物，能受得住无数生灵相互残杀的牺牲与受苦，组织薄弱的，就像软浆一样地给澄清，给榨掉了――苍鹭一口就吞下了蝌蚪，乌龟和虾蟆在路上给车轮碾死，有时候，血肉会像雨点一样落下来！既然这样容易遭遇不测啊，我们必须明白，不要过于介意。在一个智慧者的印象中，宇宙万物是普遍无知的。毒药反而不一定是毒的，受伤反而不一定是致命的。恻隐之心是一个很不可靠的基础。它是稍纵即逝的。它的诉诸同情的方法不能一成不变。

　　五月初，橡树、山核桃树、枫树和别的树才从沿湖的松林中发芽抽叶，给予风景一个阳光似的光辉，特别在多云的日子里，好像太阳是透过云雾而微弱地在小山的这里那里照耀的。五月三日或四日，我在湖中看到了一只潜水鸟。在这一个月的第一个星期中，我听到了夜鹰，棕色的鸫鸟，画眉，小，雀子和其他的飞禽。林中的画眉我是早已听到了的。鸟又到我的门窗上来张张望望，要看看我这一座木屋能不能够做它的桌，它翅膀急促地拍动着，停在空中，爪子紧紧地抓着，好像它是这样地抓住了空气似的，同时它仔仔细细地观察了我的屋子。苍松的硫磺色的花粉不久就铺满了湖面和圆石以及沿湖的那些腐朽了的树木，因此你可以用桶来满满地装上一桶。这就是我们曾经听到过的所谓“硫磺雨”。甚至在迦梨陀娑的剧本《沙恭达罗》中，我们就读到，“莲花的金粉把小河染黄了。”便这样，季节流驶，到了夏天，你漫游在越长越高的丰草中了。

　　我第一年的林中生活便这样说完了，第二年和它有点差不多。最后在一八四七年的九月六日，我离开了瓦尔登。

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