瓦尔登湖三人行（195）《瓦尔登湖》第16章（3）

Walden [ˈwɔldən] (Issue 195) 16. The Pond in Winter(3) [5] Ah, the pickerel of Walden! when I see them lying on the ice, or in the well which the fisherman cuts in the ice, making a little hole to admit the water, I am always surprised by their rare beauty, as if they were fabulous[ˈfæbjʊləs] fishes, they are so foreign to the streets, even to the woods, foreign as Arabia[ə'reibiə] to our Concord life. They possess a quite dazzling and transcendent[trænˈsendənt] beauty which separates them by a wide interval from the cadaverous[kəˈdævərəs] cod and haddock[ˈhædək] whose fame is trumpeted in our streets. They are not green like the pines, nor gray like the stones, nor blue like the sky; but they have, to my eyes, if possible, yet rarer colors, like flowers and precious stones, as if they were the pearls, the animalized nuclei[ˈnjuːklɪˌaɪ] or crystals of the Walden water. They, of course, are Walden all over and all through; are themselves small Waldens in the animal kingdom, Waldenses. It is surprising that they are caught here - that in this deep and capacious[kəˈpeɪʃəs] spring, far beneath the rattling teams and chaises[ʃeɪzis] and tinkling sleighs that travel the Walden road, this great gold and emerald[ˈemrəld] fish swims. I never chanced to see its kind in any market; it would be the cynosure['sɪnəzjʊə(r)] of all eyes there. Easily, with a few convulsive quirks[kwɜːks], they give up their watery ghosts, like a mortal translated before his time to the thin air of heaven. 啊，瓦尔登的梭鱼！当我看到他们躺在冰上，或渔人在冰上凿出的井里，做个孔洞贮点水，我总是惊奇于他们那罕[hǎn]有的美丽，仿佛他们都属于传说中的鱼类，对于街道它们如此陌生，甚至对于林子，陌生得如同阿拉伯对于我们康科德。他们美丽得相当令人目眩和超验，让他们大大地和享誉我们街道的鳕鱼和黑线鳕[xuě]区别看来。他们也不是绿得如同苍松，或褐如石，或蓝如碧空；但他们有着，在我眼里，如果可能，罕见颜色，像花朵和珍贵的石头，仿佛他们是珍珠，动物化的核粒子或瓦尔登湖的水晶。他们当然浑身里外都是瓦尔登化的；本身在动物的王国就是些小小的瓦尔登，韦尔多教派成员。看到他们从这里被逮上来令人吃惊——从那深邃宽敞的春潭里，远离隆隆车马和叮当雪橇通过的瓦尔登大路，这种伟大、金黄加翠绿的鱼儿畅游。我从没机会在任何市场看到这品种；在那里它会成为众人瞩目的焦点。轻易地，以几个怪癖性痉挛，他们就放弃了他们的水神，像一个凡人在弥留之际的挣扎，进入天堂稀薄的空气。