《白鲸》5：双语彩蛋

这一段描写大海之美，选自《白鲸》第132章：交响乐章，也就是倒数第四章的开头，对白鲸的追击开始之前。

It was a clearsteel-blue day. The firmaments of air and sea were hardly separable in thatall-pervading azure; only, the pensive air was transparently pure and soft,with a woman's look, and the robust and man-like sea heaved with long, strong,lingering swells, as Samson's chest in his sleep.

Hither, andthither, on high, glided the snow-white wings of small, unspeckled birds; thesewere the gentle thoughts of the feminine air; but to and fro in the deeps, fardown in the bottomless blue, rushed mighty leviathans, sword-fish, and sharks;and these were the strong, troubled, murderous thinkings of the masculine sea.

这一天，天空一碧如洗。在这拥抱一切的蔚蓝中，天与海简直分不出来。只是这凄清的天空洁净得臻于透明而且柔和，有一种女性的风韵yun；而大海强壮如男子汉，它一吞一吐，形成长而有力、欲去还留的波涛，犹如参孙在酣梦中的胸膛。

没有色斑的小鸟扑棱着雪白的翅膀，在高空忽东忽西地滑翔而过，那是女性的天空涌动着温柔的思绪。然而在深水中，在那深不见底的碧水里，往来奔突着力大无穷的大鲸、剑鱼、鲨鱼，这些都是男性大海的暴烈、焦躁、透着杀气腾腾的意味。