茵梦湖中英文版 Immensee:三The Old Man2

“怎么还不点灯喽！”他讲话微带南方口音；女管家放下了窥视孔上的布帘。老人走进宽敞的过道，来到一间在四壁的大橡木柜中摆着各式瓷花瓶的客厅，穿过一道正对面的门，进入一条小走廊，这儿有一道狭窄的楼梯，通到后楼的卧室去。他慢慢儿爬上楼，打开一扇房门，走进一间不大不小的房间。
No light yet!" he said in a slightly southern accent, and the housekeeper let the curtain fall again.

The old man now passed through the broad hall, through an inner hall, wherein against the walls stood huge oaken chests bearing porcelain vases; then through the door opposite he entered a small lobby, from which a narrow staircase led to the upper rooms at the back of the house. He climbed the stairs slowly, unlocked a door at the top, and landed in a room of medium size.
房中舒适而宁静，有一面墙几乎全让书架给遮住了，另一面墙上则挂着一幅幅人像画和风景画；一张铺了绿色台布的桌子上，随意摊着几本翻开了的书；桌子前面，立着一把配有红绒坐垫的古实、笨重的扶手椅。
It was a comfortable, quiet retreat. One of the walls was lined with cupboards and bookcases; on the other hung pictures of men and places; on a table with a green cover lay a number of open books, and before the table stood a massive arm-chair with a red velvet cushion.
老人把帽子和手杖放到屋角里，然后就在扶手椅中坐下来，一只手握着另一只手，像是散步走累了，想要休息休息。——他这么坐着，天便渐渐黑了；终于，月光透过玻璃射进屋来，落在墙头的油画上；明亮的月光缓缓移动，老人的眼睛也跟着一点一点转过去。
After the old man had placed his hat and stick in a corner, he sat down in the arm-chair and, folding his hands, seemed to be taking his rest after his walk. While he sat thus, it was growing gradually darker; and before long a moonbeam came streaming through the window- panes and upon the pictures on the wall; and as the bright band of light passed slowly onward the old man followed it involuntarily with his eyes.
这当儿，月光正好照着一幅嵌在很朴素的黑色框子里的小画像。“伊莉莎白！”老人温柔地轻轻唤了一声；唤声刚出口，他所处的时代就变了——他又回到了自己的少年时代。
Now it reached a little picture in a simple black frame. "Elisabeth!" said the old man softly; and as he uttered the word, time had changed: he was young again.