茵梦湖:四一By My Mother's Hard Decree4

外边园子里和湖面上的暮色渐渐合拢，夜蛾子嗡嗡地从敞开的门前飞过，花草的芳香一阵浓似一阵地灌进厅中；从湖上飘来一片蛙鸣，窗下的一只夜莺放开了歌喉，花园深处有另一只在与它应和；月亮也从树后探出脸儿来了。莱因哈德久久凝视着幽径间伊莉莎白的倩影悄然隐去的地方；最后，他卷起稿纸，向在座的两位道了别，便穿过房子来到湖边。
But out of doors the evening brooded darker and darker over garden and lake. Moths whirred past the open doors through which the fragrance of flower and bush floated in increasingly; up from the water came the croak of the frogs, under the windows a nightingale commenced his song answered by another from within the depths of the garden; the moon appeared over the tree-tops.

Reinhard looked for a little while longer at the spot where Elisabeth\'s sweet form had been lost to sight in the thick-foliaged garden paths, and then he rolled up his manuscript, bade his friends good-night and passed through the house down to the water.

树林静悄悄地立着，给湖面投下大片的阴影；湖心却洒着朦胧昏黄的月光。时不时地，林中发出一点儿飒飒的颤动声；可这不是风，而是夏夜的嘘息。莱因哈德向湖滨走去，突然在离岸投一石远的湖面上，瞧见一朵白色的睡莲。他顿时心血来潮，想到近旁去看个仔细，便脱掉衣服，走进湖中。湖水很浅，锋利的水草和石块割痛了他的脚，他老走不到可以游泳的深处。
The woods stood silent and cast their dark shadow far out over the lake, while the centre was bathed in the haze of a pale moonlight. Now and then a gentle rustle trembled through the trees, though wind there was none; it was but the breath of summer night.

Reinhard continued along the shore. A stone\'s throw from the land he perceived a white water-lily. All at once he was seized with the desire to see it quite close, so he threw off his clothes and entered the water. It was quite shallow; sharp stones and water plants cut his feet, and yet he could not reach water deep enough for him to swim in.