[英国]罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森/Robert Louis Stevenson
A faint wind more like a moving coolness than a stream of air, passed down the glade from time to time;so that even in my great chamber the air was being renewed all night long. I thought with horror of the inn at Chasserades and the congregated nightcaps;with horror of the nocturnal prowesses of clerks and students, of hot theatres and pass-keys and close rooms. I have not often enjoyed a more serene possession of myself, nor felt more independent of material aids. The outer world, from which we cower into our houses, seemed after all a gentle habitable place;and night after night a man's bed, it seemed, was laid and waiting for him in the fields, where God keeps an open house. I thought I had rediscovered one of those truths which are revealed to savages and hid from political economists:at the least, I had discovered a new pleasure for myself. And yet even while I was exulting in my solitude I became aware of a strange lack. I wished a companion to lie near me in the starlight, silent and not moving, but ever within touch. For there is a fellowship more quiet even than solitude, and which, rightly understood, is solitude made perfect. And to live out of doors with the woman a man loves is of all lives the most complete and free.
As I thus lay, between content and longing, a faint noise stole towards me through the pines. I thought, at first, it was the crowing of cocks or the barking of dogs at some very distant farm;but steadily and gradually it took articulate shape in my ears, until I became aware that a passenger was going by upon the highroad in the valley, and singing loudly as he went. There was more of good-will than grace in his performance;but he trolled with ample lungs;and the sound of his voice took hold upon the hillside and set the air shaking in the leafy glens. I have heard people passing by night in sleeping cities;some of them sang;one, I remember, played loudly on the bagpipes. I have heard the rattle of a cart or carriage spring up suddenly after hours of stillness, and pass, for some minutes, within the range of my hearing as I lay abed. There is a romance about all who are abroad in the black hours, and with something of a thrill we try to guess their business. But here the romance was double:first, this glad passenger, lit internally with wine, who sent up his voice in music through the night;and then I, on the other hand, buckled into my sack, and smoking alone in the pine-woods between four and five thousand feet towards the stars.
偶尔穿过林中空地，一缕微风袭来，我感到这不像是一股气流，倒更像一阵流动的凉意。由于这流动的凉意，即便在我这么宽敞的卧室里，空气整晚也都不停地流动。一想起切斯雷德的那个小旅馆和睡帽云集的场景，我便感到恐惧；我还害怕职员和学生们夜间吵闹的威力，害怕那热气熏天的剧院，害怕万能钥匙和密集的客房。我很少自己待在这般安详静谧的环境中，也很少超脱于物欲世界之外。屋外的世界——尽管我们从野外钻回各自的家——最终却还像个温暖舒适的住处；上帝在旷野中维护着一间敞开的房屋，一夜又一夜，铺好了床，期待着人们的光临。我想自己又体会到了一个真理，一个野蛮人知道但不为政治经济学家所知的真理：至少我找到了一种新的自我娱乐。然而在我兴高采烈地享受寂寞独处的同时，又感到一种莫名其妙的缺憾。在这星空下，我希望有位伴侣陪伴在我身边，默然相对。要知道，有一种相随，比孤独还要来得平静，如果正确地理解，那就是孤独创造完美。在各种各样的生活方式中，最完整、最自由的生活就是与自己心爱的女人在野外生活。
我静静地躺在地上，沉浸在满足和渴望之中。这时，隐约一阵声响从松林间传来。最初，我猜想是远处农庄的鸡鸣或犬吠。但这声音有规律地传入我的耳朵，最终我明白了，那是山谷公路上一个赶路人在高声歌唱。他唱歌不是为了显示他歌声的婉转，而是为了表露出内心的美好情感。他底气十足，声音嘹亮，歌声围着山梁，飘**在草木茂盛的幽谷间。以前在城市里，我也曾在深夜时，听过人们路过的声音，记得其中一些人也唱歌，有个人把风笛吹得婉转动听。还有一次，我静静地躺在**，在数小时的沉静后，不知是一辆马车还是大车忽然驶过，绝尘而去，隆隆的声音不绝于耳。懂得浪漫的人才会在黑夜里独自外出，出于兴奋好奇，我们常常去猜测他们的行踪。但这种浪漫有着双重含义：一方面是指这个欢快的夜行人，由于体内酒精燃烧的作用，在黑夜里引吭高歌；另一方面，是关于我自己，结结实实地把自己裹在睡袋里，在星空下四五千英尺的地方，我独自在松林里惬意地抽着烟。
心灵小语
有一种相随，比孤独来得平静，如果正确地理解，那就是孤独创造完美。懂得浪漫的人会在黑夜里独自外出，在夜里引吭高歌。
词汇笔记
solitude['s?litju:d]n.孤独
The trees seeks his solitude of the sky.
树木在天空寻觅他的寂寞。
performance[p?'f?：m?ns]n.表演，表现，性能
The car's performance on corners needs to be improved.
这辆车在转弯时的性能还需要改进。
bagpipe['b?gpaip]n.风笛
Bagpipes have been played for thousands of years.
风笛已有几千年的演奏历史。
buckle['b?kl]v.用扣子（或搭扣）把……扣紧，使接合，连接，使作好准备
He buckled up his belt tightly.
他把裤带扣得紧紧的。
小试身手
要知道，有一种相随，比孤独还要来得平静，如果正确地理解，那就是孤独创造完美。
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我静静地躺在地上，沉浸在满足和渴望之中。
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懂得浪漫的人才会在黑夜里独自外出，出于兴奋好奇，我们常常去猜测他们的行踪。
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短语家族
A faint wind, more like a moving coolness than a stream of air, passed down the glade from time to time;so that even in my great chamber the air was being renewed all night long.
so that：为的是，以便
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At the least, I had discovered a new pleasure for myself.
at the least：至少，最少
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