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关于『缺陷』和『满足』的寓言

-Shel Silverstein

It was missing a piece.
And it was not happy.
它缺了一角,
它很不快乐

So it set off in search
of its missing piece.
它动身去找失落的一角

And as it rolled
it sang this song --
"Oh, I'm lookin' for my missin' piece
I'm lookin' for my missin' piece
Hi-dee-ho, here I go,
Lookin' for my missin' piece."
它向前滚动,唱着这样一首歌:
"喔,我要去找失落的一角,
我要去找失落的一角,
啊哈哈,上路啦,
去找我那失落的一角!"

Sometimes it baked in the sun
but then the cool rain would come down.
有时候,它要忍受日晒.
接着又是一场冰凉的大雨.

And sometimes it was frozen by the snow
but then the sun would come and warm it again.
有时候冰雪把它冻僵了,
接着太阳又出来替它暖身.

And because it was missing a piece
it could not roll very fast
so it would stop
to talk to a worm
它因为缺了一角,
不能滚的很快,
所以也会停下来跟小虫说说话

or smell a flower
或者闻闻花香.

and sometimes it would pass a beetle
有时候它超甲虫的车
and sometimes the beetle would pass it
有时候,甲虫也超它的车.

and this was the best time of all.
最愉快的,就是这样的时刻.

And on it went,over oceans
它继续前进,度过海洋,

"Oh I'm lookin' for my missin' piece Over land and over seas
So grease my knees and fleece my bees
I'm lookin' for my missin' piece."
『喔,我要去找失落的一角,
走遍天涯和海角,
千里行不怕路迢迢,
我要去找失落的一角.』

through swamps and jungles
穿过沼泽和森林,

up mountains
上山,
and down mountains
下山,

Until one day, lo and behold!
"I've found my missin' piece," it sang,
"I've found my missin' piece
So grease my knees and fleece my bees
I've found my..."
直到有一天,请看!
『我找到了失落的一角.』它唱了起来.
『我找到了失落的一角,千里独行不怕路迢迢.我找到了…….』

"Wait a minute," said the piece.
"Before you go greasing your knees
And fleecing your bees...
『且慢.』那一角说.
『先别唱什么千里独行路迢迢…..』

"I am not your missing piece.
I am nobody's piece.
I am my own piece.
And even if I was
somebody's missing piece
I don't think I'd be yours!"
『我不是你失落的一角.
我不是谁的一角.
我是自己的一角.
就算我是谁失落的一角,
相信也不会是你的』

"Oh," it sang sadly,
"I'm sorry to have bothered you."
And on it rolled.
『喔』它伤心的说.
『打搅你了,真对不起.』
它继续上路

It found another piece
它找到另外一角,

but this one was too small.
但是这个太小.

And this one was too big
这个又太大.

this one was a little too sharp
这个又太尖锐了些.

and this one was too square.
这个又太方正.

One time it seemed
to have found
the perfect piece
有一回,它好像找到了合适的一角,

but it didn't hold tightly enough
and lost it.
但是它没抓牢,
又掉了,

Another time
it held too tightly
and it broke.
另外一次,
它抓的太紧,
弄碎了,

So on and on it rolled,
它继续上路,

having adventures
遇到了些危险,

falling into holes
跌进了坑洞,

and bumbing into stone walls.
撞上了石墙,

And then one day it came upon
another piece that seemed
to be just right.
后来有一天,
他又遇上了另外的一角,
看起来很合适.

"Hi," it said.
"Hi," said the piece.
"Are you anybody else's missing piece?"
"Not that I know of."
"Well, maybe you want to be your own piece?"
"I can be someone else's and still be my own."
"Well, maybe you don't want to be mine."
"Maybe I do."
"Maybe we won't fit...."
"Well..."
『嗨!』它说.
『嗨!』那一角也说.
『你是谁失落的一角吗 』
『我不是.』
『那么,你是自己的一角吗 』
『我可以当别人的一角,同时又是自己的一角.』
『你大概不会想当我的一角吧 』
『也不一定是这样.』
『也许我们并不很合适.』
『别这么说….』

"Hummm?"
"Ummmm!"
『怎么样 』
『感觉真好!』

It fit!
It fit perfectly!
At last! At last!
很合适!
合适极了!
总算找到了!总算找到了!

And away it rolled
and because it was
now complete,
it rolled faster
and faster.
Faster than it had
ever rolled before!
它向前滚动,
因为不再缺少什么,
所以越滚越快,
从来没有滚过这么快.

So fast that it could not stop
to talk to a worm
快的停不下来,
不能跟小虫说说话.

or smell a flower
也不能闻闻花香,

too fast for a butterfly to land.
快的蝴蝶不能在它身上落脚.

But it could sing it's happy song,
at last it could sing
"I've found my missing piece."
但是它可以唱它的快乐歌.
他总算可以这样唱:
『我找到了我的失落的一角.』

And it began to sing-
"I've frown my nizzin' geez
Uf vroun my mitzin' brees
So krease ny meas
An bleez ny drees
Uf frown..."
它开口唱了:
『哦高告哥科格衣搞,
哦高告哥科格衣搞,
坎给古狠姑哈乌好好.』

Oh my, now that
it was complete
it could not sing at all.
天啊,
它现在什么也不缺,
却再也不能唱歌了.

"Aha," it thought.
"So that's how it is!"
『我懂了.』它想.
『这里有点道理.』

So it stopped rolling...
它停了下来.

and it set the piece down gently,
轻轻的把那一角放下,

and slowly rolled away
从容的走开.

and as it rolled it softly sang-
"Oh I'm lookin' for my missin' piece
I'm looking for my missin' piece
Hi-dee-ho, here I go,
Lookin' for my missin' piece."
它一边走,
一边轻轻的唱;
『喔,我要去找失落的一角,
我要去找失落的一角,
啊哈哈,上路啦,
去找我那失落的一角.』