Three-Days-to-See-若有三天光明-BY-Helen-Keller-海伦-凯勒

1、Three days to see I have often thought it would be a blessing if each human being were stricken blind and deaf for a few days at some time during his early adult life. Darkness would make him more appreciative of sight; silence would teach him the joys of sound. 我经常想， 倘若每一个人在他早期成年生活中， 有几天看不见和听不见， 那将

2、会 是一件幸事。 暗无天日会使他更感到视力的可贵， 寂寥无声会使他懂得听到声音 的快乐。 If, by some miracle, I were granted three seeing days, to be followed by a relapse into darkness, I should divide the period into three parts. 如果，由于某种奇迹， 我被赋予三天能看见东西的日子， 然后在沉陷到黑暗之中， 我将把这段时间分为三部分来用。 The First Day On the first day, I should want to see the

3、people whose kindness and gentleness and companionship have made my life worth living. First I should like to gaze long upon the face of my dear teacher, Mrs. Anne Sullivan Macy, who came to me when I was a child and opened the outer world to me. I should want not merely to see the outline of her fa

4、ce, so that I could cherish it in my memory, but to study that face and find in it the living evidence of the sympathetic tenderness and patience with which she accomplished the difficult task of my education. I should like to see in her eyes that strength of character which has enabled her to stand

5、 firm in the face of difficulties, and that compassion for all humanity which she has revealed to me so often. 第一天，我要去看看那些人们，他们的善良、和蔼和友爱使我感 到我活得还有价值。 首先，我要久久端详我亲爱的老师安沙利文“ 梅西夫人的面庞。在我的童稚时代， 她就来到了我的身边，为我打开 了外部世界。我想看的不仅是她面庞的轮廓，以便我 能把它珍藏在 我的记忆中，我还要研究她那张面孔，从中寻找充满同情、体贴和耐 心 的生动例证，沙利文正是凭这些完成了为我施教的艰巨任务。我 想在她眼

6、中看到使她 在困难面前坚定屹立的那种人格的力量 , 和经 常在我面前显现的那种对所有人的关爱。 第一个想看到的人是老师 Oh, the things that I should see if I had the power of sight for just three days! The first day would be a busy one. I should call to me all my dear friends and look long into their faces, imprinting upon my mind the outward evidences of th

7、e beauty that is within them. I should let my eyes rest, too, on the face of a baby, so that I could catch a vision of the eager, innocent beauty which precedes the individuals consciousness of the conflicts which life develops. 啊，假如我有三天的视力，我将会看到多少东西啊！ 第一天将是个很忙碌的日子。我 将会把我所有亲爱的朋友们都 召到我面前，长久地凝视他们的面孔，把

8、他们的内在美 的外部表征铭 刻到我的心中。 我也会把我的眼光停留在一个婴孩的面孔上，以便 我能 捕捉到一个意识到生活中的冲突前的人所显现出来的那种充满 渴求和单纯无邪的美的 影像。看挚友，还有可爱的孩子 And I should like to look into the loyal, trusti ng eyes of my dogs - the grave, canny little Scottie, Darkie, and the stalwart, un dersta nding Great Dane, Helga, whose warm, ten der , and playful

9、frie ndships are socomfort ing to me. 而我也想看看我那几条狗一威猛、机警的小斯科蒂，小黑和结实硕壮而又温顺的丹麦 种大狗黑尔佳，观察一下它们忠诚、可靠的眼神。它们那热烈、温柔和活泼的友情给 了我不少的慰藉。看忠诚的小狗 On that busy first day I should also view the small simple things of my home. I want to see the warm colors in the rugs under my feet, the pictures on the walls, the in ti

10、mate trifles that tran sform a house into home. My eyes would rest respectfully on the books in raised type which I have read, but they would be more eagerly in terested in the prin ted books which see ing people can read, for duri ng the long ni ght of my life the books I have read and those which

11、have bee n read to me have built themselves into a great shining lighthouse, revealing to me the deepestchannels of human life and the huma n spirit. 在这紧张繁忙的第一天，我也应看看我家中那些简朴的小物件。我想看看我脚下的地 毯的温暖色调，看看墙壁上的图画，看看那些使一间房子变成一个家、使人感到亲切 的琐细的杂物。我的目光将会郑重地停留在我读过的凸字书上，但我的眼睛肯定将更 急切地关注 那些眼睛看得见东西的人们所读过的书籍。因为在我生命的长夜 中

12、，我所 读过的书，和别人读给我听的那些书，巳经筑成了一座巨大的、闪闪发光的灯塔，为我 照亮了人生和人的精神最深邃的航道。看读过的书 In the after noon of that first see ing day. I should take a long walk in the woods and intoxicate my eyes on the beauties of the world of Nature trying desperately to absorb in a few hours the vast splendor which is constantly unfold

13、ing itself to those who can see. On the way home from my woodlandjaunt my path would lie near a farm so that I might see the patient horses ploughing in the field perhaps I should see only a tractor!） and the sere ne content of men liv ing close to the soil. And I should pray for the glory of a colo

14、rful sun set. 在我能看见东西的第一天下午，我会花很长时间去树林里散步，让我的双眼陶醉在自然 界的美景中。我会尽情享受那博大的壮丽，而这博大的壮丽对于那些眼睛能看见东西 的人总是敞开的。在我从林地徜徉后回家的路上，我将会走到一个农场附近，这样我 可能会看到耐心劳作的马匹在犁地（也许我只看见了一部拖拉机！），会看到那些与泥 土为伍的人们安详的心满意足的神情。而我也将为能够看到绚丽多彩的落日余辉而祈 祷。看大自然 Whe n dusk had falle n, I should experie nee the double delight of being able to see by

15、 artificial light which the genius of man has created to exte nd the power of his sight whe n Naturedecreesdark ness. 当黄昏降临时，我会体验到一阵双重的欢喜，因为当大自然令黑暗出现时，我能凭着 人类为延展视力以自己的天才创造出来的光继续看见东西 看灯火阑珊 In the ni ght of that first day of sight, I should not be able to sleep, so full would be my mind of the memorie

16、s of the day. 在我享有视力的第一天的夜晚，我可能会难以入睡。我的脑海中会充满对当天的回忆 The Sec ond Day The n ext day - the sec ond day of sight - I should arise with the daw n and see the thrilling miracle by which night is transformed into day. I should behold with awe the magn ifice nt pano ramaof light with which the sun awake ns

17、the sleep ing earth. 翌日一一我享有视力的第二天，我将伴着黎明起床，去观察那令人鼓舞的奇迹的出现： 夜晚变成了白昼。我会带着某种敬畏的心理去凝视那种光的灿烂景观：太阳唤醒了沉 睡的大地。看日出 This day I should devote to a hasty glimpse of the world, past and prese nt. I should want to see the pagea ntof mans progress, the kaleidoscopeof the ages. How can so much be compressed into o

18、ne day Through the museums, of course. Often I have visited the New York Museum of Natural History to touch with my hands many of the objects there exhibited, but I have Ion ged to see with my eyes the conden sed history of the earth and its inhabitants displayed there - animals and the races of men

19、 pictured in their native environment; gigantic carcassesof dinosaurs and mastodons which roamed the earth long before man appeared, with his tiny stature and powerful brain, to conquer the animal kingdom; realistic presentations of the processes of development in animals, in man, and in the impleme

20、nts which man has used to fashi on for himself a secure home on this pla net; and a thousa nd and one other aspects of natural history.这一天我会用来对这个世界人过去的和当今的世界投以匆忙的一 瞥。我想要看到人类进步的展示，看到各个时代多姿多彩的事物的陈列。如此多的事 物怎么能浓缩到一天展出呢？当然是通过博物馆。我以前常去纽约自然史博物馆，用 我的手触摸馆内的展品，但我一直渴望能亲眼见到那儿陈列的地球和它的居民经过浓 缩的发展史一一用图像表示的生活在天然环境中的

21、动物及人类各个种族；看到远在形 体矮小、头脑硕大，后来征服了动物王国的人类出现前就在地球上游荡的恐龙和乳齿 象的巨大躯壳，看到显示动物和人类及其使用的工具的发展过程的活灵活现的展品。 人类正是利用这些工具为自己在这个星球上建造了可靠的家园。我也看到了数以千计 的表 现自然史的其他方面的展品。看博物馆 The eve ning of my sec ond day of sight I should spe nd at a theatre or at the movies. Even now I often attend theatrical performances of all sorts,

22、but the action of the play must be spelled into my hand by a compa nion. But how I should like to see with my own eyes the fascinating figure of Hamlet, or the gusty Falstaff amid colorful Elizabethan trappings! How I should like to follow each movement of the graceful Hamlet, eachstrut of the heart

23、y Falstaff! And since I could see only one play, I should be confronted by a many-horined dilemma, for there are scores of plays I should want to see. You who have eyes can see any you like. How many of you, I won der, whe n you gaze at a play, a movie, or any spectacle, realize and give tha nks for

24、 the miracle of sight which en ables you to enjoy its color , grace, and moveme nt 在我享有视力的第二天晚间我将在戏院或影院度过。即使在现在，我也常去观赏各种各 样的戏剧表演，但剧情和演员的情况需要同去的人用手语在我手上写出。我是多么想用 自己的双眼看到哈姆雷特那给人以巨大吸引力的形象，或看到穿着华丽多彩的伊丽莎 白时期服饰的饶有趣味的福斯塔夫！我多么想聚精会神地观赏优雅的哈姆雷特的每一 个举手投足，和神气十足的福斯塔夫的每一个高视阔步！由于我只能观看一个剧，我 难免会面临抉择的种种困难，因为我 想看几十个剧呢。

25、你们有眼睛，想看什么剧都可以。 我不知道你们 当中有多少人在全神贯注地观赏一部剧、一部电影或任何奇观时，曾 意 识到视力的神奇，并为享有它而道过感谢呢！而正是神奇的视力 使你们能欣赏到色彩、 美和情节的变化呢！看戏 One of my dearest memories is of the time when Joseph Jeffers on allowed me to touch his face and hands as he went through some of the gestures and speeches of his beloved Rip Van Winkle. I wa

26、s able to catch thus a meagerglimpse of the world of drama, and I shall n ever forget the delight of that mome nt. But, oh, how much I must miss, and how much pleasure you see ing ones can derive from watch ing and heari ng the in terplay of speech and moveme nt in the un foldi ng of a dramatic perf

27、orma nee! If I could see only one play, I should know how to picture in my mind the action of a hun dred plays which I have read or had tran sferred to me through the medium of the manual alphabet. 我最珍贵的记忆之一是约瑟夫杰弗逊在表演完他心爱的角色瑞普“凡“温克尔的一 些手势和谈话后，让我抚摸了他的脸和手。这样我便对戏剧世界有了些微的了解，我 也永远不会忘记那片刻带给我的欢乐。我失去了多少啊！而你

28、们眼腈能看见东西的人 从戏剧表演中看到和听到的交替出现的动作和台词里又获得了多少愉快啊！如果我哪 怕只能看一部剧，我也会知道怎样在心里描绘出一百部剧的动作。这些剧本我全读过， 或通过手语字母的媒介向我描述过。 The Third Day The following morning, I should again greet the dawn, anxious to discover new delights, for I am sure that, for those who have eyes which really see, the dawn of each day must be a

29、perpetually new revelati on of beauty. 第三天早晨，我将再次迎接黎明，渴望寻找新的愉快，因为我确信，对于那些有眼睛 真正能看见东西的人，每一天的黎明都永远意味着美的新展现。再看日出 This, according to the terms of my imagined miracle, is to be my third and last day of sight. I shall have no time to waste in regrets or longings; there is too much to see. The first day I

30、devoted to my frie nds, ani mate and inani mate. The sec ond revealed to me the history of man and Nature. Today I shall spe nd in the workaday world of the prese nt, amid the haunts of men going about the bus in ess of life. And where can one find so many activities and conditions of men as in New

31、York So the city becomes my dest in ati on. 根据我设想的奇迹出现的条件，这将是我能看见东西的第三天，也是最后一天了。我 已没有时间可浪费在遗憾和渴望之中。要看的东西太多了。第一天我用在朋友们身上 了，他们当中有性格活泼的，也有性格沉闷的。第二天我去看了人类和大自然的历史。 今天我将 在平日工作的世界中，在忙于事务的人们的常去之地度过。人们从 何处能找 到像生活在纽约的人这样多的活动和条件呢？因此，纽约就成了我的目的地。 最后一天，目标纽约 I look ahead, and before me rise the fantastic towers of

32、 New York, a city that seems to have stepped from the pages of a fairy story. What an awe-inspiring sight, these glitteri ng spires. these vast banks of stone and steel-structures such as the gods might build for themselves! This ani mated picture is a part of the lives of millio ns of people every

33、day. How many, I won der, give it so much as a sec onds gla nee Very few, I fear, Their eyes are blind to this magnificent sight because it is so familiar to them. 我朝前看，在我面前矗立着纽约令人惊叹的高楼大厦。纽约，它似乎是从一个神话故事 的篇章中出现的一座城市，这些闪闪发光的 塔楼，这些用石头和钢材建筑的宽阔堤岸， 就像是诸神为他们自己修造的宫阙。这幅充满生气的画面构成了数以百万计的人们日 常生活 的一部分。我不知道有多少人曾看

34、过它第二眼？恐怕很少。他们的 眼睛已看不 见这宏伟的景象，因为这对他们是太熟悉了。看纽约高楼林立 I stroll dow n Fifth Ave nu e. I throw my eyes out of focus, so that I see no particular object but only a seething kaleidoscope of colors. I am certain that the colors of wome ns dresses moving in a throng must be a gorgeous spectacle of which I shou

35、ld never tire. But perhaps if I had sight I should be like most other women - too in terested in styles and the cut of in dividual dressesto give much atte nti on to the splendor of color in the mass. And I am convinced, too, that I should become an inveterate window shopper, for it must be a deligh

36、t to the eye to view the myriad articles of beauty on display. 我沿着第五大道漫步，让双眼环视四方，不看某个特定的目标，而只是目睹一种川流 不息、五彩缤纷和瞬息万变的场面。我深信，走在人群中的女士们的服饰必定是色彩 绚丽，令我百看不厌的。但是，如果我享有视力的话，我也会像多数其他女人一样， 对个别衣服的式样和剪裁倍感兴趣的，而不会太注意人群中色彩的绚丽。而我也深信， 我一定会常常流连在商店的橱窗之前，因为观看陈列在那儿的琳琅满目的商品，该是 一件多么令人赏心悦目的事啊！看纽约多姿多彩 From Fifth Avenue I make

37、 a tour of the city-to Park Avenue, to the slums, to factories, to parks where children play. I take a stay-at-home trip abroad by visiting the foreign quarters. Always my eyes are ope n wide to all the sights of both happ in ess and misery so that I may probe deep and add to my un dersta nding of h

38、ow people work and live. my heart is full of the images of people and things. My eye passeslightly over no single trifle; it strives to touch and hold closely each thing its gaze rests upon. Some sights are pleasa nt, filli ng the heart with happ in ess; but some are miserably pathetic. To these lat

39、ter I do not shut my eyes, for they, too, are part of life. To close the eye on them is to close the heart and mind. 离开第五大道后，我开始游览全城。我去了公园大道，去了贫民窟,去了工厂，也去了 供孩子们玩耍的公园。我也到了外国人的居住区，这是一种身在国内但又在国外观光 的旅行。为了深入探究，增进我对人们工作和生活的理解，我总是把我的眼睛睁得大 大的，去观察 所有的场景，既看幸福的场面，也观悲戚的景象。我的心会充满人和事 的各种形象。我的双眼不会轻易放过任何一件琐事。我的目光总是

40、尽力触及并紧紧定 位在它注视的每一件事上。有些场景是令人愉快的，让心中充满的是赏心乐事；有些场 景却令人感到悲哀和伤感。对令人悲伤的场景我没有闭上眼睛，因为它们也构成生活 的一部分；对它们闭上双眼，也就是关上了心扉和灵魂。 看纽约众生百态 My third day of sight is draw ing to an end. Perhaps there are many serious pursuits to which I should devote the few rema ining hours, but I am afraid that on the eve ning of that

41、 last day I should aga in run away to the theater, to a hilariously funny play, so that I might appreciate theovert on esof comedy in the huma n spirit. 我享有视力的第三天已行将结束。也许，还有许多严肃的追求，值得我把剩下的几个小 时全花在上面。可我担心，在最后一天的晚上，我会再一次跑到戏院，去观看一出欢 快热闹的戏剧，这样我或可品尝人类精神的喜剧的内涵。 最后一看，看欢乐戏剧 I who am bli nd can give one hint

42、 to those who see - one adm on iti on to those who would make full use of the gift of sight: Use your eyes as if tomorrow you would be stricke n bli nd. And the same method can be applied to the other sen ses.Hear the music of voices, the song of a bird, the mighty stra ins of an orchestra, as if you would be stricken deaf tomorrow. Touch each object y