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"Never," said he, as he ground his teeth, "never was anything at once so frail and so indomitable.
“从来没有，”他咬牙切齿地说，“从来没有任何东西既那么脆弱，又那么顽强。
A mere reed she feels in my hand!"
在我手里她摸上去只不过像根芦苇！”
(And he shook me with the force of his hold.)
（他紧握着手使劲摇我），
"I could bend her with my finger and thumb: and what good would it do if I bent, if I uptore, if I crushed her?
“我可以不费吹灰之力把它弄弯曲，但要是我把它弄弯了，拔起来，碾碎它，那又有什么用？
Consider that eye: consider the resolute, wild, free thing looking out of it,
想想那双眼睛，想想从中射出的坚定、狂野、自在的目光，
defying me, with more than courage -- with a stern triumph.
蔑视我，内中隐含的不止是勇气，而是严峻的胜利感。
Whatever I do with its cage, I cannot get at it -- the savage, beautiful creature!
不管我怎么摆弄这笼子，我无法靠拢它--这野蛮、漂亮的家伙！
If I tear, if I rend the slight prison, my outrage will only let the captive loose.
要是我撕坏或者打破这小小的监狱，我的暴行只会让囚徒获得自由。
Conqueror I might be of the house;
我也许可以成为这所房子的征服者，
but the inmate would escape to heaven before I could call myself possessor of its clay dwelling-place.
但我还来不及称自己为泥屋的拥有人，里边的居住者会早就飞到天上去了。
And it is you, spirit -- with will and energy, and virtue and purity -- that I want: not alone your brittle frame.
而我要的正是你的精神--富有意志、活力、德行和纯洁，而不单是你脆弱的躯体。
Of yourself you could come with soft flight and nestle against my heart,
如果你愿意，你自己可以轻轻地飞来，偎依着我的心坎，
if you would: seized against your will, you will elude the grasp like an essence
而要是违背你的意思，死死抓住你，你会像一阵香气那样在我手掌中溜走，
you will vanish ere I inhale your fragrance. Oh! come, Jane, come!"
我还没有闻到你就消失了。呵！来吧，简，来吧！”
