Then comes the river and then comes the burning night sky,
其次是隆河 然后是熠熠夜空
delivered in great pulsing brushstrokes
这些都用充满脉动的笔触
of heavily-loaded aquamarine.
以及厚重的海蓝色所描绘
And the three of them, land, water and sky,
陆地 水面和天空
are all melting and dissolving together.
这三元素逐渐融合 直至浑然一体
And the second trinity,
第二个三位一体
the one which really was most important, was that of light.
其中最重要的莫过于采光
The gas lamps are just indicated by
煤气灯仅用深黄色的色块
a kind of stab of crusty, dark yellow.
被一笔带过
And then those gas lamps are reflected
这些煤气灯被反射在
in the second element of the trinity lights.
第二种光线元素中
Beautiful reflections which soften their harshness.
美丽的倒影使光线变得柔和
And these kind of fans of heavily-loaded brushstrokes
而这种厚涂出的光影
just fall into the water.
就这么坠入水中
And the third level of the lights
第三层光线
is Ursa Major exploding in the sky.
是天空中闪耀的大熊座
Taking his brush, he squashes it against the canvas,
他在画布上使劲挤压笔刷
and on top of that, another brush loaded with lead white,
又用另一把沾满铅白颜料的刷子
and the points go, jab-jab-jab-jab-jab!
在上面"戳戳戳"点上光点
And those stars and everything explodes,
所有的星星 所有的一切都爆裂开来
and he knows he's got it.
他知道他找到了
He's got what he's been looking for.
他找到了他一直以来所追寻的东西
He's got this extraordinary sense of us in the universe,
他找到了我们在浩瀚宇宙中的非凡感觉
and this couple of lovers are staring out,
这对情侣凝视着这番景象
feeling what he wants us to feel.
感受着他想让我们所感受的
He said, you don't need to go to church.
他说 你不用去教堂
The church of the day is this.
今日教堂就在这里
This great illumination,
这极好的光线
like a burst of beauty from a stained-glass window.
像彩色玻璃窗中迸发出的美
This is the radiance of here and now.
这就是此刻此地的光芒
Van Gogh didn't live to see his rapture on canvas become
梵高没有得以看到他在画布上的雀跃
the new church of colour for untold millions.
成为无数后人的新色彩教堂
His own mind skidded into darkness and self-destruction.
他自己的思想则陷入黑暗和自我毁灭
But eventually, one painter would deliver
但最终梵高对艺术救赎力量的希望
on Van Gogh's promise of art's redemptive power - Henri Matisse.
得以由另一位画家亨利.马蒂斯来传达
But unlike Monet and Van Gogh, Matisse would look not to Japan,
与莫奈和梵高不同 马蒂斯的视野不在日本