A White Rose 一朵白蔷薇

Bing Xin

How come I stand alone by the river? The hazy sky is that dawn or dusk? Where can I inquire? I simply feel I am in an ocean of flowers, amid the flowers mixed a few white roses.

There she comes, she comes down from the hill. With a bunch of flowers in hands, she appears in a plain white dress with beautiful make up.

Come hither, give you a white rose, you may pin on the lapel, I say. She beams with a word, but I can not hear. However, I seem to no pick one, and she does not wear it, holding the flowers still, she walks forward.

Looking up the path she passed, I can see both sides of the path covered with blooming flowers, drooping flowers, and fallen flowers.

I suppose white flower is better than red flower all the time; yet why didn't I pick one, and she didn't wear one?

What's the place forward? Why not go with her?

It's over, the flowers disappear, and the dream awakes, what may be ahead? If I had picked one, had she been wearing it?

一朵白蔷薇

冰心

怎么独自站在河边上？这朦胧的天色，是黎明还是黄昏？何处询问，只觉得眼前竟是花的世界。中间杂着几朵白蔷薇。

她来了，她从山上下来了。靓妆着，仿佛是一身缟白，手里抱着一大束花。

我说，“你来，给你一朵白蔷薇，好簪在襟上。”她微笑说了一句话，只是听不见。然而似乎我竟没有摘，她也没有戴，依旧抱着花儿，向前走了。

抬头望她去路，只见得两旁开满了花，垂满了花，落满了花。

我想白花终比红花好；然而为何我竟没有摘，她也竟没有戴？

前路是什么地方，为何不随她走去？

都过去了，花也隐了，梦也醒了，前路如何？便摘也何曾戴？

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导读

冰心（1900—1999），现代著名诗人、作家、翻译家、儿童文学家。冰心散文的语言清丽、典雅。她善于提炼口语，使之成为文学语言，她能把古典文学中的辞章、词汇吸收融化，注入到现代语言中去。

文中的“她”应该是梦想的化身。在作者迷惘、略显忧伤之时，梦醒了，又回到了现实，梦境中的路还在吗？真的会有人引领自己去追逐梦想吗？这一切只能在现实中求证。

核心单词

hazy [ˈheizi] adj. 模糊的，朦胧的

inquire [inˈkwaiə] v. 讯问；查问

lapel [ləˈpel] n. （西服上的）翻领

suppose [səˈpəuz] v. 猜想，以为

awake [əˈweik] v. 唤醒，使醒过来

翻译

The hazy sky is that dawn or dusk?

Looking up the path she passed, I can see both sides of the path covered with blooming flowers, drooping flowers, and fallen flowers.

It's over, the flowers disappear, and the dream awakes, what may be ahead? If I had picked one, had she been wearing it?