疯狂英语特选辑 BACH, DANCING ON THE STRING

I think when I first came to Kurten, I was truly joyful.
I must not forget mortals' moments of real gladness that come so rarely.
I was finally paid quite handsomely; I had sixteen top-notch musicians at my service. I didn't have choir, but then I didn’t have to teach, so... just music, music for music's sake, for the Lord's sake. Written at the behest of the Prince, my employer, a literate and ardent young friend.

And of course, I had my cherished maria Barbara with me, and my four children, alive and well, praise God! And my new little boy, still warm from the womb, Leopold Augustus, I named him after the Prince, who is also his godfather. We baptized him in the castle. I intended to live here for the rest of my days. Yes, at that moment, I thought the world good, good indeed.

"Whenever I take my pipe and stuff it and smoked, to pass the time away, my thoughts as I sit there and puff it, dwell on a picture sad and gray that teaches me that very like am I myself unto my pipe. Like me, this pipe so fragrant-burning, is made of not but earth and clay, to earth I too shall be returning. It falls, and dare I think to say it breaks in two before my eyes, in store for me a like fate lies, etc."

我觉得当我刚到达科顿时，我真的很开心。
我难以忘记这人世间罕有的快乐时光。
我最后得到的报酬很丰厚。有十六名顶尖乐师听命于我，虽然没有唱诗班，但却不必去教课，所以，就只有音乐，让我沉醉于音乐之中，在上帝的怀中。我听命于雇我而来的王子——一位文雅而热情的年轻朋友为他作曲。

当然，我身边还有亲爱的玛丽亚•芭芭拉及四个儿子，健康活泼。感谢主！我的小儿子，利奥波德•安格斯还在母亲的胎里孕育。我以王子的名字为他取名。王子更成为他的教父。我们在城堡为他行浸洗礼。我是准备在那里安享余生的，那一刻我觉得世界太美好了，真的很美。

“每当我拿起烟斗，塞进烟丝抽吸香烟以消磨时光的时候，我坐在那喷吐，我的思绪停留在哀伤而灰暗景象中，发现自己跟烟斗很相似。这喷香的烟斗跟我一样，都源于泥和土。 我发现，当它落下地，在我的眼前一分为二，就像是我无法摆脱的命运，诸如此类……。”