本片由法国国家电影与动画中心赞助修复 This restoration was funded by the Centre National du Cinéma et de l'image animée
作为支持电影遗产修复和数字化计划的一部分 as part of the support plan for the restoration and the digitization of the film heritage.
谨以此片 I dedicate this film
献给我记忆中的娇妻， to the memory of my dear young wife,
伊达·丹尼斯， 她于27岁离世。 Ida Danis, dead at age 27.
车轮 THE WHEEL
通过一场序曲和四幕剧所展现的当代悲剧 Tragedy of Modern Times in a Prologue and Four Acts
编剧 指导 阿尔贝·冈斯
加布里埃尔·格莱翁先生 饰 艾列
皮埃尔·马格纳先生 饰 雅克·赫桑
乔治·特洛甫先生 饰 马舍弗
塞维林·马尔斯 饰 西西弗
艾薇·克罗兹女士 饰 诺玛
序曲 暮色绯红 PROLOGUE a scarlet twilight
下班后的铁路工程师西西弗 The engineer Sisif, returning from work,
幸亏有他能在现场指挥救援行动 was fortunately on hand to direct rescue operations.
“拉开车槽， "Shut the safety locks,
你这个疯子！ you chicken-hearts!
还有45秒钟，4号轨道上的2020号列车就要撞上来了！” 45 seconds to block track 4 for the 2020!"
“闭合24-14和17车槽，接通所有的停车信号！” "Close the 24-14 and 17 and all the full stop signals."
“天啊！车轨还是开放的！ "The track is still open!
2020号列车会直接撞上来的！” The semaphore is open for the 2020 which is going to collide with all this!"
“车轴挡住了信号开关，列车要朝我们撞上来了……” "An axle is jamming the semaphore switch. The express is headed right for us..."
救援 火车 Rescue train.
夜幕降临 Suddenly, at nightfall,
西西弗突然记起铁路旁的蔷薇丛下…… Sisif remembered that under the rose bush, next to the track...
“她可以做我小儿子的妹妹！……” "She would make a nice sister for my little boy!..."
“小可爱？” "Charming?"
西西弗抱起孩子时 Sisif, taking the child,
无意中摘下了 unwittingly plucked
小女孩裙子之下，铁路旁的蔷薇…… the rose of the rail hidden by the child's dress...
……于是他写下： ...and these words were written:
“幸运的是， "Happily there will always be
车轮中总有蔷薇绽放……” a rose in the Wheel..."
西西弗有个儿子，名叫艾列，母亲在分娩时丧生。 Sisif had a son, Elie, whose mother had died bringing him into the world.
清晨 In the morning.
事故之后，遗物清点。 The inventory of objects found in the accident.
佩蒂特·诺玛
亲爱的女士 Dear Madame,
我不得不离开英国 ...finding myself obliged to leave England...
你知道我丈夫去世后我与女儿的生活有多贫苦 you know how poverty has affected me and my little Norma since the death of my poor husband.
我要在法国找份工作，希望能抚养我的女儿长大 I should find... a modest position... hope to raise... daughter...
她在世上，只有我这一个依靠了 She only has me.
父亲已逝 The father dead,
母亲在事故中身亡 the mother killed in the accident,
没有人知道 no one the wiser.
这个孩子到了孤儿院会怎么样？…… What would become of this orphan as a state charge?...
“你呢，西西弗，要说什么吗？” "How about you, Sisif, no statement?"
“是的！” "I do have one!"
“当那些大人物跑来跑去吆喝的时候 "While all these bigwigs were running around and yelling,
是我发出信号避免了2020号列车出事故。” I prevented the 2020 from crashing by releasing the semaphore."
“简单来说，你都没有什么有意思的话要讲？” "In short, you have nothing interesting to say!"
“我有！” "I do!"
“我们不常在铁路间 "We others aren't used to seeing flowers
看到开着的花朵，但是，先生们……” between the tracks, and yet, gentlemen..."
“在铁路旁……我发现了…… ” "On the track... I found..."
“这朵蔷薇！……” "this rose!..."
“这是西西弗！ "That's Sisif!
最好的火车工程师。跟驴一样倔，但缺了他可不行！” The best engineer on the line. Stubborn as a mule, but indispensable!"
“他手很巧， "Very good with his hands.
对我们专利局的设备进行了一些小改进…… He invents little improvements for the engines for our patents office.
别说了！你自己知道就好，嗯？” Hush! Keep it to yourself， Mmm？"
亲爱的女士 Dear Madame,
……我不得不……离开英国…… ...finding myself obliged... to leave England...
……她在世上，只有我这一个依靠了。 …She only has me.
唯一证明诺玛经历这次事故的证据不再存在。 The only proof of Norma's presence in the accident disappeared.
“你想不想要我给你一个小哥哥？” "Would you like me to give you a little brother?"
“我想要一辆大火车！” "I wish agreat train for myself!"
“所以她不能和其他人讲同一种语言。” "She can't talk like everybody else."
看这起玩具模型事故， And seeing this toy accident,
这是前一天事故的缩影…… a mirror image in miniature of the previous day's catastrophe...
西西弗意识到生命的巨轮 Sisif sensed that the Wheel of Life
面对诺玛的命运，其负担会不断加重 would grow heavier with the fate of Norma.
年复一年 The years pass and pass...
两个孩子长大了，他们以为彼此是亲兄妹 The two children grow up, believing they are brother and sister.
但巨轮转啊……转啊 But the Wheel turns... turns.
车轮 第一幕 THE WHEEL First Part
铁路的白蔷薇 THE ROSE OF THE RAIL
“我明白创作是一个巨轮，不把人碾碎，就无法前行！”——维克多·雨果 "I know that Creation is a Great Wheel that cannot move without crushing someone!" —VICTOR HUGO
15年后 15 years passed.
发薪日，铁路工人食堂 At the railwaymen's canteen on payday....
“黑面”钟楼酒吧
火车司机杜特内 喝红酒 The engineer Duterne drinks wine.
火车司机查门 喝白开水 The engineer Chaume drinks water.
司炉工拉蒙特 喝啤酒 The fireman Sarment drinks beer.
司炉工勒杰 喝苦艾酒 The fireman Léger drinks vermouth.
“可怜的西西弗怎么了？” "What's gotten into poor Sisif?"
“你同情一个把钱赌光的傻子？ "Feeling sorry for a fool who gambles his money away?
瞧他那样！ Look at him!
以为自己是什么酒吧之神 He thinks he's some barroom Christ
身后的窗子还透着圣光！……” with a halo..."
西西弗 一等工程师 大量酗酒 Sisif, engineer 1st Class, drinks huge quantities of alcohol.
——我，马舍弗，为那么一个酒鬼烧炉？我这是在玩命！ Me, Machefer, fireman for a drunk like him? I'd be risking my life.
《路边处女》 THE PAVEMENT VIRGIN
西西弗住在附近的一座小房子里…… Sisif lives nearby in a small house...
……附近都是铁路…… ...surrounded by rails...
……烟雾缭绕…… ...and capped in smoke...
……和他的儿子艾列住在一起，他是一名小提琴工匠…… ...in the company of his son, Elie, a violinmaker...
……还有诺玛，艾列把她当作亲妹妹…… ...and Norma, whom Elie believes to be his sister...
《路边处女》 THE PAVEMENT VIRGIN
“那个骗子，贾可宾，真是个混蛋！ "That cheat Jacobin is a real bastard!
他那天看你女儿的眼神不怀好意……” The other day he was giving your daughter the eye..."
“你6:07就要开车了 "It's time for the 6:07.
走吧……工作最重要！” Go on... Duty first!"
“长点记性，给你们几个胆子敢盯着我的女儿诺玛看！” "If any of you so much as looks at my daughter... take this as a warning!"
秘密报告 关于一等工程师 Secret report on first class engineers.
西西弗：过去一年的行为让人难以理解 Sisif: Conduct for the past year absolutely incomprehensible,
赌博，酗酒 gambling, drinking,
寻衅滋事，不知来由 fighting, without any visible reason.
请留意他的情况 I draw your attention to his case。
检察长 Mr. Inspector.
“我为什么生西西弗的气？ "Why am I angry with Sisif?
我也不知道！ I have no idea!
要是知道理由就好了！” And it's worse than if I had a reason."
“车轨，车轮，煤烟， "Rail, wheels, smoke,
这一切多么让人沮丧！ how gloomy it all is!
这狂躁的现代生活真令人愤懑不堪。” This hectic modern life exasperates me."
我多希望自己是几百年前的小提琴匠，能娶到 How I wish I had been a violin maker centuries ago, and married
像你一样美丽动人的妻子。 to a pretty woman like you.
雅克·赫桑先生，一名土木工程师，也是一名建筑材料监察员 Mr. Jacques de Hersan, civil engineer and inspector of construction materials.
拥有很高的社会地位和丰厚的私人财产 High social situation. Large personal fortune.
半年来，每一天 Every day for the past six months,
赫桑一直缠着诺玛，但从未赢得她的芳心。 Hersan had been vainly prowling around Norma.
“你什么时候才愿意让我向你父亲提亲？” "When will you allow me to ask your father for your hand?"
“你们一家三口为穷所困， "The three of you are strangled by poverty.
你父亲每一天都在痛苦的深渊越陷越深。 Your father sinks into the abyss a little more every day.
诺玛，我们结婚会让所有人都好过。” Our marriage, Norma, would make you all happy."
亲爱的西西弗：专利办公室要求我 My dear Sisif, the patent office is asking for the plans
提交拉阀喷雾器的设计图 to the slide valve vaporization process
我答应了。准备好 I had promised. Get them ready.
我明天来取，会如约付你三百法郎。 I'll come by tomorrow with the 300 francs agreed upon for this invention.
《路边处女》 THE PAVEMENT VIRGIN
“艾列，我有没有不让你和妹妹待在一块儿？” "Elie, didn't I forbid you from spending your days with your sister?"
“诺玛，你得离开这里 "You must get away from here, Norma,
走得越远越好，永远也不要回来！……” far, far away and never come back."
“爸爸，你疯了吗？她做了什么？……” "Have you gone mad, Papa? What has she done?"
“一双可怜老工人的手，和其他同志都一样……” "An old worker's hand, like those of the comrades..."
“就这样？” "That's all?"
“那是……你看得不够清楚……” "Then... you don't see clearly..."
那天夜里……一如往常。 That evening... as usual.
亲爱的西西弗：专利办公室要求我 My dear Sisif, the patent office is asking for the plans
提交拉阀喷雾器的设计图 to the slide valve vaporization process
我答应了。准备好。 I had promised. Get them ready.
我明天来取，会如约付你三百法郎。 I'll come by tomorrow with the 300 francs agreed upon for this invention.
赫桑&黛丽拉公司
“你好……请问是物资供给主管在找我吗？” "Hello... the director of materials is asking for me?"
“拉阀喷雾器的设计图吗？ "The plans for the slide-valve process?
我今晚会通宵赶稿， I'll work on them all night.
明早就能做好。” I'll be finished with them tomorrow."
夜晚 Night.
黎明时分 Daybreak.
我亲爱的孩子们 My dear children,
我让你们难过了 I'm making you very unhappy.
我离开是最好的选择 It would be best if I'm the one to leave.
不用知道为什么，原谅我。 Don't try to understand why and forgive me.
我可怜的心与你二人同在 I embrace you both to my poor heart.
西西弗 Sisif
“这太痛苦了，他被迫离开 "You see how misery is forcing him to leave
而我不得不结婚！” and that I have to get married."
“凶手！” "Murderer!"
那天 That day,
暮色使铁路上的热气冷却 as dusk enveloped the fever of the Rail...
“我不准你穿这种短裙丝袜，知道吗？” "I forbid you from wearing short skirts and silk stockings, you hear me?"
“看得出来你一直都没有为我工作！” "You obviously haven't been working for me!"
“还有， "Moreover,
今早我帮你拦下并销毁了一份你的行为报告： this morning I intercepted and destroyed a report on your behavior:
赌博，斗殴，酗酒。” gambling, fighting, drinking. What is going on?"
“怎么回事？” "What is going on?"
“听着，赫桑。我跟你说件事 "Listen, Hersan. I'm going to tell you
这是一个人身上能发生的最可怕的事。” the most appalling story that ever happened to a man."
“首先，诺玛不是我的亲生女儿，虽然她和我儿子一直这么以为。” "First of all, Norma isn't my daughter, as she and my son were led believe."
“这么多年了，我从来不敢向她透露。 "For years, I never dared to say anything.
她以为我是她的生父。 She thinks I'm her father.
知道真相会很让她受伤的。” It would have caused her too much pain to know the truth."
“这是我‘铁路的小蔷薇’自然流露的天堂一般的表情。” "It was the spontaneity and heavenly face of my little 'Rose of the Rail'."
“我没有意识到，体内有什么东西暗暗苏醒了……” "I wasn't aware of what was awakening in me so insidiously..."
五分钟快速去皱！“瑞迪斯”香粉有效去除脸部皱纹 FEWER WRINKLES IN FIVE MINUTES
“有一天，谜团解开了……” "One day, the veil was torn away…"
“我爱上了诺玛！……” "I was in love with Norma!…"
西西弗屏住了呼吸。 Sisif caught his breath.
他的心脏像运作的连杆一样跳个不停， His heart was racing like a connecting rod,
此时，黄昏下的列车驶入幻影般的迷雾之中…… as the twilight trains blurred in the phantasmagoric mists……
“你无法想象白天我的生活变得多么糟糕。” "You can't imagine the hell my life became that day."
“还有夜晚……可怕的夜晚！……” "And the nights…the horrific nights!…"
“生命的巨轮难以逃脱，从绝望到绝望，不见终点。”——吉卜林 "Chained to the Wheel of Life, always, from despair to despair."—KIPLING
你对我有什么建议？ What do you suggest I do?
离开？ Leave?
自杀？ Kill myself?
“我不能向她交代她的身世， "I can never tell her about her origins now.
这个秘密可以保护我。 This secret is my protection.
我的爱之秘密， It's the mask of my love.
如果她发现了这个秘密，一定会逃到天涯海角……” She'd flee to the ends of the earth if she ever knew..."
我怕她看到我脸上没有被煤烟熏黑的样子。 "I'm afraid to be in her presence when my face isn't blackened by smoke.
在煤烟的遮盖下，她看不见我的痛苦。” Behind my mask of soot, she can't see my suffering."
“你父亲刚刚向我坦白了！” "Your father just made a confession to me!"
“赌瘾和贫穷将他逼到如此地步。 "Gambling and poverty have reduced him to this state.
你们两个孩子成了他的累赘。 The two of you are a burden to him.
他得离开这里 He must get away of here
省的发生什么不好的事情。” or else something bad will happen him."
“但我没那么喜欢你，赫桑先生……” "I don't love you enough, Mr de Hersan..."
“你再仔细想想…… "Think it over...
等我明天来，再给我答复。” I'll come by tomorrow for your answer."
亲爱的诺玛，别嫁给他。 "Don't marry him, my dear Norma.
我怕他对你不好。 I'm afraid that man's no good for you.
我自己会找到克雷蒙纳清漆， I'll come up with my own Cremona varnish
我的小提琴会出名的。 and my violins will become famous.
再耐心等等……” Have patience..."
第一幕 结束 END OF THE FIRST PART
车轮 第二幕 THE WHEEL Part two
西西弗的悲剧 THE TRAGEDY OF SISIF
那天夜里，西西弗准备等到夜深人静时自杀。 That night, Sisif awaited the quietest moment to die.
去睡觉吧，引擎交给我负责。 Go to bed. I'll put the engine away by myself.
这一定是地狱，我想死都死不了！…… So this must be hell. I can't even die!..
工程师西西弗松了一个螺丝 Engineer Sisif has a screw loose.
试图借助他的引擎自杀。 Tried to get himself killed by his engine.
他要被强制停职。 His suspension is mandatory.
“并且，据说他们自己都无法从巨轮下脱身……”—吉卜林 "And it is said that they themselves cannot free themselves of the Wheel." —KIPLING
亲爱的赫桑先生，这封信意味着 Dear Mr. Hersan, this letter contains
我已决定做你的妻子。 my decision to become your wife.
明天来向我父亲提亲吧。诺玛 Come see my father tomorrow. Norma
我接到了一份十把小提琴的订单。 I have an order for ten violins.
次日 The next day.
秘书处报告： Secretariat report:
对一等火车工程师西西弗的首次正式训诫 First reprimand against Engineer First Class Sisif.
兹因其卧轨于火车下，放任火车引擎无人看管， Attempted to have his locomotive run him over,
险些造成破坏及伤亡。 at the risk of causing his engineer other catastrophes.
备注：如有二次训诫，将强制辞退。 Nota: Retirement to be officialized after second reprimand.
“我听说你干的事了，我可怜的老哥！……” "I heard about what you did, my poor friend!…"
“西西弗，我想只有一种方法能让你从噩梦中解脱了……” "There is only one way to escape your nightmare, Sisif..."
“那就是让诺玛嫁给我！……” "Let me marry me Norma!…"
你爱她，我也一样。我已深思熟虑，下定决心 You love her, so do I. I've thought it over and I've decided
要让这个女孩远离你可能的威胁。 to remove this child from the danger you represent for her.
我的决心……不可动摇。 My resolution is... implacable.
“你休想得到诺玛，懂吗？……休想！……休想！……” "You'll never have Norma, you hear? …Never!… Never!…"
“那我就告诉她 "Then I'll tell her
她的身世和你对她的感情。 about her origins and your feelings.
让她来在我们之间做出选择。” She'll choose between your love and mine."
“快点！我只剩四十秒的时间清出列车轨道了。” "Quick! I have 40 seconds to clear the track for the express."
在得到诺玛的准许之后，赫桑便迫不及待了 Reading Norma's letter of acceptance, Hersan didn't waste a moment.
亲爱的赫桑先生，这封信 Dear Mr. Hersan, this letter
意味着我已决定做你的妻子。 contains my decision to become your wife.
明天来向我父亲提亲吧。诺玛 Come see my father tomorrow. Norma
“我就在外边等着，告诉她你们家的秘密。” "I'll wait for Norma outside to tell her what she risks under your roof.
“等她知道了真相，你看她会不会大惊失色，跑来我家。” You'll see if she doesn't flee in horror to find refuge under my roof."
“你还有什么呢？ "And what will you have left?
只会剩下摧毁她幻梦的羞愧…… The shame of having crushed the illusions she preserves...
但如果你让我拥有她……我发誓永远不戳破这个美梦。” illusions which I'll always let her keep... if you give her to me."
“不！不！我深爱着她……她是我的！” "No, no, I love her too much. She's mine！
我会坦白一切……而她会永远留在我的身边……永远！ I'll tell her everything and she'll stay here. Toujours!"
“你试试看！” "Just try!"
那……为了你的前途和幸福，我同意了。 Then, to make you rich and happy, I accept.
我的小诺玛，嫁给他吧，既然你是爱他的。 My little Norma, marry him. Since you love him.
“再说了，这样对我也好……对我也好……” "Besides, it's better for me... better for me."
当天夜里。 The same evening.
“我为诺玛嫁人而干杯。” "I drink to Norma's marriage."
“我再也不想听到她的事了。 "It's better that I never hear of her again.
再也不想！这是我唯一能够逃避的方式……” Never! It was the only way for me to avoid..."
“我为此干杯！…… "I drink to the...
我的单身生活终结了！” end of my bachelor life!"
我得试着表现得体！……是的，亲爱的！ I'll try to behave... yes, my darlings!
我为铁路旁的一个女孩痴狂…… With a nice little wife of the Rail I'm damned keen on...
她的双腿…… And with a pair of legs...
“我要淹没我的爱意……我要把我可怕的痴迷…… "I want to drown my love, my atrocious passion
淹没进这井中的月亮……这轮绿色的月亮……” in the well's moon, in the green moonlight..."
“你会为它们浇水的，对吗？” "You'll water them, won't you?"
“你会保证她每天的伙食！” "Swear she'll eat every day!"
“我保证，快过来，亲爱的！” "I swear, but come quickly, my darling!"
西西弗等待这一天，亲自驾驶E108列车载诺玛去大城市。 Sisif awaited his day to drive the E108 express to personally take her to the big city.
在一个中途停靠站，西西弗听见一声20年前的呼喊 At a stop, Sisif recalled a voice 20 years earlier
“偷小孩的人！” which had screamed: "Kidnapper!"
你就笑吧，混蛋！以为她能逃出我的手掌心吗？ Laugh, you bastard! Think she's going to escape me?
不，我的老朋友，你这个独眼醉汉。他们不会活着相遇的。 No, my old, red one-eyed friend. She won't reach his arms alive.
“驾驶火车（巨轮）之人和铁路旁的蔷薇注定同生共死…… "The Man of the Wheel and the Rose of the Rail were made to die together...
鼓起勇气，很快就会结束了。” A little courage and it will be over in a moment."
“我轻松好多啊，马舍弗， "Since I'm feeling light-hearted, Mâchefer,
喝点酒吧……愿她安康！” I allow you to drink to her health！"
尽管酒后有些迷糊， Lost in the fumes of intoxication,
马舍弗还是感觉听到了停车警报。 Mâchefer thought they had just run an advance signal.
这一次，他确信无疑。 This time, he was sure.
他们刚经过了停车信号牌。 They had just run a full-stop signal.
巴黎：拥有巨大绞刑架和巨轮的城市…… ——布莱兹·桑德拉尔斯 Paris: City of the Great Gallows and the Wheel... —BLAISE CENDRARS
“……因此写道，没有人能从巨轮下逃脱。” "For it is written, none shall escape the Wheel."
回程 The return.
驾驶火车（巨轮）之人， The Man of the Wheel,
此时独自一人，他的悲伤无从倾诉， alone with his inexpressible sorrow,
试图将爱意转向他那个头发被烟熏过的同伴身上。 would try to transfer his love to his old smoke-haired companion.
“这是我的列车的新名字。” "It's the new name for my locomotive."
正如有时仅存的、那当下的共鸣， And understanding, as only things can be,
诺玛号以钢铁的语言对他说： Norma Compound sometimes uttered in her steely language:
“我会永远真诚待你。 "I will always remain faithful to you.
当你难过时，我会向你讲述她…… And when you are too sad, I'll speak to you of her.
你将会在我车轮的歌声中，在我连杆跳动的节奏中， And you will again hear her aerial melancholy in the song of my wheels,
在我油烟的叹息中，听见她虚无缥缈的忧郁思绪！” in the feverish beating of my connecting rods and in my sighs of smoke."
那天夜里 That same evening.
赫桑先生，如果你珍惜自己现在的生活， Monsieur de Hersan, if you value your life,
那就永远不要让诺玛知道我告诉你的事， I would advise you never to let Norma hear a single word about what I told you,
至于你的婚姻，请谨慎对待所有法律部门的人员， and, as for your marriage, to act with men of the law with diplomacy,
别让她发现自己的身世 so that she remains in complete ignorance about her origins.
这是我的要求，请务必遵守。 This is my command.Follow it.
西西弗无法逃脱无休无止的爱之巨轮， And unable to escape the Wheel of his inexpressible love,
夜复一夜地失眠，就好像诺玛从未离开一样。 Sisif resumed his desperate vigils every night, as if Norma was still there.
“在这里吃东西显得太傻了。” "You're stupid to eat here."
“我因为热爱小提琴而责备你吗？ "Do I reproach you for loving your violins?
我也爱着我的火车。 I think I love my locomotive.
我也是一名艺术家……” I'm a kind of artist too…"
“看，这些光雾和你的音乐不相配吗？” "Look. Isn't this cloud of light worth your music?"
我亲爱的爸爸，你为什么不回答我？ My dear Papa, Why don't you answer me
为什么拒绝我给你的钱？ and why do you refuse the money I send you?
请收下，或者转交给艾列。 Please accept it or give it to Elie.
您失望的女儿 Your despairing daughter
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拒收。西西弗。 Refused by the consignee. Sisif.
几个月过去了。 Months passed.
另一件气恼的事。 Another melancholy.
她看见了。 What she saw.
空荡荡的房屋。 The empty house.
秘密不胫而走。 How secrets vanish.
“我妹妹不在家族谱系里？” "My sister isn't registered in the official family record?"
“诺玛不是我妹妹吗？” "Norma isn't my sister?"
一种可怕的猜疑闪过艾列的脑海。随即涌入脑中的记忆佐证了这种怀疑。 A horrible thought crossed Elie's mind. Other memories would confirm it.
“我要淹没我的爱意，我要把我可怕的痴迷， "I want to drown my love, drown my atrocious obsession,
淹没进这井中的月亮，这轮绿色的月亮。” in the well's moonlight, in the green moon."
“你一直把真相瞒着我们…… "You must have had a serious reason.
一定有什么重要，很重要的原因。 It's a serious matter to hide this secret.
我想知道，我有权利知道为什么！” I want to know. I have a right to know!"
“时间过得太快 "The days passed too quickly.
告诉她会让她更痛苦。 She would have suffered to learn it.
而这一切都已经成了习惯 And then habit set in
我就不敢告诉她了。” and I didn't dare after that."
“现在我懂得你为什么表现得那么奇怪了：爸爸，你是个骗子！” "Your entire behavior becomes clear: You're lying, Papa!"
……有些耻辱，不可言说！ ——俄狄浦斯王 There are disgraces that must be silenced! —OEDIPUS THE KING.
我们是看不到铁路间长出花来的 "There are never flowers between the tracks for us.
那如果某天奇迹出现，有一朵花从中盛开 And faced with the miracle of seeing one appear one day,
我们作为采花者也应该被原谅。 we can be excused for extending a hand.
“巨轮之下……生生世世，难以逃脱！” ——吉卜林 "On the Wheel... bound, always bound!" —KIPLING.
《路边处女》 卷154 THE PAVEMENT VIRGIN volume 154
古谚云：心中邪念，有其父必有其子！ CANCER Like father, like son. Old proverb!
“我多希望能娶到像你一样美丽的姑娘！” "I would have liked to have been married to a pretty woman like you!"
曾经脱口而出的玩笑话突然令他躁动不安 These innocent words from long ago took on a deeply disturbing meaning...
既然她打算回来 Now that she was coming back,
他是否还能与她再续旧情？ couldn't he continue his tender romance
最终表明自己的心意 to declare his love at last,
而不让她受伤？…… without her taking offence?
在这个甜蜜童话里，你不再是我的妹妹。 And you're no longer my sister in this charming tale.
你敞开热烈的心扉，倾听我爱的语汇 You are nothing but an open heart who listens to me as she weeps,
因我深知，从无这样的情语，萦绕你耳畔，触碰你心灵…… Because I know such words never touched your ear and your ineffable senses...
……而我能爱慕着，矫饰装扮的你！…… ...and then I can adore you in this disguise!…
夜幕降临，为我助力 The night comes mysteriously to my aid
婆娑树影消散，令我眉头舒展 to soften on my brow the harsh specter of branches,
你的发辫，如同白星闪耀…… crowning yours with your white stars...
而我的影子，迷失在特里斯丹的影子中！ And my shadow is lost in Tristan's shadow!
我爱你！爱到痴狂…… I love you! I'm mad...
原谅艾列喋喋不休，我的爱意难以言说…… Forgive Elie's words. My love is unable to speak...
……才会如此期期艾艾！ ...it stammers!
它在我体内涌现，如同高树拔地而起 It rises in me like a fiery sap,
从沃土深田到湛湛蓝天 from the flaming heart of the ground to the heart of the blue trees,
这种感觉令我晕眩，便又开始侃侃而谈 and makes me so dizzy that my words ramble.
“好吧，老家伙，你很会讲笑话！……” "Well, old man, you know how to tell a joke!…"
“巨轮将会伤害你我，将会摧毁你我纯洁的灵魂。” ——奥马尔·凯亚姆 "The Wheel that will wound you and me, will destroy my pure soul and yours." —Omar KAYYHAM
我亲爱的艾列 My dear Elie,
你的妹妹很不幸福。 your little sister is very unhappy.
我的丈夫很爱我 My husband loves me very much
但我没办法回报相同的感情 but I can't return his feelings,
我们不是一个世界的人。 our world is too different.
我好想亲吻你。 How I wish I could kiss you.
我正在自学小提琴 I'm learning the violin all by myself,
因为这样能让我觉得离你近一些。 because this way I feel closer to you.
“我永远不会原谅你，阻碍我和诺玛的幸福！” "I'll never forgive you for making me miss my happiness with Norma!"
“原来你也一样……可怜的艾列……你也一样啊……” "So, you too... My poor Elie... you too."
在他的船上，在那个我讨厌的男人身边 On his boat, next to the man whom I loath
他的爱玷污着我 and whose love defiles me
日进一日 a little more each day,
这是我第十次给你写信了 I write to you for the 10th time,
我的小艾列 my little Elie,
但我有可能 but I will probably
会把这封信也撕掉 tear up this letter too,
因为你从不给我回信 since you never answer me,
然后我就会哭着 and then I will cry
望着我梦中的火车 looking at my dream trains
翻越海浪 go by on the sea
聆听马达的声音，能让我想起 and listening to the motor that reminds me
铁轨的声音 of the sound of tracks...
车轮的声音！ the sound of the Wheel！
“真正被诅咒过的人，他们紧锁的眉宇间，仿佛用咒语写着‘厄运’一词。” ——波德莱尔 There are true damnations, men who bear the word 'bad luck' stamped in mysterious letters in the folds of their brow." —BAUDELAIRE
“还有你，诺玛！” "And you too, Norma!"
“我再也不想听到你的声音了，明白吗？” "I never want to hear your voice ever again, understand?"
“他要为他从车站认识的女孩疯狂了！” "He's going mad with his station girl!"
最怕如果你要请病假 The bad thing is that it's Jacobin
就会由贾可宾来驾驶‘诺玛号’ who's going to drive "Norma".
天啊！ If you call in sick he's going
他会把车炸掉的！ to smash it up, damn it to hell!
诊断确证 Confirming our diagnosis
考虑到视神经的衰退 as to the weakening of the optic nerve,
尽管工程师西西弗一再请求 and despite the pleas of engineer Sisif,
我们坚持要求其离职 we maintain our request for retirement,
因为他已不能再为我们的工作提供服务。 all active service being impossible。
“没人给我回信：我就回来教训你们两个了！” "They won't answer my letters: I'm coming to scold you！"
“我们，我们两个都很好。 "We were there, both peaceful.
而你带回了不幸！ You come back and misfortune enters with your laughter!
我的小诺玛，你一定，一定不要再回来了……” My little Norma, you must never, ever come back again."
“果真如此吗，艾列？” "Isn't that so, Elie?"
“你好，我亲爱的诺玛……” "Hello, my dear Norma…"
我看到你认出我时，你叹息得更频繁了…… I see that you recognize me, you sigh more quickly.
我的视力衰退了，老姑娘。 My eyesight is going, old girl.
我只能看清30码以内的东西，他们想逼我离开你。 I can't see any further than 30 yards and they want to force me to leave you.
不……西西弗…… NO…SISIF…
你宁可死也不愿输在贾可宾手里吗？ Wouldn't you rather die than fall into the hands of Jacobin?
哦……是的…… Ooh... Yes...
他们秘密地对话到黄昏。 They chattered mysteriously well into dusk.
“诺玛号”之终结。 The death of "Norma Compound".
西西弗刚像个疯子一样乘七号线离开了，他要搞什么？ Sisif just left like a madman on 7. What's his switch?
他只会伤到他自己，他要开到有止冲器的22号分轨。 He'll only break his own neck. He's on buffer stop 22.
诺玛号的垂死挣扎。 The agony of Norma Compound.
“你不会生我的气的，对吗，诺玛？……” "You won't be angry with me, will you Norma?…"
“再见了，老姑娘！……” "Farewell, old girl!…"
诺玛号终结。 Norma Compound was dead.
处罚 The punishment.
报告：二次训诫，工程师，西西弗 Report: Second reprimand Engineer Sisif,
鉴于22号止冲器发生的事故 following the accident at buffer 22,
其职务将被调转降级 will be transferred, demoted and,
考虑到他曾经服务敬业 due to his good services,
便将其派往朗峰，操控缆车 assigned to driving a funicular railway on Mont Blanc.
“再见了，老姑娘！” "Farewell, old girl!"
第二幕 结束 END OF THE SECOND PART
车轮 第三幕 THE WHEEL Third part
奔向深渊 RACE TO THE ABYSS
概括先前的部分 铁路事故之后 RÉSUMÉ OF THE PREVIOUS PARTS Following a railway catastrophe,
火车工程师西西弗抚养了一名叫诺玛的孤儿 the locomotive engineer Sisif takes in a little orphan named Norma.
他对她的出身只字不提 He raises her in total ignorance of her origins
还有西西弗的儿子，小提琴匠艾列 alongside Sisif's son, the violinmaker Elie,
他自己也以为她是他的妹妹。 who himself believes her to be her sister.
爱：有一种爱，是世间所有人类悲剧的起源 Love: one of these loves that are the cause of all human tragedies,
它逐渐在西西弗忧郁的灵魂中苏醒 awakens gradually in the melancholy soul of Sisif
从未有女性的脸庞为他绽放过笑容 on which no woman's face had ever smiled.
自以为从梦魇中解脱了自我 Believing himself liberated from his nightmare,
西西弗把诺玛嫁给了一个叫赫桑的企业领导 Sisif marries off Norma to a Company administrator named de Hersan.
但是“有其父必有其子”：心中的邪念侵蚀了艾列 But "like father, like son": the cancer now eats away at Elie
这个小提琴匠也被灌输了同样强横的感情 and instills the same tyrannical passion in the violinmaker,
他对她离开他们曾经天堂一般的日子感到绝望 in despair over her departure from their lost paradise.
诺玛对自己引发的冲突事件一无所知，而这成了命运之轮的中心 Norma, ignorant of the dramas she incites, becomes the hub of the Wheel of fate
在旋转之中 that carries off in its gyration,
夺走了父亲、儿子和丈夫痛苦的心 the tormented hearts of the father, the son and the husband.
被铁道公司开除后，最优秀的“黑面”工人 Dismissed from the Great Railway, the greatest of the "Black Faces,"
驾驶火车（巨轮）之人，在白雪皑皑的山上找到了归宿 the man of the Wheel, finds refuge in the snow-capped mountain where,
作为对命运的嘲弄，他驾驶一辆老得发慢的缆车 in a mockery of fate, he drives a wheezing cable car.
而悲剧似乎就栖息在这间破烂的小屋里 And Tragedy seems to nest in the wretched cabin
两个男人共同栖居在星空之下 where the two men cohabit next to the stars.
但要消灭我，唉！ But to annihilate me, alas!
我非常清楚，所有的苦难能奈我何！ I know all too well that all the suffering can do nothing to me!
如果我过去的悲惨生活得到拯救 That if my sad life in the past was saved,
那只会迎来更为悲惨的结果 it was reserved for greater evils;
啊，愿我的命运得以圆满！ O, may my fate be all accomplished!
俄狄浦斯王 OEDIPUS THE KING
峡谷3000米之上的一栋房子 A house 3000 meters above the valley,
这里禁止提及“诺玛”这个名字 where it is forbidden to pronounce Norma's name.
“这破车把油漏的到处都是！让她烂在外边吧！” "The bitch has leaks all over! Let her rot outside!"
我亲爱的，我对你做了什么？ My dear ones What harm have I done you?
你没有收到我的信吗？ Haven't my letters reached you?
你一声不吭就离开我们铁道旁的房子了吗？ Have you left our dear railway house without warning?
我像一个小姑娘一样难过，而且…… I'm suffering like a little girl and...
但是诺玛打破了他们之间的宁静。 But Norma peopled their silence.
假日 On holiday.
他从前固执的女友也在度假 The former, tenacious girlfriend was also on holiday.
“卡拉塔里·卡拉斯科普洛斯先生自上周起便成了我的丈夫！ "Mr. Kalatarikarascopoulos, My husband since last week!
他家产丰厚，痴迷矿业，不会讲法语。 Huge fortune. Fanatical about mineralogy. He doesn't speak a word of French.
人模人样的傻瓜，不是吗，比比？……” A decent sort of nincompoop. Isn't that so, Bibi?"
那天晚上，斯特拉迪瓦利亚斯的影子一定在颤抖。 That night, the shadow of the Stradivarius must have quivered.
“克雷莫纳清漆的秘密， "The secret of Cremona varnish,
过去200年间一直不为人知， lost for the past 200 years,
我找到它了。 I've found it.
这个就是！我过去的五年里 Here it is! I've suffered so much
受了那么多苦…… for the past five years...
受了那么多苦！” suffered so much!"
“我们很快就会有钱了！你能治疗你的眼睛了，我的老父亲。” "We'll be rich soon! You can heal your eyes, my old papa."
“睡觉吧，你个蠢老头！” "Go to bed, you big fool!"
赫桑的财富受损了。 Hersan's fortune compromised.
“命运轮回啊，老家伙！你要完了！磅数跌到44了，公众会害怕的。 "The Wheel turns, old man. You're falling. The pound is down to 44. General panic.
别冒冒失失的，快过来！我们能度过难关。” Come immediately and don't do anything rash! We'll come out of this."
“我不知道我还剩下什么，托比， "I don't know what I have, Tobie,
但这个老家伙要让我心动了。 but this old steel snail is beginning to touch my heart.
我是生来就爱火车吗？ So I was born to love locomotives?
诺玛三号要来了……我真傻啊！” A Norma III is coming. What an old fool I am!"
“我知道你的意思！ "I know these expressions.
你有资金困难。” You have money problems."
卡拉塔里·卡拉斯科普洛斯看到一块水晶 The delight of Kalatarikarascopoulos seeing a block of rock crystal
和他妻子看到赫桑的喜悦程度一样。 was equaled only by that of his wife seeing Hersan.
“要是我能强迫你就好了！” "If I can oblige you!"
“我爱我的妻子，我也重新变得诚实了。 "I love my wife and I've become an honest man again.
很惊讶……是吗？晚安！” That surprises you, doesn't it? Good evening!"
我最亲爱的，现在是早上四点，我没救了。 My dearest, it's 4 in the morning. I'm ruined.
手枪就在桌上，而我因为太爱你，还拿不定主意。 My pistol is on my desk and I'm hesitating because I love you too much.
我渴求你能理解，在我们结婚后，我变成了全新的自己。 I beg you to understand that a new man has been born in me since our marriage.
我铁路的小蔷薇，昨晚迷迷糊糊之中， My little rose of the rail, in my delirium last night,
你出现在我面前，像一个无情巨轮的中心 you appeared to me like the center of an inexorable wheel
辐条之间默默承载着全部的命运…… that innocently carries all fate in its spokes...
我和其他人一样困在其下。 And I am caught up like all the others.
西西弗和儿子参加在皇宫酒店举办的专业比赛 Sisif and his son attend the major competition at the Majestic Hotel,
这里的一位演奏家欣然使用这位年轻人的乐器进行演奏 where a soloist will gladly perform on the young man's instrument
观众里有几位有名的小提琴匠。 for a select public of famous violinmakers.
“15分钱就能玩得开心，你太小气了，孩子！” "15 cents to have a good time, you are stingy my boy!"
从洁白的山峰到金碧辉煌的宫殿。 From the whiteness of the summits to the flashy colors of the Palace.
“这些上流社会的地方不是为铁路工人建造的。 "These high-life places aren't made for a railwayman.
这段时间我得去看眼科医生 I'll use the time to go consult the oculist
因为我的工作原因，他晚上才能给我看病。” who will see me in the evening on account of my work."
“我什么都没说……但我的眼睛 "I didn't say anything... but my eyes
最近有点疼。” have been hurting a little lately."
大获成功：— 得到了在场小提琴匠们的肯定。 Triumph! Verified by the violinmakers present.
艾列的痛苦要结束了，这是名望与财富的预兆…… It was the end of Elie's agony, it meant fame and fortune.
“我需要了解实情，先生， "I need to know the truth, sir,
具体情况，出于我工作的需要，您明白吗？ the absolute truth, for my work.
即使……” Even if..."
“失明了？” "Lost?"
“我的小提琴？……非常高兴，爸爸……成功了……好极了。” "My violin? Very happy, papa... Success... Bravos."
“您的眼睛怎么样？……” "What about your eyes?"
“和你一样，我的孩子，很好……” "Like you, my boy, very happy..."
西西弗越来越孤僻， Increasingly withdrawn,
他看着月光在大大小小的寻常物件中流转 Sisif watched the moonlight play amid all the humble, mundane things,
他从未见过如此美丽的场面…… which he had never seen so beautiful...
“我运气不好，你明白的！……再说了，你早就知道了。” "I have no luck. Besides, you understood all that long ago."
寻找玛瑙、水晶和玉髓。 In search of agate, amethyst and carnelian.
“别去看父亲，诺玛，拜托。” "Don't go see father, Norma, please."
面对诺玛的坦诚， Faced with Norma's candor,
艾列再次感知到作为兄长的纯良道义。 Elie again felt he was the brother with the pure conscience again.
可怕的感觉也许不会再出现了。 The awful feeling would perhaps never return.
他滔滔不绝地讲起了自己的工作生活。 Voluble, he related his working life.
“我已经忍受不了和我丈夫一起生活了。 "Life with my husband has become intolerable.
我从来没有爱过他 I never loved him
我只有一个想法： and I have only one desire:
回到我的老地方 to return to my old place
回到我深爱的你们两人身边。” with the two of you, my loved ones."
“你看着她，然后笑了…… "You look at her and you smile...
当你微笑时，一个可怕的想法 And as you smile, an atrocious thought
出现在你的脑海，然后你就会 comes to mind, against which your entire being
厌恶地浑身颤抖……” ——邓南遮 shudders with repugnance..." —D'ANNUNZIO
“这个想法越来越强烈， "The idea grows in force,
可怕到让人难以承受…… becomes monstrous, overbearing...
你的整个灵魂受到影响…… And your entire soul is infected...
你内心的一切 and everything inside you
都变得污浊不堪！ becomes a stain and contamination!
哦！这可信吗？” ——邓南遮 Oh! Is that believable?" —D'ANNUNZIO
“别问我，诺玛， "Don't question me, Norma,
但记住爸爸的话： but remember father's words:
如果你想避免不幸发生，就不要和我们待在一起！” Never find yourself in our presence, if you want to avoid misfortune!"
“你的火车鸣笛了，快去吧！” "Your train is whistling. Go on!"
“我敢保证，她出轨了！” "I was sure of it. She's cheating on her husband!"
当天晚上 That same evening.
夜里 Night.
“她来了吗？……” "Did she come?…"
“爸爸，所以家里有什么邪恶的事情吗？” "So there's a cancer in the family, papa?"
“你们两个真的和畜生一样，我可怜的孩子！” "What unfortunate beasts the two of us are, my poor child!"
天堂里，绝望的车轮在轮辙里转动， The Wheel of despair turns in the ruts of heaven
把泥土溅到了上帝的脸上！ ——布莱士·申德拉斯 and splatters the face of God with mud! —Blaise Cendrars
我的小艾列， My little Elie,
给我一把你最好的小提琴 bring me one of your finest violins,
这样我就能继续学习了。 so I can continue to learn.
这会让我们更加接近彼此， It will bring you a little closer to me,
因为我不敢回去看你了 because I no longer dare look back at you
我花了很久 and I spend my time
去想你和爸爸那样表现的原因。 looking for an explanation to your behavior and my father's.
诺玛三号，或者，西西弗的第三个情人。 Norma III or Sisif's third love.
“我们把这个弄明白，托比！ "Let's think this over, Tobie!
显然它跑得没那么快， Obviously, it runs less quickly,
也没那么美观，但它行动起来没问题！ it's not as beautiful, but it has good legs!
我原来的车开到这样的山上会怎么样？ What would my old "Compound" have done on hills like this?
我们不能厚此薄彼，对吧，托比？” We can't be too contemptuous, eh, Tobie?"
我爱你，诺玛。 I adore you, Norma.
我不是你的亲哥哥…… I'm not your brother...
我爱你，诺玛。我不是你的亲哥哥 I adore you, Norma. I'm not your brother
我受尽爱的折磨，我从未如此痛苦。 and love torments me like nothing else can.
在我死前，要将我的心意雕刻进这把小提琴的魂魄中。 And I engrave my heart in the soul of this violin before I die.
这样，我的秘密将得到隐藏 Thus my secret will remain hidden
但更靠近你的红唇。 but much closer to your lips.
当你在黄昏拉起小提琴， And when you play in the twilight,
琴弓划过我的告白， sliding the bow over my secret,
你会讶异，转头说到： you will say to yourself, captivated, turning your head:
“有人在跟我表达爱意吗？” "Has someone just spoken to me of love?"
你的演奏穿梭我的心意，而你却无从了解…… You'll play on my heart, not understanding...
“父亲现在不允许你回来，将来……再过一段时间或许可以……” "Father won't allow your coming back now. Later... much later maybe..."
“诺玛，你给我写了那么疯狂的东西……” "You wrote me such mad things, Norma…"
晚上 Evening.
“诺玛，这个地方不适合你，我们明天就离开！” "Norma, this place isn't worthy of you. We'll leave tomorrow!"
“看到你受苦，我很难过，我的朋友。 "It hurts me to see you suffer, my friend.
我渴求你，我们分开 I beg you, let us separate
让我回到我原来的铁路生活吧。” and let me return to my old railway life."
“你原来的生活，但你疯了！你是属于我的！” "Your old life, but you're mad! You belong to me!"
我亲爱的艾列： My dear Elie:
赫桑的兽性已经被最后的顾虑击败。 Hersan's bestiality has shattered my last scruples.
我来请求你和爸爸讲 I've come to beg you to talk to papa
我就能回到我原来的老屋子了。 so I can go back to my old place at the house.
为了避免丑闻，我们今早就会离开。 We're leaving this morning to avoid scandal.
但我要卖掉一切，然后回来。 But I'm selling off everything and I'll be back.
我亲爱的艾列： My dear Elie:
赫桑的兽性已经被最后的顾虑击败。 Hersan's bestiality has shattered my last scruples.
我来请求你和爸爸讲 I've come to beg you to talk to papa
我就能回到我原来的老屋子了。 so I can go back to my old place at the house.
为了避免丑闻，我们今早就会离开 We're leaving this morning to avoid scandal.
但我要卖掉一切，然后回来 But I'm selling off everything and I'll be back.
我爱你，诺玛。我不是你的亲哥哥 I adore you, Norma. I'm not your brother
我受尽爱的折磨，我从未如此痛苦。 and love torments me like there's no example.
在我死前，要将我的心意雕刻进这把小提琴的魂魄中。 And I engrave my heart in the soul of this violin before I die.
朗峰铁路 MONT-BLANC RAILWAY
“贼！” "Thief!"
“艺术家！” "Artist!"
“别这么看着我！你的眼神里有鬼。” "Don't look at me! You have poison in your eyes."
你对我儿子做了什么？…… What have you done to my boy?…
你杀了他，是吗？ You killed him, didn't you?
“艾列在哪儿？” "Where is Elie?"
艾列？…… Elie?…
他死了吗？ Is he dead?
“我……不……知……道……” "I... don't... know..."
“铁路上的小蔷薇……我对你的爱 "Little rose of the rail, I loved you as much
不亚于那个你以为是……你……！” as the one who you believed to be... your...!"
听到了吗，托比？ Hear that, Tobie?
我听见他在大喊！ I hear him shouting!
循着呼喊声…… Guided by the calls...
加油，艾列，我来了！ Courage, Elie, I'm coming!
快点，诺玛。快点，快点！ Hurry, Norma. Hurry, hurry!
“我来了，孩子！坚持住！” "I'm coming, child! Hold on!"
怎么了？你知道一远我就看不见了！…… Explain, you know I can't see anything from a distance.
“因为……因为你他才死的！滚出去！……” "Because... because of you he's dead! Get out!…"
“这是我的地盘！” "This place is mine!"
第三幕 结束 END OF PART THREE
车轮 第四幕 THE WHEEL Part four
白色交响曲 SYMPHONY IN WHITE
当月亮升至冰川之上…… And when the moon rose over the glacier...
第二天 第一班列车 The first train the next morning.
我们，作为检察官 And we, the examining judge,
得出的结论是 conclude that the legal action
法律诉讼无效 is rendered null and void
因为敌对双方互相杀死了对方。 as the two adversaries killed one another.
停！登山者来了！ Halt! The mountaineers are here!
“现在，我只有你了！” "You're all I have now！"
来了一位度假游客。 A visitor on holiday.
我是马舍弗先生，一等火车司机， I'm Mr. Mâchefer, qualified engineer first class,
我要找我的老朋友，西西弗先生。 and I'm looking for my old friend, Mr. Sisif.
这里看上去马力不足。 Where it is shown that horse-power is not enough.
马舍弗看上去并不善于登山。 And where it is shown that Mâchefer is no mountaineer.
她也是个好伙伴。能爬27度的山坡。 She's a good companion too. She climbs at 27%.
我倒想看你开“太平洋号”。 I'd like to see you with your "Pacific".
那边……呢？…… And over there?
一等火车司机和太平洋号！由我负责。 Engineer first class of a Pacific! I'm in charge.
它一轰鸣，我的司炉工就会按下按钮！ It hums and my fireman is always on the button!
罢工期间，我还在没有司炉工的情况下开过车。 During strikes, I even drove without a fireman.
他们叫我拿破仑。 They called me Napoleon.
“诺玛呢？……” "And Norma?…"
“艾列呢？……” "And Elie?…"
“不用27年，他就会回来了。” "He'll be back in 27 years."
冰山需要27年才能让他们重生。 It takes the glaciers 27 years to give up their dead.
从山顶的悲剧到山谷的闹剧 From the tragedy of the summit to the small dramas of the valley.
然后 And then,
一天早晨，一切微小的生灵 one morning when all humble things
都在欢呼雀跃…… were happy,
当阳光穿过窗子进入房间的时候 in the luminous cross of the window...
“我一定是睡了一整天。现在是晚上了吧？” "I must have slept all day. It's evening, isn't it?"
“你再看看，现在太阳正当头呢！” "You must be seeing things, it's broad daylight!"
我根本什么都看不见…… I can't see anything at all...
“你走吧，别管我了，工作更重要。 "Go on, leave without me. Duty first.
车轮得继续转啊……” The Wheel has to keep turning…"
“火车润滑的时候看着点……” "Watch your lubrication."
“山在哪里？” "So where are the mountains?"
从现在开始，直到他离世的那天， From now on and until his last day,
他的眼中都将是耀眼的雪景。 his pupils were filled with bright snow.
冬天来了。 Winter came.
公司出于同情 The Company, out of compassion,
允许西西弗凭借微薄的养老金住在小屋里。 let Sisif live in the cottage on a tiny pension.
在这里，他度过了冰冷的漫漫长夜， Here, he spent the long cold evenings,
他苍白的脸庞似乎是来自阴影的国度…… his poor pale seemed to emerge from the kingdom of shadows…
诺玛没有意识到西西弗已经全盲， Unaware of Sisif's total blindness,
她不时过来看望老人 Norma came from time to time to watch the old man,
但当他转身朝向她的时候，她很害怕…… but seized with fear when he turned to her...
……痛苦像雪一样在她体内蔓延…… ...and the pain snowed in her as well...
然后，艾列的忌日到了。 Then came the great day, the anniversary of Elie's death.
想法不谋而合…… A same thought...
“在十字架负载我们之前，我们必先得负载十字架。” ——克劳岱尔 "For we must bear the cross before the cross bears us." —(Claudel)
他瞎了！…… Blind!…
黄昏时，祷告声响起。 Then, at twilight, came the prayer.
傍晚 Evening.
“我们得节约度日了，老伙计。我们要没钱了！” "We have to tighten our belts, old boy. We're out of money!"
夜里 Night.
“我回来了。” "I've arrived."
那夜，托比向艾列讲述了 That night, Tobie explained to Elie
许多快乐的事，余音回荡。 many joyous things which the echoes carried.
第二天 The next day.
“我的鞋呢，托比？” "Where's my shoe, Tobie?"
“所以有人在这儿！” "So there's someone here!"
诺玛三号开上来了……多棒的牵引力……这真温暖人心啊，托比！ Here comes Norma III... What pull! It does the heart good, Tobie！
“好好清洗用油系统 "Give the oil system a good purging
照料好它。 and take good care of it.
我都能听见我的诺玛在抱怨了。” I can hear my Norma grumble."
“有陌生人在这儿！……别过来……我想一个人待着！…… "Strangers here! Never! I want to be left alone.
一个人……就我一个！……我要一个人死掉！” Alone... all alone! I'll die alone!"
那晚 That evening,
她哭着告诉艾列，自己有多开心能回家。 she tearfully came to tell Elie how happy she was to come home.
日复一日 Similar days passed.
诺玛始终不敢出声 Norma remained silent
害怕被赶出家门。 for fear of being rejected.
如果她不顾自己的悲伤 If, despite her sorrow,
让铁路的白蔷薇 she forced the Rose of the Rail
重回她的欢乐时光 to return to her with her youth and gaiety,
她或许能让他那白发苍苍的脸上重获喜悦…… she might restore some joyt o his poor white-haired face...
西西弗在不知不觉间 Sisif imperceptibly
习惯了这个谜一般的存在 grew used to the enigmatic presence,
不时也会产生抗拒。 at times with sudden starts of rebellion.
“你忘了给我杯子吗，托比？” "Did you forget my glass, Tobie?"
老人喜欢对于奇迹的解释。 Old people love the explanations of miracles.
转变！ Transformations!
他们交流的第一句话。 Their first words.
“那来的是圣女贞德号还是诺玛三号，托比？” "Is that the Joan of Arc or the Norma III coming up, Tobie?"
“是诺玛三号，爸爸，压缩机不太对劲！她的声音……” "It's the Norma III, papa. The compressor isn't working right."
他们让孩子们来开！所以……你就能明白了 They have kids drive them! So, you understand...
跨越鸿沟的最后一跃，出人意料！ The final leap came unexpectedly.
她成功了！ She had arrived for good!
她也从老人这知道了另一个暖心的秘密： She learned another heartwarming secret from the old man:
西西弗收到了艾列因发现克雷莫纳清漆而获得的50000法郎 Sisif had received the 50,000 francs won by Elie for his discovery of the Cremona varnish,
但又把全部的钱给了地区的向导 but had given the entire sum to the region's guide union,
希望能找到儿子的尸体。 in the hope of finding his son's body.
夜以继日，向导们 Night and day, the guides
徒劳地搜索着这座危险的冰川。 vainly probed the dangerous glacier.
诺玛现在可以告诉这个盲视而谨慎的老人 Norma could now tell the wary blind man
向导们是否值得预支的工钱。 if the guides truly earned their wages.
西西弗现在明白了，过去二十年里， And Sisif now understood that, for the past 20 years,
玩具模型事故 the toy accident had been a miniature recreation
是前一天事故的缩影…… of the catastrophe the day before...
……他的命运 ...and that his fate was inextricably
和那个金发玩偶紧密相连 linked to that of the little blond doll,
他必须把她留在身边 and that he had to keep her with him
直到命运轮回的悲剧彻底结束。 until the tragedy of the wheel ceased with last breath.
“从黑暗，到光明，穿越风雨，终见彩虹。” "From black to white through the rainbow of stormy ends."
像童话故事的结局一样，他们幸福地生活着…… And like in the endings of fairy tales, they lived happily...
……因为车轮的辐条上 ...for the spokes of the Wheel
现在装饰着诺玛的微笑。 were now bedecked with Norma's smiles.
女孩的命名日到了。 Came the young woman's name day.
导游节愉快的早晨。 And the Festival of the Guides on this light-hearted morning.
冬季的第一天，在山路被封住之前 On the first day of winter, before the high mountain became impassible,
这里的导游和面颊绯红的漂亮姑娘们有一个习俗： the guides and the pink-cheeked girls have a custom in this region:
黎明，他们爬山时， At dawn, as they climb,
会点燃冰山脚下找到的最后一棵树 they burn the last tree they find before access to the glacier
并围着树起舞。 and they dance around it.
接着，他们会尽力攀越高山。 Then they climb to the highest peak.
“诺玛小姐，既然你会在这里过冬 "Miss Norma, as you will be spending winter here,
与世隔绝，远离纷扰 far from the world, without distractions,
我们想邀您今天与我们共舞，可以吗？” we thought you might come dance with us today？"
“我化个妆就过去……” "Some powder and I'm yours."
“你又在摇头了，诺玛。 "Shaking your head again, Norma.
今天不高兴吗？” So you're not cheerful today?"
“我不高兴，爸爸。但我很幸福。 "I'm not cheerful, papa. I'm happy.
这不是一回事。 It's not the same thing.
幸福更为甜蜜，也更忧伤！” It's gentler and sadder!"
当献祭的树木燃尽最后一丝火苗， As the last glimmers of the sacrificial tree died,
雪地上围舞的人群不断向高处转去。 the round dance rose higher into the snow.
接着，一切都变了…… And everything turned...
甚至是云朵 Even the clouds which are
群山白色的影子 the white shadows of the mountains,
绕着山峰跳着永恒悲剧的轮回之舞。 danced the eternal tragic dance of the Wheel among the peaks.
海拔4300米！在朗峰的一小片高原上！ 4300 meters! On the little plateau of Mont Blanc!
没有导游记得曾经到这么高的地方舞蹈。 No guide could remember having danced so high.
“托比……告诉我……山上的……轮舞……还在继续……转动吗……？” "Tell me, Tobie. Is the Wheel still turning up there?"
西西弗安详地离世了 Gently, Sisif had just left life
就像黄昏前的最后一缕阳光离开了窗外 like a ray of sunlight leaves a window at twilight...
西西弗的灵魂乘轻翼 Taking wing, Sisif's soul caressed
安抚着小诺玛 the carefree little Norma
轮回（之舞）继续旋转着…… as she prolonged the Wheel...
剧终 END