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WHATTHETHUNDERSAID-----------雷霆的话AFTERthetorchlightredonsweatyfacesAfterthefrostysilenceinthegardensAftertheagonyinstonyplacesTheshoutingandthecrying325PrisonandplaceandreverberationOfthunderofspringoverdistantmountainsHewhowaslivingisnowdeadWewhowerelivingarenowdyingWithalittlepatience330在汗湿的面孔被火把照亮后在花园经过寒霜的死寂后在岩石间的受难后还有呐喊和哭号监狱、宫殿和春雷在远山的回音振荡以后那一度活着的如今死了我们曾活过而今却垂死多少带一点耐心Eliotsaysinhisnotes:InthefirstpartofPartVthreethemesareemployed:thejourneytoEmmaus,theapproachtotheChapelPerilous,andthepresentdecayofeasternEurope.“322to330refertotheeventsfromthebetrayalandarrestofJesusuntilhisdeath,asdescribedinJohn18.HereisnowaterbutonlyrockRockandnowaterandthesandyroadTheroadwindingaboveamongthemountainsWhicharemountainsofrockwithoutwaterIftherewerewaterweshouldstopanddrink335AmongsttherockonecannotstoporthinkSweatisdryandfeetareinthesandIftherewereonlywateramongsttherockDeadmountainmouthofcariousteeththatcannotspitHereonecanneitherstandnorlienorsit340这里没有水只有岩石有石而无水，只有砂石路砂石路迂回在山岭中山岭是石头的全没有水要是有水我们会停下来啜饮在岩石间怎能停下和思想汗是干的，脚埋在沙子里要是岩石间有水多么好死山的嘴长着蛀牙，吐不出水来人在这里不能站，不能躺，不能坐331Hereisnowater,butonlyrock:TheGod,asrepresentedherebyJesushasbeenkilled,andthisisfollowedbyspiritualdeath,theimageofwhichisabarren,mountainousworldofrockandsand.Thisisaplaceofphysicalandemotionalpurgatory.ThesearchinWHATTHETHUNDERSAIDisforwater,forthesacredriveranditswisdom.Butthereisnowater.ThereisnotevensilenceinthemountainsButdrysterilethunderwithoutrainThereisnotevensolitudeinthemountainsButredsullenfacessneerandsnarlFromdoorsofmudcrackedhousesIftherewerewater345AndnorockIftherewererockAndalsowater这山间甚至没有安静只有干打的雷而没有雨这山间甚至没有闲适只有怒得发紫的脸嘲笑和詈骂从干裂的泥土房子的门口如果有水而没有岩石如果有岩石也有水AndwaterAspring350ApoolamongtherockIftherewerethesoundofwateronlyNotthecicadaAnddrygrasssingingButsoundofwateroverarock355Wherethehermit-thrushsingsinthepinetreesDripdropdripdropdropdropdropButthereisnowater那水是一条泉山石间的清潭要是只有水的声音不是知了和枯草的歌唱而是水流石上的清响还有画眉鸟隐在松林里作歌淅沥淅沥沥沥沥可是没有水353to355areanechooflines23to25.“Andthedeadtreegivesnoshelter,thecricketnorelief,Andthedrystonenosoundofwater.OnlyThereisshadowunderthisredrock”25Whoisthethirdwhowalksalwaysbesideyou?WhenIcount,thereareonlyyouandItogether360ButwhenIlookaheadupthewhiteroadThereisalwaysanotheronewalkingbesideyouGlidingwraptinabrownmantle,hoodedIdonotknowwhetheramanorawoman—Butwhoisthatontheothersideofyou?365那总是在你身边走的第三者是谁？我算数时，只有你我两个人可是我沿着白色的路朝前看总看见有另一个人在你的身旁裹着棕色的斗篷蒙着头巾走着我不知道那是男人还是女人——但在你身旁走的人是谁？WhatisthatsoundhighintheairMurmurofmaternallamentationWhoarethosehoodedhordesswarmingOverendlessplains,stumblingincrackedearthRingedbytheflathorizononly370WhatisthecityoverthemountainsCracksandreformsandburstsinthevioletairFallingtowersJerusalemAthensAlexandriaViennaLondon375Unreal那高空中响着什么声音好似慈母悲伤的低诉那一群蒙面人是谁涌过莽莽的平原，跌进干裂的土地四周只是平坦的地平线那山中是什么城破裂，修好，又在紫红的空中崩毁倒下的楼阁呵耶路撒冷、雅典、亚历山大、维也纳、伦敦呵，不真实的AwomandrewherlongblackhairouttightAndfiddledwhispermusiconthosestringsAndbatswithbabyfacesinthevioletlightWhistled,andbeattheirwings380AndcrawledheaddownwarddownablackenedwallAndupsidedowninairweretowersTollingreminiscentbells,thatkeptthehoursAndvoicessingingoutofemptycisternsandexhaustedwells.一个女人拉直她的黑长的头发就在那丝弦上弹出低诉的乐音蝙蝠带着婴儿脸在紫光里呼啸着，拍着翅膀头朝下，爬一面烟熏的墙钟楼倒挂在半空中敲着回忆的钟，报告时刻还有歌声发自空水槽和枯井。Inthisdecayedholeamongthemountains385Inthefaintmoonlight,thegrassissingingOverthetumbledgraves,aboutthechapelThereistheemptychapel,onlythewind'shome.Ithasnowindows,andthedoorswings,Drybonescanharmnoone.390OnlyacockstoodontherooftreeCocoricococoricoInaflashoflightning.ThenadampgustBringingrain在山上这个倾坍的洞里在淡淡的月光下，在教堂附近的起伏的墓上，草在歌唱那是空的教堂，只是风的家。它没有窗户，门在摇晃，干骨头伤害不了任何人。只有一只公鸡站在屋脊上咯咯叽咯，咯咯叽咯在电闪中叫。随着一阵湿风带来了雨。378to385:TheChapelPerilouswasfilledwithhorrorstotestaknight'scourage;nightmarevisions,includingbatswithbabyfaces,assailhimonhisapproach.385:emptycisternsandexhaustedwellsIntheOldTestamentthesesignifydryingupoffaithandtheworshipoffalsegods.386to395:ForthisquestertheChapelPeriloushasbecomeadecayedholeamongthemountains.Thechapelisempty,thesymbolshavelosttheirmeaning.Gangawassunken,andthelimpleaves395Waitedforrain,whiletheblackcloudsGatheredfardistant,overHimavant.Thejunglecrouched,humpedinsilence.Thenspokethethunder恒河干涸，疲萎的叶子等待下雨，乌黑的云在远方集结，在喜马万山上。林莽蜷伏着，沉默地蜷伏着。于是雷说话了DA400Datta:whathavewegiven?Myfriend,bloodshakingmyheartTheawfuldaringofamoment'ssurrenderWhichanageofprudencecanneverretractBythis,andthisonly,wehaveexisted405WhichisnottobefoundinourobituariesOrinmemoriesdrapedbythebeneficentspiderOrundersealsbrokenbytheleansolicitorInouremptyrooms哒哒塔：我们给予了什么？我的朋友，血激荡着我的心一刹那果决献身的勇气是一辈子的谨慎都赎不回的我们靠这，仅仅靠这而活着可是我们的讣告从不提它它也不在善意的蜘蛛覆盖的记忆里或在尖下巴律师打开的密封下在我们的空室中402to410Given,heremeansgivingyourselfinlove,losingyourselfinloveofothers,beyondtheneuroticloveofAGameofChess.407Memoriesdrapedbythebeneficentspider.EliotrefersustoJohnWebster'sTheWhiteDevilwhereFlamineowarnsagainsttheinconstancyofwomen.they'llremarryerethewormpierceyourwinding-sheet,erethes