The law of life
2011-02-21 11:56阅读：
昨夜，读JACK LONDON短文《The law of
life》。过去没有读过译文，更没有读过原文。深为JACK
LONDON的语言折服。之后，网上读到一些翻译，看过几行，便寡然无味。虽然英文阅读能力低下如此，也觉得再好的翻译也无法译出原文的深邃和精彩。
文章快接近尾声：
The picture was so strong it
had stayed with him all his life. His
dull, blind eyes saw the end again as they had in the far off
past.
For long, his mind saw his past. The fire began to die out, and the
cold entered his body. He
placed two more sticks on it, just two more left. This would be how
long he would live.
Koskoosh的生命也接近尾声。
Koskoosh放弃了和狼群的虚弱的反抗。他问自己：Why should he fight?
Why cling to life? He dropped his head to his knees. What did it matter after
all? Isn't
this the law of life?
这就是the law of
life.无人逃避开。生老病死，乔达摩悉达多深深的悲凉。
记起喜欢的兰德的诗文。从字里行间豁达之中，还是觉出一丝悲凉来：
I strove with none
for none was worth my strife;
Nature I loved, and next to Nature, Art;
I warm’d both hands before the fire of
Life;
It sinks
I am ready to depart.
