補天 Mending Heaven

一1

女媧忽然醒來了。Nüwa suddenly woke up.

女娲忽然醒来了。

伊似乎是從夢中惊醒的，然而已經記不清做了什麼夢；She seemed to have been startled awake from a dream, yet she could no longer remember what she had dreamed;只是很懊惱，覺得有什麼不足，又覺得有什麼太多了。she only felt very vexed, sensing that something was lacking, and yet also that something was too much.煽動的和風，暖暾的將伊的气力吹得彌漫在宇宙里。A stirring, gentle breeze, warm and mild, blew her strength till it filled the whole universe.

伊似乎是从梦中惊醒的，然而已经记不清做了什么梦；只是很懊恼，觉得有什么不足，又觉得有什么太多了。煽动的和风，暖暾的将伊的气力吹得弥漫在宇宙里。

伊揉一揉自己的眼睛。She rubbed her eyes.

粉紅的天空中，曲曲折折的漂著許多條石綠色的浮雲，星便在那后面忽明忽滅的䀹眼。In the pink sky, many winding streaks of malachite-green clouds drifted, and behind them stars blinked, now bright, now dim.天邊的血紅的雲彩里有一個光芒四射的太陽，如流動的金球包在荒古的熔岩中；At the edge of the sky, within blood-red clouds, there was a radiant sun, like a molten golden ball wrapped in the lava of primeval antiquity;那一邊，卻是一個生鐵一般的冷而且白的月亮。on the other side, though, was a moon cold and white as pig iron.然而伊并不理會誰是下去，和誰是上來。Yet she paid no attention to which was going down and which was coming up.

粉红的天空中，曲曲折折的漂著许多条石绿色的浮云，星便在那后面忽明忽灭的䀹眼。天边的血红的云彩里有一个光芒四射的太阳，如流动的金球包在荒古的熔岩中；那一边，却是一个生铁一般的冷而且白的月亮。然而伊并不理会谁是下去，和谁是上来。

地上都嫩綠了，便是不很換葉的松柏也顯得格外的嬌嫩。The earth had all turned tender green; even the pines and cypresses, which do not shed their leaves readily, looked exceptionally delicate.

地上都嫩绿了，便是不很换叶的松柏也显得格外的娇嫩。

桃紅和青白色的斗大的雜花，在眼前還分明，到遠處可就成為斑斕的煙靄了。Peach-pink and bluish-white blossoms, huge as pecks, were still distinct close at hand, but in the distance became a mottled haze.

桃红和青白色的斗大的杂花，在眼前还分明，到远处可就成为斑斓的烟霭了。

“唉唉，我從來沒有這樣的無聊過！”伊想著，猛然間站立起來了，擎上那非常圓滿而精力洋溢的臂膊，向天打一個欠伸，天空便突然失了色，化為神异的肉紅，暫時再也辨不出伊所在的處所。"Ah, ah, I have never been so bored before!" she thought, and suddenly stood up, raising those wonderfully round and vigor-brimming arms, and stretched a yawn toward the sky, whereupon the sky suddenly lost its color, turning into a strange flesh-pink, so that for a time one could no longer make out where she stood.

“唉唉，我从来没有这样的无聊过！”伊想著，猛然间站立起来了，擎上那非常圆满而精力洋溢的臂膊，向天打一个欠伸，天空便突然失了色，化为神异的肉红，暂时再也辨不出伊所在的处所。

伊在這肉紅色的天地間走到海邊，全身的曲線都消融在淡玫瑰似的光海里，直到身中央才濃成一段純白。She walked to the seashore amid this flesh-pink heaven and earth, the curves of her whole body dissolving into a sea of pale rose-colored light, until only at the center of her body did it thicken into a stretch of pure white.波濤都惊异，起伏得很有秩序了，然而浪花濺在伊身上。The waves, as if in astonishment, rose and fell in orderly rhythm, yet the spray splashed against her body.這純白的影子在海水里動搖，仿佛全体都正在四面八方的迸散。This pure white shadow swayed in the seawater, as if her whole form were bursting apart in all directions.但伊自己并沒有見，只是不由的跪下一足，伸手掬起帶水的軟泥來，同時又揉捏几回，便有一個和自己差不多的小東西在兩手里。But she herself did not notice this; she simply, without knowing why, knelt on one knee, reached out and scooped up a handful of wet soft mud, and after kneading it a few times, found in her two hands a little thing much like herself.

伊在这肉红色的天地间走到海边，全身的曲线都消融在淡玫瑰似的光海里，直到身中央才浓成一段纯白。波涛都惊异，起伏得很有秩序了，然而浪花溅在伊身上。这纯白的影子在海水里动摇，仿佛全体都正在四面八方的迸散。但伊自己并没有见，只是不由的跪下一足，伸手掬起带水的软泥来，同时又揉捏几回，便有一个和自己差不多的小东西在两手里。

“阿，阿！”伊固然以為是自己做的，但也疑心這東西就白薯似的原在泥土里，禁不住很詫异了。"Ah, ah!" She certainly took it to be something she herself had made, yet she also suspected that the thing had, like a sweet potato, originally been in the earth, and she could not help feeling very astonished.然而這詫异使伊喜歡，以未曾有的勇往和愉快繼續著伊的事業，呼吸吹噓著，汗混和著……Yet this astonishment made her glad, and with an unprecedented boldness and delight she went on with her work, breathing and blowing, sweat mingling in...

“阿，阿！”伊固然以为是自己做的，但也疑心这东西就白薯似的原在泥土里，禁不住很诧异了。然而这诧异使伊喜欢，以未曾有的勇往和愉快继续著伊的事业，呼吸吹嘘著，汗混和著……

“Nga！nga！”那些小東西可是叫起來了。"Nga! Nga!" the little things cried out.

“Nga！nga！”那些小东西可是叫起来了。

“阿，阿！”伊又吃了惊，覺得全身的毛孔中無不有什么東西飛散，于是地上便罩滿了乳白色的煙云，伊才定了神，那些小東西也住了口。"Ah, ah!" She was startled again, feeling that from every pore of her body something was flying and scattering, so that the ground became covered with milk-white mist and cloud; only then did she steady herself, and the little things too fell silent.

“阿，阿！”伊又吃了惊，觉得全身的毛孔中无不有什么东西飞散，于是地上便罩满了乳白色的烟云，伊才定了神，那些小东西也住了口。

“AkonAgon，！”有些東西向伊說。"Akon Agon!" some of the things said to her.

“AkonAgon，！”有些东西向伊说。

“阿阿，可愛的寶貝。”伊看定他們，伸出帶著泥土的手指去撥他肥白的臉。"Ah, ah, dear little darlings." She gazed steadily at them, and stretched out her mud-covered fingers to poke their plump white faces.

“阿阿，可爱的宝贝。”伊看定他们，伸出带著泥土的手指去拨他肥白的脸。

“UvuAhaha，！”他們笑了。"Uvu Ahaha!" they laughed.這是伊第一回在天地間看見的笑，於是自己也第一回笑得合不上嘴唇來。This was the first laughter she had ever seen in heaven and earth, and so she too, for the first time, laughed till she could not close her lips.

“UvuAhaha，！”他们笑了。这是伊第一回在天地间看见的笑，于是自己也第一回笑得合不上嘴唇来。

伊一面撫弄他們，一面還是做，被做的都在伊的身邊打圈，但他們漸漸的走得遠，說得多了，伊也漸漸的懂不得，只覺得耳朵邊滿是嘈雜的嚷，嚷得頗有些頭昏。She fondled them with one hand while still making more with the other; those she had made circled about her, but gradually they wandered farther off and talked more and more, until she could no longer understand them, feeling only that her ears were full of a noisy clamor, a clamor that made her rather dizzy.

伊一面抚弄他们，一面还是做，被做的都在伊的身边打圈，但他们渐渐的走得远，说得多了，伊也渐渐的懂不得，只觉得耳朵边满是嘈杂的嚷，嚷得颇有些头昏。

伊在長久的歡喜中，早已帶著疲乏了。In her long joy she had already grown weary.幾乎吹完了呼吸，流完了汗，而況又頭昏，兩眼便蒙朧起來，兩頰也漸漸的發了熱，自己覺得無所謂了，而且不耐煩。Her breath was nearly spent, her sweat nearly all shed, and besides she was dizzy; her eyes grew blurred, her cheeks gradually grew hot, and she began to feel it no longer mattered, and grew impatient.然而伊還是照舊的不歇手，不自覺的只是做。Yet still she did not stop her hands, and unconsciously went on making.

伊在长久的欢喜中，早已带著疲乏了。几乎吹完了呼吸，流完了汗，而况又头昏，两眼便蒙胧起来，两颊也渐渐的发了热，自己觉得无所谓了，而且不耐烦。然而伊还是照旧的不歇手，不自觉的只是做。

終于，腰腿的酸痛辨得伊站立起來，倚在一座較為光滑的高山上，仰面一看，滿天是魚鱗樣的白雲，下面則是黑壓壓的濃綠。At last the aching soreness of her waist and legs made her stand up, and she leaned against a rather smooth high mountain; looking up, she saw the whole sky covered with fish-scale white clouds, and below, a dense, dark green mass.伊自己也不知道怎樣，總覺得左右不如意了，便焦躁的伸出手去，信手一拉，拔起一株從山上長到天邊的紫藤，一房一房的剛開著大不可言的紫花，伊一揮，那藤便橫搭在地面上，遍地散滿了半紫半白的花瓣。She herself did not know why, but felt that nothing around her was to her liking, and so, in irritation, she stretched out her hand and, on a whim, pulled up a wisteria vine that grew from the mountain all the way to the edge of the sky, its clusters just then blooming with indescribably large purple flowers; with one sweep of her arm the vine lay stretched across the ground, scattering petals half purple, half white, all over the earth.伊接著一擺手，紫藤便在泥和水里一翻身，同時也濺出拌著水的泥土來，待到落在地上，就成了許多伊先前做過了一般的小東西，只是大半呆頭呆腦，獐頭鼠目的有些討厭。She then gave her hand another shake, and the wisteria turned over once in the mud and water, splashing up mud mixed with water at the same time; by the time it fell to the ground, it had become many little things like those she had made before, only most of them looked dull-witted, with the mean, shifty look of a rat, rather disagreeable.然而伊不暇理會這等事了，單是有趣而且煩躁，夾著惡作劇的將手只是掄，愈掄愈飛速了，那藤便拖泥帶水的在地上滾，像一條給沸水燙傷了的赤練蛇。But she had no time to attend to such things; she only found it amusing and yet vexing, and mixed with mischief she simply swung her hand round and round, faster and faster, so that the vine, trailing mud and water, rolled along the ground like a red-banded snake scalded by boiling water.泥點也就暴雨似的從藤身上飛濺開來，還在空中便成了哇哇地啼哭的小東西，爬來爬去的撒得滿地。Drops of mud sprayed off the vine like a rainstorm, turning into wailing little things even while still in the air, and they crawled about, scattered all over the ground.

终于，腰腿的酸痛辨得伊站立起来，倚在一座较为光滑的高山上，仰面一看，满天是鱼鳞样的白云，下面则是黑压压的浓绿。伊自己也不知道怎样，总觉得左右不如意了，便焦躁的伸出手去，信手一拉，拔起一株从山上长到天边的紫藤，一房一房的刚开著大不可言的紫花，伊一挥，那藤便横搭在地面上，遍地散满了半紫半白的花瓣。伊接著一摆手，紫藤便在泥和水里一翻身，同时也溅出拌著水的泥土来，待到落在地上，就成了许多伊先前做过了一般的小东西，只是大半呆头呆脑，獐头鼠目的有些讨厌。然而伊不暇理会这等事了，单是有趣而且烦躁，夹著恶作剧的将手只是抡，愈抡愈飞速了，那藤便拖泥带水的在地上滚，像一条给沸水烫伤了的赤练蛇。泥点也就暴雨似的从藤身上飞溅开来，还在空中便成了哇哇地啼哭的小东西，爬来爬去的撒得满地。

伊近于失神了，更其掄，但是不獨腰腿痛，連兩條臂膊也都乏了力，伊于是不由的蹲下身子去，將頭靠著高山，頭髮漆黑的搭在山頂上，喘息一回之后，歎一口气，兩眼就合上了。She was nearly in a daze, and swung all the more, but not only did her waist and legs ache, her arms too grew weak, and so, without meaning to, she crouched down, resting her head against the high mountain, her hair, black as lacquer, draped over the mountaintop; after panting a while, she sighed, and her eyes closed.紫藤從伊的手里落了下來，也困頓不堪似的懶洋洋的躺在地面上。The wisteria fell from her hand, and, as if utterly exhausted too, lay sprawled languidly on the ground.

伊近于失神了，更其抡，但是不独腰腿痛，连两条臂膊也都乏了力，伊于是不由的蹲下身子去，将头靠著高山，头发漆黑的搭在山顶上，喘息一回之后，叹一口气，两眼就合上了。紫藤从伊的手里落了下来，也困顿不堪似的懒洋洋的躺在地面上。

二2

轟！！！Boom!!!

轰！！！

在這天崩地塌价的聲音中，女媧猛然醒來，同時也就向東南方直溜下去了。Amid this sound of heaven collapsing and earth crumbling, Nüwa woke with a start, and at the same instant slid straight down toward the southeast.伊伸了腳想踏住，然而什么也踹不到，連忙一舒臂揪住了山峰，這才沒有再向下滑的形勢。She stretched out her foot to find footing, but there was nothing to tread on; hastily she flung out an arm and grabbed hold of a mountain peak, and only then did she stop sliding further down.

在这天崩地塌价的声音中，女娲猛然醒来，同时也就向东南方直溜下去了。伊伸了脚想踏住，然而什么也踹不到，连忙一舒臂揪住了山峰，这才没有再向下滑的形势。

但伊又覺得水和沙石都從背后向伊頭上和身邊滾潑過去了，略一回頭，便灌了一口和兩耳朵的水，伊赶緊低了頭，又只見地面不住的動搖。But then she felt water and sand and stone rolling and splashing from behind, over her head and around her body; the moment she turned her head, she got a mouthful of water and two earfuls besides, and she quickly lowered her head, only to see the ground shaking without pause.幸而這動搖也似乎平靜下去了，伊向后一移，坐穩了身子，這才挪出手來拭去額角上和眼睛邊的水，細看是怎樣的情形。Fortunately, the shaking too seemed to quiet down; she shifted backward, settled herself firmly, and only then freed a hand to wipe the water from her forehead and the corners of her eyes, and looked closely to see what was happening.

但伊又觉得水和沙石都从背后向伊头上和身边滚泼过去了，略一回头，便灌了一口和两耳朵的水，伊赶紧低了头，又只见地面不住的动摇。幸而这动摇也似乎平静下去了，伊向后一移，坐稳了身子，这才挪出手来拭去额角上和眼睛边的水，细看是怎样的情形。

情形很不清楚，遍地是瀑布般的流水；The situation was quite unclear; everywhere the ground was covered with cascading water;大概是海里罷，有几處更站起很尖的波浪來。it was probably the sea, for in several places sharp waves rose up.伊只得呆呆的等著。She could only wait there blankly.

情形很不清楚，遍地是瀑布般的流水；大概是海里罢，有几处更站起很尖的波浪来。伊只得呆呆的等著。

可是終于大平靜了，大波不過高如從前的山，像是陸地的處所便露出棱棱的石骨。But at last it grew calm; the great waves rose no higher than the mountains had been before, and where it seemed to be dry land, jagged rocky bones showed through.伊正向海上看，只見几座山奔流過來，一面又在波浪堆里打旋子。Just as she was looking out over the sea, she saw several mountains come rushing along in the current, spinning round and round amid the piled-up waves.伊恐怕那些山碰了自己的腳，便伸手將他們撮住，望那山坳里，還伏著許多未曾見過的東西。Fearing that the mountains might strike her feet, she reached out her hand and scooped them up together; looking into the mountain hollows, she saw many things she had never seen before, crouching there.

可是终于大平静了，大波不过高如从前的山，像是陆地的处所便露出棱棱的石骨。伊正向海上看，只见几座山奔流过来，一面又在波浪堆里打旋子。伊恐怕那些山碰了自己的脚，便伸手将他们撮住，望那山坳里，还伏著许多未曾见过的东西。

伊將手一縮，拉近山來仔細的看，只見那些東西旁邊的地上吐得很狼藉，似乎是金玉的粉末，又夾雜些嚼碎的松柏葉和魚肉。She drew her hand back, pulling the mountains close to look carefully, and saw that the ground beside those things was messily fouled with vomit, apparently powder of gold and jade, mixed with chewed-up pine and cypress leaves and fish flesh.他們也慢慢的陸續抬起頭來了，女媧圓睜了眼睛，好容易才省悟到這便是自己先前所做的小東西，只是怪模怪樣的已經都用什么包了身子，有几個還在臉的下半截長著雪白的毛毛了，雖然被海水粘得像一片尖尖的白楊葉。They too slowly, one after another, raised their heads; Nüwa opened her eyes wide, and only after a good while realized that these were the little things she had made before, only now, oddly enough, they had all wrapped their bodies in something, and several even had snow-white fuzz growing on the lower halves of their faces, though the seawater had plastered it flat like a pointed poplar leaf.

伊将手一缩，拉近山来仔细的看，只见那些东西旁边的地上吐得很狼藉，似乎是金玉的粉末，又夹杂些嚼碎的松柏叶和鱼肉。他们也慢慢的陆续抬起头来了，女娲圆睁了眼睛，好容易才省悟到这便是自己先前所做的小东西，只是怪模怪样的已经都用什么包了身子，有几个还在脸的下半截长著雪白的毛毛了，虽然被海水粘得像一片尖尖的白杨叶。

“阿，阿！”伊詫异而且害怕的叫，皮膚上都起粟，就像触著一支毛刺虫。"Ah, ah!" she cried in astonishment and fear, her skin breaking out in goosebumps, as if she had touched a hairy caterpillar.

“阿，阿！”伊诧异而且害怕的叫，皮肤上都起粟，就像触著一支毛刺虫。

“上真救命……”一個臉的下半截長著白毛的昂了頭，一面嘔吐，一面斷斷續續的說，“救命……"Most High, save us..." one whose lower face was covered in white fuzz raised his head, and, retching as he spoke, said brokenly, "Save us...臣等……Your subjects...是學仙的。are students of immortality.誰料坏劫到來，天地分崩了。……Who could have expected that calamity would come, that heaven and earth would split apart...現在幸而……Now, fortunately...遇到上真，……we have met the Most High...請救蟻命，……pray save these ants' lives...并賜仙……and bestow upon us the immortal...仙藥……”他于是將頭一起一落的做出异樣的舉動。the elixir of immortality..." and thereupon he began raising and lowering his head in strange gestures.伊都茫然，只得又說，“什么？”他們中的許多也都開口了，一樣的是一面嘔吐，一面“上真上真”的只是嚷，接著又都做出异樣的舉動。She was utterly bewildered, and could only say again, "What?" Many among them then also began to speak, likewise retching while crying out "Most High, Most High," and then all making the same strange gestures.伊被他們鬧得心煩，頗后悔這一拉，竟至于惹了莫名其妙的禍。Their clamor vexed her, and she rather regretted that pull of hers, which had brought on this baffling trouble.伊無法可想的向四處看，便看見有一隊巨鰲正在海面上游玩，伊不由的喜出望外了，立刻將那些山都擱在他們的脊梁上，囑咐道，“給我駝到平穩點的地方去罷！” 巨鰲們似乎點一點頭，成群結隊的駝遠了。At a loss what to do, she looked around and saw a group of giant sea turtles playing on the surface of the sea; she could not help being overjoyed, and at once set the mountains on their backs, telling them, "Carry these off for me to somewhere steadier!" The giant turtles seemed to nod, and in a group carried them far away.可是先前拉得過于猛，以致從山上摔下一個臉有白毛的來，此時赶不上，又不會鳧水，便伏在海邊自己打嘴巴。But because she had pulled too roughly before, one of the white-fuzzed-faced ones had fallen off the mountain, and now, unable to catch up, and not knowing how to swim, he lay prostrate at the sea's edge, slapping his own face.這倒使女媧覺得可怜了，然而也不管，因為伊實在也沒有工夫來管這些事。This did make Nüwa feel some pity, yet she paid it no heed, for she truly had no time to spare for such matters.

“上真救命……”一个脸的下半截长著白毛的昂了头，一面呕吐，一面断断续续的说，“救命……臣等……是学仙的。谁料坏劫到来，天地分崩了。……现在幸而……遇到上真，……请救蚁命，……并赐仙……仙药……”他于是将头一起一落的做出异样的举动。伊都茫然，只得又说，“什么？”他们中的许多也都开口了，一样的是一面呕吐，一面“上真上真”的只是嚷，接著又都做出异样的举动。伊被他们闹得心烦，颇后悔这一拉，竟至于惹了莫名其妙的祸。伊无法可想的向四处看，便看见有一队巨鳌正在海面上游玩，伊不由的喜出望外了，立刻将那些山都搁在他们的脊梁上，嘱咐道，“给我驼到平稳点的地方去罢！” 巨鳌们似乎点一点头，成群结队的驼远了。可是先前拉得过于猛，以致从山上摔下一个脸有白毛的来，此时赶不上，又不会凫水，便伏在海边自己打嘴巴。这倒使女娲觉得可怜了，然而也不管，因为伊实在也没有工夫来管这些事。

伊噓一口气，心地較為輕松了，再轉過眼光來看自己的身邊，流水已經退得不少，處處也露出廣闊的土石，石縫里又嵌著許多東西，有的是直挺挺的了，有的卻還在動。She let out a breath, feeling somewhat more at ease, and turned her gaze back to look about her; the floodwater had already receded considerably, and broad stretches of earth and stone showed everywhere, with many things wedged in the crevices of the rocks — some lying stiff and straight, others still moving.伊瞥見有一個正在白著眼睛呆看伊；She caught sight of one staring blankly at her with the whites of his eyes showing;那是遍身多用鐵片包起來的，臉上的神情似乎很失望而且害怕。his whole body was largely wrapped in sheets of iron, and the expression on his face seemed one of great disappointment and fear.

伊嘘一口气，心地较为轻松了，再转过眼光来看自己的身边，流水已经退得不少，处处也露出广阔的土石，石缝里又嵌著许多东西，有的是直挺挺的了，有的却还在动。伊瞥见有一个正在白著眼睛呆看伊；那是遍身多用铁片包起来的，脸上的神情似乎很失望而且害怕。

“那是怎么一回事呢？”伊順便的問。"Now what is the meaning of that?" she asked, casually.

“那是怎么一回事呢？”伊顺便的问。

“嗚呼，天降喪。”那一個便凄涼可怜的說，“顓頊不道，抗我后，我后躬行天討，戰于郊，天不祐德，我師反走，……”"Alas, Heaven has sent down ruin." The man spoke in a mournful and pitiful voice. "Zhuanxu was without the Way, and defied our sovereign; our sovereign in person carried out Heaven's punishment, and did battle in the outskirts, but Heaven did not favor virtue, and our army was routed and fled..."

“呜呼，天降丧。”那一个便凄凉可怜的说，“颛顼不道，抗我后，我后躬行天讨，战于郊，天不祐德，我师反走，……”

“什么？”伊向來沒有听過這類話，非常詫异了。"What?" She had never in her life heard such talk, and was greatly astonished.

“什么？”伊向来没有听过这类话，非常诧异了。

“我師反走，我后爰以厥首触不周之山，折天柱，絕地維，我后亦殂落。"Our army was routed and fled, and thereupon our sovereign struck Mount Buzhou with his own head, breaking the Pillar of Heaven and severing the Cord of Earth, and our sovereign too perished.嗚呼，是實惟……”Alas, this was truly..."

“我师反走，我后爰以厥首触不周之山，折天柱，绝地维，我后亦殂落。呜呼，是实惟……”

“夠了夠了，我不懂你的意思。”伊轉過臉去了，卻又看見一個高興而且驕傲的臉，也多用鐵片包了全身的。"Enough, enough, I don't understand what you mean." She turned her face away, only to see another face, cheerful and proud, likewise with his whole body largely wrapped in sheets of iron.

“够了够了，我不懂你的意思。”伊转过脸去了，却又看见一个高兴而且骄傲的脸，也多用铁片包了全身的。

“那是怎么一回事呢？”伊到此時才知道這些小東西竟會變這么花樣不同的臉，所以也想問出別樣的可懂的答話來。"Now what is the meaning of that?" Only now did she realize that these little things could put on such different sorts of faces, and so she hoped to draw out some other, more comprehensible answer.

“那是怎么一回事呢？”伊到此时才知道这些小东西竟会变这么花样不同的脸，所以也想问出别样的可懂的答话来。

“人心不古，康回實有豕心，覷天位，我后躬行天討，戰于郊，天實祐德，我師攻戰無敵，殛康回于不周之山。”"The hearts of men are no longer what they were of old; Kanghui indeed had the heart of a swine, and coveted the throne of Heaven; our sovereign in person carried out Heaven's punishment, and did battle in the outskirts; Heaven truly favored virtue, and our army was invincible in battle, and we put Kanghui to death at Mount Buzhou."

“人心不古，康回实有豕心，觑天位，我后躬行天讨，战于郊，天实祐德，我师攻战无敌，殛康回于不周之山。”

“什么？”伊大約仍然沒有懂。"What?" It seemed she still did not understand.

“什么？”伊大约仍然没有懂。

“人心不古，……”"The hearts of men are no longer what they were of old..."

“夠了夠了，又是這一套！”伊气得從兩頰立刻紅到耳根，火速背轉頭，另外去尋覓，好容易才看見一個不包鐵片的東西，身子精光，帶著傷痕還在流血，只是腰間卻也圍著一塊破布片。"Enough, enough, the same stuff again!" She was so angry that her cheeks flushed red clear to her ears, and she swiftly turned her head away to look elsewhere, until at last she caught sight of one thing not wrapped in iron sheets, its body bare, still bleeding from its wounds, only with a scrap of torn cloth wound about its waist.他正從別一個直挺挺的東西的腰間解下那破布來，慌忙系上自己的腰，但神色倒也很平淡。He was just then untying that torn cloth from the waist of another thing lying stiff and straight, and hastily binding it about his own waist, though his expression remained quite unruffled.

“够了够了，又是这一套！”伊气得从两颊立刻红到耳根，火速背转头，另外去寻觅，好容易才看见一个不包铁片的东西，身子精光，带著伤痕还在流血，只是腰间却也围著一块破布片。他正从别一个直挺挺的东西的腰间解下那破布来，慌忙系上自己的腰，但神色倒也很平淡。

伊料想他和包鐵片的那些是別一种，應該可以探出一些頭緒了，便問道：She guessed that he was of a different sort from those wrapped in iron sheets, and that she might now be able to get some sense out of him, so she asked:

伊料想他和包铁片的那些是别一种，应该可以探出一些头绪了，便问道：

“那是怎么一回事呢？”"Now what is the meaning of that?"

“那是怎么一回事呵。”他略一抬頭，說。"Now what is the meaning of that, indeed." He raised his head slightly and said.

“那是怎么一回事呵。”他略一抬头，说。

“那剛才鬧出來的是？……”"That commotion just now — what was it?..."

“那刚才闹出来的是？……”

“那剛才鬧出來的么？”"That commotion just now?"

“那刚才闹出来的么？”

“是打仗罷？”伊沒有法，只好自己來猜測了。"It was a war, wasn't it?" Having no other recourse, she was left to guess for herself.

“是打仗罢？”伊没有法，只好自己来猜测了。

“打仗罷？”然而他也問。"A war, was it?" But he too merely asked it back.

“打仗罢？”然而他也问。

女媧倒抽了一口冷气，同時也仰了臉去看天。Nüwa drew a sharp breath, and at the same time lifted her face to look at the sky.天上一條大裂紋，非常深，也非常闊。There was a great crack in the sky, very deep and very wide.伊站起來，用指甲去一彈，一點不清脆，竟和破碗的聲音相差無几了。She stood up and flicked it with her fingernail; it gave no clear ring at all, sounding almost exactly like a cracked bowl.伊皺著眉心，向四面察看一番，又想了一會，便擰去頭髮里的水，分開了搭在左右肩膀上，打起精神來向各處拔蘆柴：伊已經打定了“修補起來再說”的主意了。Frowning, she looked all about her, and after thinking a while, wrung the water from her hair and parted it over her two shoulders, then roused her spirits to gather reeds from every quarter: she had already resolved on the plan of "mending it, and worrying about the rest later."

女娲倒抽了一口冷气，同时也仰了脸去看天。天上一条大裂纹，非常深，也非常阔。伊站起来，用指甲去一弹，一点不清脆，竟和破碗的声音相差无几了。伊皱著眉心，向四面察看一番，又想了一会，便拧去头发里的水，分开了搭在左右肩膀上，打起精神来向各处拔芦柴：伊已经打定了“修补起来再说”的主意了。

伊從此日日夜夜堆蘆柴，柴堆高多少，伊也就瘦多少，因為情形不比先前，——仰面是歪斜開裂的天，低頭是齷齪破爛的地，毫沒有一些可以賞心悅目的東西了。From then on she piled up reeds day and night, and however high the woodpile grew, she herself grew that much thinner, for things were not as they had been before — overhead a crooked, cracked sky, underfoot a filthy, broken earth, with nothing left anywhere to delight the eye.

伊从此日日夜夜堆芦柴，柴堆高多少，伊也就瘦多少，因为情形不比先前，——仰面是歪斜开裂的天，低头是龌龊破烂的地，毫没有一些可以赏心悦目的东西了。

蘆柴堆到裂口，伊才去尋青石頭。Only when the reed-pile reached up to the crack did she go to search for bluish stone.當初本想用和天一色的純青石的，然而地上沒有這么多，大山又舍不得用，有時到熱鬧處所去尋些零碎，看見的又冷笑，痛罵，或者搶回去，甚而至于還咬伊的手。At first she had meant to use pure blue-green stone that matched the color of the sky, but there was not enough of it on earth, and she could not bear to use whole great mountains; sometimes she went to the bustling places to search for scraps, but those who saw her would sneer coldly, curse her bitterly, or snatch the pieces back, and some even bit her hand.伊于是只好攙些白石，再不夠，便湊上些紅黃的和灰黑的，后來總算將就的填滿了裂口，止要一點火，一熔化，事情便完成，然而伊也累得眼花耳響，支持不住了。So she had no choice but to mix in some white stones, and when that still was not enough, to add some red-yellow and gray-black ones as well; in the end she managed, after a fashion, to fill up the crack, and now only needed to set it alight, melt it down, and the work would be done — yet by now she was so exhausted that her eyes swam and her ears rang, and she could hold out no longer.

芦柴堆到裂口，伊才去寻青石头。当初本想用和天一色的纯青石的，然而地上没有这么多，大山又舍不得用，有时到热闹处所去寻些零碎，看见的又冷笑，痛骂，或者抢回去，甚而至于还咬伊的手。伊于是只好搀些白石，再不够，便凑上些红黄的和灰黑的，后来总算将就的填满了裂口，止要一点火，一熔化，事情便完成，然而伊也累得眼花耳响，支持不住了。

“唉唉，我從來沒有這樣的無聊過。”伊坐在一座山頂上，"Ah, ah, I have never been so weary as this before." She sat on a mountaintop,

“唉唉，我从来没有这样的无聊过。”伊坐在一座山顶上，

兩手捧著頭，上气不接下气的說。holding her head in both hands, saying this between gasping breaths.

两手捧著头，上气不接下气的说。

這時昆侖山上的古森林的大火還沒有熄，西邊的天際都通紅。At this time the great fire in the ancient forest on Mount Kunlun had not yet gone out, and the whole western sky was aglow red.伊向西一瞟，決計從那里拿過一株帶火的大樹來點蘆柴積，正要伸手，又覺得腳趾上有什么東西刺著了。She glanced west, and resolved to fetch a great burning tree from there to light the reed-pile; just as she was reaching out her hand, she felt something pricking at her toe.

这时昆仑山上的古森林的大火还没有熄，西边的天际都通红。伊向西一瞟，决计从那里拿过一株带火的大树来点芦柴积，正要伸手，又觉得脚趾上有什么东西刺著了。

伊順下眼去看，照例是先前所做的小東西，然而更异樣了，累累墜墜的用什么布似的東西挂了一身，腰間又格外挂上十几條布，頭上也罩著些不知什么，頂上是一塊烏黑的小小的長方板，手里拿著一片物件，刺伊腳趾的便是這東西。She glanced down to look, and as usual it was one of the little things she had made before, only stranger still — hung all over with cluster upon cluster of something like cloth, with a dozen or so extra strips of cloth draped about its waist, and something unknown covering its head, atop which was a small, black, oblong plank; in its hand it held a thin object, and it was this that had been pricking her toe.

伊顺下眼去看，照例是先前所做的小东西，然而更异样了，累累坠坠的用什么布似的东西挂了一身，腰间又格外挂上十几条布，头上也罩著些不知什么，顶上是一块乌黑的小小的长方板，手里拿著一片物件，刺伊脚趾的便是这东西。

那頂著長方板的卻偏站在女媧的兩腿之間向上看，見伊一順眼，便倉皇的將那小片遞上來了。The one wearing the oblong plank stood right between Nüwa's legs, looking up, and when it saw her glance down at it, hastily held the little slip up to her.伊接過來看時，是一條很光滑的青竹片，上面還有兩行黑色的細點，比槲樹葉上的黑斑小得多。She took it and looked, and found it a very smooth strip of green bamboo, with two rows of tiny black dots on it, much smaller than the black spots on an oak leaf.伊倒也很佩服這手段的細巧。She could not help admiring the delicate skill of the workmanship.

那顶著长方板的却偏站在女娲的两腿之间向上看，见伊一顺眼，便仓皇的将那小片递上来了。伊接过来看时，是一条很光滑的青竹片，上面还有两行黑色的细点，比槲树叶上的黑斑小得多。伊倒也很佩服这手段的细巧。

“這是什么？”伊還不免于好奇，又忍不住要問了。"What is this?" Still unable to resist her curiosity, she could not help asking again.

“这是什么？”伊还不免于好奇，又忍不住要问了。

頂長方板的便指著竹片，背誦如流的說道，“裸裎淫佚，失德蔑禮敗度，禽獸行。The one wearing the oblong plank pointed at the bamboo strip and recited fluently, as if by rote, "To go naked is lewd and dissolute, a loss of virtue, a contempt of ritual, a violation of decorum — it is the conduct of beasts.國有常刑，惟禁！”The state has its established punishments; this is forbidden!"

顶长方板的便指著竹片，背诵如流的说道，“裸裎淫佚，失德蔑礼败度，禽兽行。国有常刑，惟禁！”

女媧對那小方板瞪了一眼，倒暗笑自己問得太悖了，伊本已知道和這類東西扳談，照例是說不通的，于是不再開口，隨手將竹片擱在那頭頂上面的方板上，回手便從火樹林里抽出一株燒著的大樹來，要向蘆柴堆上去點火。Nüwa glared at the little oblong plank, and inwardly laughed at herself for having asked so absurd a question; she had already known that talking with this sort of thing was, as a rule, hopeless, and so said nothing more, but set the bamboo strip back on the plank atop its head, and turning, drew a great burning tree from the fiery forest, meaning to go set the reed-pile alight.

女娲对那小方板瞪了一眼，倒暗笑自己问得太悖了，伊本已知道和这类东西扳谈，照例是说不通的，于是不再开口，随手将竹片搁在那头顶上面的方板上，回手便从火树林里抽出一株烧著的大树来，要向芦柴堆上去点火。

忽而听到嗚嗚咽咽的聲音了，可也是聞所未聞的玩藝，伊姑且向下再一瞟，卻見方板底下的小眼睛里含著兩粒比芥子還小的眼淚。Suddenly she heard a sound of low sobbing, and this too was a thing never before heard; she glanced down once more, and saw beneath the plank two tiny eyes brimming with tears smaller than mustard seeds.因為這和伊先前听慣的“nganga”的哭聲大不同了，所以竟不知道這也是一种哭。This was so different from the "nga-nga" crying she had grown used to hearing before, that she did not even realize this too was a kind of weeping.

忽而听到呜呜咽咽的声音了，可也是闻所未闻的玩艺，伊姑且向下再一瞟，却见方板底下的小眼睛里含著两粒比芥子还小的眼泪。因为这和伊先前听惯的“nganga”的哭声大不同了，所以竟不知道这也是一种哭。

伊就去點上火，而且不止一地方。She went and set the fire alight, and in more than one place too.

伊就去点上火，而且不止一地方。

火勢并不旺，那蘆柴是沒有干透的，但居然也烘烘的響，The flames were not fierce, for the reeds were not thoroughly dry, but they crackled all the same,

火势并不旺，那芦柴是没有干透的，但居然也烘烘的响，

很久很久，終于伸出無數火焰的舌頭來，一伸一縮的向上舔，又很久，便合成火焰的重台花，又成了火焰的柱，赫赫的壓倒了昆侖山上的紅光。and after a very long while, countless tongues of flame at last shot out, licking upward with a flicker and a withdraw, and after a long while more, they merged into a many-tiered flower of flame, and then into a pillar of flame, blazing so brilliantly as to overwhelm the red glow above Mount Kunlun.大風忽地起來，火柱旋轉著發吼，青的和雜色的石塊都一色通紅了，飴糖似的流布在裂縫中間，像一條不滅的閃電。A great wind suddenly arose, and the pillar of fire whirled and roared; the blue-green and multicolored stones all turned one uniform red, flowing like malt sugar in among the crack, like an unquenchable bolt of lightning.

很久很久，终于伸出无数火焰的舌头来，一伸一缩的向上舔，又很久，便合成火焰的重台花，又成了火焰的柱，赫赫的压倒了昆仑山上的红光。大风忽地起来，火柱旋转著发吼，青的和杂色的石块都一色通红了，饴糖似的流布在裂缝中间，像一条不灭的闪电。

風和火勢卷得伊的頭髮都四散而且旋轉，汗水如瀑布一般奔流，大光焰烘托了伊的身軀，使宇宙間現出最后的肉紅色。Wind and fire swept her hair into a wild, whirling scatter, sweat poured down like a waterfall, and the great blaze set off her body in relief, making the universe show forth its last flesh-pink glow.

风和火势卷得伊的头发都四散而且旋转，汗水如瀑布一般奔流，大光焰烘托了伊的身躯，使宇宙间现出最后的肉红色。

火柱逐漸上升了，只留下一堆蘆柴灰。The pillar of fire gradually rose, leaving behind only a heap of reed ash.伊待到天上一色青碧的時候，才伸手去一摸，指面上卻覺得還很有些參差。She waited until the sky was all one shade of blue-green, and only then reached out to touch it, but her fingertips still felt it was rather uneven.

火柱逐渐上升了，只留下一堆芦柴灰。伊待到天上一色青碧的时候，才伸手去一摸，指面上却觉得还很有些参差。

“養回了力气，再來罷。……”伊自己想。"Once I've recovered my strength, I'll come back to it..." she thought to herself.

“养回了力气，再来罢。……”伊自己想。

伊于是彎腰去捧蘆灰了，一捧一捧的填在地上的大水里，蘆灰還未冷透，蒸得水澌澌的沸涌，灰水潑滿了伊的周身。She then bent down to gather up the reed ash, handful by handful filling it into the great waters on the ground; the ash had not yet cooled through, and it steamed, making the water seethe and boil, splashing the ashy water all over her body.大風又不肯停，夾著灰扑來，使伊成了灰土的顏色。The great wind still would not cease, and blew the ash against her, until she took on the color of ash and dust.

伊于是弯腰去捧芦灰了，一捧一捧的填在地上的大水里，芦灰还未冷透，蒸得水澌澌的沸涌，灰水泼满了伊的周身。大风又不肯停，夹著灰扑来，使伊成了灰土的颜色。

“吁！……”伊吐出最后的呼吸來。"Whew!..." She breathed out her last breath.

“吁！……”伊吐出最后的呼吸来。

天邊的血紅的云彩里有一個光芒四射的太陽，如流動的金球包在荒古的熔岩中；In the blood-red clouds at the edge of the sky was a radiant sun, like a flowing golden ball wrapped in primeval molten lava;那一邊，卻是一個生鐵一般的冷而且白的月亮。On the other side, however, was a moon cold and white as pig iron.但不知道誰是下去和誰是上來。But no one knew which one was sinking and which was rising.這時候，伊的以自己用盡了自己一切的軀殼，便在這中間躺倒，而且不再呼吸了。At this moment she, who had exhausted her own body with all her own strength, lay down between them, and breathed no more.

天边的血红的云彩里有一个光芒四射的太阳，如流动的金球包在荒古的熔岩中；那一边，却是一个生铁一般的冷而且白的月亮。但不知道谁是下去和谁是上来。这时候，伊的以自己用尽了自己一切的躯壳，便在这中间躺倒，而且不再呼吸了。

上下四方是死滅以上的寂靜。Above and below, in all four directions, was a silence beyond even death.

上下四方是死灭以上的寂静。

三III

有一日，天气很寒冷，卻听到一點喧囂，那是禁軍終于殺到了，因為他們等候著望不見火光和煙塵的時候，所以到得遲。One day, when the weather was bitterly cold, a bit of clamor was suddenly heard — it was the Imperial Guard finally arriving to attack, for they had waited until they could no longer see fire or smoke before setting out, and so had come late.他們左邊一柄黃斧頭，右邊一柄黑斧頭，后面一柄极大极古的大纛，躲躲閃閃的攻到女媧死尸的旁邊，卻并不見有什么動靜。With a yellow battle-axe on their left, a black battle-axe on their right, and an enormous, ancient standard behind them, they crept and dodged their way to the side of Nüwa's corpse, yet found no sign of any movement.他們就在死尸的肚皮上扎了寨，因為這一處最膏腴，他們檢選這些事是很伶俐的。So they pitched their camp on the corpse's belly, for this spot was the most fertile, and they were very shrewd in choosing such things.然而他們卻突然變了口風，說惟有他們是女媧的嫡派，同時也就改換了大纛旗上的科斗字，寫道“女媧氏之腸”。Yet they suddenly changed their tune, declaring that they alone were Nüwa's true descendants, and at the same time changed the tadpole-script characters on the great standard to read: "The Bowels of the Lady Nüwa."

有一日，天气很寒冷，却听到一点喧嚣，那是禁军终于杀到了，因为他们等候著望不见火光和烟尘的时候，所以到得迟。他们左边一柄黄斧头，右边一柄黑斧头，后面一柄极大极古的大纛，躲躲闪闪的攻到女娲死尸的旁边，却并不见有什么动静。他们就在死尸的肚皮上扎了寨，因为这一处最膏腴，他们检选这些事是很伶俐的。然而他们却突然变了口风，说惟有他们是女娲的嫡派，同时也就改换了大纛旗上的科斗字，写道“女娲氏之肠”。

落在海岸上的老道士也傳了無數代了。The old Daoist priest who had landed on the seashore had also passed his teachings down through countless generations.他臨死的時候，才將仙山被巨鰲背到海上這一件要聞傳授徒弟，徒弟又傳給徒孫，后來一個方士想討好，竟去奏聞了秦始皇，秦始皇便教方士去尋去。Only when he was dying did he at last pass on to his disciple the vital news that the immortal mountains had been carried out to sea on the backs of giant sea turtles; the disciple passed it on in turn to his own disciple, and later a certain alchemist, hoping to curry favor, went so far as to report it to Qin Shi Huang, who then sent the alchemist off to search for them.

落在海岸上的老道士也传了无数代了。他临死的时候，才将仙山被巨鳌背到海上这一件要闻传授徒弟，徒弟又传给徒孙，后来一个方士想讨好，竟去奏闻了秦始皇，秦始皇便教方士去寻去。

方士尋不到仙山，秦始皇終于死掉了；The alchemist could not find the immortal mountains, and Qin Shi Huang eventually died;漢武帝又教尋，也一樣的沒有影。Han Wudi then ordered another search, and likewise there was no trace of them to be found.

方士寻不到仙山，秦始皇终于死掉了；汉武帝又教寻，也一样的没有影。

大約巨鰲們是并沒有懂得女媧的話的，那時不過偶而湊巧的點了點頭。It seems the giant turtles had never actually understood Nüwa's words at all; at the time they had merely nodded by chance coincidence.模模胡胡的背了一程之后，大家便走散去睡覺，仙山也就跟著沉下了，所以直到現在，總沒有人看見半座神仙山，至多也不外乎發見了若干野蠻島。After carrying the mountains blindly along for a stretch, they all wandered off to sleep, and the immortal mountains sank right along with them; and so, to this very day, no one has ever laid eyes on so much as half of an immortal mountain — at most, people have merely come across a few savage islands.

大约巨鳌们是并没有懂得女娲的话的，那时不过偶而凑巧的点了点头。模模胡胡的背了一程之后，大家便走散去睡觉，仙山也就跟著沉下了，所以直到现在，总没有人看见半座神仙山，至多也不外乎发见了若干野蛮岛。

一九二二年十一月November, 1922