【中英双语】奈亚拉托提普 洛夫克拉夫特著｜Nyarlathotep by H.P

奈亚拉托提普......伏行的混沌......我在最后......我将述说，聆听虚空......

Nyarlathotep . . . the crawling chaos . . . I am the last . . . I will tell the audient void. . . .

我记不清事情是从什么时候开始的了，但肯定已经是几个月前的事了

I do not recall distinctly when it began, but it was months ago. 

当时所有人都紧张的可怕

The general tension was horrible. 

由于政治和社会在遭遇剧变所带来的骇人听闻的现实危险

To a season of political and social upheaval was added 

都加剧了人们对此的恐慌和不安

a strange and brooding apprehension of hideous physical danger; 

有的危险仿佛威胁着一切

a danger widespread and all-embracing, 

有的危险似乎只能来自幻想于深夜时最为恐怖的噩梦中

such a danger as may be imagined only in the most terrible phantasms of the night. 

我记得每个人都面色苍白，充满了担忧

I recall that the people went about with pale and worried faces, 

还不断念叨着警告和预言，但是却没有人胆敢公开重复

and whispered warnings and prophecies which no one dared consciously repeat 

或是承认自己曾听到过这些话

or acknowledge to himself that he had heard. 

这片土地上弥漫着令人恶心的罪恶

A sense of monstrous guilt was upon the land, 

身处从群星之间的深渊中吹来的寒风中

and out of the abysses between the stars swept chill currents 

人们只能躲在阴暗、偏僻的角落里瑟瑟发抖

that made men shiver in dark and lonely places. 

似乎是恶魔的力量在改变四季的规律

There was a demonic alteration in the sequence of the seasons

—即使是秋天也异常燥热

—the autumn heat lingered fearsomely, 

所有人都觉得这个世界已经彻底脱离了已知诸神、已知力量的控制

and everyone felt that the world and perhaps the universe had passed 

而现如今支配宇宙的，是那些未知的诸神

from the control of known gods or forces to that of gods 

或是未知的力量

or forces which were unknown.

就在这时，奈亚拉托提普从埃及来到这里

And it was then that Nyarlathotep came out of Egypt. 

没有人知道他的来历

Who he was, none could say, 

但他一定有着古埃及人的血统，他的形貌看起来就像一位埃及法老

but he was of the old native blood and looked like a Pharaoh. 

所有的埃及人，农民们，见到他都会跪拜，但没人能说出其中的缘由

The fellahin , the peasants, knelt when they saw him, yet could not say why. 

他自称他是从二十七个世纪的黑暗中重生

He said that he had risen up out of the blackness of twenty-seven centuries, 

而且他所听到的信息并非来自于这个星球的任何一个地方

and that he had heard messages from places not on this planet. 

奈亚拉托提普已经走遍了文明的国度，这位黝黑、纤瘦、不详的奈亚拉托提普无论走到哪里

Into the lands of civilization came Nyarlathotep, swarthy, slender, and sinister, 

总是会购买许多玻璃或金属制的奇妙物品

always buying strange instruments of glass and metal 

并把他们组合成更奇妙的东西

and combining them into instruments yet stranger. 

他发表了许多有关科学的长篇阔论—甚至包括电学和心理学

He spoke much of the sciences—of electricity and psychology

—每次他的演说都会把观众震惊的哑口无言

—and gave exhibitions of power which sent his spectators away speechless, 

很快，他就为自己赢得了被煊赫笼罩着的高名

yet which shroud his fame to exceeding magnitude. 

人们一边颤抖着，一边建议着旁人亲眼看看奈亚拉托提普

Men advised one another to see Nyarlathotep, and shuddered. 

然而，奈亚拉托提普所及之处，都将失去安宁

And where Nyarlathotep went, rest vanished; 

在半夜总是会响起被噩梦魇到的惊叫

for the small hours were rent with the screams of nightmare. 

以至于这样的惊叫前所未有的成为了一个社会问题

Never before had this been such a public problem; 

现在，所谓的有志之士甚至考虑禁止人们在午夜睡眠，指望用这种方式，

now the wise men almost wish they could forbid sleep in the small hours, 

将那响彻城市的绝叫音量降低，是在苍白的、

that the shrieks of cities might less horribly disturb the pale, 

可怜的月光投射到的那流过在桥下的绿色河水、

pitying moon as it glimmered on green waters gliding under bridges, 

和飘浮在病态天空下倾颓的尖塔中的惊声尖叫

and old steeples crumbling against a sickly sky.

我还记得奈亚拉托提普来到我们这座

I remember when Nyarlathotep came to my city

巨大、古老、充斥着无数犯罪的恐怖之城时的事情。

—the great, the old, the terrible city of unnumbered crimes. 

我的朋友告诉我有关他的事

My friend had told me of him, 

同时还告诉我，他所给予的启示有着强烈的魅力和诱惑

and of the impelling fascination and allurement of his revelations, 

这激起了我的热情，我饥渴地想从他那里学到无比深奥的神知秘识

and I burned with eagerness to explore his uttermost mysteries. 

朋友说，他所揭示出来的东西甚至远远凌驾于我最狂热的幻想中

My friend said they were horrible and impressive beyond my most fevered imaginings; 

在他进行演说的阴暗的房间里，投射出的是除了奈亚拉托提普之外无人胆敢

and what was thrown on a screen in the darkened room prophesied things none 

承认的预言

but Nyarlathotep dared prophesy, 

他擦出的火花能吸引所有人的视线

and that in the sputter of his sparks there was taken from men 

即使他们从来没有被吸引过视线，始终知行如一

that which had never been taken before yet which showed only in his eyes. 

此外，我还听到一种流传甚广的传言，认识奈亚拉托提普的人能看到

And I heard it hinted abroad that those who knew Nyarlathotep looked on sights 

旁人看不到的景象

which others saw not.

那是一个闷热的秋夜，我穿过躁动不安的群众，

It was in the hot autumn that I went through the night with the restless crowds 

望着奈亚拉托提普

to see Nyarlathotep; 

越过无数级台阶，穿过叫人透不过气的教室里，

through the stifling night and up the endless stairs into the choking room. 

在屏幕上投射的阴影上，我看见了废墟中被虚掩着的形体

And shadowed on a screen, I saw hooded forms amidst ruins, 

在累累残垣之后，是许多黄色的、邪恶的面孔

and yellow evil faces peering from behind fallen monuments. 

我还看到了当世界抵抗黑暗时的样子

I saw the world battling against blackness; 

那世界围绕着一个黯淡，冰冷的太阳苦苦挣扎，他旋转着、翻搅着，竭力抵抗

against the waves of destruction from ultimate space; whirling, churning; 

来自无限宇宙的毁灭之波

struggling around the dimming, cooling sun. 

这时，火花在观众头顶以惊人之势闪烁起来

Then the sparks played amazingly around the heads of the spectators, 

使头发耸立起来，投下怪异的、难以用语言形容的阴影

and hair stood up on end whilst shadows more grotesque than I can tell 

但可以说，那阴影似乎是端正地立在人们头顶的

came out and squatted on the heads. 

因为我比别人都要来得冷静和有科学头脑

And when I, who was colder and more scientific than the rest, 

所以我便用颤抖的声音咕哝着指摘道：“这是骗术“或”是静电反应

mumbled a trembling protest about “imposture” and “static electricity”, 

于是奈亚拉托提普撵走了所有观众，把我们赶下高得目眩地台阶

Nyarlathotep drove us all out, down the dizzy stairs into the damp, hot, 

赶到湿热、无人的街道上

deserted midnight streets. 

为了安慰自己，我尖叫道：“我不害怕”

I screamed aloud that I was not afraid; 

“我绝不能害怕”，还喊了其他一些话

that I could never be afraid; and others screamed with me for solace. 

我们大家发誓，这座城市依然丝毫不变的存在着，并活力仍存

We swore to one another that the city was exactly the same, and still alive; 

当路灯下的光开始变暗时，我们就一遍遍地诅咒电力公司

and when the electric lights begin to fade we cursed our company over and over again, 

还互相嘲笑对方古怪的表情

and laughed at the strange faces we made.

可以肯定，我们从那绿色的月光中感受到了什么

I believe we felt something coming down from the greenish moon, 

我们开始在月光的指引下前进，

for when we began to depend on its light we drifted into 

在无意识中慢慢组成了一支奇妙的队伍

curious involuntary marching formations, 

尽管我们之中没有任何一个人知道目的地在哪

we seemed to know our destinations though we dared not think of them. 

突然，我们发现路面上的石块变得松动，在石块的缝隙中长着草丛

Once we looked at the pavement and found the blocks of loose and displaced grass, 

我们看到了过去曾经跑过电车而锈蚀的铁轨

with scarce a line of rusted metal to show where the tramways had run. 

还有一辆只剩空窗的电车车厢孤单、残破地横倒在一边

And again we saw a tram-car, lone, windowless, dilapidated, and almost on its side. 

当我们在地平线上远望的时候，发现已经看不到河岸边的第三座塔

When we gazed around the horizon, we could not find the third tower by the river, 

只有第二座塔那塔尖的剪影在夜幕中破碎

and noticed that the silhouette of the second tower was ragged at the top. 

于是我们分成数列纵队

Then we split up into narrow columns, 

每一列似乎都要朝不同的方向前行；

each of which seemed drown to a different direction. 

其中一列消失在左边狭窄的小巷里，只留下一阵可怕的抽泣声回荡在耳畔

One disappeared in a narrow alley to the left, leaving only the echo of a shocking cry. 

另一列走进了杂草丛生的地铁入口

Another filed down a weed-choked subway entrance, 

他们一边走，一边疯狂地嚎叫，哄笑着

howling with a madden laughter. 

至于我所在的队伍，则想被吸走似地往郊外远去

My own column was sucked toward open country, 

我突然感受到一丝不属于这酷热秋天的恶寒

and presently I felt a chill that was not of the hot summer; 

而当我们大步走进这黑暗的原野之后

for as we stalked out on the dark moor, 

发现自己已经被邪恶的、反射着地狱般月光的积雪包围

we beheld around us the hellish moon-glitter of evil snows. 

那没有痕迹，怪异莫名的积雪被吹往一个方向的风分为两部分

Trackless, inexplicable snows, swept asunder in one direction only, 

造出两道闪耀的雪墙，而其中间则是黑暗的深渊

where lay a gulf all the blacker for its glittering walls. 

我们觉得远方似乎立着极细的列柱，于是像梦游似地缓缓走进深渊

The column seemed very thin indeed as it plodded dreamily into the gulf. 

我徘徊在队伍后方，对那杯月光染绿的雪堆上的黑色裂口惧怕不已

I lingered behind, for the black rift in the green-litten snow was frightful, 

我想我听见了那令人不安的号叫的回响

and I thought I had heard the reverberations of 

伴随着一个接一个同伴的消失

a disquieting wail as my companions vanished; 

但我自己也已经不剩多少力气

but my power to linger was slight. 

就好像有人在远方向我挥手一样，

As if beckoned by those who come before, 

我在巨大的雪堆上半滑半走的行进着

I half floated between the titanic snowdrifts, 

一边颤抖，一边恐惧，就这样被吸进无法想象的、深不见底的漩涡里

quivering and afraid, into the sightless vortex of the unimaginable.

我想要尖叫，想要沉默地陷入谵妄，但我却只能述说那些有关神祇的事

Screamingly sentient, dumbly delirious, only the gods that were can tell. 

风像一个恶心灵敏的影子那样回旋，像一个既是手又不是手的东西在翻弄着它

A sickened, sensitive shadow writhing in hands that are not hands, 

在这充斥着腐烂造物的恐怖暗夜中

whirled blindly past ghastly midnights of rotting creation, 

在已经死亡、长满名为城市溃疡的诸世界的尸体上，

corpses of dead worlds with sores that were cities, 

回旋的风把人搅得头晕目眩。这不详之风吹过苍白的群星，让它们黯淡下来

charnel winds that brush the pallid stars and make them flicker low. 

越过世界与世界之间，隐约浮现出了如巨怪一般的幽影，

Beyond the worlds vague ghosts of monstrous things; 

那些若隐若现的影子是被玷污神殿的立柱——

half-seen columns of unsanctified temples that 

这立柱座落于构成宇宙基盘的无名岩石之上高高地矗立

rest on nameless rocks beneath space and reach up to dizzy evacua 

超过光与暗的领域、直达于难以仰止的太虚

above the spheres of light and darkness. 

就在这座隐藏在宇宙之中的、令人作呕的墓地里，从超越时空

And through this revolting graveyard of the universe the muffled, 

的黑暗空间里传来了疯狂敲打巨鼓的声响，

maddening beating of drums,  

还传出了细微的，单调，被亵渎的长笛音色，这混杂的声响都来自于无法想象

and thin, monotonous whine of blasphemous flutes from inconceivable, 

超越时间的暗室

unlighted chambers beyond Time; 

这可憎的敲击和吹奏伴随着缓慢地、笨拙地、

the detestable pounding and piping whereunto dance slowly, awkwardly, 

荒谬地舞姿，来自那些庞大而黑暗的终极之神—

and absurdly the gigantic, tenebrous ultimate gods

那些盲目、暗哑、痴愚的蕃神们

—the blind, voiceless, mindless gargoyles 

而他们的魂魄，就是奈亚拉托提普

whose soul is Nyarlathotep.