Chapter 27

Light, oh where is the light? Kindle¹ it with the burning fire of desire!
 
There is the lamp but never a flicker² of a flame---is such thy fate, my heart? Ah, death were better by far for thee!
 
Misery³ knocks at thy door, and her message is that thy lord is wakeful, and he calls thee to the love-tryst through the darkness of night.
 
The sky is overcast⁴ with clouds and the rain is ceaseless. I know not what this is that stirs in me---I know not its meaning.
 
A moment’s flash of lightning drags down a deeper gloom on my sight, and my heart gropes for the path to where the music of the night calls me.
 
Light, oh where is the light! Kindle it with the burning fire of desire! It thunders and the wind rushes screaming through the void. The night is black as a black stone. Let not the hours pass by in the dark. Kindle the lamp of love with thy life.
 
灯火，灯火在哪里呢？用熊熊的渴望之火把它点上罢！
 
灯在这里，却没有一丝火焰，――这是你的命运吗？我的心呵！你还不如死了好！
 
悲哀在你的门上敲著，她传话说你的主醒著呢，他叫你在夜的黑暗中奔赴爱的约会．
 
云雾遮满天空，雨也不停地下．我不知道我的心里有什么在动荡，――我不懂得它的意义．
 
一霎的电光，在我的视线上抛下一道更深的黑暗，我的心摸索著寻找那夜的音乐对我呼唤的径路．
 
灯火，灯火在哪里呢？用熊熊的渴望之火把它点上来罢！雷声在响，狂风怒吼著穿过天空．夜像黑岩一般的黑．不要让时间在黑暗中度过罢．用你的生命把爱的灯点上罢．

1 kindle   

v.点燃，着火

参考例句：

• This wood is too wet to kindle.这木柴太湿点不着。
• A small spark was enough to kindle Lily's imagination.一星光花足以点燃莉丽的全部想象力。

2 flicker   

vi./n.闪烁，摇曳，闪现

参考例句：

• There was a flicker of lights coming from the abandoned house.这所废弃的房屋中有灯光闪烁。
• At first,the flame may be a small flicker,barely shining.开始时，光辉可能是微弱地忽隐忽现，几乎并不灿烂。

3 misery   

n.痛苦，苦恼，苦难；悲惨的境遇，贫苦

参考例句：

• Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
• He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。

4 overcast   

adj.阴天的，阴暗的，愁闷的；v.遮盖，（使）变暗，包边缝；n.覆盖，阴天

参考例句：

• The overcast and rainy weather found out his arthritis.阴雨天使他的关节炎发作了。
• The sky is overcast with dark clouds.乌云满天。