Chapter 66

She who ever had remained in the depth of my being, in the twilight¹ of gleams and of glimpses; she who never opened her veils in the morning light, will be my last gift to thee, my God, folded in my final song.
 
Words have wooed yet failed to win her; persuasion² has stretched to her its eager arms in vain.
 
I have roamed from country to country keeping her in the core of my heart, and around her have risen and fallen the growth and decay of my life.
 
Over my thoughts and actions, my slumbers³ and dreams, she reigned⁴ yet dwelled alone and apart.
 
many a man knocked at my door and asked for her and turned away in despair.
 
There was none in the world who ever saw her face to face, and she remained in her loneliness waiting for thy recognition.
 
那在神光离合之中，潜藏在我生命深处的她；那在晨光中永远不肯揭开面纱的她，我的上帝，我要用最后的一首歌把她包裹起来，作为我给你的最后的献礼。
 
无数求爱的话，都已说过，但还没有赢得她的心；劝诱向她伸出渴望的臂也是枉然。
 
我把她深藏在心里，到处漫游，我生命的荣枯围绕着她起落。
 
她统治着我的思想、行动和睡梦，她却自己独居索处。
 
许多的人叩我的门来访问她，都失望地回去。在这世界上从没有人和她面对过，她孤守着静待你的赏识。

1 twilight   

n.暮光，黄昏；暮年，晚期，衰落时期

参考例句：

• Twilight merged into darkness.夕阳的光辉融于黑暗中。
• Twilight was sweet with the smell of lilac and freshly turned earth.薄暮充满紫丁香和新翻耕的泥土的香味。

2 persuasion   

n.劝说；说服；持有某种信仰的宗派

参考例句：

• He decided to leave only after much persuasion.经过多方劝说，他才决定离开。
• After a lot of persuasion,she agreed to go.经过多次劝说后，她同意去了。

3 slumbers   

睡眠，安眠( slumber的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His image traversed constantly her restless slumbers. 他的形象一再闯进她的脑海，弄得她不能安睡。
• My Titan brother slumbers deep inside his mountain prison. Go. 我的泰坦兄弟就被囚禁在山脉的深处。

4 reigned   

vi.当政，统治（reign的过去式形式）

参考例句：

• Silence reigned in the hall. 全场肃静。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Night was deep and dead silence reigned everywhere. 夜深人静，一片死寂。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》