Chapter 100

I dive down into the depth of the ocean of forms, hoping to gain the perfect pearl of the formless.
 
No more sailing from harbour to harbour with this my weather-beaten boat. The days are long passed when my sport was to be tossed on waves.
 
And now I am eager to die into the deathless. Into the audience hall by the fathomless¹ abyss where swells² up the music of toneless strings³ I shall take this harp⁴ of my life.
 
I shall tune⁵ it to the notes of forever, and when it has sobbed⁶ out its last utterance⁷, lay down my silent harp at the feet of the silent.
 
我跳进形象海洋的深处，希望能得到那无形象的完美的珍珠．
 
我不再以我的旧船去走遍海港，我乐于弄潮的日子早己过去了．
 
现在我渴望死于不死之中．我要拿起我的生命的弦琴，进入无底深渊旁边，那座涌出无调的乐音的广厅．
 
我要调拨我的琴弦，和永恒的乐音合拍，当它呜咽出最后的声音时，就把我静默的琴儿放在静默的脚边．

1 fathomless   

a.深不可测的

参考例句：

• "The sand-sea deepens with fathomless ice, And darkness masses its endless clouds;" 瀚海阑干百丈冰，愁云黪淡万里凝。 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 文学
• Day are coloured bubbles that float upon the surface of fathomless night. 日是五彩缤纷的气泡，漂浮在无尽的夜的表面。

2 swells   

增强( swell的第三人称单数 )； 肿胀； （使）凸出； 充满（激情）

参考例句：

• The waters were heaving up in great swells. 河水正在急剧上升。
• A barrel swells in the middle. 水桶中部隆起。

3 strings   

n.弦

参考例句：

• He sat on the bed,idly plucking the strings of his guitar.他坐在床上，随意地拨着吉他的弦。
• She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。

4 harp   

n.竖琴；天琴座

参考例句：

• She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
• He played an Irish melody on the harp.他用竖琴演奏了一首爱尔兰曲调。

5 tune   

n.调子；和谐，协调；v.调音，调节，调整

参考例句：

• He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
• The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。

6 sobbed   

哭泣，啜泣( sob的过去式和过去分词 )； 哭诉，呜咽地说

参考例句：

• She sobbed out the story of her son's death. 她哭诉着她儿子的死。
• She sobbed out the sad story of her son's death. 她哽咽着诉说她儿子死去的悲惨经过。

7 utterance   

n.用言语表达，话语，言语

参考例句：

• This utterance of his was greeted with bursts of uproarious laughter.他的讲话引起阵阵哄然大笑。
• My voice cleaves to my throat,and sob chokes my utterance.我的噪子哽咽，泣不成声。