He did not want to think of the mutilated under-side of the fish.

他不愿去想那魚殘缺不全的肚子。

He knew that each of the jerking bumps of the shark had been meat torn away and that the fish now made a trail for all sharks as wide as a highway through the sea.

他知道鯊魚每次猛地撞上去,，總要撕去一點肉,，還知道魚此刻給所有的鯊魚留下了一道臭跡，寬得像海面上的一條公路一樣,。

He was a fish to keep a man all winter, he thought.

它是條大魚，可以供養(yǎng)一個人整整一冬,，他想,。

Don't think of that.

別想這個啦。

Just rest and try to get your hands in shape to defend what is left of him.

還是休息休息,，把你的手弄弄好,，保護(hù)這剩下的魚肉吧。

The blood smell from my hands means nothing now with all that scent in the water.

水里的血腥氣這樣濃,，我手上的血腥氣就算不上什么了,。

Besides they do not bleed much.

再說，這雙手上出的血也不多,。

There is nothing cut that means anything.

給割奇的地方都算不上什么,。

The bleeding may keep the left from cramping.

出血也許能使我的左手不再抽筋。

What can I think of now? he thought.

我現(xiàn)在還有什么事可想,？他想,。

Nothing.

什么也沒有。

I must think of nothing and wait for the next ones.

我必須什么也不想,，等待下一條鯊魚來,。

I wish it had really been a dream, he thought.

但愿這真是一場夢，他想,。

But who knows?

不過誰說得準(zhǔn)呢,？

It might have turned out well.

也許結(jié)果會是好的?！　?/span>

The next shark that came was a single shovelnose.

接著來的鯊魚是條單獨的鏟鼻鯊,。

He came like a pig to the trough if a pig had a mouth so wide that you could put your head in it.

看它的來勢，就象一頭豬奔向飼料槽,，如果說豬能有這么大的嘴,，你可以把腦袋伸進(jìn)去的話。

The old man let him hit the fish and then drove the knife on the oar don into his brain.

老人讓它咬住了魚,，然后把槳上綁著的刀子扎進(jìn)它的腦子,。

But the shark jerked backwards as he rolled and the knife blade snapped.

但是鯊魚朝后猛地一扭,，打了個滾，刀刃啪地一聲斷了,。

The old man settled himself to steer.

老人坐定下來掌舵,。

He did not even watch the big shark sinking slowly in the water, showing first life-size, then small, then tiny.

他都不去看那條大鯊魚在水里慢慢地下沉，它起先是原來那么大,，然后漸漸小了,，然后只剩一丁點兒了。

That always fascinated the old man.

這種情景總叫老人看得入迷,。

But he did not even watch it now.

可是這會他看也不看一眼,。

'I have the gaff now,' he said.

“我現(xiàn)在還有那根魚鉤，'他說,。

'But it will do no good. I have the two oars and the tiller and the short club.'

'不過它沒什么用處,。我還有兩把槳和那個舵把和那根短棍?！?/span>

Now they have beaten me, he thought.

它們?nèi)缃窨砂盐掖驍×?，他想?/span>

I am too old to club sharks to death.

我太老了，不能用棍子打死鯊魚了,。

But I will try it as long as I have the oars and the short club and the tiller.

但是只要我有槳和短棍和舵把,，我就要試試。

He put his hands in the water again to soak them.

他又把雙手浸在水里泡著,。

It was getting late in the afternoon and he saw nothing but the sea and the sky.

下午漸漸過去,，快近傍晚了，他除了海洋和天空,，什么也看不見,。

There was more wind in the sky than there had been, and soon he hoped that he would see land.

空中的風(fēng)比剛才大了，他指望不久就能看到陸地,。

'You're tired, old man,' he said. 'You're tired inside.'

“你累乏了,，老家伙，'他說,。'你骨子里累乏了,。”

The sharks did not hit him again until just before sunset.

直到快日落的時候,，鯊魚才再來襲擊它,。

The old man saw the brown fins coming along the wide trail the fish must make in the water.

老人看見兩片褐色的鰭正順著那魚必然在水里留下的很寬的臭跡游來。

They were not even quartering on the scent.

它們竟然不用到處來回搜索這臭跡,。

They were headed straight for the skiff swimming side by side.

它們筆直地并肩朝小船游來,。

背景音樂：寫給海洋

朗讀：迪新

翻譯：海觀