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A Dream on New Year's Night

年夜一梦

It was New Year's Night. An aged man was standing at a window.那是除夕夜。一个老人站在窗前

He raised his mournful eyes towards the deep blue sky, where the stars were floating like white lilies on the surface of a clear calm lake.他抬起悲伤的眼睛，望向深蓝色的天空，那里的星星像白色的百合花一样漂浮在清澈平静的湖面上。

Then he cast them on the earth, where few more hopeless people than himself now moved towards their certain goal — the tomb.然后他把他们扔在地上，在那里，没有比他自己更绝望的人朝着他们的特定目标——坟墓前进了。

He had already passed sixty of the stages leading to it, and he had brought from his journey nothing but errors and remorse.他已经走过了通往成功的六十个阶段，他从旅途中带来的只有错误和悔恨。

Now his health was poor, his mind vacant, his heart sorrowful, and his old age short of comforts.现在他的健康状况很差，头脑空虚，心酸，晚年得不到安慰。

The days of his youth appeared like dreams before him, and he recalled the serious moment when his father placed him at the entrance of the two roads —他年轻时的日子在他面前像做梦一样，他回忆起父亲把他放在两条路的入口处的严肃时刻-

one leading to a peaceful, sunny place, covered with flowers, fruits and resounding with soft, sweet songs;一个通向一个宁静，阳光明媚的地方，到处是鲜花，水果和悦耳的歌声；

the other leading to a deep, dark cave, which was endless, where poison flowed instead of water and where devils and poisonous snakes hissedand crawled.另一个通向一个深邃的、黑暗的洞穴，那是一个无边无际的洞穴，在那里毒药代替了水，魔鬼和毒蛇在那里爬行。

He looked towards the sky and cried painfully, "O youth, return! O my father, place me once more at the entrance to life, and I'll choose the better way!"他望着天空痛苦地喊道：“年轻人啊，回来吧！哦，我的父亲，请把我再次放在生命的入口，我会选择更好的方式！”

But both his father and the days of his youth had passed away.但他的父亲和他年轻的日子都过去了。

He was the lights flowing away in the darkness. These were the days of his wasted life; he saw a star fall from the sky and disappeared, and this was the symbol of himself.他是黑暗中飘散的灯光。这是他虚度一生的日子，他看见一颗星星从天而降，消失了，这就是他自己的象征。

His remorse, which was like a sharp arrow, struck deeply into his heart.他的悔恨像一支利箭，深深地刺进了他的心。

Then he remembered his friends in his childhood, who entered on life together with him.然后他想起了他童年的朋友们，他们和他一起开始了生活。

But they had made their way to success and were now honored and happy on this New Year's night.但他们已经取得了成功，在这个新年之夜，他们感到荣幸和高兴。

The clock in the high church tower struck and the sound made him remember his parents' early love for him.教堂高塔上的钟敲响了，那声音使他想起了父母早年对他的爱。

They had taught him and prayed for his good. But he chose the wrong way.他们教导他，为他祈祷。但他选错了路。

With shame and grief he dared no longer look towards that heaven where his father lived.带着羞耻和悲伤，他不敢再向他父亲居住的天堂望去。

His darkened eyes were full of tears, and with a despairing effort, he burst out a cry: "Come back, come back, early days! Come back!"他那双黝黑的眼睛里满是泪水，绝望地努力着，他突然哭了起来：“回来，回来，早起！回来吧！”

And his youth did return, for all this was only a dream which he had on New Year's Night.他的青春真的回来了，因为这一切只是他在除夕夜做的一个梦。

He was still young though his faults were real; he had not yet entered the deep, dark cave, and he was still free to walk on the road which leads to the peaceful and sunny land.他还很年轻，虽然他的缺点是真的；他还没有进入深邃黑暗的山洞，他仍然可以自由地走在通往平静而阳光灿烂的土地的路上。

Those who still linger on the entrance of life, hesitating to choose the bright road, remember that when years are passed and your feet stumble on the dark mountains, you will cry bitterly, but in vain:

"O youth, return! Oh give me back my early days!"那些仍然徘徊在生命之门，犹豫着选择光明之路的人，请记住，当岁月流逝，你的脚在黑暗的山峦上绊跌时，你会痛哭，但却是徒劳的：

“啊，年轻人，回来吧！哦，把我早年的时光还给我吧！”

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    No matter how you feel, get up, dress up, show up and never give up.

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