雪

暖國的雨，向來沒有變過冰冷的堅硬的燦爛的雪花。博識的人們覺得他單調，他自己也以爲不幸否耶？江南的雪，可是滋潤美豔之至了；那是還在隱約着的靑春的消息，是極壯健的處子的皮膚。雪野中有血紅的寶珠山茶，白中隱靑的單瓣梅花，深黃的磬口的蠟梅花，雪下面還有冷綠的雜草。胡蝶確乎沒有；蜜蜂是否來采山茶花和梅花的蜜；我可記不眞切了。但我的眼前仿佛看見冬花開在雪野中，有許多蜜蜂們忙碌地飛着，也聽得他們嗡嗡地鬧着。

暖国的雨，向来没有变过冰冷的坚硬的灿烂的雪花。博识的人们觉得他单调，他自己也以为不幸否耶？江南的雪，可是滋润美艳之至了；那是还在隐约着的青春的消息，是极壮健的处子的皮肤。雪野中有血红的宝珠山茶，白中隐青的单瓣梅花，深黄的磬口的蜡梅花，雪下面还有冷绿的杂草。胡蝶确乎没有；蜜蜂是否来采山茶花和梅花的蜜；我可记不真切了。但我的眼前仿佛看见冬花开在雪野中，有许多蜜蜂们忙碌地飞着，也听得他们嗡嗡地闹着。

The rain of warm countries has never turned into icy, hard, glittering snowflakes. Men of wide learning find it monotonous, and does the rain itself think it unfortunate? The snow south of the Yangzi is moist and lovely in the extreme. It is a hint of spring still half hidden, the skin of a young girl in the bloom of health. In the snowy fields there are blood-red camellias, single-petalled plum blossoms white with a tinge of green, deep yellow wintersweet with bell-shaped flowers, and under the snow, cold green weeds. There are certainly no butterflies, and whether bees come to gather honey from the camellias and plum blossoms, I cannot clearly remember. But before my eyes I seem to see the winter flowers blooming in the snowy fields, with many bees flying busily among them, and I hear them humming too.

孩子們呵着凍得通紅，像紫芽薑一般的小手，七八個一齊來塑雪羅漢。因爲不成功，誰的父親也來幫忙了。羅漢就塑得比孩子們高得多，雖然不過是上小下大的一堆，終于分不淸是壺盧還是羅漢，然而很潔白，很明豔，以自身的滋潤相黏結，整個地閃閃地生光。孩子們用龍眼核給他做眼珠，又從誰的母親的脂粉奩中偸得胭脂來塗在嘴脣上。這回確是一個大阿羅漢了。他也就目光灼灼地嘴脣通紅地坐在雪地裏。

孩子们呵着冻得通红，像紫芽姜一般的小手，七八个一齐来塑雪罗汉。因为不成功，谁的父亲也来帮忙了。罗汉就塑得比孩子们高得多，虽然不过是上小下大的一堆，终于分不清是壶卢还是罗汉，然而很洁白，很明艳，以自身的滋润相黏结，整个地闪闪地生光。孩子们用龙眼核给他做眼珠，又从谁的母亲的脂粉奁中偷得胭脂来涂在嘴唇上。这回确是一个大阿罗汉了。他也就目光灼灼地嘴唇通红地坐在雪地里。

The children, blowing on their small hands, frozen as red as the purple shoots of ginger, gather seven or eight together to build a snow arhat. When they cannot manage it, somebody's father comes to help. The arhat is built much taller than the children; and though it is only a heap, small at the top and big at the bottom, so that in the end no one can tell whether it is a gourd or an arhat, still it is very white and very bright, held together by its own moisture, and it sparkles all over. The children give it longan stones for eyes, and steal rouge from somebody's mother's powder box to paint its lips. Now it really is a great arhat. With flashing eyes and bright red lips, it sits in the snowy ground.

但是，朔方的雪花在紛飛之後，卻永遠如粉，如沙，他們決不黏連，撒在屋上，地上，枯草上，就是這樣。屋上的雪是早已就有消化了的，因爲屋裏居人的火的温熱。別的，在晴天之下，旋風忽來，便蓬勃地奮飛，在日光中燦燦地生光，如包藏火燄的大霧，旋轉而且升騰，瀰漫太空，使太空旋轉而且升騰地閃爍。

但是，朔方的雪花在纷飞之后，却永远如粉，如沙，他们决不黏连，撒在屋上，地上，枯草上，就是这样。屋上的雪是早已就有消化了的，因为屋里居人的火的温热。别的，在晴天之下，旋风忽来，便蓬勃地奋飞，在日光中灿灿地生光，如包藏火焰的大雾，旋转而且升腾，弥漫太空，使太空旋转而且升腾地闪烁。

But the snowflakes of the north, after they have fallen, remain for ever like powder, like sand; they never stick together, whether scattered on roofs, on the ground, or on the withered grass. That is how they are. The snow on the roofs has long since melted, because of the warmth from the fires of the people living inside. Elsewhere, under a clear sky, when a whirlwind suddenly blows, the snow flies up vigorously and glitters in the sunlight, like a dense mist enfolding flames, whirling and rising, filling the whole sky, so that the sky too whirls and rises and sparkles.