中国现代散文选-龙—巴金（八）
“那么，你为什么阻止我前进，不让我去追寻生命？”
“顽固的人，我不愿意你也得着恶运。你是人，你不能活到万年。你会死，你会很快地死去，你甚至会毫无所获而失掉你现在有的一切。”
“我不怕死。得不到丰富的生命我宁愿死去。我不能够像你这样，居然在污泥中熬了多少万年。我奇怪像你这样的生活还有什么值得留恋？”
“年轻人，你不明白。我要活，我要长久活下去。我还盼望着总有那么一天，我可以从污泥中拔出我的身子，我要乘雷飞上天空。然后我要继续追寻丰富的、充实的生命。我的心在跳动，我的意志就不会消失。我的追求也将继续下去，直到我的志愿完成。”
“Then why do you stop me from going ahead to seek life?”
“Young mule, I don’t want to see you get into trouble too. You’re a mortal. You can’t live to ten thousand. You’ll die, you’ll die very soon. You’ll gain nothing and even lose all that you have now.”
“I’m not afraid of death. Without a full and substantial life, I would rather die. I don’t want to follow your example by enduring the torment in the mire for tens of thousands of years. I wonder what it is that has made you so reluctant to part with the kind of life you’re living.”
“Young man, you don’t understand. I don’t want to die. I want to live long. I’m looking forward to a day when I can extricate myself from the mire and fly to the skies by taking advantages of a thunder-storm. Then I can continue to seek a full and substantial life. As long as my heart beats, there is my aspiration. I’ll keep seeking until I’ve fulfilled my expectations.”
“顽固的人，我不愿意你也得着恶运。你是人，你不能活到万年。你会死，你会很快地死去，你甚至会毫无所获而失掉你现在有的一切。”
“我不怕死。得不到丰富的生命我宁愿死去。我不能够像你这样，居然在污泥中熬了多少万年。我奇怪像你这样的生活还有什么值得留恋？”
“年轻人，你不明白。我要活，我要长久活下去。我还盼望着总有那么一天，我可以从污泥中拔出我的身子，我要乘雷飞上天空。然后我要继续追寻丰富的、充实的生命。我的心在跳动，我的意志就不会消失。我的追求也将继续下去，直到我的志愿完成。”
“Then why do you stop me from going ahead to seek life?”
“Young mule, I don’t want to see you get into trouble too. You’re a mortal. You can’t live to ten thousand. You’ll die, you’ll die very soon. You’ll gain nothing and even lose all that you have now.”
“I’m not afraid of death. Without a full and substantial life, I would rather die. I don’t want to follow your example by enduring the torment in the mire for tens of thousands of years. I wonder what it is that has made you so reluctant to part with the kind of life you’re living.”
“Young man, you don’t understand. I don’t want to die. I want to live long. I’m looking forward to a day when I can extricate myself from the mire and fly to the skies by taking advantages of a thunder-storm. Then I can continue to seek a full and substantial life. As long as my heart beats, there is my aspiration. I’ll keep seeking until I’ve fulfilled my expectations.”
（编辑:陈思琦）
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