苇草集 2022 Reeds in the Wind 2022 第 05 篇 Section 05
四-五月 高考冲刺月友情两篇 April–May: Two Pieces on Friendship During the Gaokao Sprint
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上篇 愿天下无恙 Part One: May the World Be Free of Ills
一模前最后一个晚自习，读毕《死水微澜》。这本书看得心情复杂，辛丑条约签订时大概是近代中国最为屈辱的一刻，四川小镇的这一幕正是这个时代的缩影。
On the final evening study session before the first mock examination, I finished reading Ripples on Stagnant Water. Reading this book stirred complex emotions; the signing of the Boxer Protocol was perhaps the most humiliating moment in modern Chinese history, and this tableau in a small Sichuan town serves as a microcosm of that era.
与两位好兄弟“享用这无尽的月色”。我们三位最近作文都收获了50以上的分数，畅谈作文与一模，疫情的阴霾似乎已经一扫而空。唯吾与子之所共适！怀念那个疫情前的最后一个春夏，没有规训，只有梦想。明日回家，愿天下无恙！
“Savoring this boundless moonlight” with two dear brothers. All three of us recently garnered scores of 50 or above on our Chinese essays; chatting freely about writing and the upcoming mock exam, the haze of the pandemic seemed to have been entirely swept away. “Only this is what you and I may freely enjoy!” How I miss that final spring and summer before the epidemic struck—free from regimentation, filled only with dreams. Heading home tomorrow; may the world be free of ills!
下篇 愿我们骄傲地重逢 Part Two: May We Proudly Reunite
高中最好的兄弟要走了。一列大巴，将载着他兴奋而不安的心，驶向我们最初梦开始的地方。
The best brother of my high school days is about to leave. A coach will carry his excited yet uneasy heart, rolling toward the place where our dreams first began.
初中的风物大抵都没怎么变吧，一贯的樱花烂漫。如今他衣锦还乡，却又承载着比三年前更大压力—高考。
The sights and seasons of middle school have likely remained largely unchanged, the cherry blossoms in their usual profuse bloom. Today he returns home in glory, yet bearing a pressure far heavier than three years ago—the Gaokao.
已经数不清多少次和他并肩走过这条香樟大道，他的双眼掠过行政楼里的书、人行道旁的花，那都是我所驻足过的地方。但他没有停下他的步伐：他的眼中有星星，来自山的那头。
I can no longer count how many times I walked side by side with him along this camphor tree avenue; his gaze swept past the books in the administration building and the blossoms along the sidewalk, places where I too had once lingered. Yet he never paused his stride: in his eyes shone stars, hailing from the other side of the mountains.
同侪、同寝、同僚到如今的同乡，他在关键时漫不经心的话每每总能让我幡然醒悟。
Classmates, roommates, co-workers, and now fellow-townsmen—his casual, offhand remarks at critical junctures invariably jolted me into sudden clarity.
初中女神曾送给我一句话，今天我将它送给他：“不努力也是一种不聪明，真正聪明的人一定会在必要时拼命努力。”愿我留在高中，得谛听碧海潮生；他回到初中，尽欣赏春光烂漫。
My junior high goddess once gave me a line, and today I gift it to him: “Not working hard is also a form of lacking intelligence; those who are truly clever will unfailingly strive with all their might when necessity calls.” May I remain in high school, granted ears to hear the emerald sea surge; may he return to middle school, taking in the full splendor of spring’s radiant bloom.
别了！不谈女人，好好学习！
Farewell! No talking about women—study diligently!
愿我们在六月，骄傲地，重逢。
May we, in June, proudly reunite.
“而我，亲爱的朋友，我向你保证，我一定改弦更张，绝不再像已往那样，总把命运加给我们的一点儿痛苦拿来反复咀嚼回味；而要享受眼前，过去了的就让它过去。——歌德《少年维特的烦恼》 ”
“And I, dear friend, promise you that I will mend my ways, and no longer, as has been my wont, chew the cud of the little misfortunes which fate brings upon us; I will enjoy the present, and the past shall be done with.” — Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther
饱满的理想与干瘪的现实的激烈碰撞中折射出人心中对命运的无限野望。
In the fierce collision between ripe ideals and withered reality shines the human heart’s boundless ambition toward destiny.
时间滚滚向前，命运无法改变，那么就好好珍惜身边的笑容与美好吧。一路绿灯，一苇以航。
Time rolls inexorably forward, and destiny cannot be altered; let us therefore cherish with all our hearts the smiles and beauties that surround us. Green lights all the way; sailing on a single reed.
人生的笔，握在自己手中。
The pen of life rests in our own hands.