Oh, little prince! Bit by bit I came to understand the secrets of your sad little life... 小王子啊，就這樣，我漸漸懂得了你那憂郁的生活。 For a long time you had found your only entertainment in the quiet pleasure of looking at the sunset. 在過去的很長(zhǎng)一段時(shí)間里，你唯一的樂趣就是靜靜地看著夕陽西下。 I learned that new detail on the morning of the fourth day, when you said to me: 我是在第四天早晨知道的，當(dāng)時(shí)你對(duì)我說： "I am very fond of sunsets. Come, let us go look at a sunset now." “我喜歡看日落。走，我們一起去看日落吧！” "But we must wait," I said. “可是我們得等等……”我說。 "Wait? For what?" “等什么？” "For the sunset. We must wait until it is time." “等太陽落山?！? At first you seemed to be very much surprised. And then you laughed to yourself. You said to me: 起初，你很吃驚，然后你就笑了笑。你對(duì)我說： "I am always thinking that I am at home!" “我總以為是在自己的星球上呢！” Just so. Everybody knows that when it is noon in the United States the sun is setting over France. 的確，大家都知道，當(dāng)美國還是正午的時(shí)候，在法國，正夕陽西下。 If you could fly to France in one minute, you could go straight into the sunset, right from noon. Unfortunately, France is too far away for that. 只要在一分鐘內(nèi)趕到法國，就能看到日落了，可惜法國太遠(yuǎn)了。 But on your tiny planet, my little prince, all you need to do is move your chair a few steps. You can see the day end and the twilight falling whenever you like… 而在你那樣的小行星上， 你只要把你的椅子挪動(dòng)幾步就行了。這樣，你便可隨時(shí)看到你想看的落日余輝…… "One day," you said to me, "I saw the sunset forty-four times!" “有一天，我看了四十四次日落?！蹦愀艺f。 And a little later you added: 過一會(huì)兒，你又說： "You know-- one loves the sunset, when one is so sad…" “你知道，當(dāng)人們感到非常難過的時(shí)候，總是喜歡看日落?！? "Were you so sad, then?" I asked, "on the day of the forty-four sunsets?" “那天你看了四十四次日落，你一定非常難過吧。” But the little prince made no reply. 小王子沒有回答。