leerfromanunknownwoman

《一个陌生女人的来信》是一个对爱情忠贞不贰

的痴情少女的绝笔。一个十三岁的少女喜欢上了她的

邻居——一个青年作家，而她由于母亲的再婚不得不

离开这里。五年后她重返维也纳，每天到他窗下等候，

一心只想委身于他。直到他俩的爱情结晶得病夭折，

她自己也身患重病即将辞世，才写下这封没有具名的

长信。

[奥地利]斯蒂芬·茨威格（sephaniweig）

youookmeinyourarmsagainisayedwihyouforhe

wholeofonegloriousnighbuevenhenyoudidnorecognise

mewhileihrilledoyourcaresses，iwaspinomeha

yourpassionknewnodifferencebeweenalovingmisress

andamererix，hayourspendhrifaffecionswerewholly

concenraedinheirownexpressionome，hesranger

pickedupaadancinghall，youwereaonceaffecionaeand

coureousyouwouldnoreamelighly，andyeyouwere

fullofanenhrallingardourdizzywihheoldhappiness，iwas

againawareofhewosidednessofyournaure，ofhasrange

minglingofinellecualpassionwihsensual，whichhadalready

ensvedmeoyouinmychildhoodinnoohermanhavei

everknownsuchcompleesurrenderohesweenessofhe

momennooherhasforheimebeinggivenhimselfsouerly

asdidyouwho，whenhehourwaspas，wereorepseinoan

inerminableandalmosinhumanforgefulnessbui，oo，forgo

myselfwhowasi，lyinginhedarknessbesideyou?wasihe

impassionedchildofformerdays；wasihemoherofyourson；

wasiasranger?everyhinginhiswonderfulnighwasaone

andhesameimeenrancinglyfamiliarandenrancinglynewi

prayedhahejoymighsforever

bumorningcameiwasewhenwerose，andyouasked

meosayobreakfasoverheea，whichanunseenhandhad

discreelyservedinhediningroom，wealkedquielyasof

old，youdispyedacordialfrankness；and，asofold，herewere

noaclessquesions，herewasnocuriosiyaboumyselfyou

didnoaskmyname，norwhereilivedoyouiwas，asbefore，

acasualadvenure，anamelesswoman，anardenhourwhich

leavesnoracewheniisoveryouoldmehayouwereabou

osaronalongjourney，hayouweregoingospendwoor

hreemonhsinnorhernafricahewordsbrokeinuponmy

happinesslikeaknell:“pas，pas，pasandforgoen!”ilonged

ohrowmyselfayourfee，crying，“akemewihyou，hayou

mayalenghcameoknowme，alenghaferallheseyears!”

buiwasimid，cowardly，svish，weakallicouldsaywas，“wha

apiy”youlookedamewihasmile，“areyoureallysorry?”

foramomeniwasasiffrenziedisoodupandlooked

ayoufixedlyhenisaid，“hemanilovehasalwaysgoneon

ajourney”ilookedyousraighinheeyes“now，now，”i

hough，“nowhewillrecogniseme!”youonlysmiled，andsaid

consolingly，“onecomesbackaferaime”ianswered，“yes，

onecomesback，buonehasforgoenbyhen”

imushavespokenwihsrongfeeling，formyonemoved

youyou，oo，rose，andlookedamewonderinglyandenderly

youpuyourhandsonmyshoulders，“goodhingsareno

forgoen，andishallnoforgeyou”youreyessudiedme

aenively，asifyouwishedoformanenduringimageofmein

yourmindwhenifelhisperainggnce，hisexploraion

ofmywholebeing，icouldnobufancyhahespellofyour

blindnesswouldasbebroken“hewillrecogniseme!hewill

recogniseme!”mysoulrembledwihexpecaion

buyoudidnorecognisemeno，youdidnorecognise

meneverhadibeenmoreofasrangeroyouhaniwasaha

momen，forhadibeenoherwiseyoucouldnopossiblyhave

donewhayoudidafewminueseryouhadkissedmeagain，

hadkissedmepassionaelymyhairhadbeenruffled，andihad

oidyioncemoresandingahegss，isawini—andas

isaw，iwasovercomewihshameandhorror—hayouwere

surrepiiouslyslippingacoupleofbanknoesinomymufficould

hardlyrefrainfromcryingou；icouldhardlyrefrainfromspping

yourfaceyouwerepayingmeforhenighihadspenwihyou，

mewhohadlovedyousincechildhood，mehemoherofyour

sonoyouiwasonlyaprosiuepickedupaadancinghalli

wasnoenoughhayoushouldforgeme；youhadopayme，

andodebasemebydoingso

ihasilygaheredupmybelongings，haimighescapeas

quicklyaspossible；hepainwasoogreailookedroundfor

myhahereiwas，onhewriingable，besidehevasewih

hewhieroses，myrosesihadanirresisibledesireomakea

sefforoawakenyourmemory“willyougivemeoneofyour

whieroses?”“ofcourse，”youanswered，lifinghemallou

ofhevase“buperhapsheyweregivenyoubyawoman，a

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