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| Letter 042 Paris, 11 October 1875 巴黎 1875年10月11日 |
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| Dear Theo, Thanks for your letter I received this morning. This time, I would like to write you in a way I seldom do. I propose in particular to tell you in detail how I live here. 我要特别向你介绍我在这里生活的一些细节。 As you know, I live in Montmartre 蒙马特区（巴黎北部靠山之一地区）. In the same building a young Englishman 这里指的是哈里·格莱威尔 Harry Gladwell 凡高的室友，也是同事。后来成为凡高的朋友。 has his lodging 寓所 , he is also employed at the store 这里指古比尔画廊巴黎总店. He is 18 years old; he is the son of a London dealer of paintings. He had never left his paternal home 父亲的家 before he came here, and he was very rough-hewn 没有教养的 during the first weeks of his stay. He eats six to eight sous 苏（法国钱币） worth of bread morning noon and night (N.B. bread sold in Paris is very good) and supplements his meals with several pounds of apples or pears. He is as skinny as a toothpick, 他就像牙签一样瘦 he has two rows of solid teeth, big red lips 嘴唇 , twinkling 闪烁的 eyes, a pair of big ears which stick out 伸出 from his head, a razor-cut pate 刀削头？ (black hair), etc. At first everybody laughed at this young chap, even I. But bit by bit I grew to like him, and I assure you that at the moment I am glad to have his company in the evenings. 一开始大家都嘲笑这个小家伙，甚至我（也嘲笑他）。但是渐渐地我开始喜欢他了，我向你保证此刻我很愿意晚上和他在一起。 He has a naïve 天真的 and unspoiled 未被宠坏的 heart and he is very good at his work at the store. Every evening, we go home together, we eat a little in my room, and then I read aloud, every evening, mostly from the Bible. 每天晚上，我们一起回家，我们在屋里吃一点东西，然后我就开始大声朗读，每天晚上如此，通常是（朗读）《圣经》 。 We would like to read it from one end to the other. In the mornings, usually between five and six, he comes to wake me up, we have breakfast together in my room, and we leave about 8 for the store. Lately, he is eating a bit more reasonably and he is now collecting prints, which I am helping him to do. Yesterday we went to Luxembourg 卢森堡博物馆 together, and I showed him the pictures that I like the most. In truth, the simple people 头脑简单的家伙 know things better than the intelligent ones 聪明人.
Also the picture (I cannot recall the name) of a convent 修道院 where the monks 修道士 receive a stranger and suddenly perceive 察觉 that it is Jesus 耶稣 . On the wall of the convent is written, “Man proposes and God disposes 处理 ,” “He that receiveth you receiveth me, he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.” At the store, I do all the work that is given into my hands. Old son, we do this work all our lives, give me the power to consecrate 奉为神圣、尊崇 my strength 力量 . Did you do what I advised you to do, get rid of 丢弃 the works of Michelet 米什莱（凡高曾很推崇米什莱的《爱》） , Renan 勒南 , etc.? I think this would give you peace of mind. However, do not forget the piece by Michelet about the woman's portrait by Ph. De Champaigne 尚帕涅 ; similarly, do not forget Renan. But throw away their works. “If you have found honey 蜂蜜 , mind that you do not eat too much, and become disgusted 令人作呕的 ”, you read in the book of Proverbs 格言 , or somewhere like that. Do you know Erckmann-Chatrian: Le Conscrit, Waterloo, and most of all L'Ami Fritz and Madame Thérèse? Read these works, if you can find them. A change of diet stimulates 刺激 the appetite 食欲 (provided that we take care to look for a plain food, because it is not written for nothing: Give us this day our daily bread), and the bow 鞠躬 cannot always be kept bent 弯曲的 . I hope you will pardon 原谅 my telling you these things. I know you are intelligent enough to find them out for yourself. Don' t find everything all right. Learn to distinguish 辨别 for yourself between what is relatively good and evil 邪恶的 , and let that feeling show you the way under God's guidance, for boy, we need God's guidance so much. Look for light and freedom, and do not ponder 考虑 too deeply over the evils of the world. Write again soon and in a little more detail. My compliments to everybody, especially to Mr. Tersteeg 特斯蒂格 and family, and be as happy as you can. À Dieu, believe me always, Your loving brother, Vincent [注]：部分人名地名的注释请查看之前的信。 |
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