《少年维特的烦恼·第一部·1771 年 5 月至 9 月》第26节
JULY 13. No, I am not deceived. In her dark eyes I read a genuine interest in me and in my fortunes. Yes, I feel it; and I may believe my own heart which tells me—dare I say it?—dare I pronounce the divine words?—that she loves me! That she loves me! How the idea exalts me in my own eyes! And, as you can understand my feelings, I may say to you, how I honour myself since she loves me! Is this presumption, or is it a consciousness of the truth? I do not know a man able to supplant me in the heart of Charlotte; and yet when she speaks of her betrothed with so much warmth and affection, I feel like the soldier who has been stripped of his honours and titles, and deprived of his sword.
注释摘要
这是一封非常短的信，但它在全书的感情发展中却是一个微型的枢纽。维特在六月十六日舞会上第一次见到绿蒂，随后几个星期陷在狂喜与依恋之中；但紧接着，七月三十日阿尔贝特就会回来。所以这七月十三日的寥寥数语，恰好站在命运天平即将倾斜的前一刻。 维特在这里完成了一次“自我确认”，或者说，一次自欺式的解读。他从绿蒂“乌黑的眼眸”里读出了对他本人、对他命运的真诚关切，并将…