Me sits there with his augur's rod of ash in borrowed sandals by day beside a livid sea unbeheld in violet night walking beneath a reign of uncouth stars.

我坐在那儿，手执占卜师的梣木杖，脚登借来的便鞋。 白天我呆在铅色的海洋之滨，没有人看得见我； 到了紫罗兰色的夜晚，就徜徉在粗犷星宿的统驭下。

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Violet light is hard to come by though, especially at night, when glowing leaves would be useful to drivers and pedestrians.

然而紫光难以获得，特别是在夜晚，也就是司机和小孩可受益于发光树叶的时候。

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Starry, starry night. flaming flowers that brightly blaze, swirling clouds in violet haze.

那夜繁星点点，鲜花盛放，火般绚烂，紫幕。

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I was only myself, Sal Paradise, sad, strolling in this violet dark, this unbearably sweet night wishing I could exchange worlds with the happy, true-hearted, ecstatic Negroes of America.

引-我只是我，萨尔·佩拉提斯，无精打采地徘徊在这个，温柔的难以忍受的夜晚，多希望自己能够变成,一个快乐，真诚，热情奔放的美国黑人。

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His game-winning score that night should go some distance toward ending his reputation as a shrinking violet who gets pouty under distress.

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