“当我看到韦伯望远镜拍摄的深空照片”

@韩松

夏敏是新华社的印度籍改稿专家，曾在湖南当过英语老师。他平时工作勤勉，为人低调，话比较少。我们交流不多，上次还是印度疫情严重时，他回不了家，我去安慰过他。他昨天在看到韦伯望远镜拍摄的深空照片时，第一时间写下感想，我读后深有同感，也很震撼，征得他的同意后，转发在这里，用的是百度翻译：

Universe and astronomy have piqued my curiosity ever since I was a kid. My dad purchased me a mini atlas when I was in the third grade, and that was my first rendezvous with the wonders of the universe.
从我小时候起，宇宙和天文学就激起了我的好奇心。我三年级时，爸爸给我买了一个迷你星图集，那是我第一次与宇宙奇观会面。

Photographs of our solar system captivated my attention and kept me glued to the atlas for hours on end. I have distinct memories of flicking through its pages to see images of galaxies, comets and meteorites. The vastness of the cosmos has an allure of its own. Even today, every time I stand beneath the nocturnal wide sky, I'm taken aback by the spell it casts. It's an overwhelming feeling of astonishment and enchantment that send shiver down my spine.
我们太阳系的照片吸引了我的注意力，让我连续几个小时紧盯着星图册。我对翻阅它的页面看到星系、彗星和陨石的图像有着清晰的记忆。浩瀚的宇宙有它自己的魅力。即使在今天，每当我站在夜空下，我都会被它所施的魔法吓一跳。这是一种无法抗拒的惊奇和魅力，让我不寒而栗。」

I'm experiencing a similar shudder today as I look at the latest images of the distant cosmos captured by NASA's James Webb Telescope
今天，当我看到美国宇航局詹姆斯·韦伯望远镜拍摄的遥远宇宙的最新图像时，我也感到了类似的不寒而栗

My quest to understand the significance of our existence gets increasingly intense the more I look at it. Just see the incredible image!!
我对理解我们存在的意义的追求，随着我对它的关注越来越强烈。看看这张不可思议的照片！！

As I stare at it, I'm reminded of our utter obscurity in the grand scheme of things. It simply obliterates my ego to nothingness. People who are ranting and raving about something need to remember that your life is just a speck of the universe's existence; perhaps not even a blink in the life of the universe.
当我盯着它看的时候，我想起了我们在宏大的事物计划中完全默默无闻。它只是抹杀了我对虚无的自我。那些对某事大喊大叫的人需要记住，你的生命只是宇宙存在的一个小斑点。在宇宙的生命中，你甚至连一个瞬间都没有。

We're nothing, we're irrelevant and we'll be gone before the cosmos ever realizes we even existed. It makes me realize how small and inconsequential we all are in the grand scheme of things, and how precious and tender our little planet is.
我们什么都不是，我们无关紧要，在宇宙意识到我们存在之前，我们就会离开。这让我意识到，在这个宏大的计划中，我们都是多么渺小和无足轻重，我们的小星球是多么珍贵和温柔。

Everywhere you look, you'll find awe and mystery. This serves as a sobering reminder that we have only scratched the surface of our knowledge of the universe.
无论你去哪里，你都会发现敬畏和神秘。这提醒我们，我们对宇宙的认识只触及了表面。

I'm overwhelmed with emotions as I scribble my thoughts and gaze up at the magnificent cosmos. . . They make me choke back my tears.
当我写下我的想法，凝视着壮丽的宇宙时，我被情绪淹没了。它们让我忍住了眼泪。

I'm speechless for fear of tainting these immaculate visuals with my words. It is the immensity of universe and our relative insignificance in it that matter.
我说不出话来，生怕我的话玷污了这些完美的视觉效果。重要的是宇宙的浩瀚和我们在其中的相对渺小。

Treat others with dignity, love and respect, and cherish the earth. Regardless of our minuscule differenceswe are all connected to the same source. Awe-inspiring in the extreme and truly miraculousIs there any way that we can't all look up and see the grandeur of the interstellar space and not feel united?
以尊严、爱和尊重对待他人，珍惜地球。无论我们有多么微小的差异，我们都与同一个源头相连。令人敬畏的极端和真正的奇迹是有任何方式，我们都不能抬头看到壮丽的星际空间，而感觉不到团结？