梁实秋，（1903一1987）原名梁治华，，笔名子佳、秋郎、程淑等。中国著名的散文家、学者、文学批评家、翻译家，国内第一个研究莎士比亚的权威，一生给中国文坛留下了两千多万字的著作,其散文集创造了中国现代散文著作出版的最高纪录。
《雪》也是梁实秋先生的散文之一，通过对雪景的描写，抒发了对雪的喜爱之情。最近全国各地都已多次迎来降雪，于小欢节选了一些文中片段，应景地推荐一下，一起来欣赏吧~
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《雪》《Snow》
---梁实秋
雪的可爱处在于它的广被大地，覆盖一切，没有差别。冬夜拥被而眠，觉寒气袭人，蜷缩不敢动，凌晨张开眼皮，窗棂窗帘隙处有强光闪映大异往日，起来推窗一看，——啊！白茫茫一片银世界。
The charm of snow lies in its covering up everything on the ground with no exceptions. During a winter night when you embrace your quilt to sleep, you can feel a chilly cold so you curl up motionless. But when you open your eyes the next morning, all the openings of the curtains and the windows flash with a strong light, very different from usual days. When you open the window and look outside, – oh, what a vast expanse of whiteness!
竹枝松叶顶着一堆堆的白雪，杈芽老树也都镶了银边。朱门与蓬户同样的蒙受它的沾被，雕栏玉砌与瓮牖桑枢没有差别待遇。
地面上的坑穴洼溜，冰面上的枯枝断梗，路面上的残刍败屑，全都罩在天公抛下的一件鹤氅之下。雪就是这样的大公无私，装点了美好的事物，也遮掩了一切的芜秽，虽然不能遮掩太久。
The bamboo branches and pine leaves are burdened with piles of white snow. Even the old tree branches are lined with silver. Both rich families and poor families are equally covered by it. There is no difference between the carved balustrades and marble steps, earth jars and mulberry pivots. All the pits and ditches, the dried twigs and broken stalks in the ice, the waste and bits on the road are covered with the “crane’s cloak” thrown down by the God. Snow is so unselfish, while it decorates the fine things, it covers all the filth as well despite the fact that it will not cover them for too long.
雪最有益于人之处是在农事方面，我们靠天吃饭，自古以来就看上天的脸色，“天上同云，雨雪纷纷……既沾既足，生我百谷。”
俗语所说“瑞雪兆丰年”，即今冬积雪，明年将丰之谓。不必“天大雪，至于牛目”，盈尺就可成为足够的宿泽。还有人说雪宜麦而避蝗，因为蝗遗子于地，雪深一尺则入地一丈，连虫害都包治了。
Snow is a benefit to man in farming. We live upon the fate of the Gods and we have relied upon the weather since ancient times. “When the sky is cloudy, rain will fall…Since the earth has benefited from it and it will grow grains for man.” The old saying goes, “A timely snow promises a good harvest,” which means that the piles of snow this winter will bring a rich harvest next year. There is no need for “falling heavy snow up to ox’s eye”. Just one-chi thick is enough. Still others say that snow is good for wheat and can kill insects because the insects hatch their eggs on the ground. Where the snow in one-chi deep, it will penetrate one-zhanginto the ground and even the most destructive insects cannot avoid the freeze.
我自己也有过一点类似的经验，堂前有芍药两栏，书房檐下玉簪一畦，冬日几场大雪扫积起来，堆在花栏花圃上面，不但可以使花根保暖，而且来春雪融成了天然的润溉，大地回苏的时候果然新苗怒发，长得十分茁壮，花团锦簇。我当时觉得比堆雪人更有意义。
I myself have had such an experience when I planted two balustrades of Chinese herbaceous peony. Under the eave of my study there grew a bed of fragrant plantain lily, after several heavy snow falls, I swept it and piled it over the balustrades and flower beds. It could not only protect the flowers’ roots from being frozen, but in the next spring after being melted, it was a natural irrigation. When the earth regained its life, the new buds gave birth to vigorous fresh shoots and blooming flowers. At that time, I felt it was even better than building a snow man.
据说有一位枭雄吟过一首咏雪的诗：“黄狗身上白，白狗身上肿，出门一啊喝，天下大一统。”俗话说“官大好吟诗”，何况一位枭雄在夤缘际会踌躇满志的时候？这首诗不是没有一点巧思，只是趣味粗犷得可笑，这大概和出身与气质有关。
It is said that there was a hero who composed a poem: “Yellow dogs become white, and white dogs swollen; on going out of the door, it’s unified domain that can be seen.” The old saying goes that, “A big official likes to fabricate poems,” to say nothing of a hero when he felt on top of the world. This poem is by no means without a subtle nature, except its laughable rudeness. Maybe, it has nothing to do with his background and temperament.
相传法国皇帝路易十四写了一首三节联韵诗，自鸣得意，征求诗人批评家布洼娄的意见，布洼娄说：“陛下无所不能，陛下欲做一首歪诗，果然做成功了。”我们这位枭雄的咏雪，也应该算是很出色的一首歪诗。
According to legend, the Emperor of France, Louise the Fourteenth, once wrote a three-stanza poem. He was very much proud of it. When he asked the opinion from the poet critic Boire, the latter said, “Your Majesty is all power; you want to compose an inelegant verse and you are successful.” The “A Song of the Snow” by the hero may well be regarded as a very outstanding inelegant verse as well.