I had been educated in the rhythms of the mountain, rhythms in which change was never fundamental, only cyclical. The same sun appeared each morning, swept over the valley and dropped behind the peak.
我被山间的节律养育,在这节律中没有根本性的变化,只有周而复始的转变。太阳每天清晨照常升起,扫过山谷,最后坠入山峰后面。