Which is better? --

何者为好？——

To have surrendered to temptation; listened to passion; made no painful effort -- no struggle; --

经不住诱惑听凭欲念摆布，不作痛苦的努力——没有搏斗——

but to have sunk down in the silken snare; fallen asleep on the flowers covering it;

落入温柔的陷阱，在覆盖着陷阱的花丛中沉沉睡去。

wakened in a southern clime, amongst the luxuries of a pleasure villa:

在南方的气候中一觉醒来，置身于享乐别墅的奢华之中，

to have been now living in France, Mr. Rochester's mistress;

原来已住在法国，做了罗切斯特先生的情妇，

delirious with his love half my time -- for he would --

一半的时间因为他的爱而发狂——因为他会——

oh, yes, he would have loved me well for a while.

呵，不错，他暂时会很爱我。

He did love me -- no one will ever love me so again.

他确实爱我——再也没有谁会这么爱我了。

I shall never more know the sweet homage given to beauty, youth, and grace --

我永远也看不到有谁会对美丽、青春、优雅如此虔敬了——

for never to any one else shall I seem to possess these charms.

因为我不会对任何其他人产生这样的魅力。

He was fond and proud of me -- it is what no man besides will ever be. --

他非常喜欢我，为我感到自豪——而其他人是谁也做不到的——

But where am I wandering, and what am I saying, and above all, feeling?

可是我会在哪儿漫游，我会说什么，尤其是我会有什么感觉呢？

Whether is it better, I ask, to be a slave in a fool's paradise at Marseilles --

我问，在马赛愚人的天堂做一个奴隶——

fevered with delusive bliss one hour -- suffocating with the bitterest tears of remorse and shame the next --

一会儿开心得浑身发烧，头脑发昏——一会儿因为羞愧和悔恨而痛苦流涕，是这样好呢，

or to be a village-schoolmistress, free and honest, in a breezy mountain nook in the healthy heart of England?

还是——在健康的英国中部一个山风吹拂的角落，做一个无忧无虑老老实实的乡村女教师好呢？

Yes; I feel now that I was right when I adhered to principle and law,

是的，我现在感到，自己坚持原则和法规，

and scorned and crushed the insane promptings of a frenzied moment.

蔑视和控制狂乱时刻缺乏理智的冲动是对的。

God directed me to a correct choice: I thank His providence for the guidance!

上帝指引我作了正确的选择，我感谢上苍的指导！