Dorian Gray shook hands with Lord Henry, and while they talked, Lord Henry studied the young man. Yes, he was very good－looking indeed, with his bright blue eyes and his gold hair. He had an open, honest face. There were no dark secrets in that face. Lord Henry could understand Basil's feelings for him.
多里安·格雷和亨利勋爵握了握手。他们交谈时，亨利勋爵审视着这位年轻人。的确，他长得很好看，蓝眼睛，金黄色的头发。他的脸坦率、诚实，没有任何阴暗的秘密。亨利勋爵能够理解巴兹尔对他的感情了。
"Dorian, this is Lord Henry Wotton," said Basil. "He's an old friend of mine."
“多里安，这是亨利·沃顿勋爵。”巴兹尔说，“是我的一位老朋友。
Lord Henry smiled and looked at Dorian Gray. "Should I go, Mr Gray?" he asked.
亨利勋爵笑着，看了看多里安·格雷。“我必须走吗，格雷先生？”他问道。
"Oh, please don't leave, Lord Henry. Basil never talks when he's painting, and it's so boring. Please stay. I'd like you to talk to me."
“哦，请别走，亨利勋爵。巴兹尔画画时从不说话，太枯燥了。请留下吧，我希望你和我聊天。
As they entered the house, they saw Dorian Gray. He was sitting by the window and turning some pages of music.
走进房间，他们看见了多里安·格雷。他正靠窗而坐，翻阅着一些乐谱。
"You must lend me this music, Basil," he said. Then he turned and saw Lord Henry. "Oh, I'm sorry, Basil. I didn't realize…"
“你得把这乐谱借给我，巴兹尔。”他说道。然后他转身看见了亨利勋爵。“哦，对不起，巴兹尔。我没看见……
Basil was getting his paints ready. Now he looked at Lord Henry. "Harry," he said, "I want to finish this portrait of Dorian today. I'm afraid I must ask you to go away."
巴兹尔正准备着画具。现在他看着亨利勋爵。“哈里，”他说，“我今天想完成多里安的画像，恐怕得让你先离开了。
"Well, Basil?"Lord Henry asked.
“那么，巴兹尔？”亨利勋爵问道。
The artist bit his lip. "Very well, Harry. Stay… if you must."
画家咬着嘴唇。“好吧，哈里。留下吧……如果你坚持。
Lord Henry watched Dorian, and smiled. He knew when to speak, and when to be silent. He felt very interested in this young man, with his wonderful face.
亨利勋爵观察着多里安，微笑着。他知道什么时候该说，什么时候停下来。他对这个长着奇妙面孔的年轻人很有兴趣。
While Basil painted, Lord Henry talked, and the young man listened. The words filled Dorian's head like music -- wild, exciting music. What a beautiful voice Lord Henry has, he thought. They are only words, but how terrible they are! How bright and dangerous! You cannot escape from words. Dorian began to understand things about himself that he had never understood before. Why had he never seen himself so clearly, he wondered?
巴兹尔画画时，亨利勋爵说着话，年轻人听着。话语像音乐一样填进了多里安的脑海——一种疯狂的、令人激动的音乐。亨利勋爵的嗓音多么动听啊！他想着。这些只不过是话语，但是太可怕了！多么欢快，又多么危险！你无法回避这些话语。多里安开始了解自己以前从未了解的自身的东西。为什么他从未那么清楚地了解过自己？他思忖着。
"You must come out of the sun, Mr Gray," said Lord Henry. "A brown skin isn't fashionable and it won't suit you."
“你必须避开阳光，格雷先生。”亨利勋爵说。“棕色皮肤不时兴，也不适合你。
Later they walked in the garden together, while Basil worked at the portrait. The rich scent of the flowers was all around them. Dorian looked at the older man, and wondered about him. He was tall, with a thin dark face and cool white hands. Dorian liked him, but why did he feel a little afraid of him?
然后他们一起走进花园，巴兹尔这时在画画。鲜花的浓香包围了他们。多里安看着这个年长一些的男人，揣度着他。他个子高高的，面孔瘦削、偏黑，双手又冷又白。多里安喜欢他，但为什么又觉得有点怕他？
"But it should matter to you, Mr Gray."
“但对你是要紧的，格雷先生。
"Because you're young, and being young is wonderful. Ah, you smile. You don't think so now, but one day you'll understand what I mean -- when you're old, and tired, and no longer beautiful. You have a wonderfully beautiful face, Mr Gray. It's true. Don't shake your head at me. And there's nothing more important, more valuable than beauty. When your youth goes, your beauty will go with it. Then you'll suddenly discover that your life is empty -- there will be nothing to enjoy, nothing to hope for. Time is your enemy, Mr Gray. It will steal everything from you. People are afraid of themselves today. Afraid to live. But you, with your face and your youth, there's nothing that you cannot do. You must live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! We can never be young again. Youth! Ah, there is nothing in the world as important as youth!"
“因为你年轻，年轻是极好的。啊，你笑了，现在你不这样认为，但是有一天你会明白我的意思——当你变老、疲倦，不再漂亮时。你长着非常漂亮的面孔，格雷先生。这是真的，别朝我摇头。没有比美貌更重要、更有价值的了。当你的青春逝去时，你的美貌也随之消失。然后你会突然发现生活的空虚——不再欣赏任何事物，也不再对任何事物抱有希望。时间是你的敌人，格雷先生。它会偷走你的一切。如今人们害怕自己，害怕生活。但是你，凭着你的面孔和青春，没有任何你不能做的事情。你必须享受人生，过着属于你的美好的生活！我们再不会年轻了。青春！啊，世界上没有比青春更重要的了！
Dorian Gray listened and wondered. New ideas filled his head. He felt strange, different.
多里安·格雷听着、思考着。新思想装满了他的脑海。他感到奇特和不同。
"Oh, it doesn't matter," laughed Dorian.
“哦，不要紧。”多里安笑着。
"Why?" asked Dorian.
“为什么？”多里安问。
At that moment Basil called them from the house. Lord Henry turned to Dorian. "You're happy that you've met me, Mr Gray," he said.
这时巴兹尔在房间里叫他们。亨利勋爵转向多里安，“你高兴结识了我，格雷先生。”他说。
"Always!"Lord Henry smiled. "What a terrible word! Women use it much too often. What does it mean? It's today that is important."
“总会的！”亨利勋爵笑着。“多可怕的一句话！女人们总是这样说。这是什么意思呢？那就是重要的是今天。
"Yes, I'm happy now. Will I always be happy, I wonder?"
“是的，我现在挺高兴。我想我会总是高高兴兴的，是吗？
In the house Basil Hallward stood in front of the portrait of Dorian Gray. "It's finished," he said. He wrote his name in the corner of the picture.
在房子里，巴兹尔·霍尔沃德站在多里安·格雷的画像前面。“完成了。”他说。他在画像的一角写上了自己的名字。
"Don't you like it, Dorian?" asked Basil at last.
“你不喜欢它吗，多里安？”巴兹尔终于问道。
Lord Henry studied the picture carefully. "Yes," he said. "It's your best work. It's excellent. Mr Gray, come and look at yourself."
亨利勋爵仔细研究着这幅画。“是的，”他说，“这是你最好的作品，妙极了。格雷先生，来看看你自己。
"Of course he likes it," said Lord Henry. "It's a very fine work of art. I'd like to buy it myself."
“他当然喜欢。”亨利勋爵说。“这是一件艺术精品，我想买下它。
Dorian looked at the picture for a long time. He smiled as he saw the beautiful face in front of him, and for a moment he felt happy. But then he remembered Lord Henry's words. "How long," he thought, "will I look like the picture? Time will steal my beauty from me. I will grow old, but the picture will always be young." And his heart grew cold with fear.
多里安长时间看着这幅画。当他看见前面这张漂亮的面孔时，他笑了，有那么一阵儿他感到高兴。然而他想起了亨利勋爵的话。他想：“我会像画像多久？时间会偷走我的美貌，我会变老，可画像会永远年轻。”因此他的心一冷，充满了恐惧。
"I wish," cried Dorian suddenly, "I wish that I could always stay young and that the picture could grow old."
“我希望，”多里安突然喊道，“我希望我会永远年轻，而这幅画像会变老。
"It's not mine to sell, Harry. The picture is Dorian's."
“它不属于我，我不能卖，哈里。这幅画属于多里安。
"Dorian, Dorian!" said Basil unhappily. "Don't talk like that. You're my dearest friend." He turned to Lord Henry. "What have you been teaching him?" he asked angrily. "Why didn't you go away when I asked you?"
“多里安，多里安！”巴兹尔不高兴地说，“别那样说，你是我最亲密的朋友。”他转向亨利勋爵。“你都教了他些什么？”他气愤地问，“我让你走时你为什么不走？
"No, I wouldn't like it at all," agreed Basil with a smile.
“不，我一点也不喜欢那样。”巴兹尔赞同地笑着。
Lord Henry laughed. "I don't think you would like that, Basil, would you?"
亨利勋爵笑道：“我认为你不喜欢那样，巴兹尔，你呢？
Dorian turned, his face red and angry. "Yes, you like your art better than your friends," he said to Basil. "How long will you like me? Only while I'm beautiful, I suppose. Lord Henry is right. Youth is the most important thing in the world. Oh, why did you paint this picture? Why should it stay young while I grow old? I wish the picture could change, and I could stay as I am. I would give anything, yes, anything, for that." He hid his face in his hands.
多里安转过身，因生气涨红了脸。“是的，你喜欢你的艺术甚过喜欢你的朋友。”他对巴兹尔说。“你会喜欢我多久？只有当我漂亮时，我想。亨利勋爵是对的，青春是世界上最重要的东西。哦，你为什么要画这幅画？为什么我变老时它仍保持年轻？我希望画像会变，而我仍是现在这样。我会用一切，是的，一切，去换取它。”他用双手捂住了脸。
Lord Henry smiled. "It's the real Dorian Gray -- that's all."
亨利勋爵一笑：“这是真实的多里安·格雷——仅此而已。
"So," said Basil coldly, "you've decided that you like the portrait after all."
“那么，”巴兹尔冷酷地说，“你已经决定了你毕竟还是喜欢这幅画像。
Basil turned and walked quickly over to the portrait. "It's my best work, but now I hate it. I will destroy it now, before it destroys our friendship." He picked up a long knife.
巴兹尔转身迅速朝画像走去。“这是我最好的作品，但现在我恨它，我要毁了它，趁它还没毁掉我们的友谊。”他拿起了一把长刀。
But Dorian was there before him. "No, Basil, don't! You can't destroy it. That would be murder!"
但是多里安在那儿挡住了他。“不，巴兹尔，不能！你不能毁掉它，这是谋杀！
The next morning Lord Henry went to visit his aunt, Lady Agatha. She was surprised to see him.
第二天早上，亨利勋爵去拜访他的姨妈阿加莎夫人。姨妈见到他很吃惊。
Later, during tea, Lord Henry invited Basil and Dorian to go with him to the theatre that night. Basil refused, but Dorian was happy to accept.
后来喝茶时，亨利勋爵邀请巴兹尔和多里安晚上一起去看戏。巴兹尔拒绝了，但多里安愉快地接受了邀请。
"I thought you fashionable young men never got up until the afternoon," she said.
“我以为你们这些时髦的年轻人不到下午不起床。”她说。
"Stay and have dinner with me, Dorian," said Basil, but no, Dorian preferred to go to the theatre with Lord Henry.
“留下来和我一起吃晚饭，多里安。”巴兹尔说。但是，多里安宁愿和亨利勋爵去看戏。
"Like it?" said Dorian. "I'm in love with it. I cannot live without it."
“喜欢它？”多里安说，“我爱上了它，没有它我不能活。
As the door closed behind Dorian and Lord Henry, Basil turned back to the picture. "I shall stay here with the real Dorian Gray," he said sadly to himself.
多里安和亨利勋爵一走，巴兹尔关上了门，回到画像旁。“我要在这儿陪着真正的多里安·格雷。”他难过地自言自语。
"Oh, he's Lord Kelso's grandson," said Lady Agatha. "His mother was Lady Margaret Devereux, a very beautiful woman. She ran away from home to marry a poor soldier. He was killed a few months later and she died soon after her son was born. She was a lovely woman. Dorian Gray has her beauty and he will, I understand, have his grandfather's money."
“哦，他是凯尔索勋爵的外孙子。”阿加莎夫人说。“他的母亲是玛格丽特·德弗罗女士，一个非常漂亮的女人。她离家出走嫁给了一个穷士兵。士兵在几个月后被杀，她在儿子出生后也很快死去了。她是一个可爱的女人，多里安·格雷有着她的美貌，而且我认为他会拥有他外公的财产。
"Ah, but my dear aunt, I need some information, you see," replied Lord Henry. "I met Dorian Gray yesterday, and I'd like to know more about him."
“啊，可是亲爱的姨妈，要知道我需要些消息。”亨利勋爵答道。“昨天我见到了多里安·格雷，我想更多地了解他。
"Come to lunch," invited his aunt. "Dorian Gray will be here and you can meet him again."
“过来吃午餐。”姨妈邀请道，“多里安·格雷要来这儿，你会再见到他。
"I'd love to come," smiled Lord Henry.
“好吧。”亨利勋爵笑着。
"He is," agreed Lord Henry, "extraordinarily good－looking."
“他是非常好看。”亨利勋爵表示赞同。
As he left, Lord Henry thought about this sad story. He became more interested than ever in this beautiful young man, Dorian Gray. He remembered the night before, when Dorian had watched him with his bright blue eyes, half wondering, half afrald. "He does not yet know himself," thought Lord Henry, with a smile. "But I can teach him. Yes, I can influence him in any way that I please. I will teach him to discover the fire of youth, and love, and life."
起身时，亨利勋爵想着这个伤感的故事。他更对多里安·格雷这个漂亮的年轻人感兴趣了。他记得前一天晚上多里安用他那明亮的蓝眼睛注视自己的神情，一半是探询，一半是畏惧。“他还不了解他自己。”亨利勋爵想着，面带笑容。“但是我能教他，是的，我可以用我喜欢的任何方式影响他。我要教他发现青春、爱和生活的火焰。
After a while the conversation turned to a friend's plans to marry an American girl.
过了一会儿，谈话转向一个朋友要娶一个美国姑娘的打算。
"It is," said Lord Henry. "That's the reason why they're so happy to escape from it."
“是这样。”亨利勋爵说。“这正是她们乐于离开美国的原因。
"Why can't these American women stay in their own country? They're always telling us that it's a paradise for women," said Lord Burdon.
“这些美国女人为什么不呆在自己的国家？她们总是对我们说美国是女人的天堂。”伯登勋爵说。
The conversation among the fashionable people at Lady Agatha's lunch was quick and clever. Lord Henry talked, in his lazy, amusing way, and knew that Dorian Gray was watching and listening.
在阿加莎夫人的家里，餐桌上时髦年轻人的谈话又活泼又聪慧。亨利勋爵用懒散、逗人的方式说话，并且知道多里安·格雷在注视并听着。
"They say," laughed the man next to Lady Agatha, "that when good Americans die, they go to Paris."
阿加莎夫人旁边的男人笑道：“她们说，好美国人死后去巴黎。
"Really! And where do bad Americans go to when they die?" asked Lady Agatha.
“真的吗！那么坏美国人在死后又去哪儿呢？”阿加莎夫人问。
People smiled, and the conversation moved on to other things. Lord Henry took ideas and played with them; he gave them wings, and they flew like brightly coloured birds around the room. People laughed, and smiled, and told him that he should be more serious. But Dorian Gray never took his eyes away from Lord Henry.
人们笑着，谈话转向其它事情。亨利勋爵把握并摆布着思想；他给它们安上翅膀，使它们像颜色鲜艳的鸟在屋子里飞翔。人们大笑、微笑，并告诉他应该正经一些。但是多里安·格雷从没把视线从亨利勋爵身上移开。
"They go to America," said Lord Henry.
“他们去美国。”亨利勋爵说。
After lunch Lord Henry said that he was going to the park and as he left the room, Dorian Gray touched his arm. "May I come with you?" he asked.
午餐后，亨利勋爵说要去公园。离开房间时，多里安·格雷触了一下他的胳膊。“我可以和你一起去吗？”他问。
"But I thought you'd promised to go and see Basil Hallward," Lord Henry replied.
“但我认为你已经许诺要去看巴兹尔·霍尔沃德。”亨利勋爵回答道。
"Ah! I've talked enough for today." Lord Henry smiled. "But you may come with me if you want to."
“啊！我今天说得够多了。”亨利勋爵笑了，“如果你愿意，你可以和我一起去公园。
"Yes, but I'd prefer to come with you. Please let me," said Dorian. "I want to listen to you talking. Nobody speaks as well as you do."
“是的，但我喜欢和你在一起。请答应我。”多里安说，“我想听你谈话，没人说得像你那样好。