[专栏]为什么我们应该要读《唐吉诃德》？

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Mounting his skinny steed,
骑上他皮包骨的骏马，
the protagonist of Don Quixote
主人翁唐吉诃德
charges an army of giants.
冲向巨人军团。
In his eyes, it is his duty
在他眼中，他的责任是
to vanquish these behemoths
要击败这些巨兽，
in the name of his beloved lady, Dulcinea.
且要以他的挚爱杜尔西内娅之名。
However, this act of valor is ill conceived.
然而，这个英勇之举的构想很拙劣。
As his squire Sancho Panza explains to him
他的侍从桑丘潘萨向他再三解释，
time and again, these aren’t giants;
没有巨人存在；
they are merely windmills.
那些只是风车。
Don Quixote is undeterred,
唐吉诃德不受影响，
but his piercing lance
但他的长矛
is soon caught in their sails.
很快就被风车翼给打断。
Never discouraged,
这位骑士从来不气馁，
the knight stands proudly, and becomes
骄傲地站着，
even more convinced of his mission.
反而更相信这是他的使命。
This sequence encapsulates
这个桥段包含了许多
much of what is loved about Don Quixote,
《唐吉诃德》最为人所爱的特点，
the epic, illogical, and soulful tale of
这本史诗故事，尽管不合逻辑但很有感情，
Alonso Quijano,
讲述阿隆索·吉哈诺的故事，
who becomes the clumsy but valiant
他变成了笨拙却英勇的
Don Quixote of la Mancha, known as
“曼查的唐吉诃德”，
the Knight of the Sorrowful Countenance.