The mesa was like a ship becalmed in a strait of lion-coloured dust.

崖顶螈像一艘静静旋泊在狮子黄的的船。

The top of the mesa was a flat deck of stone.

石源的顶是平坦的“甲板”。

All alone, outside the pueblo, on the bare plain of the mesa.

在印第人村庄外面光秃秃的石源平顶上，完全孤独了。

The desert of southeastern Utah is a wilderness of flat-topped mesas, jutting buttes and plunging canyons.

犹南部的沙漠是一片由平顶的台地、突出的孤峰和低洼的峡谷组成的荒野。

" Well … " The Savage hesitated. He would have liked to say something about solitude, about night, about the mesa lying pale under the moon, about the precipice, the plunge into shadowy darkness, about death.

“啊… … ”野蛮人犹豫了，想谈谈孤独，夜，月光下的苍白的石源，悬崖，谈一谈往阴影里的黑暗中跳下去和死亡。