雙語暢銷書《我是馬拉拉》第15章:離開河谷(4)

She also said I must leave my school bag because there was so little room.

母親又要求我把書包留下，因爲空間實在是太小了。

I was horrified. I went and whispered Quranic verses over the books to try and protect them.

我很害怕。我走過去，對着書本默唸《古蘭經》裏的經文，試着藉此保護它們。

Finally everyone was ready.

終於，所有人都準備就緒了。

My mother, father, grandmother, my cousin's wife and baby and my brothers all squashed into the back of Dr Afzal's van along with his wife and children.

母親、父親、外婆，我的堂兄和他的太太及寶寶，還有我那兩個弟弟，全都擠進阿富扎醫生的廂型車後座，車上還有他的太太與小孩。

There were children in the laps of adults and smaller children in their laps.

有些小孩坐在大人的膝上，更小的小小孩則坐在小孩的膝上。

I was luckier – there were fewer people in Safina's car – but I was devastated by the loss of my school bag.

我比較幸運——薩芬娜家的車上人數比較少，但我因爲失去了自己的書包而心情沮喪。

Because I had packed my books separately, I had had to leave them all behind.

因爲我把書本分開打包，而現在我只能眼睜睜地拋下它們。

We all said surahs from the Quran and a special prayer to protect our sweet homes and school.

我們分別從《古蘭經》中挑出一些章節，並做了一個特別的禮拜，以求保護我們甜蜜的家園與學校。

Then Safina's father put his foot on the pedal and away we drove out of the small world of our street, home and school and into the unknown.

然後，薩芬娜的父親發動汽車，我們就這樣慢慢駛離了我們的街道、家園、學校，離開我們的小世界，走進未知。

We did not know if we would ever see our town again.

我們不知道未來是否還會再見到我們的故鄉。

We had seen pictures of how the army had flattened everything in an operation against militants in Bajaur and we thought everything we knew would be destroyed.

從照片上，我們看到過軍隊在一次對抗巴焦爾武裝分子的行動中，將一切碾平。我們覺得，我們所熟悉的一切都將被摧毀殆盡。

The streets were jam-packed. I had never seen them so busy before.

街道上擁擠不堪。我從未見過人們如此驚慌失措。

There were cars everywhere, as well as rickshaws, mule carts and trucks laden with people and their belongings.

汽車和人力車到處都是，騾車及卡車上也滿載人和行李。

There were even motorbikes with entire families balanced on them. Thousands of people were leaving with just the clothes they had on their backs.

甚至還有一家人全部擠在一部摩托車上，搞得全家人都在努力維持車的平衡，使其不致翻倒。更有數以千計的人徒步逃離，只是把衣物塞進揹包裏，揹着就走。

It felt as if the whole valley was on the move.

這看起來很像是整個河谷在集體搬遷。