經典科幻文學:《銀河系漫遊指南》第16章3

They watched for a moment in silence, but Zaphod was fidgety with excitement.
"We are now traversing the night side ..." he said in a hushed voice. The planet rolled on.
"The surface of the planet is now three hundred miles beneath us ..." he continued. He was trying to restore a sense of occasion to what he felt should have been a great moment. Magrathea! He was piqued by Ford's sceptical reaction. Magrathea!
"In a few seconds," he continued, "we should see ... there!"
The moment carried itself. Even the most seasoned star tramp can't help but shiver at the spectacular drama of a sunrise seen from space, but a binary sunrise is one of the marvels of the Galaxy.
Out of the utter blackness stabbed a sudden point of blinding light. It crept up by slight degrees and spread sideways in a thin crescent blade, and within seconds two suns were visible, furnaces of light, searing the black edge of the horizon with white fire. Fierce shafts of colour streaked through the thin atmosphere beneath them.
"The fires of dawn ... !" breathed Zaphod. "The twin suns of Soulianis and Rahm ... !"
"Or whatever," said Ford quietly.
"Soulianis and Rahm!" insisted Zaphod.

他們靜靜地看了一會兒，但是贊福德按捺不住興奮之情。
“我們正在越過夜半球……”他壓低嗓門道。行星繼續轉動着。
“這顆行星的表面現在就在我們下方300英里的地方……”他繼續道。他這是在試圖恢復他認爲面臨一個偉大的時刻時所應有的感覺。曼格拉斯！他被福特的質疑傷了自尊。曼格拉斯！
“再過幾秒鐘，”他繼續說，“我們就會看見……瞧！”
這個時刻終於來了。即使是閱歷最豐富的星際漫遊者也無法不爲太空中的日出景觀所震撼，雙星日出更是整個銀河系中的奇觀之一。
在絕對的黑暗中突然出現了一個閃爍的亮點。慢慢擴大，鋪展成一道窄窄的光帶，然後，幾秒鐘之內，兩顆太陽都可以見到了，像是從黑暗的地平線邊緣升起了白色的火焰。絢麗的色彩很快就穿越了他們下面稀薄的大氣。
“黎明的火焰！”贊福德讚歎道，“雙星太陽，索利安里斯和拉姆……”
“或者其他任何太陽。”福特平靜地說。
“索利安里斯和拉姆！”贊福德堅持說。