Ba Jin's Original Sunrise at Sea

I often get up early to watch the sunrise. At that time, before dawn, it was quiet around, only the sound of the ship's machines was heard.

The sky is still light blue and shallow. Blink of an eye, a Xia Hong appeared in the place where Tianshui met. The scope of Xia Hong is gradually expanding and getting brighter. I knew the sun was about to rise from the horizon, so I stared at it.

Sure enough, after a while, there appeared a small half face of the sun, very red, but there was no light. Like a heavy burden, the sun rises slowly, vertically and vigorously. Finally, it broke through the clouds and jumped out of the sea completely. The color is really red and lovely. In an instant, this dark red round thing gave off dazzling light, which made people's eyes ache. The cloud next to it suddenly lit up.

Sometimes the sun hides in the clouds. Sunlight shines directly on the water through the cracks in the clouds, and it is difficult to tell where water is and where sky is, only a light is seen.

Sometimes there are black clouds on the horizon, and the clouds are still thick. The sun rises and people can't see it. Its light sets a bright gold edge for the dark clouds. Later, the sun slowly emerged from the tight encirclement and appeared in the sky, dyeing pieces of clouds purple or red. At this time, not only the sun, clouds and sea water, but also myself became bright.

Isn't this a great spectacle?

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Selected from Miscellanies at Sea