" If you want to thrive in Baltistan, you must respect our ways, " Haji Ali said, blowing on his bowl.

“如果你想在巴尔蒂斯坦茁壮成长，你必须尊重我们的方式，”哈吉阿里吹着他的碗说。

It had stood for nearly five hundred years, and had served as a Buddhist temple before Islam had established a foothold in Baltistan.

它已经屹立了将近五百年，在伊斯兰教在巴尔蒂斯坦站稳脚跟之前，它一直是一座佛教寺庙。

He pictured the long, arduous journey, and that eventual moment of arrival at some planter's bungalow in Sikkim or Baltistan -a moment which ought, he felt, to be deliriously cheerful, but which would probably be slightly disappointing.

他描绘了漫长而艰苦的旅程，以及最终到达锡金或巴尔蒂斯坦某个种植园主的平房的那一刻——他觉得这一刻应该是狂喜的，但可能会有点失望。