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F. Scott Fitzgerald: ""Kalau bukan karena kabut, kita bisa meliha...

""Kalau bukan karena kabut, kita bisa melihat rumahmu di seberang teluk," kata Gatsby. "Kamu selalu memiliki lampu hijau yang menyala di ujung dokmu." Daisy meletakkan lengannya dengan tiba-tiba, tetapi dia tampak tenggelam dalam apa yang baru saja dia katakan. Mungkin terlintas dalam benaknya bahwa arti penting cahaya itu sekarang telah lenyap selamanya. Dibandingkan dengan jarak yang sangat jauh yang memisahkannya dari Daisy, itu sepertinya sangat dekat dengannya, hampir menyentuhnya. Itu tampak sedekat bintang ke bulan. Sekarang lagi-lagi lampu hijau di dermaga. Hitungannya terhadap hal-hal ajaib telah berkurang satu."

--- F. Scott Fitzgerald

Versi Bahasa Inggris

"If it wasn’t for the mist we could see your home across the bay," said Gatsby. "You always have a green light that burns at the end of your dock." Daisy put her arm through his abruptly but he seemed absorbed in what he had just said. Possibly it had occurred to him that the colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever. Compared to the great distance that had separated him from Daisy it had seemed very near to him, almost touching her. It had seemed as close as a star to the moon. Now it was again a green light on a dock. His count of enchanted things had diminished by one.