On the left of the road, mounds of some sort, that might be last year's stacks or might be a village, rose up in the gathering darkness.

在路的左边，是类似土墩样的东西，可能是去年的草垛，也可能是一个村庄，站立在渐渐围拢的黑暗里。

Five Bedouin musicians knelt on a Persian carpet, playing rebabs, traditional stringed instruments, and crooning traditional Omani songs in the gathering darkness.

五位贝都因乐手跪坐在波斯地毯上，他们一边演奏着传统的弦乐器“莱巴斯”，一边吟唱着阿曼民歌，此时夜色已深。

He has a stern face and he simply nods before shooting off into the gathering darkness.

他一脸严肃地点点头，开车驶入越来越浓的夜色中。

He made darkness around him his canopy, thick clouds, a gathering of water.

他以黑暗和聚集的水、天空的厚云为他四围的行宫。

In the gathering darkness, it seemed like he was looking past me.

在逐渐聚拢的黑暗中，他似乎是在向我身后看去。