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"Yes, you are dear to me," said the prince; "for you have the best heart, and you are the most devoted to me; you are like a young maiden whom I once saw, but whom I shall never meet again. I was in a ship that was wrecked, and the waves cast me ashore near a holy temple, where several young maidens performed the service. The youngest of them found me on the shore, and saved my life. I saw her but twice, and she is the only one in the world whom I could love; but you are like her, and you have almost driven her image out of my mind. She belongs to the holy temple, and my good fortune has sent you to me instead of her; and we will never part."
“是的，你是我最親愛的人!”王子說，“因為你在一切人中有一顆最善良的心。你對我是最親愛的，你很像我某次看到過的一個年輕女子，可是我永遠再也看不見她了。那時我是坐在一艘船上——這船已經(jīng)沉了。巨浪把我推到一個神廟旁的岸上。有幾個年輕女子在那兒作祈禱。她們最年輕的一位在岸旁發(fā)現(xiàn)了我，因此救了我的生命。我只看到過她兩次：她是我在這世界上能夠愛的的人，但是你很像她，你幾乎代替了她留在我的靈魂中的印象。她是屬于這個神廟的，因此我的幸運特別把你送給我。讓我們永遠不要分離吧!”
"Ah, he knows not that it was I who saved his life," thought the little mermaid. "I carried him over the sea to the wood where the temple stands: I sat beneath the foam, and watched till the human beings came to help him. I saw the pretty maiden that he loves better than he loves me;" and the mermaid sighed deeply, but she could not shed tears. "He says the maiden belongs to the holy temple, therefore she will never return to the world. They will meet no more: while I am by his side, and see him every day. I will take care of him, and love him, and give up my life for his sake."
“啊，他卻不知道我救了他的生命!”小人魚想?！拔野阉麖暮＠锿谐鰜?，送到神廟所在的一個樹林里。我坐在泡沫后面，窺望是不是有人會來。我看到那個美麗的姑娘——他愛她勝過于愛我?！边@時小人魚深深地嘆了一口氣——她哭不出聲來?！澳莻€姑娘是屬于那個神廟的——他曾說過。她永不會走向這個人間的世界里來——他們永不會見面了。我是跟他在一起，每天看到他的。我要照看他，熱愛他，對他獻出我的生命!”
Very soon it was said that the prince must marry, and that the beautiful daughter of a neighboring king would be his wife, for a fine ship was being fitted out. Although the prince gave out that he merely intended to pay a visit to the king, it was generally supposed that he really went to see his daughter. A great company were to go with him. The little mermaid smiled, and shook her head. She knew the prince"s thoughts better than any of the others.
現(xiàn)在大家在傳說王子快要結婚了，她的妻子就是鄰國國王的一個女兒。他為這事特別裝備好了一艘美麗的船。王子在表面上說是要到鄰近王國里去觀光，事實上他是為了要去看鄰國君主的女兒。他將帶著一大批隨員同去。小人魚搖了搖頭，微笑了一下。她比任何人都能猜透王子的心事。
"I must travel," he had said to her; "I must see this beautiful princess; my parents desire it; but they will not oblige me to bring her home as my bride. I cannot love her; she is not like the beautiful maiden in the temple, whom you resemble. If I were forced to choose a bride, I would rather choose you, my dumb foundling, with those expressive eyes."
“我得去旅行一下!”他對她說過，“我得去看一位美麗的公主，這是我父母的命令，但是他們不能強迫我把她作為未婚妻帶回家來!我不會愛她的。你很像神廟里的那個美麗的姑娘，而她卻不像。如果我要選擇新嫁娘的話，那未我就要先選你——我親愛的、有一雙能講話的眼睛的啞巴孤女?！?BR> And then he kissed her rosy mouth, played with her long waving hair, and laid his head on her heart, while she dreamed of human happiness and an immortal soul.
于是他吻了她鮮紅的嘴唇，摸撫著她的長頭發(fā)、把他的頭貼到她的心上，弄得她的這顆心又夢想起人間的幸福和一個不滅的靈魂來。
"You are not afraid of the sea, my dumb child," said he, as they stood on the deck of the noble ship which was to carry them to the country of the neighboring king. And then he told her of storm and of calm, of strange fishes in the deep beneath them, and of what the divers had seen there; and she smiled at his descriptions, for she knew better than any one what wonders were at the bottom of the sea.
“你不害怕海嗎，我的啞巴孤兒?”他問。這時他們正站在那艘華麗的船上，它正向鄰近的王國開去。他和她談論著風暴和平靜的海，生活在海里的奇奇怪怪的魚，和潛水夫在海底所能看到的東西。對于這類的故事，她只是微微地一笑，因為關于海底的事兒她比誰都知道得清楚。
In the moonlight, when all on board were asleep, excepting the man at the helm, who was steering, she sat on the deck, gazing down through the clear water. She thought she could distinguish her father"s castle, and upon it her aged grandmother, with the silver crown on her head, looking through the rushing tide at the keel of the vessel. Then her sisters came up on the waves, and gazed at her mournfully, wringing their white hands. She beckoned to them, and smiled, and wanted to tell them how happy and well off she was; but the cabin-boy approached, and when her sisters dived down he thought it was only the foam of the sea which he saw.
在月光照著的夜里，大家都睡了，只有掌舵人立在舵旁。這時她就坐在船邊上，凝望著下面清亮的海水，她似乎看到了她父親的王宮。她的老祖母頭上戴著銀子做的皇冠，正高高地站在王宮頂上;她透過激流朝這條船的龍骨了望。不一會，他的姐姐們都浮到水面上來了，她們悲哀地望著她，苦痛地扭著她們白凈的手。她向她們招手，微笑，同時很想告訴她們，說她現(xiàn)在一切都很美好和幸福。不過這時船上的一個侍者忽然向她這邊走來。她的姐姐們馬上就沉到水里，侍者以為自己所看到的那些白色的東西，不過只是些海上的泡沫。 The next morning the ship sailed into the harbor of a beautiful town belonging to the king whom the prince was going to visit. The church bells were ringing, and from the high towers sounded a flourish of trumpets; and soldiers, with flying colors and glittering bayonets, lined the rocks through which they passed. Every day was a festival; balls and entertainments followed one another.
第二天早晨，船開進鄰國壯麗皇城的港口。所有教堂的鐘都響起來了，號笛從許多高樓上吹來，兵士們拿著飄揚的旗子和明晃的刺刀在敬禮。每天都有一個宴會。舞會和晚會在輪流舉行著，可是公主還沒有出現(xiàn)。人們說她在一個遙遠的神廟里受教育，學習皇家的一切美德。最后她終于到來了。
But the princess had not yet appeared. People said that she was being brought up and educated in a religious house, where she was learning every royal virtue. At last she came. Then the little mermaid, who was very anxious to see whether she was really beautiful, was obliged to acknowledge that she had never seen a more perfect vision of beauty. Her skin was delicately fair, and beneath her long dark eye-lashes her laughing blue eyes shone with truth and purity.
小人魚迫切地想要看看她的美貌。她不得不承認她的美了，她從來沒有看見過比這更美的形體。她的皮膚是那么細嫩，潔白;在她黑長的睫毛后面是一對微笑的、忠誠的、深藍色的眼珠。
"It was you," said the prince, "who saved my life when I lay dead on the beach," and he folded his blushing bride in his arms. "Oh, I am too happy," said he to the little mermaid; "my fondest hopes are all fulfilled. You will rejoice at my happiness; for your devotion to me is great and sincere."
“就是你!”王子說，“當我像一具死尸躺在岸上的時候，救活我的就是你!”于是他把這位羞答答的新嫁娘緊緊地抱在自己的懷里?！鞍?，我太幸福了!”他對小人魚說，“我從來不敢希望的的東西，現(xiàn)在終于成為事實了。你會為我的幸福而高興吧，因為你是一切人中最喜歡我的人!”
The little mermaid kissed his hand, and felt as if her heart were already broken. His wedding morning would bring death to her, and she would change into the foam of the sea.
小人魚把他的手吻了一下。她覺得她的心在碎裂。他舉行婚禮后的頭一個早晨就會帶給她滅亡，就會使她變成海上的泡沫。
All the church bells rung, and the heralds rode about the town proclaiming the betrothal. Perfumed oil was burning in costly silver lamps on every altar. The priests waved the censers, while the bride and bridegroom joined their hands and received the blessing of the bishop. The little mermaid, dressed in silk and gold, held up the bride"s train; but her ears heard nothing of the festive music, and her eyes saw not the holy ceremony; she thought of the night of death which was coming to her, and of all she had lost in the world.
教堂的鐘都響起來了，傳令人騎著馬在街上宣布訂婚的喜訊。每一個祭臺上，芬芳的油脂在貴重的油燈里燃燒。祭司們揮著香爐，新郎和新娘互相挽著手來接受主教的祝福。小人魚這時穿著絲綢，戴著金飾，托著新嫁娘的披紗，可是她的耳朵聽不見這歡樂的音樂，她的眼睛看不見這神圣的儀式。她想起了她要滅亡的早晨，和她在這世界已經(jīng)失去了的一切東西。
On the same evening the bride and bridegroom went on board ship; cannons were roaring, flags waving, and in the centre of the ship a costly tent of purple and gold had been erected. It contained elegant couches, for the reception of the bridal pair during the night.
在同一天晚上，新郎和新娘來到船上。禮炮響起來了，旗幟在飄揚著。一個金色和紫色的皇家?guī)づ裨诖醒爰芷饋砹耍锩骊愒O得有最美麗的墊子。在這兒，這對美麗的新婚夫婦將度過他們這清涼和寂靜的夜晚。
The ship, with swelling sails and a favorable wind, glided away smoothly and lightly over the calm sea.
風兒在鼓著船帆。船在這清亮的海上，輕柔地航行著，沒有很大的波動。
When it grew dark a number of colored lamps were lit, and the sailors danced merrily on the deck. The little mermaid could not help thinking of her first rising out of the sea, when she had seen similar festivities and joys; and she joined in the dance, poised herself in the air as a swallow when he pursues his prey, and all present cheered her with wonder. She had never danced so elegantly before. Her tender feet felt as if cut with sharp knives, but she cared not for it; a sharper pang had pierced through her heart.
當暮色漸漸垂下來的時候，彩色的燈光就亮起來了，水手們愉快地在甲板上跳起舞來。小人魚不禁想起她第一次浮到海面上來的情景，想起她那時看到的同樣華麗和歡樂的場面。她于是旋舞起來，飛翔著，正如一只被追逐的燕子在飛翔著一樣。大家都在喝采，稱贊她，她從來沒有跳得這么美麗。快利的刀子似乎在砍著她的細嫩的腳，但是她并不感覺到痛，因為她的心比這還要痛。 She knew this was the last evening she should ever see the prince, for whom she had forsaken her kindred and her home; she had given up her beautiful voice, and suffered unheard-of pain daily for him, while he knew nothing of it. This was the last evening that she would breathe the same air with him, or gaze on the starry sky and the deep sea; an eternal night, without a thought or a dream, awaited her: she had no soul and now she could never win one. All was joy and gayety on board ship till long after midnight; she laughed and danced with the rest, while the thoughts of death were in her heart. The prince kissed his beautiful bride, while she played with his raven hair, till they went arm-in-arm to rest in the splendid tent.
她知道這是她看到他的最后一晚——為了他，她離開了她的族人和家庭，她交出了她美麗的聲音，她每天忍受著沒有止境的苦痛，然而他卻一點兒也不知道。這是她能和他在一起呼吸同樣空氣的最后一晚，這是她能看到深沉的海和布滿了星星的天空的最后一晚。同時一個沒有思想和夢境的永恒的夜在等待著她——沒有靈魂、而且也得不到一個靈魂的她。一直到半夜過后，船上的一切還是歡樂和愉快的。她笑著，舞著，但是她心中懷著死的思想。王子吻著自己的美麗的新娘：新娘撫弄著他的烏亮的頭發(fā)。他們手攙著手到那華麗的帳篷里去休息。
Then all became still on board the ship; the helmsman, alone awake, stood at the helm. The little mermaid leaned her white arms on the edge of the vessel, and looked towards the east for the first blush of morning, for that first ray of dawn that would bring her death. She saw her sisters rising out of the flood: they were as pale as herself; but their long beautiful hair waved no more in the wind, and had been cut off.
船上現(xiàn)在是很安靜的了。只有舵手站在舵旁。小人魚把她潔白的手臂倚在舷墻上，向東方凝望，等待著晨曦的出現(xiàn)——她知道，頭一道太陽光就會叫她滅亡，她看到她的姐姐們從波濤中涌現(xiàn)出來了。她們是像她自己一樣地蒼白。她們美麗的長頭發(fā)已經(jīng)不在風中飄蕩了——因為它已經(jīng)被剪掉了。
"We have given our hair to the witch," said they, "to obtain help for you, that you may not die to-night. She has given us a knife: here it is, see it is very sharp. Before the sun rises you must plunge it into the heart of the prince; when the warm blood falls upon your feet they will grow together again, and form into a fish"s tail, and you will be once more a mermaid, and return to us to live out your three hundred years before you die and change into the salt sea foam. Haste, then; he or you must die before sunrise. Our old grandmother moans so for you, that her white hair is falling off from sorrow, as ours fell under the witch"s scissors. Kill the prince and come back; hasten: do you not see the first red streaks in the sky? In a few minutes the sun will rise, and you must die."
“我們已經(jīng)把頭發(fā)交給了那個巫婆，希望她能幫助你，使你今后不至于滅亡。她給了我們一把刀子。拿去吧，你看，它是多么快!在太陽沒有出來以前，你得把它插進那個王子的心里去。當他的熱血流到你腳上上時，你的雙腳將會又聯(lián)到一起，成為一條魚尾，那么你就可以恢復人魚的原形，你就可以回到我們這兒的水里來;這樣，在你沒有變成無生命的咸水泡沫以前，你仍舊可以活過你三百年的歲月?？靹邮?在太陽沒有出來以前，不是他死，就是你死了!我們的老祖母悲慟得連她的白發(fā)都落光了，正如我們的頭發(fā)在巫婆的剪刀下落掉一樣。刺死那個王子，趕快回來吧!快動手呀!你沒有看到天上的紅光嗎，幾分鐘以后，太陽就出來了，那時你就必然滅亡!”
And then they sighed deeply and mournfully, and sank down beneath the waves.
她們發(fā)出一個奇怪的、深沉的嘆息聲，于是她們便沉入浪禱里去了。
The little mermaid drew back the crimson curtain of the tent, and beheld the fair bride with her head resting on the prince"s breast. She bent down and kissed his fair brow, then looked at the sky on which the rosy dawn grew brighter and brighter; then she glanced at the sharp knife, and again fixed her eyes on the prince, who whispered the name of his bride in his dreams. She was in his thoughts, and the knife trembled in the hand of the little mermaid: then she flung it far away from her into the waves; the water turned red where it fell, and the drops that spurted up looked like blood. She cast one more lingering, half-fainting glance at the prince, and then threw herself from the ship into the sea, and thought her body was dissolving into foam.
小人魚把那帳篷上紫色的簾子掀開，看到那位美麗的新娘把頭枕在王子的懷里睡著了。她彎下腰，在王子清秀的眉毛上親了一吻，于是他向天空凝視——朝霞漸漸地變得更亮了。她向尖刀看了一跟，接著又把眼睛掉向這個王子;他正在夢中喃喃地念著他的新嫁娘的名字。他思想中只有她存在。刀子在小人魚的手里發(fā)抖。但是正在這時候，她把這刀子遠遠地向浪花里扔去。萬子沉下的地方，浪花就發(fā)出一道紅光，好像有許多血滴濺出了水面。她再一次把她迷糊的視線投向這王子，然后她就從船上跳到海里，她覺得她的身軀在融化成為泡沫。
The sun rose above the waves, and his warm rays fell on the cold foam of the little mermaid, who did not feel as if she were dying. She saw the bright sun, and all around her floated hundreds of transparent beautiful beings; she could see through them the white sails of the ship, and the red clouds in the sky; their speech was melodious, but too ethereal to be heard by mortal ears, as they were also unseen by mortal eyes. The little mermaid perceived that she had a body like theirs, and that she continued to rise higher and higher out of the foam.
現(xiàn)在太陽從海里升起來了。陽光柔和地、溫暖地照在冰冷的泡沫上。因為小人魚并沒有感到滅亡。她看到光明的太陽，同時在她上面飛著無數(shù)透明的、美麗的生物。透過它們，她可以看到船上的白帆和天空的彩云。它們的聲音是和諧的音樂。可是那么虛無縹緲，人類的耳朵簡直沒有辦法聽見，正如地上的眼睛不能看見它們一樣。它們沒有翅膀，只是憑它們輕飄的形體在空中浮動。小人魚覺得自己也獲得了它們這樣的形體，漸漸地從泡沫中升起來。
"Where am I?" asked she, and her voice sounded ethereal, as the voice of those who were with her; no earthly music could imitate it.
“我將向誰走去呢?”她問。她的聲音跟這些其他的生物一樣，顯得虛無縹緲，人世間的任何音樂部不能和它相比。"Among the daughters of the air," answered one of them. "A mermaid has not an immortal soul, nor can she obtain one unless she wins the love of a human being. On the power of another hangs her eternal destiny. But the daughters of the air, although they do not possess an immortal soul, can, by their good deeds, procure one for themselves. We fly to warm countries, and cool the sultry air that destroys mankind with the pestilence. We carry the perfume of the flowers to spread health and restoration. After we have striven for three hundred years to all the good in our power, we receive an immortal soul and take part in the happiness of mankind. You, poor little mermaid, have tried with your whole heart to do as we are doing; you have suffered and endured and raised yourself to the spirit-world by your good deeds; and now, by striving for three hundred years in the same way, you may obtain an immortal soul."
“到天空的女兒那兒去呀!”別的聲音回答說?！叭唆~是沒有不滅的靈魂的，而且永遠也不會有這樣的靈魂，除非她獲得了一個凡人的愛情。她的永恒的存在要依靠外來的力量。天空的女兒也沒有永恒的靈魂，不過她們可以通過善良的行為而創(chuàng)造出一個靈魂。我們飛向炎熱的國度里去，那兒散布著病疫的空氣在傷害著人民，我們可以吹起清涼的風，可以把花香在空氣中傳播，我們可以散布健康和愉快的精神。三百年以后，當我們盡力做完了我們可能做的一切善行以后，我們就可以獲得一個不滅的靈魂，就可以分享人類一切永恒的幸福了。你，可憐的個人魚，像我們一樣，曾經(jīng)全心全意地為那個目標而奮斗。你忍受過痛苦;你堅持下去了;你已經(jīng)超升到精靈的世界里來了。通過你的善良的工作，在三百年以后，你就可以為你自己創(chuàng)造出一個不滅的靈魂。”
The little mermaid lifted her glorified eyes towards the sun, and felt them, for the first time, filling with tears.
小人魚向上帝的太陽舉起了她光亮的手臂，她第一次感到要流出眼淚。
On the ship, in which she had left the prince, there were life and noise; she saw him and his beautiful bride searching for her; sorrowfully they gazed at the pearly foam, as if they knew she had thrown herself into the waves. Unseen she kissed the forehead of her bride, and fanned the prince, and then mounted with the other children of the air to a rosy cloud that floated through the aether.
在那條船上，人聲和活動又開始了。她看到王子和他美麗的新娘在尋找她。他們悲悼地望著那翻騰的泡沫，好像他們知道她已經(jīng)跳到浪濤里去了似的。在冥冥中她吻著這位新嫁娘的前額，她對王子微笑。于是她就跟其他的空氣中的孩子們一道，騎上玫瑰色的云塊，升人天空里去了。
"After three hundred years, thus shall we float into the kingdom of heaven," said she.
“這樣，三百年以后，我們就可以升入天國!”
"And we may even get there sooner," whispered one of her companions. "Unseen we can enter the houses of men, where there are children, and for every day on which we find a good child, who is the joy of his parents and deserves their love, our time of probation is shortened. The child does not know, when we fly through the room, that we smile with joy at his good conduct, for we can count one year less of our three hundred years. But when we see a naughty or a wicked child, we shed tears of sorrow, and for every tear a day is added to our time of trial!"
“我們也許還不須等那么久!”一個聲音低語著?！拔覀儫o形無影地飛進人類的住屋里去，那里面生活著一些孩子。每一天如果我們找到一個好孩子，如果他給他父母帶來快樂、值得他父母愛他的話，上帝就可以縮短我們考驗的時間。當我們飛過屋子的時候，孩子是不會知道的。當我們幸福地對著他笑的時候，我們就可以在這三百年中減去一年;但當我們看到一個頑皮和惡劣的孩子、而不得不傷心地哭出來的時候，那未每一顆眼淚就使我們考驗的日子多加一天?！?