英文
The Crying Prince (Excerpt)
Oscar Wilde
The eyes of the Happy Prince were filled with tears, and tears were running down his golden cheeks. His face was so beautiful in the moonlight that the little Swallow was filled with pity.
"Who are you?" he said.
"I am the Happy Prince."
"Why are you weeping then?" asked the Swallow, "you have quite drenched me."
"When I was alive and had a human heart," answered the statue, "I did not know what tears were, for I lived in the Palace of Sans-Souci, where sorrow is not allowed to enter. In the daytime I played with my companions in the garden, and in the evening I led the dance in the Great Hall. Round the garden ran a very lofty wall, but I never cared to ask what lay beyond it, everything about me was so beautiful. My courtiers called me the Happy Prince, and happy indeed I was, if pleasure be happiness. So I lived, and so I died. And now that I am dead they have set me up here so high that I can see all the ugliness and all the misery of my city, and though my heart is made of lead yet I cannot choose but weep."
(from The Happy Prince)
参考译文
哭泣的王子(节选)
奥斯卡·王尔德
快乐王子的眼中噙满了泪水，泪珠从他金色的脸颊滑落。王子的脸在月光下美丽无比，小燕子顿生怜悯之心。
"你是谁?"燕子问道。
"我是快乐王子。"
"那你为什么要哭呢?"燕子又问，"你的泪水都快把我浇透了。"
"当我还活着的时候，有一颗人的心，"雕像答道，"我并不知道眼泪是什么，因为那时我在无忧宫里生活，那是个没有忧愁的地方。白天我和伙伴们在花园里玩耍，晚上我在大厅里领舞。花园四周有一堵很高的墙，可我从不关心围墙之外有什么，我身边的一切是那样的美好。我的侍从们都叫我快乐王子。的确，如果欢愉就是快乐的话，那我真是快乐无比。我就这样活着，也这样死去了。而现在我死了，他们把我高高地立在这儿，使我能看见我的城邦中所有的丑恶和贫苦，虽然我的心是铅做的，但我还是忍不住要哭。"
--选自《快乐王子》
