第40章 玫瑰精灵 The Elf of the Rose，（2 / 2）

但是小精灵从干枯的树叶里溜了出来，来到睡着的女孩耳边，像在梦中一样告诉她那可怕的谋杀；描述了她哥哥杀害她爱人并埋葬他尸体的地方；还告诉她附近有一棵开满花的椴树。

but the elf slipped out of the withered leaf, pced hiself by the ear of the sleepg girl, and told her, asa drea, of the horrid urder; described the pce where her brother had s her lover, and buried his body; and told her of the liree,full blosso, that stood close by.

“为了让你不认为这只是我告诉你的一个梦，” 他说，“你会在床上发现一片干枯的树叶。”

“that you ay not thk this is only a drea that I have told you,” he said, “you will fd on your bed a withered leaf.”

然后她醒了，发现树叶在那里。哦，她流了多少痛苦的眼泪啊！她无法向任何人敞开心扉以寻求慰藉。

then she awoke, and found it there. oh, what bitter tears she shed! and she uld not open her heart to any one for relief.

窗户一整天都开着，小精灵本可以很容易地到达玫瑰那里，或者任何一朵花那里；但他不忍心离开这个如此痛苦的人。

the dow stood open the whole day, and the little elf uld easily have reached the roses, or any of the flowers; but he uld not fd ithis heart to leave one so afflicted.

窗户边放着一盆月月开的玫瑰。他坐在一朵花里，凝视着这个可怜的女孩。

In the dow stood a bh bearg onthly roses. he seated hiselfone of the flowers, and gazed on the pirl.

她的哥哥经常走进房间，尽管他行为卑劣，但却显得很愉快；所以她不敢对他吐露一句心中的悲痛。

her brother often ca to the roo, and would be quite cheerful,spite of his base duct; so she dare not say a word to hi of her heart’s grief.

天一黑，她就溜出房子，走进树林，来到那棵椴树所在的地方；她把泥土上的树叶拨开，把土翻起来，在那里找到了被谋杀的人。

As soon as night , she slipped out of the hoe, a to the wood, to the spot where the liree stood; and after reovg the leaves fro the earth, she tur up, and there found hi who had been urdered.

哦，她哭泣着祈祷自己也能死去！她很想把尸体带回家；但那是不可能的；

oh, how she wept and prayed that she also ight die! Gdly would she have taken the body ho with her; but that ossible;

于是她拿起那可怜的闭着眼睛的头颅，亲吻那冰冷的嘴唇，抖落那美丽头发上的泥土。

so she took up the poor head with the closed eyes, kissed the ld lips, and shook the ould out of the beautiful hair.

“我要留着这个。” 她说；她一用泥土和树叶把尸体重新盖好，就拿起头颅和一小枝在他被埋葬的地方附近的树林里盛开的茉莉花，带着它们回家了。

“I will keep this,” said she; and as soon as she had vered the body aga with the earth and leaves, she took the head and a little sprig of jasihat bloodthe wood, he spot where he was buried, and carried the ho with her.

“再见，再见。” 小精灵低声说。他再也无法忍受目睹这一切痛苦的悲伤，于是他飞回花园里自己的玫瑰那里。但玫瑰已经凋谢了；只有几片干枯的叶子还挂在它后面的绿篱上。

“Farewell, farewell,” whispered the little elf. he uld not any longer eo witness all this agony of grief, he therefore flew away to his own rosethe garden. but the rose was faded; only a few dry leaves still g to the green hedge behd it.

“唉！美好的一切消逝得多么快呀。” 小精灵叹息道。

“As! how soon all that is good aiful passes away,” sighed the elf.

过了一会儿，他找到了另一朵玫瑰，这成了他的家，因为在它娇嫩芬芳的叶子中间，他可以安全地居住。

After a while he found another rose, which beca his ho, for aong its delicate fragrant leaves he uld dwellsafety.

每天早晨他都飞到那个可怜女孩的窗前，总是发现她在花盆边哭泣。

Everyhe flew to the dow of the pirl, and always found her weepg by the flower pot.

苦涩的泪水落在茉莉花枝上，随着她一天比一天苍白，花枝看起来却一天比一天更绿更鲜嫩。

the bitter tears fell upon the jasiwig, and each day, as she beca paler and paler, the sprig appeared treener and fresher.

一个又一个新芽冒了出来，白色的小花苞绽放了，可怜的女孩深情地亲吻着它们。

one shoot after another sprouted forth, and little white buds blossod, which the pirl fondly kissed.

但是她邪恶的哥哥责骂了她，问她是不是疯了。他不明白她为什么对着那个花盆哭泣，这让他很恼火。

but her wicked brother slded her, and asked her if she was gog ad. he uld not iage why she was weepg over that flower-pot, and it annoyed hi.

他不知道那里埋着谁的闭着的眼睛，也不知道在泥土下正在消逝的是谁的红唇。

he did not know whose closed eyes were there, nor what red lips were fadih the earth.

有一天，她坐着，头靠在花盆上，玫瑰小精灵发现她睡着了。然后他坐在她的耳边，给她讲那个在凉亭里的夜晚，讲玫瑰的甜美香气，讲小精灵的爱情。

And one day she sat and leaned her head agast the flower-pot, and the little elf of the rose found her asleep. then he seated hiself by her ear, talked to her of that evengthe arbor, of the sweet perfu of the rose, and the loves of the elves. S

她做着甜美的梦，在梦中，她的生命平静而温柔地消逝了，她的灵魂在天堂与她所爱的人在一起。

weetly she dread, and while she dreat, her life passed away cally aly, and her spirit was with hi who she loved,heaven.

茉莉花张开了它白色的大铃铛，散发着甜美的香气；它没有别的方式来表达对死者的悲痛。

And the jase opes rge white bells, and spread forth its sweet fragra had no other way of shog its grief for the dead.

但是那个邪恶的哥哥把这美丽盛开的植物当作是他自己的财产，是他妹妹留给他的，他把它放在自己的卧室里，紧挨着他的床，因为它看起来非常可爱，香气甜美宜人。

but the wicked brother sidered the beautiful bloog pnt as his own property, left to hi by his sister, and he pced ithis sleepg roo, close by his bed, for it was very lovelyappearance, and the fragrance sweet and delightful.

玫瑰小精灵跟随着它，从一朵花飞到另一朵花，给住在每一朵花里的小精灵讲述那个被谋杀的年轻人的故事，他的头颅现在成了他们。

the little elf of the rose followed it, and flew fro flower to flower, tellg each little spirit that dwelt ihe story of the urdered young an, whose head now ford part of the earth beh the, and of the wicked brother and the poor sister.

“我们知道，” 花朵里的每一个小精灵都说，“我们知道，因为我们不是从被谋杀者的眼睛和嘴唇里长出来的吗。我们知道，我们知道。” 花朵们奇怪地频频点头。

“we know it,” said each little spiritthe flowers, “we know it, for have we not sprung fro the eyes and lips of the urdered one. we know it, we know it,” and the flowers nodded with their headsa peculiar anner.

玫瑰小精灵不明白它们怎么能在这件事情上如此平静，于是它飞到正在采蜜的蜜蜂那里，把那个邪恶的哥哥的事情告诉了它们。蜜蜂们又告诉了它们的蜂后，蜂后命令第二天早晨它们去杀死那个凶手。

the elf of the rose uld not uand how they uld rest so quietly iter, so he flew to the bees, whatherg honey, and told the of the wicked brother. And the bees told it to their queen, who ahat thethey should go and kill the urderer.

但是就在妹妹死后的第一个晚上，当哥哥在床上睡觉时，紧挨着他放置那株芳香茉莉花的地方，每一个花杯都张开了，花朵里的小精灵们悄无声息地溜了出来，拿着有毒的长矛。

but durg the night, the first after the sister’s death, while the brother was sleepghis bed, close to where he had pced the fragrant jase, every flower cup opened, and visibly the little spirits stole out, ard with poisono spears.

他们来到睡觉的人的耳边，给他带来可怕的梦境，然后飞到他的嘴唇上，用他们有毒的长矛刺他的舌头。“现在我们为死者报了仇。” 他们说着，飞回茉莉花的白色铃铛里。

they pced theselves by the ear of the sleeper, told hi dreadful dreas and then flew across his lips, and pricked his toh their poisoned spears. “Now have we revehe dead,” said they, and flew bato the white bells of the jase flowers.

早晨来临，窗户一打开，玫瑰小精灵和蜂后以及整个蜂群冲进去要杀死他。但是他已经死了。

when theca, and as soon as the doehe rose elf, with the queen bee, and the whole swar of bees, rhedto kill hi. but he was already dead.

人们围站在床边，都说茉莉花的香气把他给熏死了。这时玫瑰小精灵明白了花朵们的复仇，把这件事解释给蜂后听，于是她和整个蜂群在花盆周围嗡嗡叫着。蜜蜂们无法被赶走。

people were standg round the bed, and sayg that the st of the jase had killed hi. then the elf of the rose uood the revenge of the flowers, and expi to the queen bee, and she, with the whole swar, buzzed about the flower-pot. the bees uld not be driven a> 然后一个人把花盆拿起来要把它移走，一只蜜蜂蜇了他的手，于是他让花盆掉了下来，花盆摔得粉碎。

then a an took it up to reove it, and one of the bees stung hithe hand, so that he let the flower-pot fall, and it was broken to pieces.

这时每个人都看到了变白的头骨，他们知道床上的死人是个凶手。

then every one saw the whitened skull, and they khe dead anthe bed was a urderer.

蜂后在空中嗡嗡叫着，歌唱着花朵的复仇，歌唱着玫瑰小精灵，还说在最小的一片叶子后面住着一个能发现邪恶行为并加以惩罚的人。

And the queen bee hudthe air, and sang of the revenge of the flowers, and of the elf of the rose and said that behd the sallest leaf dwells one, whodisver evil deeds, and punish the also.