[翻译大赛NO.3] The Golden Ball / 金球

The Golden Ball
                                                                                  金球
THERE were two lasses, daughters of one mother, and as they came from the fair, they saw a right bonny young man stand at the house-door before them. They never saw such a bonny man before. He had gold on his cap, gold on his finger, gold on his neck, a red gold watch-chain -- eh! but he had brass. He had a golden ball in each hand. He gave a ball to each lass, and she was to keep it, and if she lost it, she was to be hanged. One of the lasses, 'twas the youngest, lost her ball. I'll tell thee how. She was by a park paling, and she was tossing her ball, and it went up, and up, and up, till it went fair over the paling; and when she climbed up to look, the ball ran along the green grass, and it went right forward to the door of the house, and the ball went in and she saw it no more.
从前有两个姑娘，她们是亲姐妹。一天她们从集市回来，看到家门口站着一个英俊无比的小伙子。她们从没见过这么英俊的男子。他的帽子上插着金别针，手指上戴着金戒指，脖子上挂着金坠子，胸前还垂着一条红色的金表链——哇噻！不过，他也有黄铜哦。他的两只手里各拿着一个金色的球。他给两个姑娘每人一个球，让她们好好保管，如果谁弄丢了球，就要被绞死。年纪最小的姑娘还是弄丢了她的球。原来有一天，她在公园的篱笆旁边玩，不断向上抛着球，一次比一次抛得高，最后球飞过了篱笆。姑娘爬上篱笆去找球，只见球沿着草地向前滚去，一直滚到一个房子门口，钻了进去，就再也看不见了。

So she was taken away to be hanged by the neck till she was dead because she'd lost her ball.
于是姑娘被带走了，因为弄丢了球，她将被绞死。

But she had a sweetheart, and he said he would go and get the ball. So he went to the park gate, but 'twas shut; so he climbed the hedge, and when he got to the top of the hedge, an old woman rose up out of the dyke before him, and said, if he wanted to get the ball, he must sleep three nights in the house. He said he would.
姑娘有个心上人，他说一定要为姑娘找回那个球。他来到公园门口，但大门关上了；于是他爬上了篱笆，当他爬到篱笆顶部时，一个老妇人从水沟里冒了出来，对他说如果他想找回那个球，他必须在那个房子里睡上三晚。他答应了。

Then he went into the house, and looked for the ball, but could not find it. Night came on and he heard bogles move in the courtyard; so he looked out o' the window, and the yard was full of them.
然后他走进房子去找球，但没找到。夜幕降临了，他听到妖怪们在院子里活动了；他向窗外望去，院子里到处都是妖怪。

Presently he heard steps coming upstairs. He hid behind the door, and was as still as a mouse. Then in came a big giant five times as tall as he, and the giant looked round but did not see the lad, so he went to the window and bowed to look out; and as he bowed on his elbows to see the bogles in the yard, the lad stepped behind him, and with one blow of his sword he cut him in twain, so that the top part of him fell in the yard, and the bottom part stood looking out of the window.
这会儿他听见妖怪上楼梯的脚步声了。他躲到门后，静得象只耗子。一个有他五倍大小的巨人进来了，他东张张、西望望，没有发现小伙子，于是来到窗前，弯腰向外张望。当他支起双肘、弯腰去看院里的同伴时，小伙子悄悄来到他身后，一剑把他劈成两半，他的上半身落到院子里了，下半身还趴在窗户前，摆着向外张望的姿势。

There was a great cry from the bogles when they saw half the giant come tumbling down to them, and they called out, 'There comes half our master; give us the other half.'
当巨人的半截身体滚到妖怪们跟前，他们发出一声尖叫，然后大声喊道：“师傅的身体只有半截，把另外半截也还给我们。”

So the lad said, 'It's no use of thee, thou pair of legs, standing alone at the window, as thou hast no eye to see with, so go join thy brother'; and he cast the lower part of the giant after the top part. Now when the bogles had gotten all the giant they were quiet.
小伙子对着巨人的尸体说：“留着你也没用，只剩两条腿了，孤零零地站在窗前，也没有眼睛可以看了，还是回到你兄弟那里去吧”；他把巨人的下半截身体也扔了出去。拿回了巨人的完整尸体，妖怪们现在安静了。

Next night the lad was at the house again, and now a second giant came in at the door, and as he came in the lad cut him in twain, but the legs walked on to the chimney and went up it. 'Go, get thee after thy legs,' said the lad to the head, and he cast the head up the chimney, too.
第二天晚上，小伙子又进了房子，当晚又有一个巨人走进房门口，刚进来就被小伙子劈成两半了，但他的两条腿却爬上了烟囱。“去，跟你的腿作个伴吧，”小伙子对巨人的头说，然后把巨人的头也扔到烟囱上了。

The third night the lad got into bed, and he heard the bogles striving under the bed, and they had the ball there, and they were casting it to and fro.
第三天晚上，小伙子爬到了床上，他听见妖怪们在床下闹个不停，他们拿着那个球，把它扔过来又扔过去。

Now one of them has his leg thrust out from under the bed, so the lad brings his sword down and cuts it off. Then another thrusts his arm out at other side of the bed, and the lad cuts that off. So at last he had maimed them all, and they all went crying and wailing off, and forgot the ball, but he took it from under the bed, and went to seek his true-love.
后来一个妖怪从床底下伸出了他的腿，小伙子挥剑一砍，把那条腿砍下来了。然后另一个妖怪从床下另一侧伸出了他的手臂，小伙子又把那条手臂也砍下来了。最后，他把所有的妖怪都砍成了残废，妖怪们又哭又叫，也顾不上那个球了。小伙子把球从床下取出来，跑去救他心爱的姑娘。

Now the lass was taken to York to be hanged; she was brought out on the scaffold, and the hangman said, 'Now, lass, thou must hang by the neck till thou be'st dead.' But she cried out:
现在姑娘被带到约克镇去受绞刑；她被押上了绞刑台，刽子手说：“姑娘，你现在必须被绞死。”但姑娘大声叫道：

'Stop, stop, I think I see my mother coming!
O mother, hast brought my golden ball
And come to set me free?'

'I've neither brought thy golden ball
Nor come to set thee free,
But I have come to see thee hung
Upon this gallows-tree.'
“等一下，等一下，我看见我妈妈了！
哦，妈妈，你把我的金球带来了吗？
你是来救我的吗？”

“我没有把金球带来，
我也救不了你。
在你上绞架的时候，
我要来看你最后一眼。”

Then the hangman said, 'Now, lass, say thy prayers, for thou must die.' But she said:
刽子手说：“姑娘，现在做祷告吧，因为你必须死了。”但姑娘说：

'Stop, stop, I think I see my father coming!
O father, hast brought my golden ball
And come to set me free?'

'I've neither brought thy golden ball
Nor come to set thee free,
But I have come to see thee hung
Upon this gallows-tree.'
“等一下，等一下，我看见我爸爸了！
哦，爸爸，你把我的金球带来了吗？
你是来救我的吗？”

“我没有把金球带来，
我也救不了你。
在你上绞架的时候，
我要来看你最后一眼。”

Then the hangman said, 'Hast thee done thy prayers? Now, lass, put thy head into the noose.'
刽子手又说：“祷告做完了吗？姑娘，现在把头伸进套索里。”

But she answered, 'Stop, stop, I think I see my brother coming!' And again she sang, and then she thought she saw her sister coming, then her uncle, then her aunt, then her cousin; but after this the hangman said, 'I will stop no longer; thou'rt making game of me. Thou must be hung at once.'
但是姑娘回答：“等一下，等一下，我看见我哥哥了！”她又唱了起来，然后她说看见她姐姐了，接着又说看见她叔叔、她姨妈、她表弟了。最后刽子手说：“我不能再等了；你在耍我呢。必须马上绞死你。”

But now she saw her sweetheart coming through the crowd, and he held over his head in the air her own golden ball; so she said:
但是姑娘现在看到她的心上人了，他正穿过人群向她走来，他把姑娘的金球高高地举过头顶；于是她说：

'Stop, stop, I see my sweetheart coming!
Sweetheart, hast brought my golden ball
And come to set me free?'

'Aye, I have brought thy golden ball
And come to set thee free,
I have not come to see thee hung
Upon this gallows-tree.'
“等一下，等一下，我看见我的心上人了！
亲爱的，你把我的金球带来了吗？
你是来救我的吗？”

“是啊，我把金球带来了
我是来救你的。
我不会让你
在绞架上受刑。”

And he took her home, and they lived happy ever after.
小伙子领着姑娘回家了，从此他们过上了幸福的生活。