Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree

Once upon a time there was a king who had a wife, whose name was Silver-tree, and a daughter, whose name was Gold-tree. On a certain day of the days, Gold-tree and Silver-tree went to a glen, where there was a well, and in it there was a trout.

从前有一位国王，他的妻子名叫银树王后，女儿名叫金树公主。有一天，金树和银树一起来到一处山谷，那里有一口井，井里住着一条鳟鱼。

Said Silver-tree, "Troutie, bonny little fellow, am not I the most beautiful queen in the world?"

银树说道：“小鳟鱼啊，好心的小家伙，我难道不是天底下最美丽的王后吗？”

"Oh! indeed you are not."

“哦！您确实不是。”

"Who then?"

“那是谁呢？”

"Why, Gold-tree, your daughter."

“是您的女儿，金树公主呀。”

Silver-tree went home, blind with rage. She lay down on the bed, and vowed she would never be well until she could get the heart and the liver of Gold-tree, her daughter, to eat.

银树回到家中，气得两眼发黑。她躺倒在床上，发誓非得吃到女儿金树的心和肝，才肯病愈。

At nightfall the king came home, and it was told him that Silver-tree, his wife, was very ill. He went where she was, and asked her what was wrong with her.

到了傍晚，国王回到家中，有人告诉他，他的妻子银树病得很重。他便去看她，问她是哪里不舒服。

"Oh! only a thing—which you may heal if you like."

“哦！不过是件小事——只要你愿意，也是能治好的。”

"Oh! indeed there is nothing at all which I could do for you that I would not do."

“哦！只要是我能为你做的事，我没有一件不肯做的。”

"If I get the heart and the liver of Gold-tree, my daughter, to eat, I shall be well."

“要是我能吃到我女儿金树的心和肝，我这病就能好了。”

Now it happened about this time that the son of a great king had come from abroad to ask Gold-tree for marrying. The king now agreed to this, and they went abroad.

恰在这时，有一位大国的王子从外邦前来求娶金树公主。国王便答应了这门婚事，两人一同远赴异国。

The king then went and sent his lads to the hunting-hill for a he-goat, and he gave its heart and its liver to his wife to eat; and she rose well and healthy.

国王随后打发手下的年轻人到猎场去，捕来一只公山羊，把它的心和肝拿给妻子吃了；她这才好端端地起了床，恢复了健康。

A year after this Silver-tree went to the glen, where there was the well in which there was the trout.

过了一年，银树又来到那处山谷，来到那口住着鳟鱼的井边。

"Troutie, bonny little fellow," said she, "am not I the most beautiful queen in the world?"

“小鳟鱼啊，好心的小家伙，”她说道，“我难道不是天底下最美丽的王后吗？”

"Oh! indeed you are not."

“哦！您确实不是。”

"Who then?"

“那是谁呢？”

"Why, Gold-tree, your daughter."

“是您的女儿，金树公主呀。”

"Oh! well, it is long since she was living. It is a year since I ate her heart and liver."

“哦！怎么，她早就不在人世了。我一年前就吃了她的心和肝呀。”

"Oh! indeed she is not dead. She is married to a great prince abroad."

“哦！她其实并没有死。她已经嫁给了外邦的一位大王子。”

Silver-tree went home, and begged the king to put the long-ship in order, and said, "I am going to see my dear Gold-tree, for it is so long since I saw her." The long-ship was put in order, and they went away.

银树回到家中，恳求国王把那艘长船收拾妥当，说道：“我要去看看我亲爱的金树，我已经好久好久没见到她了。”长船收拾好了，两人便启程出发。

It was Silver-tree herself that was at the helm, and she steered the ship so well that they were not long at all before they arrived.

正是银树亲自掌舵，她把船驾驶得极好，没过多久他们便到达了目的地。

The prince was out hunting on the hills. Gold-tree knew the long-ship of her father coming.

那时王子正在山上打猎。金树一眼就认出了父亲的那艘长船正驶了过来。

"Oh!" said she to the servants, "my mother is coming, and she will kill me."

“哦！”她对仆人们说道，“我母亲来了，她会杀了我的。”

"She shall not kill you at all; we will lock you in a room where she cannot get near you."

“她绝不会杀了您，我们这就把您锁进一间她进不去的房间里。”

This is how it was done; and when Silver-tree came ashore, she began to cry out:

事情就这样办了；等银树上了岸，便开始喊叫起来：

"Come to meet your own mother, when she comes to see you," Gold-tree said that she could not, that she was locked in the room, and that she could not get out of it.

“快出来见见你自己的母亲吧，她可是特意来看你的呀，”银树说道。金树说自己出不去，她被锁在房间里，出不来。

"Will you not put out," said Silver-tree, "your little finger through the key-hole, so that your own mother may give a kiss to it?"

“那你愿不愿意，”银树说道，“把你的小拇指从锁孔里伸出来，让你自己的母亲亲一下呢？”

She put out her little finger, and Silver-tree went and put a poisoned stab in it, and Gold-tree fell dead.

金树便把小拇指伸了出去，银树趁机把一根蘸了毒药的针刺了进去，金树顿时倒地身亡。

When the prince came home, and found Gold-tree dead, he was in great sorrow, and when he saw how beautiful she was, he did not bury her at all, but he locked her in a room where nobody would get near her.

王子回家后发现金树死了，悲痛欲绝，又见她生得如此美丽，便没有把她埋葬，而是把她锁在一间谁也进不去的房间里。

In the course of time he married again, and the whole house was under the hand of this wife but one room, and he himself always kept the key of that room. On a certain day of the days he forgot to take the key with him, and the second wife got into the room. What did she see there but the most beautiful woman that she ever saw.

过了些日子，王子又续娶了一位妻子，家中一切事务都交由这位新妻子打理，唯独那间房间，钥匙一直由他自己保管着。有一天，他忘了随身带上钥匙，新妻子便走进了那间房间。她一进去，只见里头躺着一个她生平所见过的最美丽的女子。

She began to turn and try to wake her, and she noticed the poisoned stab in her finger. She took the stab out, and Gold-tree rose alive, as beautiful as she was ever.

她便开始翻动她的身子，想把她唤醒，这才注意到她手指上那根带毒的针。她把针拔了出来，金树顿时苏醒过来，活了过来，依旧和从前一样美丽。

At the fall of night the prince came home from the hunting-hill, looking very downcast.

到了傍晚，王子从猎场回来，脸色十分沮丧。

"What gift," said his wife, "would you give me that I could make you laugh?"

“你若送我一件礼物，”他的妻子说道，“能让你重新露出笑容，你愿意给我什么呢？”

"Oh! indeed, nothing could make me laugh, except Gold-tree were to come alive again."

“哦！说真的，除非金树能够复活，否则什么都无法让我笑出来。”

"Well, you'll find her alive down there in the room."

“好啊，你去那间房间瞧瞧吧，她已经活过来了。”

When the prince saw Gold-tree alive he made great rejoicings, and he began to kiss her, and kiss her, and kiss her. Said the second wife, "Since she is the first one you had it is better for you to stick to her, and I will go away."

王子一见金树复活，欣喜若狂，便一遍又一遍地吻她。新妻子说道：“既然她是你原先的妻子，你还是好好待她吧，我这就离开。”

"Oh! indeed you shall not go away, but I shall have both of you."

“哦！你绝不能离开，我要你们两个都留下来。”

At the end of the year, Silver-tree went to the glen, where there was the well, in which there was the trout.

一年过去了，银树又来到那处山谷，来到那口住着鳟鱼的井边。

"Troutie, bonny little fellow," said she, "am not I the most beautiful queen in the world?"

“小鳟鱼啊，好心的小家伙，”她说道，“我难道不是天底下最美丽的王后吗？”

"Oh! indeed you are not."

“哦！您确实不是。”

"Who then?"

“那是谁呢？”

"Why, Gold-tree, your daughter."

“是您的女儿，金树公主呀。”

"Oh! well, she is not alive. It is a year since I put the poisoned stab into her finger."

“哦！怎么，她已经不在人世了。我一年前才把毒针刺进她的手指呀。”

"Oh! indeed she is not dead at all, at all."

“哦！她根本一点儿都没死。”

Silver-tree, went home, and begged the king to put the long-ship in order, for that she was going to see her dear Gold-tree, as it was so long since she saw her. The long-ship was put in order, and they went away. It was Silver-tree herself that was at the helm, and she steered the ship so well that they were not long at all before they arrived.

银树回到家中，恳求国王把那艘长船收拾妥当，说她要去看看亲爱的金树，因为已经好久好久没见到她了。长船收拾好了，两人便启程出发。正是银树亲自掌舵，她把船驾驶得极好，没过多久他们便到达了目的地。

The prince was out hunting on the hills. Gold-tree knew her father's ship coming.

那时王子正在山上打猎。金树一眼就认出了父亲的那艘船正驶了过来。

"Oh!" said she, "my mother is coming, and she will kill me."

“哦！”她说道，“我母亲来了，她会杀了我的。”

"Not at all," said the second wife; "we will go down to meet her."

“绝不会的，”新妻子说道，“我们这就下去迎接她。”

Silver-tree came ashore. "Come down, Gold-tree, love," said she, "for your own mother has come to you with a precious drink."

银树上了岸。“下来吧，亲爱的金树，”她说道，“你自己的母亲特地给你带来了一杯珍贵的美酒呢。”

"It is a custom in this country," said the second wife, "that the person who offers a drink takes a draught out of it first."

“我们这个地方有个规矩，”新妻子说道，“凡是敬酒的人，都得自己先喝一口。”

Silver-tree put her mouth to it, and the second wife went and struck it so that some of it went down her throat, and she fell dead. They had only to carry her home a dead corpse and bury her.

银树把嘴凑了上去，新妻子猛地一撞，酒有些灌进了她的喉咙里，她顿时倒地身亡。众人只得把她的尸体运回家去，安葬了事。

The prince and his two wives were long alive after this, pleased and peaceful.

从此以后，王子和他的两位妻子长长久久地活了下去，安享太平岁月。

I left them there.

我便把他们留在了那里。