第41章 邪恶的王子 The Wicked Prince (第1/6页)

《邪恶的王子》，1840 年

the wicked prince, 1840

从前有一个邪恶的王子，他一心想要征服世界上所有的国家，并且恐吓人民；他用火与剑蹂躏他们的国家，他的士兵践踏田野里的庄稼，放火烧毁农民的茅屋，以至于火焰舔舐着树枝上的绿叶，果实干枯地挂在烧焦的黑树上。

there lived once upon a time a wicked prince whose heart and mind were set upon conquering all the countries of the world, and on frightening the people; he devastated their countries with fire and sword, and his soldiers trod down the crops in the fields and destroyed the peasants’ huts by fire, so that the flames licked the green leaves off the branches, and the fruit hung dried up on the singed black trees.

许多可怜的母亲怀里抱着赤裸的婴儿，逃到她那小屋仍在冒烟的墙壁后面；但士兵们也追到了那里，当他们找到她时，她就成了他们恶魔般享乐的新养料；魔鬼也不可能比这些士兵干出更坏的事了！而王子却认为这一切都是对的，认为事情就该如此发展。

many a poor mother fled, her naked baby in her arms, behind the still smoking walls of her cottage; but also there the soldiers followed her, and when they found her, she served as new nourishment to their diabolical enjoyments; demons could not possibly have done worse things than these soldiers! the prince was of opinion that all this was right, and that it was only the natural course which things ought to take.

他的权势与日俱增，所有人都惧怕他的名字，而且命运也眷顾他的所作所为。

his power increased day by day, his name was feared by all, and fortune favoured his deeds.

他从被征服的城镇带回了巨额财富，逐渐在他的住所积累了别处无法比拟的财富。

he brought enormous wealth home from the conquered towns, and gradually accumulated in his residence riches which could nowhere be equalled.

他建造了宏伟的宫殿、教堂和大厅，所有看到这些壮丽建筑和巨额财宝的人都赞叹道