Now that no one else was at home, Cinderella went to her mother's grave beneath the hazel tree, and cried out: Shake and quiver, little tree, Throw gold and silver down to me.

现在,家里的人都走了,只留下灰姑娘孤伶伶地一个人悲伤地坐在榛树下哭泣: “榛树啊!请你帮帮我, 请你摇一摇, 为我抖落金银礼服一整套。”

Then the bird threw a gold and silver dress down to her, and slippers embroidered with silk and silver. She quickly put on the dress and went to the festival.

她的朋友小鸟从树上飞出来,为她带了一套金银制成的礼服和一双光亮的丝制舞鞋。收拾打扮、穿上礼服之后,灰姑娘在她两个姐妹之后来到了舞厅。

Her stepsisters and her stepmother did not recognize her. They thought she must be a foreign princess, for she looked so beautiful in the golden dress. They never once thought it was Cinderella, for they thought that she was sitting at home in the dirt, looking for lentils in the ashes.

她的姐姐们和继母都认不出她,以为她一定是一位陌生的公主,穿上豪华的礼服之后,她看起来是如此高雅、漂亮、美丽动人极了。她们根本就没有想到她就是灰姑娘,以为灰姑娘仍老老实实地待在家中的灰堆里呢。

The prince approached her, took her by the hand, and danced with her. Furthermore, he would dance with no one else. He never let go of her hand, and whenever anyone else came and asked her to dance, he would say, "She is my dance partner."

王子看到她,很快向她走来,伸出手挽着她,请她跳起舞来。他再也不和其他姑娘跳舞了,他的手始终不肯放开她。每当有人来请她跳舞时,王子总是说:“这位女士在与我跳舞。”

She danced until evening, and then she wanted to go home. But the prince said, "I will go along and escort you," for he wanted to see to whom the beautiful girl belonged. However, she eluded him and jumped into the pigeon coop. The prince waited until her father came, and then he told him that the unknown girl had jumped into the pigeon coop.

他们一起跳到很晚,她才想起要回家去了。王子想知道这位美丽的姑娘到底住在哪里,所以说道:“我送你回家去吧。”灰姑娘表面上同意了,但却趁他不注意时,悄悄地溜走,拔腿向家里跑去。王子在后面紧追不舍,她只好跳进鸽子房并把门关上。王子等在外面不肯离去,一直到她父亲回家时,王子才上前告诉他,说那位他在舞会上遇到的不知道姓名的姑娘藏进了这间鸽子房。

The old man thought, "Could it be Cinderella?"

父亲暗想:“难道是灰姑娘吗?”

He had them bring him an ax and a pick so that he could break the pigeon coop apart, but no one was inside. When they got home Cinderella was lying in the ashes, dressed in her dirty clothes. A dim little oil-lamp was burning in the fireplace. Cinderella had quickly jumped down from the back of the pigeon coop and had run to the hazel tree. There she had taken off her beautiful clothes and laid them on the grave, and the bird had taken them away again. Then, dressed in her gray smock, she had returned to the ashes in the kitchen.

於是,他要人去拿来一柄斧子,当他们砸开鸽子房门时,里面却已空无一人。父母进屋子时,灰姑娘已经身穿邋遢的衣服躺在灰堆边上了,昏暗的小油灯在烟囱柱上的墙洞里摇晃着。实际上,灰姑娘刚才很快穿过鸽子房来到榛树前脱下了漂亮的礼服,将它们放回树上,让小鸟把它们带走,自己则回到屋里坐到了灰堆上,穿上了她那灰色的外套。

The next day when the festival began anew, and her parents and her stepsisters had gone again, Cinderella went to the hazel tree and said: Shake and quiver, little tree, Throw gold and silver down to me.

第二天,当舞会又要开始时,她的爸爸、继母和两个姐妹都去了。灰姑娘来到树下说: “榛树啊!请你帮帮我, 请你摇一摇, 为我抖落金银礼服一整套。”

 

Then the bird threw down an even more magnificent dress than on the preceding day. When Cinderella appeared at the festival in this dress, everyone was astonished at her beauty. The prince had waited until she came, then immediately took her by the hand, and danced only with her. When others came and asked her to dance with them, he said, "She is my dance partner."

那只小鸟来了,它带来了一套比她前一天穿的那套更加漂亮的礼服。当她来到舞会大厅时,她的美丽使所有的人惊讶不已。一直在等待她到来的王子立即上前挽着她的手,请她跳起舞来。每当有人要请她跳舞时,他总是和前一天一样说:“这位女士在与我跳舞。”

When evening came she wanted to leave, and the prince followed her, wanting to see into which house she went. But she ran away from him and into the garden behind the house. A beautiful tall tree stood there, on which hung the most magnificent pears. She climbed as nimbly as a squirrel into the branches, and the prince did not know where she had gone. He waited until her father came, then said to him, "The unknown girl has eluded me, and I believe she has climbed up the pear tree.

到了半夜她要回家去的时候,王子也和前一天一样跟着她,以为这样可以看到她进了哪一幢房子。但她还是甩掉了他,并立即跳进了她父亲房子后面的花园里。花园里有一棵很漂亮的大梨树,树上结满了成熟的梨。灰姑娘不知道自己该藏在什么地方,只好爬到了树上。王子没有看到她,他不知道她去了哪儿,只好又一直等到她父亲回来,才走上前对他说:“那个与我跳舞的不知姓名的姑娘溜走了,我认为她肯定是跳上梨树去了。”

The father thought, "Could it be Cinderella?" He had an ax brought to him and cut down the tree, but no one was in it. When they came to the kitchen, Cinderella was lying there in the ashes as usual, for she had jumped down from the other side of the tree, had taken the beautiful dress back to the bird in the hazel tree, and had put on her gray smock.

父亲暗想:“难道是灰姑娘吗?”於是,他要人去拿来一柄斧子,把树砍倒了一看,树上根本没有人。当父亲和继母到厨房来看时,灰姑娘和平时一样正躺在灰烬里。原来她跳上梨树后,又从树的另一边溜下来,脱下漂亮的礼服,让榛树上的小鸟带了回去,然后又穿上了她自己的灰色小外套。

On the third day, when her parents and sisters had gone away, Cinderella went again to her mother's grave and said to the tree: Shake and quiver, little tree, Throw gold and silver down to me.

第三天,当她父亲、继母和两个姐妹走了以后,她又来到花园里说道: “榛树啊!请你帮帮我, 请你摇一摇, 为我抖落金银礼服一整套。”

This time the bird threw down to her a dress that was more splendid and magnificent than any she had yet had, and the slippers were of pure gold. When she arrived at the festival in this dress, everyone was so astonished that they did not know what to say. The prince danced only with her, and whenever anyone else asked her to dance, he would say, "She is my dance partner."

她善良的朋友又带来了一套比第二天那套更加漂亮的礼服和一双纯金编制的舞鞋。当她赶到舞会现场时,大家都被她那无法用语言表达的美给惊呆了。王子只与她一个人跳舞,每当有其他人请她跳舞时,他总是说:“这位女士是我的舞伴。”

When evening came Cinderella wanted to leave, and the prince tried to escort her, but she ran away from him so quickly that he could not follow her. The prince, however, had set a trap. He had had the entire stairway smeared with pitch. When she ran down the stairs, her left slipper stuck in the pitch. The prince picked it up. It was small and dainty, and of pure gold.

当午夜快要来临时,她要回家了,王子又要送她回去,并暗暗说道:“这次我可不能让她跑掉了。”然而,灰姑娘还是设法从他身边溜走了。由於走得过於匆忙,她竟把左脚的金舞鞋失落在楼梯上了。王子将舞鞋拾起。这只鞋又小又漂亮,是纯金打造的。