It is in the hot lands that the sun burns, sure enough! there the people become quite a mahogany brown, ay, and in the HOTTEST lands they are burnt to Negroes. But now it was only to the HOT lands that a learned man had come from the cold; there he thought that he could run about just as when at home, but he soon found out his mistake.
果然是在炎热的土地上，太阳在燃烧！那里的人们 变成桃花心木棕色，是的，在最热的土地上它们是 烧死黑人。但现在，只有到了炎热的土地，博学的人才能 人已经从寒冷中走出来了；他认为他可以在那里到处跑 就像在家里一样，但他很快就发现了自己的错误。
He, and all sensible folks, were obliged to stay within doors--the window-shutters and doors were closed the whole day; it looked as if the whole house slept, or there was no one at home.
他和所有明智的人都被迫呆在家里—— 百叶窗和门一整天都关着。看起来好像 整个屋子都睡了，或者说家里没有人。
The narrow street with the high houses, was built so that the sunshine must fall there from morning till evening--it was really not to be borne.
狭窄的街道和高高的房屋，是为阳光而建的 必须从早到晚都掉在那里——实在不行 承担。
The learned man from the cold lands--he was a young man, and seemed to be a clever man--sat in a glowing oven; it took effect on him, he became quite meagre--even his shadow shrunk in, for the sun had also an effect on it. It was first towards evening when the sun was down, that they began to freshen up again.
这位来自寒冷之地的博学之士——他是一位年轻人，而且似乎 做一个聪明人——坐在炽热的烤箱里；这对他产生了影响，他变成了 相当微弱——连他的影子都缩小了，因为阳光也有影响 在它上面。傍晚时分，太阳刚刚落山，他们 又开始精神焕发。
In the warm lands every window has a balcony, and the people came out on all the balconies in the street--for one must have air, even if one be accustomed to be mahogany!* It was lively both up and down the street. Tailors, and shoemakers, and all the folks, moved out into the street--chairs and tables were brought forth--and candles burnt--yes, above a thousand lights were burning--and the one talked and the other sung; and people walked and church-bells rang, and asses went along with a dingle-dingle-dong! for they too had bells on. The street boys were screaming and hooting, and shouting and shooting, with devils and detonating balls--and there came corpse bearers and hood wearers--for there were funerals with psalm and hymn--and then the din of carriages driving and company arriving: yes, it was, in truth, lively enough down in the street. Only in that single house, which stood opposite that in which the learned foreigner lived, it was quite still; and yet some one lived there, for there stood flowers in the balcony--they grew so well in the sun's heat! and that they could not do unless they were watered--and some one must water them--there must be somebody there. The door opposite was also opened late in the evening, but it was dark within, at least in the front room; further in there was heard the sound of music. The learned foreigner thought it quite marvellous, but now--it might be that he only imagined it--for he found everything marvellous out there, in the warm lands, if there had only been no sun. The stranger's landlord said that he didn't know who had taken the house opposite, one saw no person about, and as to the music, it appeared to him to be extremely tiresome. “It is as if some one sat there, and practised a piece that he could not master--always the same piece. 'I shall master it!' says he; but yet he cannot master it, however long he plays.”
在温暖的土地上，每扇窗户都有一个阳台，人们从阳台上出来 街上所有的阳台——因为必须有空气，即使是一个 习惯了桃花心木！*上下都很热闹 街道。裁缝、鞋匠和所有的人都搬到了 街道——椅子和桌子被拿出来——蜡烛被点燃——是的， 一千多盏灯都在燃烧——一个人说话，另一个人说话 唱；人们行走，教堂钟声响起，驴子也跟着走 丁格尔东！因为他们也敲响了钟声。街头男孩们是 尖叫、叫喊、喊叫、射击，与魔鬼和 引爆炸弹——还有抬尸者和戴兜帽的人—— 有伴随着圣歌和赞美诗的葬礼——然后是马车的喧闹声 开车和同伴到达：是的，事实上，这里很热闹 在街上。只在那栋房子对面， 这位博学的外国人所住的地方十分安静。还有一个 住在那里，因为阳台上有花——它们长得这么大 好在阳光下！除非他们 浇水——必须有人浇水——那里一定有人。 对面的门也是晚上很晚才打开的，但是天黑了 在里面，至少在前室；更远的地方听到了声音 的音乐。这位博学的外国人觉得这很了不起，但现在—— 也许这只是他的想象——因为他发现一切都很奇妙 那里，在温暖的土地上，如果没有阳光就好了。的 陌生人房东称不知道房子被谁拿走了 对面，没人看见，至于音乐，似乎 对他来说是极其烦人的。 “就好像有人坐在那里， 练习一首他无法掌握的曲子——总是同一首曲子。 '我 一定会掌握它的！他说；但无论他掌握多久，他都无法掌握它 演奏。”
The word mahogany can be understood, in Danish, as having two meanings. In general, it means the reddish-brown wood itself; but in jest, it signifies “excessively fine,” which arose from an anecdote of Nyboder, in Copenhagen, (the seamen's quarter.) A sailor's wife, who was always proud and fine, in her way, came to her neighbor, and complained that she had got a splinter in her finger. “What of?” asked the neighbor's wife. “It is a mahogany splinter,” said the other. “Mahogany! It cannot be less with you!” exclaimed the woman--and thence the proverb, “It is so mahogany!”--(that is, so excessively fine)--is derived.
* 在丹麦语中，“桃花心木”一词可以理解为有两个 含义。一般来说，是指红棕色的木材本身；但在 开玩笑，它的意思是“非常好”，源于一则轶事 尼博德（Nyboder），位于哥本哈根（海员区）。一位水手的妻子， 总是骄傲而美好，以她的方式，来到她的邻居面前，抱怨 她的手指上扎了一根碎片。 “什么？”问道 邻居的妻子。 “这是一块桃花心木碎片，”另一个说。 “桃花心木！ 和你在一起也不能少啊！”女人惊呼道——然后 谚语，“真是桃花心木！”——（即，太细了）——是 派生。
One night the stranger awoke--he slept with the doors of the balcony open--the curtain before it was raised by the wind, and he thought that a strange lustre came from the opposite neighbor's house; all the flowers shone like flames, in the most beautiful colors, and in the midst of the flowers stood a slender, graceful maiden--it was as if she also shone; the light really hurt his eyes. He now opened them quite wide--yes, he was quite awake; with one spring he was on the floor; he crept gently behind the curtain, but the maiden was gone; the flowers shone no longer, but there they stood, fresh and blooming as ever; the door was ajar, and, far within, the music sounded so soft and delightful, one could really melt away in sweet thoughts from it. Yet it was like a piece of enchantment. And who lived there? Where was the actual entrance? The whole of the ground-floor was a row of shops, and there people could not always be running through.
一天晚上，陌生人醒来——他睡在阳台的门上 打开——在风吹起窗帘之前，他想 对面邻居的房子发出奇怪的光彩；所有的 花朵像火焰一样闪烁着最美丽的色彩， 花丛中站着一位亭亭玉立的少女，仿佛她 也闪闪发光；光线确实刺痛了他的眼睛。他现在完全打开了它们 宽——是的，他很清醒；他一弹，就倒在了地板上。他 轻轻地爬到帘子后面，但少女却不见了；鲜花 不再发光，但它们仍站在那里，一如既往地新鲜、绽放。 门半开着，里面很远的地方，音乐听起来那么轻柔而柔和。 令人愉快的，一个人真的会沉浸在甜蜜的想法中。然而 这就像一个结界。谁住在那里？哪里是 实际入口？整个底层都是一排商店， 人们不可能总是跑过去。
One evening the stranger sat out on the balcony. The light burnt in the room behind him; and thus it was quite natural that his shadow should fall on his opposite neighbor's wall. Yes! there it sat, directly opposite, between the flowers on the balcony; and when the stranger moved, the shadow also moved: for that it always does.
一天晚上，陌生人坐在阳台上。灯火燃烧在 他身后的房间；因此他的影子很自然 跌倒在对面邻居的墙上。是的！它坐在那里，直接 对面，阳台上的花丛之间；而当陌生人 移动了，影子也移动了：它总是如此。
“I think my shadow is the only living thing one sees over there,” said the learned man. “See, how nicely it sits between the flowers. The door stands half-open: now the shadow should be cunning, and go into the room, look about, and then come and tell me what it had seen. Come, now! Be useful, and do me a service,” said he, in jest. “Have the kindness to step in. Now! Art thou going?” and then he nodded to the shadow, and the shadow nodded again. “Well then, go! But don't stay away.”
“我认为我的影子是人们在那里看到的唯一的生物，”说 博学的人。 “看，它坐落在花丛之间多漂亮啊。门 半开着：现在影子应该很狡猾，走进去 房间里，环顾四周，然后过来告诉我它看到了什么。来吧，现在！ 做个有用的人，为我服务吧。”他开玩笑地说。 “有仁慈 介入。现在！你去吗？然后他向影子点点头，然后 影子又点了点头。 “那么，走吧！但不要离开。”
The stranger rose, and his shadow on the opposite neighbor's balcony rose also; the stranger turned round and the shadow also turned round. Yes! if anyone had paid particular attention to it, they would have seen, quite distinctly, that the shadow went in through the half-open balcony-door of their opposite neighbor, just as the stranger went into his own room, and let the long curtain fall down after him.
陌生人站了起来，他的影子落在对面邻居的阳台上 玫瑰也;陌生人转过身来，影子也转过身来。 是的！如果有人特别注意它，他们就会 可以清楚地看到，影子是从半开的窗子里进来的。 对面邻居的阳台门，就在陌生人走进去时 他自己的房间，让长长的窗帘在他身后落下。
Next morning, the learned man went out to drink coffee and read the newspapers.
第二天早上，这位博学的人出去喝咖啡并阅读 报纸。
“What is that?” said he, as he came out into the sunshine. “I have no shadow! So then, it has actually gone last night, and not come again. It is really tiresome!”
“那是什么？”当他走到阳光下时，他说道。 “我没有 影子！那么，昨晚它其实已经过去了，并且没有再来。它 实在是太累了！”
This annoyed him: not so much because the shadow was gone, but because he knew there was a story about a man without a shadow.* It was known to everybody at home, in the cold lands; and if the learned man now came there and told his story, they would say that he was imitating it, and that he had no need to do. He would, therefore, not talk about it at all; and that was wisely thought.
这让他很恼火：并不是因为影子消失了，而是因为 他知道有一个关于一个没有影子的人的故事。*众所周知 致家乡的每个人，在寒冷的土地上；如果那位博学的人现在来了 在那里讲述他的故事，他们会说他在模仿，并且 他没有必要这样做。因此，他不会在 全部；这是明智的想法。
*Peter Schlemihl, the shadowless man.
*彼得施勒米尔，无影人。
In the evening he went out again on the balcony. He had placed the light directly behind him, for he knew that the shadow would always have its master for a screen, but he could not entice it. He made himself little; he made himself great: but no shadow came again. He said, “Hem! hem!” but it was of no use.
晚上，他又出去到阳台上。他把灯放在 就在他身后，因为他知道影子总会有它的踪迹。 主人想要一个屏幕，但他无法引诱它。他把自己变得渺小； 他使自己变得伟大：但没有阴影再次出现。他说：“哼！哼！” 但这没有用。
It was vexatious; but in the warm lands everything grows so quickly; and after the lapse of eight days he observed, to his great joy, that a new shadow came in the sunshine. In the course of three weeks he had a very fair shadow, which, when he set out for his home in the northern lands, grew more and more in the journey, so that at last it was so long and so large, that it was more than sufficient.
这真是令人烦恼。但在温暖的土地上，一切都生长得很快；和 八天过去后，令他非常高兴的是，他发现了一个新的 影子来到了阳光下。在三个星期的时间里，他度过了一段非常愉快的时光。 美丽的影子，当他启程前往北方的家乡时， 在旅途中成长得越来越多，最后变得如此漫长如此 大，这已经绰绰有余了。
The learned man then came home, and he wrote books about what was true in the world, and about what was good and what was beautiful; and there passed days and years--yes! many years passed away.
然后这位博学的人回家了，他写了一些关于真实事物的书 世界上什么是善，什么是美；在那里 几天又几年过去了——是的！很多年过去了。
One evening, as he was sitting in his room, there was a gentle knocking at the door.
一天晚上，当他坐在自己的房间里时，有人轻轻敲门。 在门口。
“Come in!” said he; but no one came in; so he opened the door, and there stood before him such an extremely lean man, that he felt quite strange. As to the rest, the man was very finely dressed--he must be a gentleman.
“进来！”他说；但没有人进来；于是他打开门，然后 眼前站着一个如此瘦弱的男人，让他感觉很奇怪。 至于其他的，这个男人穿着非常考究，想必是位绅士。
“Whom have I the honor of speaking?” asked the learned man.
“我有幸向谁讲话？”这位博学的人问道。
“Yes! I thought as much,” said the fine man. “I thought you would not know me. I have got so much body. I have even got flesh and clothes. You certainly never thought of seeing me so well off. Do you not know your old shadow? You certainly thought I should never more return. Things have gone on well with me since I was last with you. I have, in all respects, become very well off. Shall I purchase my freedom from service? If so, I can do it”; and then he rattled a whole bunch of valuable seals that hung to his watch, and he stuck his hand in the thick gold chain he wore around his neck--nay! how all his fingers glittered with diamond rings; and then all were pure gems.
“是的！我也是这么想的。”好人说道。 “我以为你不会 认识我。我有这么多的身体。我什至还有肉和衣服。你 当然从来没有想到过我会过得这么好。你不知道你的 老影子？你肯定认为我不应该再回来了。事物 自从我上次和你在一起以来，我们相处得很好。我总共有 尊重，变得非常富裕。我应该购买我的自由吗？ 服务？如果是的话，我可以做到”；然后他惊动了一大堆 他的手表上挂着珍贵的封条，他把手伸进手表里。 他脖子上戴着粗金链子——不！他的手指怎么了 闪闪发光的钻戒；然后一切都是纯净的宝石。
“Nay; I cannot recover from my surprise!” said the learned man. “What is the meaning of all this?”
“不，我无法从惊讶中恢复过来！”这位博学的人说。 “什么是 这一切的意义是什么？”
“Something common, is it not,” said the shadow. “But you yourself do not belong to the common order; and I, as you know well, have from a child followed in your footsteps. As soon as you found I was capable to go out alone in the world, I went my own way. I am in the most brilliant circumstances, but there came a sort of desire over me to see you once more before you die; you will die, I suppose? I also wished to see this land again--for you know we always love our native land. I know you have got another shadow again; have I anything to pay to it or you? If so, you will oblige me by saying what it is.”
“这很常见，不是吗？”影子说道。 “但你自己不 属于普通秩序；正如你所知，我从小就有 追随你的脚步。一旦你发现我有能力离开 独自一人在世界上，我走自己的路。我在最辉煌的时候 但我有一种想见你一次的渴望 在你死之前更多；我想你会死吧？我也想看到这个 再次登陆——因为你知道我们永远热爱我们的祖国。我知道你有 又多了一个影子；我或你有什么要付的吗？如果是这样的话， 你就请告诉我那是什么吧。”
“Nay, is it really thou?” said the learned man. “It is most remarkable: I never imagined that one's old shadow could come again as a man.”
“不，真的是你吗？”这位博学的人说。 “最值得注意的是： 没想到，自己的旧影竟然会以男人的身份再次出现。”
“Tell me what I have to pay,” said the shadow; “for I don't like to be in any sort of debt.”
“告诉我我必须付出什么代价，”影子说道。 “因为我不喜欢成为 任何形式的债务。”
“How canst thou talk so?” said the learned man. “What debt is there to talk about? Make thyself as free as anyone else. I am extremely glad to hear of thy good fortune: sit down, old friend, and tell me a little how it has gone with thee, and what thou hast seen at our opposite neighbor's there--in the warm lands.”
“你怎么能这样说话？”这位博学的人说。 “有什么债务 谈论什么？让自己像其他人一样自由。我非常高兴 听听你的好运气：坐下来，老朋友，告诉我一点 你的情况如何，以及你在我们对面看到了什么 邻居就在那里——在温暖的土地上。”
“Yes, I will tell you all about it,” said the shadow, and sat down: “but then you must also promise me, that, wherever you may meet me, you will never say to anyone here in the town that I have been your shadow. I intend to get betrothed, for I can provide for more than one family.”
“是的，我会告诉你一切，”影子说，然后坐下来：“但是 那么你也必须向我保证，无论你在哪里遇见我，你都会 永远不要对镇上的任何人说我是你的影子。我 我打算订婚，因为我可以养活多个家庭。”
“Be quite at thy ease about that,” said the learned man; “I shall not say to anyone who thou actually art: here is my hand--I promise it, and a man's bond is his word.”
“对此你放心吧，”这位博学的人说。 “我不会 对任何真正的你说：这是我的手——我保证，并且 一个人的契约就是他的诺言。”
“A word is a shadow,” said the shadow, “and as such it must speak.”
“一个词就是一个影子，”影子说，“因此它必须说话。”
It was really quite astonishing how much of a man it was. It was dressed entirely in black, and of the very finest cloth; it had patent leather boots, and a hat that could be folded together, so that it was bare crown and brim; not to speak of what we already know it had--seals, gold neck-chain, and diamond rings; yes, the shadow was well-dressed, and it was just that which made it quite a man.
这是一个多么令人惊讶的男人。原来是穿着的 全部采用黑色，采用最优质的布料；它有漆皮 靴子，还有一顶可以折叠在一起的帽子，这样就裸露在外了 冠和帽沿；更不用说我们已经知道它有什么了——海豹、黄金 颈链、钻戒；是的，影子穿得很考究，而且 正是这一点使它成为一个真正的男人。
“Now I shall tell you my adventures,” said the shadow; and then he sat, with the polished boots, as heavily as he could, on the arm of the learned man's new shadow, which lay like a poodle-dog at his feet. Now this was perhaps from arrogance; and the shadow on the ground kept itself so still and quiet, that it might hear all that passed: it wished to know how it could get free, and work its way up, so as to become its own master.
“现在我要告诉你我的冒险经历了，”影子说。然后他 穿着擦得锃亮的靴子，尽可能重地坐在那人的手臂上。 学会了人类的新影子，它像贵宾犬一样躺在他的脚下。 现在这也许是出于傲慢；地面上的影子一直在 它本身如此安静，以至于它可以听到发生的一切：它希望 知道它如何获得自由，并努力向上，从而成为它的 自己的主人。
“Do you know who lived in our opposite neighbor's house?” said the shadow. “It was the most charming of all beings, it was Poesy! I was there for three weeks, and that has as much effect as if one had lived three thousand years, and read all that was composed and written; that is what I say, and it is right. I have seen everything and I know everything!”
“你知道我们对面邻居家住着谁吗？”说 影子。 “这是所有生物中最迷人的，它是诗！我是 在那里待了三个星期，其效果就像一个人曾经住过一样 三千年来，阅读所有被撰写和书写的内容； 我就是这么说的，这是对的。我已经看到了一切并且我知道 一切！
“Poesy!” cried the learned man. “Yes, yes, she often dwells a recluse in large cities! Poesy! Yes, I have seen her--a single short moment, but sleep came into my eyes! She stood on the balcony and shone as the Aurora Borealis shines. Go on, go on--thou wert on the balcony, and went through the doorway, and then--”
“诗！”这位博学的人喊道。 “是的，是的，她经常隐居 在大城市！诗意！是的，我见过她——一个短暂的时刻， 但睡意进入了我的眼睛！她站在阳台上，闪闪发光 北极光闪闪发光。继续，继续——你在阳台上，然后走了 穿过门口，然后——”
“Then I was in the antechamber,” said the shadow. “You always sat and looked over to the antechamber. There was no light; there was a sort of twilight, but the one door stood open directly opposite the other through a long row of rooms and saloons, and there it was lighted up. I should have been completely killed if I had gone over to the maiden; but I was circumspect, I took time to think, and that one must always do.”
“然后我就在前厅了。”影子说道。 “你总是坐着 望向前厅。没有光；没有光。有一种 暮色中，但一扇门正对着另一扇开着 穿过一长排房间和客厅，那里灯火通明。我 如果我去找少女的话，我就应该被彻底杀死了。但是 我很谨慎，我花时间思考，而且人们必须始终这样做。”
“And what didst thou then see?” asked the learned man.
“然后你看到了什么？”这位博学的人问道。
“I saw everything, and I shall tell all to you: but--it is no pride on my part--as a free man, and with the knowledge I have, not to speak of my position in life, my excellent circumstances--I certainly wish that you would say YOU* to me!”
“我看到了一切，我会告诉你一切：但是——这并不值得骄傲 我的职责——作为一个自由人，凭借我所拥有的知识，更不用说 我的人生地位，我的优越环境——我当然希望 你会对我说你*！”
It is the custom in Denmark for intimate acquaintances to use the second person singular, “Du,” (thou) when speaking to each other. When a friendship is formed between men, they generally affirm it, when occasion offers, either in public or private, by drinking to each other and exclaiming, “thy health,” at the same time striking their glasses together. This is called drinking “Duus”: they are then, “Duus Brodre,” (thou brothers) and ever afterwards use the pronoun “thou,” to each other, it being regarded as more familiar than “De,” (you). Father and mother, sister and brother say thou to one another--without regard to age or rank. Master and mistress say thou to their servants the superior to the inferior. But servants and inferiors do not use the same term to their masters, or superiors--nor is it ever used when speaking to a stranger, or anyone with whom they are but slightly acquainted--they then say as in English--you.
* 丹麦有亲密的熟人之间使用 彼此交谈时使用第二人称单数“Du”（你）。当 友谊是人与人之间形成的，他们通常会在以下情况下肯定这一点： 场合，无论是在公共场合还是私人场合，通过互相喝酒来提供 一边敲着眼镜一边喊着“你的健康” 在一起。这被称为喝“Duus”：他们当时是“Duus Brodre”， （你们兄弟）此后使用代词“你们”来称呼每个人 另外，它被认为比“德”（你）更熟悉。父亲和 母亲、姐妹和兄弟互相说你——不考虑 年龄或等级。主人和女主人对他们的仆人说：上级 给下等人。但仆人和下级不使用同一个词 对他们的主人或上级说话时也不会使用它 陌生人，或者任何与他们只是稍微熟悉的人——他们 然后用英语说——你。
“I beg your pardon,” said the learned man; “it is an old habit with me. YOU are perfectly right, and I shall remember it; but now you must tell me all YOU saw!”
“请原谅，”学者说道。 “这是我的一个老习惯。 你说得完全正确，我会记住的；但现在你必须告诉 你看到的都是我！”
“Everything!” said the shadow. “For I saw everything, and I know everything!”
“一切！”影子说道。 “因为我看到了一切，而且我知道 一切！
“How did it look in the furthest saloon?” asked the learned man. “Was it there as in the fresh woods? Was it there as in a holy church? Were the saloons like the starlit firmament when we stand on the high mountains?”
“最远的酒吧里看起来怎么样？”这位博学的人问道。 “是吗？ 那里就像在新鲜的树林里一样吗？那里就像在一座神圣的教堂里吗？是 酒馆就像我们站在高山上时的星空一样？”
“Everything was there!” said the shadow. “I did not go quite in, I remained in the foremost room, in the twilight, but I stood there quite well; I saw everything, and I know everything! I have been in the antechamber at the court of Poesy.”
“一切都在那里！”影子说道。 “我并没有完全进去，我 留在最前面的房间里，在暮色中，但我站在那里 很好；我看到了一切，我知道了一切！我曾在 波西宫廷的前厅。”
“But WHAT DID you see? Did all the gods of the olden times pass through the large saloons? Did the old heroes combat there? Did sweet children play there, and relate their dreams?”
“但是你看到了什么？上古时代的所有神灵都经过了吗？ 大型沙龙？老英雄们曾在那里战斗过吗？可爱的孩子们吗 在那里玩耍，讲述他们的梦想？”
“I tell you I was there, and you can conceive that I saw everything there was to be seen. Had you come over there, you would not have been a man; but I became so! And besides, I learned to know my inward nature, my innate qualities, the relationship I had with Poesy. At the time I was with you, I thought not of that, but always--you know it well--when the sun rose, and when the sun went down, I became so strangely great; in the moonlight I was very near being more distinct than yourself; at that time I did not understand my nature; it was revealed to me in the antechamber! I became a man! I came out matured; but you were no longer in the warm lands; as a man I was ashamed to go as I did. I was in want of boots, of clothes, of the whole human varnish that makes a man perceptible. I took my way--I tell it to you, but you will not put it in any book--I took my way to the cake woman--I hid myself behind her; the woman didn't think how much she concealed. I went out first in the evening; I ran about the streets in the moonlight; I made myself long up the walls--it tickles the back so delightfully! I ran up, and ran down, peeped into the highest windows, into the saloons, and on the roofs, I peeped in where no one could peep, and I saw what no one else saw, what no one else should see! This is, in fact, a base world! I would not be a man if it were not now once accepted and regarded as something to be so! I saw the most unimaginable things with the women, with the men, with parents, and with the sweet, matchless children; I saw,” said the shadow, “what no human being must know, but what they would all so willingly know--what is bad in their neighbor. Had I written a newspaper, it would have been read! But I wrote direct to the persons themselves, and there was consternation in all the towns where I came. They were so afraid of me, and yet they were so excessively fond of me. The professors made a professor of me; the tailors gave me new clothes--I am well furnished; the master of the mint struck new coin for me, and the women said I was so handsome! And so I became the man I am. And I now bid you farewell. Here is my card--I live on the sunny side of the street, and am always at home in rainy weather!” And so away went the shadow. “That was most extraordinary!” said the learned man. Years and days passed away, then the shadow came again. “How goes it?” said the shadow.
“我告诉你我就在那里，你可以想象我看到了一切 有待观察。如果你过来的话，你就不会在那里了 一个男人；但我却变成了这样！此外，我学会了了解自己的内在本性， 我与生俱来的品质，我与波西的关系。当时我 和你在一起，我没有想到这一点，但总是——你很清楚——当 太阳升起，太阳落山，我变得异常伟大； 在月光下，我几乎比你更加清晰；在 那时我不明白自己的本性；它是在 前厅！我变成了一个男人！我成熟了；但你不再是 在温暖的土地上；作为一个男人，我为自己的所作所为感到羞愧。我当时在 缺少靴子，缺少衣服，缺少构成男人的整个人体清漆 可察觉的。我采取了我的方式——我告诉你，但你不会把它放进去 任何书——我走向蛋糕女人——我躲在她身后； 女人没想到自己隐瞒了多少。我先出去了 晚上；我在月光下的街道上奔跑；我让自己长长 墙壁——它使背部发痒，非常令人愉快！我跑上去又跑下来 透过最高的窗户、沙龙和屋顶，我看到 在无人能窥视的地方偷看，我看到了别人看不到的东西，什么 其他人不应该看到！这，其实就是一个基地世界！我不会成为一个 伙计，如果不是现在曾经被接受并被视为某事，那就是这样了！ 我在女人、男人、女人身上看到了最难以想象的事情 父母，以及可爱、无与伦比的孩子们；我看到了”，说道 影子，“没有人必须知道，但他们都知道 如此乐意地知道他们的邻居有什么不好的地方。如果我写了一个 报纸，它会被阅读的！但我直接写信给那些人 他们自己，我所到过的所有城镇都感到惊愕。 他们如此害怕我，却又如此过分喜欢我 我。教授们把我培养成教授；裁缝给了我新的 衣服——我穿得很好；造币厂主人铸造了新硬币 我，女人们都说我好帅！于是我就成了现在的我。 现在我向你们告别了。这是我的卡片——我住在阳光明媚的一面 街上的人，下雨天我总是呆在家里！”就这样走了 影子。 “那真是太不寻常了！”这位博学的人说。年 日子一天天过去，影子又来了。 “怎么样？”说 影子。
“Alas!” said the learned man. “I write about the true, and the good, and the beautiful, but no one cares to hear such things; I am quite desperate, for I take it so much to heart!”
“唉！”这位博学的人说。 “我写的是真实的、美好的， 和美丽，但没有人愿意听到这样的事情；我很 绝望了，因为我把它放在心上！”
“But I don't!” said the shadow. “I become fat, and it is that one wants to become! You do not understand the world. You will become ill by it. You must travel! I shall make a tour this summer; will you go with me? I should like to have a travelling companion! Will you go with me, as shadow? It will be a great pleasure for me to have you with me; I shall pay the travelling expenses!”
“但我不！”影子说道。 “我变胖了，这是一个人想要的 成为！你不了解这个世界。你会因此而生病。 你必须去旅行！今年夏天我将去旅行；你愿意和我一起去吗？ 我希望有一个旅伴！你愿意和我一起去吗 影子？有你在我身边我将感到非常高兴；我会 交路费！”
“Nay, this is too much!” said the learned man.
“不，这太过分了！”这位博学的人说。
“It is just as one takes it!” said the shadow. “It will do you much good to travel! Will you be my shadow? You shall have everything free on the journey!”
“随心所欲！”影子说道。 “这会对你有很大好处 去旅行！你愿意成为我的影子吗？您将免费拥有一切 旅程！”
“Nay, that is too bad!” said the learned man.
“不，这太糟糕了！”这位博学的人说。
“But it is just so with the world!” said the shadow, “and so it will be!” and away it went again.
“但这世界就是这样啊！”影子说：“所以它会 是！然后它又消失了。
The learned man was not at all in the most enviable state; grief and torment followed him, and what he said about the true, and the good, and the beautiful, was, to most persons, like roses for a cow! He was quite ill at last.
这位博学的人根本没有处于最令人羡慕的状态。悲伤和 痛苦伴随着他，他所说的真、善、恶也随之而来。 对大多数人来说，美丽就像一头牛的玫瑰！他很 终于病了
“You really look like a shadow!” said his friends to him; and the learned man trembled, for he thought of it.
“你真的像影子一样！”他的朋友们对他说；和 有学问的人一想到这一点就浑身发抖。
“You must go to a watering-place!” said the shadow, who came and visited him. “There is nothing else for it! I will take you with me for old acquaintance' sake; I will pay the travelling expenses, and you write the descriptions--and if they are a little amusing for me on the way! I will go to a watering-place--my beard does not grow out as it ought--that is also a sickness--and one must have a beard! Now you be wise and accept the offer; we shall travel as comrades!”
“你必须去喝水的地方！”来拜访的影子说道 他。 “没有别的事了！我会带着你一起到老的” 熟人的缘故；路费我出，你写 描述——如果它们对我来说有点有趣的话！ 我会去一个饮水处——我的胡子不会像以前那样长出来 应该——这也是一种病——而且必须留胡子！现在你是 明智地接受这个提议；我们将作为同志一起旅行！”
And so they travelled; the shadow was master, and the master was the shadow; they drove with each other, they rode and walked together, side by side, before and behind, just as the sun was; the shadow always took care to keep itself in the master's place. Now the learned man didn't think much about that; he was a very kind-hearted man, and particularly mild and friendly, and so he said one day to the shadow: “As we have now become companions, and in this way have grown up together from childhood, shall we not drink 'thou' together, it is more familiar?”
他们就这样旅行了；影子是主人，主人是影子 影子；他们一起开车，一起骑，一起走，并肩 旁边、前面、后面，就像太阳一样；影子总是带走 小心保持自己在主人的位置上。现在这位博学的人没有 多想一下；他是一个非常善良的人，特别是 温和而友善，所以有一天他对影子说：“正如我们所 现在成为同伴，就这样一起长大 小时候，我们不一起喝‘你’更熟悉吗？”
“You are right,” said the shadow, who was now the proper master. “It is said in a very straight-forward and well-meant manner. You, as a learned man, certainly know how strange nature is. Some persons cannot bear to touch grey paper, or they become ill; others shiver in every limb if one rub a pane of glass with a nail: I have just such a feeling on hearing you say thou to me; I feel myself as if pressed to the earth in my first situation with you. You see that it is a feeling; that it is not pride: I cannot allow you to say THOU to me, but I will willingly say THOU to you, so it is half done!”
“你是对的，”影子说，他现在是真正的主人了。 “这是 以一种非常直接和善意的方式说道。作为一个有学问的你 人，当然知道大自然有多么奇怪。有些人无法忍受 触摸灰纸，否则就会生病；如果有人的话，其他人就会四肢颤抖 用指甲擦一块玻璃：我听到的就是这样的感觉 你对我说你；我第一次感觉自己好像被压在地上 和你的情况。你看那是一种感觉；这不是骄傲： 我不能允许你对我说你，但我愿意对你说你 你，这样就成功了一半！”
So the shadow said THOU to its former master.
于是影子对它的前主人说“你”。
“This is rather too bad,” thought he, “that I must say YOU and he say THOU,” but he was now obliged to put up with it.
“这太糟糕了，”他想，“我必须说你，而他却说 你，”但他现在不得不忍受。
So they came to a watering-place where there were many strangers, and amongst them was a princess, who was troubled with seeing too well; and that was so alarming!
于是他们来到了一个有很多陌生人的水源地， 其中有一位公主，她因视力不佳而烦恼。和 that was so alarming!
She directly observed that the stranger who had just come was quite a different sort of person to all the others; “He has come here in order to get his beard to grow, they say, but I see the real cause, he cannot cast a shadow.”
她直接观察到，刚刚来的这个陌生人，相当的厉害。 与其他人不同的人； “他是按顺序来到这里的 他们说，是为了让他的胡子长起来，但我明白真正的原因，他不能 cast a shadow.”
She had become inquisitive; and so she entered into conversation directly with the strange gentleman, on their promenades. As the daughter of a king, she needed not to stand upon trifles, so she said, “Your complaint is, that you cannot cast a shadow?”
她变得好奇起来。于是她开始谈话 直接和这位陌生的绅士一起，在他们的散步上。作为 作为国王的女儿，她不需要站在小事上，所以她说： “你的抱怨是，你无法投下影子？”
“Your Royal Highness must be improving considerably,” said the shadow, “I know your complaint is, that you see too clearly, but it has decreased, you are cured. I just happen to have a very unusual shadow! Do you not see that person who always goes with me? Other persons have a common shadow, but I do not like what is common to all. We give our servants finer cloth for their livery than we ourselves use, and so I had my shadow trimmed up into a man: yes, you see I have even given him a shadow. It is somewhat expensive, but I like to have something for myself!”
“殿下的进步一定很大了。”影子说道， “我知道你抱怨的是，你看得太清楚了，但它已经 减少了，你就痊愈了。我只是碰巧有一个非常不寻常的影子！ 你没看到那个一直陪着我的人吗？其他人有 一个共同的影子，但我不喜欢所有人共同的东西。我们给予我们的 仆人们穿制服的布料比我们自己用的还要好，所以我 我的影子被修剪成了一个男人：是的，你看我什至给了他 一个影子。有点贵，但我喜欢有东西 我自己！”
“What!” thought the princess. “Should I really be cured! These baths are the first in the world! In our time water has wonderful powers. But I shall not leave the place, for it now begins to be amusing here. I am extremely fond of that stranger: would that his beard should not grow, for in that case he will leave us!”
“什么！”公主想。 “我真的应该被治愈吗！这些浴室是 the first in the world!在我们这个时代，水具有神奇的力量。但我 我不会离开这个地方，因为现在这里开始变得有趣了。我是 非常喜欢那个陌生人：希望他的胡子不要长起来， 因为那样的话他就会离开我们！”
In the evening, the princess and the shadow danced together in the large ball-room. She was light, but he was still lighter; she had never had such a partner in the dance. She told him from what land she came, and he knew that land; he had been there, but then she was not at home; he had peeped in at the window, above and below--he had seen both the one and the other, and so he could answer the princess, and make insinuations, so that she was quite astonished; he must be the wisest man in the whole world! She felt such respect for what he knew! So that when they again danced together she fell in love with him; and that the shadow could remark, for she almost pierced him through with her eyes. So they danced once more together; and she was about to declare herself, but she was discreet; she thought of her country and kingdom, and of the many persons she would have to reign over.
晚上，公主和影子在大剧场里一起跳舞。 舞厅。她很轻，但他更轻；她从未有过 这样的舞伴。她告诉他她来自哪里，并且 他了解那片土地；他去过那里，但后来她不在家；他 向窗户里看了看，上面和下面——他都看到了 一个和另一个，这样他就可以回答公主，并让 暗讽，让她颇为吃惊；他一定是最聪明的 全世界的男人！她对他所知道的感到如此尊重！所以说 当他们再次一起跳舞时，她爱上了他。并且那 影子可以这么说，因为她的眼睛几乎要刺穿他。 于是他们又一起跳舞；而她正要表白自己， 但她很谨慎；她想到了她的国家和王国，以及 她必须统治许多人。
“He is a wise man,” said she to herself--“It is well; and he dances delightfully--that is also good; but has he solid knowledge? That is just as important! He must be examined.”
“他是个聪明人，”她自言自语道，“这很好；而且他跳舞 令人愉快——这也很好；但他有扎实的知识吗？那就是 同样重要！他必须接受检查。”
So she began, by degrees, to question him about the most difficult things she could think of, and which she herself could not have answered; so that the shadow made a strange face.
于是她开始逐渐向他询问最困难的事情 她能想到但她自己却无法拥有的东西 回答了；于是影子就做出了一张奇怪的脸。
“You cannot answer these questions?” said the princess.
“你不能回答这些问题吗？”公主说。
“They belong to my childhood's learning,” said the shadow. “I really believe my shadow, by the door there, can answer them!”
“它们属于我童年的学习，”影子说。 “我真的 相信我在门口的影子能够回答他们！”
“Your shadow!” said the princess. “That would indeed be marvellous!”
“你的影子！”公主说。 “那真是太棒了！”
“I will not say for a certainty that he can,” said the shadow, “but I think so; he has now followed me for so many years, and listened to my conversation--I should think it possible. But your royal highness will permit me to observe, that he is so proud of passing himself off for a man, that when he is to be in a proper humor--and he must be so to answer well--he must be treated quite like a man.”
“我不会肯定地说他可以，”影子说，“但我 这么认为；他现在已经跟随我这么多年了，听我的 谈话——我认为这是可能的。但殿下会 请允许我观察到，他为冒充自己而感到自豪 一个人，当他要处于适当的幽默状态时——而且他必须如此 回答得好——他一定被当作一个男人来对待。”
“Oh! I like that!” said the princess.
“哦！我喜欢那个！”公主说。
So she went to the learned man by the door, and she spoke to him about the sun and the moon, and about persons out of and in the world, and he answered with wisdom and prudence.
于是她走到门边那位博学的人那里，向他讲述了 太阳和月亮，以及世间和世间的人，他 以智慧和谨慎回答。
“What a man that must be who has so wise a shadow!” thought she. “It will be a real blessing to my people and kingdom if I choose him for my consort--I will do it!”
“这个人一定有如此聪明的影子！”她想。 “它 如果我选择他作为我的人民和王国的真正祝福 王妃——我一定会做到的！”
They were soon agreed, both the princess and the shadow; but no one was to know about it before she arrived in her own kingdom.
公主和影子很快就达成了一致。但没有人 在她到达自己的王国之前就知道这件事。
“No one--not even my shadow!” said the shadow, and he had his own thoughts about it!
“没有人——连我的影子也没有！”影子说，他有自己的 想想吧！
Now they were in the country where the princess reigned when she was at home.
现在他们正身处公主在位时统治的国家。 家。
“Listen, my good friend,” said the shadow to the learned man. “I have now become as happy and mighty as anyone can be; I will, therefore, do something particular for thee! Thou shalt always live with me in the palace, drive with me in my royal carriage, and have ten thousand pounds a year; but then thou must submit to be called SHADOW by all and everyone; thou must not say that thou hast ever been a man; and once a year, when I sit on the balcony in the sunshine, thou must lie at my feet, as a shadow shall do! I must tell thee: I am going to marry the king's daughter, and the nuptials are to take place this evening!”
“听着，我的好朋友，”影子对博学的人说。 “我有 现在变得像任何人一样快乐和强大；因此，我会这样做 给你一些特别的东西！你将永远和我一起生活在 皇宫，与我驾御车，一万 一年磅；但你必须接受被所有人称为影子 大家；你不能说你曾经是一个男人；还有一次 一年，当我坐在阳光下的阳台上，你一定躺在我的身边 脚，就像影子一样！我必须告诉你：我要嫁给 国王的女儿，婚礼就在今晚举行！”
“Nay, this is going too far!” said the learned man. “I will not have it; I will not do it! It is to deceive the whole country and the princess too! I will tell everything! That I am a man, and that thou art a shadow--thou art only dressed up!”
“不，这太过分了！”这位博学的人说。 “我不会拥有它； 我不会这么做！就是欺骗整个国家，欺骗公主 也！我会告诉一切！我是一个男人，而你是一个 影子——你只是打扮过而已！”
“There is no one who will believe it!” said the shadow. “Be reasonable, or I will call the guard!”
“没有人会相信！”影子说道。 “讲道理， 不然我就叫警卫了！”
“I will go directly to the princess!” said the learned man.
“我这就去见公主！”这位博学的人说。
“But I will go first!” said the shadow. “And thou wilt go to prison!” and that he was obliged to do--for the sentinels obeyed him whom they knew the king's daughter was to marry.
“不过我先走！”影子说道。 “你会进监狱的！” 他有义务这样做——因为哨兵们听从了他的命令。 知道国王的女儿要结婚了。
“You tremble!” said the princess, as the shadow came into her chamber. “Has anything happened? You must not be unwell this evening, now that we are to have our nuptials celebrated.”
“你颤抖！”当影子走进她的房间时，公主说道。 “发生什么事了吗？今晚你一定没有不舒服吧，既然我们 是为了庆祝我们的婚礼。”
“I have lived to see the most cruel thing that anyone can live to see!” said the shadow. “Only imagine--yes, it is true, such a poor shadow-skull cannot bear much--only think, my shadow has become mad; he thinks that he is a man, and that I--now only think--that I am his shadow!”
“我亲眼目睹了任何人都能经历的最残酷的事情 瞧！”影子说道。 “想象一下——是的，这是真的，这么穷 影子头骨无法承受太多——只想着，我的影子已经疯了； 他认为他是一个男人，而我——现在只是认为——我是他的 影子！”
“It is terrible!” said the princess; “but he is confined, is he not?”
“太可怕了！”公主说； “但他被限制住了，不是吗？”
“That he is. I am afraid that he will never recover.”
“就是这样。我担心他永远都康复不了了。”
“Poor shadow!” said the princess. “He is very unfortunate; it would be a real work of charity to deliver him from the little life he has, and, when I think properly over the matter, I am of opinion that it will be necessary to do away with him in all stillness!”
“可怜的影子！”公主说。 “他非常不幸；这将是 这是一项真正的慈善事业，旨在将他从自己微不足道的生活中拯救出来，并且， 当我认真思考这个问题时，我认为它会是 必须安静地除掉他！”
“It is certainly hard,” said the shadow, “for he was a faithful servant!” and then he gave a sort of sigh.
“这确实很难，”影子说，“因为他是一个忠实的人。 仆人！”然后他叹了口气。
“You are a noble character!” said the princess.
“你是一个高尚的人品！”公主说。
The whole city was illuminated in the evening, and the cannons went off with a bum! bum! and the soldiers presented arms. That was a marriage! The princess and the shadow went out on the balcony to show themselves, and get another hurrah!
晚上，整个城市灯火通明，大炮齐鸣 和一个流浪汉！屁股！士兵们也展示了武器。那是一场婚姻！ 公主和影子到阳台上现身， 并再次欢呼！
The learned man heard nothing of all this--for they had deprived him of life.
这位博学的人对这一切一无所知——因为他们剥夺了他的权利。 生活。