The wife of a rich man fell sick; and when she felt that her end drew nigh, she called her only daughter to her bed-side, and said, ‘Always be a good girl, and I will look down from heaven and watch over you.’ Soon afterwards she shut her eyes and died, and was buried in the garden; and the little girl went every day to her grave and wept, and was always good and kind to all about her. And the snow fell and spread a beautiful white covering over the grave; but by the time the spring came, and the sun had melted it away again, her father had married another wife. This new wife had two daughters of her own, that she brought home with her; they were fair in face but foul at heart, and it was now a sorry time for the poor little girl. ‘What does the good-for-nothing want in the parlour?’ said they; ‘they who would eat bread should first earn it; away with the kitchen-maid!’ Then they took away her fine clothes, and gave her an old grey frock to put on, and laughed at her, and turned her into the kitchen.
一位富人的妻子病倒了；当她感到大限将至时，她叫来唯一的女儿到床边，说：‘永远做个好女孩，我会在天上看着你，守护着你。’不久之后，她闭上眼睛去世了，被安葬在花园里；小女孩每天都去她的坟前哭泣，并且对周围的人始终善良友好。雪花飘落，为坟墓铺上了一层美丽的白色覆盖物；但当春天来临，阳光将其融化后，她的父亲便娶了另一位妻子。这位新妻子带来了两个自己的女儿；她们外表美丽，内心却邪恶，可怜的小女孩从此陷入了悲惨的境地。‘这个没用的人想在客厅里做什么？’她们说，‘想吃面包的人得先自己挣来；滚去厨房吧！’于是她们夺走了她漂亮的衣服，给她套上一件旧灰色的罩衫，嘲笑她，并将她赶到了厨房。
There she was forced to do hard work; to rise early before daylight, to bring the water, to make the fire, to cook and to wash. Besides that, the sisters plagued her in all sorts of ways, and laughed at her. In the evening when she was tired, she had no bed to lie down on, but was made to lie by the hearth among the ashes; and as this, of course, made her always dusty and dirty, they called her Ashputtel.
她被迫干重活：天未亮就要起床，去挑水、生火、做饭和洗衣服。此外，姐妹们还以各种方式折磨她，嘲笑她。晚上当她累得精疲力尽时，却没有床可睡，只能被命令躺在炉灶旁的灰烬中；由于这自然使她总是满身灰尘和污垢，她们便叫她灰姑娘。
It happened once that the father was going to the fair, and asked his wife’s daughters what he should bring them. ‘Fine clothes,’ said the first; ‘Pearls and diamonds,’ cried the second. ‘Now, child,’ said he to his own daughter, ‘what will you have?’ ‘The first twig, dear father, that brushes against your hat when you turn your face to come homewards,’ said she. Then he bought for the first two the fine clothes and pearls and diamonds they had asked for: and on his way home, as he rode through a green copse, a hazel twig brushed against him, and almost pushed off his hat: so he broke it off and brought it away; and when he got home he gave it to his daughter. Then she took it, and went to her mother’s grave and planted it there; and cried so much that it was watered with her tears; and there it grew and became a fine tree. Three times every day she went to it and cried; and soon a little bird came and built its nest upon the tree, and talked with her, and watched over her, and brought her whatever she wished for.
有一次，父亲要去赶集，便问妻子的女儿们他该给她们带些什么回来。大女儿说：'漂亮的衣服。'二女儿喊道：'珍珠和钻石。'他对小女儿说：'孩子，你想要什么？'小女儿回答：'亲爱的爸爸，您回家时，路上第一根拂过您帽子的树枝就好。'于是，父亲给前两个女儿买回了她们想要的漂亮衣服、珍珠和钻石；回家途中，他骑马穿过一片绿树林，一根榛树枝条拂过他，几乎把他的帽子碰掉，他便折下那根枝条带回了家，并交给了小女儿。她接过枝条，来到母亲的坟前将它种下，哭得十分伤心，泪水浇灌了它，于是它便生长起来，长成了一棵美丽的树。她每天去那里哭泣三次；不久，一只小鸟飞来在树上筑巢，与她交谈，守护着她，并把她想要的东西都带给她。
Now it happened that the king of that land held a feast, which was to last three days; and out of those who came to it his son was to choose a bride for himself. Ashputtel’s two sisters were asked to come; so they called her up, and said, ‘Now, comb our hair, brush our shoes, and tie our sashes for us, for we are going to dance at the king’s feast.’ Then she did as she was told; but when all was done she could not help crying, for she thought to herself, she should so have liked to have gone with them to the ball; and at last she begged her mother very hard to let her go. ‘You, Ashputtel!’ said she; ‘you who have nothing to wear, no clothes at all, and who cannot even dance--you want to go to the ball? And when she kept on begging, she said at last, to get rid of her, ‘I will throw this dishful of peas into the ash-heap, and if in two hours’ time you have picked them all out, you shall go to the feast too.’
如今，那地的国王举办了一场为期三天的盛宴，他的儿子将从赴宴者中挑选一位新娘。灰姑娘的两个姐姐被邀请参加；于是她们叫来她，说：‘现在，帮我们梳头、擦鞋、系腰带，因为我们要去参加国王的舞会了。’于是她照做了；但做完后她忍不住哭了起来，因为她心里想，自己多么希望能和她们一起去参加舞会；最后她苦苦哀求母亲让她去。‘你，灰姑娘！’母亲说，‘你既没有衣服穿，连跳舞都不会，还想参加舞会？’当她继续恳求时，母亲最终为了打发她，说道：‘我把这碗豌豆倒进灰烬堆里，如果你能在两小时内把它们全部拣出来，你也可以去参加宴会。’
Then she threw the peas down among the ashes, but the little maiden ran out at the back door into the garden, and cried out:
于是她把豌豆撒在灰烬里，但小公主跑向后门来到花园，大声喊道：
‘Hither, hither, through the sky, Turtle-doves and linnets, fly! Blackbird, thrush, and chaffinch gay, Hither, hither, haste away! One and all come help me, quick! Haste ye, haste ye!--pick, pick, pick!’
“快来，快来，穿过天空，斑鸠和金丝雀，飞翔！画眉、知更鸟和麻雀，快来，快来，快快离去！大家一起来帮我，快点！快些，快些——啄，啄，啄！”
Then first came two white doves, flying in at the kitchen window; next came two turtle-doves; and after them came all the little birds under heaven, chirping and fluttering in: and they flew down into the ashes. And the little doves stooped their heads down and set to work, pick, pick, pick; and then the others began to pick, pick, pick: and among them all they soon picked out all the good grain, and put it into a dish but left the ashes. Long before the end of the hour the work was quite done, and all flew out again at the windows.
于是，两只白鸽首先从厨房的窗户飞了进来；接着是两只斑鸠；随后，天下所有的鸟儿都叽叽喳喳、扑棱着翅膀飞了进来，它们纷纷落在灰烬里。小鸽子低下头开始工作，啄啊啄，啄啊啄；其他鸟儿也跟着啄起来。在它们的共同努力下，很快就把所有的好谷粒都挑了出来，放进盘子里，只留下灰烬。不到一个小时，活儿就全干完了，所有的鸟儿又从窗户飞了出去。
Then Ashputtel brought the dish to her mother, overjoyed at the thought that now she should go to the ball. But the mother said, ‘No, no! you slut, you have no clothes, and cannot dance; you shall not go.’ And when Ashputtel begged very hard to go, she said, ‘If you can in one hour’s time pick two of those dishes of peas out of the ashes, you shall go too.’ And thus she thought she should at least get rid of her. So she shook two dishes of peas into the ashes.
于是灰姑娘把盘子端给母亲，满心欢喜地想着自己终于可以去参加舞会了。但母亲却说：‘不，不！你这懒丫头，你既没有衣服，也不会跳舞，不许你去。’当灰姑娘苦苦哀求时，母亲又说：‘如果你能在一个小时内从灰烬里挑出两盘豌豆，你就也可以去。’她这样想至少可以摆脱这个麻烦。于是她把两盘豌豆倒进了灰烬里。
But the little maiden went out into the garden at the back of the house, and cried out as before:
但小公主还是走到屋后的花园里，像从前一样哭了起来。
‘Hither, hither, through the sky, Turtle-doves and linnets, fly! Blackbird, thrush, and chaffinch gay, Hither, hither, haste away! One and all come help me, quick! Haste ye, haste ye!--pick, pick, pick!’
“快来，快来，穿过天空，斑鸠和金丝雀，飞翔！画眉、知更鸟和麻雀，快来，快来，快快离去！大家一起来帮我，快点！快些，快些——啄，啄，啄！”
Then first came two white doves in at the kitchen window; next came two turtle-doves; and after them came all the little birds under heaven, chirping and hopping about. And they flew down into the ashes; and the little doves put their heads down and set to work, pick, pick, pick; and then the others began pick, pick, pick; and they put all the good grain into the dishes, and left all the ashes. Before half an hour’s time all was done, and out they flew again. And then Ashputtel took the dishes to her mother, rejoicing to think that she should now go to the ball. But her mother said, ‘It is all of no use, you cannot go; you have no clothes, and cannot dance, and you would only put us to shame’: and off she went with her two daughters to the ball.
于是，两只白鸽首先从厨房的窗户飞了进来；接着是两只斑鸠；随后，天下所有的小鸟都叽叽喳喳、蹦蹦跳跳地飞了进来。它们纷纷落在灰烬里，小鸽子们低下头开始啄食，啄啊啄啊啄；接着其他鸟儿也加入其中，啄啊啄啊啄。它们把好的谷粒都啄进盘子里，只留下灰烬。不到半小时，活儿便干完了，鸟儿们又飞走了。灰姑娘端起盘子交给母亲，满心欢喜地想着自己终于可以去参加舞会了。但她的母亲却说：‘没用的，你不能去；你没有衣服，也不会跳舞，去了只会让我们丢脸。’说完，她便带着两个女儿前往舞会了。
Now when all were gone, and nobody left at home, Ashputtel went sorrowfully and sat down under the hazel-tree, and cried out:
现在大家都走了，家里空无一人，灰姑娘便伤心地走到榛树下坐下，哭了起来：
‘Shake, shake, hazel-tree, Gold and silver over me!’
“摇啊摇，榛树，金银落我身！”
Then her friend the bird flew out of the tree, and brought a gold and silver dress for her, and slippers of spangled silk; and she put them on, and followed her sisters to the feast. But they did not know her, and thought it must be some strange princess, she looked so fine and beautiful in her rich clothes; and they never once thought of Ashputtel, taking it for granted that she was safe at home in the dirt.
于是，她的朋友小鸟从树上飞下来，带来了一件金银织就的礼服和一双缀满亮片的丝制拖鞋；她穿上后便跟随姐妹们去参加舞会。她们认不出她来，以为那一定是某位陌生的公主，因为她穿着华服显得如此美丽动人；她们从未想到灰姑娘，只以为她正安安全全地待在家里，满身尘土。
The king’s son soon came up to her, and took her by the hand and danced with her, and no one else: and he never left her hand; but when anyone else came to ask her to dance, he said, ‘This lady is dancing with me.’
国王的儿子很快走到她身边，牵起她的手与她共舞，且只与她一人共舞；他始终没有松开她的手。每当有人上前邀请她跳舞时，他便说：‘这位女士正在与我共舞。’
Thus they danced till a late hour of the night; and then she wanted to go home: and the king’s son said, ‘I shall go and take care of you to your home’; for he wanted to see where the beautiful maiden lived. But she slipped away from him, unawares, and ran off towards home; and as the prince followed her, she jumped up into the pigeon-house and shut the door. Then he waited till her father came home, and told him that the unknown maiden, who had been at the feast, had hid herself in the pigeon-house. But when they had broken open the door they found no one within; and as they came back into the house, Ashputtel was lying, as she always did, in her dirty frock by the ashes, and her dim little lamp was burning in the chimney. For she had run as quickly as she could through the pigeon-house and on to the hazel-tree, and had there taken off her beautiful clothes, and put them beneath the tree, that the bird might carry them away, and had lain down again amid the ashes in her little grey frock.
于是他们一直跳舞到深夜，随后她想要回家；王子说：‘我送你回家吧。’因为他想看看这位美丽的姑娘住在哪里。但她趁他不备溜走了，跑向家中；王子追上去时，她跳进鸽舍并关上了门。他等到她父亲回来，告诉他说那位在宴会上出现的陌生姑娘躲进了鸽舍。然而当他们破门而入时，里面空无一人；回到屋内后，灰姑娘正像往常一样穿着脏兮兮的围裙坐在炉灰旁，壁炉里还点着她那盏昏暗的小灯。原来她迅速穿过鸽舍来到榛树下，脱下美丽的衣裳放在树下，让鸟儿带走，然后重新穿上灰色小裙，躺回炉灰之中。
The next day when the feast was again held, and her father, mother, and sisters were gone, Ashputtel went to the hazel-tree, and said:
第二天，宴会再次举行时，她的父亲、母亲和姐姐们都离开了，灰姑娘来到榛树前，说道：
‘Shake, shake, hazel-tree, Gold and silver over me!’
“摇啊摇，榛树，金银落我身！”
And the bird came and brought a still finer dress than the one she had worn the day before. And when she came in it to the ball, everyone wondered at her beauty: but the king’s son, who was waiting for her, took her by the hand, and danced with her; and when anyone asked her to dance, he said as before, ‘This lady is dancing with me.’
那只鸟又飞来了，带来了一件比前一天更华美的舞裙。当她穿着它来到舞会时，人人都惊叹于她的美丽；而一直在等待她的王子牵起她的手，与她共舞；每当有人邀请她跳舞，他便像之前一样说道：‘这位女士正与我共舞。’
When night came she wanted to go home; and the king’s son followed here as before, that he might see into what house she went: but she sprang away from him all at once into the garden behind her father’s house. In this garden stood a fine large pear-tree full of ripe fruit; and Ashputtel, not knowing where to hide herself, jumped up into it without being seen. Then the king’s son lost sight of her, and could not find out where she was gone, but waited till her father came home, and said to him, ‘The unknown lady who danced with me has slipped away, and I think she must have sprung into the pear-tree.’ The father thought to himself, ‘Can it be Ashputtel?’ So he had an axe brought; and they cut down the tree, but found no one upon it. And when they came back into the kitchen, there lay Ashputtel among the ashes; for she had slipped down on the other side of the tree, and carried her beautiful clothes back to the bird at the hazel-tree, and then put on her little grey frock.
夜幕降临，她想要回家；王子的儿子像往常一样跟在她身后，想看看她究竟进了哪座房子。可她突然挣脱他，径直跳进了父亲家后面的花园。花园里长着一棵高大的梨树，树上结满了成熟的果实。灰姑娘不知该藏在哪里，便一跃而上，躲进树中未被发现。王子随后失去了她的踪影，无法确定她去了哪里，只好等到她父亲回家，对他说：‘那位与我共舞的陌生女子突然不见了，我想她一定是跳进了那棵梨树里。’父亲心中暗想：‘难道会是灰姑娘？’于是让人拿来一把斧头，砍倒了那棵树，却并未发现任何人。当他们回到厨房时，灰姑娘正躺在灰烬中——原来她从树的另一侧滑了下来，把漂亮的衣服还给了榛树上的小鸟，然后换上了她那件灰色的小裙子。
The third day, when her father and mother and sisters were gone, she went again into the garden, and said:
第三天，当父亲、母亲和姐姐们都离开后，她又走进花园，说道：
‘Shake, shake, hazel-tree, Gold and silver over me!’
“摇啊摇，榛树，金银落我身！”
Then her kind friend the bird brought a dress still finer than the former one, and slippers which were all of gold: so that when she came to the feast no one knew what to say, for wonder at her beauty: and the king’s son danced with nobody but her; and when anyone else asked her to dance, he said, ‘This lady is _my_ partner, sir.’
于是，她那位善良的朋友——那只鸟，带来了一件比前一件更华美的礼服和一双纯金的舞鞋：当她来到宴会时，众人因惊叹于她的美貌而不知该说什么；王子只愿与她共舞，若有人邀请她跳舞，他便说：‘这位女士是我的舞伴，先生。’
When night came she wanted to go home; and the king’s son would go with her, and said to himself, ‘I will not lose her this time’; but, however, she again slipped away from him, though in such a hurry that she dropped her left golden slipper upon the stairs.
夜幕降临，她想要回家；王子便陪她同行，心中暗想：‘这次我绝不会再让她逃走。’然而，她又一次从他身边溜走，只是走得太过匆忙，竟在楼梯上落下了一只左脚的金色小鞋。
The prince took the shoe, and went the next day to the king his father, and said, ‘I will take for my wife the lady that this golden slipper fits.’ Then both the sisters were overjoyed to hear it; for they had beautiful feet, and had no doubt that they could wear the golden slipper. The eldest went first into the room where the slipper was, and wanted to try it on, and the mother stood by. But her great toe could not go into it, and the shoe was altogether much too small for her. Then the mother gave her a knife, and said, ‘Never mind, cut it off; when you are queen you will not care about toes; you will not want to walk.’ So the silly girl cut off her great toe, and thus squeezed on the shoe, and went to the king’s son. Then he took her for his bride, and set her beside him on his horse, and rode away with her homewards.
王子拿起那只鞋，第二天就去见他的父王，说：‘我要娶能穿上这只金鞋的姑娘为妻。’两位姐妹听说后欣喜若狂，因为她们都有一双美丽的脚，坚信自己一定能穿上金鞋。姐姐先进了放鞋的房间，想试穿，母亲站在一旁。可她的脚趾太大，怎么也塞不进鞋里，鞋子对她来说实在太小了。于是母亲递给她一把刀，说：‘别担心，把大脚趾切掉吧；等你当了王后，就不会在乎脚趾了，你也不必再走路。’于是那傻姑娘切掉了自己的大脚趾，硬把脚挤进鞋里，然后去见王子。王子便把她当作新娘，让她坐在自己身旁骑上马，带着她回家去了。
But on their way home they had to pass by the hazel-tree that Ashputtel had planted; and on the branch sat a little dove singing:
但在回家的路上，她们必须经过阿什特普尔种下的榛树；树枝上坐着一只小鸽子在歌唱：
‘Back again! back again! look to the shoe! The shoe is too small, and not made for you! Prince! prince! look again for thy bride, For she’s not the true one that sits by thy side.’
又回来了！又回来了！看看这只鞋！这鞋太小了，不是为你做的！王子啊！王子啊！再找找你的新娘吧，因为坐在你身边的并不是真正的新娘。
Then the prince got down and looked at her foot; and he saw, by the blood that streamed from it, what a trick she had played him. So he turned his horse round, and brought the false bride back to her home, and said, ‘This is not the right bride; let the other sister try and put on the slipper.’ Then she went into the room and got her foot into the shoe, all but the heel, which was too large. But her mother squeezed it in till the blood came, and took her to the king’s son: and he set her as his bride by his side on his horse, and rode away with her.
于是王子下马，仔细查看她的脚；他看见鲜血从脚上流下来，便明白她耍了什么花招。于是他调转马头，将这位假新娘带回她家，说道：‘这不是我的真新娘，让另一个妹妹来试试穿这只鞋吧。’随后她走进房间，把脚伸进鞋里，除了脚跟部分太大塞不进去。她的母亲用力将她挤进去，直到鲜血涌出，然后带她去见王子。王子便把她当作自己的新娘，让她坐在自己身旁骑马离去。
But when they came to the hazel-tree the little dove sat there still, and sang:
但当他们来到榛树旁时，那只小鸽子仍坐在那里歌唱：
‘Back again! back again! look to the shoe! The shoe is too small, and not made for you! Prince! prince! look again for thy bride, For she’s not the true one that sits by thy side.’
又回来了！又回来了！看看这只鞋！这鞋太小了，不是为你做的！王子啊！王子啊！再找找你的新娘吧，因为坐在你身边的并不是真正的新娘。
Then he looked down, and saw that the blood streamed so much from the shoe, that her white stockings were quite red. So he turned his horse and brought her also back again. ‘This is not the true bride,’ said he to the father; ‘have you no other daughters?’ ‘No,’ said he; ‘there is only a little dirty Ashputtel here, the child of my first wife; I am sure she cannot be the bride.’ The prince told him to send her. But the mother said, ‘No, no, she is much too dirty; she will not dare to show herself.’ However, the prince would have her come; and she first washed her face and hands, and then went in and curtsied to him, and he reached her the golden slipper. Then she took her clumsy shoe off her left foot, and put on the golden slipper; and it fitted her as if it had been made for her. And when he drew near and looked at her face he knew her, and said, ‘This is the right bride.’ But the mother and both the sisters were frightened, and turned pale with anger as he took Ashputtel on his horse, and rode away with her. And when they came to the hazel-tree, the white dove sang:
于是他低头一看，发现血从那只鞋里流出来，把她的白袜子都染红了。于是他把马调转方向，又把她带了回来。‘这不是真正的新娘，’他对父亲说，‘你还有别的女儿吗？’‘没有，’父亲回答，‘这里只有一个脏兮兮的灰姑娘，是我前妻生的孩子，她肯定不是新娘。’王子让他把她也叫来。但母亲却说：‘不，不，她太脏了，她不敢出来见人。’然而王子坚持要见她。于是她先洗了脸和手，然后走进去向他行礼，他把金鞋递给她。接着她脱下左脚那只笨重的鞋子，穿上金鞋；它穿在她脚上就像专门为她做的一样。当他走近并看清她的脸时，认出了她，便说：‘这才是真正的新娘。’但母亲和两个姐姐都吓坏了，当王子把灰姑娘扶上马并骑马离去时，她们气得脸色发白。当他们来到榛树旁时，那只白鸟唱道：
‘Home! home! look at the shoe! Princess! the shoe was made for you! Prince! prince! take home thy bride, For she is the true one that sits by thy side!’
“家！家！看这只鞋！公主！这鞋是为你做的！王子！王子！带你的新娘回家吧，因为她就是坐在你身旁的那位真命天女！”
And when the dove had done its song, it came flying, and perched upon her right shoulder, and so went home with her.
当鸽子唱完歌后，它飞了过来，停在她右肩上，随后便与她一同回家了。