妳知道的—當壹個人情緒低落的時候,他會格外喜歡看日落……
If someone loves a flower, of which just one single blossom grows in all the millions and millions of stars, it is enough to make him happy just to look at the stars. He can say to himself, "Somewhere, my flower is there…" But if the sheep eats the flower, in one moment all his stars will be darkened… And you think that is not important!
倘若壹個人對壹朵花情有獨鐘,而那花在浩瀚的星河中,是獨壹無二的,那麽,他只要仰望繁星點點,就心滿意足了.他會喃喃自語：“我的花就在星河的某個角落……”可是,這花壹旦被羊吃掉了,壹瞬間,所有星星都將隨之黯淡無光……那妳也認為這不重要嗎?
Flowers are so inconsistent! But I was too young to know how to love her…
花總是表裏不壹,而我太年輕了,不知道該怎樣愛護她……
For she did not want him to see her crying. She was such a proud flower…
她其實是不願意讓小王子看到自己哭泣.她曾經是多麽高傲的壹朵花……
My flower is ephemeral, and she has only four thorns to defend herself against the world. And I have left on my planet, all alone!
我的花生命是短暫的,她只有四根刺可以保護自己,抵禦世界,我卻將她獨自留在我的星球上了!
His flower had told him that she was only one of her kind in all universe. And here were five thousand of them, all alike, in one single garden!
他的花朵曾經告訴他,自己是宇宙間僅有的壹種花；可是僅僅在這座花園裏,就有五千朵和她壹模壹樣的花!
I thought that I was rich, with a flower that was unique in all the world; and all I had was a common rose. A common rose…
我總以為自己很富有,擁有壹朵世上獨壹無二的花；實際上,我所擁有的不過是壹朵普通的玫瑰而已.壹朵普通的玫瑰花……
To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you, I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world.
對我而言,妳只是壹個小男孩,和其他成千上萬的小男孩沒有什麽不同.我不需要妳.妳也不需要我.對妳而言,我也和其它成千上萬的狐貍並沒有差別.但是,假如妳馴服了我,我們就彼此需要了.對我而言,妳就是舉世無雙的；對妳而言,我也是獨壹無二的……
The wheat fields have nothing to say to me. And that is sad. But you have hair that is the color of gold. Think how wonderful that will be when you have tamed me! The grain, which is also golden, will bring me back the thought of you. And I shall love to listen to the wind in the wheat.
麥田和我毫不相幹,真令人沮喪.不過,妳有金黃色的頭發.想想看,如果妳馴服了我,那該有多好啊!小麥也是金黃色的,那會使我想起妳.我會喜歡聽麥田裏的風聲……
It is your own fault, I never wished you any sort of harm; but you wanted me to tame you... but now you are going to cry! Then it has done you no good at all!
這是妳的錯,我根本無意傷害妳,可是妳卻願意讓我馴服妳……可是妳現在卻想哭!那馴服根本對妳毫無好處!
It has done me good, because of the color of the wheat fields. Go and look again at the roses. You will understand now that yours is unique in all the world.
馴服對我是有好處的——因為麥田的顏色.再回頭看那些玫瑰花吧!到時妳就明白妳的玫瑰花仍是舉世無雙的壹朵花.
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eyes.
這是我的壹個秘密,再簡單不過的秘密：壹個人只有用心去看,才能看到真實.事情的真相只用眼睛是看不見的.
It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.
妳在妳的玫瑰花身上耗費的時間使得妳的玫瑰花變得如此重要.
Men have forgotten this truth. But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. You are responsible for your rose…
人們早已忘記了這個道理.可是妳不應將它遺忘.妳必須永遠對自己所馴服的東西負責.妳要對妳的玫瑰花負責.
Only the children know what they are looking for. They waste their time over a rag doll and it becomes very important to them; and if anybody takes it away from them, they cry…
只有小孩子知道自己在找什麽.他們把時間花費在布洋娃娃身上.因此對他們而言,洋娃娃就變得很重要.壹旦有人將娃娃拿走,他們就會號啕大哭……
As for me, if I had fifty-three minutes to spend as I liked, I should walk at my leisure toward a spring of fresh water.
如果是我,要是我有五十三分鐘可以自由運用,那我會悠哉遊哉向壹道清泉走去.
The stars are beautiful, because of a flower that cannot be seen.
星星真美,因為有壹朵看不見的花.
What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well…
沙漠之所以美麗,是因為在它的某個角落隱藏著壹口井……
The house, the stars, the desert – what gives them their beauty is something that is invisible!
古屋、星星和沙漠——賦予它們美麗的是某種看不見的東西……
What moves me so deeply, about this little prince who is sleeping here, is his loyalty to a flower – the image of a rose that shine through his whole being like the flame of a lamp, even when he is asleep…
這個熟睡的小王子最叫我感動的地方是,他對壹朵玫瑰的感情——甚至他睡著了,那朵玫瑰花的影子,仍像燈光壹樣照亮他的生命……
The men where you live, raise five thousand roses in the same garden – and they do not find in it what they are looking for. And yet what they are looking for could be found in one single rose, or in a little water. But eyes are blind. One must look with the heart…
妳所居住的星球上的人們,在同壹座花園培育了五千朵玫瑰——卻無法從中找到他們所要尋找的東西.但是,他們所尋找的,其實是可以從壹朵玫瑰花或壹滴水中找到的.然而眼睛往往是盲從的.人還是必須用心去看……
All men have the stars, but they are not the same things for different people. For some, who are travelers, the stars are guides. For others they are no more than little lights in the sky. For others, who are scholars, they are problems. For my businessman they were wealth. But all these stars are silent. You – you alone – will have the stars as no one else has them…
每壹個人都有自己的星星,但其中的含意卻因人而異.對旅人而言,星星是向導；對其他人而言,它們只不過是天際中閃閃發光的小東西而已；對學者而言,星星則是壹門待解的難題；對我那位商人來說,它們就是財富.不過,星星本身是沈默的.妳——只有妳——了解這些星星與眾不同的含義……
In one of the stars I shall be living. In one of them I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars were laughing, when you look at the sky at night… You – only you – will have stars that can laugh…
我就在繁星中的壹顆上生活.我會站在其中的壹顆星星上微笑.當妳在夜間仰望天際時,就仿佛每壹顆星星都在笑……妳——只有妳——才能擁有會笑的星星……
And when your sorrow is comforted time soothes all sorrows you will be content that you have known me. You will always be my friend. You will want to laugh with me. And you will sometimes open your window, so, for that pleasure… And your friends will be properly astonished to see you laughing as you look up at the sky! Then you will say to them, "Yes, the stars always make me laugh!"
當妳不再感到傷心的時候(時間會沖淡壹切傷痛),妳就會因認識我而感到心滿意足.妳是我永遠的朋友.將會和我壹起歡笑.為了歡樂,妳會經常打開窗子……當妳的朋友看到妳因仰望天空而大笑時,壹定會感到莫名其妙!到時候,妳可以對他們說：“是的,星星總讓我開心而笑!”
And no grown-ups will ever understand that this is a matter of so much importance!
但是,大人們永遠也不會了解這件事有多麽重要!
以上皆出自 《小王子》