貝多芬住我家樓上 第6期:王子的故事

/Polonaise/La Marmotte/Country Dance in a Major/Fs

波羅乃茲/土撥鼠

Dear Christoph, I've been thinking about your story about the prince.

親愛(ài)的Christoph，我一直在想你說(shuō)的王子的故事。

Christoph, I don't think the prince is afraid of Beethoven.

Christoph，我認(rèn)為王子并不是害怕貝多芬。

I believe he is showing him respect.

我覺(jué)得他是尊重貝多芬。

In Vienna, everyone loves music so much, that even a prince will treat carefully around a composer.

在維也納，大家都是特別喜歡音樂(lè)。甚至連王子殿下都是小心翼翼地對(duì)待作曲家。

Have you ever noticed how much music there is in your city?

你是否注意過(guò)維也納到處都充滿了音樂(lè)?

I remember the last time I was there.

我記得我上次在那兒的時(shí)候，

You were still quite small.

你還很小。

I went for a walk one morning

一天清晨，我出去散步。

in fact, it was that morning I decided I would someday make my living there.

事實(shí)上，也就是那天早晨，讓我決定了以后要住在這里。

I was crossing the bridge near your house when I heard, approaching from the direction I'd come ... a military band.

我走在你家附近的一座橋上時(shí)，我聽(tīng)見(jiàn)了軍樂(lè)隊(duì)在我身后演奏。

I stopped to listen.

我停下來(lái)，聆聽(tīng)著。

When they had passed by, I continued to cross the bridge to find an organ grinder had stopped to listen, too.

當(dāng)他們走過(guò)了，我才繼續(xù)過(guò)橋。我發(fā)現(xiàn)一位街頭手風(fēng)琴師也停了下來(lái)，聆聽(tīng)軍樂(lè)隊(duì)的演奏。

His little monkey – perched on his shoulder – leaned forward to look into his master's face.

他的小猴子，依偎在主任的肩上，腦袋往前探著注視著主人的臉。

And there was more to hear that morning near the bridge.

那天早晨，在橋邊我還聽(tīng)到了很多音樂(lè)。

I met, along the river bank, a troupe of country dancers.

沿著河岸，我遇到了一群鄉(xiāng)村舞者。

They had come to dance for money in the street.

他們?cè)诮诸^跳舞賣(mài)藝。

Farther on, I passed under a window and heard a little song come drifting out.

繼續(xù)往前走，當(dāng)我從窗戶下面走過(guò)時(shí)，一支小曲從窗戶里傳了出來(lái)。

As I watched, an old woman came to the window, nodding her head to the tune.

我看見(jiàn)一位老婦人來(lái)到窗前，一邊聽(tīng)著樂(lè)曲一邊點(diǎn)頭。

Perhaps it was her student who was playing.

可能是她的學(xué)生正在彈奏。

And I remember a little square.

我還記得一個(gè)小拐角處。

I could not tell you where it was, but I recall the sight of a small girl chasing pigeons.

不能告訴你確切的位置，但是我還記得有位小姑娘追趕鴿子的情形。

There were two gentlemen meeting and shaking hands,

有兩位紳士在那里碰面，握手。

and I remember the hour striking on a tall city clock.

我還記得高高的城市鐘在報(bào)時(shí)。

The clock face opened and a tiny woodsman came running out, chased by a tiny fox.

鐘面是開(kāi)放式的，一個(gè)小小的樵夫跑了出來(lái)，追趕在他后面的是只小狐貍。

Tomorrow, I am going with friends to Bonn, the city where Beethoven was born.

明天，我要和朋友去波恩。那是貝多芬先生的故鄉(xiāng)。

I know I will find something to tell you about.

相信在那兒，我會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)一些故事?；仡^告訴你。