皮匠和银行家(皮匠和银行家故事)

The Cobbler and the banker

皮匠和银行家

pí jiàng hé yín háng jiā

La Fontaine

拉·封丹

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A cobbler passed his time in singing from morning till night;it was wonderful to see,wonderful to hear him;he was more contented in shoes,than was any of the seven sages.

一个皮匠从早到晚在唱歌中度过。无论见到他本人或听见他的歌声都使人觉得很愉快。他对于制鞋工作比当上了希腊七个执政官还要满足。

yī gè pí jiàng cóng zǎo dào wǎn zài chàng gē zhōng dù guò 。wú lùn jiàn dào tā běn rén huò tīng jiàn tā de gē shēng dōu shǐ rén jiào dé hěn yú kuài 。tā duì yú zhì xié gōng zuò bǐ dāng shàng le xī là qī gè zhí zhèng guān hái yào mǎn zú 。

His neighbor,on the contrary,who was rolling in wealth,sung but little and slept less.He was a banker;when by chance he fell into a doze at day-break,the cobbler awoke him with his song.The banker complained sadly that Providence had not made sleep a saleable commodity,like edibles or drinkables.Having at length sent for the songster,he said to him,\”How much a year do you earn,Master Gregory?\”

与此相反，他的邻居是个银行家，拥有万贯家财，却很少唱歌，晚上也睡得不好。他偶尔在黎明时分迷迷糊糊刚入睡，皮匠的歌声便于工作把他吵醒了。银行家郁郁寡欢地抱怨上帝没有睡眠也制成一种像食品或饮料那样可以买卖的商品。后来，银行家就叫人把这位歌手请来，问道：“格列戈里师傅，你一年赚多少钱？”

yǔ cǐ xiàng fǎn ，tā de lín jū shì gè yín háng jiā ，yōng yǒu wàn guàn jiā cái ，què hěn shǎo chàng gē ，wǎn shàng yě shuì dé bú hǎo 。tā ǒu ěr zài lí míng shí fèn mí mí hú hú gāng rù shuì ，pí jiàng de gē shēng biàn yú gōng zuò bǎ tā chǎo xǐng le 。yín háng jiā yù yù guǎ huān dì bào yuàn shàng dì méi yǒu shuì mián yě zhì chéng yī zhǒng xiàng shí pǐn huò yǐn liào nà yàng kě yǐ mǎi mài de shāng pǐn 。hòu lái ，yín háng jiā jiù jiào rén bǎ zhè wèi gē shǒu qǐng lái ，wèn dào ：“gé liè gē lǐ shī fù ，nǐ yī nián zuàn duō shǎo qián ？”

\”How much a year,sir?\”said the merry cobbler laughing,\”I have reckon in that way,living as I do from one day to another;somehow I manage to reach the end of the year;each day brings its meal.\”

“先生，你问我一年赚多少钱吗？”快乐的皮匠笑道：“我从来不算这笔帐，我是一天一天地过日子，总而言之坚持到年底，每天挣足三餐。”

“xiān shēng ，nǐ wèn wǒ yī nián zuàn duō shǎo qián ma ？”kuài lè de pí jiàng xiào dào ：“wǒ cóng lái bú suàn zhè bǐ zhàng ，wǒ shì yī tiān yī tiān dì guò rì zǐ ，zǒng ér yán zhī jiān chí dào nián dǐ ，měi tiān zhèng zú sān cān 。”

\”Well then!How much a day do you earn,my friend?\”

“啊，朋友，那么你一天赚多少钱呢？”

“ā ，péng yǒu ，nà me nǐ yī tiān zuàn duō shǎo qián ne ？”

\”Sometimes more,sometimes less;but the worst of it is,-and,without that our earnings would be very tolerable,-a number of days occur in the year on which we are forbidden to work;and the curate,moreover,is constantly adding some new saint to the list.\”

“有时多一点，有时少一点；不过最糟糕的是一年中总有些日子不准我们做买卖，牧师又常常在圣徒名单上添新名字，否则我们的收入也还算不错的。”

“yǒu shí duō yī diǎn ，yǒu shí shǎo yī diǎn ；bú guò zuì zāo gāo de shì yī nián zhōng zǒng yǒu xiē rì zǐ bú zhǔn wǒ men zuò mǎi mài ，mù shī yòu cháng cháng zài shèng tú míng dān shàng tiān xīn míng zì ，fǒu zé wǒ men de shōu rù yě hái suàn bú cuò de 。”

The banker,laughing at his simplicity,said,\”In the future I shall place you above want.Take this hundred crowns,preserve them carefully,and make use of them in time of need.\”

银行家被皮匠的直率逗笑了，他说：“我要你从今以后不愁没钱用。这一百枚钱你拿去，小心放好，需要时拿来用吧。”

yín háng jiā bèi pí jiàng de zhí lǜ dòu xiào le ，tā shuō ：“wǒ yào nǐ cóng jīn yǐ hòu bú chóu méi qián yòng 。zhè yī bǎi méi qián nǐ ná qù ，xiǎo xīn fàng hǎo ，xū yào shí ná lái yòng ba 。”

The cobbler fancied he beheld all the wealth which the earth had produced in the past century for the use of mankind.Returning home,he buried his money and his happiness at the same time,No more singin;he lost his voice,the moment he acquired that which is the source of so much grief.Sleep quitted his dwelling;and cares,suspicions,and false alarms took its place,All day,his eye wandered in the direction of his treasure;and at night,if some stray cat made a noise,the cat was robbing him.At length the poor man ran to the house of his rich neighbor;\”Give my back.\” said he,\”sleep and my voice,and take your hundred crowns.\”

皮匠觉得自己好像看到了过去几百年来大地为人类所需而制造出来的全部财富。他回到家中，埋藏好硬币，同时也埋葬了他的快乐。他不再唱歌了；从他得到这种痛苦的根源那一刻起，他的嗓子就哑了。睡眠与他分手；取而代之的却是担心、怀疑、虚惊。白天，他的目光尽朝埋藏硬币的方向望；夜间，如果有只迷途的猫弄出一点声响，他就以为是有人来抢他的钱。最后，这个可怜的皮匠跑到他那富有的邻居家里说：“把你的一百枚钱拿回去，还我的睡眠和歌声来。”

pí jiàng jue dé zì jǐ hǎo xiàng kàn dào le guò qù jǐ bǎi nián lái dà dì wéi rén lèi suǒ xū ér zhì zào chū lái de quán bù cái fù 。tā huí dào jiā zhōng ，mái cáng hǎo yìng bì ，tóng shí yě mái zàng le tā de kuài lè 。tā bú zài chàng gē le ；cóng tā dé dào zhè zhǒng tòng kǔ de gēn yuán nà yī kè qǐ ，tā de sǎng zǐ jiù yǎ le 。shuì mián yǔ tā fèn shǒu ；qǔ ér dài zhī de què shì dān xīn 、huái yí 、xū jīng 。bái tiān ，tā de mù guāng jìn cháo mái cáng yìng bì de fāng xiàng wàng ；yè jiān ，rú guǒ yǒu zhī mí tú de māo nòng chū yī diǎn shēng xiǎng ，tā jiù yǐ wéi shì yǒu rén lái qiǎng tā de qián 。zuì hòu ，zhè gè kě lián de pí jiàng pǎo dào tā nà fù yǒu de lín jū jiā lǐ shuō ：“bǎ nǐ de yī bǎi méi qián ná huí qù ，hái wǒ de shuì mián hé gē shēng lái 。”

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