of the royal family of Spain had entered the great cathedral of

royal edict, he would never suffer his ministers to speak about any

lizard, they cried; that would be too much to expect. And,

wonderfully handsome lad of about fourteen years of age, uncovering

總是老老實實地呆在同一個地方。從沒有人看見我們在花廊中跳來跳去的，或者在草叢中發

the monster was now close to his own, and seemed full of terror.

seemed to him intolerable that things made simply out of wood and

great plumed hats to the Infanta, she acknowledged their reverence

children laughed, he laughed as freely and as joyously as any of

然而，花兒對他們的舉止倒是十分地擔心，同時對鳥兒的舉動也很不安。「這隻能表

address. They are mere vagrants like the gipsies, and should be

dances he knew, the mad dance in red raiment with the autumn, the

his crown the rich provinces of the Netherlands, which soon after,

He should certainly be kept indoors for the rest of his natural

wonderful figures, and carrying lighted candles in their hands.

草地上爬起身來，跨過陽台朝宮廷走去。

dim with tears. Indeed some of the children really cried, and had

he stopped himself. He shouted with amusement, and ran forward,

being the only sound that broke the silence. After that they had

去的，還十分可笑地舉著雙手揮舞著，他們再也忍受不下去了。

the little daughter of the Marquess de Las-Torres, and changed it

perfume.

years, said the great scarlet Lilies, and they grew quite hot and

pretty disdain. For the future let those who come to play with me

composition. It had once been the chamber of JEAN LE FOU, as he

The arena was then cleared amidst much applause, and the dead

silver and pearls. On the second step of the throne was placed the

at the agate pommel of his dagger, they leapt to their feet and

治之症而嘲弄他。其實，也有好些紫羅蘭覺得小矮人的醜陋是他本人裝出來的，假如他面帶

the other wall. Between the windows stood a black ebony cabinet,

的短外套，女孩們手裡提著緞子長裙的后擺，並用黑色和銀灰色的大扇子護住眼睛遮擋陽

But the little Dwarf knew nothing of all this. He liked the birds

great milk-white Peacock, who was sunning herself on the

般，駝著背，拐著腿，還有一個搖來搖去的大腦袋和一頭鬃毛般的烏髮。小矮人皺起了眉

their wings as they passed, and chattered to each other, and the

蠟燭，而且從未讓她進去過。如此好的陽光，大家又這麼開心，他可真是太傻了。再說，他

alone, but her birthday was an exception, and the King had given

饒的尼德蘭諸省，這些省份不久后便在皇帝的鼓動下，由一些改革教派的狂熱倍徒領導著，

玩。這些瘦小的西班牙孩子跑動起來的動作還挺優雅的。男孩們頭戴大羽毛帽子，身穿飄動

But why will he not dance again? asked the Infanta, laughing.

沒有發現，那些他為取悅於她而想出來的繁雜禮節，—反而加重了她所犯的奇怪的憂鬱病。

nothing else to do, or when the weather was too rainy for them to

absurd ecstasy of pleasure, and making the most uncouth and clumsy

them, and during that terribly bitter winter, when there were no

course not quite so natural. And she fluttered her big fan, and

在大廳的盡頭垂掛著綉工精緻的黑天鵝絨帷幔，上面綉著太陽和繁星，都是國王最中意

tears poured down his cheeks, and he tore the white rose to pieces.

that crawled slowly about, shaking their heads and nibbling at the

小公主本人同她的伴侶們在陽台上來回地走動著，並繞著石花瓶和布滿青苔的古雕像在

pikes, came the soldiers, and in their midst walked three

奇醜無比，彎腰駝背的怪物就是他自己。他正是那個怪物，所有的小孩嘲笑的也是他，那位

useless a child. Perhaps the most amusing thing about him was his

by the hand, she walked slowly down the steps towards a long

Then at another signal they all flung themselves again to the

她有些失望地撅橛小嘴，並聳了聳肩膀。說實在的，他本應該跟她呆在一起過生日的。

A whipping master should be sent for, said Don Pedro wearily, and

她死後有那麼一段時間，他彷彿發了瘋似的。要不是他擔心自己離去后小公主會受到自己兄

它，可它也報以拳頭。他對它做出煩惱的樣子，它也朝他做鬼臉。他向後退去，它也跟著退

sensibly as if they had been grown-up people. At last, however,

Could the shadows of things have colour and life and movement?

小矮人吃驚地朝四周看著，他真有點不敢往前走了。畫中那些陌生而沉默的騎馬人敏捷

curl themselves up into prickly balls, and the great wise tortoises

burners, and that it was absurd to pretend that it wasnt so; a

王突然想起了年輕的王后，就是小公主的母親，這在他看來就像是前不久的事情。那時王后

boys with their large-plumed hats and short fluttering cloaks, the

tastefully attired, after the somewhat cumbrous fashion of the day.

那些愚載的國家事務有什麼要緊的？或許他又去了那個陰森森的禮拜堂了吧？那兒一直點著

管他以前從未進過王宮，可他卻知道好多了不起的事情。他可以用燈芯草編出小籠子，好把

頭。他笑了，而它也跟著笑，而且還把兩隻手放在腰間，就跟他的做法是一樣的。他嘲笑著

蜥蜴也非常喜歡他，每當他跑累了以後躺在草地上休息的時候，蜥蜴就會在他身上爬來

Madrid that he might cure the Kings melancholy by the sweetness of

傳說王後到他所在的阿拉貢的城堡去走訪的時候，他送了一雙有毒的手套給王后。甚至在國

to-day as he watched the Infanta playing on the terrace. She had

some humourous mood, had fashioned for others to mock at. As for

fountain put their heads out of the water, and asked the huge stone

the little Infanta was not there, only some wonderful white statues

was so affected that he could not help saying to Don Pedro that it

bows, and when they had finished their performance and doffed their

kneeling-stool of the Infanta, with its cushion of cloth of silver

he had had two of their tribe hanged for sorcery in the market-

幾排名貴的珍珠。兩隻配著粉紅色大玫瑰花的小拖鞋隨著她的走動從衣服下邊顯露出來。那

That is capital, said the Infanta, after a pause; but now you

like some wounded thing, into the shadow, and lay there moaning.

their strange wedge-shaped heads and rose slowly up, swaying to and

moved the tremulous leaves aside. There were flowers, too, in the

麗白色的花朵且長出一串串真實的果實后，才又開心起來；後來變戲法者從拉斯．托里斯侯

房子比他剛才走過的那間更漂亮。牆上掛著綉著許多人物像的綠色掛氈。那是一幅狩獵圖，

of soldiers, and looked defiantly across the grass at the roses,

her thanks to the young Count of Tierra-Nueva for his charming

乎的棕色大熊，他們肩頭上還坐著幾隻巴巴利的小猴子。大熊十分認真地倒立起身子，乾瘦

曲的腿，他那顆畸形的大腦袋左右搖擺著，就這樣他跌跌撞撞地衝進到場子中。孩子們見到

進來時的次序跟著她出去了。

有時他會不顧應有的禮節（在西班牙生活中的任何行為都受到禮節的約束，就連國王的悲痛

arrangements for the marriage of their Queen, then one of the

dreamy air. When they caught sight of Don Pedro they scowled at

young leaves. Yes, she must certainly come to the forest and play

go out and dance together all the day long. It was really not a

who but a short time before - so it seemed to him - had come from

zithers with their long pointed nails, and their heads began to nod

的睡椅。門口壁禽中那個躺著的睡牧神，竟也有一個模樣相同的孿生兄弟酣睡在那兒，那位

過宮廷大臣卻是一副莊重的表情，他跪在小矮人的身旁，把手按在小矮人的胸口上。過了一

When she died he was, for a time, like one bereft of reason.

伯爵把牛也壓在了地上，他請求小公主允許他給予致命的一擊，然後他就用木劍朝那動物猛

what a vulgarising effect this incessant rushing and flying about

著一個小小的人影，正望著他。他心中一顫，從口中進發出一聲喜悅的叫聲，接著他一下子

火刑的儀式。將近三百名異教徒，其中不少是英國人，被交與劊子手去燒死在火刑柱上。

the centre table were lying the red portfolios of the ministers,

him, and some of them looked terrified, for only a few weeks before

her alone, and to tell her that he too loved her. Perhaps she was

樣的好，只是還不夠自然而已。」說完她扇起了大扇子，高興地拍手叫好。

的白屈萊，藍幽幽的威靈仙，深紅且金黃的萄尾隨處可見。榛樹上有灰色的茅荑花，頂針花

monster, and it was at him that all the children had been laughing,

His whole married life, with its fierce, fiery-coloured joys and

and the little Princess who he had thought loved him - she too had

would not have given his rose for all the pearls on the canopy, nor

Saragossa since a mad priest, supposed by many to have been in the

們從牆上的裂縫中爬出來，躺在白日的陽光下；石榴在火熱的陽光下紛紛裂開了嘴，露出了

led her solemnly in to a little gilt and ivory chair that was

candle to the shrine of Our Lady of Pilar in return for the

many years before, envoys had appeared from England to make

械地牽動的東西，竟能表演得如此悲傷和那麼不幸，他似乎覺得難以接受。

坐在一起。他那頂主教的帽子，帽上纏著深紅色的帽纓，就放在一個靠前邊的紫色綉框上。

林里風兒卻能自由自在地衣著，陽光揮舞著那雙金燦燦的雙手拔開抖動的樹葉。樹林中也有

笑起來，並圍著他觀賞起來。

對他講的話他們一個字也聽不懂，不過這倒沒什麼關係，因為他們把頭偏在一旁，看上

great gauze fan, and in her hair, which like an aureole of faded

forest, and all day long he would dance for her delight. A smile

stamped with the gold tulips of Spain, and with the arms and

more sweetly scented for all that; hyacinths in early spring that

個小小的鳩窩。他們都很聽話，並習慣了在他的手上找東西吃。小公主會喜歡他們的，還有

footprints, and the boar by the trampled leaves. All the wild-

在蒲爾哥斯匆匆舉行的，那是兩國邊境的一座小城市。進入馬德里的公開慶典是盛大的，照

and often sat thinking for hours and hours together, when there was

得意萬分。他跑到花園中去，欣喜若狂地親吻著那朵白玫瑰，得意忘形地做出了許多笨拙而

並不停地敲打手鼓，同時用他們那奇特的帶喉音的語言唱起了狂放的情歌。隨著一聲信號的

是西班牙宮廷，這樣一個以培養恐怖而著稱的地方，也從未見過一個如此吸引人的小怪物。

那麼他會讓人覺得好受許多。

of needle-wrought tapestry representing a hunt, the work of some

天應該是個晴朗的天氣。那一天的確是個晴朗的好天。高高的帶條紋的鬱金香直挺挺地立在

heart trembled, a cry of joy broke from his lips, and he moved out

它們血紅的心。就連沿著陰暗走廊的刻花棚架上的一串串懸挂著的淺黃色檸擱，彷彿也從這

was to dance again for her after the hour of siesta, and conveyed

眼中已充滿了淚水。當時真的有好多孩子都哭了，只好拿糖塊去安慰他們，就是大宗教裁判

玩的人都不帶心才行，」她大聲說，然後就朝外跑進花園裡去了。

今天他望著小公主在陽台上玩耍的時候，似乎又回想起了他整個的婚姻生活，那是一場

The little Dwarf looked in wonder all round him, and was half-

面揮動著手中的大扇子，一面相互交談著。唐．彼德羅和大宗教裁判官面帶笑容地站在人口

in the air. It grovelled on the ground, and, when he looked at it,

of bows, smiling and nodding at them just as if he was really one

But the little Dwarf never moved.

with his long shadowy finger, and could not help saying to the

and the lizards immensely, and thought that the flowers were the

however, was really quite irresistible, and even at the Spanish

沒有堅果了，地面被凍得跟鐵塊似的，狼群也下山來到城門口尋找食物，就在這種時候，小

這一天是公主的生日，她剛滿十二歲。燦爛的陽光照在王宮的花園中。

leadership of some fanatics of the Reformed Church.

he had often tried in his delirium to mount the huge rearing

接下來是一個非洲人表演戲法。他提來一隻又大又平的籃子，上面蓋著一塊紅布。他把

back leading a brown shaggy bear by a chain, and carrying on their

He is really far too ugly to be allowed to play in any place where

上圍坐在大火盆的邊上，望著乾柴在火中慢慢地燃燒，把栗子埋在灰中烘烤。強盜們也從山

with branches for three hundred wax lights hung down from the black

covered with a red cloth, and having placed it in the centre of the

便朝他皺起了眉頭，有的人還露出了恐懼的表情，因為就在數周之前，唐說他們的兩個族人

close of the p九*九*藏*書erformance, remembering how she had seen the great

世界的帝國而進行戰爭。他甚至連一刻鐘也不能離開她；為了她，他已經忘記了，或似乎是

peeped out beneath her dress as she walked. Pink and pearl was her

矮人也不曾忘記他們，他總是把自己的小塊的黑麵包揉成屑給他們吃，不管他的早餐多麼

明，」花兒們說，「這種不停地蹦蹦跳跳會產生多麼粗俗的影響。像我們這徉有教養的人，

at the entrance. Even the Duchess - the Camerera-Mayor as she was

它是什麼東西呀？他想了一會兒，並朝房屋的四周看了看。真是怪了，不管什麼東西在

是一個不能生育的新娘，可他卻愛她超過任何美人；這個回答的代價是使他的王國失去了富

II. receiving the homage of the Netherlands occupied the centre of

少，他總會分一些給他們吃。

圖把她喚醒。

gilding everywhere, and even the floor was made of great coloured

performed by the dancing boys from the church of Nuestra Senora Del

自己來到了一個輝煌的大廳中，他感到要比那樹林氣派得多，處處金光燦爛，就連地板都是

於是他悄悄地走過去，把帷幔拉開。沒有人，那兒只不過是另一間房子，可他覺得這間

Because his heart is broken, answered the Chamberlain.

famous master himself.

待別人的。於是，他們很安靜地彈著琴，他們那長長的尖指甲剛好挨到琴弦，他們的頭開始

It was a throne-room, used for the reception of foreign

月色。是的，只要他能夠找到她，她一定會來的！她會跟他一塊兒到美妙的樹林中去的，他

燒炭夫的孩子還是燒炭夫，要想事情並非如此，那是不可能的。這種見解得到了孔雀的完全

tissue, and below that again, and beyond the limit of the canopy,

lit up his eyes at the thought, and he passed into the next room.

chaunting some wild love-song in their strange guttural language.

的中間放著一個烏木幅櫃，裏面放著象牙盤子，盤子上刻著霍爾彭「死亡舞蹈」中的人物，

可是小矮人對眼前豪華的盛景卻沒有留意。他不願用自己的玫瑰花來換華蓋上的珍珠，

looked wise, which is quite as good as understanding a thing, and

would be quite as pretty as the white berries that she wore on her

she still younger. They had been formally betrothed on that

wafer to the Prince of the Asturias. So she had known only by

and had once told the time of day to no less a person than the

So they played on very gently and just touching the cords of the

heavily embroidered with silver, and the stiff corset studded with

crumbs out of his little hunch of black bread, and divided with

She made a little MOUE of disappointment, and shrugged her

twice in the orchard, or plucked the second years fruit from the

瘋似的追趕蜻蜓，只要我們想換換空氣，我們就會叫園丁來，他會把我們搬到另一個花壇上

roots of the oak-trees; bright celandine, and blue speedwell, and

also. He laughed, and it laughed with him, and held its hands to

miss the sham bull-fight for which the trumpet was already

面的地方，立著教皇使節的椅子，只有這位使節大人才有權在任何公開的慶典儀式上與國王

可是小矮人卻一動也不動。

quite seriously, and pressing the flower to his rough coarse lips

美少年，用西班牙下級貴族世家的全部優雅舉止向她脫帽致敬，並莊重地把她引到競技場內

all the Court, and he had returned to the Escurial bearing with him

弟，來自阿拉貢省的唐．彼德羅，還有他的懺悔師，來自格蘭那達的大宗教裁判官坐在他的

And the Infanta stamped her foot, and called out to her uncle, who

的動作把花按在自己的胸口上。

they meet a man, turn him into a hind, and chase him. But he

情可做的時候，或碰上雨天不能外出，他們會一坐就是好幾個鐘頭地思考問題。

寶座第二級上面放著小公主用的跪凳，墊子是用銀絲線布做成的，就在跪凳下面，靠華蓋外

大聲說道，「不過這種要求太過分了。而且說起來也有些荒唐，其實他一點也不難看，當

applauded.

into the sunlight. As he did so, the figure moved out also, and he

「他應該一輩子都關在房子里不出門，」他們說，「看看他的駝背，還有他那雙拐

across the arena with her sweetest smile, he took the whole matter

go out.

解每隻鳥兒的叫聲，還能把歐椋鳥從樹梢上喚下來，或從池塘中喚弧蒼鷺。他認識每一種動

羅的手趕緊抓住了他短劍的瑪瑙劍柄。只見彈琴者們跳起身來，圍著場地瘋狂地轉起圈來，

a birthday present, and he has stolen it from her. And she called

小公主跺了跺腳，叫起了她的叔父。她叔父此時正和宮廷大臣一起在陽台上散步，讀著

GRACE, he plunged his wooden sword into the neck of the animal with

handkerchiefs and cried out: BRAVO TORO! BRAVO TORO! just as

rows of fine pearls. Two tiny slippers with big pink rosettes

雖說她是一個真正的公主，一位西班牙公主，但是她就像窮人家的孩子們一樣，每年只

legs, and they began to titter.

across, and the monsters hand followed it quickly. He tried to

Dance of Death had been graved - by the hand, some said, of that

了——這或許是他的幻想吧？他把臉埋在雙手巾，等小公主再次舉頭望窗戶的時候，窗帘已

來說真是求之不得。或許真正最有趣的倒是小矮人一點也不知道自己那醜陋的相貌。的確他

she loved him, and that made a great difference. How he wished

of every animal, and could track the hare by its delicate

he was just like a live bull, though he was only made of wicker-

shouts of happy laughter, and stood all round him and watched him.

大利緞子，緞子上面還點綴著鳥圖和可愛的銀花；傢具是用大塊的銀子做成的，上面鑲著鮮

caparisoned hobby-horses brandishing long javelins with gay

burner, being but too well pleased to get rid of so ugly and

her did but aggravate the strange malady from which she suffered.

tossing her head, the same proud curved beautiful mouth, the same

久。他忍不住對在欄柵上曬太陽的乳白色的大孔雀說，人人都知道，國王的孩子就是國王，

Castle of Fontainebleau, when he was but fifteen years of age, and

了另一間房子。

fantastic a little monster had never been seen. It was his first

her in his arms, for he was very strong, though he knew that he was

to have been hunting in a remote part of the great cork-wood that

可是她又在什麼地方呢？他問著白玫瑰，白玫瑰回答不了他的問題。整個王宮像是睡著

pipe grew shriller and shriller two green and gold snakes put out

that looked down on him from their jasper pedestals, with sad blank

MI BELLA PRINCESA, your funny little dwarf will never dance again.

it, and it returned blow for blow. He loathed it, and it made

to see at Seville, on the occasion of the visit of the Duke of

And he has actually got one of my best blooms, exclaimed the

而坐，圍成一個圈子，開始輕輕地彈奏起他們的弦琴，另一些人伴著曲調舞動起腰身，並用

slumbered, and the silver Venus that stood in the sunlight held out

public entry into Madrid with the customary celebration of high

了一次表演。一些義大利木偶戲表演者在特意建來演木偶戲的一個小戲院中上演了半古典的

the little Dwarf made no answer.

should see it, and covered his eyes with his hands. He crawled,

公主在比她低下的人跟前如此開懷大笑過呢。不過，小矮人的舉動真是讓人無法抗拒，即使

不過小矮人對此是一無所知。他好喜歡這些小鳥和蜥蜴，並且認為花兒是世界上最美麗

看見小矮人時也都厭惡地捲起身子。紫羅蘭卻溫和地說小矮人的確是其貌不揚，可他也沒有

shoulders. Surely he might have stayed with her on her birthday.

魚們也從水中露出頭來，詢問巨大的石雕海神特里通斯究竟發生了什麼事。

long after the little Dwarf had ran out of the arena, and expressed

But the little Dwarf never looked up, and his sobs grew fainter and

and retired to the great Trappist monastery at Granada, of which he

most marvellous things in the whole world, except of course the

時刻，小矮人的模樣讓他吃驚不小，幾乎忘記用他那長長的有影子的指頭標出時間達兩分之

Catholic sovereigns of Europe, with the Emperors eldest son. The

done this several times, they disappeared for a moment and came

and his confessor, the Grand Inquisitor of Granada, sat by his

them whatever poor breakfast he had.

It certainly was a marvellous bull-fight, and much nicer, the

正對著寶座的牆上，掛著一幅查理五世獵裝服的畫像，像跟真人一樣大小，身邊還站著一隻

伐，他停下來，對方也站住了腳步。他驚奇地叫了起來，跑上前去，伸出一隻手，而怪物的

the Infanta, she absolutely fascinated him. He could not keep his

的快樂。

each other, and Don Pedro and the Grand Inquisitor stood laughing

他便要向他們每一個人鞠一個最滑稽的躬，他對他們點頭高興的樣子就好像他的的確確是他

看上去好開心且精神飽滿。孩子們笑了，他也跟他們一樣笑得無拘無束。每支舞曲結束時，

and long black hair. Everybody was fascinated by the grave dignity

given it to him because she loved him.

地上的怪物也照他的樣子做了，還把花瓣撒在空中。它在地上爬著，他朝它看著，它也用皺

vintage-time came the grape-treaders, with purple hands and feet,

今天他好像又看見她了，就跟他頭一次在巴黎的楓丹白露宮中見到她時一樣，當時他僅

the arena on his hind legs, which no live bull ever dreams of

還可以做她淺黃色頭髮上的小星星。

went in front singing sweetly, and carrying bright banners and

curled up in disgust when they saw him, and when the Violets meekly

even the nightingale herself, who sang so sweetly in the orange

splendid, he feared, than the forest, there was so much more

retired.

sunlight, and the magnolia trees opened their great globe-like

striped tulips stood straight up upon their stalks, like long rows

that windy March day nearly twelve years before. Once every month

他們儘可能低的聲音哼著歌兒，那聲音低得如同夢中的微風掠過。他們一看見唐．彼德羅，

age, and the sun was shining brightly in the gardens of the palace.

White Rose-Tree. I gave it to the Infanta this morning myself, as

的玫瑰花，花瓣竟跟他的一模一樣！它也在吻花，而且跟他的吻法是一樣的，還用它那可怕

we are, cried the Tulips.

smile flitted across her wrinkled face and twitched her thin

wonderful smile - VRAI SOURIRE DE FRANCE indeed - as she glanced up

要開心快樂才對。」

熱了，她的小公主殿下應該馬上回到宮裡去，那裡已經為她備好了豐盛的宴席，有一個地道

甚至連不愛拋頭露面的紅色風露草們，這些大家都知道本身就有很多窮親戚的草們，在

The sprawling monster did the same, and scattered the faint petals

make little cages out of rushes for the grasshoppers to sing in,

the sunlight, being still more accentuated by their swarthy faces

dress, with a great mastiff by his side, and a picture of Philip

reception, she went back to her apartments, the children following

But where was she? He asked the white rose, and it made him no

extreme end of the room, he saw a little figure watching him. His

了。

splendour of the Spanish court, dying just six months after the

he caught sight of a little private door that was lying open. He

balustrade, that every one knew that the children of Kings were

angry.

向它鞠了一躬，它也對他還了一個禮。他朝它走去，它也走上來迎他，跟他邁著同樣的步

occasion by the Papal Nuncio in the presence of the French King and

所以他們繞著他飛了一圈又一圈，他們飛過他身邊的時候用翅膀輕輕撫摸著他的臉，並

all, provided, of course, that one shuts ones eyes, and does not

hand, went in and knelt by her side calling out, MI REINA! MI

舞姿得體而優雅，還氣派不凡地鞠著躬。等舞曲一結束，他們就脫下大羽毛帽子向小公主致

with which they moved through the intricate figures of the dance,

Infanta bowing with childish gravity to the assembling counters, or

the air, and looked very haughty, and were quite delighted when

He should drink poppy-juice, and go to sleep for a thousand

liked to come and amuse themselves with her. There was a stately

官也深受感動，他忍不住對唐．彼德羅說，這些用簡單的木頭和彩色蠟做成的，並由絲線機

undoubtedly the dancing of the little Dwarf. When he stumbled into

了。多年以前，就是在這間屋子裡，英國的特使到這兒來安排他們的女王——當時她是歐洲

and stumpy, and his head is completeread.99csw.comly out of proportion with his

with pleasure.

The Lizards also took an immense fancy to him, and when he grew

不就扶著她走，因為他很結實，儘管他深知自己的個頭不算高。他會用紅色的蔓草果為她做

mourning that he had ordained throughout his whole dominions by

precedents in Spain for a Kings daughter weeping before her

受了傷的動物，向陰暗處爬去，並躺在那兒呻|吟起來。

著，並在假牛面前舞動著猩紅色的大地，當牛衝來時他們就輕鬆地跳過柵欄；至於牛呢，盡

grown courtyard. So great had been his love for her that he had

后，就沒有一位西班牙皇室的成員走進過薩拉哥薩大教堂。因此，小公主僅僅是聽人說過這

What did the stupid State-affairs matter? Or had he gone to that

在大家的掌聲中，競技場被收拾乾淨了，兩個身著黃黑制服的摩爾人侍從把倒地的木馬

Flemish artists who had spent more than seven years in its

pay of Elizabeth of England, had tried to administer a poisoned

if he could only find her! She would come with him to the fair

tiny orange-tree grow out of the sand and bear pretty white

主嫁給他時，他仍吩咐自己的大臣去告訴皇帝，說西班牙國王已經和悲傷結了婚，儘管她只

去很精明的樣子，這就跟了解此事是一樣的好，並且也更加容易。

Now when the little Dwarf heard that he was to dance a second time

就跟成年人一樣。就這樣戰鬥持續了下去，最後，好幾匹人扮的馬被戳倒，那位年輕的新地

remarked that though he was certainly extremely plain, still he

Emperor Charles V. himself, he was so taken aback by the little

such profusion from the mouldering trellis and along the dim

What is it? He thought for a moment, and looked round at the rest

waving their scarlet cloaks before the bull, and vaulting lightly

the gay country of France, and had withered away in the sombre

the King, wrapped in a dark cloak and with a muffled lantern in his

the voice? Could she make a mimic world just like the real world?

連手和腳都是紫色的，頭上戴著常青藤編的花冠，手裡拿著滴著葡萄酒的皮袋子。燒炭人晚

did not harm her, nor the gaunt wolves creep too near the hut. And

inlaid with plates of ivory, on which the figures from Holbeins

velvet, powdered with suns and stars, the Kings favourite devices,

in the most fantastic and exaggerated manner, they went off into

flooded with waving purple the cool glens, and grassy knolls;

wonderful ceremony which takes place every year at Maytime in front

這使小公主忘記了尊嚴，等小矮人跑出場子好長一陣子她還在一個勁兒地笑，並對她的

treated in exactly the same manner. So they put their noses in

swiftly through the long glades without making any noise, seemed to

Ambassador at Madrid.

of air, we send for the gardener, and he carries us to another bed.

that the gold-fish who lived in the basin of the cool splashing

奇妙的陽光中染上了一層豐富的色彩，玉蘭花樹也張開了它們那重疊著的象牙色的巨大球狀

Although she was a real Princess and the Infanta of Spain, she had

its sides, just as he himself was doing. He made it a mocking bow,

說他是英國伊麗莎白女王收買了的）想用一塊有毒的聖餅謀害西班牙太子阿斯圖裡亞斯以

cold painted face.

園盡頭的紫綢編織的長長亭廊走去，其他孩子嚴格地依照次序緊跟在她的身後，即誰的名字

Infanta thought, than the real bull-fight that she had been brought

hobbyhorses dragged solemnly away by two Moorish pages in yellow

having obtained permission from the Infanta to give the COUP DE

小公主，她簡直把小矮人給迷住了。他不能夠把眼睛從她身上移開，他好像是專為小公主一

去，跳上一整天的舞蹈。在樹林里真是一點也不寂寞。有時主教會騎著他的白騾子從這裏走

「他真是太難看了，根本不該讓他到我們呆的地方來，」鬱金香大聲喊道。

placed on a raised dais above the arena. The children grouped

一行由貴族男孩子化裝成鬥牛士的隊伍走出來歡迎她。年輕的新地伯爵，一位十四歲的

in a circle, began to play softly upon their zithers, moving their

wreathed with glossy ivy and carrying dripping skins of wine; and

horses, and to drag down the stag on which the great hounds were

滿面愁容的國王透過宮中的窗戶望著他們。站在他身後的是他所憎恨的人，那是他的兄

side, but would have made her his playmate, and taught her all

velvet studded with silver tulips and elaborately fringed with

at dawn he would tap at the shutters and wake her, and they would

the dazzling whiteness of their costumes, as they moved about in

班牙紳士吻著。不過孩子們高聲的笑聲刺著了他的耳朵，明亮而無情的陽光嘲諷著他的哀

outside the window till dawn, to see that the wild horned cattle

practices had been already forfeited, men said, to the Holy Office,

馬，拖開那隻由一群大獵狗攻擊的公鹿，吹響他那打獵的號角，用他的短劍刺一隻奔跑的母

empire of the New World. He had hardly ever permitted her to be

了似的，甚至連那些百葉窗沒有關閉的地方，也垂下了厚重的窗帘擋去了投入窗戶的光線。

was already titular Prior, had he not been afraid to leave the

bloodless lips.

though it sounds absurd to say so, he is really not so ugly after

that he had gone back with her! She would have put him on her

mocked his sorrow, and a dull odour of strange spices, spices such

要求在他的舞蹈結束之後就跟他一塊兒離去。此時在宮中，空氣是鬱悶而沉重的，然而在樹

的生日蛋糕，上面有用彩糖做出的她名字的大寫字母，還有一面飄舞的小銀旗。小公主非常

been already prepared for her, including a real birthday cake with

送給小公主的，作為生日禮物，他卻從她那兒把花偷走了。」然後她大叫起來，「小偷，小

streamers of bright ribands attached to them; others went on foot

Here, in the Palace, the air was close and heavy, but in the forest

behind that? He would try at any rate.

consented to give them a personal audience; the same room in which,

「他是個十足的可怕人物！」仙人掌尖叫著說，「啊，他扭得又丑，人又長得矮小，他

的設計，而且繡的又是他最喜愛的顏色。也許她就躲在那後面？他無論怎樣也要去看看。

the walks, and waving his arms above his head in such a ridiculous

Certainly there was a great deal to look at in the forest, and when

ambassadors, when the King, which of late had not been often,

of the wall, and lay basking in the white glare; and the

傳來，他們又都撲倒在地上，靜靜地躺著不動了，全場一派寂靜，只能聽到單調的弦琴聲。

Camerera was obliged to remind her that although there were many

But the funniest part of the whole mornings entertainment, was

cells. The chestnut had its spires of white stars, and the

在所有的房屋中這一間是最明亮和最漂亮的。屋裡的四壁上布滿了印著淺紅色花朵的意

不過生日這天可以例外。國王已經下了命令，她可邀請任何她喜歡的小朋友來宮中同她一起

seated in the Kings presence on the occasion of any public

the stately Spanish gentlemen to kiss. But the shrill laughter of

and broidered on the colour he loved best. Perhaps she was hiding

Her robe was of grey satin, the skirt and the wide puffed sleeves

詞。所以她又擺起了她那可愛的頭，還拉著唐．彼德羅的手，緩緩走下石階，朝著聳立在花

misshapen head from side to side, the children went off into a loud

forest, dancing about like an elf after the eddying leaves, or

orders that she was to invite any of her young friends whom she

爬去地玩著，拿出渾身的本事去逗他開心。「不是每個人都可以像蜥蜴那樣漂亮的，」他們

叔父表示想立即讓這種舞蹈再表演一次。然而那位女侍從市長卻懇求說太陽已經老高了，太

他原以為愛他的小公主——她也只不過是在嘲笑他的醜態，拿他的拐腿尋開心罷了。他們為

敬，她很有禮貌地接受了，並許諾送一隻大蜡燭給比拉爾聖母的神壇，以回報聖母給她帶來

silver. But the Infanta was the most graceful of all, and the most

去了。

days - then advanced into the arena, and sitting down cross-legs,

crosses of gold, and then, in silver armour, with matchlocks and

however, were rather frightened at their spotted hoods and quick

「這可真精彩，」小公主說，又過了一陣子；「不過現在你必須為我們跳舞了。」

Court, always noted for its cultivated passion for the horrible, so

she was tired he would find a soft bank of moss for her, or carry

afraid to go on. The strange silent horsemen that galloped so

被行妖術而給絞死在塞維爾的市場上了。不過美麗的小公主使他們入了迷，這時她朝後靠著

with birds and dotted with dainty blossoms of silver; the furniture

bodies to the tune, and humming, almost below their breath, a low

美的歌聲去醫治國王的憂悶；於是小公主便從自己的頭髮上取下那朵美麗的白玫瑰，一半是

as a surprise for the Infanta; his father, who was a poor charcoal-

的大路上蜿蜒地朝托列多而去。僧侶們走在隊伍的前頭，唱著甜甜的歌曲，手裡拿著鮮艷的

hunchbacked, and crooked-limbed, with huge lolling head and mane of

was called, that mad King who was so enamoured of the chase, that

這堵看不見的清水牆上都會重複出現它們原有的模樣，是的，牆上有屋裡一樣的圖畫，一樣

一起玩。他會把自己的小床讓給她睡，他在窗外看守著直到天亮，不讓帶角的野獸傷了她，

gold of her hair.

From a window in the palace the sad melancholy King watched them.

大作的三月天里僧侶們把她抬放到那兒時的模樣一個樣。國王每月一次，身上裹著黑袍，手

double in this invisible wall of clear water. Yes, picture for

berries on the trees, and the ground was as hard as iron, and the

能過一次生日，因此舉國上下自然而然地就把這當作是一件重大的事情，那就是她過生日這

站立在陽光中伸出雙臂的銀維納斯像也正朝著另一個一樣可愛的維納斯對視著。

hideous faces at him. He drew back, and it retreated.

the throne, hung a life-sized portrait of Charles V. in hunting

picture was repeated, and couch for couch. The sleeping Faun that

are as clever as the Barbary apes, and much more ridiculous. But

繞著場子跑，這卻是真牛連做夢也不敢想的事。這牛斗得也不錯，孩子們興奮極了，他們紛

把大紗扇是粉紅色和珍珠色的，她的頭髮像一圈褪色的金黃光環包圍著她那張蒼白的小臉

barefooted men, in strange yellow dresses painted all over with

The walls were covered with a pink-flowered Lucca damask, patterned

petal for petal the same! It kissed it with like kisses, and

鹿。現在這兒改作會議廳了，在屋中央的桌子上放著大臣們的紅色文件夾，上面蓋著西班牙

after a prolonged combat, during which several of the hobby-horses

人跳舞似的。演出結束時，小公主記起了自己曾見過宮廷貴婦們向義大利著名男高音加法奈

旗子和金十字架，隨後跟著披銀棗甲執火繩槍和長矛的士兵，在這些人當中走著三個赤腳的

這時一隊漂亮的埃及人——當時也被稱為吉卜賽人—一走進到場子中來，他們盤腿席地

Italian treble, whom the Pope had sent from his own chapel to

white mule, reading out of a painted book. Sometimes in their

repeated. The Camerera, however, on the plea that the sun was too

unhappy and meet with such terrible misfortunes.

據說，這是這位大師親自動手刻的。

Dwarfs appearance, that he almost forgot to mark two whole minutes

garden, the other children following in strict order of precedence,

falconers passed by, with hooded hawks on their wrists. At

near me I will sting him with my thorns.

固定的住址都不曾有。他們只不過是一群像吉卜賽人那樣的流浪漢，而且也真該受到同徉的

stage of a small theatre that had been built up for the purpose.

and it was as cold as ice. He grew afraid, and moved his hand

王保住了他的生命，因為由於信邪教和行巫術的嫌疑，這位醫生已被宗教裁判所判了極刑。

和快速吐出的舌頭，反而害怕起來，直到看見變戲法者在沙地上變出一棵小桔子樹，開出美

管它只是由柳枝和張開的牛皮做成的，可卻跟真牛一樣生龍活虎，不過有時它堅持著用後腿

not suffered even the grave to hide her from him. She had been

公爵來看望她父親時，她被人帶去塞維爾看過一場鬥牛賽。一群男孩子穿著裝飾華麗的馬皮

grass, and make his way across the terrace to the palace.

fact the gipsies were a great success.

their steely feathers and black bills, and the hedgehogs that could

was ohttps://read.99csw.comf massive silver, festooned with florid wreaths, and swinging

lips bending down to kiss his hand as he stepped into his carriage.

legs. Really he makes me feel prickly all over, and if he comes

coloured wax, and worked mechanically by wires, should be so

They acted so well, and their gestures were so extremely natural,

to be comforted with sweetmeats, and the Grand Inquisitor himself

and black liveries, and after a short interlude, during which a

「應該叫個執鞭人來打他一頓，」唐．彼德羅憤憤地說，接著他又回到了陽台上去。不

irises lilac and gold. There were grey catkins on the hazels, and

right hand, and smiled at him, and he would have never left her

was walking on the terrace with the Chamberlain, reading some

該院的名譽院長了。他兄弟的殘酷無情在西班牙是出了名的，不少人懷疑是他害死了王后，

上掛吊著斑跡點點的蜜蜂小屋。栗樹的頂部如同白色的星星，而山楂卻透著它那蒼白的美麗

在聖母大祭壇前面舉辦一次，是專為慶祝聖母而舉行的。其實，自從一位瘋教士（據許多人

came to meet him, copying each step that he made, and stopping when

grinning from ear to ear, and with his little bright eyes sparkling

stood the chair for the Papal Nuncio, who alone had the right to be

he went back to the terrace. But the Chamberlain looked grave, and

的莊嚴舞曲，也同樣引人人勝。小公主以前從沒有見過如此盛大的慶典，這種慶典每年五月

開玩笑，一半是為了戲弄那位女侍從市長，把花向場中的小矮人擲了過去，臉上帶著最甜蜜

not tall. He would make her a necklace of red bryony berries, that

for some place through which he might gain an entrance, and at last

她也沒有什麼耐看的；再說，小矮人過去對他們一直都很好。在那可怕的嚴冬里，樹上已經

的猴子跟著兩個像是它們主人的吉卜賽小男孩在表演著各種各樣逗笑的把戲，它們還會揮動

having made a low bow to the Infanta, he said -

answer. The whole palace seemed asleep, and even where the

a little ringlet of yellow hair, and the memory of two childish

It is a pity, for he is so ugly that he might have made the King

Tritons what on earth was the matter.

刺下去。他用力太大，一下子把牛頭給刺掉了，這使小羅南先生高興地大笑起來，他是法國

the foxgloves drooped with the weight of their dappled bee-haunted

looked up again the curtains had been drawn, and the King had

the wind blew free, and the sunlight with wandering hands of gold

as embalmers use, seemed to taint - or was it fancy? - the clear

and her body was still lying on its tapestried bier in the black

marble chapel of the Palace, just as the monks had borne her in on

partly for a jest and partly to tease the Camerera, threw it to him

arcades, seemed to have caught a richer colour from the wonderful

once when a fowler had snared the parent birds, he had brought up

down, and slapped the Dwarf on the cheek with his embroidered

Indeed, there is no doubt but that he would have formally abdicated

kinds of delightful tricks. For though he had never been in a

此情此景都一下子興奮地大聲叫了起來，小公主本人更是大笑不止，以致那位女侍從市長不

he seemed quite happy and full of the highest spirits. When the

越高，還隨著音樂聲搖來擺去，就跟水中浮動的植物一樣。孩子們看見它們那有斑點的頭部

的微笑。小矮人把整個事情看得十分認真，他一隻手將花朵壓在他粗糙的嘴唇下，另一隻手

的東西了，當然要除開小公主。而小公主已經把美麗的白玫瑰給了他，她是愛他的，這就大

old gnarled fig-tree that stood in the centre of the now grass-

裝，他們那滑稽的三角帽上綴著銀飾物，頂上插著很大的駝鳥毛。他們在陽光下桅艦起舞的

and said: We are quite as splendid as you are now. The purple

from the tree-top, or the heron from the mere. He knew the trail

have no hearts, she cried, and she ran out into the garden.

had just left. The walls were hung with a many-figured green arras

Kings, and that the children of charcoal-burners were charcoal-

綠寶石座上朝下望著他，眼神中滿是憂傷和茫然，嘴角上還掛著一絲奇怪的微笑。

贊同，而且她真的叫起好來：「是的，是的。」聲音又大又粗，連住在涼爽的噴水池中的金

companions, and played at hide and seek round the stone vases and

crouched up in the hollow of some old oak-tree, sharing his nuts

也不例外），萬分悲痛地抓住她戴著珠寶的蒼白的手，並狂吻著她那冰涼的化了妝的臉，試

小公主！不，那只是個怪物，是他所見過的最難看的怪物。奇形怪狀的樣子，非常人一

Later on had followed the marriage, hastily performed at Burgos, a

out of his sight; for her, he had forgotten, or seemed to have

會錯過看一場人扮的鬥牛比賽，比賽的號角已經吹響了，更不用說那些木偶戲和其它精彩的

hear. He knew the cry of every bird, and could call the starlings

been merely mocking at his ugliness, and making merry over his

忘記了國家的一切重大事項；在這種激|情的驅使下他達到了如此盲目的可怕地步，以致於他

it watched him with a face drawn with pain. He crept away, lest he

there was no mirror to tell him how loathsome he was? Why had his

themselves all round, fluttering their big fans and whispering to

tassels, lay on a purple TABOURET in front. On the wall, facing

花朵，使空氣中充滿了濃濃的芳香。

her own initials worked all over it in painted sugar and a lovely

their beautiful home, and when they saw him capering up and down

hearsay of Our Ladys Dance, as it was called, and it certainly

emblems of the house of Hapsburg.

鹿，然後去獵取他。但是小矮人想起了美麗的小公主，於是又壯起了膽子。他希望她是一個

慣例在拉．阿托卡大教堂里舉行了一次大彌撒，並且還搞了一次比平日更莊嚴的判處異教徒

Infanta, but then she had given him the beautiful white rose, and

and fought with tiny swords, and fired off guns, and went through a

dew-drenched anemones, and tiny glow-worms to be stars in the pale

broidered with parrots and peacocks, and the floor, which was of

a desire to her uncle that the dance should be immediately

had recently been established. My funny little dwarf is sulking,

So he stole quietly across, and drew it aside. No; there was only

blossoms of folded ivory, and filled the air with a sweet heavy

lying on the ground and beating the floor with his clenched hands,

莊重地站起身來，並宣布說讓小矮人在她午睡時間之後再表演一次，還要求把她的謝意轉告

而乾瘦的嘴唇也抽|動了一下。

and he would find her others. He would bring her acorn-cups and

「而他卻真的弄到了我最美的一朵花，」白玫瑰樹驚嘆道，「那朵花是我今天早上親自

人，身著奇怪的黃袍，上面繪滿了奇妙的畫像，他們的手中拿著點燃的蠟燭。說真的，樹林

強烈而火熱的歡愉，同時也因其突然的完結而導致了可怕的痛苦。小公主具備了王后一切可

wolves had come down to the very gates of the city to look for

禮，另外還看見她甩扇子掩著嘴偷笑那總是陪著她的一臉嚴肅的阿爾布奎爾基公爵夫人，國

輕舞，有秋天裡穿著紅衣的狂舞，有穿著藍色草鞋在稻穀上掠過的輕舞，有冬季戴著雪冠的

的款式。她的裙子是用灰色錦緞做的，裙擺和寬大的袖口上綉滿了銀線，挺直的胸衣上縫著

eyes off her, and seemed to dance for her alone, and when at the

the children grated on his ears, and the bright pitiless sunlight

manner, they could not restrain their feelings any longer.

of the room. It was strange, but everything seemed to have its

were many Englishmen, had been delivered over to the secular arm to

twisted limbs. Why had they not left him in the forest, where

She was not here either. The room was quite empty.

然，只要人們團上眼睛，不要去看他。」蜥蜴們天生就是十足的哲學家派頭，在沒有什麼事

eyes and strangely smiling lips.

look quite so bad-tempered as usual, and something like a chill

always accompanied her, he thought of the young Queen, her mother,

And the Infanta frowned, and her dainty rose-leaf lips curled in

The little Princess herself walked up and down the terrace with her

紅布開始動了，隨著蘆管聲愈吹愈尖，兩條金綠色的蛇伸出了它們那古怪的楔形頭，並越伸

地跨越過一片長長的草地，連一點聲音也聽不見，在他看來這些人就像燒炭夫們講過的那些

return without delay to the Palace, where a wonderful feast had

一樣美麗無比。」紫色的蝴蝶伴著翅膀上的金粉翩翩起舞，輪流走訪著每一朵鮮花；小蜥蜴

shutters had not been closed, heavy curtains had been drawn across

of white velvet, and their curious three-cornered hats were fringed

正好貼近了他的臉，臉上似乎充滿了恐俱。他把頭髮從眼睛上抹開。它也摹仿他。他去打

As for the old Sundial, who was an extremely remarkable individual,

shout of delight, and the Infanta herself laughed so much that the

them, and at the close of each dance he made them each the funniest

compliments. So she tossed her pretty head, and taking Don Pedro

was he alone. Standing under the shadow of the doorway, at the

with the squirrels. They did not mind his being ugly, a bit. Why,

must dance for me.

這是一間御室，用來接待外國使節的，只要國王同意親自接見他們，這種事近來不常有

out: Thief, thief, thief! at the top of her voice.

to play with children of her own rank, so she had always to play

shining so brightly, and everybody was so happy! Besides, he would

forest, not so splendid, perhaps, as the flowers in the garden, but

自己的馬車那時起，他就一直想著兩片孩子氣的嘴唇彎下來吻他手的情景。接下來的婚禮是

At the end of the hall hung a richly embroidered curtain of black

marriage, he bade the ambassadors tell their master that the King

中有非常多值得看的東西。她疲倦了的時候，他便會找一個長滿青苔的軟海灘讓她休息，要

food, he had never once forgotten them, but had always given them

手也朝他的手伸來，那隻手冷冰冰的。他覺得好害怕，又把手揮舞了過去，怪物的手也很快

before the Infanta, and by her own express command, he was so proud

made merry with them. Once, too, he had seen a beautiful

得不提醒她說，雖然過去西班牙國王的女兒在同等人面前哭過幾回，可卻從沒有皇室家族的

這是迴音嗎？他曾經在山谷中呼喚過她，她一個字一個字地回應著。難道她也能摹仿眼

occasion. And a really fine day it certainly was. The tall

light dance in blue sandals over the corn, the dance with white

籃子放在場地中央，然後從他的包頭帕下面拿出一根奇異的蘆管，並吹了起來。不一會兒，

the old moss-grown statues. On ordinary days she was only allowed

her arms to a Venus as lovely as herself.

他們兩人相互笑了笑，慢慢地走了進來。唐．彼德羅彎下腰去，用他那繡花的手套打著

Yes, cried all the children, you must get up and dance, for you

the arena, waddling on his crooked legs and wagging his huge

his head with all the grace of a born hidalgo and grandee of Spain,

著歌，這時他們的興奮和驚訝真是難以形容。由紐斯特拉絲母院禮拜堂跳舞班的男孩們表演

駐馬德里大使的兒子。

一串項鏈，它會跟她衣服上戴的白色珍珠一樣美麗，一旦她不歡喜這種項鏈了，就把它給扔

她的屍體仍然安放在宮中黑色大理石禮拜堂中鋪著織錦的屍架上，還跟十二年前在一個狂風

相間的開花板下面垂掛著沉重的鍍金燭架，上而可以架起三百支蠟燭。一個巨大的金光閃閃

only one birthday every year, just like the children of quite poor

rabbits that scurried about in the long fern, and the jays with

pressed it to its heart with horrible gestures.

been granted his life, which for heresy and suspicion of magical

THE BIRTHDAY OF THE INFANTA

people, so it was naturally a matter of great importance to the

正在這時小公主帶著她的小夥伴們從開著的落地窗中走了進來，當他們看見醜陋的小矮

of Spain was already wedded to Sorrow, and that though she was but

lay in the alcove by the doorway had its twin brother that

當聽說小公主叫他去她面前再表演一次，而且還是她親自下的命令九-九-藏-書的時候，小怪人真是

all the Queens pretty petulance of manner, the same wilful way of

里拋擲花束的情形，當時羅馬教皇把加法奈里從自己的禮拜堂派往馬德里，打算用他那最甜

fainter, and suddenly he gave a curious gasp, and clutched his

成功。

掉，他還會為她做別的。他會給她找來一些皂角和露水浸泡過的秋牡丹，而且小小的螢火蟲

shielding the sun from their eyes with huge fans of black and

The Flowers, however, were excessively annoyed at their behaviour,

that he ran out into the garden, kissing the white rose in an

in spring. He knew where the wood-pigeons built their nests, and

AUTO-DA-FE, in which nearly three hundred heretics, amongst whom

Was it Echo? He had called to her once in the valley, and she had

搭起的看台上安放著的一把鑲金的象牙小椅子上坐下。孩子們在她的四周圍成一圈，他們一

were gored through and through, and, their riders dismounted, the

out of his hands every morning. She would like them, and the

The Infanta! It was a monster, the most grotesque monster he had

可怕的鬼影——康普拉克斯，他們只在夜裡外出打獵，要是遇上人，就會把此人變成一隻赤

處。就連那位女公爵——人稱侍從女市長的人——一個瘦小而性格不定的女人，帶著黃色的

called - a thin, hard-featured woman with a yellow ruff, did not

So they flew round and round him, just touching his cheek with

of themselves, and not a little misshapen thing that Nature, in

doing. He made a splendid fight of it too, and the children got so

he knelt beside the little dwarf, and put his hand upon his heart.

Spain governs every separate action of life, and sets limits even

silly attitudes.

no sense of repose, and indeed birds have not even a permanent

in the room beyond.

has. Well-bred people always stay exactly in the same place, as we

的頭跟腿長得不成比例。他的確使我渾身上下覺得不舒服，如果他走近我身邊，我會用我的

better taste if he had looked sad, or at least pensive, instead of

ground and lay there quite still, the dull strumming of the zithers

of the Violets themselves felt that the ugliness of the little

But somehow the Birds liked him. They had seen him often in the

look at him. The Lizards were extremely philosophical by nature,

thought of the pretty Infanta, and took courage. He wanted to find

merry before those who were her inferiors in birth. The Dwarf,

This is dignified, and as it should be. But birds and lizards have

But the little Dwarf cared nothing for all this magnificence. He

pavilion of purple silk that had been erected at the end of the

不一樣了。他多麼希望自己能跟她一起回到樹林中去！她會讓他坐在她的右手邊，還對他微

一定會使國王不開心的。」

appearance, too. He had been discovered only the day before,

sea-green onyx, seemed to stretch far away into the distance. Nor

那些在長長的鳳尾草中亂竄的兔子們，和有著硬羽毛和黑嘴的鶊鳥，以及能夠彎曲成帶刺圓

life, they said. Look at his hunched back, and his crooked

Spain, was notorious, and who was suspected by many of having

他愛她真是發了狂，很多人都認為是他把國家給毀了，因為當時他們正與英國為爭奪新

side. Sadder even than usual was the King, for as he looked at the

hunchbacked, foul to look at and grotesque. He himself was the

screamed out, Certainly, certainly, in such a loud, harsh voice,

with much dignity, and having given orders that the little dwarf

舞蹈，還有春天裡吹過果園的慢舞。他知道斑鳩在什麼地方做窩，曾有一次一對老斑鳩給捕

stones, fitted together into a sort of geometrical pattern. But

and by the elaborate grace of their slow gestures, and stately

fro with the music as a plant sways in the water. The children,

sensible. They had come out on the terrace, and paid her nice

his voice, she took out of her hair the beautiful white rose, and

And after a few moments he shrugged his shoulders, and rose up, and

forgotten, all grave affairs of State; and, with that terrible

葉，或者蹲在一棵老橡樹的洞子里，與松鼠們一起分享他的堅果。他們一點也不在乎他的相

butterflies fluttered about with gold dust on their wings, visiting

beautiful white rose, and telling them that the Infanta herself had

hawthorn its pallid moons of beauty. Yes: surely she would come

him the hand of the lovely Archduchess of Bohemia, his niece, in

「因為他的心碎了，」宮廷大臣說。

puppets appeared in the semi-classical tragedy of SOPHONISBA on the

小劍和放槍，並且會像國王的衛隊那樣完成一整套正規軍的操練。吉卜賽人的表演的確大獲

the pale flying deer. It was now used as the council-room, and on

It was the birthday of the Infanta. She was just twelve years of

regular soldiers drill just like the Kings own bodyguard. In

He brushed his hair off his eyes. It imitated him. He struck at

another room, though a prettier room, he thought, than the one he

pomegranates split and cracked with the heat, and showed their

蚱蜢關在裏面唱歌，他還會把竹節細長的竹子做成笛子，用它吹出牧神最愛聽的曲子。他了

貌丑。是啊，夜鶯在夜晚去林子里放聲歌唱，月亮有時也會俯下身聆聽她甜美的歌聲，其實

equals, there were none for a Princess of the blood royal making so

the charcoal-burners sat round their huge braziers at night,

the windows to keep out the glare. He wandered all round looking

gloomy chapel, where the candles were always burning, and where she

gestures of delight.

的華蓋上面用小粒珍珠綉出了獅子和卡斯特爾城堡圖，華蓋下面就是國王的寶座，寶座上蓋

紛起身站在了長凳子上，並揮動著手中的帶邊手絹，大聲嚷著：太好了，太好了！那種勁頭

REINA! and sometimes breaking through the formal etiquette that in

not much to look at after all; and, besides, he had been kind to

that was his chief defect, and that there was no reason why one

Even the red Geraniums, who did not usually give themselves airs,

弟的殘害的話，說真的，他定會正式退位並隱居到格蘭那達的特拉卜教大寺院去，他已經是

now and then at the window, or stretched out her little hand for

burners speaking - the Comprachos, who hunt only at night, and if

the terrible agony of its sudden ending, seemed to come back to him

best way they could. Every one cannot be as beautiful as a

fell sobbing to the ground. So it was he who was misshapen and

Behind him stood his brother, Don Pedro of Aragon, whom he hated,

saw it plainly.

剛從墨西哥送來的公文，宗教裁判所最近在墨西哥成立了。「我的這個有趣的小矮人生氣

地伸了過來。他再試著往前壓去，但有什麼光滑而堅硬的東西擋住了他。怪物的臉此時此刻

不過，鳥兒們卻喜歡小矮人。他們常在樹林中見到他，像個精靈似的追趕著空中的落

大獵犬。另一面牆的中央處掛著一幅脈力普二世接受尼德蘭諸省朝貢時的畫像。在兩扇窗戶

that at the close of the play the eyes of the Infanta were quite

洞里竄出來跟他們一塊兒玩樂。還有一回，他看見一些人排成好看的隊伍在長長的塵土飛揚

用五顏六色的大石頭鋪成的，可是小公主並不在那兒，只有幾個美麗異常的白石像從他們的

傷，一股奇怪香料的單調氣味，就似是處理屍體用的香料，好像把早晨清新的空氣給弄髒

statement with which the Peacock entirely agreed, and indeed

excited that they stood up upon the benches, and waved their lace

He is a perfect horror! screamed the Cactus. Why, he is twisted

然而整個早上的娛樂活動中最有趣的還要數小矮人的舞蹈。他蹣跚地移動著自己那雙彎

one white petal of his rose for the throne itself. What he wanted

in a wild agony of grief, and try to wake by his mad kisses the

of the high altar of the Virgin, and in her honour; and indeed none

embalmed by a Moorish physician, who in return for this service had

金色鬱金香的印花，以及哈普斯堡皇室的紋章和標識。

他，卻要出賣他的丑相呢？熱淚從他的臉頰上滾滾而下，他把白玫瑰扯了個粉碎。那個趴在

給新地伯爵，感謝他那番殷勤的款待，接著她就回自己的房間去了，其他孩子們又依照原先

Parma to her father. Some of the boys pranced about on richly-

His dancing was funny, said the Infanta; but his acting is

球的刺蝟，和會搖頭、輕輕地咬嫩葉、慢慢爬行的大智龜。是的，她一定會到林子里來和他

glove. You must dance, he said, PETIT MONSIRE. You must dance.

ever beheld. Not properly shaped, as all other people were, but

work and stretched hide, and sometimes insisted on running round

grace about these slim Spanish children as they glided about, the

最長，誰就走在前頭。

睛就像她摹仿聲音那樣？難道她能製造出一個與真實世界一樣的假世界？難道物體的影子有

會兒，他聳了聳肩膀，站起身來，向小公主鞠了個躬，並說道：

莊嚴地拖走了，接著是一段小小的插曲，由一位法國的走繩索大師在一根繃緊的繩子上完成

是幾位弗來米西藝術家花了七年時間完成的。這兒曾經是被稱為傻約翰的國王的房間，那個

笑容——的確是非常法國式的微笑——小公主不時地抬頭望望窗戶，或伸出小手讓顯貴的西

Pilar, was charming. The Infanta had never before seen this

she cried, you must wake him up, and tell him to dance for me.

leaping, sounding his hunting horn, and stabbing with his dagger at

those who had the longest names going first.

slipped through, and found himself in a splendid hall, far more

hangings were of gilt Cordovan leather, and a heavy gilt chandelier

「他應該去喝鴉片湯，然後睡上一千年，」紅色的大百合花說。這時他們真的怒火萬丈

as though they were falling asleep. Suddenly, with a cry so shrill

gold stood out stiffly round her pale little face, she had a

他從柔軟的莫爾人地毯上跑過去，打開了門。沒有！她也不在這兒。房間里空空的。

bleeding red hearts. Even the pale yellow lemons, that hung in

press on, but something smooth and hard stopped him. The face of

花兒們對他如此膽大地闖進他們美麗的家園裡來非常憤怒，他們看見他在花廊里奔來奔

他到處轉悠著想尋到一處可以進入的地方，最後他瞧了一扇開著的小門。他溜了進去，發現

瘋子國王太喜歡打獵了，在他精神失常的時候，他總是幻想著騎上那些畫中蹬起后蹄的大

delight and amazement knew no bounds. The solemn minuet, too,

small town on the frontier between the two countries, and the grand

and at the behaviour of the birds. It only shows, they said,

這真是一場令人叫絕的鬥牛賽，在小公主看來比真的鬥牛比賽還要好看。那是在帕爾馬

公主皺皺眉頭，她那可愛的玫瑰葉嘴唇傲氣地朝上撅了一下。「那麼以後讓那些來陪我

young Count of Tierra-Nueva brought the bull to his knees, and

事，當神聖的羅馬帝國皇帝本人親自來向他提出把自己的侄女，一位美麗可愛的波西米亞郡

色的瑪瑙，彷彿延伸至遙遙的遠方。這裏並非他一個人，房間的另一頭，在門道的陰影下站

去。這是很神聖的事，而且也應該如此。可是鳥兒和蜥蜴沒有休息的意識，的確鳥兒連一個

有十五歲，而她更年輕。他倆就是在那個時候正式訂婚，出席儀式的有羅馬教皇的使節還有

watching the dry logs charring slowly in the fire, and roasting

愛的傲慢舉止，完全一樣的任性的擺頭動作，同樣彎曲而驕傲的美麗嘴唇，一樣漂亮可人的

艷的花環和轉動的小愛神；在兩個大壁爐的前面立著綉有鵬踏和孔雀的大屏風；地板是海綠

「我美麗的小公主，您那位滑稽的小矮人再也不能夠跳舞了。真遺憾，他長得這麼丑，

等他明白了其中的道理的時候，他發出了絕望的狂叫聲，趴在地上痛哭起來。原來那個

里提著一個不透光的燈籠，走進禮拜堂跪在她的身旁，呼喚著：「我的王后，我的王后！」

表演了。她的叔父和大宗教裁判官倒是更體諒人。他們已經走到陽台上了，並向她道了賀

little Infanta at the mercy of his brother, whose cruelty, even in

他吃了一驚，便從懷裡拿出那朵美麗的白玫瑰，轉過身來，吻著花。那個怪物也有自己

可是小矮人卻一聲未答。

darting tongues, and were much more pleased when the juggler made a

兩個貴族剛好在環城一帶的栓皮儲樹林中偏僻的區域打獵，於是就把他帶進宮中，作為獻給

they played and romped all over him, and tried to amuse him in the

過，一邊走一邊還讀著本帶圖畫的書。有時候那些養獵鷹的人戴著他們的綠絨帽子，穿著硝

Dwarf was almost ostentatious, and that he would have shown much

爵的小女兒手中拿起一把扇子，把它變成了一隻藍色的小鳥在亭廊里飛來飛去，還不停地唱

身子，一對藍色的大眼睛從扇子上九_九_藏_書邊望著他們，他們相信像她這徉可愛的人絕不會殘忍地對

The Infanta of Spain and the Indies wishes to be amused.

his country, then at war with England for the possession of the

silver flag waving from the top. The Infanta accordingly rose up

小矮人的臉，說道：「你必須得跳舞，小怪物，你一定得跳。西班牙及西印度群島的小公主

A procession of noble boys, fantastically dressed as TOREADORS,

衣服在場子內來回跑著，他們揮舞著長矛，上面綁著色彩艷麗的絲帶；另一些男孩徒步走

更不能讓飢餓的狼群靠近小茅屋。天亮時他會輕輕地敲著窗板把她喚醒，他們會一起到外面

花果樹上第二年的果子，此刻那兒已是雜草叢生。他愛她愛得太深了，他不能忍受把她埋在

向他發動了叛亂。

著眉頭的苦臉望著他。他朝一邊爬去，不願再看見它，並用雙手捂住自己的眼睛。他像一隻

光。然而小公主卻是他們當中最優雅的一個，打扮得也是最入時的，依照的是當時相當繁雜

人躺在地上，用緊握的拳頭捶打地板的時候，他們忍不住為他那極其滑稽誇張的舉動哈哈大

按住胸膛跪在她的面前，咧著大嘴笑著，那雙明亮的小眼睛放射出欣喜的光芒。

him like those terrible phantoms of whom he had heard the charcoal-

morning air. He buried his face in his hands, and when the Infanta

sure that one so lovely as she was could never be cruel to anybody.

天主教君主之一，與皇帝的長子聯姻的。屋子裡的帷幔都是用鍍金的皮革做成的，黑白兩色

They smiled at each other, and sauntered in, and Don Pedro stooped

When the truth dawned upon him, he gave a wild cry of despair, and

with silver and surmounted with huge plumes of ostrich feathers,

back peeping over her fan with her great blue eyes, and they felt

after some time they saw the little Dwarf scramble up from the

辦法去壓他一把。風露草也非常公正地反駁說，那是他主要的缺陷，而人們不該因為他的不

in Aragon. Even after the expiration of the three years of public

「他的舞蹈很有趣的，」小公主說，「而他的演技更加滑稽。的確他差不多跟木偶人一

跑進了屋外的陽光中。他這麼做的時候，那個人影也跟著這麼做，他完全看清楚那是什麼了。

hot, decided that it would be better that her Highness should

時候，那身耀眼的白色服飾在他們黑色面容和長長黑髮的襯托下顯得更加絢麗奪目。所有的

To-day he seemed to see her again, as he had seen her first at the

laughing face of little Monsieur de Lorraine, the son of the French

什麼要把他帶出樹林？林子里沒有鏡子告訴他，他是多麼的醜陋。為什麼他的父親不殺死

which the lions and towers of Castile were broidered in seed

dress, and when she was tired of them, she could throw them away,

that all the children were startled and Don Pedros hand clutched

種「我們之聖母」的舞蹈，看上去也確實很精彩。男孩們穿著白色天鵝絨做的老式宮廷服

was never allowed to enter? How silly of him, when the sun was

side. And then he fell back again, and lay quite still.

the young ones himself, and had built a little dovecot for them in

玩捉迷藏的遊戲。在平日里她只被允許同她身分相同的小孩子們玩，因此她總是一個人玩，

shoulders some little Barbary apes. The bear stood upon his head

偷，小偷！」

還會給她跳一整天的舞，逗她開心。想到這幾，他的眼睛中露出燦爛的微笑，然後他就走進

very much easier.

Certainly he had loved her madly, and to the ruin, many thought, of

可是小矮人再也沒有抬起頭來，他的哭泣聲越來越弱了，突然他發出一聲奇怪的喘息，

相互交談著。小矮人高興得不得了，他忍不住把那朵美麗的白玫瑰拿出來給他們看，還告訴

do. No one ever saw us hopping up and down the walks, or galloping

Could it be that - ?

with much courtesy, and made a vow that she would send a large wax

He ran across the soft Moorish carpets, and opened the door. No!

birth of her child, and before she had seen the almonds blossom

這還是他頭一回出場演出。人們僅是在昨天才找到了他，當時他正在樹林里瘋顛顛地跑著，

notice that the elaborate ceremonies by which he sought to please

and fashion the long jointed bamboo into the pipe that Pan loves to

and reached out his hand, and the hand of the monster touched his,

物的足跡，可以憑著輕微的腳印尋覓到野兔，靠被踐踏過的樹葉找到狗熊。他知道各種風的

palace before, he knew a great many wonderful things. He could

就這樣他們做了幾個來回以後，又一下子消失了，等他們再回來時已用鏈條牽來了一頭毛乎

and were known to have a great many poor relations themselves,

answered him word for word. Could she mock the eye, as she mocked

amusing tricks with two gipsy boys who seemed to be their masters,

Of all the rooms this was the brightest and the most beautiful.

that made no matter, for they put their heads on one side, and

「可是他為什麼不再跳舞了呢？」小公主笑著問道。

place at Seville, but the pretty Infanta charmed them as she leaned

turned round, and kissed it. The monster had a rose of its own,

things. Her uncle and the Grand Inquisitor were much more

顏色、生命和動作嗎？難道這會是——？

complete unconsciousness of his own grotesque appearance. Indeed

surrounded the town, and had been carried off by them to the Palace

snow-wreaths in winter, and the blossom-dance through the orchards

he put his hand upon his heart, and sank on one knee before her,

and white ceiling. Underneath a great canopy of gold cloth, on

blossoms and clusters of real fruit; and when he took the fan of

whirled madly round the enclosure beating their tambourines, and

in the same order in which they had entered.

such violence that the head came right off, and disclosed the

chestnuts in the ashes, and the robbers came out of their caves and

至於老日晷儀，他是一位非常了不起的人物，他曾經只向查理五世陛下本人彙報每天的

caused the Queens death by means of a pair of poisoned gloves that

be burned.

An African juggler followed, who brought in a large flat basket

whole country that she should have a really fine day for the

鳥者抓走了，他就親自來哺育那些幼鳥，並在一棵砍去了樹梢的榆樹裂縫中為他們築起了一

花莖上，像一排列隊立正的士兵，並傲慢地望著草地那邊的玫瑰花，一邊說：「我們跟你們

pleasure that she had given her.

he had presented to her on the occasion of her visiting his castle

谷和青草的小丘上盪起層層紫色的浪潮；一簇簇黃色的櫻草爬滿了橡樹根的四周；色彩鮮明

blindness that passion brings upon its servants, he had failed to

經垂下，國王也離開了。

should admire a person because he was incurable; and, indeed, some

人呆在那兒，好讓他告訴她，他也是愛她的。也許她就在隔壁的那間屋子裡。

法國國王和全體朝臣，那之後他就帶著一小束金黃頭髮返回到西班牙王宮中去了。自打踏上

French posture-master performed upon the tightrope, some Italian

bit lonely in the forest. Sometimes a Bishop rode through on his

更不肯用哪怕一片玫瑰花瓣來換寶座。他所要做的就是在小公主去亭廊之前見上她一面，並

over the barrier when he charged them; and as for the bull himself,

green velvet caps, and their jerkins of tanned deerskin, the

at the Emperors instigation, revolted against him under the

funnier still. Indeed he is almost as good as the puppets, only of

could not help it, they retorted with a good deal of justice that

And at that moment the Infanta herself came in with her companions

王以皇家法令宣布舉國上下公開哀悼三年之後，他仍舊無法忍受他的大臣們跟他提起續弦的

笑，他永遠也不願從她身邊離去，他要她跟自己一塊兒玩，並教她各種逗人的把戲。因為盡

自己看不見的墓穴中。一位摩爾人醫生為她的屍體做了香料處理，為了回報醫生的工作，國

tired of running about and flung himself down on the grass to rest,

came out to meet her, and the young Count of Tierra-Nueva, a

翎頜，也一改往日那板起的面孔，一絲像是冷冷的笑容掠過她那皺巴巴的臉，她那沒有血色

despatches that had just arrived from Mexico, where the Holy Office

A troop of handsome Egyptians - as the gipsies were termed in those

悲劇《索福尼西巴》。他們的演出非常出色，木偶的動作也十分自然，演出結束時小公主的

腿，」說著他們吃吃地笑了起來。

into a blue bird that flew all round the pavilion and sang, their

They did not understand a single word of what he was saying, but

little Dwarf was so pleased that he could not help showing them the

The Flowers were quite indignant at his daring to intrude into

小公玄的一個驚喜。小矮人的父親是個窮苦的燒炭人，能夠擺脫這個又丑又無用的孩子對他

laughing behind her fan at the grim Duchess of Albuquerque who

arena, he took from his turban a curious reed pipe, and blew

些愁容，或至少表現出沉思的樣子，而不是歡樂地跳上跳下，做出古怪而又傻乎乎的神態，

六個月大，她連園子中杏花的第二次開放也沒有看到，也沒趕上採集院子中央那棵多節老無

難看的動作。

to the sorrow of a King, he would clutch at the pale jewelled hands

groves at night that sometimes the Moon leaned down to listen, was

蛋，上面戴著一朵美麗的白玫瑰。

公主的生日

the cleft of a pollard elm. They were quite tame, and used to feed

through it. In a few moments the cloth began to move, and as the

人都被他們的一舉一動給迷住了，只見他們在繁雜的舞蹈動作中一直顯得莊嚴尊重，緩緩的

過的鹿皮短上衣從這兒經過，手腕上站著矇著頭的鷹。每到葡萄熟透的季節，采葡萄的人們

yellow primroses that nestled in little clumps round the gnarled

sounding, to say nothing of the puppet-show and the other wonderful

待遇。」於是花兒們露出趾高氣昂的樣子，一副了不起的神態，並且很得意地望著小矮人從

smile.

jumping about merrily, and throwing himself into such grotesque and

black hair. The little Dwarf frowned, and the monster frowned

each flower in turn; the little lizards crept out of the crevices

was to see the Infanta before she went down to the pavilion, and to

father not killed him, rather than sell him to his shame? The hot

刺去刺他。」

從歡樂的國度法蘭西來到西班牙，在西班牙宮廷憂鬱華麗的生活中不幸去逝了，死時孩子才

並在身上抓起來。然後他又倒了下去，一動不動地腦下了。

a barren bride he loved her better than Beauty; an answer that cost

pearls, stood the throne itself, covered with a rich pall of black

with the utmost gravity, and the wizened apes played all kinds of

了，」她大聲嚷道，「你一定要把他叫醒，讓他為我跳舞。」

朝前點著，彷彿要入睡似的。突然傳來一聲尖厲的大叫，孩子們全都大吃了一驚，唐．彼德

He started, and taking from his breast the beautiful white rose, he

girls holding up the trains of their long brocaded gowns, and

beautiful white rose.

madly through the grass after dragon-flies. When we do want change

鮮花，也許趕不上花園裡的花那麼鮮艷，但卻更加芳香怕人；早春中的風信子花在清涼的山

們中的一員，並非是上帝以滑稽的方式刻意創造出來讓別人戲弄的一個不幸的小怪物。至於

mass at the Church of La Atocha, and a more than usually solemn

and it returned him a low reverence. He went towards it, and it

new alliance, and when the Emperor himself sent to him, and offered

ceremonial, and whose Cardinals hat, with its tangled scarlet

was a beautiful sight. The boys wore old-fashioned court dresses

ladies of the Court throw bouquets to Caffarelli, the famous

running wild through the forest, by two of the nobles who happened

身邊。國王此時比以往更憂傷，因為他看見小公主一副孩子般嚴肅的模樣向宮中群臣們行

This so upset the gravity of the Infanta that she kept on laughing

with him. He would give her his own little bed, and would watch

著昂貴的黑色天鵝絨罩布，罩布上鑲著銀色的鬱金香並且還配著精緻的銀飾和珍珠穗子。在

Cupids; in front of the two large fire-places stood great screens

procession winding up the long dusty road to Toledo. The monks

through the open window, and when they saw the ugly little dwarf

他們這是小公主本人親自給他的，因為她愛他。

ask her to come away with him when he had finished his dance.