《快乐王子》中英双语对照

高高的城市上空，矗立着快乐王子的雕像。他浑身贴满金箔，眼睛是两颗明亮的蓝宝石，剑柄上还镶着一颗硕大的红宝石。 一只小燕子在迁徙途中落脚于此。它本该飞往埃及，却被王子的眼泪打动，决定留下帮助他救济穷人。 王子请燕子啄下自己身上的金片和宝石，送给饥饿的孩子、生病的剧作家、卖火柴的小女孩……渐渐地，王子变得灰暗破旧，燕子也因寒冷而死去。 春天来临时，神说：“在天堂的花园里，最珍贵的两样东西，就是快乐王子破碎的心和死去的燕子。”

High above the city, on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince. He was gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold, for eyes he had two bright sapphires, and a large red ruby glowed on his sword-hilt. A little Swallow, who had been delayed on his journey to Egypt, took shelter under the statue. Moved by the Prince’s tears, he stayed to help the poor. “Swallow, Swallow, little Swallow,” said the Prince, “will you not take the ruby out of my sword-hilt and give it to that poor woman?” And so the Swallow carried the ruby, then the sapphires, then every leaf of gold, until the Prince was grey and weather-beaten, and the Swallow lay dead at his feet from the cold. When spring came, God said: “In my garden of Paradise, the two most precious things are the leaden heart of the Happy Prince and the dead Swallow.”