and your vices give us bread. To toil for a hard master is bitter, but to have no master to toil for is more bitter still. Thinkest thou that the ravens will feed us? And what cure hast thou for these things? Wilt thou say to the buyer Thou shalt buy for so much, " and to the seller, " Thou and fine linen. What hast thou to do with us, and what we suffer a ce and put on thy purple shalt sell at this price"? I trow not. Therefore go back to thy palac Are not the rich and the poor brothers? asked the young King Ay, answered the man, 'and the name of the rich brother is Cain And the young Kings eyes filled with tears, and he rode on through the murmurs of the people, and the little page grew afraid and left him And when he reached the great portal of the cathedral, the soldiers thrust their alberts and said, What dost thou seek here? None enters by this door but the King And his face flushed with anger. and he said to them. i am the King and waved their halbert aside and passed in And when the old Bishop saw him coming in his goatherd's dress, he rose up in wonder from his throne and went to meet him, and said to him, 'My son, is this a king s apparel? And with what crown shall I crown thee, and what sceptre shall i place in thy hand? Surely this should be to thee a day of joy, and not a day of abasement Shall Joy wear what Grief has fashioned? 80 said the young King. And he told him his And when the Bishop had heard them he knit his brows, and said, 'My son, I am an old man, and in the winter of my days, and i know that many evil things are done in the wide world The fierce robbers come down from the mountains, and carry off the little children, and sell them to the Moors. The lions lie in wait for the caravans, and leap upon the camels. The wild boar roots up the corn in the valley and the foxes gnaw the vines upon the hill the pirates lay waste 3 the sea-coast and burn the ships of the fishermen, and take their nets from them. In the salt-marshes 4 Thinkest thou that the ravens wil feed us? And what cure hast thou for these things? Wi lt thou say to the buyer ," thou sha l t buy for so much and to the seller, Thou shalt sell at this price"? I trow not Therefore go back to thy pa l ace and put on thy purple and fine i inen. What hast thou to do with us, and what we suffer?你以为乌鸦会养活我们吗?对这些事你 有什么办法?你会对买主说,‘你要用这么多钱来买’,又对卖主说,“‘你要以这 样的价格来买吗?’我敢说你不会,所以回到宫中去,穿上你的高贵紫袍吧。你 和我们以及我们遭受的痛苦有什么相干的? " Cain n.凶手;杀兄弟者;该隐(亚当之子),即圣经中杀害弟弟的人 ha berts(复数)n.戟(一种枪钺合一的兵器) Bishop n主教 89· Sha l I Joy wear what grief has fashioned?’难道快乐要用愁苦装门面吗? Moors r.摩尔人(非洲西北部阿拉伯人与柏柏尔人的混血后代,Moor的复数) caravans n.过往的商队 l ay waste损毀 salt- marshes盐泽地带and your vices give us bread. To toil for a hard master is bitter, but to have no master to toil for is more bitter still. Thinkest thou that the ravens will feed us? And what cure hast thou for these things? Wilt thou say to the buyer, "Thou shalt buy for so much," and to the seller, "Thou shalt sell at this price"? I trow not. Therefore go back to thy Palace and put on thy purple and fine linen. What hast thou to do with us, and what we suffer?'76 'Are not the rich and the poor brothers?' asked the young King. 'Ay,' answered the man, 'and the name of the rich brother is Cain77.' And the young King's eyes filled with tears, and he rode on through the murmurs of the people, and the little page grew afraid and left him. And when he reached the great portal of the cathedral, the soldiers thrust their halberts78 out and said, 'What dost thou seek here? None enters by this door but the King.' And his face flushed with anger, and he said to them, 'I am the King,' and waved their halberts aside and passed in. And when the old Bishop79 saw him coming in his goatherd's dress, he rose up in wonder from his throne, and went to meet him, and said to him, 'My son, is this a king's apparel? And with what crown shall I crown thee, and what sceptre shall I place in thy hand? Surely this should be to thee a day of joy, and not a day of abasement.' 'Shall Joy wear what Grief has fashioned?'80 said the young King. And he told him his three dreams. And when the Bishop had heard them he knit his brows, and said, 'My son, I am an old man, and in the winter of my days, and I know that many evil things are done in the wide world. The fierce robbers come down from the mountains, and carry off the little children, and sell them to the Moors81. The lions lie in wait for the caravans82, and leap upon the camels. The wild boar roots up the corn in the valley, and the foxes gnaw the vines upon the hill. The pirates lay waste83 the sea-coast and burn the ships of the fishermen, and take their nets from them. In the salt-marshes84 76 Thinkest thou that the ravens will feed us? And what cure hast thou for these things? Wilt thou say to the buyer, "Thou shalt buy for so much," and to the seller, "Thou shalt sell at this price"? I trow not. Therefore go back to thy Palace and put on thy purple and fine linen. What hast thou to do with us, and what we suffer? 你以为乌鸦会养活我们吗？对这些事你 有什么办法？你会对买主说，‘你要用这么多钱来买’，又对卖主说，‘你要以这 样的价格来买吗？’我敢说你不会，所以回到宫中去，穿上你的高贵紫袍吧。你 和我们以及我们遭受的痛苦有什么相干的？ 77 Cain n. 凶手；杀兄弟者；该隐（亚当之子），即圣经中杀害弟弟的人 78 halberts (复数)n. 戟（一种枪钺合一的兵器） 79 Bishop n 主教 80 'Shall Joy wear what Grief has fashioned?' 难道快乐要用愁苦装门面吗？ 81 Moors n. 摩尔人（非洲西北部阿拉伯人与柏柏尔人的混血后代，Moor 的复数） 82 caravans n.过往的商队 83 lay waste 损毁 84 salt-marshes 盐泽地带