5 Echo and Narcissus

CHAPTER 5 Echo and Narcissus Once there was a handsome young man named Narcissus. His hair was black as coal. His eyes sparkled with fire. His face was good-looking, and his body was strong. Everywhere he went, young women fainted at the sight of him. Narcissus cared for none of them. His heart was as cold as ice and he was only interested in himself. He paid no attention to anyone he met. There was one young woman who lived in the forest near Narcissus. Her name was

回声和那喀索斯从前有一个英俊的年轻人，名叫那喀索斯。 他的头发黑得像煤。 他的眼睛闪烁着火焰。 他的脸很好看，身体也很强壮。 无论他走到哪里，年轻女子一见他就晕倒。 那喀索斯一个也不喜欢。 他的心冰冷如冰，他只对自己感兴趣。 他对遇到的任何人都不注意。 有一个年轻的女人住在那喀索斯附近的森林里。 她的名字是

Echo. She was a beautiful, happy young woman. She always laughed and chattered with her many friends. Echo was a favorite of Artemis, the goddess of the woods and wild creatures. But she was not a favorite of Hera. Hera was always jealous of beautiful mortal girls. One day, she heard Echo's happy chatter and became very angry. In a jealous fit of rage, Hera decided to punish Echo. "You may never use your tongue again except to repeat what has been said to you. You will always have the last word," Hera told Echo, "but you will have no power to speak first." Hera went back to Mount Olympus, satisfied. Poor Echo. She didn't understand why Hera wanted to punish her. Even worse, at that moment Narcissus walked past her. Like all the other young maidens, Echo fell

的回声。她是一个美丽、快乐的年轻女子。 她总是和她的许多朋友谈笑风生。 回声是森林和野生动物女神阿尔忒弥斯的最爱。 但她并不是赫拉的宠儿。 赫拉总是嫉妒美丽的凡人女孩。 一天，她听到艾可开心的唠叨，非常生气。 在一阵嫉妒的愤怒中，赫拉决定惩罚艾可。 “除了重复别人对你说的话，你永远不要再用舌头了。 “你永远有最后的发言权，”赫拉对回声说，“但你没有权力先说话。” 赫拉满意地回到了奥林匹斯山。 可怜的回声。她不明白赫拉为什么要惩罚她。 更糟糕的是，就在这时，那喀索斯从她身边走过。 像所有其他少女一样，艾可倒下了

hopelessly in love with him. She followed Narcissus, but she could not speak to him. How would she ever be able to get him to notice her? One day, it seemed her chance had come. Echo had seen Narcissus while he was sitting by a lake. She shyly hung back among the trees. But Narcissus heard a rustling in the leaves. "Is anyone here?" he called out. "Here... Here!" Echo called back with joy. "Come!" Narcissus shouted into the trees where the voice had come from. "Come!" Echo replied. She stepped from behind the trees. Her arms were open wide, and she had a loving look in her eyes. "Do you mock me?" Narcissus asked angrily. "I would rather die than do what you want." Then he turned and walked away.

无可救药地爱上了他。 她跟着那喀索斯，但她不能和他说话。 她怎样才能让他注意到她呢？ 有一天，她的机会似乎来了。 那喀索斯坐在湖边时，艾可看到了他。 她害羞地躲在树林里。 但那西塞斯听到树叶沙沙作响。 “这里有人吗？”他喊道。 “在这里……在这里!”艾可高兴地叫道。 “来了!”那喀索斯对着声音传来的树林喊道。 “来了!”回声答道。她从树后走了出来。 她张开双臂，眼中充满爱意。 “你在嘲笑我吗？”那喀索斯生气地问。 “我宁愿死也不愿照你的意思去做。” 然后他转身走开了。

Echo was crushed. And all she could say back to him was "Do what you want." But Narcissus was gone. Artemis heard what had happened to Echo. She complained to the great goddess Nemesis, the righter of wrongs. "We shall have our revenge on this cruel, selfish Narcissus," Nemesis told Artemis. "What will you do?" Artemis wanted to know. "I will put a spell on him to make him fall in love with the first thing he sees," Nemesis said. Later that day, Narcissus bent over a clear pond for a drink. Nemesis cast her spell at that moment. Narcissus saw his own reflection. In that instant, he fell in love with it. He reached out to touch the face he saw mirrored in the water. But it disappeared. Only when he remained still could he gaze

Echo被压碎了。她只能对他说“随你便” 但是那喀索斯已经走了。阿尔忒弥斯听说了艾可的遭遇。 她向伟大的女神涅墨西斯抱怨，她是正义的女神。 涅墨西斯告诉阿尔忒弥斯：“我们要向这个残忍、自私的纳喀索斯复仇。” “你打算怎么办？”阿尔忒弥斯想知道。 “我会对他施一个咒语，让他爱上他看到的第一个东西，”Nemesis说。 那天晚些时候，那喀索斯俯身在一个清澈的池塘边喝水。 复仇女神在那一刻施了咒。 那喀索斯看到了自己的倒影。 在那一刻，他爱上了它。 他伸出手去摸那张映在水中的脸。 但它消失了。只有当他不动的时候，他才能凝视

into the lovely creature's eyes. "Ah, me!" Narcissus said. "It is torture to love someone I can never have!" So deep was his love that he refused to leave the pond, not even to eat or drink. Instead, he leaned over the pond's edge. His eyes were fixed, staring into his own reflected face. Echo was nearby, but she could do nothing to save him. Narcissus slowly wasted away. When the last bit of life was leaving him, Narcissus called out, "Farewell!" to the image in the water.

进入可爱的动物的眼睛。 “啊,我!”那西塞斯说。“爱一个永远得不到的人是一种折磨！”他的爱如此之深，以至于他拒绝离开池塘，甚至不吃也不喝。 相反，他靠在池塘边上。 他目不转睛地盯着镜子里自己的脸。 艾可就在附近，但她无法救他。 那喀索斯慢慢地消瘦了。 当最后一点生命离他而去的时候，那喀索斯向水中的形象喊道：“再见！”

All Echo could do was also call out, "Farewell!" She was so sad that she took shelter in a lonely cave. She lives there to this day. Only her voice remains. Her body has wasted away with longing for her poor Narcissus. As for Narcissus, the creatures of the wood, who also admired his beauty, took pity on him. They wished him to be remembered well. In the spot where he had last looked upon his reflection, they planted a new and lovely flower. From the time it began to bloom it was known as the "Narcissus" flower.

艾可所能做的也只是喊道：“再见！”她伤心极了，躲在一个孤零零的山洞里。 她至今仍住在那里。 只剩下她的声音。她对那喀索斯的思念使她的身体日渐消瘦。 至于那喀索斯，森林里的生物也羡慕他的美貌，怜悯他。 他们希望人们永远记住他。 在他上次看到自己倒影的地方，他们种下了一朵美丽的新花。 从它开始开花的时候起，它就被称为“水仙”花。