雙語故事:The Story Of Narcissus自戀的水仙花

【英文原文】

摘要：從前有個男孩,他的名字叫做Narcissus水仙。身爲一名天神的兒子他長得十分英俊，有許多愛慕着他的少女向他示愛卻都被他拒絕了。

Once upon a time, there was a boy called Narcissus. He was the son of a god and he was very, very handsome. Many women fell in love with him, but he turned them away. One of the women who loved Narcissus was a nymph called Echo. Echo could not speak properly - she could only repeat what was said to her, so she couldn't tell Narcissus that she loved him. One day, when Narcissus was walking in the woods with some friends, he became separated from them. He called out "Is anyone here?" Echo replied "Here, Here". Echo stepped forward with open arms, wanting to cuddle him. But Narcissus refused to accept Echo's love. Echo was so upset that she left and hid in a cave, until nothing was left of her, except her voice.

The Maiden, a goddess, found out about this, and she was very angry. She made Narcissus fall in love with himself. When Narcissus looked at his reflection in a pond one day, he fell in love. He stayed on that spot forever, until he died one day. Where he died a flower grew, and that flower is called a Narcissus.

【中文譯文】

從前有個男孩,他的名字叫做Narcissus水仙。身爲一名天神的兒子他長得十分英俊，有許多愛慕着他的少女向他示愛卻都被他拒絕了。在愛慕着他的衆多少女中有位美麗的仙女做做"Echo"(迴音)，由於Echo不能正常得說出想說的話而只能不斷得重複別人的言語所以她並不能清楚的告訴Narcissus她對他的愛意。有天當Narcissus和他的幾個朋友在森林中漫步時和其他的朋友走失了。

他喊到“有人在嗎？”

Echo也說“有人在嗎？”

Echo上前想抱住Narcissus卻被Narcissus拒絕了，Echo非常得傷心，她跑到一個無人的山洞，一直待到她的外形完全消失只剩下她的聲音能被人們所聽到。

一名女神聽說了這件事，她非常得憤怒，並用神力使Narcissus愛上了他自己。當Narcissus在湖泊的水邊看到自己的影子時，他頓時愛上了水中的人，他一直待在那湖邊，直到漸漸死去。在他死的地方長出許多的野花，這種花被人們取名叫做Narcissus(水仙花)。