English Original
Once there was a very rich man who lived in a beautiful house with a beautiful garden. He had a blue beard, so he was called "Blue Beard."
Near his house lived a poor woman with three sons and two beautiful daughters: Ann and Fatima. Blue Beard wanted to marry one of them, but the girls refused because of his blue beard and because his previous wives had mysteriously disappeared.
Their mother told Blue Beard, "My girls do not want to marry you." He then invited them to stay at his house for a few days. The house was magnificent, and Blue Beard treated them kindly. Fatima reconsidered, thinking, "His beard is blue, but he is not a bad man. He is very good in some ways. So I will marry him."
Fatima married Blue Beard and moved into the beautiful house. After some days, Blue Beard announced a journey. He gave Fatima the keys to all the rooms, pointing to one small key: "This is the key to that little room; do not open its door. Promise you will not open it!" Fatima promised.
After Blue Beard left, Fatima's friends visited. She showed them the house but kept her promise about the little room. Once alone, her curiosity grew: "Why did he say, 'Do not open it'? I want to see what is inside."
She took the key, opened the door, and was horrified to find the dead bodies of Blue Beard's former wives. The key fell from her hand. When she picked it up, a red mark had appeared on it. She tried desperately to clean the key with a cloth, hot water, and by rubbing it on a stone, but the mark remained.
Blue Beard returned and asked for his keys. Fatima gave him all but the small key. When pressed, she brought it, and he saw the red mark. "You have opened the door. Now you shall die," he declared.
Fatima begged for time. He gave her one hour. She hoped her three brothers, who had promised to visit that day, would save her. Her sister Ann was in the house. Fatima repeatedly asked Ann to look out the window for her brothers.
As Blue Beard grew impatient, Ann finally saw a cloud of dust in the distance, then men within it, and finally three men. "They are my brothers!" Fatima cried. Blue Beard stormed up to the room and grabbed Fatima's arm just as the door burst open. Her three brothers rushed in and killed Blue Beard. Fatima was saved.
中文翻译
从前，有一位非常富有的人，住在一所漂亮的房子里，还有一个美丽的花园。他长着蓝色的胡子，因此人们叫他“蓝胡子”。
他家附近住着一个贫穷的女人，她有三个儿子和两个美丽的女儿：安和法蒂玛。蓝胡子想娶其中一个女儿，但姑娘们因为他的蓝胡子和之前妻子们的离奇失踪而拒绝了。
她们的母亲告诉蓝胡子：“我的女儿们不想嫁给你。”蓝胡子于是邀请她们去他家住几天。房子富丽堂皇，蓝胡子对她们也很和善。法蒂玛改变了想法，她想：“他的胡子是蓝色的，但他不是坏人。他在很多方面都很好。所以我要嫁给他。”
法蒂玛嫁给了蓝胡子，搬进了那所漂亮的房子。几天后，蓝胡子宣布要出趟远门。他把所有房间的钥匙都交给了法蒂玛，指着一把小钥匙说：“这是那间小屋的钥匙；千万不要打开那扇门。发誓你不会打开它！”法蒂玛发了誓。
蓝胡子离开后，法蒂玛的朋友们来拜访。她带朋友们参观了房子，但遵守了关于小屋的诺言。独自一人时，她的好奇心越来越强：“他为什么说‘不要打开’？我想看看里面有什么。”
她拿起钥匙，打开了门，惊恐地发现了蓝胡子前妻们的尸体。钥匙从她手中掉落。当她捡起钥匙时，上面出现了一个红色的印记。她拼命地用布擦、用热水洗、在石头上磨，试图清除印记，但印记依然存在。
蓝胡子回来了，索要他的钥匙。法蒂玛交出了所有的钥匙，除了那把小钥匙。被逼问时，她拿来了小钥匙，蓝胡子看到了红印。“你打开了那扇门。现在你得死，”他宣布。
法蒂玛乞求给她一些时间。他给了她一个小时。她希望她那三个答应今天来看她的兄弟能来救她。她的姐姐安在房子里。法蒂玛反复请求安从窗户看看她的兄弟们来了没有。
就在蓝胡子越来越不耐烦时，安终于看到远处有一团尘土，然后尘土中有人，最后是三个人。“他们是我的兄弟！”法蒂玛喊道。蓝胡子冲上楼，抓住了法蒂玛的胳膊，就在这时，门被撞开了。她的三个兄弟冲进来杀死了蓝胡子。法蒂玛得救了。