The Maid of Brakel | 布拉克尔的少女

English Original

A girl from Brakel went to St. Anne's Chapel at the foot of the Hinnenberg. Wishing for a husband and believing herself alone, she sang a prayer:

"Oh, holy Saint Anne!\
Help me soon to a man.\
Thou know'st him right well,\
By Suttmer gate does he dwell,\
His hair it is golden,\
Thou know'st him right well."

However, the clerk was standing behind the altar and heard her. In a gruff voice, he cried, "Thou shalt not have him! Thou shalt not have him!"

The maiden thought it was the child Mary, standing by her mother Anne, who had spoken. Angered, she cried back, "Fiddle de dee, conceited thing, hold your tongue, and let your mother speak!"


中文翻译

一位来自布拉克尔的少女前往欣嫩山脚下的圣安妮礼拜堂。她渴望得到一个丈夫,并以为教堂里没有别人,于是唱起了祈祷歌:

"哦,神圣的圣安妮!\
请快赐我一个夫婿。\
你对他了如指掌,\
他住在苏特梅尔门旁,\
他的头发是金色,\
你对他了如指掌。"

然而,教堂执事正站在祭坛后面,听到了这一切。他用粗哑的声音喊道:"你不会得到他!你不会得到他!"

少女以为是站在母亲安妮身旁的小玛丽对她说话。她生气了,回嘴道:"呸,自以为是的东西,闭上你的嘴,让你妈妈来说话!"

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