Name: 彌達斯王的神話和他的金手指--伊索爾特-吉萊斯皮。 (The myth of King Midas and his golden touch - Iseult Gillespie)
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T08:40:35.000Z
Duration: 5 min 5 s

With his harebrained schemes  and asinine dealings with the gods,

由於邁達斯王計謀不經大腦 拙於與眾神交往

King Midas ruled the ancient kingdom  of Phrygia with an uneven hand.

且兩手不公地統治古國佛里幾亞

He was known in Greek mythology  as a rogue ruler

whose antics bemused his people  and distracted the gods.

其愚蠢行為不但困惑人民 還使眾神不勝其擾

Midas spent his days  in a stupor of splendor,

spoiling himself and his beloved daughter and gorging himself on feasts and wine.

驕寵自己及心愛的女兒 並盡享筵席及葡萄酒

Unsurprisingly, he felt  an affinity with Dionysus,

想當然爾，他覺得自己與戴歐尼修斯

這位掌管酒、歡樂與表演的神很相似

有一天，米達斯發現 一個嗜酒好色之徒

dozing in his rose garden and drunk  on more than the scent of flowers.

在他的玫瑰園中打盹 還沉醉在奇怪的氣味中

Midas recognized the satyr  as one of Dionysus's followers

邁達斯認出這個酒鬼 是戴歐尼修斯的部下

and let him nurse  his hangover at the palace.

Pleased with the king's hospitality, Dionysus offered to grant him one wish.

戴歐尼修斯對國王的款待很滿意 決定滿足他一個願望

Midas cast a greedy eye  over his surroundings.

no amount of precious jewels, finest silk  or splendid decor felt like enough.

無論多少貴重的珠寶、上等的絲綢 或華麗的裝飾都不能滿足他

His life, he thought, was lacking luster; what he needed was more gold.

他認為自己的生活缺乏光彩 所以想要更多金子

The god sent the power to turn anything the king touched to gold

At his lightest touch,  the palace walls transformed,

只要輕輕一碰，宮殿的牆就變了

He galloped through his home in a frenzy,

handling each item until  it took on a lustrous sheen.

and Midas's delirious laughter echoed off the walls.

Midas picked up a bunch of grapes from  his newly gilded fruit bowl.

邁達斯從新鍍金的 水果盤中拿起一串葡萄

for the fruit had turned  to metal in his mouth.

When he picked up a loaf of bread,  the crumbs hardened in his hand.

他又拿起一條麵包 碎屑卻在他手中變硬

Flinging himself onto  his bed in frustration,

Midas discovered his plush pillows  had morphed into solid gold.

卻發現他軟綿綿的枕頭 變形成堅硬的金塊

Hearing his cries of frustration,  his daughter entered the room.

聽到他失望的呼天喊地 他的女兒進入房間

he saw with horror that he had frozen her  into a golden statue.

就驚恐地看到他把自己的女兒 變成一座金雕像

Midas begged the gods  to rid him of his power.

邁達斯哀求眾神把他的能力拿走

Dionysus told Midas to wash  his hands in the River Pactolus.

When Midas reached into the river,  the gold drained from his fingertips.

邁達斯一碰到河水 金子就從他指尖流出

Midas returned home  to find his daughter alive

邁達斯回到家中，發現女兒還活著

and his palace back to normal,  and he rejoiced.

You'd think he would've learned  his lesson,

but just a few weeks later, Midas blundered again,

不到幾個星期，米達斯又出漏子了

insulting the music and sun god Apollo  when he declared Pan a greater musician.

他羞辱了掌管音樂及太陽的阿波羅神

Apollo scornfully declared that the king  must have the ears of an ass

因為他宣稱牧神潘是最偉大的音樂家

to make such a misjudgment, and transformed Midas accordingly.

阿波羅很不屑地表示 這位國王一定有對驢子的耳朵

才會做出這麼不正確的判斷 就讓米達斯長出驢耳

Midas kept his hairy ears  hidden in public.

他把毛茸茸的耳朵 藏起來不讓大家看見

who was sworn to secrecy during  a very awkward grooming session.

The barber stifled his laughter  and fought the desire to tell someone,

有次理髮時非常尷尬 理髮師還發誓要保密

這位理髮師強忍笑聲 克制住想對人說的慾望

One day, he walked outside the city  and dug a hole in the ground.

有一天，他走到城外 在地上挖一個洞

the desperate barber whispered, “Midas has ass's ears.”

絕望的理髮師低語著： 「邁達斯有對驢耳。」

in the spot where the barber  had buried his words.

When the wind blew, they carried the  echoes of his whisper through the breeze:

陣風吹起，他的低語在風中迴盪：

At the sound, donkeys in the fields raised their heads in recognition

and people chuckled to themselves  at the follies of their king.

聽到這回聲，田中的驢子 抬起頭來表示認可

With his golden touch and ass's ears,  Midas was not the most respected ruler.

And where other leaders were honored  through statues and temples,

邁達斯點物成金及驢耳朵的事 讓他沒能成為最受尊敬的統治者

his people remembered him  a little differently:

其他領袖都因受人景仰 而獲封雕像與廟宇

in the depths of the glittering river  and the rustle of the Phrygian wind.

他的人民卻以不同的方式紀念他：

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