The Little Mermaid / リトル・マーメイド - Hans Christian Andersen - Bog

When it grew dark, a number of colored lamps were lighted辺りが暗くなると、色とりどりのランプがいくつも灯されたthe sailors and royal family danced merrily on the deck船員と王室は甲板で陽気に踊ったThe little mermaid could not help thinking of her birthday人魚姫は自分の誕生日を思い出さずにはいられませんでしたthe day that she rose out of the sea for the first time彼女が初めて海から上がった日similar joyful festivities were celebrated on that dayこの日も同様の楽しいお祭りが祝われましたshe thought about the wonder and hope she felt that day彼女はあの日感じた驚きと希望に思いを馳せたwith those pleasant memories, she too joined in the danceその楽しい思い出とともに、彼女もダンスに参加しましたon her paining feet, she poised herself in the air痛む足で、彼女は宙に浮いたthe way a swallow poises itself when in pursued of preyツバメが獲物を追いかけているときの構え方the sailors and the servants cheered her wonderingly水夫や召使たちは不思議そうに彼女を喝采したShe had never danced so gracefully beforeあんなに優雅に踊ったのは初めてだったHer tender feet felt as if cut with sharp knives彼女の柔らかな足は、鋭利なナイフで切られたかのようだったbut she cared little for the pain of her feetしかし、彼女は足の痛みをほとんど気にかけなかったthere was a much sharper pain piercing her heart心臓に鋭い痛みが走った