Chapter 2 France
第2章 法國
Dear James. Very soon I am going to die, and meet my God.Before I die, I want to write the true story of my life for you. Everything that I write here is true—I cannot lie to you, or to God. Please believe that, James. It's important to me.
親愛的詹姆斯,很快我就要死去,去見我的上帝了。在我死之前,我要給你寫下我一生的真實的故事。在這里我寫的一切都是真實的——我不能對你說謊,也不能對上帝說謊。請相信這一切,詹姆斯,這對我很重要。
My father died when I was one week old, so I was the Queen of Scots when I was a baby. At first I lived with my mother in Scotland, and then, when I was five, I went to France. My mother was French, but she stayed in Scotland, and died there.
在我出生只有一個星期的時候我的父親便去世了。因此在我還是個嬰兒的時候我就成了蘇格蘭的女王。起初我和母親一起住在蘇格蘭,后來在我五歲的時候我去了法國。我母親是法國人,可是她卻呆在蘇格蘭直到去世。
I went to France to marry the King of France's son. His name was Francis, and he was one year younger than me. In 1559, his father died, so Francis was King. Then I was Queen of France, and Queen of Scotland too.
我去法國并嫁給了法國王子。他叫弗朗西斯,比我小一歲。1559年,他的父親去世了,因此弗朗西斯成了國王。于是,我既是法國王后,又是蘇格蘭女王。
I was very happy in France. Francis, my husband, was like a little brother to me. I think he loved me, bur he was very young,and he was often ill.And then,in 1560,he died.He was sixteen years old.
在法國我很幸福。我的丈夫弗朗西斯就像是我的一個小弟弟。我想他是愛我的,但是他太年輕了,還經(jīng)常生病。之后,1560年,他死了,年僅16歲。
When he died I was very unhappy, and my life was very different. There was a new King and Queen, and I wasn't important in France, any more. But I was still Queen of Scots, so I came back to Scotland. When I arrived in Scotland, I was a young girl of eighteen. My mother was dead, and there was no one there to meet me. I walked off the ship,and I slept in a little house near the sea.
他死后我非常傷心,而且我的生活也發(fā)生了很大的變化。法國有了新的國王和王后,我在法國已顯得不再重要。但是我仍然是蘇格蘭的女王,因此,我回到了蘇格蘭。我回到蘇格蘭的那會兒,我是個才18歲的小姑娘。我的母親已經(jīng)去世了,因此沒有人來接我。我下了船,就在海邊的一間小屋里過夜。
Next day, the Scots lords came from Edinburgh. They were pleased to see me, and for a week everyone was happy. People smiled at me and sang in the streets. I think everyone liked me. Then, that Sunday, I went to church.
第二天,蘇格蘭的貴族們從愛丁堡來了。他們見到我很高興。有一個星期大家都很開心。人們朝我微笑,在大街上唱歌。我以為每個人都很喜歡我。然后,在那個星期天,我去了教堂。