Romeo and Juliet · chapter 5 of 6
The Lark and the Cup
云雀和小瓶
Romeo and Juliet must part at dawn. Then Juliet's father orders her to marry someone else, and she runs to the friar for help.
Read what you hear
- Juliet 天还没亮。那是夜莺在唱，不是云雀。你别走。
Tiān hái méi liàng. Nà shì yèyīng zài chàng, bú shì yúnquè. Nǐ bié zǒu.
It isn't dawn yet. That's the nightingale singing, not the lark. Don't go.
- Romeo 那是云雀。天要亮了，我必须走了。留下来，我会有危险。
Nà shì yúnquè. Tiān yào liàng le, wǒ bìxū zǒu le. Liú xiàlái, wǒ huì yǒu wēixiǎn.
That's the lark. Day is coming and I must go. If I stay, I'll be in danger.
- Romeo 夜莺也好，云雀也好，天真的亮了。
Yèyīng yě hǎo, yúnquè yě hǎo, tiān zhēnde liàng le.
Nightingale or lark, it really is morning.
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- Juliet 你昨晚才做了我的丈夫，天亮你就要去很远的地方！
Nǐ zuówǎn cái zuò le wǒ de zhàngfu, tiān liàng nǐ jiù yào qù hěn yuǎn de dìfang!
You only became my husband last night, and at dawn you must go far away!
- Juliet 我为提伯尔特哭过，可是我更怕失去你。
Wǒ wèi Tíbó'ěrtè kū guo, kěshì wǒ gèng pà shīqù nǐ.
I cried for Tybalt, but I'm even more afraid of losing you.
- Romeo 我会去曼图亚。神父会写信告诉你一切。我们很快就能再见。
Wǒ huì qù Màntúyà. Shénfu huì xiě xìn gàosu nǐ yíqiè. Wǒmen hěn kuài jiù néng zàijiàn.
I'll go to Mantua. The friar will write and tell you everything. We'll see each other soon.
- Nurse 什么鸟不鸟的！小姐，天亮了！你母亲要上来了，快！
Shénme niǎo bù niǎo de! Xiǎojie, tiān liàng le! Nǐ mǔqin yào shànglái le, kuài!
Never mind birds! Miss, it's morning! Your mother is coming up, hurry!
- Romeo 再见，我的爱。我从阳台顺着绳梯下去，我们一定会再见！
Zàijiàn, wǒ de ài. Wǒ cóng yángtái shùnzhe shéngtī xiàqù, wǒmen yídìng huì zàijiàn!
Goodbye, my love. I'll climb down from the balcony by the rope ladder, and we will surely meet again!
- Juliet 你要常常写信！每天都要想我！
Nǐ yào chángcháng xiě xìn! Měitiān dōu yào xiǎng wǒ!
Write to me often! Think of me every day!
- Romeo 每天，每一分钟！
Měitiān, měi yì fēnzhōng!
Every day, every minute!
- Juliet 讨厌的云雀！夜莺明明还在唱……
Tǎoyàn de yúnquè! Yèyīng míngmíng hái zài chàng…
Hateful lark! The nightingale was still singing...
- Nurse 别哭了。他走了。我把绳梯收起来，你快擦擦眼泪。
Bié kū le. Tā zǒu le. Wǒ bǎ shéngtī shōu qǐlái, nǐ kuài cāca yǎnlèi.
Don't cry. He's gone. I'll put the rope ladder away, and you quickly wipe your tears.
- Lord Capulet 朱丽叶！我有一个好消息！你要嫁给帕里斯先生，就在星期四！
Zhūlìyè! Wǒ yǒu yí gè hǎo xiāoxi! Nǐ yào jià gěi Pàlǐsī xiānsheng, jiù zài xīngqīsì!
Juliet! I have good news! You are going to marry Mister Paris, this Thursday!
- Juliet 什么？爸爸，我不能嫁给他！我不爱他！
Shénme? Bàba, wǒ bù néng jià gěi tā! Wǒ bú ài tā!
What? Father, I can't marry him! I don't love him!
- Lord Capulet 不爱？我是你的父亲，你必须听我的！
Bú ài? Wǒ shì nǐ de fùqin, nǐ bìxū tīng wǒ de!
Don't love him? I am your father, and you must obey me!
- Juliet 爸爸，求您了！再等几天吧！
Bàba, qiú nín le! Zài děng jǐ tiān ba!
Father, I beg you! Wait just a few days!
- Lord Capulet 星期四！你不嫁，就离开这个家！我不会再认你！
Xīngqīsì! Nǐ bú jià, jiù líkāi zhège jiā! Wǒ bú huì zài rèn nǐ!
Thursday! If you won't marry, leave this house! I will not know you anymore!
- Juliet 奶妈，你说话啊！你帮帮我。我已经有丈夫了！
Nǎimā, nǐ shuōhuà a! Nǐ bāngbang wǒ. Wǒ yǐjīng yǒu zhàngfu le!
Nurse, say something! Help me. I already have a husband!
- Nurse 小姐……罗密欧走了，回不来了。帕里斯先生也是好人。你就嫁给他吧。
Xiǎojie… Luómì'ōu zǒu le, huí bù lái le. Pàlǐsī xiānsheng yě shì hǎorén. Nǐ jiù jià gěi tā ba.
Miss... Romeo is gone and can't come back. Mister Paris is a good man too. Just marry him.
- Juliet 好。我知道了。你去告诉他们，我去找神父。
Hǎo. Wǒ zhīdào le. Nǐ qù gàosu tāmen, wǒ qù zhǎo shénfu.
Fine. I understand. Go and tell them I'm going to see the friar.
- Nurse 这才是好孩子。去吧，去吧。
Zhè cái shì hǎo háizi. Qù ba, qù ba.
That's a good girl. Go, go.
- Juliet 神父！神父！救救我！
Shénfu! Shénfu! Jiùjiu wǒ!
Father! Father! Save me!
- Friar Lawrence 朱丽叶，孩子，怎么了？
Zhūlìyè, háizi, zěnme le?
Juliet, child, what is it?
- Juliet 他们要我星期四嫁给帕里斯。我死也不嫁给他！
Tāmen yào wǒ xīngqīsì jià gěi Pàlǐsī. Wǒ sǐ yě bú jià gěi tā!
They want me to marry Paris on Thursday. I'd rather die than marry him!
- Friar Lawrence 别说这种话。我有一个办法，可是要很大的勇气。
Bié shuō zhè zhǒng huà. Wǒ yǒu yí gè bànfǎ, kěshì yào hěn dà de yǒngqì.
Don't say such things. I have a plan, but it takes great courage.
- Juliet 只要能见到罗密欧，什么我都敢做！
Zhǐyào néng jiàndào Luómì'ōu, shénme wǒ dōu gǎn zuò!
If I can see Romeo again, I dare to do anything!
- Friar Lawrence 这个小瓶里有一种药。喝了它，你会睡两天，看上去像死了一样。
Zhège xiǎo píng lǐ yǒu yì zhǒng yào. Hē le tā, nǐ huì shuì liǎng tiān, kànshàng qù xiàng sǐ le yíyàng.
This little bottle holds a medicine. If you drink it, you'll sleep for two days and look as if you were gone.
- Friar Lawrence 喝下去以后，你会觉得很冷，心跳会变慢。别怕。
Hē xiàqù yǐhòu, nǐ huì juéde hěn lěng, xīn tiào huì biàn màn. Bié pà.
After you drink it you'll feel cold and your heartbeat will slow. Don't be afraid.
- Friar Lawrence 你家人会把你放进家里的墓室。我写信让罗密欧回来，在你醒来的时候等你。
Nǐ jiārén huì bǎ nǐ fàng jìn jiā lǐ de mùshì. Wǒ xiě xìn ràng Luómì'ōu huílái, zài nǐ xǐng lái de shíhou děng nǐ.
Your family will lay you in the family tomb. I'll write to Romeo to come back and wait for you when you wake.
- Juliet 如果药没有用呢？如果我醒来的时候，他不在……
Rúguǒ yào méiyǒu yòng ne? Rúguǒ wǒ xǐng lái de shíhou, tā bú zài…
What if the medicine doesn't work? What if he isn't there when I wake up...
- Friar Lawrence 相信我，孩子。他会在你身边。
Xiāngxìn wǒ, háizi. Tā huì zài nǐ shēnbiān.
Trust me, child. He'll be by your side.
- Juliet 好。给我吧。罗密欧……等我。
Hǎo. Gěi wǒ ba. Luómì'ōu… děng wǒ.
All right. Give it to me. Romeo... wait for me.
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What changed in the story?
- Why does Juliet say the bird is a nightingale?
“那是夜莺在唱，不是云雀……你别走”
- Where will Romeo go?
“我会去曼图亚”
- What news does Lord Capulet bring?
“你要嫁给帕里斯先生，就在星期四”
- How does the nurse let Juliet down?
“罗密欧走了，回不来了……你就嫁给他吧”
- What will the friar's medicine do?
“你会睡两天……看上去像死了一样”