夸父 追日 (Quaifu Chasing the Sun)
Kua Fu|chasing the sun|Kua Fu|chasing||Sun
Quaifu auf der Jagd nach der Sonne
Quaifu Chasing the Sun
Quaifu en busca del sol
Quaifu à la poursuite du soleil
Quaifu che insegue il sole
クワイフ・チェイシング・ザ・サン
Quaifu Chasing the Sun
Quaifu Perseguindo o Sol
Куайфу в погоне за солнцем
Quaifu Jagar solen
Quaifu Güneşi Kovalıyor
夸父 追日 (Quaifu Chasing the Sun)
在 很久以前 , 有个 巨人 叫 夸父 。
|||giant||Kua Fu
A long time ago, there was a giant named Quatre.
他 很 高 , 很 有 力气 , 也 跑 得 很快 。
|||||strength||runs||
He is very tall, very strong and runs very fast.
夸父 是 个 非常 好 的 人 , 他 的 邻居 和 朋友 都 喜欢 他 。
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Quatre is a very good man, and his neighbors and friends like him.
那个 时候 , 太阳 每天晚上 都 落到 西边 山 的 后面 , 没有 太阳 的 时候 人们 就 不能 出去 , 特别 是 冬天 , 夜晚 又 长 又 黑 。
|||every evening||set|the west|||||||||||||is|winter|night|again|long|again|
In those days the sun set behind the mountains in the west every night, and people could not go out without it, especially in winter, when the night was long and dark.
人们 害怕 黑夜 , 他们 请 太阳 不要 回家 睡觉 , 但是 太阳 工作 一天 后 觉得 很累 , 想 回家 洗个 澡 , 躺 在 自己 舒服 的 床上 好好 休息 休息 。
||the dark night||ask|||||||||||very tired||go home|a bath|bath|lie||their own|comfortable||on the bed|||
People are afraid of the night and they ask the sun not to go home to sleep, but the sun is tired after a long day's work and wants to go home to take a bath and lie down on its comfortable bed to rest.
所以 太阳 什么 也 没 说 就 走 了 , 人们 都 觉得 很 失望 。
|||||||||||||disappointed
So the sun left without saying anything, and people felt very disappointed.
夸父 是 这些 人 的 首领 , 他 希望 他 的 人民 可以 过 好日子 , 所以 想 让 太阳 一直 工作 。
|||||leader|||||people|||good days|||||continuously|
Quatre was the leader of these people, and he wanted his people to have a good life, so he wanted the sun to work all the time.
一天 夸父 想 去 找 太阳 , 跟 他 谈谈 。
||||||||talk
One day Kwaku wanted to go to the Sun and talk to him.
太阳 看见 夸父 向 他 走来 非常 害怕 , 开始 在 天上 跑 , 夸父 看见 太阳 跑 就 去 追 。
|||toward||walked towards|||||||||||||chase
When the sun saw Quatre coming toward him, he was so frightened that he began to run in the sky, and when Quatre saw the sun running, he went after it.
夸父 跑得快 , 太阳 也 跑得快 。
|runs fast|||runs fast
The sun runs fast, and so does the quartet.
他们 跑 啊 跑 , 跑 了 很多 天 , 夸父 累 了 , 太阳 也 累 了 。
They ran and ran and ran for many days, and Kwa-Fu was tired, and so was the sun.
可是 , 为了 让 人们 永远 有 光明 , 夸父 不能 停下来 , 他 继续 追 太阳 。
|for|||forever||light|||stop||continued||the sun
However, in order to let people have light forever, Quatre could not stop, and he continued to chase the sun.
他 跑 过 了 很多 山 , 也 跑 过 了 很多 河 , 太阳 离 他 越来越近 了 。
|||||||||||rivers||away||closer and closer|
He ran over many mountains and rivers, and the sun came nearer and nearer to him.
可是 , 这时 夸父 太热 了 , 也 特别 渴 , 身体 里 像 有 一团 火 。
|||||||thirsty|||||a ball|
But by this time, Kwaku was so hot and thirsty that his body felt like it was on fire.
他 跑 去 喝 河里 的 水 , 河水 很快 被 喝完 了 。
|ran||drink|in the river|||the river water||by|finished drinking|
He ran to drink from the river, and the water was soon finished.
他 跑 去 喝 湖里 的 水 , 湖里 的 水 也 很快 被 喝完 了 。
||||the water in the lake|||the water in the lake|||||||
He ran to drink from the lake, and the water in the lake was soon finished.
夸父 没有 水喝 了 , 就 倒 了 下来 , 死 了 。
||drank water|||||||
Quatre had no more water to drink, so he collapsed and died.
夸父 死后 , 他 的 手杖 变成 了 一片 桃 树林 。
|after death|||cane|||a grove|peach|the peach tree forest
After his death, his staff became a peach grove.
他 的 朋友 们 都 很 难过 , 他们 知道 夸父 是 为了 他们 才 死 的 , 大家 都 哭 了 。
||||||sad|||||||sake|||||cried|
His friends were saddened to know that Quatre had died for them, and they all wept.
其实 , 夸父 没有 死 , 他 还 活 在 朋友 们 的 心里 , 他们 都 认为 夸父 是 个 勇敢的人 。
actually||||||alive|||||hearts|||||||brave person
In fact, Quatre is not dead, he is still alive in the hearts of his friends, and they all think that Quatre is a brave man.