(单词翻译:单击)
But Roland never boasted of his great deeds. "It was nothing," he would say when people praised him.
但罗兰从未炫耀过自己的伟大功绩 。人们称赞他时,他会说:“没什么了不起” 。
Then he would tell of brave battles fought by others and would say how proud he was of his comrades.
然后他会讲述别人英勇作战的经历,还会表示对同伴感到自豪 。
Sometimes, when he was starting out to war, he would look around him at the brave knights and say, "Oh, if Oliver were only here, how happy I should be!"
有时,他出战前会环顾四周,看着勇敢的骑士们说:“如果奥利弗能在这儿,我该多高兴啊!”
CHARLEMAGNE AND ROLAND IN SPAIN
查理曼大帝和罗兰出征西班牙
About this time Charlemagne heard that a terrible people from Spain, called Saracens, had entered France.
就在此时,查理曼听说有一批自称撒拉逊人的恶人从西班牙进驻法国 。
He prepared to fight them, and from all the country, warriors came to join his army.
他准备与这些人作战,来自全国各地的勇士都加入了他的军队 。
To Roland's great joy, Oliver was one of these knights, and from that time the two friends were always together.
令罗兰高兴的是,奥利弗就是其中的一名骑士,从那时起,两个好朋友就一直在一起 。
For seven years the war went on, until at last the Saracens left France and returned to Spain.
战争持续了七年,最后撒拉逊人离开法国,返回西班牙 。
But Charlemagne knew that his country would never be safe until his enemies had been conquered.
但查理曼知道,不把敌人彻底击败,他的国家永远不会安宁 。
So he followed them into Spain and drove them out of every city except one.
所有他出征西班牙,把敌人赶出每座城市,只保留了一座城 。
Then the Saracen king, Marsilius, thought of a plan to deceive Charlemagne and make him return to France.
后来,撒拉逊国王马西利乌斯想出了一个欺骗查理曼大帝撤军法国的计划 。
One day as the great Charles was resting in the shade of a beautiful tree, Saracen messengers came and knelt down before him.
一天,当查理曼大帝在一棵参天大树下乘凉时,撒拉逊使者们来到他面前,屈膝跪下 。
"O great Charles," said the leader, "we come to you from Marsilius. He sends you rich presents and begs you to return to France.
为首的将领说:“查理曼大帝,是马西利乌斯国王派我们前来参见您,他送给您很多礼物,恳请您撤军法国 。
He promises that he will follow you there in one month, and that he will never fight you again."
他还保证一个月内会去法国见您,永远不会再和您对战 。”