The Happy Prince
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00:00Musique joyeuse
00:13Au-dessus de la ville, sur un grand columne, se trouvait la statue du prince heureux.
00:19Il avait des fleurs d'or très fines.
00:24Pour les yeux, il avait deux sapphires brillants,
00:28et un grand rubis rouge brillant dans son haut.
00:49Musique joyeuse
00:58Stop this crying.
01:01Look, why can't you be like the happy prince?
01:04He never dreams of crying for anything.
01:07Make way, make way for his Majesty the Mayor.
01:10Musique joyeuse
01:16Why, upon my soul, tis a little lamb.
01:21How can you cry so much in my beautiful city?
01:26Is not the happy prince smiling down upon you?
01:30Mais?
01:32The happy prince looks so beautiful.
01:35He looks just like an angel.
01:39Musique joyeuse
01:46Stop this crying.
01:49Look, why can't you be like the happy prince?
01:53He never dreams of crying for anything.
01:56Make way, make way for his Majesty the Mayor.
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02:08The statue of the happy prince must surely be the finest in all Christendom.
02:13I doubt if I could have designed a better one myself.
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02:23A chill northern wind blew across the square.
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02:28The autumn was about to return.
02:31In the countryside, the peasants had finished the harvest,
02:35and the change in wind told the swallows that it would soon be time to leave for Egypt.
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04:43One day the trees shed their leaves.
04:46It was the sign that autumn had at last come,
04:49and they all flew away.
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05:00Several weeks passed, and the little swallow felt quite lonely,
05:04and began to tire of his lady love.
05:08She has no conversation,
05:11and she's always flirting with the wind.
05:14I love traveling, and my wife, consequently, should love traveling also.
05:21Will you come away with me?
05:23Will you?
05:25The reed shook her head.
05:27She was so attached to her home.
05:29You have been trifling with me.
05:32Well, you shan't see me again.
05:34I am off to the pyramids.
05:36Goodbye!
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05:41All day long, the little swallow flew.
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05:48By night time, he arrived at the city.
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06:01Where shall I stay tonight?
06:04I hope the town has made preparations.
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06:17Such a fine position, with plenty of fresh air,
06:21and I have a golden bedroom.
06:26What's that?
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06:36He looks so beautiful in the moonlight.
06:39Surely he's the most handsome of all princes.
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06:45Me? A handsome prince?
06:48Why, of course!
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06:53Good night, my happy prince.
06:56Good night?
06:58Oh, good night!
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07:02Uh, princess?
07:05What's that?
07:07What a curious thing.
07:10There is not a cloud in the sky,
07:12the stars are quite clear and bright,
07:15and yet it is raining.
07:17What a dreadful climate.
07:20What is the use of a statue if it cannot keep the rain off?
07:24I must find myself a good chimney pot.
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07:36Who are you?
07:39I am the happy prince.
07:41The happy prince?
07:46Well, if you're so happy, why are you weeping?
07:50You have quite drenched me.
07:53When I was alive and had a human heart,
07:56I did not know what tears were,
07:59for I lived in the palace of Sans Souci,
08:02where sorrow is not allowed to enter.
08:06In the daytime, I played with my companions in the garden,
08:09and in the evening, I led the dance in the great hall.
08:13Round the garden was a very lofty wall,
08:16but I never cared to ask what lay beyond it.
08:19Everything about me was so beautiful.
08:22My courtiers called me the happy prince,
08:26and happy indeed I was of pleasurely happiness.
08:30So I lived, and so I died.
08:34And now that I am dead, they have set me here so high
08:37I can see all the ugliness and misery of my city.
08:41And though my heart is made of lead,
08:44I cannot choose but weep.
08:46What? Is he not solid gold?
08:50Far away in a little street there is a poor house.
08:56One of the windows is open, and through it I can see a woman seated at a table.
09:00Her face is thin and worn, and she has coarse red hands all pricked by the needle,
09:04for she is a seamstress.
09:06She is embroidering a satin gown for the loveliest of the queen's maids of honor
09:10to wear at the next court ball.
09:14In the corner of the room, a little boy is lying in.
09:17He has a fever and is asking for oranges,
09:20but his mother has nothing to give him but river water.
09:26Swallow, swallow, little swallow,
09:29will you not bring her the ruby out of my sword hilt?
09:33My feet are fastened to this pedestal, and I cannot move.
09:38But I have no time.
09:40I must leave for Egypt.
09:42My friends are flying along the Nile at this very moment.
09:46Little swallow, will you not stay with me for one night and be my messenger?
09:53The little boy is so thirsty, and his mother so sad.
09:58I don't think I like boys.
10:00They always throw stones at me.
10:02They never hit me, of course.
10:05We swallows fly far too well for that.
10:09Besides, I come from a family famous for its agility.
10:17Oh, it's very cold here.
10:21But I will stay for one night and be your messenger.
10:26I do hope my gown will be ready in time for the state ball.
10:30But the seamstresses are so lazy and unreliable.
11:26Oh, cool, I feel. I must be getting better.
11:44Is this curious?
11:46Yes, it is.
11:48It's the first time I've seen it.
11:52It is curious, but I feel quite warm now, although it is so cold.
12:03When day broke, the little swallow flew down to the river to bathe.
12:10What a remarkable phenomenon, a swallow in winter,
12:14said the professor of ornithology as he was passing over the bridge.
12:18Tonight I go to Egypt.
12:21Tonight I go to Egypt.
12:28Wherever he went, the sparrows chirped and said,
12:31what a distinguished stranger.
12:34So he enjoyed himself very much.
12:43Have you any commissions in Egypt?
12:48I am just starting.
12:50Swallow, little swallow, far across the city,
12:54I see a young man in a garret.
12:57He's trying to finish a play for the director of the theater,
13:02but he is too cold to write anymore.
13:06There is no fire in the grave, and the hunger has made him faint.
13:11Well, I will stay one night longer.
13:15Shall I take him another ruby?
13:18Alas, my eyes are all I have left.
13:21They are made of very rare sapphires.
13:24Pluck one out and take it to him,
13:27so he can sell it for firewood and finish his play.
13:31But I cannot do that.
13:34Little swallow, do as I ask.
13:46How could I have overlooked such a valuable gift?
13:49It must be from some great admirer.
13:52Now I can finish my play.
13:55Brrr, it's getting cold.
13:59I'm going to sleep.
14:02I'm going to sleep.
14:05I'm going to sleep.
14:08I'm going to sleep.
14:11I'm going to sleep.
14:14It's getting cold. It is time to leave.
14:23Tonight I fly to Egypt.
14:27Goodbye.
14:30I am off to Egypt.
14:34Goodbye, little sparrow.
14:39I have come to bid you goodbye.
14:43Little swallow, will you not stay a little longer?
14:48But it is winter and the snow will soon be here.
14:52I must leave you, but I will never forget you.
14:56And next spring, I will bring you two beautiful jewels
15:00in place of those you have given away.
15:03The ruby shall be redder than a red rose
15:06and the sapphire shall be as blue as the great sea.
15:10In the square below, there stands a little match girl.
15:14She has let her matches fall in the gutter
15:17and they are all spoiled.
15:19Her family is very poor and her father will beat her
15:22if she doesn't bring home some money.
15:25Pluck out my other eye and give it to her
15:28and her father will not beat her.
15:31I will stay with you a little longer,
15:35but I cannot pluck out your other eye.
15:38You will be quite blind then.
15:41Little swallow, do as I ask of you.
15:54Oh, what a beautiful piece of glass.
15:57I must show it to my father.
16:04You are blind now,
16:07so I will stay with you, always.
16:11No, little swallow, you must go away to Egypt.
16:17I will stay with you, always.
16:25As the days passed, the little swallow never left the prince's side.
16:30He sat on his shoulders
16:32and told him many stories of what he had seen in strange lands.
16:36He told him of the red ibises that stand on the banks of the Nile
16:41and catch goldfish in their beaks.
16:44And of the king of the mountains of the moon
16:47who is as black as ebony and worships a large crystal.
16:51Dear little swallow,
16:54you tell of marvelous things,
16:57but more marvelous than anything
17:00is the suffering of men and women.
17:03There is no mystery so great as misery.
17:08Fly over my city, little swallow,
17:11and tell me what you see there.
17:31The city streets are sad and dreary.
17:39Why are the people in despair?
17:47Their clothes are torn, their eyes are weary.
17:52Poverty is everywhere.
17:59And the rich just ignore it and they don't care.
18:23The children huddle close together.
18:31Ragged and torn, their feet are bound.
18:39They bravely face the wintry weather.
18:48There's no farsight they can share.
18:55And the rich just ignore them and they don't care.
19:04Where is the justice in all that I see?
19:12Where is the justice in poverty?
19:25And so the little swallow flew back to the happy prince
19:28and told him what he had seen.
19:31I am covered with fine gold.
19:33You must take it off, leaf by leaf,
19:36and give it to my poor.
19:38The living always think that gold can make them happy.
20:08Leaf after leaf of the fine gold the swallow picked off
20:12till the happy prince looked quite dull and grey.
20:18He was a little sad and weary.
20:22He was a little sad and weary.
20:26He was a little sad and weary.
20:29He was a little sad and weary.
20:33He was a little sad and weary.
20:38Leaf after leaf of the fine gold he brought to the poor.
20:44And the children's faces grew rosier
20:48and they laughed and played games in the street.
20:53Then the snow came.
20:58After the snow came the frost
21:03and the streets looked as if they were made of silver.
21:06They were so bright and glistening.
21:09Long icicles like crystal daggers hung from the eaves.
21:15And everybody went about in furs.
21:20Leaf after leaf of the fine gold he brought to the poor.
21:24He was a little sad and weary.
21:28He was a little sad and weary.
21:32He was a little sad and weary.
21:37He was a little sad and weary.
21:45I am glad that you are going to Egypt at last, little swallow.
21:48You've stayed here too long,
21:50but you must kiss me on the lips, for I love you.
21:55It is not to Egypt I am going.
22:07A curious crack sounded inside the statue,
22:10as if something had broken.
22:12The fact is the leaden heart had snapped right in two.
22:16It certainly was a dreadfully hard frost.
22:25Dear me, how shabby the happy prince looks.
22:29Shabby, shabby, terrible, dreadful.
22:32Ruby has fallen from his sword.
22:35His eyes are gone and he is golden no longer.
22:39In fact, he is little better than a beggar.
22:43Little better than a beggar.
22:47And there is actually a dead bird at his feet.
22:51We must issue a proclamation
22:54that birds are not allowed to die here.
22:58Birds are not allowed to die here.
23:05As he is no longer beautiful, he is no longer useful.
23:09Our city needs a new statue
23:12and I shall ask for the privilege of designing it.
23:18So they pulled down the statue of the happy prince
23:22and melted it down in a furnace.
23:25The mayor held a meeting of the corporation
23:28to decide what was to be done with the metal.
23:31I would consider it a privilege to design a new statue.
23:38Of course you can.
23:40And it shall be a statue of myself.
23:50What a strange thing.
23:52This broken lead heart will not melt in my furnace.
23:56We'll have to throw it away.
23:59And so they threw it on a dust heap
24:02where the dead swallow was also lying.
24:08Bring me the two most precious things in the city,
24:12said God to one of his angels.
24:15And the angel brought him the leaden heart and the dead bird.
24:20You have rightly chosen, said God,
24:23for in my garden of paradise this little bird
24:26shall sing forevermore.
24:29And in my city of gold, the happy prince shall praise me.
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