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"I have never before heard anybody mention it," said the cavalier.
武士说：“以前我从没听人提起过。”
"I command that it shall appear this evening and sing before me," said the Emperor.
皇帝说：“我命令：夜莺今晚要出现在我面前为我歌唱。”
So the cavalier ran up and down all the stairs, through halls and corridors，but no one he met had ever heard of the Nightingale. And the cavalier ran back to the Emperor and said that it must be a fable invented by the writers.
武士跑遍了大厅和走廊里所有上上下下的楼梯，但是他所遇见的人都从没听说过夜莺。武士跑回到皇帝面前说这肯定是作者编造的故事。
"Your Majesty mustn't believe the things people write; it's nothing but lies and something called the black art!"
“陛下，您不应相信人们所写的东西，这全是谎言和巫术啊！ ”
"But the book," said the Emperor, "was sent to me by the Emperor of Japan, and therefore it cannot be a lie. I will hear the Nightingale! It must be here this evening! And if it does not come, the whole court will be punched on the stomach!"
皇帝说：“但是，书是日本天皇送给我的，因此，不可能是谎言。我要听夜莺唱歌！它必须今晚就到这里。如果它不能来的话，所有的大臣们都要受到惩罚！”
"Tsing-pe!" said the cavalier, and again he ran up and down all the stairs and through all the halls and corridors, and half the court ran with him, because they didn't like being punched on the stomach.
武士说：“是！”他再一次跑遍所有大厅和走廊里的所有楼梯，有一半的大臣们跟在他后面跑，因为他们不想受到惩罚。
At last they met a poor little girl in the kitchen, who said:"Heavens, yes, the Nightingale? I know it very well; yes, it certainly can sing! Every evening when I walk back home and am tired and rest in the wood, then I hear the Nightingale sing. And then the tears come into my eyes, and it is just as if my mother kissed me!"
最后，他们遇到了一个贫穷的在厨房里工作的小姑娘。她说：“啊，嗯，夜莺？我非常了解，嗯，它当然会唱歌！每天晚上，当我回家，累了，在树林中休息时，我就会听见夜莺的歌声。然后，眼泪就会涌上双眼，就像是妈妈在亲吻我！”
