Prologue - Beauty And The Beast

Once upon a time, in a faraway land,
很久很久以前，在一片遙遠的大陸
A young Prince lived in a shining castle.
那金碧輝煌的城堡中，住著一位年輕的王子
Although he had everything his heart desired,
儘管他得到了內心渴求的一切
The Prince was spoiled, selfish, and unkind.
但他依舊驕縱，自私而無情。
But then, one winter's night,
之後，在一個冬季的夜晚
An old beggar woman came to the castle
城堡裡來了一位乞討的老太太
And offered him a single Rose
老太太給了王子一朵玫瑰
In return for shelter from the bitter cold.
作為回報，她希望王子可以供她借宿一晚度過這艱難的一夜
Repulsed by her haggard appearance,
王子嫌棄她枯槁醜陋的面容無情地拒絕了她
The Prince sneered at the gift,
並對她的禮物嗤之以鼻
And turned the old woman away.
將她趕出了城堡
But she warned him not to be deceived by appearances,
但是老太太卻告誡他不要以貌取人
For Beauty is found within.
真正的美麗來自心靈和內在
And when he dismissed her again,
但王子又一次無視了她的告誡
The old woman's ugliness melted away
突然老太太的醜陋消失不見了
To reveal a beautiful Enchantress.
取而代之的是一個無比美麗迷人的女子
The Prince tried to apologize, but it was too late,
王子見狀，連忙想要道歉挽回，但一切都太遲了
For she had seen that there was no love in his heart.
因為女子已經看清了他的心裡沒有愛
And as punishment,
作為懲罰
She transformed him into a hideous beast,
她將王子變成了一隻醜陋駭人的野獸
And placed a powerful spell on the castle,
並且對整座城堡
And all who lived there.
以及城堡裡的生物都施了魔法
Ashamed of his monstrous form,
因為羞愧于他怪物般外表
The beast concealed himself inside his castle,
野獸將他自己隱匿於城堡中
With a magic mirror as his only window to the outside world.
他唯一可以窺視外界的窗戶是一塊魔鏡
The Rose she had offered,
那女子給的玫瑰
Was truly an enchanted rose,
是一朵被施了魔法的花
Which would bloom until his 21 years.
會在王子21歲生日的時候綻放
If he could learn to love another,
如果王子可以在綻放的期間學會如何愛上別人
And earn their love in return
並且也贏得了對方的愛
By the time the last petal fell,
隨著最後一片花瓣的凋謝
Then the spell would be broken.
所有的魔法將被解除
If not, he would be doomed to remain a beast
但倘若沒有，他這輩子都將是一隻野獸
For all time.
永遠
As the years passed ,
一年又一年
He fell into despair, and lost all hope,
他陷入了絕望，失掉了所有的期待
For who could ever learn to love...a Beast ?
因為這世上有誰會愛上……一隻野獸呢……