Part 5. Chapter 6. Bölüm 5. Bölüm 6.

When the ceremony of plighting troth was over, the beadle spread before the lectern in the middle of the church a piece of pink silken stuff, the choir sang a complicated and elaborate psalm, in which the bass and tenor sang responses to one another, and the priest turning round pointed the bridal pair to the pink silk rug. À la fin de la cérémonie du troth, la perle étendit devant le lutrin au milieu de l'église un morceau d'étoffe de soie rose, le chœur chantait un psaume compliqué et élaboré, dans lequel la basse et le ténor se répondaient mutuellement, et le prêtre se retournant désigna la mariée vers le tapis de soie rose. Though both had often heard a great deal about the saying that the one who steps first on the rug will be the head of the house, neither Levin nor Kitty were capable of recollecting it, as they took the few steps towards it. Bien que les deux aient souvent beaucoup entendu parler du dicton selon lequel celui qui marchait le premier sur le tapis sera le chef de la maison, ni Levin ni Kitty n'étaient capables de s'en souvenir, alors qu'ils faisaient quelques pas pour y parvenir. They did not hear the loud remarks and disputes that followed, some maintaining he had stepped on first, and others that both had stepped on together. Ils n'ont pas entendu les remarques bruyantes et les disputes qui ont suivi, certains affirmant qu'il avait marché le premier, et d'autres que les deux avaient marché ensemble.

After the customary questions, whether they desired to enter upon matrimony, and whether they were pledged to anyone else, and their answers, which sounded strange to themselves, a new ceremony began. Après les questions habituelles, s'ils voulaient contracter mariage, s'ils étaient promis à quelqu'un d'autre, et leurs réponses, qui leur semblaient étranges, une nouvelle cérémonie commença. Kitty listened to the words of the prayer, trying to make out their meaning, but she could not. The feeling of triumph and radiant happiness flooded her soul more and more as the ceremony went on, and deprived her of all power of attention.

They prayed: "Endow them with continence and fruitfulness, and vouchsafe that their hearts may rejoice looking upon their sons and daughters." Ils ont prié: "Donnez-leur la continence et la fécondité, et assurez-vous que leurs cœurs se réjouissent en regardant leurs fils et leurs filles." They alluded to God's creation of a wife from Adam's rib "and for this cause a man shall leave father and mother, and cleave unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh," and that "this is a great mystery"; they prayed that God would make them fruitful and bless them, like Isaac and Rebecca, Joseph, Moses and Zipporah, and that they might look upon their children's children. Ils ont fait allusion à la création par Dieu d'une femme de la côte d'Adam "et pour cette cause un homme quittera son père et sa mère, et s'attachera à sa femme, et ils seront tous deux une seule chair", et que "c'est un grand mystère"; ils ont prié pour que Dieu les rende féconds et les bénisse, comme Isaac et Rebecca, Joseph, Moïse et Tsippora, et qu'ils puissent regarder les enfants de leurs enfants. "That's all splendid," thought Kitty, catching the words, "all that's just as it should be," and a smile of happiness, unconsciously reflected in everyone who looked at her, beamed on her radiant face. "Put it on quite," voices were heard urging when the priest had put on the wedding crowns and Shtcherbatsky, his hand shaking in its three-button glove, held the crown high above her head. «Mettez-le tout à fait», des voix ont été entendues exhortant lorsque le prêtre avait mis les couronnes de mariage et Shtcherbatsky, sa main tremblant dans son gant à trois boutons, a tenu la couronne au-dessus de sa tête. "Put it on!" she whispered, smiling.

Levin looked round at her, and was struck by the joyful radiance on her face, and unconsciously her feeling infected him. He too, like her felt glad and happy.

They enjoyed hearing the epistle read, and the roll of the head deacon's voice at the last verse, awaited with such impatience by the outside public. Ils aimaient entendre la lecture de l'épître et le roulement de la voix du diacre en chef au dernier couplet, attendu avec une telle impatience par le public extérieur. They enjoyed drinking out of the shallow cup of warm red wine and water, and they were still more pleased when the priest, flinging back his stole and taking both their hands in his, led them round the lectern to the accompaniment of bass voices chanting "Glory to God." Shtcherbatsky and Tchirikov, supporting the crowns and stumbling over the bride's train, smiling too and seeming delighted at something, were at one moment left behind, at the next treading on the bridal pair as the priest came to a halt. Shtcherbatsky et Tchirikov, soutenant les couronnes et trébuchant sur le train de la mariée, souriant aussi et semblant ravis de quelque chose, ont été à un moment laissés pour compte, au prochain foulant la paire de mariés alors que le prêtre s'arrêtait. Štčerbatskis ir Čirikovas, palaikydami vainikus ir užkliuvę už nuotakos traukinio, taip pat šypsodamiesi ir atrodydami kažkuo patenkinti, vieną akimirką liko užnugaryje, kitą žingsniavo ant nuotakos poros, kai kunigas sustojo. The spark of joy kindled in Kitty seemed to have infected everyone in the church. L'étincelle de joie allumée à Kitty semblait avoir infecté tout le monde dans l'église. It seemed to Levin that the priest and the deacon too wanted to smile just as he did.

Taking the crowns off their heads the priest read the last prayer and congratulated the young people. Levin looked at Kitty, and he had never before seen her look as she did. She was charming with the new radiance of happiness in her face. Levin longed to say something to her, but he did not know whether it was all over. The priest got him out of his difficulty. Le prêtre l'a sorti de sa difficulté. He smiled his kindly smile and said gently, "Kiss your wife, and you kiss your husband," and took the candles out of their hands. Levin kissed her smiling lips with timid care, gave her his arm, and with a new strange sense of closeness, walked out of the church. He did not believe, he could not believe, that it was true. It was only when their wondering and timid eyes met that he believed in it, because he felt that they were one.

After supper, the same night, the young people left for the country.