A capricious mind can never rule the sylphs, nor a fickle disposition the undines'.

反复头脑永远法统风精， 反复性情也法统水精灵。

But it was thought that in the same manner as man by his union with God had won a spark of divinity, so might the sylphs, gnomes, undines, and salamanders by an alliance with man partake of his immortality.

但人们认为，就像人类通过与上帝得了神性火花一样，精灵、侏儒、水仙和火蜥蜴也可能通过与人类盟而分享他不朽。