Le jour fixé pour leur exécution, elle se coupa les cheveux et se vêtit comme pour se rendre à une fête.
Upon the day appointed for their execution she cut off her hair and dressed herself as if going to a fete.
Elle se coupa les cheveux et vécu comme une ascète.
She cut off her hair and lived like an ascetic.
On se rasa la tête et l’on se coupa les cheveux également à titre de dévotion religieuse.
Shaving the head and cutting the hair were likewise forms of religious devotion.
il se coupa un doigt.
When, breaking it off at the larger end, he cut one of his fingers.
Elle retira alors ses yeux et se coupa les bras pour que le messager les rapporte au Roi.
She then removed her eyes and severed her arms for the messenger to take back.
Puis il se coupa les cheveux et les jeta au ciel où ils furent attrapés par les dieux du Pays des Trente-trois Paradis.
He then cut off his hair and threw it into the sky, where it was caught by the gods of the Land of the Thirty-three Heavens.
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