冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》第688期:第三十三章 艾德(10)

 　　This time the king drank deeply. His black beard was beaded with thick white droplets¹ when he threw the empty cup aside. "Will I dream?" 这次国王喝了个干净，抛出杯子，他的黑胡须上沾满了浓稠的白色液滴。“我会做梦吗？”

　　Ned gave him his answer. "You will, my lord." 奈德给了他答案。“陛下，您会的。”

　　Good, he said, smiling. "I will give Lyanna your love, Ned. “那就好，”他微笑道，“奈德，我会替你向莱安娜问好。

　　Take care of my children for me." 帮我好好照顾我的孩子。”

　　The words twisted in Ned's belly² like a knife. 这番话有如一把尖刀在奈德肚里翻搅。

　　For a moment he was at a loss. 刹那间他不知如何是好，

　　He could not bring himself to lie. 因为他无法逼自己说谎，

　　Then he remembered the bastards³: little Barra at her mother's breast, Mya in the Vale, Gendry at his forge, and all the others.  但他接着想起了那些私生子，想起还在母亲怀里的芭拉，艾林谷的米亚，炉边打铁的詹德利……

　　"I shall ... guard your children as if they were my own," he said slowly. “我会……把你的孩子当作我自己的孩子一般爱护。”他缓缓地说。

　　Robert nodded and closed his eyes. 劳勃点点头，闭上眼睛。

　　Ned watched his old friend sag⁴ softly into the pillows as the milk of the poppy washed the pain from his face. Sleep took him. 奈德看着罂粟花奶从自己老友脸上洗去疼痛，他软弱无力地陷进枕头堆，沉沉睡去。

1 droplets   

n.小滴( droplet的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Droplets of sweat were welling up on his forehead. 他额头上冒出了滴滴汗珠。 来自辞典例句
• In constrast, exhaled smoke contains relatively large water droplets and appears white. 相反，从人嘴里呼出的烟则包含相当大的水滴，所以呈白色。 来自辞典例句

2 belly   

n.肚子，腹部；(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分，膛

参考例句：

• The boss has a large belly.老板大腹便便。
• His eyes are bigger than his belly.他眼馋肚饱。

3 bastards   

私生子( bastard的名词复数 )； 坏蛋； 讨厌的事物； 麻烦事 （认为别人走运或不幸时说）家伙

参考例句：

• Those bastards don't care a damn about the welfare of the factory! 这批狗养的，不顾大局！ 来自子夜部分
• Let the first bastards to find out be the goddam Germans. 就让那些混账的德国佬去做最先发现的倒霉鬼吧。 来自演讲部分

4 sag   

v.下垂，下跌，消沉；n.下垂，下跌，凹陷，[航海]随风漂流

参考例句：

• The shelf was beginning to sag beneath the weight of the books upon it.书架在书的重压下渐渐下弯。
• We need to do something about the sag.我们须把下沉的地方修整一下。