《权力的游戏》精讲 第3集:雪诺大人(9)

and children are born and live and die

孩子的诞生, 成长和死亡

all in darkness.

全都是在漫漫黑夜之中.

That is the time for fear, my little lord¹,

真正的恐惧降临, 我的小少爷...

when the White Walkers move through the woods.

是当异鬼在林间穿梭的时候.

Thousands of years ago there came a night

几千年前曾经有过一个长夜

that lasted a generation.

时间长达整整一代人.

Kings froze to death in their castles,

国王被冻死在城堡里,

same as the Shepherds² in their huts³.

牧人被冻死在茅屋中.

And women smothered⁴ their babies

母亲宁可闷死自己的宝宝

rather than see them starve,

也不愿见他们挨饿受冻,

and wept⁵ and felt the tears freeze on their cheeks.

他们放声哭泣, 泪水却冻结在脸颊上.

So is this the sort of story that you like?

你喜欢听的是这种故事吗?

In that darkness,

在那一片黑暗中,

the White Walkers came for the first time.

异鬼首度降临人间.

They swept through cities and Kingdoms,

他们横扫城市和王国,

riding their dead horses,

他们骑着苍白的死马,

hunting with their packs of pale spiders big as Hounds⁶

驱使着猎狗那样大的蜘蛛

Only what what the little lord telling wants to hear.

小少爷想听什么都行.

Get your supper. I want some time with him.

你去吃晚饭吧. 我陪他一会儿.

( Door closes ) One time she told me

有一次她告诉我

the sky is blue because we live inside the eye

天空之所以是蓝色的, 是因为我们生活在

of a blue-eyed giant named Macomber.

一个名叫马孔贝尔的蓝眼巨人的眼睛里.

Maybe we do.

这也许是真的.

How do you feel?

你感觉好点了吗?

You still don't remember anything?

你还是什么都不记得?

Bran,

布兰,

I've seen you climb a thousand times.

我看你爬过千百次墙.

In the wind, in the rain

在风里, 在雨中

a thousand times.

千百次.

You never fall. I did though.

你从来没摔下去过. 可我是摔下去了.

It's true, isn't it,

那是真的, 是不是,

what Maester Luwin says about my legs?

鲁温师傅说我的腿不能再走路了?

1 lord   

n.上帝，主；主人，长官；君主，贵族

参考例句：

• I know the Lord will look after him.我知道上帝会眷顾他的。
• How good of the Lord not to level it beyond repair!上帝多么仁慈啊，竟没有让这所房子损毁得不可收拾！

2 shepherds   

n.牧羊人，羊倌( shepherd的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Shepherds penned their flocks. 牧羊人把他们的羊群关入栏中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• This was the first time the shepherds had seen the Corleone stare. 这两个牧民第一次看到考利昂家族传统的瞪眼。 来自教父部分

3 huts   

n.小屋，棚屋( hut的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The huts they lived in were sordid and filthy beyond belief. 他们住的小房真是异乎寻常地脏。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The storm flattened the flimsy wooden huts that the villagers lived in. 风暴刮平了村民们居住的脆弱的木屋。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 smothered   

（使）窒息， （使）透不过气( smother的过去式和过去分词 )； 覆盖； 忍住； 抑制

参考例句：

• He smothered the baby with a pillow. 他用枕头把婴儿闷死了。
• The fire is smothered by ashes. 火被灰闷熄了。

5 wept   

（通常因悲伤）哭泣( weep的过去式和过去分词 )； 流泪； 悲哀； 哀悼

参考例句：

• She was unable to keep back her tears, and wept freely. 她抑制不住泪水，痛痛快快地哭了起来。
• She wept bitter tears over the loss of her lover. 她为失去了恋人而哭泣。

6 hounds   

猎狗，猎犬( hound的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The huntsman was whipping in his pack of hounds. 猎人正在用鞭子把他那群猎犬赶到一处。
• The hunter has twenty more hounds. 那猎人有二十几条猎狗。