One of his slave girls has volunteered To be cremated with him,
他的一個女奴隸自愿和他一起火葬
So she can enter valhalla with her master.
這樣才能和她的主人一同進入瓦爾哈拉殿堂
Lbn Fadlan, an Arab chronicler,
伊本·法蘭德 阿拉伯的年代史編者
Writes the first surviving account of a Viking funeral.
記錄下了現留存最早的維京人葬禮
They took the dead man and carried him onto the ship,
他們將死者抬起 放在小船上
Where they laid him on a quilt."
船上鋪著被子
A woman issued instructions.
一個女人念悼詞
They called her the Angel of Death.
他們稱之為死神天使
The slave girl was given an intoxicating drink.
奴隸女孩被賜予毒酒
The Angel of Death placed a rope around her neck.
死神天使在她的脖子上套上繩索
Then she took a broad-bladed dagger
然后她拿著有寬刃的匕首
And thrust it in and out between the girl's ribs,
反復刺進女孩的肋骨
While two men throttled her until she died.
與此同時 還有兩個人拉緊繩子 直至她死亡