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He is riding! the other women answered. "Rakh! Rakh! Rakh haj!" they proclaimed. A boy, a boy, a strong boy.
“他騎著馬！”另一個(gè)女人應(yīng)道，“拉克！拉克！拉克哈！”她們齊聲宣布：是個(gè)男孩，是個(gè)男孩，是個(gè)強(qiáng)壯的男孩。
Bells rang, a sudden clangor of bronze birds. A deep-throated warhorn sounded its long low note. The old womenbegan to chant. Underneath their painted leather vests, their withered dugs swayed back and forth, shiny with oil and sweat. The eunuchs who served them threw bundles of dried grasses into a great bronze brazier, and clouds of fragrant smoke rose up toward the moon and the stars. The Dothraki believed the stars were horses made of fire, a great herd that galloped across the sky by night.
鈴聲作響，宛如一陣突如其來的青銅鳥鳴。軍號奏出低沉的長音，老婦們開始吟唱。在彩繪皮背心下，她們干癟的乳房來回晃動，閃著油亮汗光。負(fù)責(zé)伺候她們的太監(jiān)把一捆捆干草丟進(jìn)青銅大火盆，頃刻間散發(fā)出濃郁的草香，煙霧向天上的月亮星辰直沖而去。在多斯拉克人眼里，星星就是一群以烈火為軀，聲勢浩大，奔跑夜空的駿馬。
As the smoke ascended, the chanting died away and the ancient crone closed her single eye, the better to peer into the future. The silence that fell was complete. Dany could hear the distant call of night birds, the hissand crackle of the torches, the gentle lapping of water from the lake. The Dothraki stared at her with eyes ofnight, waiting.
當(dāng)濃煙漸升，吟唱聲逐漸變小，年邁的老嫗闔上她的獨(dú)眼，朝未來瞥去。繼之而來的是全然的寂靜，丹妮聽見遠(yuǎn)處的鳥兒啼叫，火炬嘶嘶噼啪，湖水輕柔拍打。多斯拉克人以漆黑如夜的眼睛看著她，等待預(yù)言。
Khal Drogo laid his hand on Dany's arm. She could feel the tension in his fingers. Even a khal as mighty as Drogo could know fear when the dosh khaleen peered into smoke of the future. At her back, her handmaids fluttered anxiously.
卓戈卡奧伸手握住丹妮臂膀，從手指的力道她感覺得出他的緊張。強(qiáng)如卓戈卡奧，在多希卡林透過煙塵占卜未來時(shí)也會感到恐懼。身后，她的女仆更是焦躁不安。
