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He is giving me his son's sword. Jon could scarcely believe it. The blade was exquisitely balanced. The edges glimmered faintly as they kissed the light. "Your son..."
他將傳給兒子的劍給了我，瓊恩簡(jiǎn)直不敢相信。劍刃極度平衡，鋒芒一遇光線，立即熠熠發(fā)光。“您的兒子——”
My son brought dishonor to House Mormont, but at least he had the grace to leave the sword behind when he fled. My sister returned it to my keeping, but the very sight of it reminded me of Jorah's shame, so I put it aside and thought no more of it until we found it in the ashes of my bedchamber. The original pommel was a bear's head, silver, yet so worn its features were all but indistinguishable. For you, I thought a white wolf more apt. One of our builders is a fair stonecarver.
“我兒讓莫爾蒙家族蒙上恥辱，但他逃亡之前，倒還懂得留下這把劍。我妹妹把劍送還給我，然而每當(dāng)見(jiàn)到它，就讓我想起喬拉的事，所以我把劍收起來(lái)，日子一久也就忘了，直到這回在我臥室的灰燼里找到它。原本劍柄尾端是個(gè)銀制熊頭，不過(guò)因?yàn)榻?jīng)年累月的磨損，早已辨認(rèn)不出。你用的話，我想白狼比較適合。正好我們工匠里面有個(gè)不錯(cuò)的雕刻師傅。”
When Jon had been Bran's age, he had dreamed of doing great deeds, as boys always did. The details of his feats changed with every dreaming, but quite often he imagined saving his father's life. Afterward Lord Eddard would declare that Jon had proved himself a true Stark, and place Ice in his hand. Even then he had known it was only a child's folly; no bastard could ever hope to wield a father's sword. Even the memory shamed him. What kind of man stole his own brother's birthright? I have no right to this, he thought, no more than to Ice. He twitched his burned fingers, feeling a throb of pain deep under the skin. "My lord, you honor me, but..."
當(dāng)瓊恩還在布蘭那個(gè)年紀(jì)的時(shí)候，也像所有的男孩子一樣，夢(mèng)想著將來(lái)干出一番大事業(yè)。雖然每次白日夢(mèng)的細(xì)節(jié)都不同，但他總想像自己救了父親一命，事后艾德公爵宣布瓊恩已經(jīng)證明了自己是真正的史塔克傳人，并將“寒冰”交到他手中。即便在當(dāng)時(shí)，他也知道這不過(guò)是小孩子的玩笑，私生子是絕不可能繼承家傳寶劍的。如今想起這些，他卻覺(jué)得羞恥。奪走自己兄弟的繼承權(quán)，這算什么？我沒(méi)資格接受這把劍，他心想，一如我沒(méi)資格繼承“寒冰”。他動(dòng)動(dòng)灼傷的手指，感覺(jué)到皮膚底下深層的痛楚。“大人，您讓我受寵若驚，可是——”
