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ARYA
艾莉亞
When Arya saw the shape of a great hill looming in the distance, golden in the afternoon sun, she knew it at once.
當她看到遠方出現(xiàn)高山的形影，在下午的太陽底閃著金光，便立即明白
They had come all the way back to High Heart.
又回到了高尚之心。
By sunset they were at the top, making camp where no harm could come to them.
日落時分，他們登上峰頂，在這所謂“不會受傷害”的地方扎營。
Arya walked around the circle of weirwood stumps with Lord Beric’s squire Ned,
艾莉亞跟貝里伯爵的侍從艾德一起繞魚梁木樹墩行走，
and they stood on top of one watching the last light fade in the west.
后來又并肩站在其中一個樹墩上注視著西方最后一縷光線褪去。
From up here she could see a storm raging to the north, but High Heart stood above the rain.
從此高處，她看到北方有團洶涌的風暴，但高尚之心矗立在冰雨上方。
It wasn’t above the wind, though;
然而它并不能凌駕于風之上，
the gusts were blowing so strongly that it felt like someone was behind her, yanking on her cloak.
陣風猛烈吹拂，好似有人在拉扯她的斗篷，
Only when she turned, no one was there.
只是轉身望去，根本毫無人影。
Ghosts, she remembered.
鬼魂，她記起來，
High Heart is haunted.
高尚之心有鬼魂出沒。
They built a great fire atop the hill, and Thoros of Myr sat crosslegged beside it,
土匪們在山頂燒了個大火堆，密爾的索羅斯盤腿坐在旁邊，
gazing deep into the flames as if there was nothing else in all the world.
凝視進火焰深處，仿佛世上旁無他物。
“What is he doing?” Arya asked Ned.
“他干什么？”艾莉亞問艾德。
“Sometimes he sees things in the flames,” the squire told her.
“他有時能從火焰里看到東西，”侍從告訴她，
“The past. The future.
“比如過去、未來，
Things happening far away.”
或發(fā)生在遙遠地方的事。”
Arya squinted at the fire to see if she could see what the red priest was seeing,
艾莉亞瞇起眼睛注視著火堆，看看自己能否看到紅袍僧所見的東西，
but it only made her eyes water and before long she turned away.
但那只能讓眼睛流淚，不一會兒，她就將視線移開了。
Gendry was watching the red priest as well.
詹德利也盯著紅袍僧。
“Can you truly see the future there?” he asked suddenly.
“你真的可以從火里面看見未來？”他突然問。
Thoros turned from the fire, sighing.
索羅斯將視線從火堆上移開，嘆了口氣。
“Not here. Not now.
“此時此地不行，
But some days, yes, the Lord of Light grants me visions.”
但有時候，我能做到，這是光之王賜予我的能力?！?span style="text-wrap: wrap;">
Gendry looked dubious.
詹德利看起來很懷疑。
“My master said you were a sot and a fraud, as bad a priest as there ever was.”
“我?guī)煾嫡f你是個酒鬼，騙子，是全世界最差勁的僧侶。”
“That was unkind.” Thoros chuckled.
“真不厚道?！彼髁_斯咯咯笑道，
“True, but unkind.
“雖然是事實，但真不厚道。
Who was this master of yours?
你師傅是誰？
Did I know you, boy?”
我認識你嗎，孩子？”
“I was ’prenticed to the master armorer Tobho Mott, on the Street of Steel.
“我是武器師傅托布·莫特的學徒，他在鋼鐵街做生意，
You used to buy your swords from him.”
你經(jīng)常向他買劍呢。”
“Just so.
“就是這樣。
He charged me twice what they were worth, then scolded me for setting them afire.” Thoros laughed.
他收我兩倍價格，然后罵我將它們點燃?！彼髁_斯哈哈大笑，
“Your master had it right.
“你師傅說得對，
I was no very holy priest.
我不是什么正派牧師，
I was born youngest of eight, so my father gave me over to the Red Temple, but it was not the path I would have chosen.
作為八個孩子中最小的一個，被父親給了紅神廟，并非我自己選擇的道路。
I prayed the prayers and I spoke the spells,
我頌讀禱詞，學習法術，
but I would also lead raids on the kitchens, and from time to time they found girls in my bed.
但也常帶頭掃蕩廚房，還教人不時發(fā)現(xiàn)床上藏有女孩。
Such wicked girls, I never knew how they got there.
真淘氣的女孩，我從不知她們是怎么跑上床的?！?span style="text-wrap: wrap;">
“I had a gift for tongues, though.
“然而我很有語言天賦，
And when I gazed into the flames, well, from time to time I saw things.
而且盯著圣火看的時候，呃，有時會看見某些東西。
Even so, I was more bother than I was worth,
盡管如此，仍舊算個累贅，沒有太大價值，
so they sent me finally to King’s Landing to bring the Lord’s light to seven-besotted Westeros.
因此才被他們送去君臨，負責將光之王的信仰傳播到沉迷于七神的維斯特洛。
King Aerys so loved fire it was thought he might make a convert.
他們認為伊里斯國王這么喜歡火，也許有機可趁，
Alas, his pyromancers knew better tricks than I did.
只可惜，那幫火術士的伎倆比我高明?！?span style="text-wrap: wrap;">
“King Robert was fond of me, though.
“但勞勃國王喜歡我。
The first time I rode into a mêlée with a flaming sword,
我頭一回參加團體比武就拿著一把火焰劍，
Kevan Lannister’s horse reared and threw him and His Grace laughed so hard I thought he might rupture.”
教凱馮·蘭尼斯特的馬人立起來，將他掀翻在地，陛下笑得如此厲害，我覺得他肚子都快爆炸了?！?span style="text-wrap: wrap;">
The red priest smiled at the memory.
紅袍僧侶一邊回憶一邊微笑。
“It was no way to treat a blade, though, your master had the right of that too.”
“然而不該如此對待鋼材，你師傅又說對了?！?span style="text-wrap: wrap;">
“Fire consumes.”
“火焰吞噬一切，”
Lord Beric stood behind them, and there was something in his voice that silenced Thoros at once.
貝里伯爵站在他們后面，聲音中的某種東西讓索羅斯立即沉默。
“It consumes, and when it is done there is nothing left.
“吞噬一切，等它過去，什么也不留下。
Nothing.”
什么也不留下?！?span style="text-wrap: wrap;">
“Beric. Sweet friend.”
“貝里。親愛的朋友?！?span style="text-wrap: wrap;">
The priest touched the lightning lord on the forearm.
僧侶碰碰閃電大王的前臂。
“What are you saying?”
“你說什么？”
“Nothing I have not said before.
“不過是說過的話。
Six times, Thoros?
六次，索羅斯？
Six times is too many.”
六次太多了。”
He turned away abruptly.
他突然轉過身去。
That night the wind was howling almost like a wolf and there were some real wolves off to the west giving it lessons.
當晚的風就像狼嗥，而西方遠處有些真正的狼在教授風如何嗥叫。
Notch, Anguy, and Merrit o’ Moontown had the watch.
諾奇、安蓋和月鎮(zhèn)的梅利守夜，
Ned, Gendry, and many of the others were fast asleep when Arya spied the small pale shape creeping behind the horses,
艾德、詹德利和其他人都睡得很熟，艾莉亞窺到有個小小的蒼白身影從馬匹后面潛出來，
thin white hair flying wild as she leaned upon a gnarled cane.
倚著一根疙疙瘩瘩的黑拐杖，稀疏的白發(fā)狂亂地飛舞。
