The silk rippled in the wind like a living thing;  丝织的旌旗在风中飞扬，仿如活物。

　　across the fabric was blazoned a night sky slashed with purple lightning. Make way for Lord Beric! the rider shouted.Make way for Lord Beric!  旗帜上绣着一道划过夜空的紫色闪电。贝里大人驾到！速速回避！来者高喊，贝里大人驾到！速速回避！

　　And close behind came the young lord himself, a dashing figure on a black courser, with red-gold hair and a black satin cloak dusted with stars. 紧跟在后的正是那位金红头发的年轻贵族，他身披黑缎星纹披风，骑匹黑色骏马，十足浮华模样。

　　Here to fight in the Hand's tourney, my lord? a guardsman called out to him. Here to win the Hand's tourney, Lord Beric shouted back as the crowd cheered. 您是来参加首相比武大会的吗，大人？一名守卫在他身后叫道。我是来拿比武大会冠军的！贝里伯爵在群众欢呼声中高声回应。

　　Ned turned off the square where the Street of Steel began and followed its winding path up a long hill,  奈德离开广场，转进钢铁街，沿着蜿蜒小路骑上长长的维桑尼亚丘陵，

　　past blacksmiths working at open forges, freeriders haggling over mail shirts, and grizzled ironmongers selling old blades and razors from their wagons.  沿途经过在锻炉前干活的铁匠，拿着盔甲讨价还价的自由骑手，以及头发灰白，兜售着马车上各种旧铁陈刀的铁器贩子。

　　The farther they climbed, the larger the buildings grew.  他们越爬越高，建筑物也更显高大，

　　The man they wanted was all the way at the top of the hill, in a huge house of timber and plaster whose upper stories loomed over the narrow street. 城里绝大多数铁匠都在此地。他们要找的人住在丘顶，有一栋用木材和石膏搭成、楼层足以俯瞰下方狭窄巷道的巨大屋子。

　　The double doors showed a hunting scene carved in ebony and weirwood.  房子的两扇大门乃是黑檀木和鱼梁木所制，

　　A pair of stone knights stood sentry at the entrance, armored in fanciful suits of polished red steel that transformed them into griffin and unicorn.  上面刻画着一幅打猎图，一对石雕骑士守在入口两侧，披挂着造型天马行空的红钢铠甲，使他们有了鹰头狮和独角兽的形态。

　　Ned left his horse with Jacks and shouldered his way inside. 奈德把马交给杰克斯，侧身走进屋内。