《指环王》精讲47

Pippin.

皮聘。

I have no memory of this place.

我不记得这地方。

Are we lost? No.

我们迷路了吗？不是。

I think we are. Gandalf's thinking.

应该迷路了。甘道夫正在想。

Merry? What? I'm hungry.

梅里？干嘛？我饿了。

There's something down there.

下面有动静。

It's Gollum. Gollum?

那是咕鲁。咕鲁？

He's been following us for three days.

他跟了我们三天。

He escaped the dungeons¹ of Barad-dur?

他从巴拉多的地牢逃出来？

Escaped, or was set loose.

逃出来或是被放出来的吧。

Now the Ring has brought him here.

现在魔戒带他来到这儿。

He will never be rid of his need for it.

他永远渴望拥有魔戒。

He hates and loves the Ring, as he hates and loves himself.

他对魔戒又爱又恨，就像他对自己爱恨交加。

Smeagol's life is a sad story.

史麦戈的一生是很悲惨的故事。

Yes, Smeagol he was once called. Before the Ring found him.

是的，魔戒找到他之前，他叫史麦戈。

Before it drove² him mad.

在魔戒让他发狂之前。

It's a pity Bilbo didn't kill him when he had the chance. Pity?

可惜比尔博当时有机会却没杀了他。可惜？

It is pity that stayed Bilbo's hand.

比尔博是可怜他才没杀他。

Many that live deserve³ death. Some that die deserve life.

有很多活人本来就该死，也有些死人本来命不该绝。

Can you give it to them, Frodo?

你能这样断定吗，佛罗多？

Do not be too eager to deal out death and judgment⁴.

千万别轻易断定别人的生死。

Even the very wise cannot see all ends.

就连智者都无法决定命运。

My heart tells me that Gollum has some part to play yet, for good or ill, before this is over.

我直觉地认为不管是好是坏，咕鲁都会跟这趟探险有关在这一切结束前。

The pity of Bilbo may rule the fate⁵ of many.

比尔博一时心软影响了很多人。

I wish the Ring had never come to me.

我真希望魔戒没在我手中。

I wish none of this had happened.

真希望这一切都没发生。

So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide.

每个人遇到难关都会这么想，但是我们无法决定自己的命运。

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.

我们要决定的是在一定的时间内怎么做。

1 dungeons   

n.地牢( dungeon的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The captured rebels were consigned to the dungeons. 抓到的叛乱分子被送进了地牢。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He saw a boy in fetters in the dungeons. 他在地牢里看见一个戴着脚镣的男孩。 来自辞典例句

2 drove   

vbl.驾驶，drive的过去式；n.畜群

参考例句：

• He drove at a speed of sixty miles per hour.他以每小时60英里的速度开车。
• They drove foreign goods out of the market.他们把外国货驱逐出市场。

3 deserve   

vt.应受，值得；vi. 应受报答，值得受赏

参考例句：

• You really deserve a good beating,you naughty boy.你这个调皮孩子真该打。
• I do not deserve all the praises bestowed upon me.我不配得到这些赞扬。

4 judgment   

n.审判；判断力，识别力，看法，意见

参考例句：

• The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
• He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。

5 fate   

n.命运；结局，结果；将来，前景

参考例句：

• The Titanic met her fate by crashing into a huge iceberg.泰坦尼克号客轮因撞上一个大冰山而沉没。
• Your future is bound up with the fate of your motherland.你的前途同祖国的命运紧密相联。