诗翁彼豆故事集 第15期:男巫的毛心脏(5)

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　　Nevertheless, we wizards seem particularly prone¹ to the idea that we can bend the nature of existence to our will. 然而，我们巫师似乎特别愿意接受这样一个观点：我们可以随心所欲地改变生存规律。

　　The young warlock (Note. 2:The term “warlock” is a very old one. Although it is sometimes used as interchangeable with “wizard”, it originally denoted one learned in duelling and all martial² magic. 比如，这个故事中的年轻男巫，（注释二：“术士”是一个很老的词。尽管有时它也可以代替“男巫”使用，但它最初被用来形容一个学习了决斗术和全部武术魔法的人。

　　It was also given as a title to wizards who had performed feats³ of bravery, rather as Muggles were sometimes knighted for acts of valour. 它也是一个表现英勇壮举的男巫的称号，就如同麻瓜们有时被授予英勇行为一样。

　　By calling the young wizard in this story a warlock, Beedle indicates that he has already been recognised as especially skillful at offensive magic. 在这个故事中男巫被称为术士，彼豆想表示他的进攻魔法十分熟练巧妙。

　　These days wizards use “warlock” in one of two ways: to describe a wizard of unusually fierce appearance, or as a title denoting particular skill or achievement. 现今男巫被称作术士有两种情况：形容一个有着极其凶狠外表的男巫，或作为一个有着特殊技能或成就的男巫师的称号。

　　Thus, Dumbledore himself was Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot. JKR in this story, for instance, decides that falling in love would adversely⁴ affect his comfort and security. 因此，邓布利多称他本人为威森加摩的首席术士。J·K·罗琳）认定陷入爱情会给他的舒适和安全带来不利影响。

　　He sees love as a humiliation⁵, a weakness, a drain on a person's emotional and material resources. 他把爱情看作一种耻辱，一种弱点，一种对人的情感和物质资源的消耗。

　　Of course, the centuries-old trade in love potions shows that our fictional⁶ wizard is hardly alone in seeking to control the unpredictable course of love. 迷情剂的买卖已经有好几个世纪的历史，这就表明，想要控制不可预知的爱情轨迹的，并不只是故事中的这位巫师一个人。

　　The search for a true love potion (Note. 3 Hector Dagworth-Granger, founder⁷ of the Most Extraordinary Society of Potioneers, explains: “Powerful infatuations can be induced by the skillful portioner, but never yet has anyone managed to create the truly unbreakable, eternal, unconditional⁸ attachment⁹ that alone can be called Love.” ) continues to this day, but no such elixir¹⁰ has yet been created, and leading portioners doubt that it is possible. 对某种真正的迷情剂（注释三：赫托克·达格沃斯·格兰杰，非凡药剂师协会的创建者，解释道：“高超的药剂师可以引起强烈的迷恋，但至今没有人能创造出不可破坏的、永恒的无条件的可以被称作爱的情感。）追求一直延续到今天，但是这种灵丹妙药还没有被制造出来，就连杰出的药剂师们都在怀疑它的可能性。

　　The hero in this tale, however, is not even interested in a simulacrum of love that he can create or destroy at will. 而这个故事里的男主角，他甚至对于能够随意制造或毁灭的爱情幻象并不感兴趣。

　　He wants to remain for ever uninfected by what he regards as a kind of sickness, and therefore performs a piece of Dark Magic that would not be possible outside a storybook: he locks away his own heart. 他希望永远不受它的影响，因为他认为那是一种病，于是他施了一种黑魔法——这种魔法在故事书之外是不可能存在的：他把自己的心锁了起来。

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