冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》第727期:第三十四章 艾莉亚(2)

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　　Just so, but why? “就是这样，但为什么是我？

　　Other men were stronger, faster, younger, why was Syrio Forel the best?  有很多人比我强壮，比我敏捷，比我年轻，为什么是西利欧·佛瑞尔最厉害？

　　I will tell you now. 现在让我来告诉你。”

　　He touched the tip of his little finger lightly to his eyelid¹. 他用指尖轻轻碰了碰睫毛。

　　"The seeing, the true seeing, that is the heart of it. “诀窍在于洞察，洞察事物的真相。”

　　"Hear me. The ships of Braavos sail as far as the winds blow,  “听着。海风吹到何方，布拉佛斯的船就开往何地。

　　to lands strange and wonderful, and when they return their captains fetch queer animals to the Sealord's menagerie.  他们去过很多稀奇古怪的地方，每次返航，船长都会为海王的百兽园献上远方的动物。

　　Such animals as you have never seen,  那是你从未见过的各式珍禽异兽，

　　striped horses, great spotted² things with necks as long as stilts³,  比如有条纹的马，全身长满斑点、脖子像高跷一样长的东西，

　　hairy mouse-pigs as big as cows, stinging manticores,  还有浑身是毛、长得跟母牛一样大的鼠猪，会螫人的狮身蝎尾兽，

　　tigers that carry their cubs⁴ in a pouch⁵, terrible walking lizards⁶ with scythes⁷ for claws. 把幼兽装在袋子里的老虎，还有走来走去、有镰刀般的爪子的恐怖蜥蜴。

　　Syrio Forel has seen these things. 这些东西西利欧·佛瑞尔通通都见过。”

　　On the day I am speaking of, the first sword was newly dead, and the Sealord sent for me. “我说的那天，前任首席剑士刚刚去世，海王便传我过去，只因按照布拉佛斯的传统必须立刻选择继承人。

　　Many bravos had come to him, and as many had been sent away, none could say why. 之前已有不少杀手去见过他，结果通通都被遣走，谁也说不出原因。

　　When I came into his presence, he was seated, and in his lap was a fat yellow cat.  我进去的时候，他安详地坐着，膝上躺了一只肥胖的黄猫，

　　He told me that one of his captains had brought the beast to him, from an island beyond the sunrise. 他告诉我：这是他手下某位船长从比日出之地更远的小岛上带回来给他的。

　　'Have you ever seen her like?' he asked of me" ‘你没见过像她这样的动物吧？’他问我。”

　　And to him I said, ‘Each night in the alleys⁸ of Braavos I see a thousand like him,'  “而我对他说：‘每晚我在布拉佛斯的小巷都见到几千只他这种动物。’

　　and the Sealord laughed, and that day I was named the first sword. 海王听了抚掌大笑，当日就任命我为首席剑士。”

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