我抱着书一下午,一共挤出来这么多。翻译难,难于上青天!
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'Who was then Tinuviel?' said Eriol. 'Know you not?' said Ausir; 'Tinuviel was the daughter of Tinwe Linto.' 'Tinwelint', said Veanne, but said the other: "Tis all one, but the Elves of this house who love the tale do say Tinwe Linto, though Vaire hath said that Tinwe alone is his right name ere he wandered in the woods.'
'Hush thee, Ausir,' said Veanne, 'for it is my tale and I will tell it to Eriol. Did I not see Gwendeling and Tinuviel once with my own eyes when journeying by the Way of Dreams in long past days?"
'What was Queen Wendelin like (for so do the Elves call her), O Veanne, if thou sawest her?' said Ausir.
'Slender and very dark of hair,' said Veanne, 'and her skin was white and pale, but her eyes shone and seemed deep, and she was clad in filmy garments most lovely yet of black, jet-spangled and girt with silver. If ever she sang, or if she danced, dreams and slumbers passed over your head and made it heavy. Indeed she was a sprite that escaped from Lorien's gardens before even Kor was built, and she wandered in the wooded places of the world, and nightingales went with her and often sang about her. It was the song of these birds that smote the ears of Tinwelint, leader of that tribe of the Eldar that after were the Solosimpi the pipers of the shore, as he fared with his companions behind the horse of Orome from Palisor. Iluvatar had set a seed of music in the hearts of all that kindred, or so Vaire saith, and she is of them, and it blossomed after very wondrously, but now the song of Gwendeling's nightingales was the most beautiful music that Tinwelint had ever heard, and he strayed aside for a moment, as he thought, from the host, seeking in the dark trees whence it might come.
”那么,谁是缇努维尔呢?”埃瑞欧问道。
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”你不知道吗?”奥西尔说,”缇努维尔是庭威•林多之女。”
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”是庭威林特。”薇安妮出声纠正,但对方争辩道:
”是同一个人。在这里,喜欢这故事的精灵们叫他庭威•林多,不过听瓦尔瑞说在他漫游迷失林中之前,庭威才是他的真名。”
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”嘘,奥西尔。”薇安妮说,”安静片刻,让我把这故事讲给埃瑞欧听吧。多年前在梦径上行走时,我不是曾亲眼一睹格玟黛陵和缇努维尔吗?”
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”若真如此,薇安妮,”奥西尔说,”温黛琳王后(精灵们是这样称呼她的)是何样貌?”
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”身量纤细,发色极深。”薇安妮说,”她的肤色十分白皙,但双眼深邃有神。她身着黑色纱裙,以墨玉点缀,银带束腰。但凡她歌唱或起舞之时,你会觉得困意袭来,昏沉欲睡。其实,她是个神灵,早在Kor建成之前便从罗利安花园里溜出,在世上的森林里游走。夜莺跟随她的脚步,在她身旁啼啭。当庭威林特领着他的族人,就是后来成为海岸边笛手的Solosimpi一族,跟随马背上的欧罗米走出帕里索平原时,这些夜莺的歌声传进他的耳朵。据同属此族的瓦尔瑞说,伊露维塔在她族人的心中播下了将会绽放出惊艳花朵的音乐之种。不过这都是后话了,对于彼时的庭威林特,格玟黛陵夜莺的歌声无疑是最美妙的音乐。于是他打算暂时离开众人,进入阴暗的树林里找寻歌声的源头。