第十七章: 禁忌之池 The Forbidden Pool
“Is it morning already?” said Frodo yawning.
“天已经亮了吗？”佛罗多打着哈欠问道。
“There is nothing to fear,” said Faramir.
“没什么好担心的。”法拉墨说。
Frodo woke to find Faramir bending over him. For a second old fears seized him and he sat up and shrank away.
佛罗多一醒过来，就看见法拉墨低头打量着他。一瞬间，他心中充满了过去的恐惧，连忙坐直身子，不停地往后缩。
Sam, waking suddenly by some instinct of watchfulness, saw first his master’s empty bed and leapt to his feet. Then he saw two dark figures, Frodo and a man, framed against the archway, which was now filled with a pale white light. He hurried after them, past rows of men sleeping on mattresses along the wall. As he went by the cave-mouth he saw that the Curtain was now become a dazzling veil of silk and pearls and silver thread: melting icicles of moonlight. But he did not pause to admire it, and turning aside he followed his master through the narrow doorway in the wall of the cave.
山姆突然间由于某种警戒心而醒了过来，当他一看到主人的空床时，立刻跳了起来。然后他就看到两个黑暗的身影，佛罗多和一名人类，站在黑暗的拱门前，该处现在洒满了苍白的光芒。他急忙跟了过去，路上跨过不少打地铺的人类，当他走到洞口的时候，发现原先的廉幕已经变成了闪闪发亮的丝质布廉，许多珍珠穿在银线上：那是皎洁的月光所变的魔术。但是，他并没有停下来欣赏这景象，而是转过另外一边，跟着主人穿过洞壁的狭窄出口。
“Not yet, but night is drawing to an end, and the full moon is setting. Will you come and see it? Also there is a matter on which I desire your counsel. I am sorry to rouse you from sleep, but will you come?”
“还没，但夜色已经快结束了，满月已经开始落下。你要来看看吗？我还有另外一件事情需要你的意见。很抱歉吵醒你，但你愿意过来吗？”
“I will,” said Frodo, rising and shivering a little as he left the warm blanket and pelts. It seemed cold in the fireless cave. The noise of the water was loud in the stillness. He put on his cloak and followed Faramir.
“好的，”佛罗多站了起来，一离开温暖的被子和毛皮，他就不禁打了个寒颤，在这个没有火焰的洞穴中似乎有些寒意，而在这一片死寂中，水声显得格外吵人。他披上了斗篷，跟着法拉墨一起离开。
Frodo turned to watch the sleek necks of the water as they curved and dived. Then he lifted his eyes and gazed far away. The world was quiet and cold, as if dawn were near. Far off in the West the full moon was sinking, round and white. Pale mists shimmered in the great vale below: a wide gulf of silver fume, beneath which rolled the cool night-waters of the Anduin. A black darkness loomed beyond, and in it glinted, here and there, cold, sharp, remote, white as the teeth of ghosts, the peaks of Ered Nimrais, the White Mountains of the realm of Gondor, tipped with everlasting snow.
佛罗多转过身，看着那左弯右拐的水流，然后他抬起头，望向远方。天空安静而冰冷，黎明似乎即将来临。在更远的地方，一轮圆月正慢慢地落下。苍白的雾气围绕着底下壮丽的山谷，这是一个填满了银色雾气的海湾，底下奔流着夜晚的安都因大河，在之外则是一片墨黑，许多白色、冰冷、遥远得如同鬼牙一般的白点点缀在其间；这是伊瑞德尼姆拉斯，刚铎的白色山脉，上面挂着不融化的积雪。
At last they came out of the stony darkness and looked about. They were on a wide flat rock without rail or parapet. At their right, eastwards, the torrent fell, splashing over many terraces, and then, pouring down a steep race, it filled a smooth-hewn channel with a dark force of water flecked with foam, and curling and rushing almost at their feet it plunged sheer over the edge that yawned upon their left. A man stood there, near the brink, silent, gazing down.
最后，他们脱离了岩石中的黑暗，可以自由地往四下看去。他们正站在一个没有任何依靠的平坦岩石上，在他们的右手边，也就是东方，激流落在许多的阶梯上，然后，它落入一道开凿出来的光滑渠道，化成冒着白沫不停下落的水流，发出喋喋不休的喧扰之声，正从他们的脚底下通过，落入左边的黑暗开口。一名男子站在悬崖边，一言不发地往下看。
They went first along a black passage, then up many wet steps, and so came to a small flat landing cut in the stone and lit by the pale sky, gleaming high above through a long deep shaft. From here two flights of steps led: one going on, as it seemed, up on to the high bank of the stream; the other turning away to the left. This they followed. It wound its way up like a turret-stair.
他们一头栽进一个黑暗的信道中，然后又往上走了很多阶潮湿的楼梯，最后来到一个在岩石中挖出的小小平台，此地在头顶上一个天井，透过的月光下显得闪闪发亮。从这里开始，阶梯分成两个，一个继续往上走，似乎通到瀑布的边缘，另一个则是转向左边。他们沿着后者继续前进，它弯弯曲曲的往上攀升，像是塔楼中的阶梯一般。
Sam was eager for an answer to the same question and could not refrain himself from muttering, for his master’s ear alone as he thought: “It’s a fine view, no doubt, Mr. Frodo, but chilly to the heart, not to mention the bones! What’s going on?”
山姆也急着想要知道，因此又等不及开始喃喃自语，当然，他以为这只有主人听得见：“佛罗多先生，这的确是个很美的景色，但是让人有种心寒的感觉，更别提那种冷入骨髓的冷风了！到底有什么事情？”
For a while Frodo stood there on the high stone, and a shiver ran through him, wondering if anywhere in the vastness of the nightlands his old companions walked or slept, or lay dead shrouded in mist. Why was he brought here out of forgetful sleep?
佛罗多站在那高耸的岩石上沉默了片刻，一阵寒意流过他的背脊：不知道在这片黑暗的大地上，队友们究竟在何处躺卧，又或是安息在河方？为什么把他叫醒，带到这边来呢？
He stepped up beside the silent sentinel on the dark edge, and Frodo followed. Sam hung back. He already felt insecure enough on this high wet platform. Faramir and Frodo looked down. Far below them they saw the white waters pour into a foaming bowl, and then swirl darkly about a deep oval basin in the rocks, until they found their way out again through a narrow gate, and flowed away, fuming and chattering, into calmer and more level reaches. The moonlight still slanted down to the fall’s foot and gleamed on the ripples of the basin. Presently Frodo was aware of a small dark thing on the near bank, but even as he looked at it, it dived and vanished just beyond the boil and bubble of the fall, cleaving the black water as neatly as an arrow or an edgewise stone.
他走到黑暗边缘的哨兵身边，佛罗多跟着照做，山姆则是站在原地，光是这块高耸、潮湿的平台就让他觉得够不安了。法拉墨和佛罗多一起往下看，他们可以看见底下的白色水沫喷进一个巨大冒泡的池塘中，然后，沿着岩石间的椭圆形池子卷动着，直到它们再度找到一个狭窄的出口，哼着歌声流入更平坦的地形。月光依旧照在瀑布的底端，在池中的波澜上反射着光芒。此刻，佛罗多发现有个小小的黑色身影站在池边，不过，就在他眼前，那身影潜入水中，落入瀑布激起的大量泡沫中，像是一枚飞箭一般干净俐落地将水面切割开来。
Faramir heard and answered. “Moonset over Gondor. Fair Ithil, as he goes from Middle-earth, glances upon the white locks of old Mindolluin. It is worth a few shivers. But that is not what I brought you to see — though as for you, Samwise, you were not brought, and do but pay the penalty of your watchfulness. A draught of wine shall amend it. Come, look now!”
法拉墨听见了，立刻回答道：“月落刚铎，这是伊西尔在他去世以前，眼中所见的美丽景象，那是古老的明多陆安山，这景色值得你稍稍发一下抖，不过，这并非是我带你们来此的主因。至于你，山姆魏斯，我并没有带你来，你只是为了自己的小心翼翼付出代价而已，相信喝杯酒就可以压过你的紧张，过来，和我们一起看吧！”
“This not a bird, whatever else it be,” answered Anborn. “It has four limbs and dives manwise; a pretty mastery of the craft it shows, too. What is it at? Seeking a way up behind the Curtain to our hidings? It seems we are discovered at last. I have my bow here, and I have posted other archers, nigh as good marksmen as myself, on either bank. We wait only for your command to shoot, Captain.”
“不管它是什么，总之绝对不是翠鸟，”安朋回答道：“他拥有四肢，潜水的样子很像人类，看起水性非常好。他到底在找什么？想要找路穿过水幕进入我们的藏身处？看来我们似乎被发现了。我身上带着弓箭，我也在池塘的两边安排了和我一样百步穿杨的射手。将军，只要你一声令下，我们马上会把他射死。”
If Sam had dared, he would have said “Yes,” quicker and louder. He could not see, but he guessed well enough from their words what they were looking at.
如果山姆胆子够大，他可能会抢先说：“没问题！”虽然他看不见，但是他从众人的对话中，就可以猜到他们发现了什么。
“Shall we shoot?” said Faramir, turning quickly to Frodo.
“可以吗？”法拉墨很快地转向佛罗多。
Faramir turned to the man at his side. “Now what would you say that it is, Anborn? A squirrel, or a kingfisher? Are there black kingfishers in the night-pools of Mirkwood?”
法拉墨转身对身边的人问道：“安朋，这次你觉得这会是什么东西？松鼠，还是翠鸟？在幽暗密林的池塘中，是否有黑色的翠鸟？”
Frodo did not answer for a moment. Then “No!” he said. “No! I beg you not to.”
佛罗多一时间没有回答，突然间，“不行！”他说：“不！我求你们不要这样做！”
“You know, then, what this thing is?” said Faramir. “Come, now you have seen, tell me why it should be spared. In all our words together you have not once spoken of your gangrel companion, and I let him be for the time. He could wait till he was caught and brought before me. I sent my keenest huntsmen to seek him, but he slipped them, and they had no sight of him till now, save Anborn here, once at dusk yesterevening. But now he has done worse trespass than only to go coney-snaring in the uplands: he has dared to come to Henneth Annûn, and his life is forfeit. I marvel at the creature: so secret and so sly as he is, to come sporting in the pool before our very window. Does he think that men sleep without watch all night? Why does he so?”
“那么，你知道这是什么罗？”法拉墨说：“来吧，既然你已经看过了，告诉我为什么要饶过他。在我们之前的所有谈话中，你完全没有提及这个猥琐的同伴，我也暂时不加追问，这可以等到我们将他抓到，带到面前来再说。我派出了最精锐的猎手去找寻他，但是他都躲了过去，除了在此地的安朋之外，完全没有其它人发现他的踪迹，而他还是在昨晚才注意到的。不过，现在，他所做的比在这块土地上捕捉兔子还更危险许多，他竟然胆敢来到汉那斯安南，这下他只有死路一条了。我对于这个生物感到非常好奇，他行踪这么隐密、如此狡猾，竟然敢在我们藏身地之前的池塘中游泳，难道他以为人类晚上睡觉的时候都不会警戒吗？他为什么会这样做？”
“There are two answers, I think,” said Frodo. “For one thing, he knows little of Men, and sly though he is, your refuge is so hidden that perhaps he does not know that Men are concealed here. For another, I think he is allured here by a mastering desire, stronger than his caution.”
“我想，有两个答案，”佛罗多说：“首先，他对于人类所知甚少，即使他这么狡猾，但你的藏身处是如此隐密，他可能根本不知道有人类躲在里面。其次，我想他是受到一种强大的诱惑所吸引，超越了他的自制力。”
“He is lured here, you say?” said Faramir in a low voice. “Can he, does he then know of your burden?”
“他被吸引到这里来，是吗？”法拉墨压低声音说：“那么，他知道你的重担吗？”
“He bore it?” said Faramir, breathing sharply in his wonder. “This matter winds itself ever in new riddles. Then he is pursuing it?”
“他是持有者？”法拉墨惊讶地猛吸一口气：“这又牵扯到了更多的谜团，那么他在追逐这个东西罗？”
“Indeed yes. He bore it himself for many years.”
“的确知道，他自己就曾经拥有它许多年。”
“Maybe. It is precious to him. But I did not speak of that.”
“或许吧，这对他来说十分珍贵，但我说的并非是这个。”
“Fish,” said Frodo. “Look!”
“鱼，”佛罗多说：“你看！”
“What then does the creature seek?”
“那这家伙到底在找些什么？”
They peered down at the dark pool. A little black head appeared at the far end of the basin, just out of the deep shadow of the rocks. There was a brief silver glint, and a swirl of tiny ripples. It swam to the side, and then with marvellous agility a froglike figure climbed out of the water and up the bank. At once it sat down and began to gnaw at the small silver thing that glittered as it turned: the last rays of the moon were now falling behind the stony wall at the pool’s end.
他们低头看向那黑暗的池子，一颗黑色的小脑袋出现在池子的另外一边，正好在岩石另外一边的阴影中；池中传来一阵银色的闪光，以及一阵涟漪。他游到另外一边，似乎拥有如同青蛙一样的敏捷度，同时爬出水面。他立刻坐了下来，在池边啃着刚刚发出银色闪光的物体，最后的一丝月光现在已经落入池子的另外一边。
“Wait, Anborn,” said Faramir. “This is a harder matter than it seems. What have you to say now, Frodo? Why should we spare?”
“等等，安朋，”法拉墨说。“这件事情没有这么简单。佛罗多，现在你有什么看法？我们为什么要饶过他？”
“The creature is wretched and hungry,” said Frodo, “and unaware of his danger. And Gandalf, your Mithrandir, he would have bidden you not to slay him for that reason, and for others. He forbade the Elves to do so. I do not know clearly why, and of what I guess I cannot speak openly out here. But this creature is in some way bound up with my errand. Until you found us and took us, he was my guide.”
佛罗多说：“这个生物相当可怜，他也只不过是肚子饿而已，而且也不清楚自己所身处的危险；还有甘道夫，你口中的米斯兰达，他也会要求你不要因为这些原因而射杀他，他也不准精灵这样做。我不太确定到底为什么，就算我猜得出来，我也不能在这边公开说。但这个生物以某个角度来看，似乎和我的任务息息相关，在你找到我们，并且将我们带走之前，他是我的向导。”
Faramir laughed softly. “Fish!” he said. “It is a less perilous hunger. Or maybe not: fish from the pool of Henneth Annûn may cost him all he has to give.”
法拉墨柔声地笑了。“鱼！”他说：“这种欲望可能比较没那么危险吧，或许也不一定，汉那斯安南的鱼可能会让他付出一切。”
“Now I have him at the arrow-point,” said Anborn. “Shall I not shoot, Captain? For coming unbidden to this place death is our law.”
“我已经瞄准他了，”安朋说：“将军，我到底该不该射呢？根据我国的律法，未经允许前来此地只有死路一条。”
“Your guide!” said Faramir. “The matter becomes ever stranger. I would do much for you, Frodo, but this I cannot grant: to let this sly wanderer go free at his own will from here, to join you later if it please him, or to be caught by orcs and tell all he knows under threat of pain. He must be slain or taken. Slain, if he be not taken very swiftly. But how can this slippery thing of many guises be caught, save by a feathered shaft?”
“你的向导！”法拉墨说：“这事情变得更奇怪了！佛罗多，我愿意替你做很多事情，但是这次我不能容许这样的状况发生：让这个狡猾的家伙自由自在地来去自如，他可能稍后再和你遇上，甚至是被半兽人抓走，在威胁和痛苦之下透露出他所有知道的事情。我们必须杀死他，或是抓住他，如果无法很快地抓到他，我们就必须杀死他。但是，如果我们不借着羽箭，要如何抓住这个来去无踪的生物？”
“Go then and be swift!” said Faramir. “If he comes off alive, he should be your faithful servant for the rest of his unhappy days. Lead Frodo down to the bank, Anborn, and go softly. The thing has a nose and ears. Give me your bow.”
“那就快点去吧！”法拉墨说：“如果他能够活着逃出，这家伙下辈子都必须担任你忠实的仆人了。安朋，带着佛罗多到池边，动作快一点，这家伙鼻子和耳朵都灵得很，把你的弓箭给我！”
Anborn grunted and led the way down the winding stair to the landing, and then up the other stair, until at last they came to a narrow opening shrouded with thick bushes. Passing silently through, Frodo found himself on the top of the southern bank above the pool. It was now dark and the falls were pale and grey, reflecting only the lingering moonlight of the western sky. He could not see Gollum. He went forward a short way and Anborn came softly behind him.
安朋哼了一声，领路走下那阶梯，然后又绕到另一个阶梯，最后来到一个被树丛掩盖的隐密出口。在静悄悄的通过入口之后，佛罗多发现自己身处在池子南边的岸上。天色现在极为漆黑，瀑布显得灰白，仅能够反射西方天空残余的月光，他看不见咕鲁的踪影。他又往前走了一段距离，安朋悄然无声地走到他身后。
“Let me go down quietly to him,” said Frodo. “You may keep your bows bent, and shoot me at least, if I fail. I shall not run away.”
“让我静悄悄地接近他，”佛罗多说：“你们可以弯弓搭箭，如果我失败了，至少可以先射死我，我不能够逃走。”
“Go on!” he breathed in Frodo’s ear. “Have a care to your right. If you fall in the pool, then no one but your fishing friend can help you. And forget not that there are bowmen near at hand, though you may not see them.”
“继续走！”他对着佛罗多的耳朵说：“小心你的右边，如果你掉进池子里面，除了你那捕鱼的朋友之外就没人能够帮你了。也不要忘记，附近还有弓箭手，虽然你看不见他们。”
So it went on, almost as unceasing as the waterfall, only interrupted by a faint noise of slavering and gurgling. Frodo shivered, listening with pity and disgust. He wished it would stop, and that he never need hear that voice again. Anborn was not far behind. He could creep back and ask him to get the huntsmen to shoot. They would probably get close enough, while Gollum was gorging and off his guard. Only one true shot, and Frodo would be rid of the miserable voice for ever. But no, Gollum had a claim on him now. The servant has a claim on the master for service, even service in fear. They would have foundered in the Dead Marshes but for Gollum. Frodo knew, too, somehow, quite clearly that Gandalf would not have wished it.
他就这样一直不断的重复着，几乎和瀑布一样无止无休，中间只被他进食所发出的噪音所打断。佛罗多打了个寒颤，带着怜悯和厌恶的情绪听着他喃喃自语。他真希望这一切可以停止下来，他永远不需要再听见那声音。安朋就在不远的地方，他可以溜回去，要求他让射手发射；在咕鲁大快朵颐的时候，这些人或许可以靠得够近，可以一举射杀他，只要一支正中目标的箭，就可以让佛罗多永远摆脱这可恶的声音。可是，不行，他必须负起照顾咕鲁的责任，主人必须因为仆人的服务而照顾他们，即使这服务是出自于恐惧。如果不是咕鲁，他们可能早就在死亡沼泽中迷途，佛罗多知道，甘道夫也不会希望这样的。
Frodo crept forward, using his hands Gollum-like to feel his way and to steady himself. The rocks were for the most part flat and smooth but slippery. He halted listening. At first he could hear no sound but the unceasing rush of the fall behind him. Then presently he heard, not far ahead, a hissing murmur.
佛罗多蹑手蹑脚地走向前，像是咕鲁一样的用手触摸地形，并且稳住自己的身体。在大部分的状况下附近的岩石都十分平坦光滑，略带一些湿滑。他停下脚步倾听着，一开始他什么也听不见，只有附近瀑布毫不止息的流动声；接着，他才听见不远处之外有个充满着嘶嘶声的低语。
“Fissh, nice fissh. White Face has vanished, my precious, at last, yes. Now we can eat fish in peace. No, not in peace, precious. For Precious is lost; yes, lost. Dirty hobbits, nasty hobbits. Gone and left us, gollum; and Precious is gone. Only poor Sméagol all alone. No Precious. Nasty Men, they’ll take it, steal my Precious. Thieves. We hates them. Fissh, nice fissh. Makes us strong. Makes eyes bright, fingers tight, yes. Throttle them, precious. Throttle them all, yes, if we gets chances. Nice fissh. Nice fissh!”
“鱼，好鱼儿，白脸已经消失了，宝贝，好不容易，宝贝。我的宝贝已经不见了，是的。肮脏的哈比人，臭哈比人，把我们丢在这里，咕鲁，宝贝也跟着走了，只剩下可怜的史麦戈。不，宝贝，可恶的人类，他们会拿走它的、会抢走我的宝贝。小偷。我们恨他们。鱼，好吃的鱼，让我们身强体壮，让眼睛发亮，手指有力，是的。勒死他们，宝贝。只要有机会，就把他们全勒死…好鱼，好好的鱼！”
“No!” said the voice. “Not nice Master. Leaves poor Sméagol and goes with new friends. Master can wait. Sméagol hasn’t finished.”
“不！”那声音说：“主人不好，留下可怜的史麦戈，和新朋友走掉。主人可以等，史麦戈还没吃完。”
“Fissh, nice fissh,” said the voice.
“鱼，好吃的鱼，”那声音说。
“Sméagol!” he said softly.
“史麦戈！”他柔声叫唤。
“Sméagol!” he said, a little louder. The voice stopped.
“史麦戈！”他又更大声了一点，那声音停了下来。
There was a sharp hiss. Presently out of the darkness Gollum came crawling on all fours, like an erring dog called to heel. He had a half-eaten fish in his mouth and another in his hand. He came close to Frodo, almost nose to nose, and sniffed at him. His pale eyes were shining. Then he took the fish out of his mouth and stood up.
黑暗中传来猛然吸气的声音，咕鲁四肢并用地从阴影中爬了出来，像是只被召唤的听话狗狗一样。他嘴巴里叼着一只吃到一半的鱼，手上则拿着另外一只。他走到佛罗多身前，几乎和他面对面，开始嗅闻他的味道。他苍白的眼睛开始闪亮，然后从嘴里拿出鱼，站了起来。
“Sméagol, Master has come to look for you. Master is here. Come, Sméagol!” There was no answer but a soft hiss, as of intaken breath.
“史麦戈，主人回来找你了，主人在这里。快来，史麦戈！”对方没有回答，只发出一声柔和的嘶嘶声，彷佛深吸了一口气。
“Come, Sméagol!” said Frodo. “We are in danger. Men will kill you, if they find you here. Come quickly, if you wish to escape death. Come to Master!”
“快来，史麦戈！”佛罗多说：“我们有危险了，如果人类发现你在这里，他们会杀死你。如果你不想死，就快点来，快来主人身边！”
“Sméagol!” said Frodo desperately. “Precious will be angry. I shall take Precious, and I shall say: make him swallow the bones and choke. Never taste fish again. Come, Precious is waiting!”
“史麦戈！”佛罗多无比着急地说：“宝贝会生气了，我要拿走宝贝，然后告诉它：让他吞下骨头，呛到不能呼吸，永远不准再尝到鲜鱼了。来吧，宝贝在等待你们！”
“There’s no time,” said Frodo. “Bring fish with you. Come!”
“没时间了，”佛罗多说：“把鱼一起带走，快来！”
“No! Must finish fish.”
“不！一定要吃完鱼。”
“We must trust Master?” said Gollum doubtfully. “Why? Why not go at once? Where is the other one, the cross rude hobbit? Where is he?”
“我们必须相信主人？”咕鲁怀疑地说：“为什么？为什么不马上走？另一个粗鲁的哈比人呢？他在哪里？”
“Away up there,” said Frodo, pointing to the waterfall. “I am not going without him. We must go back to him.” His heart sank. This was too much like trickery. He did not really fear that Faramir would allow Gollum to be killed, but he would probably make him prisoner and bind him; and certainly what Frodo did would seem a treachery to the poor treacherous creature. It would probably be impossible ever to make him understand or believe that Frodo had saved his life in the only way he could. What else could he do? — to keep faith, as near as might be, with both sides. “Come!” he said. “Or the Precious will be angry. We are going back now, up the stream. Go on, go on, you go in front!”
“在上面，”佛罗多指着瀑布说：“我必须带着他走，我们得要回去找他才行。”他的一颗心开始往下沉，这实在太像是欺骗了。他并不担心法拉墨会让咕鲁被杀死，但他很可能会将他抓起来，绑住他，对这个天性狡猾的可怜家伙来说，这看起来就像是佛罗多骗了他。他可能永远都无法让咕鲁理解，这次他是为了用唯一的方法拯救咕鲁才会这样做的。他还能怎么办呢？他只能对双方都尽量保持信心。“来吧！”他说：“不然宝贝会生气的，我们要回到河流上游。来吧，来吧，你走前面！”
“Yes, we’ll go soon,” said Frodo. “But not at once. I will go with you as I promised. I promise again. But not now. You are not safe yet. I will save you, but you must trust me.”
“是的，我们很快就会出发了，”佛罗多说：“但不能马上就走，我会遵照之前的承诺和你一起走，我也再度作出承诺，但不是现在。你还没有逃离危险，我会救你，但你必须相信我。”
“Nice Master!” he whispered. “Nice hobbit, come back to poor Sméagol. Good Sméagol comes. Now let’s go, go quickly, yes. Through the trees, while the Faces are dark. Yes, come, let’s go!”
“好主人！”他低语道：“好哈比人，回来找史麦戈了，好史麦戈来了。现在走吧，快点走，是的，穿过树林，趁天黑的时候。是的，来吧，我们快走吧！”
Gollum crawled along close to the brink for a little way, snuffling and suspicious. Presently he stopped and raised his head. “Something’s there!” he said. “Not a hobbit.” Suddenly he turned back. A green light was flickering in his bulging eyes. “Masster, masster!” he hissed. “Wicked! Tricksy! False!” He spat and stretched out his long arms with white snapping fingers.
咕鲁爬到池边不远的地方，不停地嗅闻着，露出怀疑的表情，他弯着腰抬起头来看着。“有什么东西在那边！”他说：“不是哈比人。”接着，他猛然转过头，突出的双眼中闪动着绿色的光芒。“主人，主人！”他带着嘶嘶声说道。“狡猾！骗人！说谎！”他吐了口口水，伸出细长的手臂，扭动着手指。
“Hold still!” said one. “Or we’ll stick you as full of pins as a hedgehog. Hold still!”
“不准动！”一个人说：“不然我们会把你全身插满箭，让你变成刺猬！不准动！”
Gollum went limp, and began to whine and weep. They tied him, none too gently.
咕鲁软瘫下来，开始哀嚎啜泣，他们不太温柔地将他五花大绑。
At that moment the great black shape of Anborn loomed up behind him and came down on him. A large strong hand took him in the nape of the neck and pinned him. He twisted round like lightning, all wet and slimy as he was, wriggling like an eel, biting and scratching like a cat. But two more men came up out of the shadows.
就在那一瞬间，安朋黑色的身影扑向他，一只强而有力的手掐住了他的咽喉，将他压制住。他如同闪电般地不停扭动，全身湿漉漉、粘搭搭的他，动起来就像是蛞蝓一样的刁钻，又像是恶猫一般的又抓又咬。但接着又有两个人类从黑暗中钻了出来。
“Easy, easy!” said Frodo. “He has no strength to match you. Don’t hurt him, if you can help it. He’ll be quieter, if you don’t. Sméagol! They won’t hurt you. I’ll go with you, and you shall come to no harm. Not unless they kill me too. Trust Master!”
“轻点，轻点！”佛罗多说：“他的力气没办法和你们比，尽量不要弄伤他。如果你们小心一点，他会比较安静的。史麦戈！他们不会伤害你的，我会和你一起去，你就不会受伤的。除非他们杀了我！相信主人！”
Gollum turned and spat at him. The men picked him up, put a hood over his eyes, and carried him off.
咕鲁转过头，又对他吐口水。旁边的人将他抱起来，用头罩将他眼睛盖住，将他带走。
Frodo followed them, feeling very wretched. They went through the opening behind the bushes, and back, down the stairs and passages, into the cave. Two or three torches had been lit. Men were stirring. Sam was there, and he gave a queer look at the limp bundle that the men carried. “Got him?” he said to Frodo.
佛罗多紧跟在后，觉得胸中有着极大的罪恶感。他们穿越了树丛中的开口，沿着楼梯和信道再度回到洞穴中。洞穴中又点亮了两支或是三支的火把，人们开始骚动。山姆也在那边，他对那些人所扛着的东西投以怪异的眼光。“抓到他了吗？”他问佛罗多道。
“So do I,” said Sam. “And nothing will ever be all right where that piece of misery is.”
“我也是，”山姆说，“在那片悲惨的土地上，什么都不会好起来的。”
A man came and beckoned to the hobbits, and took them to the recess at the back of the cave. Faramir was sitting there in his chair, and the lamp had been rekindled in its niche above his head. He signed to them to sit down on the stools beside him. “Bring wine for the guests,” he said. “And bring the prisoner to me.”
一名男子走了过来，对哈比人比了个手势，示意他们走到洞穴后方的隔间去。法拉墨坐在那里的椅子上，头上壁龛中的油灯也再度点亮了。他示意两人在旁边的凳子上坐下来。“替我们的客人送酒来，”他说：“也把那俘虏带到我面前。”
“Yes. Well no, I didn’t get him. He came to me, because he trusted me at first, I’m afraid. I did not want him tied up like this. I hope it will be all right; but I hate the whole business.”
“是的，不过不是我，我没抓到他。一开始，他是因为相信我而过来，我不希望他被绑成这样。我希望最后一切会没事，但这过程让我觉得很不舒服。”
The wine was brought, and then Anborn came carrying Gollum. He removed the cover from Gollum’s head and set him on his feet, standing behind him to support him. Gollum blinked, hooding the malice of his eyes with their heavy pale lids. A very miserable creature he looked, dripping and dank, smelling of fish (he still clutched one in his hand); his sparse locks were hanging like rank weed over his bony brows, his nose was snivelling. “Loose us! Loose us!” he said. “The cord hurts us, yes it does, it hurts us, and we’ve done nothing.”
酒送了上来，安朋也带着咕鲁走过来，他拿掉了咕鲁脑袋上的头罩，将他扶起来，并且站在后面支撑着他。咕鲁眨眨眼，眯着眼睛打量着眼前的危机。他看起来浑身湿答答的，浑身都是鱼腥味（手上还抓着一只鱼）像是个可怜的小东西。他稀疏的头发则如同海草一般挂在脑袋上，鼻翼不停地煽动着。“放我们走！放我们走！”他说：“绳子弄痛我们了，是的，好痛啊，我们什么都没做。”
“Nothing?” said Faramir, looking at the wretched creature with a keen glance, but without any expression in his face either of anger, or pity, or wonder. “Nothing? Have you never done anything worthy of binding or of worse punishment? However, that is not for me to judge, happily. But tonight you have come where it is death to come. The fish of this pool are dearly bought.”
“什么都没做？”法拉墨用锐利的目光扫视着这可怜的家伙，但他的脸上没有任何的表情，没有愤怒、没有同情、没有惊讶，什么都没有。“什么都没做？你难道没有做过任何理应被绑起来，或是承受更严重处罚的罪名吗？你很幸运，这并非是由我决定的。不过，今夜，你来到了擅入者死的地方，这池塘里面的鱼要让你付出很大的代价。”
“The price is not set on the fish,” said Faramir. “Only to come here and look on the pool bears the penalty of death. I have spared you so far at the prayer of Frodo here, who says that of him at least you have deserved some thanks. But you must also satisfy me. What is your name? Whence do you come? And whither do you go? What is your business?”
“代价不在于你捕捉的鱼上，”法拉墨说：“只要你来到这边，看到那池子，就是唯一死刑。靠着这边这位佛罗多的恳求，我才让你活到现在，他说你至少还做过一些好事。不过，你的说法也得让我满意才行。你叫什么名字？你什么时候来的？你准备去哪里？你有什么目的？”
“We are lost, lost,” said Gollum. “No name, no business, no Precious, nothing. Only empty. Only hungry; yes, we are hungry. A few little fishes, nasty bony little fishes, for a poor creature, and they say death. So wise they are; so just, so very just.”
“我们迷路了，迷路，”咕鲁说：“没名字，没目的，没宝贝，什么都没有，只有空肚子。只有饿饿：是的，我们很饿。几只小鱼，几只臭臭的瘦小鱼给可怜的我们吃，他们就说要杀人。真睿智，真公正，真是好公正！”
Gollum dropped the fish from his hand. “Don’t want fish,” he said.
咕鲁立刻丢下手中的鱼。“不要鱼了，”他说。
“Now, Sméagol!” said Frodo. “You must trust me. I will not desert you. Answer truthfully, if you can. It will do you good not harm.” He cut the cords on Gollum’s wrists and ankles and raised him to his feet.
“来，史麦戈！”佛罗多说：“你必须相信我，我不会抛下你的，实话实说，这对你会有好处，不会伤害到你的。”他割断了咕鲁手腕和脚踝上的绳子，并且将他扶起来。
Slowly Gollum raised his eyes and looked unwillingly into Faramir’s. All light went out of them, and they stared bleak and pale for a moment into the clear unwavering eyes of the man of Gondor. There was a still silence. Then Gollum dropped his head and shrank down, until he was squatting on the floor, shivering. “We doesn’t know and we doesn’t want to know,” he whimpered. “Never came here; never come again.”
咕鲁缓缓抬起头，不情愿地看着法拉墨。外界的一切似乎都静止下来，他就这么目不转睛地瞪着刚铎男子清澈的双眼，一阵寂静。接着，咕鲁低下头，又趴在地上，浑身发抖地说：“我们不知道我们也不想知道，”他哀嚎着说：“以前没来过，以后也绝对不会来了！”
“Not very wise,” said Faramir. “But just: yes perhaps, as just as our little wisdom allows. Unloose him Frodo!” Faramir took a small nail-knife from his belt and handed it to Frodo. Gollum misunderstanding the gesture, squealed and fell down.
“我并不睿智，”法拉墨说：“不过，倒还算是公正，至少是我们的小小智能可以容许的公正。佛罗多，松开它！”法拉墨从腰间拿出一柄小刀，递给佛罗多。咕鲁误会了他的意思，害怕地趴在地上。
“Come hither!” said Faramir. “Look at me! Do you know the name of this place? Have you been here before?”
“过来这边！”法拉墨说：“看着我！你知道这个地方的名字吗？你之前来过这里吗？”
“There are locked doors and closed windows in your mind, and dark rooms behind them,” said Faramir. “But in this I judge that you speak the truth. It is well for you. What oath will you swear never to return; and never to lead any living creature hither by word or sign?”
“你的心中有许多锁上的门窗，后面还有更多黑暗的房间，”法拉墨说：“但是，我知道你这次说的是实话，这是聪明的作法。你准备怎么样赌咒，让我相信你永远不会回来，也不会带着活人回到这个地方？”
“Are you satisfied?” said Faramir.
“你满意吗？”法拉墨说。
“Yes,” said Frodo. “At least, you must either accept this promise or carry out your law. You will get no more. But I promised that if he came to me, he should not be harmed. And I would not be proved faithless.”
“是的，”佛罗多说：“至少，如果你不愿接受这种誓言，你就必须执行你的律法，这已经是最沉重的誓言了。但我也答应过，如果他来到我身边，就不会受伤，我可不愿意做个言而无信的人。”
Faramir sat for a moment in thought. “Very good,” he said at last. “I surrender you to your master, to Frodo son of Drogo. Let him declare what he will do with you!”
法拉墨坐着沉思了片刻。“很好，”他最后终于说：“我把你交给你的主人，德罗哥之子佛罗多，让他决定该怎么处置你！”
“Master knows,” said Gollum with a sidelong glance at Frodo. “Yes, he knows. We will promise Master, if he saves us. We’ll promise to It, yes.” He crawled to Frodo’s feet. “Save us, nice Master!” he whined. “Sméagol promises to Precious, promises faithfully. Never come again, never speak, no never! No, precious, no!”
“主人知道，”咕鲁瞥了佛罗多一眼。“是的，他知道，如果他愿意救我们，我们可以对它发誓，是的，”他爬到佛罗多的脚边。“救救我们，好主人！”他哀嚎着说：“史麦戈向宝贝发誓，真心发誓。永远不会来，永远不说，永远不会！不，宝贝，不要！”
“Then I will declare my doom,” said Faramir. “As for you, Frodo, in so far as lies in me under higher authority, I declare you free in the realm of Gondor to the furthest of its ancient bounds; save only that neither you nor any that go with you have leave to come to this place unbidden. This doom shall stand for a year and a day, and then cease, unless you shall before that term come to Minas Tirith and present yourself to the Lord and Steward of the City. Then I will entreat him to confirm what I have done and to make it lifelong. In the meantime, whomsoever you take under your protection shall be under my protection and under the shield of Gondor. Are you answered?”
“那么我就宣布我的决定吧，”法拉墨说：“佛罗多，至于你，在我王赐给我的权力之下，我宣布你可以自由自在的于刚铎古老的国境中来去；唯一的例外是此地，不管你或是你的同伴，都不可以再踏进此处。这命令将持续一年又一天，然后就将终止效力；除非，在那之前你愿意来到米那斯提力斯，晋见城主和刚铎的宰相，然后，我就愿意在他面前说明这一切，并且让这命令终身有效。在这段时间之内，不论你将谁纳入庇护，都将被视同为我对它的保护，以及在刚铎的护卫之下。你同意吗？”
“But, Lord Faramir,” said Frodo bowing, “you have not yet declared your will concerning the said Frodo, and until that is made known, he cannot shape his plans for himself or his companions. Your judgement was postponed until the morning; but that is now at hand.”
“可是，法拉墨大人，”佛罗多鞠躬道：“您还没有说明你到底准备怎么对待佛罗多，在你说清楚之前，他也没办法替自己或是同伴拟定任何的计划。你之前说等到早上再说，现在已经快天亮了。”
“It is of great worth,” said Faramir. “And now, do you take this creature, this Sméagol, under your protection?”
“这的确有极大的帮助，”法拉墨说：“现在，你愿意将这个生物，这个史麦戈纳入你的庇护之下吗？”
Frodo bowed low. “I am answered,” he said, “and I place myself at your service, if that is of any worth to one so high and honourable.”
佛罗多深深一鞠躬。“我同意，”他说：“我也愿意接受您的指挥，希望我的效劳对这样一位高贵的人物能够有所帮助。”
“I do take Sméagol under my protection,” said Frodo. Sam sighed audibly; and not at the courtesies, of which, as any hobbit would, he thoroughly approved. Indeed in the Shire such a matter would have required a great many more words and bows.
“我愿意庇护史麦戈！”佛罗多说。山姆大声地叹了一口气，当然，他不是对法拉墨的决定感到不满，事实上，他对此极为赞同。如果在夏尔，同样的事情可能要说更多话、鞠更多次躬。
“Then I say to you,” said Faramir, turning to Gollum, “you are under doom of death; but while you walk with Frodo you are safe for our part. Yet if ever you be found by any man of Gondor astray without him, the doom shall fall. And may death find you swiftly, within Gondor or without, if you do not well serve him. Now answer me: whither would you go? You were his guide, he says. Whither were you leading him?” Gollum made no reply.
“那么我必须对你宣布，”法拉墨转向咕鲁说：“你目前还是死罪的待罪之身，但是，只要你和佛罗多一起行动，就可暂时免去我们的处罚。但是，如果你被刚铎的任何子民发现你离开了佛罗多，那任何人都可以立刻诛杀你。如果你不再服侍他，愿死亡很快降临于你身，不管是在刚铎之内或是之外。现在回答我，你要去哪里？他说你是他的向导。你要带领他去哪里？”咕鲁没有回答。
“This I will not have secret,” said Faramir. “Answer me, or I will reverse my judgement!” Still Gollum did not answer.
“这件事情我不容许你保密，”法拉墨说，“回答我，不然我就要收回之前的缓刑！”咕鲁依旧不吭声。
“Do you know the name of that high pass?” said Faramir.
“你知道那条道路的名字吗？”法拉墨问道。
“I will answer for him,” said Frodo. “He brought me to the Black Gate, as I asked; but it was impassable.”
“让我来替他回答，”佛罗多说：“他照我的要求，带我来到了黑门之前，但我们发现无法通过该处。”
“There is no open gate into the Nameless Land,” said Faramir.
“没有任何的信道可以进入无名之地，”法拉墨说。
“Seeing this, we turned aside and came by the Southward road,” Frodo continued; “for he said that there is, or there may be, a path near to Minas Ithil.”
“因此，我们转了个方向，走上往南的道路，”佛罗多继续道：“他说在靠近米那斯伊西尔的地方，可能有一条信道。”
“Minas Morgul,” said Faramir.
“这里叫米那斯魔窟，”法拉墨说。
“It is called Cirith Ungol.” Gollum hissed sharply and began muttering to himself. “Is not that its name?” said Faramir turning to him.
“那路叫作西力斯昂哥。”咕鲁猛吸了一口气，开始自言自语。“这名字对吗？”法拉墨转身问他。
“No,” said Frodo.
“不，”佛罗多回答。
“No!” said Gollum, and then he squealed, as if something had stabbed him. “Yes, yes, we heard the name once. But what does the name matter to us? Master says he must get in. So we must try some way. There is no other way to try, no.”
“不！”咕鲁回答，然后他又发出低声的尖叫声，仿佛被什么东西刺了一下。“是的，是的，我们听过一次，但那名字有什么重要的地方吗？主人说他一定要进去，所以我们一定得找条路才行。没有别的路了，没有了。”
“I do not know clearly,” said Frodo; “but the path climbs, I think, up into the mountains on the northern side of that vale where the old city stands. It goes up to a high cleft and so down to — that which is beyond.”
“我并不清楚，”佛罗多说：“但是，我想那条路会一直通往山中，进入山的北边山谷，也就是古城所在的地方。这条路会进入一个山中的深沟，然后就进入──之后的土地。”
“No, not altogether wicked,” said Frodo.
“不，没有你想象的那么坏，”佛罗多说。
“Frodo, I think you do very unwisely in this,” said Faramir. “I do not think you should go with this creature. It is wicked.”
“佛罗多，我认为你这么做很不聪明，”法拉墨说：“我不认为你应该和这个家伙一起走，他一肚子坏水。”
“No other way?” said Faramir. “How do you know that? And who has explored all the confines of that dark realm?” He looked long and thoughtfully at Gollum. Presently he spoke again. “Take this creature away, Anborn. Treat him gently, but watch him. And do not you, Sméagol, try to dive into the falls. The rocks have such teeth there as would slay you before your time. Leave us now and take your fish!”
“没有别的路了？”法拉墨说：“你怎么会知道？谁曾经彻底的探索过那黑暗的国度？”他若有所思地打亮了咕鲁很长的一段时间。不久之后，他又开口了：“安朋，带走这家伙，对他好一点，但不要松懈。史麦戈，你也不要跳进瀑布里面，底下的岩石会把你撕成碎片的。赶快离开，去吃你的鱼去！”
Anborn went out and Gollum went cringing before him. The curtain was drawn across the recess.
安朋将瑟缩的咕鲁带到一旁去，阻隔外界的廉幕又再度拉了起来。
“He would not take it,” said Frodo. “He would follow after me as he long has done. And I have promised many times to take him under my protection and to go where he led. You would not ask me to break faith with him?”
“他不会接受的，”佛罗多说：“他会像以前一样紧跟在我后头，我也对他承诺了许多次，要保护他，跟着他前往他准备去的地方。你不会要求我对他失信吧？”
“Not wholly, perhaps,” said Faramir; “but malice eats it like a canker, and the evil is growing. He will lead you to no good. If you will part with him, I will give him safe-conduct and guidance to any point on the borders of Gondor that he may name.”
“或许不全是坏心眼，”法拉墨说：“但是，恐惧会吞蚀他的心灵，他体内的邪恶也在不停地滋长，他不会把你们带到什么好地方去的。如果你愿意让他离开，我可以安全地把他带到刚铎边境任何一个他指定的地方去。”
“No,” said Faramir. “But my heart would. For it seems less evil to counsel another man to break troth than to do so oneself, especially if one sees a friend bound unwitting to his own harm. But no — if he will go with you, you must now endure him. But I do not think you are holden to go to Cirith Ungol, of which he has told you less than he knows. That much I perceived clearly in his mind. Do not go to Cirith Ungol!”
“不，”法拉墨说：“但我其实私底下很想请你这样做，因为，当一个人看到朋友将自己和厄运绑在一起的时候，劝告他背信似乎不能算是种恶行。可是，我还是做不到──如果他愿意和你继续走下去，你只能接受他。只是，我并不认为你的目的地是他所说的西力斯昂哥，就算如此，他对于该处也有许多事情没有告诉你们。我可以清楚地从他心中感觉到，千万别去西力斯昂哥！”
“Where then shall I go?” said Frodo. “Back to the Black Gate and deliver myself up to the guard? What do you know against this place that makes its name so dreadful?”
“那么我又能够去哪呢？”佛罗多说：“难道要回到黑门之前束手就擒吗？你对那个地方究竟知道多少，竟会让你如此害怕？”
“Nothing certain,” said Faramir. “We of Gondor do not ever pass east of the Road in these days, and none of us younger men has ever done so, nor has any of us set foot upon the Mountains of Shadow. Of them we know only old report and the rumour of bygone days. But there is some dark terror that dwells in the passes above Minas Morgul. If Cirith Ungol is named, old men and masters of lore will blanch and fall silent.”
“没有什么确定的情报，”法拉墨说：“我们刚铎人已经不再进入东方的道路上，年轻人甚至一辈子也没有来过这里，我们也都没有进入过黯影山脉，我们对它的一切所知都是来自古代的情报和旧日的谣言。但是，我们确信，在米那斯魔窟之上的道路中，居住着某种邪恶的力量，只要一提到西力斯昂哥的名字，老一辈的人和饱读历史的学者都会大惊失色，不愿多说。”
“The valley of Minas Morgul passed into evil very long ago, and it was a menace and a dread while the banished Enemy dwelt yet far away, and Ithilien was still for the most part in our keeping. As you know, that city was once a strong place, proud and fair, Minas Ithil, the twin sister of our own city. But it was taken by fell men whom the Enemy in his first strength had dominated, and who wandered homeless and masterless after his fall. It is said that their lords were men of Númenor who had fallen into dark wickedness; to them the Enemy had given rings of power, and he had devoured them: living ghosts they were become, terrible and evil. After his going they took Minas Ithil and dwelt there, and they filled it, and all the valley about, with decay: it seemed empty and was not so, for a shapeless fear lived within the ruined walls. Nine Lords there were, and after the return of their Master, which they aided and prepared in secret, they grew strong again. Then the Nine Riders issued forth from the gates of horror, and we could not withstand them. Do not approach their citadel. You will be espied. It is a place of sleepless malice, full of lidless eyes. Do not go that way!”
“米那斯魔窟的山谷在很久以前就落入了邪恶的魔掌，即使在魔王被驱赶到远方的时候，那里就是个充满恐怖与威胁的土地，当时伊西立安的大部分还在我们的掌握之中。正如同你所知道的一样，这座城市曾经一度是个骄傲、美丽的要塞，也是我们城市的姊妹城。但是，它在魔王第一次掌权的时候就被堕落的人类给攻占了，在魔王被推翻之后，这些人漫无目的四处流浪。据说他们的领袖是堕落入黑暗之道的努曼诺尔人，魔王赐给他们拥有权能的戒指，它将他们慢慢地吞蚀：让他们成为活生生的鬼魂，拥有恐怖邪恶的力量。在魔王离去之后，他们占领了米那斯伊西尔，并且居住在此处，他们将该城和整座山谷中都填满了腐败之气。表面上看起来似乎空无一物，但实际上这废墟中却居住着无形体的恐惧，九名君王隐身在该处，经过他们的秘密筹备之后，魔王又再度回归，他们也变得更为强大。然后，九名骑士从恐惧之门中窜出，我们毫无抵抗他们的方法。千万别靠近他们的要塞，你将会被他们发现，那是个充满了永不松懈的恐惧之处，他们永远不会放松戒备。千万别往那个方向走！”
“Then what would you have me do?”
“那么你要我怎么办？”
“But where else will you direct me?” said Frodo. “You cannot yourself, you say, guide me to the mountains, nor over them. But over the mountains I am bound, by solemn undertaking to the Council, to find a way or perish in the seeking. And if I turn back, refusing the road in its bitter end, where then shall I go among Elves or Men? Would you have me come to Gondor with this Thing, the Thing that drove your brother mad with desire? What spell would it work in Minas Tirith? Shall there be two cities of Minas Morgul, grinning at each other across a dead land filled with rottenness?”
“但你能够告诉我其它的方向吗？”佛罗多说：“你刚刚也说了，你自己也没办法带领我进入那山脉，更别提越过这些山脉了。可是，我必须遵从爱隆等人在会议中的指示，我一定要越过那座山脉，如果无法进入该处，至少必须搏命一试。如果我因为这条道路的危险而转回头，那么，我能够找到任何地方收留我吗？人类？还是精灵？你愿意让我带着这东西回到米那斯提力斯吗？就是这个东西让你兄长为之疯狂！它又会对米那斯提力斯造成什么样的影响？难道未来将会出现两座米那斯魔窟吗？它们可以透过腐败的大地彼此相视而笑！”
“I would not have it so,” said Faramir.
“我不愿意这种情况发生，”法拉墨说。
“I know not. Only I would not have you go to death or to torment. And I do not think that Mithrandir would have chosen this way.”
“我不知道，只是，我不愿意你走向死亡或是严刑拷打的道路，我也不认为米斯兰达会选择这条路。”
“It is a hard doom and a hopeless errand,” said Faramir. “But at the least, remember my warning: beware of this guide, Sméagol. He has done murder before now. I read it in him.” He sighed.
“那么，我只能让你踏上这绝望和无助的旅途了，”法拉墨说：“不过，至少请你记得我的警告：小心这个向导史麦戈，他之前双手沾满了血腥，我可以看得出来。”他叹气道。
“Yet since he is gone, I must take such paths as I can find. And there is no time for long searching,” said Frodo.
“既然他已经离开了人世，我就得靠自己找出一条路来，我们也没时间浪费在四处搜寻上了，”佛罗多说。
“Well, so we meet and part, Frodo son of Drogo. You have no need of soft words: I do not hope to see you again on any other day under this Sun. But you shall go now with my blessing upon you, and upon all your people. Rest a little while food is prepared for you. I would gladly learn how this creeping Sméagol became possessed of the Thing of which we speak, and how he lost it, but I will not trouble you now. If ever beyond hope you return to the lands of the living and we re-tell our tales, sitting by a wall in the sun, laughing at old grief, you shall tell me then. Until that time, or some other time beyond the vision of the Seeing-stones of Númenor, farewell!”
“唉，佛罗多，看来我们必须要分别了，你不需要我温言软语的安慰，我也不认为我们在这个世界上有任何再会的机会了；但是，在你走之前，请替你自己和你的同胞带走我的祝福。你先去休息，我们替你们准备一些吃的东西。我其实很想要知道，这个狡猾的史麦戈到底是怎么找到这东西，又是怎么弄丢它的，但我现在还是不要打搅你比较好。如果，万一你能够生还离开魔境，有一天，当我们靠着高墙，在太阳下笑谈过去的伤悲时，你一定要告诉我。在那之前，或许是在努曼诺尔的真知晶石所无法看见的未来，我只能说：珍重再见！”
He rose and bowed low to Frodo, and drawing the curtain passed out into the cave.
他站起身，对佛罗多深深一鞠躬，拉开廉幕，走入洞穴中。
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