There was a silence. “They all resolved to go forward,” said Galadriel looking in their eyes.
周围一阵沉寂。“他们都决定继续向前，”凯兰崔尔看着每个人的眼睛说道。
That night the Company was again summoned to the chamber of Celeborn, and there the Lord and Lady greeted them with fair words. At length Celeborn spoke of their departure.
那天晚上，远征队的成员再度被传唤到塞勒鹏的大厅中，皇帝和女皇用客气的话语欢迎他们。最后，塞勒鹏终于提到了他们该离开了消息。
“Now is the time,” he said, “when those who wish to continue the Quest must harden their hearts to leave this land. Those who no longer wish to go forward may remain here, for a while. But whether they stay or go, none can be sure of peace. For we are come now to the edge of doom. Here those who wish may await the oncoming of the hour till either the ways of the world lie open again. or we summon them to the last need of Lorien. Then they may return to their own lands, or else go to the long home of those that fall in battle.”
“时候到了，”她说：“那些希望继续旅程的人们必须硬下心肠，离开这里，不想要继续的人暂时可以留在这里。不管他们走或不走，没有人可以确认会有和平的未来，因为我们已经来到了末日的边缘。愿意留在这里的可以一直停留到那时候，直到世界的命运改变，或者是我们召唤他们前来协助罗瑞安最后的需求。然后，他们就可以回到自己的土地上，或者是回到战死英魂的英灵殿中。”
“As for me,” said Boromir, “my way home lies onward and not back.”
“至于我，”波罗莫说：“我回家的路还在前方，不能后退。”
“That is true,” said Celeborn, “but is all this Company going with you to Minas Tirith?”
“的确，”塞勒鹏说：“不过，所有的远征队成员都会和你去米那斯提力斯吗？”
“We have not decided our course,” said Aragorn. “Beyond Lothlorien I do not know what Gandalf intended to do. Indeed I do not think that even he had any clear purpose.”
“我们还没决定未来的旅程，”阿拉贡说：“在罗斯洛立安之后，我不知道甘道夫想要怎么做？我想他当初可能也没构思得很清楚。”
“On which side will you journey? The way to Minas Tirith lies upon this side, upon the west; but the straight road of the Quest lies east of the River, upon the darker shore. Which shore will you now take?”
“你们究竟要去那个地方？前往米那斯提力斯的方向是在河这边，沿着西方前进；但任务的目标则是在河东边，沿着黑暗的河岸前进。你们要走哪边的河岸？”
“Maybe not,” said Celeborn, “yet when you leave this land, you can no longer forget the Great River. As some of you know well, it cannot be crossed by travellers with baggage between Lorien and Gondor, save by boat. And are not the bridges of Osgiliath broken down and all the landings held now by the Enemy?
“或许吧，”塞勒鹏说：“不过，当你离开这里之后，大河安都因将是你唯一的选择。你们之中有些人应该知道，除非有船，否则旅人是没办法背着行李从刚铎来到罗瑞安的。而且，奥斯吉力亚斯的大桥不也已经被摧毁，所有的土地都落入魔王的势力范围了吗？”
“And one Hobbit!” cried Merry. “Not all of us look on boats as wild horses. My people live by the banks of the Brandywine.”
“还有一名哈比人！”梅里说：“可不是每个哈比人都把船当作洪水猛兽来看，我们家人就住在烈酒河旁边。”
“If my advice is heeded, it will be the western shore, and the way to Minas Tirith,” answered Boromir. “But I am not the leader of the Company.” The others said nothing, and Aragorn looked doubtful and troubled.
“如果大家接受我的建议，我们将会沿着西岸前往米那斯提力斯。”波罗莫回答：“但在下并非远征队的队长。”其他人一言不发，阿拉贡看起来犹豫不决。
“I see that you do not yet know what to do,” said Celeborn. “It is not my part to choose for you; but I will help you as I may. There are some among you who can handle boats: Legolas, whose folk know the swift Forest River; and Boromir of Gondor; and Aragorn the traveller.”
“我看得出来你不知道该怎么做，”塞勒鹏说：“我没有立场替你作出选择，但我可以尽量提供帮助。你们之中有些人会划船，勒苟拉斯的同胞对于森林中的河流十分熟悉；还有刚铎来的波罗莫、漫游各地的阿拉贡。”
Aragorn thanked Celeborn many times. The gift of boats comforted him much, not least because there would now be no need to decide his course for some days. The others, too, looked more hopeful. Whatever perils lay ahead, it seemed better to float down the broad tide of Anduin to meet them than to plod forward with bent backs. Only Sam was doubtful: he at any rate still thought boats as bad as wild horses, or worse, and not all the dangers that he had survived made him think better of them.
阿拉贡对塞勒鹏连连道谢。这项礼物暂时解决了他的问题，不只加快了旅行的脚步，更让他短时间内不需要考虑前进的方向。其他人看起来也放心多了。因为不管前途有多少险阻，顺着河流乘舟而下，总比弯腰驼背面对危险要来得轻松多了。只有山姆抱持着怀疑的态度，他还是认为船就像洪水猛兽一般可；就算他之前经历这么多恐怖的事情，对船只的感觉还是没有好到哪里去。
“That is well,” said Celeborn. “Then I will furnish your Company with boats. They must be small and light, for if you go far by water, there are places where you will be forced to carry them. You will come to the rapids of Sarn Gebir, and maybe at last to the great falls of Rauros where the River thunders down from Nen Hithoel; and there are other perils. Boats may make your journey less toilsome for a while. Yet they will not give you counsel: in the end you must leave them and the River, and turn west-or east.”
“很好，”塞勒鹏说：“那么我将送给诸位足够的小舟。你们的交通工具必须够轻、够小，因为如果你们走水路，有些地方将必须扛起小舟才能前进。你们将会遇到萨恩盖宝一带的激流，或者最后会来到拉洛斯瀑布。不只如此，路上还有其他的险阻。小舟至少可以让你们的危险暂时降低，最后你们必须舍弃小舟，往西——或是往东走。”
“All shall be prepared for you and await you at the haven before noon tomorrow,” said Celeborn. “I will send my people to you in the morning to help you make ready for the journey. Now we will wish you all a fair night and untroubled sleep.”
“一切都会在明天中午前，在港口边为你们准备好。”塞勒鹏说：“我明天一早就会派人去协助你们做好准备。现在，祝各位有个无梦的好眠。”
His own plan, while Gandalf remained with them, had been to go with Boromir, and with his sword help to deliver Gondor. For he believed that the message of the dreams was a summons, and that the hour had come at last when the heir of Elendil should come forth and strive with Sauron for the mastery. But in Moria the burden of Gandalf had been laid on him; and he knew that he could not now forsake the Ring, if Frodo refused in the end to go with Boromir. And yet what help could he or any of the Company give to Frodo, save to walk blindly with him into the darkness?
当甘道夫还在队伍中的时候，他的原始计划是和波罗莫一起走，带着圣剑去援救刚铎。因为，他相信那场梦境就是故土对他的召唤，伊兰迪尔的子嗣终于有机会得以洗刷污名，击垮索伦的邪恶计划。但是，在甘道夫于摩瑞亚牺牲之后，带领队伍的重责大任就落到他身上。他知道，如果佛罗多拒绝和波罗莫一起走，他也不能够舍弃魔戒。可是，他和队友们除了陪伴着佛罗多一同盲目的走进黑暗中之外，还能提供什么样的帮助呢？
The Company now took their leave and returned to their pavilion. Legolas went with them, for this was to be their last night in Lothlorien, and in spite of the words of Galadriel they wished to take counsel together.
远征队的成员告退之后就回到帐棚内。勒苟拉斯这次和他们一起行动，因为这是他们在罗斯洛立安的最后一晚，即使有凯兰崔尔女王的保证，他们还是希望能够先开一次会讨论一下未来的行程。
“Good night, my friends!” said Galadriel. “Sleep in peace! Do not trouble your hearts overmuch with thought of the road tonight. Maybe the paths that you each shall tread are already laid before your feet, though you do not see them. Good night!”
“晚安，朋友们！”凯兰崔尔说：“好好睡！不要为了明天的旅程太过烦心。或许你们每个人的方向都已经在你们面前展开，只是你们没发现而已。晚安！”
For a long time they debated what they should do, and how it would be best to attempt the fulfilling of their purpose with the Ring: but they came to no decision. It was plain that most of them desired to go first to Minas Tirith, and to escape at least for a while from the terror of the Enemy. They would have been willing to follow a leader over the River and into the shadow of Mordor; but Frodo spoke no word, and Aragorn was still divided in his mind.
他们为了未来要怎么走争论了很久，因为这趟旅程还必须要完成他们携带魔戒千里迢迢前来的目的，但众人最后还是无法做出决定。很明显的，大多数人都希望先去米那斯提力斯，至少暂时可以躲开魔王的紧追不舍。他们其实也愿意跟随队长一起进入魔多的邪异土地上，但佛罗多没有表示意见，而阿拉贡则还在内心挣扎着。
Frodo caught something new and strange in Boromir’s glance, and he looked hard at him. Plainly Boromir’s thought was different from his final words. It would be folly to throw away: what? The Ring of Power? He had said something like this at the Council, but then he had accepted the correction of Elrond. Frodo looked at Aragorn, but he seemed deep in his own thought and made no sign that he had heeded Boromir’s words. And so their debate ended. Merry and Pippin were already asleep, and Sam was nodding. The night was growing old.
佛罗多从波罗莫的眼光中看到了新的、奇怪的情绪起伏，他用力的瞪着波罗莫。很明显，波罗莫最后一句话是违心之论。丢弃它是种愚行，“它”是什么？力量之戒吗？他在会议中也曾经说出类似的话，但当时接受了爱隆的更正。佛罗多看着阿拉贡，但对方似乎陷入了沉思，没有注意到波罗莫的话语，因此，他们的辩论就此终结。梅里和皮聘已经睡着了，而山姆也开始打瞌睡，当他们结束辩论的时候已经深夜了。
“I shall go to Minas Tirith, alone if need be, for it is my duty,” said Boromir; and after that he was silent for a while, sitting with his eyes fixed on Frodo, as if he was trying to read the Halfling’s thoughts. At length he spoke again, softly, as if he was debating with himself. “If you wish only to destroy the Ring,” he said, “then there is little use in war and weapons; and the Men of Minas Tirith cannot help. But if you wish to destroy the armed might of the Dark Lord, then it is folly to go without force into his domain; and folly to throw away.” He paused suddenly, as if he had become aware that he was speaking his thoughts aloud. “It would be folly to throw lives away, I mean,” he ended. “It is a choice between defending a strong place and walking openly into the arms of death. At least, that is how I see it.”
“即使只有我一个人，我也必须要回去米那斯提力斯，因为这是我的职责，”波罗莫说。在那之后，他沉默了很长一段时间，眼睛看着佛罗多，彷佛试着了解对方在想些什么。最后，他终于开口了，低沉得彷佛在和自己辩论一般：“如果你想要摧毁魔戒，”他说：“那么武器和战争都没办法帮上你的忙，米那斯提力斯的人们也无法协助你。但是，如果你想要摧毁黑暗大军，那么，你在没有后援的状况下进入魔多只能算是愚勇，而丢弃它更是种愚行。”他突然间停了下来，彷佛意识到自己不经意之间竟然说出了心底的话：“我是说，舍弃自己的性命是种愚行。”他连忙补充道：“这是在守卫坚强的要塞和迎向死亡之间做出选择，至少，我是这样认为的。”
“So it is,” they answered. “But we call it lembas or waybread, and it is more strengthening than any food made by Men, and it is more pleasant than cram, by all accounts.”
“这的确是啊！”他们回答道：“但我们称呼它为兰巴斯或是行路面包，=这滋补的效用比任何人类所制作的食物都要好，而且，味道也比干粮好多了。”
“No more, no more!” cried the Elves laughing. “You have eaten enough already for a long day’s march.”
“别再吃了！别吃了！”精灵们哈哈大笑着阻止他：“你吃的已经够你走一整天的路了！”
“Cram,” he said under his breath, as he broke off a crisp corner and nibbled at it. His expression quickly changed, and he ate all the rest of the cake with relish.
“干粮，”他压低声音，露出厌恶的表情。同时，他悄悄捏下一角烤的脆脆的蛋糕，小心翼翼地试咬几口。随即，他的表情变了，并且狼吞虎咽地把那块蛋糕整个吃掉。
In the morning, as they were beginning to pack their slender goods, Elves that could speak their tongue came to them and brought them many gifts of food and clothing for the journey. The food was mostly in the form of very thin cakes, made of a meal that was baked a light brown on the outside, and inside was the colour of cream. Gimli took up one of the cakes and looked at it with a doubtful eye.
到了早上，当他们正开始打包行李的时候，会说通用语的精灵来到他们的帐棚中，并且带来了许多食物和衣物。食物大多数是一种薄薄的蛋糕，外层烤成淡褐色，内层则是奶油的颜色。金雳拿起一块蛋糕，用怀疑的眼光打量着它。
“Indeed it is,” said Gimli. “Why it is better than the honey-cakes of the Beornings, and that is great praise, for the Beornings are the best bakers that I know of; but they are none too willing to deal out their cakes to travellers in these days. You are kindly hosts!”
“的确，”金雳说：“天哪，这甚至超越了比翁一族的蜂蜜蛋糕。这可是相当诚心的夸奖啊，因为比翁人是我遇过最厉害的烘烤师傅；而且这些日子以来，他们也不太愿意把蛋糕送给旅行的人。你们可真是慷慨的主人！”
“I thought it was only a kind of cram, such as the Dale-men make for journeys in the wild,” said the Dwarf.
“我以为这只是某种干粮，就像是谷地人类制作的，当作是在野外赶路时的食物替代品。”矮人说。
“Are these magic cloaks?” asked Pippin, looking at them with wonder.
“这些是魔法斗篷吗？”皮聘用惊讶的眼光看着这些衣服。
“All the same, we bid you spare the food,” they said. “Eat little at a time, and only at need. For these things are given to serve you when all else fails. The cakes will keep sweet for many many days, if they are unbroken and left in their leaf-wrappings, as we have brought them. One will keep a traveller on his feet for a day of long labour, even if he be one of the tall Men of Minas Tirith.”
“不客气，但我们还是必须请你们尽量省着点吃，”他们说：“一次只吃一点，只在肚子饿的时候吃，因为这些东西是协助你们度过粮食断绝的情形用的。如果你不弄破外表，让它们像现在一样包在叶子里面，他们可以保持新鲜非常多天。只要一块，就够让一名旅者步行一整天，进行许多耗费体力的工作，即使他是米那斯提力斯的高壮人类也不例外。”
The Elves next unwrapped and gave to each of the Company the clothes they had brought. For each they had provided a hood and cloak, made according to his size, of the light but warm silken stuff that the Galadhrim wove. It was hard to say of what colour they were: grey with the hue of twilight under the trees they seemed to be; and yet if they were moved, or set in another light, they were green as shadowed leaves, or brown as fallow fields by night, dusk-silver as water under the stars. Each cloak was fastened about the neck with a brooch like a green leaf veined with silver.
精灵们接下来，将送给每个队伍成员的衣物从包装中打开来，他们送给每个人一件完全量身订做的连帽斗篷，所用的材料是树民们平常编织衣物所用的轻盈保暖的丝缎。旁观者很难判断这到底是什么颜色的，因为在树下的时候，它们看起来像是暮色一般灰噗噗的，但当斗篷在移动中，或者是处在光源下的时候，它们就化成如同树叶一般的绿色，在夜晚变成褐色大地般的色彩，在星光下则变成水波般的色泽。每件斗篷，都利用一枚绿叶镶着银边外型的领针别在身上。
“I do not know what you mean by that,” answered the leader of the Elves. “They are fair garments, and the web is good, for it was made in this land. They are elvish robes certainly, if that is what you mean. Leaf and branch, water and stone: they have the hue and beauty of all these things under the twilight of Lorien that we love; for we put the thought of all that we love into all that we make. Yet they are garments, not armour, and they will not turn shaft or blade. But they should serve you well: they are light to wear, and warm enough or cool enough at need. And you will find them a great aid in keeping out of the sight of unfriendly eyes, whether you walk among the stones or the trees. You are indeed high in the favour of the Lady! For she herself and her maidens wove this stuff; and never before have we clad strangers in the garb of our own people.”
“我不知道你这样说是什么意思，”为首的精灵说：“它们是非常好的衣物，手工也相当不错，都是在这块土地上制造的。如果你的问题是我所猜想的，那么答案是肯定的；这些的确是精灵所穿着的衣物：树叶和枝干、流水和岩石，它们拥有罗瑞安这块土地上，一切在夜色中景物的色泽，也都是我们钟爱的景致。当我们在编织的时候，我们把对这土地的思念和憧憬之情一针一线编进去；但是，它们依旧只是衣物，不是盔甲，无法阻挡箭矢或是刀剑。但对你们来说，它们应该相当实用；这些衣物穿起来很轻，必要的时候也很保暖或是凉爽，而且，它们很适合用来躲避那些不友善的眼光，不管你是走在岩石上还是森林中。诸位真的极受女皇的宠爱，因为这是她亲自和侍女们一针一线缝出来的；而且在此之前，从未有外人穿过我们的衣物。”
After their morning meal the Company said farewell to the lawn by the fountain. Their hearts were heavy; for it was a fair place, and it had become like home to them, though they could not count the days and nights that they had passed there. As they stood for a moment looking at the white water in the sunlight, Haldir came walking towards them over the green grass of the glade. Frodo greeted him with delight.
用过早餐之后，远征队的成员在喷泉边向大家道别。他们的心情很沉重，因为这是个美丽的地方，对他们来说有家的感觉；即使他们根本不确定自己在这边过了多少天也一样。当他们看着陽光下的泉水时，哈尔达越过草地向他们走来。
They had gone some ten miles and noon was at hand when they came on a high green wall. Passing through an opening they came suddenly out of the trees. Before them lay a long lawn of shining grass, studded with golden elanor that glinted in the sun. The lawn ran out into a narrow tongue between bright margins: on the right and west the Silverlode flowed glittering; on the left and east the Great River rolled its broad waters, deep and dark. On the further shores the woodlands still marched on southwards as far as the eye could see, but all the banks were bleak and bare. No mallorn lifted its gold-hung boughs beyond the Land of Lorien.
他们大概走了十哩，时间快到中午时，眼前出现一座绿色的高墙。在通过上面的一个开口之后，一行人突然间离开了树林。他们眼前是一连串反射着灿烂陽光的草地，上面点缀着金光闪闪的伊拉诺花。这块草地刚好界在两条河之间，右边是银光闪耀的银光河西行，左边则是大河宽广幽深的江水往东流。在更远处的河岸边，依旧有森林继续往南方延伸，但紧靠河边的位置都显得十分荒凉，在罗瑞安的土地之外没有任何的梅隆树生长。
“I have returned from the Northern Fences,” said the Elf, “and I am sent now to be your guide again. The Dimrill Dale is full of vapour and clouds of smoke, and the mountains are troubled. There are noises in the deeps of the earth. If any of you had thought of returning northwards to your homes, you would not have been able to pass that way. But come! Your path now goes south.”
“我从北方边界那边回来了，”那名精灵说：“现在又要再度担任诸位的向导，丁瑞尔河谷里面满是蒸汽和白烟，山脉似乎动汤不安，地底深处似乎还有什么东西在喧闹着。如果你们想要回家，恐怕不能从那边走了。不过，诸位还是跟我来吧！你们现在的方向必须往南走。”
As they walked through Caras Galadhon the green ways were empty; but in the trees above them many voices were murmuring and singing. They themselves went silently. At last Haldir led them down the southward slopes of the hill, and they came again to the great gate hung with lamps, and to the white bridge; and so they passed out and left the city of the Elves. Then they turned away from the paved road and took a path that went off into a deep thicket of mallorn-trees, and passed on, winding through rolling woodlands of silver shadow, leading them ever down, southwards and eastwards, towards the shores of the River.
当他们穿越卡拉斯加拉顿的时候，道路上空无一人，但树上传来许多呢喃和吟唱的声音，他们自己则是一言不发。最后，哈尔达带着他们来到了山丘的南坡，他们又再度来到了挂满了油灯的大门，以及那座白色的桥。于是，他们就离开大路，进入一丛浓密的梅隆树中，继续沿着曲折的小径穿越绵延的森林，一直领着他们往南、往东走，朝着大河的河岸前进。
“You don’t need to tell me that!” said Sam. “I came without any and I” ve been worried ever since. But I was wondering what these were made of, knowing a bit about rope-making: it’s in the family as you might say.”
“这可不需要你告诉我！”山姆说：“我来的时候就忘了带，让我一路担心得不得了。我自己也知道一些制造绳索的技巧，但实在看不出来这绳子是怎么做的。不过，这倒还算是绳子家族里面的菁英”他最后下了个评断。
“What are these?” asked Sam, handling one that lay upon the greensward.
“这些是什么？”山姆打量着这几捆绳索。
“Ropes indeed!” answered an Elf from the boats. “Never travel far without a rope! And one that is long and strong and light. Such are these. They may be a help in many needs.”
“是绳子呀！”船上的精灵回答道：“出门一定要记得带绳索！而且还要强韧、够长、够轻的绳索。就像这些，在许多地方都派得上用场。”
“They are made of hithlain,” said the Elf, “but there is no time now to instruct you in the art of their making. Had we known that this craft delighted you, we could have taught you much. But now alas! unless you should at some time return hither, you must be content with our gift. May it serve you well!”
“它们是用希斯蓝制作的，”精灵说，“不过，我们现在也没时间教导你详细的制作方式了。如果我们知道你想要学这东西，我们可以教你很多哪。真可惜，除非你将来会回到这里来，不然你现在就只能先将就着用啦。希望能帮上你们的忙！”
On the bank of the Silverlode, at some distance up from the meeting of the streams, there was a hythe of white stones and white wood. By it were moored many boats and barges. Some were brightly painted, and shone with silver and gold and green, but most were either white or grey. Three small grey boats had been made ready for the travellers, and in these the Elves stowed their goods. And they added also coils of rope, three to each boat. Slender they looked, but strong, silken to the touch, grey of hue like the elven-cloaks.
在银光河的岸边，距离两河汇流稍远之处，有一座由白色的石头和白色的木材所搭建成的码头，旁边停靠着许多船只和小艇。有些漆着十分鲜艳的色彩，闪耀着银色、金色和绿色的光芒，但大多数的船只都是简单的白色或是灰色的。三艘灰色的小舟是给一行人使用的，精灵们把大多数的行李放在其中，他们又替每艘船加上三捆绳索。这些绳索摸起来十分柔滑，看起来十分纤细，事实上却非常强韧，绳索的颜色就像精灵的斗篷一样灰噗噗的。
“Heed the words!” said the other Elves. “These boats are light-built, and they are crafty and unlike the boats of other folk. They will not sink, lade them as you will; but they are wayward if mishandled. It would be wise if you accustomed yourselves to stepping in and out, here where there is a landing-place, before you set off downstream.”
“注意啦！”其他的精灵说：“这些是非常轻的船只，它们精致的作工和其他种族的船只都不一样。不管你们怎么摇都不会翻，但如果操桨的技术不够好，很可能会走错方向的。你们最好先花点时间在码头上练习上下船的技巧，然后再出航。”
“Come!” said Haldir. “All is now ready for you. Enter the boats! But take care at first!”
“来吧！”西尔达说：“一切都准备好了。快上船！刚上来的时候要小心！”
The Company was arranged in this way: Aragorn, Frodo, and Sam were in one boat; Boromir, Merry, and Pippin in another; and in the third were Legolas and Gimli, who had now become fast friends. In this last boat most of the goods and packs were stowed. The boats were moved and steered with short-handled paddles that had broad leaf-shaped blades. When all was ready Aragorn led them on a trial up the Silverlode. The current was swift and they went forward slowly. Sam sat in the bows, clutching the sides, and looking back wistfully to the shore. The sunlight glittering on the water dazzled his eyes. As they passed beyond the green field of the Tongue, the trees drew down to the river’s brink. Here and there golden leaves tossed and floated on the rippling stream. The air was very bright and still, and there was a silence, except for the high distant song of larks.
一行人这样安排座位：阿拉贡、佛罗多和山姆在一艘船上。波罗莫、梅里和皮聘在另一艘船上，第三艘船是成了莫逆之交的勒苟拉斯和金雳，最后一艘船存放着大部分的行李和补给品。这些船只是用短手把的桨操作的，尽头则是宽大、如同树叶形状的桨叶。在准备好一切之后，阿拉贡领着众人沿着银光河航行，水流很湍急，为了安全的缘故，他们刻意降低船速。山姆坐在船首，紧抓着船身，可怜兮兮的看着岸边。照在河面上的陽光让他觉得头晖目眩。当他们通过了汇流处的三角洲之后，河面上飘满了黄金色的树叶。空气十分的清新，除了云雀的啁啾声之外，四下一片宁静。
I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold, and leaves of gold there grew:
我歌颂着树叶，黄金的树叶，遍地生长的黄金色树叶：
Of wind I sang, a wind there came and in the branches blew.
我吟唱着微风，那吹过枝丫的微风，听着它轻抚树叶。
They turned a sharp bend in the river, and there, sailing proudly down the stream toward them, they saw a swan of great size. The water rippled on either side of the white breast beneath its curving neck. Its beak shone like burnished gold, and its eyes glinted like jet set in yellow stones; its huge white wings were half lifted. A music came down the river as it drew nearer; and suddenly they perceived that it was a ship, wrought and carved with elven-skill in the likeness of a bird. Two elves clad in white steered it with black paddles. In the midst of the vessel sat Celeborn, and behind him stood Galadriel, tall and white; a circlet of golden flowers was in her hair, and in her hand she held a harp, and she sang. Sad and sweet was the sound of her voice in the cool clear air:
他们在河流上猛转了一个弯，一只巨大的天鹅出现在大河上，向他们航来。水面在它弯曲的胸口附近激起了许多水花。它的喙闪动着金光，双眼像是镶嵌在黄色宝石中的黑色煤块一样幽黑，巨大的白色翅翼张了开来。随着它越飘越近，音乐声越来越靠近，这时他们才意识到它原来是艘精灵工匠发挥巧思，雕塑的如同飞鸟一般的船只。两名穿着白袍的精灵用黑色的船桨操控着船的方向。塞勒鹏和凯兰崔尔站在船中央，高大美丽的女皇戴着金色的花冠，手中拿着竖琴，吟唱着歌谣。在这凉爽、清澈的空气中，她的声音听起来十分甜美，又带着淡淡哀愁：
Beyond the Sun, beyond the Moon, the foam was on the Sea,
在月亮下，太陽之外，水花在海面上四溅，
And by the strand of Ilmarin there grew a golden Tree.
在伊尔马林的河流旁，生长着黄金树的枝干，
There long the golden leaves have grown upon the branching years,
黄金的树叶生长在华丽延伸的时光上，
O, Lorien! Too long I have dwelt upon this Hither Shore
喔，罗瑞安！我已在这三角洲上居住太久，
“Though you have been our guests,” said Celeborn, “you have not yet eaten with us, and we bid you, therefore, to a parting feast, here between the flowing waters that will bear you far from Lorien.”
“虽然诸位是我们的客人，”塞勒鹏说：“但你们还没有和我们一起用过餐。因此，我们邀请诸位来参加送别的午宴，就在这载送各位远离罗瑞安的大河旁。”
Aragorn stayed his boat as the Swan-ship drew alongside. The Lady ended her song and greeted them. “We have come to bid you our last farewell,” she said, “and to speed you with blessings from our land.”
阿拉贡将船停了下来，看着天鹅船靠近。女皇唱完了歌，开始招呼众人：“我们是来向你们道别的！”她说：“并且代表这块土地欢送你们。”
The leaves are falling in the stream, the River flows away.
树叶落入水中，河流流入永夜。
But if of ships I now should sing, what ship would come to me,
但若是我吟唱着船只的歌谣，会有什么船只到我身边，
In Eldamar beside the walls of Elven Tirion.
在艾达马旁，精灵的提理安城下闪烁。
Beneath the stars of Ever-eve in Eldamar it shone,
在艾达马的暮星照耀下闪烁，
What ship would bear me ever back across so wide a Sea?
会有什么船只可以载我来到对岸的海边？
And in a fading crown have twined the golden elanor.
在褪色皇冠上黄金色的伊拉诺花缠扭，
O, Lorien! The Winter comes, the bare and leafless Day;
喔，罗瑞安！冬天已来，枯萎而无叶的岁月；
While here beyond the Sundering Seas now fall the Elven-tears.
但在分隔的大海外，精灵的眼泪落成行。
The Swan passed on slowly to the hythe, and they turned their boats and followed it. There in the last end of Egladil upon the green grass the parting feast was held; but Frodo ate and drank little, heeding only the beauty of the Lady and her voice. She seemed no longer perilous or terrible, nor filled with hidden power. Already she seemed to him, as by men of later days Elves still at times are seen: present and yet remote, a living vision of that which has already been left far behind by the flowing streams of Time.
天鹅船缓缓的靠到岸边，众人调转船头，跟着一起过去。他们就在三角洲的尽头举办了这场欢送的宴会。佛罗多吃得极少，他的眼中尽是女皇和她的声音。她似乎不再受到凡尘变化的影响，也不再是那种充满了隐藏力量的神秘人物。在他眼中，女皇的形象已经如同后世的精灵一般，渐渐地与世无争、慢慢地被时光的大河带向被遗忘的彼岸。
After they had eaten and drunk, sitting upon the grass, Celeborn spoke to them again of their journey, and lifting his hand he pointed south to the woods beyond the Tongue.
在他们吃喝过后，一行人全都坐在草地上。塞勒鹏再度和他们提起旅程的方向，边伸出手指着三角洲以外的森林。
“As you go down the water,” he said, “you will find that the trees will fail, and you will come to a barren country. There the River flows in stony vale amid high moors, until at last after many leagues it comes to the tall island of the Tindrock, that we call Tol Brandir. There it casts its arms about the steep shores of the isle, and falls then with a great noise and smoke over the cataracts of Rauros down into the Nindalf, the Wetwang as it is called in your tongue. That is a wide region of sluggish fen where the stream becomes tortuous and much divided. There the Entwash flows in by many mouths from the Forest of Fangorn in the west. About that stream, on this side of the Great River, lies Rohan. On the further side are the bleak hills of the Emyn Muil. The wind blows from the East there, for they look out over the Dead Marshes and the Noman-lands to Cirith Gorgor and the black gates of Mordor.
“当你们沿着河水往下走的时候，”她说：“你们将会发现树木越来越少，最后会来到一块荒废的区域。从那边开始，大河会穿越高地上的多岩地形，直到经过很长的距离之后，来到燃岩高地，也就是我们称作托尔布兰达的高地。大河从该处绕过高地，在巨大的声响和烟雾中落下拉洛斯瀑布，进入宁道夫区域，也就是你们口中的威顿。紧接着是一连串的沼泽地带，大河变得十分平缓，分岔出许多支流来树沐河也在那里分成许多支流，流入森林中。大河的这一边就是洛汗国，在另一边则是艾明莫尔光秃秃的山丘，从那边往东走，就是死亡沼泽和无人地带，一路直达葛哥洛斯盆地和魔多的黑暗大门。”
“I have myself been at whiles in Rohan, but I have never crossed it northwards. When I was sent out as a messenger, I passed through the Gap by the skirts of the White Mountains, and crossed the Isen and the Greyflood into Northerland. A long and wearisome journey. Four hundred leagues I reckoned it, and it took me many months; for I lost my horse at Tharbad, at the fording of the Greyflood. After that journey, and the road I have trodden with this Company, I do not much doubt that I shall find a way through Rohan, and Fangorn too, if need be.”
“我自己曾经在洛汗国待过一阵子，但从来没有往北走过。我当时是担任信差的工作，沿着白色山脉通过洛汗隘口，横越艾辛河和灰泛河，进入北地。那可是段相当漫长、疲倦的旅程，我猜大概有一千两百哩左右，我花了好几个月的时间，更糟糕的是，我还在灰泛河的渡口塔巴德失去了座骑。在那次旅程和这次与各位共渡的时光之后，我相信，如果有必要的话，即使是洛汗或是法贡森林，我们也能够找出一条路来。”
“Boromir, and any that go with him seeking Minas Tirith, will do well to leave the Great River above Rauros and cross the Entwash before it finds the marshes. Yet they should not go too far up that stream, nor risk becoming entangled in the Forest of Fangorn. That is a strange land, and is now little known. But Boromir and Aragorn doubtless do not need this warning.”
“波罗莫，以及任何想要前往米那斯提力斯的人，都最好在拉洛斯瀑布之前离开大河，在树沐河进入沼泽之前横越它，但他们最好不要太过深入法贡森林，那是块诡异的地方，外人对它知道得甚少。但我想，波罗莫和阿拉贡知道的都很多，其实不需要我的警告。”
“Indeed we have heard of Fangorn in Minas Tirith,” said Boromir. “But what I have heard seems to me for the most part old wives’ tales, such as we tell to our children. All that lies north of Rohan is now to us so far away that fancy can wander freely there. Of old Fangorn lay upon the borders of our realm; but it is now many lives of men since any of us visited it, to prove or disprove the legends that have come down from distant years.
“的确，我们在米那斯提力斯就曾经听过法贡森林的威名，”波罗莫说：“但我一直认为那是褓姆所说的故事，那些用来骗小孩的故事。在洛汗国之北的疆域，都因为距离太远，容许各种各样的怪异传说横行。古代，我国的疆界直达法贡森林，但是，已经有好几百年没有人亲自拜访过该处，自然也无法证明或是推翻该处的各种传言。”
Now Galadriel rose from the grass, and taking a cup from one of her maidens she filled it with white mead and gave it to Celeborn.
凯兰崔尔站了起来，从她的侍女手中接过装满白色蜂蜜酒的杯子，将它交给塞勒鹏。
Then she brought the cup to each of the Company, and bade them drink and farewell. But when they had drunk she commanded them to sit again on the grass, and chairs were set for her and for Celeborn. Her maidens stood silent about her, and a while she looked upon her guests. At last she spoke again.
然后，她举杯向每一位远征队的成员敬酒。但是，当每个人都喝过蜂蜜酒之后，她又请众人再度在草地上坐下来。侍女们替她和塞勒鹏放置好座位之后，就沉默地站在她身边。她一言不发地打量着这些客人，最后，她终于再度开口了。
“Then I need say no more,” said Celeborn. “But do not despise the lore that has come down from distant years; for oft it may chance that old wives keep in memory word of things that once were needful for the wise to know.”
“那么我就不需要再多说了，”塞勒鹏说：“不过，千万别小看多年以来流传的神话和故事，因为，这些褓姆经常保留了过去一度只由贤者所知道的真实历史。”
“Now it is time to drink the cup of farewell,” she said. “Drink, Lord of the Galadhrim! And let not your heart be sad though night must follow noon, and already our evening draweth nigh.”
“现在是该举杯欢送各位的时候了，”她说：“喝吧，树民之王！虽然黑夜即将降临，但也别轻易丧志，吾辈的黄昏已然降临。”
“We have drunk the cup of parting,” she said, “and the shadows fall between us. But before you go, I have brought in my ship gifts which the Lord and Lady of the Galadhrim now offer you in memory of Lothlorien.” Then she called to each in turn.
“我们已经喝下了饯别酒，”她说：“马上就注定要分离。但是，在离别之前，我特别将为各位准备的礼物带了过来，愿诸位记得树民之王和他妻子的善意，愿诸位不要忘记罗斯洛立安。”然后，她一个个请他们走向前。
“Here is the gift of Celeborn and Galadriel to the leader of your Company,” she said to Aragorn, and she gave him a sheath that had been made to fit his sword. It was overlaid with a tracery of flowers and leaves wrought of silver and gold, and on it were set in elven runes formed of many gems the name Anduril and the lineage of the sword.
“这是塞勒鹏和凯兰崔尔送给远征队队长的礼物，”她对阿拉贡说。接着，她拿出一柄特别为了圣剑打造的剑鞘。剑鞘上面有着以黄金和白银镶嵌的树叶和花朵图形，上面还有着用许多宝石嵌出来的精灵文字，书写着圣剑安都瑞尔的名号，和它的来历。
“The blade that is drawn from this sheath shall not be stained or broken even in defeat,” she said. “But is there aught else that you desire of me at our parting? For darkness will flow between us, and it may be that we shall not meet again, unless it be far hence upon a road that has no returning.”
“从此剑鞘中抽出的武器，即使被击败，也不会断折或污损，”她说：“但是，未来的前途还有许多的危险和黑暗，你在离开之前还有什么想要的吗？我们未来可能再也没有机会相见，除非是在一条无法回头的旅程上。”
And Aragorn answered: “Lady, you know all my desire, and long held in keeping the only treasure that I seek. Yet it is not yours to give me, even if you would; and only through darkness shall I come to it.”
阿拉贡回答了：“女皇，你知道我的愿望，也一直不愿意将我唯一希冀的宝物赐给我。不过，我知道，即使你愿意，那也不是你能够赐给我的。我必须要穿越重重的黑暗，才能赢得这珍贵的礼物。”
“Yet maybe this will lighten your heart,” said Galadriel; “for it was left in my care to be given to you, should you pass through this land.” Then she lifted from her lap a great stone of a clear green, set in a silver brooch that was wrought in the likeness of an eagle with outspread wings; and as she held it up the gem flashed like the sun shining through the leaves of spring. “This stone I gave to Celebrian my daughter, and she to hers; and now it comes to you as a token of hope. In this hour take the name that was foretold for you, Elessar, the Elfstone of the house of Elendil!”
“但，或许这能够减轻你的重担，”凯兰崔尔说：“因为，有人将这留给我，当你经过此地的时候可以将它送给你。”接着，她从腰间拿出一枚镶嵌在巨鹰展翅胸针上的一枚浑圆绿色宝石。当她拿起宝石的时候，四周闪耀着如同春天太陽照在翠绿叶子上的美丽光芒。“我当年将这枚宝石送给吾女塞勒布理安，她又传给她的女儿亚玟。现在，这被转送给你，当作希望的象征。此刻，请接受预言中给你的称号，伊力萨王，伊兰迪尔家族的精灵宝石！”
Then Aragorn took the stone and pinned the brooch upon his breast, and those who saw him wondered; for they had not marked before how tall and kingly he stood, and it seemed to them that many years of toil had fallen from his shoulders. “For the gifts that you have given me I thank you,” he said, “O Lady of Lorien of whom were sprung Celebrian and Arwen Evenstar. What praise could I say more?”
阿拉贡接下这枚胸针，将宝石别在胸口。那些看见这景象的人都赞叹不已，因为之前他们并没有注意到这人身上散发着无比的皇者之气，而多年的心力交瘁和重责大任，似乎也瞬间从他身上移除。“我感谢您赐给我的礼物。”他说：“罗瑞安的女皇，您生出了塞勒布理安，和亚玟—暮星，这就是您给人世间带来最大的礼物了！”
The Lady bowed her head, and she turned then to Boromir, and to him she gave a belt of gold; and to Merry and Pippin she gave small silver belts, each with a clasp wrought like a golden flower. To Legolas she gave a bow such as the Galadhrim used, longer and stouter than the bows of Mirkwood, and strung with a string of elf-hair. With it went a quiver of arrows.
女皇微微点头，转过身面向波罗莫，赐给他一条金色的腰带。皮聘和梅里则是各拿到一条银制的腰带，扣环的部分是黄金打造的花朵。她赐给勒苟拉斯的是树民们所使用的长弓，远比幽暗密林的短弓要坚韧和细长，上面的弓弦还是用精灵的头发做的；除此之外，还有一袋精工制造的箭矢。
“For you little gardener and lover of trees,” she said to Sam, “I have only a small gift.” She put into his hand a little box of plain grey wood, unadorned save for a single silver rune upon the lid.” Here is set G for Galadriel,” she said; “but also it may stand for garden in your tongue. In this box there is earth from my orchard, and such blessing as Galadriel has still to bestow is upon it. It will not keep you on your road, nor defend you against any peril; but if you keep it and see your home again at last, then perhaps it may reward you. Though you should find all barren and laid waste, there will be few gardens in Middle-earth that will bloom like your garden, if you sprinkle this earth there. Then you may remember Galadriel, and catch a glimpse far off of Lorien, that you have seen only in our winter. For our spring and our summer are gone by, and they will never be seen on earth again save in memory.”
“至于你，这位小小的园丁和树木的爱好者，”她对山姆说：“我只有一个小礼物。”她将一个小小的灰色木盒塞进他的手中，上面只有一个小小的精灵符文。“这上面刻的是我名字的缩写，”她说：“但在你的语言中，也代表着花园的意思。在这个盒子里面是我花园中的泥土。它不能够在旅途上对你有协助，也不能够让你不受敌人的伤害。但是，只要你能够回到家园，这或许会给你带来适当的报偿。即使所有的一切都荒废毁坏，但如果你将这泥土洒上你的花园将会成为中土世界少见的繁盛之地。如此一来，你或许会记得凯兰崔尔，和回忆起美丽的罗斯洛立安。你所看到的只是我们的冬天，而夏天和春天已经永远的离开了中土世界，只有在记忆中才能看见。”
“There is nothing, Lady Galadriel,” said Gimli, bowing low and stammering. “Nothing, unless it might be — unless it is permitted to ask, nay, to name a single strand of your hair, which surpasses the gold of the earth as the stars surpass the gems of the mine. I do not ask for such a gift. But you commanded me to name my desire.”
“真的没有，凯兰崔尔女皇，”金雳深深一鞠躬，结巴地说：“除非，除非您愿意给我一根您的头发。在我的心目中，这超越了天上的星辰、地上的黄金，和矿坑中的宝石。我并不敢斗胆向您要求这宝物，但既然您要求我只管开口，我还是冒昧地说出口。”
“And what gift would a Dwarf ask of the Elves?” said Galadriel turning to Gimli.
“这位矮人会向精灵要求什么礼物？”凯兰崔尔转向金雳问道。
Sam went red to the ears and muttered something inaudible, as he clutched the box and bowed as well as he could.
山姆高兴得连耳根子都红了，嘀咕了几句似乎是道谢的话，抱着盒子尽可能地鞠了个大躬。
The Elves stirred and murmured with astonishment, and Celeborn gazed at the Dwarf in wonder, but the Lady smiled. “It is said that the skill of the Dwarves is in their hands rather than in their tongues,” she said; “yet that is not true of Gimli. For none have ever made to me a request so bold and yet so courteous. And how shall I refuse, since I commanded him to speak? But tell me, what would you do with such a gift?”
精灵们起了一阵騷动，塞勒鹏震惊地看着矮人，但女皇宽容地笑了：“人们还说矮人是以手工艺着称，不是以舌灿莲花闻名，”她说：“但是，在金雳身上，我看到了不同的特质。因为，从过去到现在，从来没有人敢向我做这样的要求，却又以如此华美的言词包装。既然是我下的命令，我又怎么可能拒绝他？不过，请你告诉我，你要怎么处理这样的礼物？”
“Hear all ye Elves!” she cried to those about her. “Let none say again that Dwarves are grasping and ungracious! Yet surely, Gimli son of Gloin, you desire something that I could give? Name it, I bid you! You shall not be the only guest without a gift.”
“诸位精灵，听着啊！”她对周围的精灵大声说道：“将来不准你们再用贪婪、笨拙来描述矮人！不过，葛罗音之子金雳，必定有什么你想要的，而且是我可以给你的？我恳求你直接说出口！我不能让你成为唯一没有礼物的客人。”
“None, Lady,” answered Gimli. “It is enough for me to have seen the Lady of the Galadhrim, and to have heard her gentle words.”
“一项也不要！”金雳回答：“在下能够看见树民之女皇，亲耳聆听她温柔的话语就已足够。”
Then the Lady unbraided one of her long tresses, and cut off three golden hairs, and laid them in Gimli’s hand. “These words shall go with the gift,” she said. “I do not foretell, for all foretelling is now vain: on the one hand lies darkness, and on the other only hope. But if hope should not fail, then I say to you, Gimli son of Gloin, that your hands shall flow with gold, and yet over you gold shall have no dominion.
女皇解开她的发髻，将三根头发剪下，交到金雳的手中：“请记住我接下来所说的话语。”她说：“我不能预言未来，因为现在所有的预言都即将被推翻：一只手中握着黑暗，但另一只手中握着全然的希望。但如果希望没有完全消失，葛罗音之子金雳，我可以告诉你，你的手中将会有大量的黄金流出，但却不是属于你所有。”
“Treasure it, Lady,” he answered, “in memory of your words to me at our first meeting. And if ever I return to the smithies of my home, it shall be set in imperishable crystal to be an heirloom of my house, and a pledge of good will between the Mountain and the Wood until the end of days.”
“珍藏它，女皇陛下，”他回答道：“为了纪念您对我首次会面时所说的话语，如果我能够回到家乡，我将把它藏放在永不消磨的水晶中，成为我家的传家宝，子子孙孙永宝护它，当作山之民与树之民之间善意的象征。”
“And you, Ring-bearer,” she said, turning to Frodo. “I come to you last who are not last in my thoughts. For you I have prepared this.” She held up a small crystal phial: it glittered as she moved it, and rays of white light sprang from her hand. “In this phial,” she said, “is caught the light of Earendil’s star, set amid the waters of my fountain. It will shine still brighter when night is about you. May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out. Remember Galadriel and her Mirror!”
“还有你，魔戒持有者，”她转过身对佛罗多说道：“我最后才找你，但你却在我的心上占着很重要的地位。因为我替你准备了这个——”她高举起一个小小的水晶试管，当她摇晃试管的时候，她的手中流泄出洁白的光芒：“在这水晶管中，藏放着埃兰迪尔之星的光芒，在夜色将你包围的时候，它将会变得更为光亮。希望它在一切光明失效的时候，能够成为你的照明和指引，不要忘记凯兰崔尔和她的魔镜！”
Even as they gazed, the Silverlode passed out into the currents of the Great River, and their boats turned and began to speed southwards. Soon the white form of the Lady was small and distant. She shone like a window of glass upon a far hill in the westering sun, or as a remote lake seen from a mountain: a crystal fallen in the lap of the land. Then it seemed to Frodo that she lifted her arms in a final farewell, and far but piercing-clear on the following wind came the sound of her voice singing. But now she sang in the ancient tongue of the Elves beyond the Sea, and he did not understand the words: fair was the music, but it did not comfort him.
就在他们的目光下，银光河就这么和大河安都因汇流，小舟开始快速地朝着南方开去。很快的，女皇的白色身影就渐渐缩小，她看起来像是西沉的太陽下一扇美丽的水晶窗户，或者是从远方眺望的一座美丽湖泊。在佛罗多的眼中，彷佛看见她举起手来挥舞，向众人做最后的告别，她清澈甜美的声音飘过重重河水，传来她的歌声。但这次，她所使用的是海的另一端精灵的语言，佛罗多一个字也听不懂，一点也没有安心的感觉。
Frodo took the phial, and for a moment as it shone between them, he saw her again standing like a queen, great and beautiful, but no longer terrible. He bowed, but found no words to say.
佛罗多收下试管，藉着其中的光芒，他看见凯兰崔尔女皇高大美丽的身影，却不再有那压迫人的气息。他弯腰鞠躬，却不知道该说些什么。
Now the Lady arose, and Celeborn led them back to the hythe. A yellow noon lay on the green land of the Tongue, and the water glittered with silver. All at last was made ready. The Company took their places in the boats as before. Crying farewell, the Elves of Lorien with long grey poles thrust them out into the flowing stream, and the rippling waters bore them slowly away. The travellers sat still without moving or speaking. On the green bank near to the very point of the Tongue the Lady Galadriel stood alone and silent. As they passed her they turned and their eyes watched her slowly floating away from them. For so it seemed to them: Lorien was slipping backward, like a bright ship masted with enchanted trees, sailing on to forgotten shores, while they sat helpless upon the margin of the grey and leafless world.
女皇站了起来，塞勒鹏领着众人回到岸边。现在，三角洲上照耀着黄色的太陽，水面反射着银色的光芒，远征队的成员如同之前一样照着位置坐上船。罗瑞安的精灵高呼再会，边用灰色的长竿将小舟推进河中，一行人动也不动地坐在船上，看着凯兰崔尔女皇一言不发地孤身站在三角洲的边缘。当他们经过她的时候，纷纷回过头去看着她的身影，因为，对他们来说，罗瑞安像是一个在神木引导之下航向无穷深海中的美丽仙境；而他们只能束手无策地看着这景象缓缓离开，自己则进入那灰色的世界中。
“Ah! like gold fall the leaves in the wind, long years numberless as the wings of trees! The long years have passed like swift draughts of the sweet mead in lofty halls beyond the West, beneath the blue vaults of Varda wherein the stars tremble in the song of her voice, holy and queenly. Who now shall refill the cup for me? For now the Kindler, Varda, the Queen of the Stars, from Mount Everwhite has uplifted her hands like clouds, and all paths are drowned deep in shadow; and out of a grey country darkness lies on the foaming waves between us, and mist covers the jewels of Calacirya for ever. Now lost, lost to those from the East is Valimar! Farewell! Maybe thou shalt find Valimar. Maybe even thou shalt find it. Farewell!” Varda is the name of that Lady whom the Elves in these lands of exile name Elbereth.
啊！如同在风中坠落的黄金树叶，如同树木枝丫一般难以记数的年月啊！当我在那瓦尔达的蓝色苍穹下，西方美丽的壮丽大厅中，瓦尔达神圣、优美的的声音让星辰颤抖，漫长的岁月如同甜蜜的蜂蜜酒一般一饮而尽。谁能为我再度装满酒杯？漫长的岁月如同甜蜜的蜂蜜酒一般一饮而尽。永白山之母已经举起洁白如同云朵一般的玉臂，在那被暗影吞蚀的道路上，从那一波波灰色的浪潮中，迷雾永远遮蔽了卡拉瑟雅的宝石。都失落了，失落在那主神之城瓦力马！再会了！愿汝能见瓦力马，愿汝终将寻到瓦力马。再会！
Yet as is the way of Elvish words, they remained graven in his memory, and long afterwards he interpreted them, as well as he could: the language was that of Elven-song and spoke of things little known on Middle-earth.
但是，正如同精灵的语言一样，它们依旧刻在佛罗多的脑海中，很久以后，当他试图翻译这些语言的时候，才发现它们所吟唱的是精灵所见，中古世界一无所知的事物。
“Tell me, Legolas, why did I come on this Quest? Little did I know where the chief peril lay! Truly Elrond spoke, saying that we could not foresee what we might meet upon our road. Torment in the dark was the danger that I feared, and it did not hold me back. But I would not have come, had I known the danger of light and joy. Now I have taken my worst wound in this parting, even if I were to go this night straight to the Dark Lord. Alas for Gimli son of Gloin!”
“告诉我，勒苟拉斯，我为什么要参加这个任务？我根本不知道真正的危险在何处！爱隆说的是正确的，我们根本不应该推测未来会遇到什么危险。我害怕的是在黑暗中的拷打，但这并没有阻止我；可是，如果我知道即将面对这么样的光明和愉悦，我可能反而因此却步。现在，即使我今晚就立刻面对黑暗魔君，也不可能受到比这还重的伤害了。唉呀！金雳啊！”
Suddenly the River swept round a bend, and the banks rose upon either side, and the light of Lorien was hidden. To that fair land Frodo never came again.
突然间，大河转了个弯，两旁的河岸都开始升起，罗瑞安的光明跟着隐藏起来，佛罗多再也没有机会回到这个美丽的地方。
“I have looked the last upon that which was fairest,” he said to Legolas his companion. “Henceforward I will call nothing fair, unless it be her gift.” He put his hand to his breast.
“这是我和最美丽之人的最后一面，”他对勒苟拉斯说：“自此之后，除非是她所赏赐给我的礼物，我再也不会使用美丽这个名词。”他将手放到胸口。
“Nay!” said Legolas. “Alas for us all! And for all that walk the world in these after-days. For such is the way of it: to find and lose, as it seems to those whose boat is on the running stream. But I count you blessed, Gimli son of Gloin: for your loss you suffer of your own free will, and you might have chosen otherwise. But you have not forsaken your companions, and the least reward that you shall have is that the memory of Lothlorien shall remain ever clear and unstained in your heart, and shall neither fade nor grow stale.”
“不，”勒苟拉斯说：“你应该替我们每个人感叹！以及为所有未来的人们感叹。因为这就是天理，找到就代表着失去。但是，金雳，我认为你是受到祝福的，因为你的失去是出自于自己的选择，而且你本来还可以选择留在那里。但你没有放弃自己的伙伴，你的奖赏就是罗斯洛立安的记忆将永远萦绕在你心头，永远不会稍有褪色或是消失。”
The travellers now turned their faces to the journey; the sun was before them, and their eyes were dazzled, for all were filled with tears. Gimli wept openly.
行人转过脸，面对未来的行程。太陽照耀着前途，他们眼睛被光亮所炫，因为每个人都是泪水盈眶，金雳嚎啕大哭。
“But let us talk no more of it. Look to the boat! She is too low in the water with all this baggage, and the Great River is swift. I do not wish to drown my grief in cold water.” He took up a paddle, and steered towards the western bank, following Aragorn’s boat ahead, which had already moved out of the middle stream.
“别再说了吧，还是看着小舟吧！在行李的重压之下它已经吃水太多了，而大河的水又很急。我可不想要用冷水淹没我的哀伤。”他拿起桨，将船滑西方岸边，跟随着阿拉贡的船继续往下游走。
“Maybe,” said Gimli; “and I thank you for your words. True words doubtless; yet all such comfort is cold. Memory is not what the heart desires. That is only a mirror, be it clear as Kheled-zaram. Or so says the heart of Gimli the Dwarf. Elves may see things otherwise. Indeed I have heard that for them memory is more like to the waking world than to a dream. Not so for Dwarves.
“或许吧，”金雳说：“谢谢你的安慰，你说的是真话，但是和我的遭遇比起来依旧少了些什么，我的心里要的并不只有回忆。就算它如同卡雷德——萨鲁姆一样清澈，但它依旧只是面镜子啊！矮人金雳的心里是这样想的。可能精灵看事情的方法不同，我的确听说你们的回忆就如同真实世界一样的清晰，而不是像梦幻一般的迷蒙，但矮人就不一样。”
So the Company went on their long way, down the wide hurrying waters, borne ever southwards. Bare woods stalked along either bank, and they could not see any glimpse of the lands behind. The breeze died away and the River flowed without a sound. No voice of bird broke the silence. The sun grew misty as the day grew old, until it gleamed in a pale sky like a high white pearl. Then it faded into the West, and dusk came early, followed by a grey and starless night. Far into the dark quiet hours they floated on, guiding their boats under the overhanging shadows of the western woods. Great trees passed by like ghosts, thrusting their twisted thirsty roots through the mist down into the water. It was dreary and cold. Frodo sat and listened to the faint lap and gurgle of the River fretting among the tree-roots and driftwood near the shore, until his head nodded and he fell into an uneasy sleep.
就这样，远征队的成员继续他们漫长的旅程，沿着宽广的大河往南方走。两旁的树林遮蔽了他们的视线，让他们再也无法看见身后的景物。风突然间消失，河流也变得寂静无声，没有任何的鸟叫声打破这沉默。太陽变得十分模糊，所投下的光芒也渐渐变弱，最后变得有点像高挂在天空中的一枚珍珠。然后，太陽缓缓的消失在西方，暮色快速降临，紧接着来的是一个灰蒙蒙，没有星辰的夜晚。他们继续在西方森林的陰影中漂流了很长的一段时间，巨大的树木往后掠过，盘根错节老林将触角伸入水中，气氛很陰森，空气又很冰冷。佛罗多倾听着水流声缓缓地穿过这座森林，最后，陷入了不安的沉眠中。
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