As if to his eyes some sudden vision had been given, Gandalf stirred; and he turned, looking back north where the skies were pale and clear. Then he lifted up his hands and cried in a loud voice ringing above the din: The Eagles are coming! And many voices answered crying: The Eagles are coming! The Eagles are coming! The hosts of Mordor looked up and wondered what this sign might mean.
甘道夫彷佛突然间看见了什么预兆，他挪动身体，转过身，看着苍白、清澈的北方天空。然后，他举起手，用盖过这一切的雄浑嗓音大喊道：巨鹰来了！许多声音回应着：巨鹰来了！巨鹰来了！魔多的部队困惑地抬起头，不知这究竟是什么预兆。
There came Gwaihir the Windlord, and Landroval his brother, greatest of all the Eagles of the North, mightiest of the descendants of old Thorondor, who built his eyries in the inaccessible peaks of the Encircling Mountains when Middle-earth was young. Behind them in long swift lines came all their vassals from the northern mountains, speeding on a gathering wind. Straight down upon the Nazgûl they bore, stooping suddenly out of the high airs, and the rush of their wide wings as they passed over was like a gale.
风王关赫的确降临了！它的兄弟兰楚瓦也跟着驾到。它们是北方巨鹰中最尊贵的统治者，也是古老的索隆多子嗣中最强大的鹰王。在中土世界初诞生不久，索隆多就在围环山脉的绝顶上建造它的巢穴，是天下间最尊贵的生物之一；跟随在它们之后的是北方山脉中所有的巨鹰，乘着强风俯冲而下。它们从高空骤然出现，朝着戒灵直冲，巨大的翅膀带起了如同飓风般的波动。
All about the hills the hosts of Mordor raged. The Captains of the West were foundering in a gathering sea. The sun gleamed red, and under the wings of the Nazgûl the shadows of death fell dark upon the earth. Aragorn stood beneath his banner, silent and stern, as one lost in thought of things long past or far away; but his eyes gleamed like stars that shine the brighter as the night deepens. Upon the hill-top stood Gandalf, and he was white and cold and no shadow fell on him. The onslaught of Mordor broke like a wave on the beleaguered hills, voices roaring like a tide amid the wreck and crash of arms.
魔多的部队将山丘四周包围得滴水不漏，西方将领们面对的，是一片充满了杀气和敌意的海洋，太阳发出红光，在戒灵的翅膀之下，死亡的阴影笼罩着大地。亚拉冈站在王旗旁，沉默严肃地观察着，彷佛是在观看着过去或是遥远未来的哲学家；但随着夜色渐渐落下，他的双眼也跟着暴射出精光。甘道夫站在山顶，他浑身洁白、冰冷，没有阴影可以沾染上他。魔多的部队如潮水般的掩杀而至，兵器敲击的声音震耳欲聋。
“Stand, Men of the West! Stand and wait! This is the hour of doom.”
“住手，西方的人们哪！等一等！这是末日将临的时刻…”
And even as he spoke the earth rocked beneath their feet. Then rising swiftly up, far above the Towers of the Black Gate, high above the mountains, a vast soaring darkness sprang into the sky, flickering with fire. The earth groaned and quaked. The Towers of the Teeth swayed, tottered, and fell down; the mighty rampart crumbled; the Black Gate was hurled in ruin; and from far away, now dim, now growing, now mounting to the clouds, there came a drumming rumble, a roar, a long echoing roll of ruinous noise.
正当他开口的时候，地面开始剧烈的震动，从黑门后高塔外的庭园上，冒出了浓密的黑烟，之间穿梭着炽烈的火焰。大地发出哀鸣，不停地晃动，牙之塔缓缓倾斜，轰然一声坠落下来，巨大的桥梁崩坏，黑门化成一堆废墟…从遥远的地方、从云端，不约而同地传来了万物毁灭的闷响──
Then all the Captains of the West cried aloud, for their hearts were filled with a new hope in the midst of darkness. Out from the beleaguered hills knights of Gondor, Riders of Rohan, Dúnedain of the North, close-serried companies, drove against their wavering foes, piercing the press with the thrust of bitter spears. But Gandalf lifted up his arms and called once more in a clear voice:
西方众将们同时振臂高呼！在这让人窒息的黑暗中，他们心中充满了新的希望。从这被包围的山丘上，刚铎的骑士、洛汗的骠骑、北方的游侠全都携手同心的冲向敌人，锐利的长枪杀出一条血路。但就在此时，甘道夫高举双臂，再度用雄浑的声音大喊道：
But the Nazgûl turned and fled, and vanished into Mordor’s shadows, hearing a sudden terrible call out of the Dark Tower; and even at that moment all the hosts of Mordor trembled, doubt clutched their hearts, their laughter failed, their hands shook and their limbs were loosed. The Power that drove them on and filled them with hate and fury was wavering, its will was removed from them; and now looking in the eyes of their enemies they saw a deadly light and were afraid.
听到邪黑塔所传出的命令后，戒灵转身就逃，消失在魔多的黑影中。就在这同一时刻，魔多的部队军心瞬间涣散，他们的心中充满疑惑，笑声跟着中断，全都陷入不知所措的困境中。原先驱赶他们，让他们心中充满仇恨、愤怒的力量动摇了，他的意志遗弃了他们；看着敌人的眼神，他们只能够看见致命的光芒，也因此感到无比的恐惧。
“The realm of Sauron is ended!” said Gandalf. “The Ring-bearer has fulfilled his Quest.” And as the Captains gazed south to the Land of Mordor, it seemed to them that, black against the pall of cloud, there rose a huge shape of shadow, impenetrable, lightning-crowned, filling all the sky. Enormous it reared above the world, and stretched out towards them a vast threatening hand, terrible but impotent: for even as it leaned over them, a great wind took it, and it was all blown away, and passed; and then a hush fell.
甘道夫大喊着：“索伦的国度已经毁灭了！魔戒持有者完成了使命！”当众将一齐望向魔多的时候，他们发现从那尘云中伸出了一团巨大的、彷佛足以吞没一切的黑影，它顶端冒着眩目的电光，将整个天空完全遮蔽；庞大的身躯朝向这世界延展，伸出一只恐怖、怀着杀气的巨手，但这只是垂死的挣扎。一阵强风吹来，这一切都被吹得烟消云散，取而代之的是无比的静默。
The Captains bowed their heads; and when they looked up again, behold! their enemies were flying and the power of Mordor was scattering like dust in the wind. As when death smites the swollen brooding thing that inhabits their crawling hill and holds them all in sway, ants will wander witless and purposeless and then feebly die, so the creatures of Sauron, orc or troll or beast spell-enslaved, ran hither and thither mindless; and some slew themselves, or cast themselves in pits, or fled wailing back to hide in holes and dark lightless places far from hope. But the Men of Rhûn and of Harad, Easterling and Southron, saw the ruin of their war and the great majesty and glory of the Captains of the West. And those that were deepest and longest in evil servitude, hating the West, and yet were men proud and bold, in their turn now gathered themselves for a last stand of desperate battle. But the most part fled eastward as they could; and some cast their weapons down and sued for mercy.
众将低下头，当他们再度抬起头时！看哪！所有的敌人四散奔逃，魔多的部队像是烈阳下的冰雪一样快速的融化，这些妖物如同蚁穴被捣烂的蚂蚁一般，不分东南西北的乱窜；索伦旗下的半兽人、食人妖和受到魔法控制的野兽，全都面临着同样的命运。它们如无头苍蝇般的没命狂奔，有些自相残杀，有些惨叫着跳入深渊，有些则是躲进不见天日的洞穴中。不过，原先居住在卢恩内海和哈拉德的人明白这场战斗必败无疑，也见识到了西方众将的英勇和荣光。那些投身邪恶已久的人们，虽然痛恨西方，但仍然是自傲、勇敢的战士，他们集结兵力，决定奋战到底。不过，大部分的士兵还是往东奔逃，有些则是丢盔弃甲，向眼前的敌人投降。
“Twice you have borne me, Gwaihir my friend,” said Gandalf. “Thrice shall pay for all, if you are willing. You will not find me a burden much greater than when you bore me from Zirakzigil, where my old life burned away.”
“关赫老友，你曾经载过我两次，”甘道夫说：“如果你愿意的话，三次就可以告一段落了。我不会比当年在西拉克西吉尔山峰重生时重上多少。”
Then Gandalf, leaving all such matters of battle and command to Aragorn and the other lords, stood upon the hill-top and called; and down to him came the great eagle, Gwaihir the Windlord, and stood before him.
甘道夫把这一切指挥作战的事物，都交给亚拉冈和其他的贵族，他自己则是站在山顶上大喊；风王关赫俯冲而下，栖息在他身边。
“Then come, and let your brother go with us, and some other of your folk who is most swift! For we have need of speed greater than any wind, outmatching the wings of the Nazgûl.”
“那就来吧，请你的兄弟和另外一只最快的巨鹰和我们一起来吧！我们需要的是比风还要快的速度，必须超越那些戒灵才行！”
“The North Wind blows, but we shall outfly it,” said Gwaihir. And he lifted up Gandalf and sped away south, and with him went Landroval, and Meneldor young and swift. And they passed over Udûn and Gorgoroth and saw all the land in ruin and tumult beneath them, and before them Mount Doom blazing, pouring out its fire.
“北风吹拂，但我们还是可以超越它，”关赫说。他抓起甘道夫，飞快地往南飞，兰楚瓦和年轻的曼奈多紧跟在后。它们越过了乌顿和葛哥洛斯平原，目睹了底下的惨状，末日火山就在他们的面前爆发，喷出炽热的岩浆。
“I would bear you,” answered Gwaihir, “whither you will, even were you made of stone.”
“我愿意送你一程！”关赫回答：“即使你是用石头做的，我也愿意送你到任何地方。”
“I am glad that you are here with me,” said Frodo. “Here at the end of all things, Sam.”
“我真高兴你在我身边！”佛罗多说：“我们可以一起经历这结局，山姆。”
“Maybe not, Sam,” said Frodo; “but it’s like things are in the world. Hopes fail. An end comes. We have only a little time to wait now. We are lost in ruin and downfall, and there is no escape.”
“或许吧，山姆，”佛罗多说：“但这就像这个世界的一切一样。希望消逝，终局到来，我们只须要再等一下子就好了。我们已经被困在这即将毁灭的地方，根本无路可逃了！”
“Yes, I am with you, Master,” said Sam, laying Frodo’s wounded hand gently to his breast. “And you’re with me. And the journey’s finished. But after coming all that way I don’t want to give up yet. It’s not like me, somehow, if you understand.”
“是的，主人，我就在你身边！”山姆将佛罗多受伤的手，轻柔地放到他胸口。“你也和我在一起，我们的旅程终于结束了。不过，走了这么远，我不想就这么放弃。如果你了解我的话，这不像我的风格。”
“Very well, Sam. If you wish to go, I’ll come,” said Frodo; and they rose and went slowly down the winding road; and even as they passed towards the Mountain’s quaking feet, a great smoke and steam belched from the Sammath Naur, and the side of the cone was riven open, and a huge fiery vomit rolled in slow thunderous cascade down the eastern mountain-side.
“好吧，山姆，如果你想走，我就跟你一起走。”佛罗多说。两人沿着蜿蜒的小径一路往下走。正当他们朝着山脚前进时，火焰之厅冒出了大团浓烟和蒸汽，山的那一侧整个被炸开，大量的岩浆沿着东坡流淌而下。
“Well, Master, we could at least go further from this dangerous place here, from this Crack of Doom, if that’s its name. Now couldn’t we? Come, Mr. Frodo, let’s go down the path at any rate!”
“好吧，主人，我们至少可以离这个危险的地方远一点，对吧？来吧，佛罗多先生，我们先沿着小径走下去吧！”
Frodo and Sam could go no further. Their last strength of mind and body was swiftly ebbing. They had reached a low ashen hill piled at the Mountain’s foot; but from it there was no more escape. It was an island now, not long to endure, amid the torment of Orodruin. All about it the earth gaped, and from deep rifts and pits smoke and fumes leaped up. Behind them the Mountain was convulsed. Great rents opened in its side. Slow rivers of fire came down the long slopes towards them. Soon they would be engulfed. A rain of hot ash was falling.
佛罗多和山姆再也走不动了，他们最后一丝意志和最后一丝体力都在快速流失中。他们已经走到了山脚下灰烬堆出来的小丘旁，从那之后就无路可走了，那已经成了岩浆海中一座即将毁灭的小岛。四周的大地全都开始龟裂，恶臭的黑烟源源不绝的冒出，他们身后的火山开始震动，山的边坡裂了开来，黏稠的岩浆沿着山坡朝向他们呼啸流来，两人很快就会被吞没，一阵炽热的火山灰落了下来──
They stood now; and Sam still holding his master’s hand caressed it. He sighed. “What a tale we have been in, Mr. Frodo, haven’t we?” he said. “I wish I could hear it told! Do you think they’ll say: Now comes the story of Nine-fingered Frodo and the Ring of Doom? And then everyone will hush, like we did, when in Rivendell they told us the tale of Beren One-hand and the Great Jewel. I wish I could hear it! And I wonder how it will go on after our part.”
两人站着面对这一切，山姆依旧温柔地抚摸着主人的手。他叹气道：“佛罗多先生，我们所身处的这个故事还真是壮烈啊，对吧？”他说：“我真希望有一天能够听别人说这个故事，你猜他们会不会说：接下来就是九指佛罗多，和那末日魔戒的故事？然后每个人都会安静下来，屏息以待，就像我们在瑞文戴尔听到独臂贝伦和那精灵美钻的故事时一样。我真希望我可以听听看！我也好想要知道在这之后，故事到底会怎么样！”
But even while he spoke so, to keep fear away until the very last, his eyes still strayed north, north into the eye of the wind, to where the sky far off was clear, as the cold blast, rising to a gale, drove back the darkness and the ruin of the clouds.
即使在他不停的说话，希望能赶走临终前的恐惧时，他的眼睛还是看着北方。北方的乌云已经裂开了大洞，清澈的北风从那里吹来，将黑暗和毁灭的尘云全都吹开。
And so it was that Gwaihir saw them with his keen far-seeing eyes, as down the wild wind he came, and daring the great peril of the skies he circled in the air: two small dark figures, forlorn, hand in hand upon a little hill, while the world shook under them, and gasped, and rivers of fire drew near. And even as he espied them and came swooping down, he saw them fall, worn out, or choked with fumes and heat, or stricken down by despair at last, hiding their eyes from death.
此时，关赫锐利的眼睛看见了他们，它乘着风势俯冲，并且在空中盘旋着：眼前是两个矮小、孤单的身影，手牵着手站在小丘上，四周则是天摇地动，岩浆迅速逼近。正当它俯冲而下时，两个人影倒了下来──或许是由于高热和黑烟、或许是由于绝望和恐惧，两人并不打算亲眼目睹自己生命的终结。
He remembered that smell: the fragrance of Ithilien. “Bless me!” he mused. “How long have I been asleep?” For the scent had borne him back to the day when he had lit his little fire under the sunny bank; and for the moment all else between was out of waking memory. He stretched and drew a deep breath. “Why, what a dream I’ve had!” he muttered. “I am glad to wake!” He sat up and then he saw that Frodo was lying beside him, and slept peacefully, one hand behind his head, and the other resting upon the coverlet. It was the right hand, and the third finger was missing.
他想起了这气味：这是伊西立安的香味。“天哪！”他思索着：“我究竟睡了多久？”这味道让他回到了在那溪边阳光下做菜的时刻，在那之后的经历彷佛都只是一场噩梦。他伸了个懒腰，深吸一口气。“哇，真是好一场梦啊！”他喃喃自语道：“我真高兴可以醒过来！”他坐了起来，发现佛罗多正安祥地睡在他身边，一只手放在枕头下，一只手放在胸口──那是右手，第三根指头不见了。
Side by side they lay; and down swept Gwaihir, and down came Landroval and Meneldor the swift; and in a dream, not knowing what fate had befallen them, the wanderers were lifted up and borne far away out of the darkness and the fire.
两人肩并肩的躺着，关赫冲了下来，兰楚瓦和曼奈多跟着瞄准目标。两个受尽折磨的旅人，恍惚间以为自己还在梦中，就悠悠地被带离了这黑暗和火焰互相毁灭的恐怖之境。
When Sam awoke, he found that he was lying on some soft bed, but over him gently swayed wide beechen boughs, and through their young leaves sunlight glimmered, green and gold. All the air was full of a sweet mingled scent.
当山姆醒过来的时候，他发现自己躺在柔软的床上，头顶上则是摇曳生姿的绿叶，阳光穿透这翠绿的屏障，将一片绿光和金光慷慨洒下，空气中溢满了甜美的气息。
But Sam lay back, and stared with open mouth, and for a moment, between bewilderment and great joy, he could not answer. At last he gasped: “Gandalf! I thought you were dead! But then I thought I was dead myself. Is everything sad going to come untrue? What’s happened to the world?”
山姆躺了回去，张大着嘴，又惊又喜，不知道该说些什么。最后，他才好不容易挤出几句话：“甘道夫！我以为你死了！不过，我也以为我死了。所有伤心的事情难道都是幻觉吗？这个世界到底是怎么一回事？”
Full memory flooded back, and Sam cried aloud: “It wasn’t a dream! Then where are we?”
一切突然间都回到山姆的脑海中，他大喊一声：“这不是梦！我们到底在哪里？”
And a voice spoke softly behind him: “In the land of Ithilien, and in the keeping of the King; and he awaits you.” With that Gandalf stood before him, robed in white, his beard now gleaming like pure snow in the twinkling of the leafy sunlight. “Well, Master Samwise, how do you feel?” he said.
有个声音在他身后说了：“在伊西立安哪，你们在人皇的照顾下，他在等你们呢！”穿着白袍的甘道夫走了出来，他的胡子像是纯白的雪一样在阳光下闪烁着。“好了，山姆卫斯先生，你觉得怎么样？”他说。
“A great Shadow has departed,” said Gandalf, and then he laughed, and the sound was like music, or like water in a parched land; and as he listened the thought came to Sam that he had not heard laughter, the pure sound of merriment, for days upon days without count. It fell upon his ears like the echo of all the joys he had ever known. But he himself burst into tears. Then, as a sweet rain will pass down a wind of spring and the sun will shine out the clearer, his tears ceased, and his laughter welled up, and laughing he sprang from his bed.
“一道巨大的阴影离开了，”甘道夫说，然后他笑了，那声音像是音乐、像是久旱之后的甘霖。山姆一边听着，一边才意识到自己已经有许多许多天，不曾听到人们因为欢愉而发出的笑声了！这在他的耳中听起来，像是出生以来所有快乐的总和，但他自己却忍不住哭了起来。然后，他停了下来，觉得心头的重担全都随之消散，笑着跳下床来。
“The fourteenth of the New Year,” said Gandalf; “or if you like, the eighth day of April in the Shire-reckoning. But in Gondor the New Year will always now begin upon the twenty-fifth of March when Sauron fell, and when you were brought out of the fire to the King. He has tended you, and now he awaits you. You shall eat and drink with him. When you are ready I will lead you to him.”
“新年的第十四天，”甘道夫说，“或者可以说是夏垦历法的四月八日。夏尔的历法中三月有三十天。但是在刚铎，，新年总是从三月二十五日开始，索伦被推翻的那天开始计算，你也是在那天脱离火海，回到人皇的怀抱中。他之前医好了你，现在他在等你呢！你应该和他一起用餐，等你盥洗完毕，我就会带你过去。”
“Yes, I am all right otherwise,” said Frodo, sitting up and laughing in his turn. “I fell asleep again waiting for you, Sam, you sleepy-head. I was awake early this morning, and now it must be nearly noon.”
“是啊，我没别的问题，”佛罗多也笑着坐了起来。“山姆，你这个爱困鬼，我又因为等你睡着了。我今天一早就醒过来，现在一定快中午了。”
“Noon?” said Sam, trying to calculate. “Noon of what day?”
“中午？”山姆试着推算日子。“哪一天的中午？”
“How do I feel?” he cried. “Well, I don’t know how to say it. I feel, I feel” — he waved his arms in the air — “I feel like spring after winter, and sun on the leaves; and like trumpets and harps and all the songs I have ever heard!” He stopped and he turned towards his master. “But how’s Mr. Frodo?” he said. “Isn’t it a shame about his poor hand? But I hope he’s all right otherwise. He’s had a cruel time.”
“你问我觉得怎么样？”他大喊着：“我不知道该怎么形容，我觉得，我觉得──”他挥舞着手臂：“我觉得好像是寒冬之后的春天，阳光洒在绿叶上，像是号角、竖琴和所有我听过的音乐加起来一样！”他停了下来，转身看着主人。“佛罗多先生怎么样呢？”他说：“他的手受伤了，我希望他没别的问题，这段时间他真是可怜哪！”
“The King of Gondor and Lord of the Western Lands,” said Gandalf; “and he has taken back all his ancient realm. He will ride soon to his crowning, but he waits for you.”
“是刚铎和西方大地的人皇，”甘道夫说：“他已经收回了所有古代的领地，他很快就可以登基了，但他在等你。”
“What shall we wear?” said Sam; for all he could see was the old and tattered clothes that they had journeyed in, lying folded on the ground beside their beds.
“我们该穿什么？”山姆慌张地说，因为他只看见他们之前破烂的衣服叠在床边。
“The clothes that you wore on your way to Mordor,” said Gandalf. “Even the orc-rags that you bore in the black land, Frodo, shall be preserved. No silks and linens, nor any armour or heraldry could be more honourable. But later I will find some other clothes, perhaps.”
“你们去魔多所穿的衣服，”甘道夫说：“佛罗多，即使是你们在那黑暗大地上所穿的半兽人衣物，也应该保留下来，没有任何的高贵丝绸，或是战士的精工钢甲可以和它们相比。等一下我再替你们找一些别的衣服来穿。”
“The King?” said Sam. “What king, and who is he?”
“人皇？”山姆说，“什么人皇，他是谁？”
Then he held out his hands to them, and they saw that one shone with light. “What have you got there?” Frodo cried. “Can it be –?”
然后，他对着两人伸出手，他们看见其中一只手中闪烁着光芒。“你拿着的是什么？”佛罗多惊呼道：“该不会是──？”
“Yes, I have brought your two treasures. They were found on Sam when you were rescued, the Lady Galadriel’s gifts: your glass, Frodo, and your box, Sam. You will be glad to have these safe again.”
“是的，我带了两个宝物给你们，是在我救你们出来的时候，在山姆身上找到的。凯兰崔尔女皇的礼物，佛罗多，这是你的玻璃管；山姆，这是你的小盒子，你们应该会很高兴吧！”
When they were washed and clad, and had eaten a light meal, the Hobbits followed Gandalf. They stepped out of the beech-grove in which they had lain, and passed on to a long green lawn, glowing in sunshine, bordered by stately dark-leaved trees laden with scarlet blossom. Behind them they could hear the sound of falling water, and a stream ran down before them between flowering banks, until it came to a greenwood at the lawn’s foot and passed then on under an archway of trees, through which they saw the shimmer of water far away.
当他们梳洗完毕之后，先随意吃了顿点心，然后才跟着甘道夫离开。他们走出了之前所在的柏树林，来到一片在阳光下闪闪发光的草地，附近则是看来相当尊贵、有着鲜红花朵的树木。他们可以听见身后传来流水的声音，一条小河从眼前的花床间流过，穿越了草地旁的高大树木，远方还有着水波反射的光芒。
Praise them with great praise, Frodo and Samwise!
赞颂他们的伟大，佛罗多和山姆卫斯！
Daur a Berhael, Conin en Annûn! Eglerio!
Daur a Berhael， Conin en Annûn！ Eglerio！
“Long live the Halflings! Praise them with great praise!
“半身人万岁！赞颂他们的伟大！
Eglerio!
Eglerio！
A laita te, laita te! Andave laituvalmet!
A laita te， laita te！ Andave laituvalmet！
Cuio i Pheriain anann! Aglar’ni Pheriannath!
Cuio i Pheriain anann！ Aglar’ni Pheriannath！
Praise them!
赞美他们！
As they came to the opening in the wood, they were surprised to see knights in bright mail and tall guards in silver and black standing there, who greeted them with honour and bowed before them. And then one blew a long trumpet, and they went on through the aisle of trees beside the singing stream. So they came to a wide green land, and beyond it was a broad river in a silver haze, out of which rose a long wooded isle, and many ships lay by its shores. But on the field where they now stood a great host was drawn up, in ranks and companies glittering in the sun. And as the Hobbits approached swords were unsheathed, and spears were shaken, and horns and trumpets sang, and men cried with many voices and in many tongues:
当他们来到森林中的这块空地时，他们惊讶地发现穿着闪亮盔甲的骑士，和黑银色制服的卫队站在这里，这些人都尊敬地向他们鞠躬；接着，一声长长的号角吹响，他们还是沿着小溪旁的树林继续前进。就这样，他们来到了一块广大的绿地上，在那之后是条泛着银光的小河，中间则是一个长满树木的小岛，岸边停着许多的船只。他们所站的地方聚集了许多人，秩序井然的排列着。当哈比人走近时，人们纷纷拔剑，敲击着长枪，吹响号角，用许多不同的语言、不同的音调大喊着：
Cormacolindor, a laita tárienna!
Cormacolindor， a laita tárienna！
Praise them!
赞美他们！
Frodo ran to meet him, and Sam followed close behind. “Well, if this isn’t the crown of all!” he said. “Strider, or I’m still asleep!”
佛罗多奔向前，山姆紧跟在后。“哇！这可真是太棒了！”他说：“如果你不是神行客，我就是还在作梦了！”
And so the red blood blushing in their faces and their eyes shining with wonder, Frodo and Sam went forward and saw that amidst the clamorous host were set three high-seats built of green turves. Behind the seat upon the right floated, white on green, a great horse running free; upon the left was a banner, silver upon blue, a ship swan-prowed faring on the sea; but behind the highest throne in the midst of all a great standard was spread in the breeze, and there a white tree flowered upon a sable field beneath a shining crown and seven glittering stars. On the throne sat a mail-clad man, a great sword was laid across his knees, but he wore no helm. As they drew near he rose. And then they knew him, changed as he was, so high and glad of face, kingly, lord of Men, dark-haired with eyes of grey.
佛罗多和山姆胀红了脸，惊讶地看着眼前的一切，腼腆地往前走。接着，他们注意到在这欢声雷动的人群中，有三个王座安置在绿色的草地上。右边的座位后方，插着一面画有一匹自由奔驰的白色骏马，驰骋在绿地上的旗帜；左边的旗帜则是一艘银色的天鹅船鼓浪前进，航行在蓝海之上；在两者之后，最高的王座后插着的是一面迎风招展的大旗，上面是一株盛开的白树耸立在黑色大地上，之上则是闪耀的皇冠和七颗耀眼的星辰。在那王座上坐着一名披着锁子甲的战士，他的膝盖上放着一柄巨剑，但他并没有戴任何的头盔。当他们走近时，他站了起来，两人这才认出对方。他变了许多，变得十分威严、满脸笑意，浑身散发着王者之气，但不变的还是那黑发和灰眸子。
“Yes, Sam, Strider,” said Aragorn. “It is a long way, is it not, from Bree, where you did not like the look of me? A long way for us all, but yours has been the darkest road.”
“是的，山姆，我是神行客，”亚拉冈说：“从布理到这边可真是好长的一段距离啊，对吧？你那时一点也不喜欢我的长相，还记得吗？对我们来说这都是条漫漫长路，但其中以你们两位的最为黑暗。”
Praise them! The Ring-bearers, praise them with great praise!”
赞美他们！魔戒持有者，赞颂他们的伟大！”
“Lo! lords and knights and men of valour unashamed, kings and princes, and fair people of Gondor, and Riders of Rohan, and ye sons of Elrond, and Dúnedain of the North, and Elf and Dwarf, and greathearts of the Shire, and all free folk of the West, now listen to my lay. For I will sing to you of Frodo of the Nine Fingers and the Ring of Doom.”
“各位！贵族、骑士、奋战不懈的人们，国王和王子、刚铎的人们、洛汗的骠骑、爱隆之子、北方的游侠、精灵和矮人，夏尔的人们，以及西方所有的自由之民们，请听我的故事。我将会吟唱那九指佛罗多和末日魔戒的故事…”
And then to Sam’s surprise and utter confusion he bowed his knee before them; and taking them by the hand, Frodo upon his right and Sam upon his left, he led them to the throne, and setting them upon it, he turned to the men and captains who stood by and spoke, so that his voice rang over all the host, crying: “Praise them with great praise!”
接着，山姆大为惊讶地发现，对方竟然向他们屈膝为礼，牵着两人的手，佛罗多在右边，山姆在左边。亚拉冈领着两人来到王座上，让他们一人坐在一边，接着，他转过身，对云集的人们大呼：“赞颂他们的伟大！”
And when Sam heard that he laughed aloud for sheer delight, and he stood up and cried: “O great glory and splendour! And all my wishes have come true!” And then he wept.
当山姆听见这歌谣的名称，立刻高兴地哈哈大笑，他兴奋地站起来大喊：“喔，真是太棒，太棒了！我的愿望全都成真了！”然后他忍不住喜极而泣。
And when the glad shout had swelled up and died away again, to Sam’s final and complete satisfaction and pure joy, a minstrel of Gondor stood forth, and knelt, and begged leave to sing. And behold! he said:
当众人的欢呼和掌声终于平静下来时，心满意足的山姆，终于高兴地看见刚铎的吟游诗人站了出来，单膝跪下，请求王上恩准他开口歌唱。注意啦！他唱道：
Frodo and Sam were led apart and brought to a tent, and there their old raiment was taken off, but folded and set aside with honour; and clean linen was given to them. Then Gandalf came and in his arms, to the wonder of Frodo, he bore the sword and the elven-cloak and the mithril-coat that had been taken from him in Mordor. For Sam he brought a coat of gilded mail, and his elven-cloak all healed of the soils and hurts that it had suffered; and then he laid before them two swords.
佛罗多和山姆被带到另一座帐篷中，他们脱下了旧衣服，仆人把它们小心翼翼地收起，递给他们崭新的衣物。甘道夫走了进来，佛罗多惊讶地发现，他的臂弯中竟然抱着他在魔多被夺去的配剑、斗篷和秘银甲。除了这些之外，甘道夫则是带给山姆另一件锁子甲和重新缝补好的精灵斗篷，然后，他将两柄宝剑放在两人面前。
And all the host laughed and wept, and in the midst of their merriment and tears the clear voice of the minstrel rose like silver and gold, and all men were hushed. And he sang to them, now in the elven-tongue, now in the speech of the West, until their hearts, wounded with sweet words, overflowed, and their joy was like swords, and they passed in thought out to regions where pain and delight flow together and tears are the very wine of blessedness.
所有的宾客们也是有的欢笑、有的饮泣，在众人激动的情绪中，吟游诗人的歌声如同银铃般响起，大伙全都安静下来。他有时用精灵的语言、有时以通用语，描述着整场伟大的冒险，直到所有的人心中都充满了那甘醇的话语。他们的欢愉像利剑一样切开了阴霾，所有人的情绪都混杂着欢喜和哀伤，眼泪成了浩劫余生的人们最甜美的祝福。
And at the last, as the Sun fell from the noon and the shadows of the trees lengthened, he ended. “Praise them with great praise!” he said and knelt. And then Aragorn stood up, and all the host arose, and they passed to pavilions made ready, to eat and drink and make merry while the day lasted.
最后，太阳越过中天，树木的阴影也斜向东方。“赞颂他们的伟大！”吟游诗人跪了下来，行礼道。亚拉冈站起身，所有的宾客也跟着同时起立，众人全都进入准备好的帐篷中，用美酒和佳肴庆祝这重生的喜悦。
“Tonight at least you should wear one,” said Gandalf.
“至少今晚你应该配一把。”甘道夫回答。
“I do not wish for any sword,” said Frodo.
“我不想要带剑，”佛罗多说。
Frodo gave way; and Gandalf, as if he were their esquire, knelt and girt the sword-belts about them, and then rising he set circlets of silver upon their heads. And when they were arrayed they went to the great feast; and they sat at the King’s table with Gandalf, and King Éomer of Rohan, and the Prince Imrahil and all the chief captains; and there also were Gimli and Legolas.
佛罗多最后只得让步，甘道夫充当他们的侍从，竟然跪下来替两人别好腰带和配剑，然后将银色的冠冕套到他们头上。当他们打扮妥当之后，立刻前往参加那盛大的宴会，他们和甘道夫、洛汗的伊欧墨王、印拉希尔王子和所有的将领，以及金雳和勒苟拉斯坐在同一桌。
Then Frodo took the small sword that had belonged to Sam, and had been laid at his side in Cirith Ungol. “Sting I gave to you Sam,” he said.
佛罗多收下了山姆在西力斯昂哥放在他身边的宝剑，“我把刺针送给山姆了，”他说。
“No, master! Mr. Bilbo gave it to you, and it goes with his silver coat; he would not wish anyone else to wear it now.”
“不，主人！比尔博先生是把它送给你的，而那锁子甲是和它配一套的，他不会希望其他人穿戴它的。”
But when, after the Standing Silence, wine was brought there came in two esquires to serve the kings; or so they seemed to be: one was clad in the silver and sable of the Guards of Minas Tirith, and the other in white and green. But Sam wondered what such young boys were doing in an army of mighty men. Then suddenly as they drew near and he could see them plainly, he exclaimed:
在默祷之后，两名随扈替众人送上美酒，至少，佛罗多以为他们是随扈。一人穿着米那斯提力斯卫戍部队的黑银制服，另一人穿着白色和绿色的衣物。山姆觉得很好奇，为什么这样的少年会在这么多重要人物的部队中服役？接着，等到他们靠近时，他才惊讶地发现：
“There are indeed,” said Pippin turning towards him. “And we’ll begin telling them, as soon as this feast is ended. In the meantime you can try Gandalf. He’s not so close as he used to be, though he laughs now more than he talks. For the present Merry and I are busy. We are knights of the City and of the Mark, as I hope you observe.”
“的确，”皮聘转向他们说：“等这场宴会结束，我们马上就会找你们聊天。现在你可以找甘道夫谈谈，他不再像以前那样守口如瓶了，不过他现在开口都是大笑比较多。梅里和我现在很忙，两位应该也看得出来，我们是王城和骠骑直属的骑士。”
“Why, look Mr. Frodo! Look here! Well, if it isn’t Pippin. Mr. Peregrin Took I should say, and Mr. Merry! How they have grown! Bless me! But I can see there’s more tales to tell than ours.”
“哇！佛罗多先生你快看！看这边！这可不是皮聘吗？我该说皮瑞格林—图克先生；这是梅里先生！他们长得好高啊！天哪，我想这下子要说的故事，绝对不只是我们两个的了！”
At last the glad day ended; and when the Sun was gone and the round Moon rode slowly above the mists of Anduin and flickered through the fluttering leaves, Frodo and Sam sat under the whispering trees amid the fragrance of fair Ithilien; and they talked deep into the night with Merry and Pippin and Gandalf, and after a while Legolas and Gimli joined them. There Frodo and Sam learned much of all that had happened to the Company after their fellowship was broken on the evil day at Parth Galen by Rauros Falls; and still there was always more to ask and more to tell.
最后，这快乐的一天终于结束了，当太阳下山，圆月缓缓穿过安都因的迷雾而升起时，佛罗多和山姆坐在摇曳的树下，嗅着伊西立安的芬芳；他们和梅里、皮聘以及甘道夫一路聊到深夜，过不了多久，金雳和勒苟拉斯也加入了他们。佛罗多和山姆这才知道，当他们在拉洛斯瀑布附近分离之后，远征队发生了什么事情；除此之外，他们还有许多想要知道、想要问清楚的故事。
“Ent-draughts?” said Sam. “There you go about Ents again; but what they are beats me. Why, it will take weeks before we get all these things sized up!”
“树人饮料？”山姆说：“你又提到树人了，我实在无法想像他们是什么。天哪，我们要搞清楚这些东西得花好几个星期哪！”
Orcs, and talking trees, and leagues of grass, and galloping riders, and glittering caves, and white towers and golden halls, and battles, and tall ships sailing, all these passed before Sam’s mind until he felt bewildered. But amidst all these wonders he returned always to his astonishment at the size of Merry and Pippin; and he made them stand back to back with Frodo and himself. He scratched his head. “Can’t understand it at your age!” he said. “But there it is: you’re three inches taller than you ought to be, or I’m a dwarf.”
半兽人、会说话的树木、一望无际的草原、奔驰的骑士、闪着幽光的洞穴、白色的高塔、黄金的宫殿、战斗、黑色巨舰，这所有的景象都一个接一个的掠过山姆脑海，直到他觉得脑袋再也装不下为止。不过，他最惊讶的还是皮聘和梅里长高的程度，他让他们和佛罗多及自己背对背的站着，他不禁搔了搔头，“你们这种年纪还会发育！”他说：“我看哪，你们至少高了三寸，不然我就变成矮人了。”
“That you certainly are not,” said Gimli. “But what did I say? Mortals cannot go drinking ent-draughts and expect no more to come of them than of a pot of beer.”
“你可不是矮人哪，”金雳说：“你们难道不知道吗？凡人喝了树人的饮料，可不会只像喝了杯啤酒一样那么简单啊。”
“Weeks indeed,” said Pippin. “And then Frodo will have to be locked up in a tower in Minas Tirith and write it all down. Otherwise he will forget half of it, and poor old Bilbo will be dreadfully disappointed.”
“的确是好几个星期，”皮聘说：“而我们还得把佛罗多关在米那斯提力斯，强迫他把所有的东西都写下来，否则到时他会忘记一大票事情，可怜的老比尔博会很失望的！”
At length Gandalf rose. “The hands of the King are hands of healing, dear friends,” he said. “But you went to the very brink of death ere he recalled you, putting forth all his power, and sent you into the sweet forgetfulness of sleep. And though you have indeed slept long and blessedly, still it is now time to sleep again.”
最后，甘道夫站了起来，“王之手是医者之手，亲爱的朋友们，”他说：“但他几乎用尽所有的力量才把你们从生死边缘救回来，让你们陷入甜美的梦境中。虽然你们已经熟睡了很久，但现在又该是休息的时候了。”
“And I,” said Legolas, “shall walk in the woods of this fair land, which is rest enough. In days to come, if my Elven-lord allows, some of our folk shall remove hither; and when we come it shall be blessed, for a while. For a while: a month, a life, a hundred years of Men. But Anduin is near, and Anduin leads down to the Sea. To the Sea!”
“至于我，”勒苟拉斯说：“我想在这块美丽土地上的森林中漫游，这样就算是休息了。在未来，如果我的主上容许，我们的一部分同胞可以搬到这里来。当我们来的时候，这里将会受到我们的祝福，至少暂时如此。暂时的意思是一个月、一生、人类的一百年。安都因就在附近，而它一路流向大海。向大海！
“And not only Sam and Frodo here,” said Gimli, “but you too, Pippin. I love you, if only because of the pains you have cost me, which I shall never forget. Nor shall I forget finding you on the hill of the last battle. But for Gimli the Dwarf you would have been lost then. But at least I know now the look of a hobbit’s foot, though it be all that can be seen under a heap of bodies. And when I heaved that great carcase off you, I made sure you were dead. I could have torn out my beard. And it is only a day yet since you were first up and abroad again. To bed now you go. And so shall I.”
“不只是山姆和佛罗多，”金雳说：“还有你，皮聘，光是冲着你让我们东奔西跑所费的功夫，我不喜欢你也不行。我也实在无法忘记，在最后一战时是怎么在山丘上捡到你的，如果不是矮人金雳，你可能早就完蛋了，不过，至少我现在可以从一大堆尸体中分辨出哈比人的脚了。当我把你救出来之后，我还真的以为你死了，差点就把自己的胡子给拔光。你下床走动也不过才一天而已，你该上床了，我也是。”
I will pass the wide waters lonely sailing.
我会孤单的航向那大海呀！
And so singing Legolas went away down the hill.
勒苟拉斯边唱着歌，边走进了树林。
For our days are ending and our years failing.
我们的时代正要结束，我们的日子已经过去啦！
Where the leaves fall not: land of my people for ever!”
树叶永不凋落，是我同胞永恒的故乡！”
Sweet are the voices in the Lost Isle calling,
消失的岛屿上声音甜美啦，
Long are the waves on the Last Shore falling,
最后的海岸上浪花飞溅呀！
To the Sea, to the Sea! The white gulls are crying,
向大海，向大海！白色的海鸥鸣叫哪！
The voices of my people that have gone before me?
是否就是我那先离开同胞的声音？
I will leave, I will leave the woods that bore me;
我会的，我会离开那生养我的森林；
Grey ship, grey ship, do you hear them calling,
灰船，灰色的巨舰，你听见他们的呼喊吗？
The wind is blowing, and the white foam is flying.
风儿吹动，浪花飞扬啊！
In Eressëa, in Elvenhome that no man can discover,
在伊拉西亚，在人类永寻不到的精灵之乡，
Then the others also departed, and Frodo and Sam went to their beds and slept. And in the morning they rose again in hope and peace; and they spent many days in Ithilien. For the Field of Cormallen, where the host was now encamped, was near to Henneth Annûn, and the stream that flowed from its falls could be heard in the night as it rushed down through its rocky gate, and passed through the flowery meads into the tides of Anduin by the Isle of Cair Andros. The hobbits wandered here and there visiting again the places that they had passed before; and Sam hoped always in some shadow of the woods or secret glade to catch, maybe, a glimpse of the great Oliphaunt. And when he learned that at the siege of Gondor there had been a great number of these beasts but that they were all destroyed, he thought it a sad loss.
其他人也跟着离开了，佛罗多和山姆回到床上，沉沉睡去；第二天早上，他们又同样满怀希望、安祥的起来。他们在伊西立安徜徉了很长的一段时间。众人所扎营的可麦伦平原就在汉那斯安南附近，在夜间可以听见那瀑布从门口落下，在凯尔安卓斯旁进入大河安都因。哈比人到处探险，重新体验那些他们之前曾经到过的地方。山姆总是希望能够在某处的秘密森林内，再度发现那猛的踪迹。当他知道在刚铎的攻城战中出现了很多这种巨兽，但现在已经全被杀死后，他有些失落的感觉。
West, west away, the round sun is falling.
往西，往西，圆圆的太阳正落下。
But at the last when the month of May was drawing near the Captains of the West set out again; and they went aboard ship with all their men, and they sailed from Cair Andros down Anduin to Osgiliath; and there they remained for one day; and the day after they came to the green fields of the Pelennor and saw again the white towers under tall Mindolluin, the City of the Men of Gondor, last memory of Westernesse, that had passed through the darkness and fire to a new day.
不过，当五月渐渐逼近的时候，西方的众将领又再度出发了。他们搭着船，带着所有的部下沿河而下，来到奥斯吉力亚斯。他们在那边停留了一天，第二天就来到了帕兰诺平原，再度看见那明都陆安山下洁白的高塔，也是刚铎的王城，西方皇族最后的遗迹。米那斯提力斯穿越劫火，即将迎接新的时代。
“Well, one can’t be everywhere at once, I suppose,” he said. “But I missed a lot, seemingly.”
“算啦，我想一个人同时也只能在一个地方，”他说：“但看来，我真的错过了很多精彩的部分！”
In the meanwhile the host made ready for the return to Minas Tirith. The weary rested and the hurt were healed. For some had laboured and fought much with the remnants of the Easterlings and Southrons, until all were subdued. And, latest of all, those returned who had passed into Mordor and destroyed the fortresses in the north of the land.
此时，部队已经准备好开拔回米那斯提力斯，疲倦的人已经恢复体力，伤者也都康复了。有些人还是必须持续的追剿那些东方和南方的部族，直到他们都被消灭为止。最后，这些人还深入魔多，摧毁了北方的要塞。
And there in the midst of the fields they set up their pavilions and awaited the morning; for it was the Eve of May, and the King would enter his gates with the rising of the Sun.
他们在平原上扎营，准备等待第二天清晨。这是五月前的最后一天，在第二天日出，人皇将回到他的王都。
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