Английский язык с М. Муркоком

The Nhadragh began to laugh (надраг начал смеяться) and the laugh turned into a cough (смех перешел в кашель) and blood came out of his mouth (кровь пошла из его рта; to come out — выходить, появляться) and poured down his chin (и потекла по подбородку; to pour — лить/ся/, разливать/ся/). As Corum wiped away the blood, he said (когда Корум вытер кровь, он произнес):

denied [d'nad] historian [h'st:rn] equilibrium [, i:kw'lbrm] laugh [l:f] cough [kf]

`But could you not escape? There are other planes.

`The other planes were denied to us. Our historians had it that the last great battle of the Vadhagh and the Nhadragh so disrupted the equilibrium of those planes that they were closed to us by the Gods …

`So you have relearnt superstition, too, mused Corum. `Ah, what do these Mabden do to us?

The Nhadragh began to laugh and the laugh turned into a cough and blood came out of his mouth and poured down his chin. As Corum wiped away the blood, he said:

`They supersede us, Vadhagh (они вытесняют нас, вадаг; to supersede — заменять, смещать, занимать чье-то место). They bring the darkness and they bring the terror (они несут тьму и ужас). They are the bane of beauty and the doom of truth (они — проклятье красоты и погибель правды; bane — убийца; отрава, бич). The world is Mabden now (это мабденский мир теперь). We have no right to continue existing (мы не имеем права продолжать существование). Nature abhors us (природа ненавидит нас; to abhor — питать отвращение, ненавидеть). We should not be here (мы не должны быть здесь)!

Corum sighed (Корум вздохнул).

`Is that your thinking, or theirs (это твое мнение или их; thinking — размышление, суждение)?

`It is a fact (это факт).

Corum shrugged (Корум пожал /плечами/).

supersede [, s (j) u:p'si:d] beauty ['bju:t] abhor [b'h:]

`They supersede us, Vadhagh. They bring the darkness and they bring the terror. They are the bane of beauty and the doom of truth. The world is Mabden now. We have no right to continue existing. Nature abhors us. We should not be here!

Corum sighed.

`Is that your thinking, or theirs?

`It is a fact.

Corum shrugged.

`Perhaps (возможно).

`It is a fact, Vadhagh. You would be mad if you denied it (ты будешь = должно быть, сумасшедший, если /станешь/ отрицать это).

`You said you thought this the last of our castles (ты сказал, /что/ думал, /будто/ это последний из наших замков; to think) …

`Not I (нет). I sensed there was another one (я чувствовал, /что/ есть еще один; to sense — чувствовать; осознавать). I told them (я сказал им /об этом/; to tell).

`And they have gone to seek it (и они отправились искать его)?

`Yes.

Corum gripped the being's shoulder (Корум схватил существо за плечо; to grip — схватить, крепко держать).

castle ['k:sl] shoulder ['uld]

`Perhaps.

`It is a fact, Vadhagh. You would be mad if you denied it.

`You said you thought this the last of our castles …

`Not I. I sensed there was another one. I told them.

`And they have gone to seek it?

`Yes.

Corum gripped the being's shoulder.

`Where (куда)?

The Nhadragh smiled (надраг улыбнулся).

`Where? Where else but in the West (куда /же/ еще, кроме как на запад)?

Corum ran to his horse (Корум побежал к коню; to run).

`Stay (постой)! croaked the Nhadragh (каркнул надраг). Slay me, I pray you, Vadhagh (убей меня, умоляю, вадаг; to slay — убивать, сражать; to pray — молить/ся/, упрашивать). Do not let me linger (не дай мне долго мучиться; to linger — задерживаться, медлить; медленно умирать)!

`I do not know how to kill (я не знаю, как убивать), Corum replied as he mounted the horse (ответил Корум, садясь на коня).

`Then you must learn, Vadhagh (тогда ты должен научиться, вадаг). You must learn! rasped the dying being (хрипло кричал умирающий; to rasp — издавать резкий, неприятный звук; говорить скрипучим голосом) as Corum frantically forced his horse to gallop down the hill (когда Корум неистово заставил коня скакать галопом = погнал коня вниз с холма; frantically — неистово, яростно, безумно).

rasped [r:spt] dying ['da] frantically ['fraentk l]

`Where?

The Nhadragh smiled.

`Where? Where else but in the West?

Corum ran to his horse.

`Stay! croaked the Nhadragh. Slay me, I pray you, Vadhagh. Do not let me linger!

`I do not know how to kill, Corum replied as he mounted the horse.

`Then you must learn, Vadhagh. You must learn! rasped the dying being as Corum frantically forced his horse to gallop down the hill.

CHAPTER FIVE (глава пятая) A Lesson Learned (полученный урок)