Английский язык с М. Муркоком полностью

The youth sprang back (юноша отпрыгнул назад).

Corum swayed, but did not fall (Корум качнулся, но не упал). He continued to stare in contempt at Glandyth-a-Krae (он продолжал презрительно: «в презрении» смотреть на Гландита-а-Краэ; to stare — пристально глядеть, уставиться).

resisting [rɪˈzɪstɪŋ] youth [juƟ] swayed [sweɪd] contempt [kənˈtempt]

`Yet even if we did have such sorcery, that would be no reason for destroying us. We have offered you no harm. We have let you come to our land without resisting you. I think you hate us because you hate something in yourselves. You are — unfinished — creatures.

`I know. You call us half-beasts. I care not what you think now, Vadhagh. Not now that your race is gone. He spat on the ground and waved his hand at the youth. `Let him go.

The youth sprang back.

Corum swayed, but did not fall. He continued to stare in contempt at Glandyth-a-Krae.

`You and your race are insane, Earl (ты и твой народ — безумны, граф). You are like a canker (вы — словно /моровая/ язва; canker — язва; червоточина). You are a sickness suffered by this world (вы — болезнь, /от которой/ страдает этот мир).

Earl Glandyth spat again (Гландит сплюнул снова). This time he spat straight into Corum's face (на этот раз он плюнул прямо в лицо Коруму).

`I told you — I know what the Vadhagh think of us (я сказал тебе — я знаю, что вадаги думают о нас). I know what the Nhadragh thought before we made them our hunting dogs (знаю, что надраги думали, прежде чем мы сделали их = превратили в своих гончих псов; hunting dog — гончий пес, охотничья собака). It was your pride that has destroyed you, Vadhagh (/именно/ ваша собственная гордость уничтожила вас, вадаг). The Nhadragh learned to do away with pride (надраги научились избавляться от гордыни; to do away with — избавиться от, покончить с) and so some of them were spared (и некоторые из них уцелели; to spare — беречь, экономить; щадить). They accepted us as their masters (они приняли/признали нас в качестве своих хозяев). But you Vadhagh could not (но вы, вадаги, не смогли /сделать этого/): When we came to your castles, you ignored us (когда мы приходили к вашим замкам, вы не замечали нас). When we demanded tribute, you said nothing (когда мы потребовали дани, вы промолчали: «сказали ничего»). When we told you that you served us now (когда мы сказали вам, что вы служите нам теперь), you pretended you did not understand us (вы претворились, /что/ не понимаете нас). So we set out to punish you (поэтому мы решили наказать вас; to set out — отправляться, выезжать; намереваться). And you would not resist (и вы не сопротивлялись). We tortured you and, in your pride, you would not give us an oath (мы пытали вас, и, в своей гордыне, вы не принесли нам клятву) that you would be our slaves, as the Nhadragh did (что будете нашими рабами, как сделали надраги). We lost patience, Vadhagh (мы потеряли терпение, вадаг; to lose). We decided that you were not fit to live in the same land as the great King Lyr-a-Brode (мы решили, что вам нельзя жить в той же земле, что и великий король Лир-а-Брод; fit — подходящий, /при/годный), for you would not admit to being his subjects (потому что вы бы не согласились быть его подданными; to admit — допускать; принимать, соглашаться; subject — субъект, человек; подданный, гражданин). That is why we set out to slay you all (вот почему мы решили убить вас всех). You earned this doom (вы заслужили эту судьбу; to earn — зарабатывать; заслуживать).

canker [ˈkæŋkə] tribute [ˈtrɪbju:t] patience [ˈpeɪʃ (ə) ns] earned [ə: nd]

`You and your race are insane, Earl. You are like a canker. You are a sickness suffered by this world.

Earl Glandyth spat again. This time he spat straight into Corum's face.

`I told you — I know what the Vadhagh think of us. I know what the Nhadragh thought before we made them our hunting dogs. It was your pride that has destroyed you, Vadhagh. The Nhadragh learned to do away with pride and so some of them were spared. They accepted us as their masters. But you Vadhagh could not: When we came to your castles, you ignored us. When we demanded tribute, you said nothing. When we told you that you served us now, you pretended you did not understand us. So we set out to punish you. And you would not resist. We tortured you and, in your pride, you would not give us an oath that you would be our slaves, as the Nhadragh did. We lost patience, Vadhagh. We decided that you were not fit to live in the same land as the great King Lyr-a-Brode, for you would not admit to being his subjects. That is why we set out to slay you all. You earned this doom.