麦子书单㉖ Cirque Du Freak #6 The Vampire Prince

在goodreads上了解到Cirque Du Freak-The Sage of Darren Shan这一系列是分四大部的：1-3本是Vampire Blood Trilogy，4-6本是Vampire Rites Trilogy，7-9本是Vampire War Trilogy，10-12是Vampire Destiny Trilogy。

也就是说我目前看完了前两大部曲，再接再厉啊！

整个系列的三观都极其的正，非常有思辨性，而且还趣味性十足。并且所有角色特别主角Darren是在成长的，成长得更坚强，更有独自思考的能力，值得所有孩子阅读。

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*以下全是本人的渣翻 见谅*

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关于Mr. Crepsley：

1. 去找失踪的Darren时说：

His death distresses me, but the uncertainty regarding Darren unsettles me more.

Gavner的死让我悲痛，但最让我不安的是Darren的下落不明。

2. 突然见到以为已经死了的Darren时激动不已：

"Darren!" Mr. Crepsley roared with delight as he started toward me, arms outstretched.

“Darren！”Mr. Crepsley兴奋呼喊着，伸开双臂向我大步走来。

3. 先生和导师一起出现在战争现场：

I saw Mr. Crepsley and Seba Nile entering the cave, their red robes billowing behind them, eager to be part of the bloodshed.

Mr. Crepsley和Seba的鲜红衣袍在身后飞鼓着……(哇 画面感！

4. 和心上人Arra：

"You always said I had a talent for putting my foot in my mouth."

你总是说我不会说话呢。

Arra生命垂危时：

Mr. Crepsley said, tears dripping down his cheeks, a display of emotion I never thought I'd see.

Mr. Crepsley说着，泪水滑落他的脸颊，我从未想过他会真情流露。

His eyes had filled with tears. I handed him a scrap of cloth as they began to drip, but he didn't use it.

他的眼里满是泪水。我递给他一块布料想让他擦去落下的眼泪，但他没有。

……carrying himself like an old, tired, broken man.

他就像一个年迈的，疲倦的，潦倒的人。

Darren安慰先生时好温暖啊：#1315

这一段心都碎了！！！

"but I miss her. With all my heart and soul, I miss her."

但我想念她。我的心和我的魂都在拼命的想念她。

He didn't even shed a tear when the funeral litter was set alight. It was only later , when he was alone in his cell, that he wept loudly, and his cries echoed through the corridors and tunnels of Vampire Mountain, far into the cold, lonely dawn.

在葬礼上他（遵守诺言）没落一滴泪。直到后来，他独自呆在自己的房间，哭得很厉害，悲怆的声音在血族山脉的走廊和隧道里回响，伸向冰冷孤寂的黎明。

5. 用生命维护Darren，不允许任何人伤害他：

Anyone wishing to lay hands on my assistant will first have to lay hands on me, and I swear by all that is sacred, I will fight them to my last savage breath!

任何想动我助手的人，都要先过我这一关，而我以所有神圣之物起誓，我会跟他们血拼到底！

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关于Darren：

1. Darren与狼群相依为命时学到的：

I remained where I was awhile, thinking about death and how the wolf had accepted it so calmly, remembering how I'd run when it had been my time to face it.

（看见年老的母狼独自离去等待死亡后）我留在原地没有走，思考着死亡和狼在接受死亡时是多么平静，回想自己面对死亡却是逃避。

2. 血族国君赦免Darren的罪：

……any dishonor you incurred has been canceled out by this act of selfless dedication . You are a true vampire, Darren Shan, as worthy to walk the night as any I know.

你的无私献身洗刷了之前所有蒙受的羞辱。你是一位真正的吸血鬼，Darren Shan，和任何行走于黑夜的血族一样值得尊敬。

3. 对死亡和战争的思考：

第一次亲手杀死人后Darren的震惊、惭愧和反思：

Maybe he deserved death.

也许他死不足惜。

Then again, maybe he'd been an ordinary guy, like me or any of the vampires, only here because he'd been following orders. Either way , deserving or not, who was I to decide? I didn't have the right to pass judgment on others and kill them. Yet I'd done it. Excited by the fear of the vampaneze , intent on revenge, letting my heart rule my head, I'd raised a weapon against this man and killed him.

但如果他只是一个普通人，和我们这些吸血鬼一样，身负命令不得不到这来。但无论如何，我又怎么能裁定他人的生死？我没有权利判决他人，没有权利杀害他人。但我已经杀了。对吸血魔的恐惧刺激着我，推着我去复仇，让我的心统治我的头脑，最后举起我的武器对抗并杀害了他。

……but how did one separate right from wrong where killing was concerned?

但谁又能裁决谁的杀戮是错与对呢？

Only my sense of duty held me in place.

于我自己，我只能坚守我的责任与职位。

If I deserted my post, vampires would perish in great numbers along with the vampaneze. I had to concentrate on the bigger picture, regardless of how I felt inside.

如果我放弃职责，血族就会被吸血魔大量屠杀。我必须聚焦长远的宏图，屏退内心的杂念。

看见吸血鬼肆意屠杀吸血魔的思考：

Instead I saw warriors, terrified and humiliated, stranded far from their homes and allies, about to be ruthlessly slaughtered.

我反而看到的是战士们被恐吓被羞辱，在远离故土和盟友的地方，被血族残忍的屠杀。

I didn't hold their eagerness to kill against them. I didn't hold it against any of the vampires. I just thought it was misplaced and unseemly.

其实我并没有因为血族的嗜杀成性而怨恨他们。我没有因此怨恨任何血族。我只是觉得这样错了，这样毫无意义。

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Kurda啊，我爱的上将啊，好爱他目光长远深思熟虑的理想：

I sought to save lives, not take them.

我寻求的是解救生命的途径，而不是索取。

He'd have done what he felt needed to be done, the same as any true-hearted vampire.

他为自己觉得值得去做的事拼命，和任何热血的、真正的血族一样。

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The bald prince hated the vampaneze more than most, because one of them had killed his wife many years ago.

光头国君是最恨吸血魔的，因为多年前他的妻子被其所杀。

这就让我想到了《发现女巫》里丈夫被女巫所杀的Matthew妈妈对父母被女巫所杀的女主说：whoever did it, make them pay. It doesn't take the pain away. But it helps.

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