5 Dead men and deadly voices

Chapter 5 Dead men and deadly voices After a year on Circe's island, my men grew restless, and I knew that it was time for us to leave. "If you don't want to stay, I won't stop you," said Circe. "But, take my advice, if you want to get home in one piece, you will have to visit the land of the dead and seek the help of Tiresias, a spirit there. I was terrified. "How can we go to the land of the dead and not die?" I asked her. "And how do we get there?" Circe gave me a long list of instructions, as well as many warnings for our journey. "Let the North Wind carry you," she said as she waved us off in our one remaining ship. "Good luck!"

在喀耳刻的岛上呆了一年之后，我的手下变得焦躁不安，我知道是时候离开了。 “如果你不想留下来，我不会阻止你。”喀耳刻说。 “但是，听我的劝告，如果你想安然无恙地回家，你就得去亡灵之地，向那里的鬼魂泰瑞西亚斯寻求帮助。 我吓坏了。“我们怎么能到死人之地而不死呢？”我问她。 “我们怎么去那儿呢？”喀耳刻给了我一长串指示，以及许多旅途上的警告。 “让北风带着你们走吧，”她说着，挥手示意我们离开我们仅剩的一艘船。 “祝你好运!”

Soon, we landed on the misty shores of the land of the dead, where a sacred grove of dark trees grew. As Circe had instructed me, I dug a little hole and poured the blood of a freshly- killed sheep into it. This was to tempt the dead out of the shadows to talk to us.

很快，我们降落在雾气弥漫的亡灵之地的海岸上，那里生长着一片神圣的黑暗树林。 按照喀耳刻的指示，我挖了一个小洞，把刚宰的羊的血倒进去。 这是为了引诱死人从阴影中出来和我们说话。

As the blood poured, shadowy spirits gathered around us. My men trembled, but I tried to keep my voice steady as I called, "Tiresias, come forward! Odysseus wants to speak to you!" One shadowy figure drifted closer, bending to take a drink of the blood. As he began to look more solid, I saw he was an old, old man. "You're in trouble. Poseidon wants you dead, because you blinded his son, the Cyclops." My heart sank. "But that's not all. Whatever you do, stay away from the cattle of Helios, the sun god. If you eat those..." He shook his head. "My advice is, just don't."

随着鲜血的倾泻，影子般的灵魂聚集在我们周围。 我的手下颤抖着，但我努力让自己的声音保持稳定，一边喊着：“泰瑞西亚斯，过来！奥德修斯想和你说话！”一个模糊的身影走近，弯腰喝了一口血。 当他看起来更结实时，我发现他是一个很老很老的人。 “你有麻烦了。波塞冬要你死，因为你弄瞎了他的儿子独眼巨人" 我的心一沉。“但这还不是全部。 无论你做什么，都要远离太阳神赫利俄斯的牛。 如果你吃了那些……”他摇了摇头。 “我的建议是，不要这样做。”

With the warning ringing in my ears, we left the land of the dead and sailed on. Circe had told me that another danger lay ahead: the sirens. In case you've never heard of them, sirens are monsters with beautiful voices who lure sailors into the sea, to drown. I gave my men wax to stopper up their ears. But I wanted to hear these voices for myself. So, I got my men to tie me firmly to the mast before we were in earshot of the sirens. Soon, I heard them...

警告在我耳边回响，我们离开了死亡之地，继续航行。 喀耳刻告诉我前方还有另一个危险：塞壬。 如果你从来没有听说过塞壬，塞壬是一种有着美丽声音的怪物，它把水手引诱到海里淹死。 我给我的人用耳蜡塞住耳朵。 但我想亲自听听这些声音。 所以，我让我的人把我牢牢地绑在桅杆上在我们听到警报声之前。 很快，我听到他们……

Their voices were high and sweet, caressing my ears and urging me to come nearer, to dive into the sea... I begged my men, "Let me go... I have to go to them!" Thankfully, they couldn't hear me through the wax stuffed in their ears. I may be the first person to hear the sirens and live. But, another danger loomed ahead. Another two, in fact. We had to pass a narrow gap in the rocks. On one side was a whirlpool, created by the sea monster Charybdis.

他们的声音又高又甜，抚摸着我的耳朵，催促我靠近些，潜入海里…… 我恳求我的人：“放我走…… 我得去找他们！”谢天谢地，他们耳朵里塞着蜡，听不见我说话。 我可能是第一个听到警报声还能活下来的人。 但是，另一个危险正在逼近。 实际上是另外两个。我们必须通过岩石中的一个狭窄的缺口。 一边是海怪卡吕布狄斯制造的漩涡。

On the other side was a cave where a six-headed monster lived. Her name was Scylla. "Faster," I called to the men at the oars. "Don't get too close to the whirlpool, or we'll all be drowned!" Just then, Scylla whipped her heads out of her cave above us. The six heads snatched up six of my men in their greedy mouths. But the rest of us were through the gap and sailing on, safe again for the moment.

另一边是一个洞穴，里面住着一个六头怪物。 她的名字叫锡拉。“快点，”我对划桨的人喊道。 “不要太靠近漩涡，否则我们都会被淹死的！”就在这时，“锡拉”从我们头顶上的洞穴里猛地探出头来。 六个脑袋用他们贪婪的嘴抓走了我的六个手下。 但我们其余的人都穿过了缺口，继续航行，暂时又安全了。