One of his slave girls has volunteered To be cremated with him,
他的一个女奴隶自愿和他一起火葬
So she can enter valhalla with her master.
这样才能和她的主人一同进入瓦尔哈拉殿堂
Lbn Fadlan, an Arab chronicler,
伊本·法兰德 阿拉伯的年代史编者
Writes the first surviving account of a Viking funeral.
记录下了现留存最早的维京人葬礼
They took the dead man and carried him onto the ship,
他们将死者抬起 放在小船上
Where they laid him on a quilt."
船上铺着被子
A woman issued instructions.
一个女人念悼词
They called her the Angel of Death.
他们称之为死神天使
The slave girl was given an intoxicating drink.
奴隶女孩被赐予毒酒
The Angel of Death placed a rope around her neck.
死神天使在她的脖子上套上绳索
Then she took a broad-bladed dagger
然后她拿着有宽刃的匕首
And thrust it in and out between the girl's ribs,
反复刺进女孩的肋骨
While two men throttled her until she died.
与此同时 还有两个人拉紧绳子 直至她死亡