Beth Gellert

Prince Llewelyn had a favourite greyhound named Gellert that had been given to him by his father-in-law, King John. He was as gentle as a lamb at home but a lion in the chase. One day Llewelyn went to the chase and blew his horn in front of his castle. All his other dogs came to the call but Gellert never answered it. So he blew a louder blast on his horn and called Gellert by name, but still the greyhound did not come. At last Prince Llewelyn could wait no longer and went off to the hunt without Gellert. He had little sport that day because Gellert was not there, the swiftest and boldest of his hounds.

卢埃林王子有一只心爱的猎犬，名叫格勒特，是他岳父约翰王送给他的。格勒特在家中温顺如羊羔，狩猎时却勇猛如狮。一天，卢埃林准备出猎，在城堡前吹响了号角。他所有的其他猎犬都应声跑来，唯独格勒特没有回应。他于是吹得更响，还大声呼唤格勒特的名字，可这只猎犬依然没有出现。最后卢埃林王子实在等不下去了，便没带格勒特出发去打猎了。那一天他猎获甚少，因为格勒特——他最敏捷、最勇猛的猎犬——不在身边。

He turned back in a rage to his castle, and as he came to the gate, who should he see but Gellert come bounding out to meet him. But when the hound came near him, the Prince was startled to see that his lips and fangs were dripping with blood. Llewelyn started back and the greyhound crouched down at his feet as if surprised or afraid at the way his master greeted him.

他满腔怒火地返回城堡，刚走到城门口，却看见格勒特飞奔出来迎接他。可是当这只猎犬靠近他时，王子惊恐地发现，它的嘴唇和獠牙上正滴着鲜血。卢埃林猛地往后一退，猎犬则蹲伏在他脚边，仿佛对主人的这般反应感到又惊又怕。

Now Prince Llewelyn had a little son a year old with whom Gellert used to play, and a terrible thought crossed the Prince's mind that made him rush towards the child's nursery. And the nearer he came the more blood and disorder he found about the rooms. He rushed into it and found the child's cradle overturned and daubed with blood.

此时，卢埃林王子有个刚满一岁的小儿子，格勒特平日里常和他一起玩耍，一个可怕的念头忽然掠过王子的脑海，使他急忙冲向孩子的育儿室。他越靠近那里，便发现房间里的血迹和凌乱越发严重。他冲进屋内，发现孩子的摇篮翻倒在地，上面沾满了血迹。

Prince Llewelyn grew more and more terrified, and sought for his little son everywhere. He could find him nowhere but only signs of some terrible conflict in which much blood had been shed. At last he felt sure the dog had destroyed his child, and shouting to Gellert, "Monster, thou hast devoured my child," he drew out his sword and plunged it in the greyhound's side, who fell with a deep yell and still gazing in his master's eyes.

卢埃林王子越发惊恐万分，四处寻找他的小儿子，却怎么也找不到，只看到房间里到处是激烈搏斗留下的痕迹，流了不少血。最后他确信这只狗已经害死了他的孩子，便对着格勒特喊道：“畜生，你竟然把我的孩子吃了！”说着拔出剑来，刺进了猎犬的身侧，格勒特发出一声深沉的哀号倒了下去，双眼却依然凝望着主人。

As Gellert raised his dying yell, a little child's cry answered it from beneath the cradle, and there Llewelyn found his child unharmed and just awakened from sleep. But just beside him lay the body of a great gaunt wolf all torn to pieces and covered with blood. Too late, Llewelyn learned what had happened while he was away. Gellert had stayed behind to guard the child and had fought and slain the wolf that had tried to destroy Llewelyn's heir.

就在格勒特发出那垂死的哀鸣时，摇篮底下传来了一个婴儿的哭声作为回应，卢埃林这才在那里找到了他毫发无伤的孩子，孩子刚刚从睡梦中惊醒。可是就在孩子身旁，躺着一只被撕得粉碎、浑身是血的巨大瘦狼的尸体。卢埃林这才明白，自己不在家的这段时间里究竟发生了什么，可惜为时已晚。原来格勒特留下来是为了守护孩子，并与那只企图害死卢埃林继承人的狼搏斗，最终将狼咬死。

In vain was all Llewelyn's grief; he could not bring his faithful dog to life again. So he buried him outside the castle walls within sight of the great mountain of Snowdon, where every passer-by might see his grave, and raised over it a great cairn of stones. And to this day the place is called Beth Gellert, or the Grave of Gellert.

卢埃林的悲痛全然是徒劳；他再也无法让他忠诚的猎犬起死回生了。于是他把格勒特葬在城堡外面，让它能望见斯诺登那座巍峨的高山，好让每一个路过的人都能看见它的坟墓，并在坟上垒起了一大堆石冢。直到今天，那个地方仍被称为贝斯·格勒特，意为“格勒特之墓”。