"You — are — are you Yelaya (ты — ты — Елая)?" he stammered (сказал он, заикаясь;
inscrutably [n'skru:tbl], lustrous ['lstrs], ensorcelled [n's:sld]
With a panicky curse Conan ripped out his sword.
"
At his words the long dark lashes lifted; the eyes opened and gazed up at him inscrutably, dark, lustrous, mystical. He glared in frozen speechlessness.
She sat up with a supple ease, still holding his ensorcelled stare.
He licked his dry lips and found voice.
"You — are — are you Yelaya?" he stammered.
"I am Yelaya (я Елая)!" The voice was rich and musical (голос был густым/низким и музыкальным;
"How can a dead woman come to life after all these centuries (как может мертвая женщина ожить после всех этих веков;
She lifted her arms in a mystical gesture (она подняла руки в таинственном жесте;
fear [f], smolder ['smuld], gesture ['es]
"I am Yelaya!" The voice was rich and musical, and he stared with new wonder. "Do not fear. I will not harm you if you do my bidding."
"How can a dead woman come to life after all these centuries?" he demanded, as if skeptical of what his senses told him. A curious gleam was beginning to smolder in his eyes.
She lifted her arms in a mystical gesture.
"I am a goddess (я богиня). A thousand years ago there descended upon me the curse of the greater gods (тысячу лет назад на меня обрушилось проклятие бо?льших богов), the gods of darkness beyond the borders of light (богов тьмы за границами света). The mortal in me died (смертное во мне умерло); the goddess in me could never die (богиня во мне не могла бы умереть никогда). Here I have lain for so many centuries (здесь я лежу на протяжении столь многих веков;
thousand ['auznd], view [vju:], imperious [m'prs]
"I am a goddess. A thousand years ago there descended upon me the curse of the greater gods, the gods of darkness beyond the borders of light. The mortal in me died; the goddess in me could never die. Here I have lain for so many centuries, to awaken each night at sunset and hold my court as of yore, with specters drawn from the shadows of the past. Man, if you would not view that which will blast your soul for ever, go hence quickly! I command you! Go!" The voice became imperious, and her slender arm lifted and pointed.