美洲狮：冰山上的传奇（2021）

The condors venture out to scout,
没有发现有兴趣的东西
and find little of interest
但是一些小生物被雪崩卷走了
but a few small creatures swept up by the avalanche.
一周后，拉·罗卡来了,孩子们的父亲
A week later, La Roca arrives.
它一直在巡逻，
He's been patrolling,
保持领土的标记新鲜和安全
keeping the territory refreshed and safe.
山谷的这一部分少了
There is something missing in this part of the valley.
独居者的气味
The scent of Solitaria.
幼崽们不认识它们的父亲
The cubs don't know their father.
对它们来说，它只是一系列的气味痕迹
To them, he is just a series of scent marks
它们在灌木丛中相遇，有时强壮而新鲜；
on the shrubs they come across, sometimes strong and fresh;
有时，它只是在雪地里嗅到一丝雄性的气息
at other times, just a whiff of his maleness under the snow.
当父亲离开时，它们会放松
When he moves off, they relax.
反正父亲也救不了它们，
He won't save them, anyway,
但它们不知道它会有多大威胁
but they don't know how much of a threat he might be.
有一种虚无
There is a kind of nothingness
当母亲的气味开始消失时
when a mother's scent starts to fade.
一个填补空白的安静，一只母美洲狮的呼唤
A quiet that fills the void, where a mother puma's calls
应该在山间回荡
should reverberate through the hills.
卡扎多拉是第一个离开的
And it is Cazadora that first leaves
爬到山上的位置观看，
and climbs to the hills to position to watch,
以防万一
just in case.
有人说这里有幽灵，
Some say there are ghosts here,
带着对我们失落感的笑声
with breaths of laughter at our sentiments of loss.
卡扎多拉还有很多东西要学
Cazadora still has so much to learn
关于在冰山的虚妄中生存
about surviving the whims of the ice mountains.
通常是害怕战斗的雄性美洲狮
It is usually the battle-scared male pumas
从托雷斯·德尔·佩恩的山麓突然消失，
that suddenly disappear from the foothills of Torres del Paine,
这些塔是冷蓝色的
these towers of cold blue
这构成了这里每场戏剧的背景
that form the backdrop to every drama here.
那些远古众神的使者在这一切之上翱翔，
Those messengers of the ancient gods glide above it all,
许多兀鹫已经看过几十年关于美洲狮的故事
many having seen decades of this episodic story of pumas
用一个共同的情节反复播放--
play out again and again, with one common thread --
血统还在继续
that the bloodlines continue.
一些幼崽渐渐离去
Some of the cubs drift off.
卡扎多拉至少发现了一个教训
Cazadora found at least one lesson that stuck...
...在雪地里寻找被丢弃的肉的艺术
...the art of finding discarded meat in the snow to scavenge.
但是，一个接一个，
But, one by one,
它的兄弟姐♥妹♥们♥走失,走向不确定的未来
her siblings wander away to uncertain futures.
托雷斯·德尔·佩恩实际上处于相当低的海拔，
Torres del Paine is actually at quite low altitude,
所以天气不断地吹进来，在峭壁上打旋，
so weather blows in constantly, swirling in the crags,
被困在冰山上
trapped against the ice mountains.
它使风景焕然一新，带来了新的人物
It refreshes the landscape and brings in new characters
让兀鹫跟着
for condors to follow.
[雷声隆隆]
[ Thunder rumbles ]
自然因变化而繁荣，
Nature thrives on change,
尽管这可能对个人不利
even though it may not be good for the individuals.
到了仲夏，雪崩又来了
By midsummer, avalanche time, again.
羊驼已经开始绕回山谷
The guanacos have started to circle back into the valley.
这一次，它们被跟踪了
This time, they're being followed.
这片动荡的湖区曾有游牧猫出没，
The turbulent lake territory has been visited by nomadic cats,
但是，几个月来，它们一次又一次地循环进出，
but, for months, they have cycled in and out again,
跟着羊群
after the herds,
只是对着山脊或小山的鬼影
just ghostly visions against a ridge, or over a hill.
但自从独居者失踪后，
Since Solitaria's disappearance, though,
该领土无人认领
the territory has been unclaimed.
这是因为羊驼不久出生的chulengos
It's given the guanacos and the season's chulengos
一个茁壮成长的机会
a chance to thrive.
也许，它们变得有点太舒服了，
Perhaps, they've become a little too comfortable,
不习惯微风中那种特殊的气味
not as used to that particular scent on the breeze.
但这只猫也是游牧民族，知道如何伪装自己的气味，
But this cat, also a nomad, knows how to disguise her scent,
在湖边
down at the lake's edge.
它与众不同
She's different.
幼小的
Young.
实习性的
Experimental.
它不太喜欢冰冷的冰川水
She's not terribly keen on the icy glacier water
而且，世界上很少有猫喜欢呆在水里
and very few cats in the world love being in water, anyway.
但如果鸭子能做到，它也能做到
But if a duck can do it, so can she.
最让它烦恼的似乎是湿爪子
It's wet paws that seem to bother her most.
身体肌肉发达，
With heavy muscled bodies,
羊驼实际上是强壮的游泳运动员，
Guanacos are actually strong swimmers,
选择一个有强流的穿越
and choose a crossing with strong current.
可能是它们选择了这个地方
It may be that they've chosen this spot
洗掉任何跟随的捕食者
to wash away any following predators.
几乎可以
It very nearly does.
然后，它的气味就消失了
And then, her scent simply disappears.
[隆隆声]
[ Rumbling ]
这有点让人困惑
It's a little confusing.
它刚才很明显
She was obvious a moment ago.
羊驼群来这里是为了另一个适时的仪式--
They've come here for another well-timed ritual --
为配偶权而战--
the fighting for the right to mate --
为了安全，它们选择了开阔的平原
and they choose wide-open plains for safety.
它找不到羊驼
She can't get to them.
所以，它等待羊驼犯错，向它走过来
So, she waits for them to make a mistake and come to her.
很快，两个相互竞争的雄性羊驼
And, soon enough, two competing guanaco males
打破无形的安全屏障
break the invisible barrier of safety
向山上走去
and head up into the hills.
在这里，这对它有利
Up here, it's to her advantage.
地形崎岖
Rough terrain.
它可能会滑倒，错过猎物
She can slip and miss the kill.
如果羊驼滑倒，它就是凶手
If a guanaco slips, he is the kill.
狩猎是一种复杂的技能，
A hunt is a complexity of skills,
利用风，地形，
using the wind, terrain,
何时隐藏，何时显露，何时展开追逐
when to hide, when to reveal and spring the chase.
但是，突然间，触发狩猎的关键
But, suddenly, the key that triggers the hunt
它是否知道一只羊驼正逃离山脊线
is her knowledge that a guanaco fleeing beyond the ridgeline
跑进深渊
runs off into an abyss.
现在是时候了
This is the moment.
[尖叫声]
[ Screeching ]
它又回到山下，求助，
And it swings back downhill, to salvation,
但这只年轻的美洲狮已经学会了
but the young puma has learned that an attack
在一个保护良好的羊驼背上
onto a guanaco's well-protected back
是一项艰巨的任务
is a hard task on the run.
这是它利用山脊作为一种技术
But it's her use of the ridge as a technique
说明了它对这片土地的了解
that tells of her knowledge of this landscape.
它以前在这里被猎杀过
She's hunted here before.
它的熟悉突然变得清晰起来--
Her familiarity suddenly becomes clear --
它是“美丽的女猎手”
she is "The Beautiful Huntress,"
贝拉·卡扎多拉，母狮的大女儿
La Bella Cazadora,
其中一只被遗弃的幼崽，
one of the abandoned cubs,
不知怎的,已经成功的活了几个月
somehow having made it for months
在荒野里，独自一人
in the wilderness, all alone.
卡扎多拉，
它的努力并不特别令人印象深刻
Cazadora, her efforts not particularly impressive
对羊驼群来说
to the guanaco herd
可能会认识到它是只小猫，
that may recognize that she's a young cat,
还在学习它的方法
still learning her ways.
当它昂首阔步走向母亲独居者的旧领地，
As she struts her way to Solitaria's old territory,
它的出生地，它被监视着
her birth home, she's being watched.
一场伤痕累累但年轻的雄性，
A battle-scarred, but young, male,
对气味感兴趣
is interested in the scent
卡扎多拉带来了领土
Cazadora brings to the territory.
它是许多年轻雄性中的一个
He's one of many young males
争夺权利
contesting for the rights
与它父亲La Roca,遗产，
to her father, La Roca's, legacy,
有一次它失踪了
once he disappeared.
它没什么印象，
She's not impressed,
利用湖边的微风躲在后面
and uses the breeze at the lake to hide behind.
如果它真的留下来，这片湖边的土地
If she does stay, this lakeside territory
是托雷斯·德尔·佩恩的黄金地段
is the prime land in Torres del Paine.
它经常能避风
It is often sheltered from the incessant wind