The songs of our land, and other poems

We swore oaths of loyalty to them in order to continue living (мы дали им клятву верности, чтобы продолжать жить = остаться в живых; to swear oaths давать клятву, приносить присягу). ancestor [x–ns st ] honour [xn ] oath [ uO] loyalty [xl lt] `Hatred was not what the Nhadragh had once, Corum said. `You wanted our lands, yes. But you fought us without this hatred, and we fought you without it. You have learned hatred from the Mabden, Nhadragh, not from your ancestors. They knew honour. You did not. How could one of the older races make himself a Mabden slave? The Nhadragh's lips smiled slightly. `All the Nhadragh that remain are Mabden slaves and have been for two hundred years. They only suffer us to live in order to use us like dogs, to sniff out those beings they call Shefanhow. We swore oaths of loyalty to them in order to continue living. `But could you not escape (но разве вы не могли сбежать)? There are other planes (/ведь/ существуют другие плоскости). `The other planes were denied to us (другие плоскости были закрыты для нас; to deny отрицать, отвергать; отказывать /в доступе/) ...»