And now these veins will purge like pyres.

而今这些血管就要干净，像是火葬的灰烬。

Hindu custom also dictates that only sons can light their parents' funeral pyres.

印度教风俗还规定只有儿子有资格点燃父母的火葬柴堆。

They spend weeks creating elaborate pyres, often in the shape of a sacred bull, and burn their coffin-sheathed dead in joyous public ceremonies.

他们花数周事件摆一精心制作的柴堆，通常比较象牺牲用的公牛，接着在喜庆的仪式中火葬有棺有椁的逝者。

More than seven million Hindus die each year in India and the sight of corpses surrendering to the flames of traditional funeral pyres is part of the country's daily cycle of life.

在印度，每年有超过7百万的印度教徒死亡，传统火葬中火舌吞没尸体的景象更是人们的家常便饭，成为这个国家人们日常生活的一部分。