Английский язык c дружелюбным скелетом. Легенды североамериканских индейцев - [53]
moving [`mu:vIN], awe [L], figure [`fIgq], cease [sJz], boisterous [`bOIstqrqs], comfort [`kAmfqt]
There he sat for days, never speaking, never moving. The children who played along the streets looked up with awe to the motionless figure, and ceased their boisterous play. The old men shook their heads gravely, and muttered: "We are in evil times, for Nah-chu-ru-chu is mourning and will not be comforted; and there is no more rain, so that our crops are dying in the fields. What shall we do?"
At last all the councilors met together (наконец, члены совета собрались/встретились вместе), and decided (и решили) that there must be another effort made (что нужно сделать еще одну попытку; to make an effort) to find the lost wife (чтобы найти пропавшую жену). It was true (действительно: «было истинным») that the great Nah-chu-ru-chu had searched for her in vain (что великий Нах-чу-ру-чу искал ее напрасно), and the people had helped him (и люди ему помогали); but perhaps someone else might be more fortunate (но, возможно, кому-то еще повезет; to be fortunate — быть удачливым). So they took some of the sacred smoking-weed (итак/поэтому, они взяли немного священной курительной травы) wrapped in a corn-husk (завернутой в кукурузную шелуху) and went to the Eagle (и пошли к Орлу), who has the sharpest eyes in all the world (у которого самые острые глаза во всем мире). Giving him the sacred gift (отдавая ему священный подарок), they said:
councilor [`kaunslq], decide [dI`saId], effort [`efqt], perhaps [pq`hxps], fortunate [`fLCnIt], eagle [Jgl], gift [gIft]
At last all the councilors met together, and decided that there must be another effort made to find the lost wife. It was true that the great Nah-chu-ru-chu had searched for her in vain, and the people had helped him; but perhaps someone else might be more fortunate. So they took some of the sacred smoking-weed wrapped in a corn-husk and went to the Eagle, who has the sharpest eyes in all the world. Giving him the sacred gift, they said:
"Eagle-friend (друг Орел), we see Nah-chu-ru-chu in great trouble (мы видим, /что/ Нах-чу-ру-чу в великой беде), for he has lost his Moon-wife (ведь он потерял свою жену Луну). Come, search for her (пойди, поищи ее), we pray you (мы умоляем/просим тебя), to discover (разузнать; to discover — открыть; обнаружить) if she be alive or dead (мертва ли она или жива)."
trouble [trAbl], pray [preI], discover [dIs`kAvq]
"Eagle-friend, we see Nah-chu-ru-chu in great trouble, for he has lost his Moon-wife. Come, search for her, we pray you, to discover if she be alive or dead."
So the Eagle took the offering (итак, Орел взял подношение; to offer — предлагать; делать предложение), and smoked the smoke-prayer (и выкурил молитвенную трубку); and then he went winging upward into the sky (а затем он поднялся на крыльях вверх в небо; to wing — лететь /на крыльях/; wing — крыло). Higher and higher he rose (выше и выше он поднимался; to rise), in great upward circles (большими /уходящими/ вверх кругами), while his keen eyes noted every stick (в то время как его острые глаза замечали каждую палочку), and stone (и камень), and animal (и зверя) on the face of all the world (на лице всего мира = на лике земли). But with all his eyes (но /при помощи/ всего своего зрения: «всех своих глаз»), he could see nothing of the lost wife (он так и не увидел пропавшей жены: «не смог увидеть ничего от пропавшей жены»); and at last he came back sadly (и наконец, он вернулся печально = в печали), and said:
upward [`Apwqd], high [haI], nothing [`nATIN]
So the Eagle took the offering, and smoked the smoke-prayer; and then he went winging upward into the sky. Higher and higher he rose, in great upward circles, while his keen eyes noted every stick, and stone, and animal on the face of all the world. But with all his eyes, he could see nothing of the lost wife; and at last he came back sadly, and said:
"People-friends (друзья люди), I went up to where I could see the whole world (я поднялся вверх туда, откуда я мог видеть целый мир), but I could not find her (но я не смог найти ее)." Then the people went with an offering to the Coyote (тогда люди пошли с подарком/подношением к Койоту), whose nose is sharpest in all the world (чей нюх: «нос» самый острый во всем мире), and besought him to try and find the Moon (и заклинали его попробовать найти Луну; to beseech). The Coyote smoked the smoke-prayer (Койот выкурил молитвенную трубку), and started off with his nose to the ground (и отправился в путь, /приблизив/ нос к земле), trying to find her tracks (пытаясь найти ее следы). He trotted all over the earth (он обежал всю землю;
