Английский язык с О. Уайльдом. Звездный мальчик и другие легенды - [16]
yellow ['jelqV] wherefore ['weqfO:] tarry ['txrI] spear [spIq]
And another, who held a yellow banner in his hand, said to him, 'Who is thy mother, and wherefore art thou seeking for her?'
And he answered, 'My mother is a beggar even as I am, and I have treated her evilly, and I pray ye to suffer me to pass that she may give me her forgiveness, if it be that she tarrieth in this city.' But they would not, and pricked him with their spears.
And, as he turned away weeping (и, когда он отвернулся, плача), one whose armour was inlaid with gilt flowers (один /из стражников/, чьи доспехи были инкрустированы золотистыми цветами; to inlay (inlaid) — покрывать мозаикой, инкрустировать; armour — броня, доспехи, латы), and on whose helmet (и на чьем шлеме) couched a lion that had wings (притаился крылатый лев: «лев, у которого были крылья»; to couch — прилечь, залечь, притаиться /о животном/), came up (подошел /к караульным/) and made inquiry of the soldiers who it was (и спросил у солдат, кто это был) who had sought entrance (тот, кто просил войти: «просил /разрешения о/ входе»; to seek (sought) — искать; просить чего-либо, обращаться за чем-либо). And they said to him (и они сказали ему), 'It is a beggar (это попрошайка) and the child of a beggar (и /он/ сын: «ребенок» нищенки), and we have driven him away (и мы прогнали его; to drive (drove, driven)).'
armour ['Q:mq] inlaid ["In'leId] gilt [gIlt] helmet ['helmIt]
couch [kaVtS] inquiry [In'kwaI(q)rI] sought [sO:t]
And, as he turned away weeping, one whose armour was inlaid with gilt flowers, and on whose helmet couched a lion that had wings, came up and made inquiry of the soldiers who it was who had sought entrance. And they said to him, 'It is a beggar and the child of a beggar, and we have driven him away.'
'Nay (нет),' he cried, laughing (воскликнул он, смеясь), 'but we will sell the foul thing (но мы продадим это грязное существо) for a slave (в рабство: «в качестве раба»; slave — раб, невольник), and his price (и цена за него: «и его цена») shall be the price of a bowl of sweet wine (будет ценой за чашу сладкого вина = на эти деньги мы купим чашу сладкого вина).'
And an old and evil-visaged man (и один старик, со злобным лицом; -visaged — как компонент сложных слов — имеющий какое-то лицо или вид, visage — лицо, внешний вид) who was passing by (который проходил мимо) called out (вызвался), and said, 'I will buy him for that price (я куплю его за эту цену),' and, when he had paid the price (и, когда он заплатил деньги: «цену»), he took the Star-Child by the hand (он взял Звездного Мальчика за руку) and led him into the city (и повел его в город; to lead (led) — вести, показывать путь).
laughing ['lQ:fIN] foul [faVl] -visaged [-'vIzIdZd] buy [baI]
'Nay,' he cried, laughing, 'but we will sell the foul thing for a slave, and his price shall be the price of a bowl of sweet wine.'
And an old and evil-visaged man who was passing by called out, and said, 'I will buy him for that price,' and, when he had paid the price, he took the Star-Child by the hand and led him into the city.
And after that they had gone through many streets (и после того, как они прошли по многим улицам) they came to a little door (они подошли к маленькой двери) that was set in a wall (которая была расположена в стене) that was covered with a pomegranate tree (покрытой /листвой/ гранатового дерева; to cover — покрывать). And the old man touched the door (и старик коснулся двери) with a ring of graved jasper (кольцом из резной яшмы; to grave — гравировать, высекать) and it opened (и она открылась), and they went down five steps of brass (и они спустились по пяти медным/латунным ступенькам; to go (went, gone); step — шаг; ступень) into a garden filled with black poppies (в сад, наполненный черными маками) and green jars of burnt clay (и зелеными кувшинами из обожженной глины; to burn (burnt, burned) — жечь).
through [Tru:] pomegranate ['pOmIgrxnIt] jasper ['dZxspq]
brass [brQ:s] poppy ['pOpI] jar [dZQ:] burnt [bq:nt]
And after that they had gone through many streets they came to a little door that was set in a wall that was covered with a pomegranate tree. And the old man touched the door with a ring of graved jasper and it opened, and they went down five steps of brass into a garden filled with black poppies and green jars of burnt clay.
And the old man took then (и затем старик достал; to take (took, taken)) from his turban a scarf of figured silk (из своего тюрбана/чалмы шарф из узорчатого шелка; figure — цифра, число; узор /на ткани, бумаге/), and bound with it the eyes of the Star-Child (и повязал им глаза Звездного Мальчика;
