Английский язык с О. Уайльдом. Звездный мальчик и другие легенды - [3]

) and bind them together again (и снова связывать его /вместе/); and once they thought (и один раз им показалось; to think (thought)) that they had lost their way (что они потеряли /свою/ дорогу = заблудились; to lose (lost) — терять), and a great terror seized on them (и их охватил сильный ужас; great — большой; сильный, глубокий — о чувствах), for they knew (потому как они знали; to know (knew, known)) that the Snow is cruel to those (что Снег безжалостен к тем; cruel — жестокий, безжалостный) who sleep in her arms (кто спит в его объятиях; arm — рука /от плеча до кисти/).

lustily ['lAstIlI] iron ['aIqn] shod [SOd] grind [graInd] faggot ['fxgqt]

bind [baInd] seize [si:z] cruel ['kru:ql]

On and on went the two Woodcutters, blowing lustily upon their fingers, and stamping with their huge iron-shod boots upon the caked snow. Once they sank into a deep drift, and came out as white as millers are, when the stones are grinding; and once they slipped on the hard smooth ice where the marsh-water was frozen, and their faggots fell out of their bundles, and they had to pick them up and bind them together again; and once they thought that they had lost their way, and a great terror seized on them, for they knew that the Snow is cruel to those who sleep in her arms.

But they put their trust in the good Saint Martin (но они доверились доброму Святому Мартину; trust — доверие, вера), who watches over all travellers (который оберегает всех путешествующих; to watch over — наблюдать, охранять), and retraced their steps (и вернулись той же дорогой; to retrace — возвращаться /по пройденному пути/; step — шаг), and went warily (и шли осторожно/осмотрительно; to go (went, gone)), and at last they reached the outskirts of the forest (и, наконец, они добрались до окраины = опушки леса; to reach — протягивать; достигать места назначения), and saw (и увидели; to see (saw, seen)), far down in the valley beneath them (далеко внизу в долине /под ними/), the lights of the village (огни той самой деревни) in which they dwelt (в которой они проживали; to dwell (dwelt) — обитать, жить).

So overjoyed were they (они были настолько довольны; to overjoy — очень обрадовать, привести в восторг) at their deliverance (своим спасением /из леса/; deliverance — освобождение, избавление) that they laughed aloud (что они громко рассмеялись), and the Earth seemed to them (и Земля показалась им) like a flower of silver (похожей на цветок из серебра), and the Moon like a flower of gold (и Луна похожей на цветок из золота).

warily ['we(q)rIlI] outskirt ['aVtskq:t] valley ['vxlI] beneath [bI'ni:T]

overjoyed ["qVvq'dZOId] deliverance [dI'lIv(q)r(q)ns]

But they put their trust in the good Saint Martin, who watches over all travellers, and retraced their steps, and went warily, and at last they reached the outskirts of the forest, and saw, far down in the valley beneath them, the lights of the village in which they dwelt.

So overjoyed were they at their deliverance that they laughed aloud, and the Earth seemed to them like a flower of silver, and the Moon like a flower of gold.

Yet, after that they had laughed (однако, после того как они насмеялись) they became sad (они опечалились; to become (became, become) — становиться, делаться), for they remembered their poverty (потому что они вспомнили о своей бедности), and one of them said to the other (и один из них сказал другому), 'Why did we make merry (чего это мы веселимся; merry — веселый, радостный), seeing that life is for the rich (ведь жизнь /хороша/ для богатых; seeing — принимая во внимание, ввиду того, что), and not for such as we are (а не для таких, как мы)? Better that we had died of cold in the forest (лучше бы мы умерли от холода в лесу), or that some wild beast (или чтобы какой-нибудь дикий зверь) had fallen upon us (набросился бы на нас; to fall (fell, fallen)) and slain us (и убил бы нас; to slay (slew, slain) — убивать, умерщвлять).'

'Truly (и то правда),' answered his companion (ответил его товарищ), 'much is given to some (некоторым дано многое; to give (gave, given)), and little is given to others (остальным дано мало). Injustice has parcelled out the world (несправедливость поделила мир на части; to parcel — делить на части, дробить), nor is there equal division of aught (и ничего не было поделено поровну; division — деление, разделение; aught — нечто, кое-что; что-нибудь) save of sorrow (за исключением печалей; save — кроме, за исключением).'

laugh [lQ:f] poverty ['pOvqtI] injustice [In'dZAstIs] parcel ['pQ:s(q)l]

equal ['i:kwql] aught [O:t]

Yet, after that they had laughed they became sad, for they remembered their poverty, and one of them said to the other, 'Why did we make merry, seeing that life is for the rich, and not for such as we are? Better that we had died of cold in the forest, or that some wild beast had fallen upon us and slain us.'

'Truly,' answered his companion, 'much is given to some, and little is given to others. Injustice has parcelled out the world, nor is there equal division of aught save of sorrow.'