Английский язык. Ирландские волшебные сказки

 Then the king’s daughter fell in love with him, and she set her mind on him to that degree that there was no life for her without him.

When the king saw the straits that his daughter was in, he ordered the marriage without delay.

The wedding lasted for nine days and nine nights (свадьба длилась девять дней и девять ночей), and the ninth night was the best of all (и девятая ночь была лучше всех остальных).

When the wedding was over (когда свадьба закончилась), the king felt he was losing his strength (король почувствовал, что слабеет: «теряет свою силу»; to feel /felt/ – чувствовать, ощущать), so he took the crown off his own head (поэтому он снял корону со своей /собственной/ головы), and put it on the head of the old fisherman’s son (и возложил ее на голову сына старого рыбака), and made him king of Erin in place of himself (и сделал его королем Ирландии вместо себя).

 The wedding lasted for nine days and nine nights, and the ninth night was the best of all.

When the wedding was over, the king felt he was losing his strength, so he took the crown off his own head, and put it on the head of the old fisherman’s son, and made him king of Erin in place of himself.

The young couple were the luck (юная пара была счастьем; luck – /та или иная/ судьба, случай; счастье, удача, успех, везение), and we the stepping-stones (а мы ступеньками /к счастью/; step – шаг; ступень; to step – ступать, делать шаг; stone – камень; stepping-stone – камень для перехода /через ручей, грязь и т. п./; средство для достижения цели, улучшения положения и т. п.). The presents we got at the marriage (подарками, которые мы получили на той свадьбе) were stockings of buttermilk (были чулки из пахты) and shoes of paper (и башмаки из бумаги), and these were worn to the soles of our feet (и они сносились до дыр: «и эти /башмаки/ были сношены до подошв наших ног»; to wear /wore, worn/ – носить /одежду и т. п./; изнашивать, протирать) when we got home from the wedding (когда мы вернулись домой с той свадьбы; to get to a place – добраться до какого-л. места).

 The young couple were the luck, and we the stepping-stones. The presents we got at the marriage were stockings of buttermilk and shoes of paper, and these were worn to the soles of our feet when we got home from the wedding.