It was a weary journey (это было утомительное путешествие), and a quiet and stealthy one (а также однообразное и потайное/происходящее украдкой; quiet — тихий, бесшумный, спокойный
). There was no laughter or song (не было ни смеха, ни песен) or sound of harps (или звуков арф), and the pride and hopes (и та гордость и надежды) which had stirred in their hearts (которые зашевелились в их сердцах) at the singing of old songs by the lake (при пении старых песен у озера) died away to a plodding gloom (постепенно исчезли в тяжелом мраке/унынии; plod — тяжелая походка, тяжелый, трудный путь или работа; to plod — тащиться, упорно работать). They knew (они знали) that they were drawing near to the end of their journey (что они приближались к концу своего путешествия), and that it might be a very horrible end (и что это может быть очень ужасный конец). The land about them (земля вокруг них) grew bleak and barren (становилась лишенной растительности и неплодородной; bleak — не защищенный от ветра, суровый /о погоде/, лишенный растительности, унылый; barren — бесплодный, неплодородный), though once, as Thorin told them (хотя когда-то, как сказал им Торин), it had been green and fair (она была зеленой и прекрасной). There was little grass (травы было мало), and before long there was neither bush nor tree (и вскоре не оказалось ни кустов, ни деревьев), and only broken and blackened stumps (и только разломанные и почерневшие пни) to speak of ones long vanished (говорили о /деревьях/, что давно исчезли; tovanish—пропадать, вымирать). They were come to the Desolation of the Dragon (они достигли: «они были приведены к» Драконова Запустения; desolation — разрушение, запустение, разорение), and they were come at the waning of the year (и они достигли его на исходе года; waning — затухание, отступание, ущерб /Луны/; to wane — убывать, слабеть, подходить к концу).
stealthy ['stel] die away ['da'we] vanished ['vaent]
It was a weary journey, and a quiet and stealthy one. There was no laughter or song or sound of harps, and the pride and hopes which had stirred in their hearts at the singing of old songs by the lake died away to a plodding gloom. They knew that they were drawing near to the end of their journey, and that it might be a very horrible end. The land about them grew bleak and barren, though once, as Thorin told them, it had been green and fair. There was little grass, and before long there was neither bush nor tree, and only broken and blackened stumps to speak of ones long vanished. They were come to the Desolation of the Dragon, and they were come at the waning of the year.