Английский язык с Оскаром Уайльдом. Звездный мальчик и другие легенды

And the Soul said to him, `When I left thee, I turned my face to the South and journeyed. From the South cometh every thing that is precious. Six days I journeyed along the highways that lead to the city of Ashter, along the dusty red-dyed highways by which the pilgrims are wont to go did I journey, and on the morning of the seventh day I lifted up my eyes, and lo! the city lay at my feet, for it is in a valley.

`There are nine gates to this city (в город ведут девять ворот: «в городе есть девять ворот»), and in front of each gate (и перед каждыми воротами) stands a bronze horse (стоит по бронзовой лошади) that neighs (которые ржут) when the Bedouins come down from the mountains (когда с гор спускаются Бедуины). The walls are cased with copper (стены те обшиты медью; to case — класть в ящик; покрывать, обшивать), and the watch-towers on the walls (и /крыши на/ сторожевых башнях на тех стенах; watch — пристальное наблюдение; стража, караул; tower — башня) are roofed with brass (покрыты медью; roof — крыша, кровля, to roof — крыть, настилать крышу). In every tower stands an archer (в каждой башне стоит по лучнику) with a bow in his hand (с луком в руке). At sunrise (на восходе солнца) he strikes with an arrow on a gong (он ударяет = попадает стрелой в гонг), and at sunset (и на закате/заходе солнца) he blows through a horn of horn (он трубит в роговой рожок; horn — рог; любой духовой музыкальный инструмент).

neigh [neI] bedouin ['bedVIn] copper ['kOpq] archer ['Q:tSq]

sunrise ['sAnraIz]

`There are nine gates to this city, and in front of each gate stands a bronze horse that neighs when the Bedouins come down from the mountains. The walls are cased with copper, and the watch-towers on the walls are roofed with brass. In every tower stands an archer with a bow in his hand. At sunrise he strikes with an arrow on a gong, and at sunset he blows through a horn of horn.

`When I sought to enter (когда я попыталась войти /в город/; to seek (sought)), the guards stopped me (стражники остановили меня) and asked of me (и спросили меня) who I was (кто я такая). I made answer (я ответила) that I was a Dervish (что я — Дервиш) and on my way to the city of Mecca (на пути в /город/ Мекку), where there was a green veil (где находится зеленая завеса; veil — вуаль; завеса, покров) on which the Koran was embroidered (на котором были вышиты /слова/ Корана) in silver letters (серебряными буквами) by the hands of the angels (руками ангелов). They were filled with wonder (они преисполнились удивлением: «они были наполнены удивлением»), and entreated me to pass in (и просили меня войти в /город/; to entreat — умолять).

guard [gQ:d] dervish ['dq:vIS] Mecca ['mekq] angel ['eIndZ(q)l]

Koran [kO:'rQ:n, kq'rQ:n, 'kO:rxn]

`When I sought to enter, the guards stopped me and asked of me who I was. I made answer that I was a Dervish and on my way to the city of Mecca, where there was a green veil on which the Koran was embroidered in silver letters by the hands of the angels. They were filled with wonder, and entreated me to pass in.