The ivory horns were heaped with purple amethysts, and the horns of brass with chalcedonies and sards. The pillars, which were of cedar, were hung with strings of yellow lynx-stones. In the flat oval shields there were carbuncles, both wine-coloured and coloured like grass. And yet I have told thee but a tithe of what was there.
`And when the Emperor (и когда Император) had taken away his hands from before his face (убрал руки от лица;
camel ['kxm(q)l] share [Seq] slay [sleI]
`And when the Emperor had taken away his hands from before his face he said to me: "This is my house of treasure, and half that is in it is thine, even as I promised to thee. And I will give thee camels and camel drivers, and they shall do thy bidding and take thy share of the treasure to whatever part of the world thou desirest to go. And the thing shall be done to-night, for I would not that the Sun, who is my father, should see that there is in my city a man whom I cannot slay."
`But I answered him (но я ответила ему), "The gold that is here is thine (то злато, что находится здесь — твое), and the silver also is thine (и серебро тоже твое), and thine are the precious jewels (твои же и драгоценные каменья) and the things of price (и ценные вещи = богатства;
`And the Emperor frowned (и Император нахмурился). "It is but a ring of lead (это всего лишь кольцо из свинца)," he cried (вскричал он), "nor has it any value (и не имеет оно никакой ценности;
jewel ['dZu:ql] aught [O:t] lead [led] value ['vxlju:]
`But I answered him, "The gold that is here is thine, and the silver also is thine, and thine are the precious jewels and the things of price. As for me, I have no need of these. Nor shall I take aught from thee but that little ring that thou wearest on the finger of thy hand."