Английский язык с Оскаром Уайльдом. Звездный мальчик и другие легенды

So he went to the well of water and looked into it, and lo! his face was as the face of a toad, and his body was scaled like an adder. And he flung himself down on the grass and wept, and said to himself, 'Surely this has come upon me by reason of my sin. For I have denied my mother, and driven her away, and been proud, and cruel to her. Wherefore I will go and seek her through the whole world, nor will I rest till I have found her.'

And there came to him (и подошла к нему; to come (came, come)) the little daughter of the Woodcutter (младшая дочь Дровосека), and she put her hand upon his shoulder (и она положила свою руку ему на плечо) and said, 'What doth it matter (какое это имеет значение; to matter — иметь значение, doth = does) if thou hast lost thy comeliness (если ты потерял свою привлекательную внешность; thou hast lost thy = you have lost your; comely — миловидный, привлекательный)? Stay with us (оставайся с нами), and I will not mock at thee (и я не буду насмехаться/издеваться над тобой).'

And he said to her (и он сказал ей), 'Nay, but I have been cruel to my mother (нет, я был жесток к своей матери), and as a punishment (и в качестве наказания; to punish — наказывать, карать) has this evil been sent to me (мне было послано это бедствие). Wherefore I must go hence (поэтому я должен уйти отсюда), and wander through the world (и бродить по свету) till I find her (до тех самых пор, пока я не найду ее), and she give me her forgiveness (и она простит меня: «даст мне свое прощение»).'

daughter ['dO:tq] shoulder ['SqVldq] comeliness ['kAmlInIs]

punishment ['pAnISmqnt] world [wq:ld] forgiveness [fq'gIvnIs]

And there came to him the little daughter of the Woodcutter, and she put her hand upon his shoulder and said, 'What doth it matter if thou hast lost thy comeliness? Stay with us, and I will not mock at thee.'

And he said to her, 'Nay, but I have been cruel to my mother, and as a punishment has this evil been sent to me. Wherefore I must go hence, and wander through the world till I find her, and she give me her forgiveness.'

So he ran away into the forest (и вот он убежал в лес) and called out to his mother (и звал свою мать) to come to him (прийти к нему), but there was no answer (но ответа не было). All day long (целый день) he called to her (он звал ее), and, when the sun set (и, когда солнце село; to set (set) — ставить; садиться, заходить /о небесных светилах/) he lay down to sleep (он улегся спать) on a bed of leaves (на постель из листьев), and the birds and the animals fled from him (а птицы и звери спасались от него бегством; to flee (fled) — бежать, убегать), for they remembered his cruelty (потому как они помнили о его жестокости), and he was alone (и он был совсем один) save for the toad (за исключением жабы) that watched him (которая наблюдала за ним), and the slow adder that crawled past (и змеи, которая медленно ползла позади него: «и медленной змеи»; to crawl — ползать).

answer ['Q:nsq] leaves [li:vz] cruelty ['kru:qltI] crawl [krO:l]

So he ran away into the forest and called out to his mother to come to him, but there was no answer. All day long he called to her, and, when the sun set he lay down to sleep on a bed of leaves, and the birds and the animals fled from him, for they remembered his cruelty, and he was alone save for the toad that watched him, and the slow adder that crawled past.