Английский язык с Оскаром Уайльдом. Звездный мальчик и другие легенды

And when she saw that she could in no way escape from him, she began to weep, and said, `I pray thee let me go, for I am the only daughter of a King, and my father is aged and alone.'

But the young Fisherman answered, `I will not let thee go save thou makest me a promise that whenever I call thee, thou wilt come and sing to me, for the fish delight to listen to the song of the Sea-folk, and so shall my nets be full.'

`Wilt thou in very truth let me go (ты на самом деле отпустишь меня; wilt thou = will you; truth — правда, истина), if I promise thee this (если я пообещаю тебе это)?' cried the Mermaid (воскликнула Русалочка).

`In very truth I will let thee go (я действительно отпущу тебя),' said the young Fisherman (сказал молодой Рыбак). So she made him the promise (тогда она пообещала ему) he desired (/как/ он того желал), and sware it by the oath of the Sea-folk (и поклялась в этом клятвой Морского Народа; to swear (swore, sworn)). And he loosened his arms from about her (и он ослабил свои объятия /вокруг нее/), and she sank down into the water (и она опустилась в воду; to sink (sank, sunk) — тонуть, утопать; опускаться), trembling with a strange fear (трепеща в странном страхе; to tremble — дрожать, трястись, трепетать).

Every evening the young Fisherman went out upon the sea (каждый вечер выходил молодой Рыбак в море), and called to the Mermaid (и звал Русалочку), and she rose out of the water (и она поднималась из воды) and sang to him (и пела для него; to sing (sang, sung)). Round and round her swam the dolphins (вокруг /и вокруг/ нее плавали дельфины; to swim (swam, swum)), and the wild gulls wheeled above her head (и дикие чайки кружили над ее головой; to wheel — катить, подкатить; описывать круги, wheel — колесо; кружение).

wilt [wIlt] oath [qVT] loosen ['lu:s(q)n] dolphin ['dOlfIn]

`Wilt thou in very truth let me go, if I promise thee this?' cried the Mermaid.

`In very truth I will let thee go,' said the young Fisherman. So she made him the promise he desired, and sware it by the oath of the Sea-folk. And he loosened his arms from about her, and she sank down into the water, trembling with a strange fear.

Every evening the young Fisherman went out upon the sea, and called to the Mermaid, and she rose out of the water and sang to him. Round and round her swam the dolphins, and the wild gulls wheeled above her head.