Английский язык с Р. Киплингом. Истории просто так

Presently the Butterfly, very hot and puffy, came whirling back under the shadow of the camphor-tree and said to Suleiman, ‘She wants me to stamp! She wants to see what will happen, O Suleiman-bin-Daoud! You know I can’t do it, and now she’ll never believe a word I say. She’ll laugh at me to the end of my days!’

‘No, little brother (нет, маленький братец),’ said Suleiman-bin-Daoud (сказал Сулейман-ибн-Дауд), ‘she will never laugh at you again (она никогда больше не будет смеяться над тобой),’ and he turned the ring on his finger (и он повернул кольцо на своем пальце) — just for the little Butterfly’s sake (лишь ради маленького Мотылька), not for the sake of showing off (а не ради бахвальства), — and, lo and behold (и смотрите и внимайте), four huge Djinns came out of the earth (четыре огромных Джинна вышли из земли)!

‘Slaves,’ said Suleiman-bin-Daoud (рабы, — сказал Сулейман-ибн-Дауд), ‘when this gentleman on my finger (когда этот господин на моем пальце)’ (that was where the impudent Butterfly was sitting (именно там сидел наглый Мотылек)) ‘stamps his left front forefoot (топнет своей левой передней ножкой) you will make my Palace and these gardens disappear in a clap of thunder (вы заставите исчезнуть мой Дворец и эти сады в грохоте грома). When he stamps again you will bring them back carefully (когда он топнет опять, вы аккуратно вернете их назад = на место).’

huge [hjHG], slave [sleIv], carefully ['kFqfulI]

‘No, little brother,’ said Suleiman-bin-Daoud, ‘she will never laugh at you again,’ and he turned the ring on his finger — just for the little Butterfly’s sake, not for the sake of showing off, — and, lo and behold, four huge Djinns came out of the earth!

‘Slaves,’ said Suleiman-bin-Daoud, ‘when this gentleman on my finger’ (that was where the impudent Butterfly was sitting) ‘stamps his left front forefoot you will make my Palace and these gardens disappear in a clap of thunder. When he stamps again you will bring them back carefully.’

‘Now, little brother (теперь, маленький братец),’ he said (сказал он), ‘go back to your wife and stamp all you’ve a mind to (вернись к своей жене и топни в точности, как ты и намерен; mind — намерение, склонность /сделать что-л./).’

Away flew the Butterfly to his wife, who was crying (Мотылек улетел к своей жене, которая кричала), ‘I dare you to do it (а ну попробуй)! I dare you to do it (а ну попробуй)! Stamp! Stamp now! Stamp (топни! топни! топни!)!’ Balkis saw the four vast Djinns stoop down to the four corners of the gardens with the Palace in the middle (Балкис увидела, как четыре громадных Джинна наклонились к четырем углам садов с Дворцом в центре), and she clapped her hands softly and said (и она тихонько захлопала в ладоши и сказала), ‘At last Suleiman-bin-Daoud will do for the sake of a Butterfly (наконец Сулейман-ибн-Дауд сделает ради Мотылька /то/) what he ought to have done long ago for his own sake (что ему следовало сделать давно ради самого себя), and the quarrelsome Queens will be frightened (и склочные Царицы испугаются)!’

mind [maInd], dare [dFq], vast [vRst]

‘Now, little brother,’ he said, ‘go back to your wife and stamp all you’ve a mind to.’