Английский с Эдгаром По. Падение дома Ашеров / Edgar Allan Poe. The Fall of the House of Usher

The career of the horseman was indisputably, on his own part, uncontrollable. The agony of his countenance, the convulsive struggle of his frame, gave evidence of superhuman exertion: but no sound, save a solitary shriek, escaped from his lacerated lips, which were bitten through and through in the intensity of terror.

One instant, and the clattering of hoofs resounded sharply and shrilly above the roaring of the flames and the shrieking of the winds (одно мгновение – и грохот копыт раздался резко и пронзительно поверх рева пламени и завывания ветра; to resound – прозвучать; to shriek – верещать, вопить) – another, and, clearing at a single plunge the gate-way and the moat (другое – и, преодолев одним прыжком ворота и крепостной ров; to clear – очищать; перескочить, взять /барьер/), the steed bounded far up the tottering staircases of the palace (скакун взнесся далеко наверх по шатким лестницам дворца), and, with its rider, disappeared amid the whirlwind of chaotic fire (и, со своим всадником, исчез в вихре хаотического огня).

One instant, and the clattering of hoofs resounded sharply and shrilly above the roaring of the flames and the shrieking of the winds – another, and, clearing at a single plunge the gate-way and the moat, the steed bounded far up the tottering staircases of the palace, and, with its rider, disappeared amid the whirlwind of chaotic fire.

The fury of the tempest immediately died away (ярость бури тотчас утихла; to die away – стихнуть, замереть: «умереть прочь»), and a dead calm sullenly succeeded (и мрачно наступила мертвая тишь; to succeed – последовать). A white flame still enveloped the building like a shroud (один белый язык пламени все еще окутывал здание, как саван), and, streaming far away into the quiet atmosphere (и, уносясь прочь в тихую атмосферу; to stream – течь, струиться), shot forth a glare of preternatural light (испустил сияние сверхъестественного света; to shoot – стрелять; forth – вперед, наружу; to shoot forth – внезапно появиться; пустить /почки/); while a cloud of smoke settled heavily over the battlements (в то время как облако дыма тяжело опустилось на зубчатые стены) in the distinct colossal figure of – a horse (в явственной, огромной форме лошади).

The fury of the tempest immediately died away, and a dead calm sullenly succeeded. A white flame still enveloped the building like a shroud, and, streaming far away into the quiet atmosphere, shot forth a glare of preternatural light; while a cloud of smoke settled heavily over the battlements in the distinct colossal figure of – a horse.

Berenice (Береника)

Dicebant mihi sodales, si sepulchrum amicae visitarem, curas meas aliquantulum forelevatas.

Ebn Zaiat

Мне говорили собратья, что, если я навещу могилу подруги, горе мое немного облегчится.

Ибн-Зайат