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excellent ['eksqlqnt], Persia ['pWSq], memorable ['memqrqbl]

Then Balkis — The Most Beautiful and Excellent Balkis — went forward through the red lilies into the shade of the camphor-tree and laid her hand upon Suleiman-bin-Daoud’s shoulder and said, ‘O my Lord and Treasure of my Soul, rejoice, for we have taught the Queens of Egypt and Ethiopia and Abyssinia and Persia and India and China with a great and a memorable teaching.’

And Suleiman-bin-Daoud, still looking after the Butterflies where they played in the sunlight, said (и Сулейман-ибн-Дауд, все еще смотря вслед Бабочкам туда, где они играли в солнечном свете, сказал), ‘O my Lady and Jewel of my Felicity, when did this happen (О моя Госпожа и Драгоценность моего Блаженства, когда это случилось)? For I have been jesting with a Butterfly ever since I came into the garden (ибо я шутил с Мотыльком с тех пор, как /я/ вошел в сад).’ And he told Balkis what he had done (и он рассказал Балкис, что он сделал).

Balkis — the Tender and Most Lovely Balkis — said (Балкис — Нежная и Красивейшая Балкис — сказала), ‘O my Lord and Regent of my Existence (О мой Владыка и Властитель моего Бытия), I hid behind the camphor-tree and saw it all (я спряталась за камфорным деревом и видела все это). It was I who told the Butterfly’s Wife to ask the Butterfly to stamp (именно я велела Жене Мотылька попросить Мотылька топнуть), because I hoped that for the sake of the jest my Lord would make some great magic (потому что я надеялась, что ради шутки мой Повелитель сотворит какое-нибудь великое волшебство) and that the Queens would see it and be frightened (а Царицы увидят это и испугаются).’ And she told him what the Queens had said and seen and thought (и она рассказала ему, что сказали, и увидели, и подумали Царицы).

jewel ['GHql], felicity [fI'lIsqtI], regent ['rJGqnt]

And Suleiman-bin-Daoud, still looking after the Butterflies where they played in the sunlight, said, ‘O my Lady and Jewel of my Felicity, when did this happen? For I have been jesting with a Butterfly ever since I came into the garden.’ And he told Balkis what he had done.

Balkis — the Tender and Most Lovely Balkis — said, ‘O my Lord and Regent of my Existence, I hid behind the camphor-tree and saw it all. It was I who told the Butterfly’s Wife to ask the Butterfly to stamp, because I hoped that for the sake of the jest my Lord would make some great magic and that the Queens would see it and be frightened.’ And she told him what the Queens had said and seen and thought.

Then Suleiman-bin-Daoud rose up from his seat under the camphor-tree (тогда Сулейман-ибн-Дауд поднялся со своего сидения под камфорным деревом; to rise up — подниматься), and stretched his arms and rejoiced and said (и простер руки, и возликовал, и сказал), ‘O my Lady and Sweetener of my Days (О моя Госпожа и Услада моих Дней), know that if I had made a magic against my Queens for the sake of pride or anger (знай, что если бы я сотворил волшебство против моих Цариц ради гордыни или в гневе), as I made that feast for all the animals (как я приготовил пир для всех животных), I should certainly have been put to shame (я конечно был бы пристыжен; to put to shame — устыдить, пристыдить). But by means of your wisdom I made the magic for the sake of a jest and for the sake of a little Butterfly (но с помощью твоей мудрости я сотворил волшебство ради шутки и ради маленького Мотылька), and — behold — it has also delivered me from the vexations of my vexatious wives (и — вот смотри! это избавило меня и от притеснения моих беспокойных жен; to vex — досаждать, раздражать; возмущать, сердить)! Tell me, therefore, O my Lady and Heart of my Heart (скажи мне поэтому, О моя Госпожа и Сердце моего Сердца), how did you come to be so wise (как ты оказалась столь мудрой)?’

certainly ['sWtqnlI], wisdom ['wIzdqm], vexatious [vek'seISqs]

Then Suleiman-bin-Daoud rose up from his seat under the camphor-tree, and stretched his arms and rejoiced and said, ‘O my Lady and Sweetener of my Days, know that if I had made a magic against my Queens for the sake of pride or anger, as I made that feast for all the animals, I should certainly have been put to shame. But by means of your wisdom I made the magic for the sake of a jest and for the sake of a little Butterfly, and — behold — it has also delivered me from the vexations of my vexatious wives! Tell me, therefore, O my Lady and Heart of my Heart, how did you come to be so wise?’

And Balkis the Queen, beautiful and tall, looked up into Suleiman-bin-Daoud’s eyes and put her head a little on one side (а Царица Балкис, прекрасная и величественная, посмотрела вверх в глаза Сулеймана-ибн-Дауда и склонила /свою/ голову набок), just like the Butterfly, and said (в точности как Бабочка и сказала), ‘First, O my Lord, because I love you (во-первых, О мой Владыка, потому что я люблю тебя); and secondly, O my Lord, because I know what women-folk are (а во-вторых, О мой Владыка, потому что я знаю, каковы женщины).’

Then they went up to the Palace and lived happily ever afterwards (потом они поднялись во Дворец и жили всегда счастливо потом). But wasn’t it clever of Balkis (но разве это было не ловко со стороны Балкис; clever — проворный, ловкий, шустрый, остроумный)?

tall [tLl], secondly ['sekqndlI], afterwards ['Rftqwqdz]

And Balkis the Queen, beautiful and tall, looked up into Suleiman-bin-Daoud’s eyes and put her head a little on one side, just like the Butterfly, and said, ‘First, O my Lord, because I love you; and secondly, O my Lord, because I know what women-folk are.’

Then they went up to the Palace and lived happily ever afterwards. But wasn’t it clever of Balkis?

THERE was never a Queen like Balkis (никогда не было Царицы, подобной Балкис), From here to the wide world’s end (отсюда и до края обширного мира); But Balkis talked to a butterfly (но Балкис беседовала с бабочкой) As you would talk to a friend (как вы беседовали бы с другом).

There was never a King like Solomon (никогда не было Царя, подобного Соломону), Not since the world began (с начала мира); But Solomon talked to a butterfly (но Соломон беседовал с мотыльком) As a man would talk to a man (как мужчина беседовал бы с мужчиной).

She was Queen of Saboea (она была Царицей Савской) — And he was Asia’s Lord (а он был Владыкой Азии) — But they both of ‘em talked to butterflies (но они оба беседовали с бабочками) When they took their walks abroad (когда они совершали прогулки повсюду)!

Asia ['eISq], both [bquT], abroad [q'brLd]

THERE was never a Queen like Balkis, From here to the wide world’s end; But Balkis talked to a butterfly As you would talk to a friend.

There was never a King like Solomon, Not since the world began; But Solomon talked to a butterfly As a man would talk to a man.

She was Queen of Saboea — And he was Asia’s Lord — But they both of ‘em talked to butterflies When they took their walks abroad!

Не было цариц, как Балкис

В этом мире никогда.

С Бабочкой она болтала,

Как с подругой иногда.

Не было царей подобных

Соломону никогда.

С Мотыльком он вел беседу

По-мужски кое-когда.

Оба — Савская Царица,

Азиатский Властелин —

С бабочками веселиться

Обожали средь маслин.

THIS is the picture of the Animal that came out of the sea and ate up all the food (это изображение Животного, которое вышло из моря и съело всю еду) that Suleiman-bin-Daoud had made ready for all the animals in all the world (которую Сулейман-ибн-Дауд приготовил для всех животных во всем мире). He was really quite a nice Animal (он был действительно очень воспитанным Животным), and his Mummy was very fond of him and of his twenty-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine other brothers (и его Мамочка очень любила его и его 29999 остальных братьев) that lived at the bottom of the sea (которые жили на дне моря). You know that he was the smallest of them all (вы знаете, что он был самым маленьким из них всех), and so his name was Small Porgies (и поэтому его звали Маленький Карась = Карасик; porgy — морской карась). He ate up all those boxes and packets and bales and things that had been got ready for all the animals (он съел все эти ящики, и пакеты, и тюки, и вещи = прочее, что было приготовлено для всех животных), without ever once taking off the lids or untying the strings (даже не снимая крышек и не развязывая бечевок), and it did not hurt him at all (и ему это совсем не повредило).

untie ['An'taI], hurt [hWt], string [strIN]

THIS Is the picture of the Animal that came out of the sea and ate up all the food that Suleiman-bin-Daoud had made ready for all the animals in all the world. He was really quite a nice Animal, and his Mummy was very fond of him and of his twenty-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine other brothers that lived at the bottom of the sea. You know that he was the smallest of them all, and so his name was Small Porgies. He ate up all those boxes and packets and bales and things that had been got ready for all the animals, without ever once taking off the lids or untying the strings, and it did not hurt him at all.

The sticky-up masts behind the boxes of food belong to Suleiman-bin-Daoud’s ships (торчащие мачты за ящиками с едой принадлежат кораблям Сулеймана-ибн-Дауда). They were busy bringing more food when Small Porgies came ashore (они были заняты тем, что везли еще еду, когда Карасик вышел на берег). He did not eat the ships (он не съел корабли). They stopped unloading the foods and instantly sailed away to sea (они прекратили разгружать еду и тотчас ушли в море) till Small Porgies had quite finished eating (пока Карасик полностью не закончил есть). You can see some of the ships beginning to sail away by Small Porgie’s shoulder (вы видите некоторые из кораблей, начинающие отплывать, у плеча Карасика). I have not drawn Suleiman-bin-Daoud (я не нарисовал Сулеймана-ибн-Дауда), but he is just outside the picture, very much astonished (но он, чрезвычайно изумленный, находится как раз за пределами картинки). The bundle hanging from the mast of the ship in the corner is really a package of wet dates for parrots to eat (сверток, свисающий с мачты корабля в углу — на самом деле пакет консервированных фиников для корма попугаям). I don’t know the names of the ships (я не знаю названий кораблей). That is all there is in that picture (это все, что есть на этой картине).

mast [mRst], ashore [q'SL], package ['pxkIG]

The sticky-up masts behind the boxes of food belong to Suleiman-bin-Daoud’s ships. They were busy bringing more food when Small Porgies came ashore. He did not eat the ships. They stopped unloading the foods and instantly sailed away to sea till Small Porgies had quite finished eating. You can see some of the ships beginning to sail away by Small Porgie’s shoulder. I have not drawn Suleiman-bin-Daoud, but he is just outside the picture, very much astonished. The bundle hanging from the mast of the ship in the corner is really a package of wet dates for parrots to eat. I don’t know the names of the ships. That is all there is in that picture.

THIS is the picture of the four gull-winged Djinns (это изображение четырех Джиннов с крыльями, как у чаек) lifting up Suleiman-bin-Daoud’s Palace the very minute after the Butterfly had stamped (поднимающих Дворец Сулеймана-ибн-Дауда в ту самую минуту /после того/, как топнул Мотылек). The Palace and the gardens and everything came up in one piece like a board (Дворец, и сады, и все /остальное/ поднялось вместе, как на столе; board — плита, щит, настил), and they left a big hole in the ground all full of dust and smoke (и они оставили большую яму в земле, всю полную пыли и дыма). If you look in the corner, close to the thing that looks like a lion (если вы посмотрите в угол, рядом со штуковиной, которая похожа на льва), you will see Suleiman-bin-Daoud with his magic stick and the two Butterflies behind him (вы увидите Сулеймана-ибн-Дауда с волшебной палочкой и двумя Бабочками за ним). The thing that looks like a lion is really a lion carved in stone (штуковина, похожая на льва — действительно лев, высеченный из камня), and the thing that looks like a milk-can is really a piece of a temple or a house or something (а штуковина, похожая на молочный бидон — на самом деле кусок храма, или дома, или чего-то еще). Suleiman-bin-Daoud stood there so as to be out of the way of the dust and the smoke (Сулейман-ибн-Дауд стоял там, чтобы не оказаться на пути пыли и дыма) when the Djinns lifted up the Palace (когда Джинны подняли Дворец). I don’t know the Djinn’s names (я не знаю, как зовут Джиннов). They were servants of Suleiman-bin-Daoud’s magic ring (они были слугами волшебного кольца Сулеймана-ибн-Дауда), and they changed about every day (и они менялись почти каждый день). They were just common gull-winged Djinns (они были лишь обычными чайкокрылыми Джиннами).