Когда темно у нас в каюте[15],
И волны хлещутся о борт.
Когда вода кругом на юте,
Когда вдали ближайший порт.
Когда корабль в дикой тряске,
Когда дает он сильный крен.
Когда все вещи скачут в пляске,
И шторма не избегнуть плен.
Официант, облитый супом,
С подносом мчится в ресторан.
Лежит в каюте няня трупом,
И «не мешать» приказ мне дан.
Когда меня не умывают,
Когда меня не одевают,
Тогда догадываюсь я:
В какие я попал[16] края.
В воде по самые борта
Где наше судно знаешь ты?
Сороковая долгота,
Пятидесятой широты.
THIS is the picture of the Whale swallowing the Mariner with his infinite-resource-and-sagacity (это изображение Кита, глотающего Моряка с его безграничной находчивостью и сообразительностью), and the raft and the jack-knife
suspenders [sqs'pendqz], knife [naIf], jaws [GLz]
THIS is the picture of the Whale swallowing the Mariner with his infinite-resource-and-sagacity, and the raft and the jack-knife
HERE is the Whale (/а/ вот Кит) looking for the little ‘Stute Fish (ищет маленькую Хитренькую Рыбку), who is hiding under the Door-sills of the Equator (которая скрывается под Порогом Экватора). The little ‘Stute Fish’s name was Pingle (маленькую Хитренькую Рыбку звали Пингл). He is hiding among the roots of the big seaweed (она прячется среди корней больших морских водорослей) that grows in front of the Doors of the Equator (которые растут перед Дверьми Экватора). I have drawn the Doors of the Equator (я нарисовал Двери Экватора). They are shut (они закрыты). They are always kept shut (их всегда держат закрытыми;
giant ['GaIqnt], queer [kwIq], head [hed]
HERE is the Whale looking for the little ‘Stute Fish, who is hiding under the Door-sills of the Equator. The little ‘Stute Fish’s name was Pingle. He is hiding among the roots of the big seaweed that grows in front of the Doors of the Equator. I have drawn the Doors of the Equator. They are shut. They are always kept shut, because a door ought always to be kept shut. The ropy-thing right across is the Equator itself; and the things that look like rocks are the two giants Moar and Koar, that keep the Equator in order. They drew the shadow-pictures on the doors of the Equator, and they carved all those twisty fishes under the Doors. The beaky-fish are called beaked Dolphins, and the other fish with the queer heads are called Hammer-headed Sharks. The Whale never found the little ‘Stute Fish till he got over his temper, and then they became good friends again.
NOW this is the next tale (а вот следующая сказка), and it tells how the Camel got his big hump (и она рассказывает /о том/, как у Верблюда появился его большой горб).
In the beginning of years (в начале лет), when the world was so new and all (когда весь мир был таким новеньким;
camel ['kxmql], desert ['dezqt], excruciating [Iks'krHSIeItIN]
NOW this is the next tale, and it tells how the Camel got his big hump.
In the beginning of years, when the world was so new and all, and the Animals were just beginning to work for Man, there was a Camel, and he lived in the middle of a Howling Desert because he did not want to work; and besides, he was a Howler himself. So he ate sticks and thorns and tamarisks and milkweed and prickles, most ‘scruciating idle; and when anybody spoke to him he said ‘Humph!’ Just ‘Humph!’ and no more.
Presently the Horse came to him on Monday morning (некоторое время спустя в понедельник утром к нему пришел Конь;
‘Humph!’ said the Camel (Грп! — сказал Верблюд); and the Horse went away and told the Man (а Конь ушел и рассказал Человеку;
Presently the Dog came to him (некоторое время спустя к нему пришел Пес), with a stick in his mouth (с палкой в /его/ пасти), and said, ‘Camel, O Camel (и сказал: Верблюд, О Верблюд), come and fetch and carry like the rest of us (иди и /принеси/ /и/ поноси, как мы остальные;
‘Humph!’ said the Camel (Грп! — сказал Верблюд); and the Dog went away and told the Man (а Пес ушел и рассказал Человеку).
presently ['prezntlI], mouth [mauT], carry ['kxrI]
Presently the Horse came to him on Monday morning, with a saddle on his back and a bit in his mouth, and said, ‘Camel, O Camel, come out and trot like the rest of us.’
‘Humph!’ said the Camel; and the Horse went away and told the Man.
Presently the Dog came to him, with a stick in his mouth, and said, ‘Camel, O Camel, come and fetch and carry like the rest of us.’
‘Humph!’ said the Camel; and the Dog went away and told the Man.
Presently the Ox came to him (некоторое время спустя к нему пришел Бык), with the yoke on his neck and said (с ярмом на /его/ шее и сказал), ‘Camel, O Camel, come and plough like the rest of us (Верблюд, О Верблюд, иди и попаши, как все остальные мы).’
‘Humph!’ said the Camel (Грп! — сказал Верблюд); and the Ox went away and told the Man (а Бык ушел и рассказал Человеку).
At the end of the day (в конце дня) the Man called the Horse and the Dog and the Ox together (Человек созвал Коня, и Пса, и Быка;
plough [plau], together [tq'geDq], double [dAbl]
Presently the Ox came to him, with the yoke on his neck and said, ‘Camel, O Camel, come and plough like the rest of us.’
‘Humph!’ said the Camel; and the Ox went away and told the Man.
At the end of the day the Man called the Horse and the Dog and the Ox together, and said, ‘Three, O Three, I’m very sorry for you (with the world so new-and-all); but that Humph-thing in the Desert can’t work, or he would have been here by now,’ so I am going to leave him alone, and you must work double-time to make up for it.’
That made the Three very angry (это очень рассердило Троих: «сделало Троих очень сердитыми») (with the world so new-and-all (со всем таким новеньким миром)), and they held a palaver, and an
Presently there came along the Djinn in charge of All Deserts (некоторое время спустя появился Джинн, ответственный за Все Пустыни[19]), rolling in a cloud of dust (катясь в облаке пыли) (Djinns always travel that way because it is Magic (Джинны всегда путешествуют так, потому что это Волшебство)), and he stopped to palaver and pow-wow with the Three (и он остановился поучаствовать в говорильне и в совете с Тремя).
palaver [pq'lRvq], pow-wow ['pauwau], laugh [lRf]
That made the Three very angry (with the world so new-and-all), and they held a palaver, and an
Presently there came along the Djinn in charge of All Deserts, rolling in a cloud of dust (Djinns always travel that way because it is Magic), and he stopped to palaver and pow-wow with the Three.
‘Djinn of All Deserts (Джинн Всех Пустынь),’ said the Horse (сказал Конь),
‘Certainly not,’ said the Djinn (конечно, нет, — сказал Джинн).
‘Well,’ said the Horse (ну, — сказал Конь), ‘there’s a thing in the middle of your Howling Desert (посреди твоей Унылой Пустыни есть существо) (and he’s a Howler himself (а оно и само Нытик)) with a long neck and long legs (с длинной шеей и длинными ногами), and he hasn’t done a stroke of work since Monday morning (и оно не ударило копытом о копыто с утра в понедельник;
right [raIt], idle [aIdl], certainly ['sWtqnlI]
‘Djinn of All Deserts,’ said the Horse,
‘Certainly not,’ said the Djinn.
‘Well,’ said the Horse, ‘there’s a thing in the middle of your Howling Desert (and he’s a Howler himself) with a long neck and long legs, and he hasn’t done a stroke of work since Monday morning. He won’t trot.’
‘Whew!’ said the Djinn (фью! — сказал Джинн), whistling (со свистом), ‘that’s my Camel (это /же/ мой Верблюд), for all the gold in Arabia (клянусь всем золотом Аравии[20])! What does he say about it (что он говорит по этому поводу)?’
‘He says “Humph (он говорит Грп)!” said the Dog (сказал Пес); ‘and he won’t fetch and carry (и он не хочет приносить и (у)носить).’
‘Does he say anything else (говорит он еще что-нибудь)?’
‘Only “Humph!” (только Грп); and he won’t plough (и он не хочет пахать),’ said the Ox (сказал Бык).
whistle [wIsl], gold [gquld], Arabia [q'reIbjq]
‘Whew!’ said the Djinn, whistling, ‘that’s my Camel, for all the gold in Arabia! What does he say about it?’
‘He says “Humph!” said the Dog; ‘and he won’t fetch and carry.’
‘Does he say anything else?’