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He was asleep in a short time (он быстро заснул) and he dreamed of Africa when he was a boy (и ему снилась Африка, когда он был еще мальчишкой) and the long golden beaches (и длинные золотистые берега) and the white beaches, so white they hurt your eyes (и белые отмели, настолько белые, что болели глаза: «они причиняли боль глазам»), and the high capes (и высокие утесы: «мысы») and the great brown mountains (и большие бурые горы). He lived along that coast now every night (он жил на том побережье каждую ночь) and in his dreams he heard the surf roar (и в своих снах он слышал рев прибоя; roar — рев; грохот) and saw the native boats come riding through it (и видел лодки туземцев, плывущих по ним /волнам/). He smelled the tar and oakum of the deck as he slept (во сне он вдыхал запах смолы и пакли, который шел от палубы; tar — смола, деготь; oakum — пакля) and he smelled the smell of Africa that the land breeze brought at morning (и он вдыхал запах Африки, который приносил береговой ветер по утрам).

trousers ['trauzqz], roar [rL], oakum ['qukqm]

The boy went out. They had eaten with no light on the table and the old man took off his trousers and went to bed in the dark. He rolled his trousers up to make a pillow, putting the newspaper inside them. He rolled himself in the blanket and slept on the other old newspapers that covered the springs of the bed.

He was asleep in a short time and he dreamed of Africa when he was a boy and the long golden beaches and the white beaches, so white they hurt your eyes, and the high capes and the great brown mountains. He lived along that coast now every night and in his dreams he heard the surf roar and saw the native boats come riding through it. He smelled the tar and oakum of the deck as he slept and he smelled the smell of Africa that the land breeze brought at morning.

Usually when he smelled the land breeze he woke up and dressed to go and wake the boy (обычно, когда он чувствовал запах берегового ветра, он просыпался и одевался, чтобы пойти разбудить мальчика). But tonight the smell of the land breeze came very early (но сегодня запах берегового ветра пришел очень рано) and he knew it was too early in his dream (и он знал в своем сне, что было слишком рано) and went on dreaming to see the white peaks of the Islands rising from the sea (и продолжал спать, чтобы увидеть белые вершины островов, поднимающихся из моря) and then he dreamed of the different harbours and roadsteads of the Canary Islands (а затем он видел сны о разных гаванях и рейдах Канарских островов).

He no longer dreamed of storms (он больше не видел снов ни о штормах), nor of women (ни о женщинах), nor of great occurrences (ни о великих происшествиях), nor of great fish (ни о большой рыбе), nor fights (ни о драках), nor contests of strength (ни о состязаниях в силе), nor of his wife (ни о жене). He only dreamed of places now and of the lions on the beach (он теперь видел сны только о местах и о львах на берегу). They played like young cats in the dusk (они играли как котята: «молодые кошки» в сумерках) and he loved them as he loved the boy (и он любил их так же, как он любил мальчика). He never dreamed about the boy (мальчик никогда ему не снился). He simply woke (он просто проснулся; to wake), looked out the open door at the moon (посмотрел через открытую дверь на луну) and unrolled his trousers and put them on (развернул свои штаны и надел их). He urinated outside the shack (он помочился снаружи хижины) and then went up the road to wake the boy (и затем пошел вверх по дороге будить мальчика). He was shivering with the morning cold (он дрожал от утреннего холода). But he knew he would shiver himself warm and that soon he would be rowing (но он знал, что он подрожит и согреется: «додрожит себя до теплоты», и что вскоре он будет грести).

occurrence [q'kArqns], urinate ['juqrIneIt], shiver ['SIvq]

Usually when he smelled the land breeze he woke up and dressed to go and wake the boy. But tonight the smell of the land breeze came very early and he knew it was too early in his dream and went on dreaming to see the white peaks of the Islands rising from the sea and then he dreamed of the different harbours and roadsteads of the Canary Islands.

He no longer dreamed of storms, nor of women, nor of great occurrences, nor of great fish, nor fights, nor contests of strength, nor of his wife. He only dreamed of places now and of the lions on the beach. They played like young cats in the dusk and he loved them as he loved the boy. He never dreamed about the boy. He simply woke, looked out the open door at the moon and unrolled his trousers and put them on. He urinated outside the shack and then went up the road to wake the boy. He was shivering with the morning cold. But he knew he would shiver himself warm and that soon he would be rowing.

The door of the house where the boy lived was unlocked (дверь дома, где жил мальчик, была незаперта) and he opened it (он открыл ее) and walked in quietly with his bare feet (и зашел внутрь, бесшумно ступая своими босыми ногами: «со своими босыми ногами»). The boy was asleep on a cot in the first room (мальчик спал на койке в первой комнате; cot — детская кроватка; койка) and the old man could see him clearly with the light that came in from the dying moon (и старик отчетливо видел его при слабом свете луны: «при свете, исходящего от умирающей луны»). He took hold of one foot gently (он нежно взял одну ступню; to take hold — хватать, схватить) and held it until the boy woke and turned and looked at him (и держал её, пока мальчик не проснулся, не перевернулся и не посмотрел на него). The old man nodded and the boy took his trousers from the chair by the bed (старик кивнул, и мальчик взял = снял свои штаны со стула у кровати) and, sitting on the bed, pulled them on (и, сидя на кровати, надел их).

The old man went out the door and the boy came after him (старик вышел за дверь, и мальчик последовал за ним). He was sleepy and the old man put his arm across his shoulders and said (он был еще сонным, и старик обнял его за плечи: «положил свою руку поперек его плеч» и сказал), "I am sorry (извини: «сожалею»)."

"Qu'e va (исп. да ладно/пустяки)," the boy said. "It is what a man must do (это то, что должны делать мужчины = такова наша мужская доля)."

quietly ['kwaIqtlI], clearly ['klIqlI], gently ['GentlI]

The door of the house where the boy lived was unlocked and he opened it and walked in quietly with his bare feet. The boy was asleep on a cot in the first room and the old man could see him clearly with the light that came in from the dying moon. He took hold of one foot gently and held it until the boy woke and turned and looked at him. The old man nodded and the boy took his trousers from the chair by the bed and, sitting on the bed, pulled them on.

The old man went out the door and the boy came after him. He was sleepy and the old man put his arm across his shoulders and said, "I am sorry."

"Qu'e va," the boy said. "It is what a man must do."

They walked down the road to the old man's shack (они пошли вниз по дороге к хижине старика) and all along the road, in the dark, barefoot men were moving (и по всей дороге в темноте двигались босоногие люди/мужчины), carrying the masts of their boats (которые несли: «неся» мачты своих лодок).

When they reached the old man's shack (когда они дошли до хижины старика; to reach — протягивать; достигать) the boy took the rolls of line in the basket (мальчик взял мотки лесы в корзине) and the harpoon (и гарпун) and gaff (и багор) and the old man carried the mast with the furled sail on his shoulder (а старик взвалил мачту с обмотанным вокруг нее парусом на плечи).

"Do you want coffee (хочешь кофе)?" the boy asked.

"We'll put the gear in the boat and then get some (мы отнесем: «положим» вещи в лодку, а потом выпьем кофе).”

They had coffee from condensed milk cans (они выпили кофе из консервных банок от сгущенного молока; to condense — сгущать, уплотнять; condense milk — сгущенное молоко) at an early morning place that served fishermen (в заведении, которое открывалось очень рано и обслуживало рыбаков).

condense [kqn'dens], basket ['bRskIt], coffee ['kOfI]

They walked down the road to the old man's shack and all along the road, in the dark, barefoot men were moving, carrying the masts of their boats.