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usual ['jHZuql], Egypt ['JGIpt], worry ['wArI]

One day, when they had quarrelled for three weeks — all nine hundred and ninety-nine wives together — Suleiman-bin-Daoud went out for peace and quiet as usual; and among the orange trees he met Balkis the Most Beautiful, very sorrowful because Suleiman-bin-Daoud was so worried. And she said to him, ‘O my Lord and Light of my Eyes, turn the ring upon your finger and show these Queens of Egypt and Mesopotamia and Persia and China that you are the great and terrible King.’ But Suleiman-bin-Daoud shook his head and said, ‘O my Lady and Delight of my Life, remember the Animal that came out of the sea and made me ashamed before all the animals in all the world because I showed off. Now, if I showed off before these Queens of Persia and Egypt and Abyssinia and China, merely because they worry me, I might be made even more ashamed than I have been.’

And Balkis the Most Beautiful said (и Прекраснейшая Балкис сказала), ‘O my Lord and Treasure of my Soul, what will you do (О мой Владыка и Сокровище моей Души, что ты будешь делать)?’

And Suleiman-bin-Daoud said (и Сулейман-ибн-Дауд сказал), ‘O my Lady and Content of my Heart (О моя Госпожа и Услада моего Сердца; content — удовлетворенность, довольство), I shall continue to endure my fate at the hands of these nine hundred and ninety-nine Queens (я буду продолжать сносить мою участь от этих 999 Цариц; to endure — сносить, терпеть) who vex me with their continual quarrelling (которые досаждают мне своими непрерывными ссорами).’

treasure ['treZq], soul [squl], content [kqn'tent]

And Balkis the Most Beautiful said, ‘O my Lord and Treasure of my Soul, what will you do?’

And Suleiman-bin-Daoud said, ‘O my Lady and Content of my Heart, I shall continue to endure my fate at the hands of these nine hundred and ninety-nine Queens who vex me with their continual quarrelling.’

So he went on between the lilies and the loquats and the roses and the cannas and the heavy-scented ginger-plants (и он пошел дальше между лилий, и локвы [155] , и роз, и канн, и пижмы обыкновенной с тяжелым запахом) that grew in the garden (которые росли в саду), till he came to the great camphor-tree (пока /он/ /не/ пришел к огромному камфорному дереву [156] ) that was called the Camphor Tree of Suleiman-bin-Daoud (которое называлось Камфорным Деревом Сулеймана-ибн-Дауда). But Balkis hid among the tall irises and the spotted bamboos and the red lilies behind the camphor-tree (но Балкис спряталась среди высоких ирисов, и пятнистого бамбука, и красных лилий за камфорным деревом), so as to be near her own true love, Suleiman-bin-Daoud (чтобы быть рядом со своей /собственной/ истинной любовью, Сулейманом-ибн-Даудом).

Presently two Butterflies flew under the tree, quarrelling (некоторое время спустя две Бабочки прилетели под дерево, ссорясь).

loquat ['lqukwqt], ginger ['GInGq], camphor ['kxmfq]

So he went on between the lilies and the loquats and the roses and the cannas and the heavy-scented ginger-plants that grew in the garden, till he came to the great camphor-tree that was called the Camphor Tree of Suleiman-bin-Daoud. But Balkis hid among the tall irises and the spotted bamboos and the red lilies behind the camphor-tree, so as to be near her own true love, Suleiman-bin-Daoud.

Presently two Butterflies flew under the tree, quarrelling.

Suleiman-bin-Daoud heard one say to the other (Сулейман-ибн-Дауд слышал, как одна говорила другой), ‘I wonder at your presumption in talking like this to me (я удивляюсь твоей самонадеянности разговаривать так со мной). Don’t you know that if I stamped with my foot (разве ты не знаешь, что если бы я топнул моей ногой) all Suleiman-bin-Daoud’s Palace and his garden here would immediately vanish in a clap of thunder (весь Дворец Сулеймана-ибн-Дауда и этот его сад тотчас бы исчезли с ударом грома).’

Then Suleiman-bin-Daoud forgot his nine hundred and ninety-nine bothersome wives (тогда Сулейман-ибн-Дауд забыл о своих 999 неугомонных женах), and laughed, till the camphor-tree shook, at the Butterfly’s boast (и засмеялся /и смеялся/, пока /не/ затряслось камфорное дерево, над похвальбой Мотылька). And he held out his finger and said (и он выставил /свой/ палец и сказал), ‘Little man, come here (маленький мужчина = мужчинка / мужичок, иди сюда).’

wonder ['wAndq], presumption [prI'zAmpSqn], immediately [I'mJdIqtlI]

Suleiman-bin-Daoud heard one say to the other, ‘I wonder at your presumption in talking like this to me. Don’t you know that if I stamped with my foot all Suleiman-bin-Daoud’s Palace and his garden here would immediately vanish in a clap of thunder.’

Then Suleiman-bin-Daoud forgot his nine hundred and ninety-nine bothersome wives, and laughed, till the camphor-tree shook, at the Butterfly’s boast. And he held out his finger and said, ‘Little man, come here.’

The Butterfly was dreadfully frightened (Мотылек страшно испугался), but he managed to fly up to the hand of Suleiman-bin-Daoud (но он смог вспорхнуть на руку Сулеймана-ибн-Дауда), and clung there, fanning himself (и прицепился там, обмахиваясь; to cling — прицепиться, крепко держаться). Suleiman-bin-Daoud bent his head and whispered very softly (Сулейман-ибн-Дауд склонил /свою/ голову и прошептал очень тихо), ‘Little man, you know that all your stamping wouldn’t bend one blade of grass (мужичок, ты знаешь, что все твои топанья не склонили бы /и/ травинку; blade of grass — травинка: «клинок травы»). What made you tell that awful fib to your wife (что заставило тебя сказать такую чудовищную ложь твоей жене; fib — выдумка, домысел, неправда)? — for doubtless she is your wife (ибо несомненно, она твоя жена; doubt — сомнение).’

manage ['mxnIG], whisper ['wIspq], doubtless ['dautlIs]

The Butterfly was dreadfully frightened, but he managed to fly up to the hand of Suleiman-bin-Daoud, and clung there, fanning himself. Suleiman-bin-Daoud bent his head and whispered very softly, ‘Little man, you know that all your stamping wouldn’t bend one blade of grass. What made you tell that awful fib to your wife? — for doubtless she is your wife.’

The Butterfly looked at Suleiman-bin-Daoud (Мотылек посмотрел на Сулеймана-ибн-Дауда) and saw the most wise King’s eyes twinkle like stars on a frosty night (и увидел, что глаза самого мудрого Царя сверкают, как звезды в морозном небе), and he picked up his courage with both wings (и он собрал /все/ свое мужество обоими крылышками), and he put his head on one side and said (и он склонил свою голову набок и сказал), ‘O King, live for ever (О Царь, живи вечно). She is my wife (она моя жена); and you know what wives are like (а ты знаешь, каковы жены).’

Suleiman-bin-Daoud smiled in his beard and said (Сулейман-ибн-Дауд улыбнулся в /свою/ бороду и сказал), ‘Yes, I know, little brother (да, /уж/ я/-то/ знаю, маленький братец).’

‘One must keep them in order somehow (их нужно каким-то образом держать в порядке = в повиновении),’ said the Butterfly (сказал Мотылек), ‘and she has been quarrelling with me all the morning (а она ругается со мной все утро). I said that to quiet her (я сказал это, чтобы угомонить ее).’

courage ['kArIG], beard [bIqd], brother ['brADq]

The Butterfly looked at Suleiman-bin-Daoud and saw the most wise King’s eyes twinkle like stars on a frosty night, and he picked up his courage with both wings, and he put his head on one side and said, ‘O King, live for ever. She is my wife; and you know what wives are like.’

Suleiman-bin-Daoud smiled in his beard and said, ‘Yes, I know, little brother.’