Английский язык с Дж. Р. Р. Толкиеном. Хоббит

Back to gardens on the hills (назад, к садам на холмах)

Where the berry swells and fills (где ягоды наполняются и наливаются; toswell — надуваться, опухать; to fill — наполнять, заполнять)

Under sunlight, under day (под солнечным светом и днем)!

South away! and South away! (на Юг, на Юг)!

Down the swift dark stream you go (вниз по быстротечному темному потоку вы движетесь)

Back to lands you once did know! (назад, в те земли, что вы уже однажды знали)!

cavern ['kaevn] pasture ['p: st] kine [kan]

Down the swift dark stream you go Back to lands you once did know! Leave the halls and caverns deep, Leave the northern mountains steep, Where the forest wide and dim Stoops in shadow grey and grim! Float beyond the world of trees Out into the whispering breeze, Past the rushes, past the reeds, Past the marsh’s waving weeds, Through the mist that riseth white Up from mere and pool at night! Follow, follow stars that leap Up the heavens cold and steep; Turn when dawn comes over land, Over rapid, over sand, South away! and South away! Seek the sunlight and the day, Back to pasture, back to mead, Where the kine and oxen feed! Back to gardens on the hills Where the berry swells and fills Under sunlight, under day! South away! and South away! Down the swift dark stream you go Back to lands you once did know!

Now the very last barrel (теперь уже самая последняя бочка) was being rolled to the doors (была подкачена к люкам)! In despair (в отчаянии) and not knowing what else to do (и не зная, что бы еще сделать), poor little Bilbo caught hold of it (бедный маленький Бильбо ухватился за нее; to catch (caught) hold of smth. — ухватиться за что-либо) and was pushed over the edge with it (и был столкнут через край вместе с ней). Down into the water he fell (он упал вниз, в воду), splash (плюх)! into the cold dark water (в холодную темную воду) with the barrel on top of him (и бочка сверху него). He came up again (он снова вынырнул: «поднялся наверх») spluttering and clinging to the wood (брызгаясь и цепляясь за деревянную /бочку/) like a rat (словно крыса), but for all his efforts (но, несмотря на все его усилия) he could not scramble on top (он не мог вскарабкаться на ее верхушку). Every time he tried (каждый раз, когда он пытался), the barrel rolled round (бочка вращалась) and ducked him under again (и /заставляла его/ снова нырять; to duck — нырнуть, окунуть). It was really empty (она действительно была пустой), and floated light as a cork (и плыла с легкостью: «легкая как» пробки). Though his ears were full of water (хотя его уши и были полны воды), he could hear the elves still singing (он мог слышать, как эльфы все еще пели) in the cellar above (в погребе наверху). Then suddenly the trapdoors fell to (затем внезапно люки захлопнулись; to fall (fell, fallen) to — зд. захлопываться) with a boom (с шумом; boom — гул, рокот, гудение) and their voices faded away (и их голоса угасли). He was in the dark tunnel (он оказался в темном туннеле), floating in icy water (плывущим в ледяной воде), all alone (совершенно один) — for you cannot count friends (так как нельзя учитывать друзей; to count — считать, подсчитывать, принимать в расчет) that are all packed up in barrels (которые полностью упакованы в бочках).

effort ['eft] empty ['empt] cork [k: k] icy ['as]

Now the very last barrel was being rolled to the doors! In despair and not knowing what else to do, poor little Bilbo caught hold of it and was pushed over the edge with it. Down into the water he fell, splash! into the cold dark water with the barrel on top of him. He came up again spluttering and clinging to the wood like a rat, but for all his efforts he could not scramble on top. Every time he tried, the barrel rolled round and ducked him under again. It was really empty, and floated light as a cork. Though his ears were full of water, he could hear the elves still singing in the cellar above. Then suddenly the trapdoors fell to with a boom and their voices faded away. He was in the dark tunnel, floating in icy water, all alone — for you cannot count friends that are all packed up in barrels.

Very soon (очень скоро) a grey patch came up in the darkness ahead (серый просвет появился в темноте впереди; patch — заплата; клочок; пятно). He heard the creak of the water-gate (он слышал скрип затвора шлюза) being hauled up (который поднимали: «был поднимаем»), and he found (и он обнаружил) that he was in the midst (что он был в самой середине) of a bobbing and bumping mass of casks and tubs (подпрыгивающей и сталкивающейся массы из бочонков и бадеек) all pressing together (прижатых друг к другу) to pass under the arch (чтобы пройти под сводом) and get out into the open stream (и выбраться наружу, в открытый поток). He had as much as he could do (он был вынужден, насколько только мог) to prevent himself (воспротивиться; to prevent — предотвращать, мешать, не допускать) from being hustled (/тому, чтобы его не/ затолкали; to hustle — толкать (ся), пихать (ся) ) and battered to bits (и не разбили на мелкие кусочки; to butter — колотить, дубасить, разбивать); but at last the jostling crowd (но, наконец, теснящая/толкающая толпа /бочек/) began to break up (начала редеть; to break up — разгонять; расходиться) and swing off (и, вертясь, исчезать), one by one (одна из одной), under the stone arch and away (под каменным сводом и дальше). Then he saw (затем он увидел) that it would have been no good (что это было бы все равно бесполезно) even if he had managed (если бы ему даже и удалось) to get astride his barrel (взобраться верхом на свою бочку), for there was no room to spare (так как свободного места не было; to spare — беречь, экономить; иметь в излишке), not even for a hobbit (даже и для хоббита), between its top (между ее /бочки/ верхом) and the suddenly stooping roof (и внезапно снижавшейся крышей) where the gate was (/в том месте/, где находились ворота).

patch [paet] midst [mdst] mass [maes] arch [: t] astride ['strad]

Very soon a grey patch came up in the darkness ahead. He heard the creak of the water-gate being hauled up, and he found that he was in the midst of a bobbing and bumping mass of casks and tubs all pressing together to pass under the arch and get out into the open stream. He had as much as he could do to prevent himself from being hustled and battered to bits; but at last the jostling crowd began to break up and swing off, one by one, under the stone arch and away. Then he saw that it would have been no good even if he had managed to get astride his barrel, for there was no room to spare, not even for a hobbit, between its top and the suddenly stooping roof where the gate was.

Out they went (они двигались наружу) under the overhanging branches of the trees (под нависающими ветвями деревьев) on either bank (на каждом берегу). Bilbo wondered what the dwarves were feeling (Бильбо размышлял, как же чувствуют себя гномы) and whether a lot of water (и много ли воды) was getting into their tubs (набиралось в их бочонки). Some of those (некоторые из тех) that bobbed along by him (что прыгали рядом с ним) in the gloom (во мраке) seemed pretty low in the water (казалось /были/ довольно низко в воде), and he guessed (и он догадался) that these had dwarves inside (что это были те самые /бочки/, в которых внутри были гномы).

“I do hope (как же я надеюсь) I put the lids on tight enough (что я закрыл: «надел» крышки достаточно плотно)!” he thought (думал он), but before long (но вскоре) he was worrying too much about himself (он слишком много беспокоился уже о себе самом) to remember the dwarves (чтобы помнить о гномах). He managed to keep his head above the water (ему удалось держать голову над водой), but he was shivering with the cold (но он дрожал от холода), and he wondered if he would die of it (и он размышлял, не умрет ли он от него) before the luck turned (прежде чем удача повернется к нему), and how much longer (и как долго) he would be able to hang on (он сможет держаться /за бочонок/; to hang on — опереться, держаться, уцепиться), and whether he should risk the chance (и стоит ли ему рискнуть) of letting go (отпустить /руки/; to let go — выпустить, отпустить) and trying to swim to the bank (и попытаться доплыть до берега).

overhanging [v'hae] tight [tat] shiver ['v]

Out they went under the overhanging branches of the trees on either bank. Bilbo wondered what the dwarves were feeling and whether a lot of water was getting into their tubs. Some of those that bobbed along by him in the gloom seemed pretty low in the water, and he guessed that these had dwarves inside.

“I do hope I put the lids on tight enough!” he thought, but before long he was worrying too much about himself to remember the dwarves. He managed to keep his head above the water, but he was shivering with the cold, and he wondered if he would die of it before the luck turned, and how much longer he would be able to hang on, and whether he should risk the chance of letting go and trying to swim to the bank.