and said: ‘If I’m so bonny, if I’m so brave, why do you send me to draw water?’ So she threw down her pail and went to see if she could wed the sleeping stranger. And she went to the hen-wife, who taught her an unspelling charm which would keep Nix Nought Nothing awake as long as the gardener’s daughter liked. So she went up to the castle and sang her charm and Nix Nought Nothing was wakened for a while and they promised to wed him to the gardener’s daughter.
Meanwhile the gardener went down to draw water from the well (тем временем садовник пошел, чтобы набрать воды из колодца) and saw the shadow of the lady in the water (и увидел отражение дамы на воде). So he looked up and found her (так что он посмотрел вверх и обнаружил ее; to find), and he brought the lady from the tree (и он принес = спустил женщину с дерева; to bring), and led her into his house (и привел ее в его дом; to lead – вести). And he told her that a stranger (и он сказал ей, что незнакомец) was to marry his daughter (должен жениться на его дочери), and took her up to the castle (и отвел ее «наверх» в замок; to take – брать; отводить) and showed her the man (и показал ей человека): and it was Nix Nought Nothing asleep in a chair (и это был Ничего-Ничего-Ничего, спящий на стуле). And she saw him (и она увидела его), and she cried to him (и она крикнула ему): ‘Waken (проснись), waken, and speak to me (и поговори со мной)!’ But he would not waken (но он не просыпался), and soon she cried (и скоро = и тогда она крикнула): ‘I cleaned the stable (я вычистила конюшню), I laved the lake (я вычерпала озеро; to lave – мыть; черпать, разливать), and I clomb the tree (и я взобралась на дерево; архаич. вместо climbed), and all for the love of thee (и все ради любви к тебе: «тебя»; архаич. вместо you), and thou wilt not waken (а ты не желаешь проснуться; архаич. thou вместо you, wilt вместо will) and speak to me (и поговорить со мной).’
Meanwhile the gardener went down to draw water from the well and saw the shadow of the lady in the water. So he looked up and found her, and he brought the lady from the tree, and led her into his house. And he told her that a stranger was to marry his daughter, and took her up to the castle and showed her the man: and it was Nix Nought Nothing asleep in a chair. And she saw him, and she cried to him: ‘Waken, waken, and speak to me!’ But he would not waken, and soon she cried: ‘I cleaned the stable, I laved the lake, and I clomb the tree, and all for the love of thee, and thou wilt not waken and speak to me.’
The king and queen heard this (король и королева услышали это), and came to the bonny young lady (и пришли к хорошенькой молодой женщине), and she said (и она сказала): ‘I cannot get Nix Nought Nothing to speak to me (я не могу заставить Ничего-Ничего-Ничего говорить со мной), for all that I can do (как бы я ни старалась).’
Then were they greatly astonished (тогда были они очень поражены) when she spoke of Nix Nought Nothing (когда она говорила о Ничего-Ничего-Ничего), and asked where he was (и спросили, где он), and she said (и она сказала): ‘He that sits there in that chair (он /тот/, который сидит там на этом стуле).’ Then they ran to him (тогда они побежали к нему) and kissed him (и целовали его) and called him their own dear son (и называли его их собственным дорогим сыном); so they called for the gardener’s daughter (и они позвали за дочкой садовника) and made her sing her charm (и заставили ее спеть ее заклинание), and he wakened (и он очнулся), and told them (и рассказал им; to tell) all that the giant’s daughter had done for him (все, что дочка великана сделала для него), and of all her kindness (и о всей ее доброте). Then they took her in their arms (тогда они обняли ее: «взяли ее в свои руки») and kissed her (и целовали ее), and said she should now be their daughter (и сказали, что она должна теперь быть их дочерью), for their son should marry her (потому что их сын должен жениться на ней). But as for the hen-wife (но что до птичницы), she was put to death (она была предана смерти). And they lived happy all their days (и они жили счастливо все свои дни).
The king and queen heard this, and came to the bonny young lady, and she said: ‘I cannot get Nix Nought Nothing to speak to me, for all that I can do.’
Then were they greatly astonished when she spoke of Nix Nought Nothing, and asked where he was, and she said: ‘He that sits there in that chair.’ Then they ran to him and kissed him and called him their own dear son; so they called for the gardener’s daughter and made her sing her charm, and he wakened, and told them all that the giant’s daughter had done for him, and of all her kindness. Then they took her in their arms and kissed her, and said she should now be their daughter, for their son should marry her. But as for the hen-wife, she was put to death. And they lived happy all their days.
Binnorie
Once upon a time (однажды) there were two king’s daughters (жили-были две дочери короля) who lived in a bower (которые жили в загородном доме) near the bonny mill-dams of Binnorie (рядом с прекрасными мельничными запрудами Биннори). And Sir William came wooing the elder (и сэр Уильям пришел, добиваясь