The
story is laid in North India, which is the most fruitful
soil for sublime love stories of all the lands in the
world. It was in a country of sunshine and lakes and rich
forests and hills and fertile valleys; and far away the
great mountains hung in the sky, peaks, crests, and ridges
of inaccessible and eternal snow. There was a young
prince, lord of all the land; and he found a maiden of
indescribable beauty and delightfulness and he made her
his queen and laid his heart art her feet. Love was
theirs, full of joys and sweetness, full of hope,
exquisite, brave and marvellous love, beyond anything you
have ever dreamt of love. It was theirs for a year and a
part of a year, and then suddenly, because of some venomous
sting that came to her in a thicket, she died.
soil
= toprak (burada, ülke)... ***sublime
(sıb-laym)= yüce, ulu, soylu, ulvi derecede güzel...
(the Sublime Porte = Batılıların Babıali'ye verdikleri
ad)... ***fertile
(fö-tayl) = verimli, doğurgan... ***peak
(pi:k) = doruk, zirve... ***crest
= sırt, tepe... ***ridge
(ric) (ridges : ri-ciz) = sıradağ, sırt, bayır,
peşpeşe sırtlar... ***inaccessible
= "access" vermeyen, aşılmaz, ulaşılamaz, geçit
vermeyen... ***maiden
= gençkız (günümüzde pek kullanılmıyor; günümüzde,
maid = hizmetçi kız)... ***indescribable
= "describe" edilemez, anlatılması olanaksız,
tarifsiz... Burada: anlatılmaz güzellik... ***exquisite
(eks-kuizit) = son derece zarif; sanat derecesinde
ince, güzel, nefis... ***venom
(ve-nım) = poison = zehir... venomous (ve-nımıs)
= poisonous... ***sting
= böcek iğnesi veya sokması; diken batması... ***thicket
(Øi-kit,
dikkat ediniz ti-kit derseniz "bilet" anlaşılır)
= sık çalılık (bodur ağaçlar da olabilir)...
She
died and for a while the prince was utterly prostrated. He
was silent and motionless with grief. They feared he might
kill himself, and he had neither sons nor brothers to
succeed him. For two days and nights he lay upon his face,
fasting, across the foot of the couch which bore her calm
and lovely body. Then he arose and ate, and went about
very quietly like one who has taken a great resolution. He
caused her body to be put in a coffin of lead mixed with
silver, and for that he had an outer coffin made of the
most precious and scented woods wrought with gold, and
about that there was to be a sarcophagus of alabaster,
inlaid with precious stones.
Yaa,
kız pat diye ölüyo, ama asıl bundan sonra olacaklar öykünün
konusu... ***prostrated
= bitkin durumda, takati kesilmiş, yıkılmış, yüzükoyun
yerde yatıyor... ***grief =
elem, büyük üzüntü... ***to
succeed (başarmak anlamı dışında) yerine geçmek,
halef olmak... successor to the throne = tahtın varisi,
tahta geçen... successive storms = ardarda gelen fırtınalar...
***fast = hiçbirşey
yememek, oruç tutmak... ***couch
(kauç) = divan, kanape... ***resolution
= karar, kararlılık... ***caused
= burada "yaptırttı" anlamında... ***scented
(sen-tid, lütfen "c" yi okumayınız) =
kokulu... ***wrought with =
ile işlenmiş (to work fiilinin eski pp hali olan bu sözcük
günümüzde yalnız bu şekil ve anlamıyla kullanılıyor)...
***sarcophagus (sar-k-fıgıs)
= lahit... ***alabaster = su
mermeri, kaymak taşı...
And while these things were being done he spent his time
for the most part by the pools and in the garden-houses
and pavilions and groves and in those chambers in the
palace where they two had been most together, brooding
upon her loveliness. He did not rend his garments nor
defile himself with ashes and sackcloth as the custom was,
for his love was too great for such extravagances. At last
he came forth again among his councillors and before the
people, and told them what he had in mind to do.
for
the most part = çoğunlukla, büyük bölümü için... ***pavilion
(pı-vil-yın) = bir park veya bahçede bulunan büyük
yapı, kasr, küçük köşk, hatta büyük çadır...
Bizdeki "pavyon" anlamında kullanılmaz... ***grove
(grouv, dikkat edin, "w" değil yoksa "büyümek"
anlaşılır) = koruluk... ***chamber
(çeym-bır) = oda, büyük oda, aynı ev içindeki
bölüm veya daire... chamber-maid = odalık, hizmetçi kız...
chamber-pot = lazımlık... Türkçedeki "robdöşambır"
sözcüğüne dikkat ediniz... ***to
brood = elemli düşüncelere dalmış arpacı kumrusu
gibi düşünmek... ***to
rend = yırtmak, parçalamak
(öğrenmenize gerek yok, günümüzde pek kullanılmıyor)...
***to
defile = kirletmek, pisletmek, bozmak (tıpkı türkçedeki
gibi, to defile a virgin denilebilir)... ***sackcloth
= çuval bezi... ***extravagance
= aşırılık, aşırı davranış...
ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS:
1.
Describe "North India" in your own words.
2.
How long did their happiness last?
3.
Why would it be disastrous for the country if the Prince
killed himself?
4.
How many coffins are we talking about altogether?
(altogether= burada, "toplam" anlamında)
5.
Paraphrase this sentence ( = re-write it in your own
words):
"He did not rend his garments nor defile himself with
ashes and sackcloth as the custom was, for his love was
too great for such extravagances."
