swarthy ['swO:DI] delicate ['delIkIt] ivory ['aIv(q)rI] daffodil ['dxfqdIl]

narcissus [nQ:'sIsqs] mower ['mqVq]

So the Star-Child was brought up with the children of the Woodcutter, and sat at the same board with them, and was their playmate. And every year he became more beautiful to look at, so that all those who dwelt in the village were filled with wonder, for, while they were swarthy and black-haired, he was white and delicate as sawn ivory, and his curls were like the rings of the daffodil. His lips, also, were like the petals of a red flower, and his eyes were like violets by a river of pure water, and his body like the narcissus of a field where the mower comes not.

Yet did his beauty work him evil (и все же его красота сослужила ему плохую службу; evil — зло, порок). For he grew proud, and cruel, and selfish (потому как он вырос гордым, и жестоким, и эгоистичным). The children of the Woodcutter (детей Дровосека), and the other children of the village (и других детей из деревни), he despised (он презирал), saying that they were of mean parentage (говоря, что они были низкого происхождения; mean — посредственный; низкого происхождения; parentage — отцовство, материнство, происхождение, parent — родитель, родительница), while he was noble (в то время как он был благородного), being sprang from a Star (так как он был отпрыском Звезды; to spring (sprang, sprung) — бить ключом; происходить, быть отпрыском), and he made himself master over them (и он сделал себя хозяином/господином над ними; master — хозяин, владелец, господин), and called them his servants (и называл их своими слугами; to call — кричать, звать; называть).

beauty ['bju:tI] evil ['i:v(q)l] despise [dIs'paIz] parentage ['pe(q)rqntIdZ]

master ['mQ:stq] servant ['sq:v(q)nt]

Yet did his beauty work him evil. For he grew proud, and cruel, and selfish. The children of the Woodcutter, and the other children of the village, he despised, saying that they were of mean parentage, while he was noble, being sprang from a Star, and he made himself master over them, and called them his servants.

No pity had he for the poor (у него не было жалости к бедным; pity — жалость, сострадание), or for those (или к тем) who were blind (кто был слеп) or maimed (или калечный; to maim — калечить, увечить) or in any way afflicted (или был каким-либо другим образом увечен: «поражен болезнью»; to afflict — огорчать; поражать /о болезни/), but would cast stones at them (а обычно кидал в них камнями; to cast (cast) — бросать, швырять) and drive them forth on to the highway (и выгонял их на большую дорогу; to drive — водить, ездить; гнать, преследовать), and bid them (и приказывал им; to bid — предлагать цену; приказывать, просить) beg their bread elsewhere (просить на хлеб где-нибудь в другом месте; to beg — просить, нищенствовать), so that none (поэтому никто) save the outlaws (за исключением изгоев/отверженных; outlaw — лицо вне закона, изгнанник) came twice to that village (повторно не приходил в ту деревню; twice — дважды