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all were hushed – все затаили дыхание

and – и

castle – зáмок

gather – собираться

hall – зал

harp – арфа

king – король

queen – королева

* * *

That night they were all gathered in the castle hall to hear the great harper – king and queen, their daughter and son, Sir William and all their Court. And first the harper sang to his old harp, making them joy and be glad or sorrow and weep just as he liked. But while he sang he put the harp he had made that day on a stone in the hall. And presently it began to sing by itself, low and clear, and the harper stopped and all were hushed.

* * *

Вот о чём пела harp:

• «О, yonder сидит мой отец, king,
• Биннори, о Биннори;
• А yonder с ним сидит королева-mother
• Близ дивной mill-dams Биннори.
• Стоит здесь и мой brother Хью,
• Биннори, о Биннори;
• А рядом с ним мой true-неверный Уильям,
• Близ bonny мельничной плотины Биннори».

bonny – дивный

brother – брат

harp – арфа

king – король

mill-dams – мельничная плотина

mother – мать

true – верный

yonder – вон там

* * *

And this was what the harp sung: