🔊 The fifth planet was very strange. It was the smallest of all. There was a lamplighter, somewhere in the heavens, on a planet which had no people.

Duniya ta biyar ta kasance mai ban mamaki sosai. Ita ce mafi ƙanƙanta daga cikin duka. Akwai mai kunna fitila, a wani wuri a cikin sararin sama, a kan wata duniyar da ba ta da mutane.

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lamplighter /ˈlæmplaɪtər/

n. Mutumin da ke kunna fitila a kan tituna.

🔊 "It may well be that this man is absurd. But he is not so absurd as the king, the conceited man, the businessman, and the tippler. For at least his work has some meaning. When he lights his street lamp, it is as if he brought one more star to life, or one flower. When he puts out his lamp, that sends the flower, or the star, to sleep. That is a beautiful occupation. And since it is beautiful, it is truly useful."

"Yana yiwuwa wannan mutumin ya zama marar hankali. Amma ba shi da wauta kamar sarki, mai girman kai, ɗan kasuwa, da mai shan giya. Domin aƙalla aikinsa yana da ma'ana. Lokacin da ya kunna fitilarsa a titi, kamar ya kawo wani tauraro ɗaya ya rayu, ko wata fure. Lokacin da ya kashe fitilarsa, hakan yana tura furen, ko tauraron, ya yi barci. Wannan sana'a ce mai kyau. Kuma tunda tana da kyau, hakika tana da amfani."

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absurd /əbˈsɜːrd/

adj. Wanda ba shi da ma'ana, wawa.

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conceited /kənˈsiːtɪd/

adj. Mai girman kai, mai fahariya.

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tippler /ˈtɪplər/

n. Mai shan giya akai-akai, mashayi.

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occupation /ˌɑːkjuˈpeɪʃn/

n. Sana'a, aiki.

🔊 When he arrived on the planet he respectfully saluted the lamplighter.

Lokacin da ya isa duniyar, ya gaishe da mai kunna fitila cikin girmamawa.

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respectfully /rɪˈspektfəli/

adv. Cikin girmamawa.

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saluted /səˈluːtɪd/

v. Yi gaisuwa, gaishe.

🔊 "Good morning. Why have you just put out your lamp?"

"Barka da safiya. Me ya sa kawai ka kashe fitilar?"

🔊 "Those are the orders," replied the lamplighter. "Good morning."

"Waɗannan su ne umarni," in ji mai kunna fitila. "Barka da safiya."

🔊 "What are the orders?"

"Menene umarnin?"

🔊 "The orders are that I put out my lamp. Good evening."

"Umarnin su ne in kashe fitilata. Barka da yamma."

🔊 And he lighted his lamp again.

Kuma ya sake kunna fitilarsa.

🔊 "But why have you just lighted it again?"

"Amma me ya sa kawai ka sake kunna ta?"

🔊 "Those are the orders," replied the lamplighter.

"Waɗannan su ne umarni," in ji mai kunna fitila.

🔊 "I do not understand," said the little prince.

"Ban gane ba," in ji 译文.

🔊 "There is nothing to understand," said the lamplighter. "Orders are orders. Good morning." And he put out his lamp. Then he mopped his forehead with a handkerchief decorated with red squares.

"Babu abin da za a fahimta," in ji mai kunna fitila. "Umarni umarni ne. Barka da safiya." Kuma ya kashe fitilarsa. Sa'an nan ya goge goshinsa da wani gyale wanda aka yi wa ado da murabba'i ja.

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mopped /mɑːpt/

v. Goge, share (gumi).

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forehead /ˈfɔːrhed/

n. Goshi.

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handkerchief /ˈhæŋkərtʃɪf/

n. Gyale.

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decorated /ˈdekəreɪtɪd/

v. Yi ado, ƙawata.

🔊 "I follow a terrible profession. In the old days it was reasonable. I put the lamp out in the morning, and in the evening I lighted it again. I had the rest of the day for relaxation and the rest of the night for sleep."

"Ina bin sana'a mai ban tsoro. A zamanin da ya kasance mai ma'ana. Ina kashe fitila da safe, kuma da yamma ina sake kunna ta. Ina da sauran yini don nishadantarwa da sauran dare don barci."

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profession /prəˈfeʃn/

n. Sana'a, aikin da mutum ya kware a cikinsa.

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reasonable /ˈriːznəbl/

adj. Mai ma'ana, mai hankali.

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relaxation /ˌriːlækˈseɪʃn/

n. Hutu, natsuwa.

🔊 "And the orders have been changed since that time?"

"Kuma an canza umarnin tun daga wancan lokacin?"

🔊 "The orders have not been changed," said the lamplighter. "That is the tragedy! From year to year the planet has turned more rapidly and the orders have not been changed!"

"Ba a canza umarnin ba," in ji mai kunna fitila. "Wannan shi ne bala'i! Shekara bayan shekara duniyar ta juya da sauri kuma ba a canza umarnin ba!"

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tragedy /ˈtrædʒədi/

n. Bala, masifa.

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rapidly /ˈræpɪdli/

adv. Da sauri, cikin gaggawa.

🔊 "Then what happens?" asked the little prince.

"To me ya faru?" 译文 ya tambaya.

🔊 "Then—the planet now makes a complete turn every minute, and I no longer have a single second for repose. Once every minute I have to light my lamp and put it out!"

"To—duniyar yanzu tana yin cikakken juyi kowane minti ɗaya, kuma ba ni da ko daƙiƙa ɗaya don hutawa. Sau ɗaya kowane minti dole in kunna fitilata in kashe ta!"

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repose /rɪˈpoʊz/

n. Hutu, natsuwa.

🔊 "That is very funny! A day lasts only one minute, here where you live!"

"Wannan yana da ban dariya sosai! Rana tana ɗaukar minti ɗaya kawai, a nan inda kake zaune!"

🔊 "It is not funny at all!" said the lamplighter. "While we have been talking together a month has gone by."

"Ba abin dariya ba ne ko kaɗan!" in ji mai kunna fitila. "Yayin da muke magana tare, wata ɗaya ta wuce."

🔊 "Yes, a month. Thirty minutes. Thirty days. Good evening." And he lighted his lamp again.

"Ee, wata ɗaya. Mintuna talatin. Kwanaki talatin. Barka da yamma." Kuma ya sake kunna fitilarsa.

🔊 As the little prince watched him, he felt that he loved this lamplighter who was so faithful to his orders. He remembered the sunsets which he himself had gone to seek, in other days, merely by pulling up his chair; and he wanted to help his friend.

Yayin da 译文 ke kallonsa, ya ji cewa yana son wannan mai kunna fitila wanda yake da aminci ga umarninsa. Ya tuna faɗuwar rana wanda shi da kansa ya je nema, a wasu kwanaki, ta hanyar ɗaga kujerarsa kawai; kuma yana son taimaka wa abokinsa.

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faithful /ˈfeɪθfl/

adj. Mai aminci, mai biyayya.

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sunsets /ˈsʌnsets/

n. Faɗuwar rana.

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merely /ˈmɪrli/

adv. Kawai, sai dai.

🔊 "You know," he said, "I can tell you a way you can rest whenever you want to..."

"Ka sani," in ji shi, "Zan iya gaya maka hanyar da za ka iya hutawa a duk lokacin da kake so..."

🔊 "I always want to rest," said the lamplighter.

"Kullum ina son hutawa," in ji mai kunna fitila.

🔊 For it is possible for a man to be faithful and lazy at the same time.

Domin yana yiwuwa mutum ya kasance mai aminci kuma malalaci a lokaci guda.

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lazy /ˈleɪzi/

adj. Malalaci, rago.

🔊 The little prince went on with his explanation:

译文 ya ci gaba da bayaninsa:

🔊 "Your planet is so small that three strides will take you all the way around it. To be always in the sunshine, you need only walk along rather slowly. When you want to rest, you will walk—and the day will last as long as you like."

"Duniyarka tana da ƙanƙanta sosai har matakai uku za su kai ka zagaye ta. Don kullum kasancewa cikin hasken rana, kawai kana buƙatar tafiya a hankali kaɗan. Lokacin da kake son hutawa, za ka yi tafiya—kuma ranar za ta daɗe kamar yadda kake so."

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strides /straɪdz/

n. Taki, matakai masu tsayi.

🔊 "That doesn't do me much good," said the lamplighter. "The one thing I love in life is to sleep."

"Wannan ba ya yi mini fa'ida sosai," in ji mai kunna fitila. "Abu ɗaya da nake so a rayuwa shi ne barci."

🔊 "Then there's no help for it," said the little prince.

"To, babu taimako a gare shi," in ji 译文.

🔊 "There is no help for it," said the lamplighter. "Good morning."

"Babu taimako a gare shi," in ji mai kunna fitila. "Barka da safiya."

🔊 And he put out his lamp.

Kuma ya kashe fitilarsa.

🔊 "That man," the little prince said to himself, as he continued farther on his journey, "that man would be scorned by all the others: by the king, by the conceited man, by the tippler, by the businessman. Nevertheless, he is the only one who does not seem to me ridiculous. Perhaps that is because he is thinking of something else besides himself."

"Wannan mutumin," 译文 ya ce a ransa, yayin da ya ci gaba da tafiyarsa, "wannan mutumin duk sauran za su raina shi: sarki, mai girman kai, mai shan giya, ɗan kasuwa. Duk da haka, shi ne kaɗai wanda ba ya ganina a ban dariya. Watakila hakan saboda yana tunanin wani abu banda kansa."

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scorned /skɔːrnd/

v. Raina, ƙi da raini.

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ridiculous /rɪˈdɪkjələs/

adj. Abin dariya, wawa.

🔊 He sighed regretfully, and said to himself again:

Ya yi nishi cikin nadama, kuma ya sake cewa a ransa:

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regretfully /rɪˈɡretfəli/

adv. Cikin nadama, da bakin ciki.

🔊 "That man is the only one of them all whom I could have made my friend. But his planet is indeed too small. There is no room on it for two people..."

"Wannan mutumin shi ne kaɗai daga cikinsu wanda zan iya sanya shi abokina. Amma duniyarsa hakika tana da ƙanƙanta sosai. Babu wuri a kanta don mutane biyu..."

Chapter XIV (Babi na Goma sha Hudu)