🔊 meditation on his problem, he demanded:

Yayin da yake tunani game da matsalarsa, ya tambaya:

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meditation /ˌmedɪˈteɪʃn/

n. Tunani mai zurfi ko bincike na hankali akan wani batu.

🔊 "A sheep—if it eats little bushes, does it eat flowers, too?"

"Tunkiya—idan ta ci ƙananan bishiyoyi, shin ita ma tana cin furanni?"

🔊 "A sheep," I answered, "eats anything it finds in its reach."

"Tunkiya," na amsa, "tana cin duk abin da ta same shi a hannunta."

🔊 "Even flowers that have thorns?"

"Ko da furannin da ke da ƙaya?"

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thorns /θɔːrnz/

n. Ƙaure masu kaifi da ake samu a kan wasu tsire-tsire, irin su wardi.

🔊 "Yes, even flowers that have thorns."

"I, ko da furannin da ke da ƙaya."

🔊 "Then the thorns—what use are they?"

"To, ƙayoyin—menene amfaninsu?"

🔊 I did not know. At that moment I was very busy trying to unscrew a bolt that had got stuck in my engine. I was very much worried, for it was beginning to look as if my plane would be badly damaged, and I had very little drinking water left, so that I had every reason to fear the worst.

Ban sani ba. A wannan lokacin ina shagaltuwa sosai ina ƙoƙarin kwance ƙullin da ya makale a injina. Na damu sosai, domin ya fara zama kamar jirgina zai lalace sosai, kuma ruwan sha na ya rage sosai, don haka ina da dalili na tsoron mafi munin abu.

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unscrew /ʌnˈskruː/

v. Juya ko cire wani abu (kamar sukur) daga wurin da yake.

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bolt /bəʊlt/

n. Ƙarfe mai santsi da kai wanda ake amfani da shi wajen haɗa abubuwa tare da goro.

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stuck /stʌk/

adj. Matsatsaure, makale, ba ya motsawa.

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damaged /ˈdæmɪdʒd/

adj. Lalace, ya sami lahani.

🔊 "The thorns—what use are they?"

"Ƙayoyin—menene amfaninsu?"

🔊 The little prince never let go of a question once he had asked it. As for me, I was upset over that bolt. And I answered with the first thing that came into my head:

Ɗan Yarima ba ya bar tambaya da zarar ya yi ta. Amma ni, na damu game da wannan ƙullin. Kuma na amsa da abin da ya fara zuwa a raina:

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upset /ʌpˈset/

adj. Cikin tashin hankali, baƙin ciki, ko damuwa.

🔊 "The thorns are of no use at all. Flowers have thorns just for spite!"

"Ƙayoyin ba su da wani amfani ko kaɗan. Furanni suna da ƙaya don ƙeta kawai!"

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spite /spaɪt/

n. Halin yin wani abu domin ɓata wa wani rai ko nuna ƙiyayya.

🔊 But after a moment of silence he lashed out at me, as if with a kind of resentfulness:

Amma bayan ɗan shiru, ya fasa min, kamar da wani irin bacin rai:

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lashed out /læʃt aʊt/

v. phrase. Fusata ko furta cikin bacin rai da ƙarfi.

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resentfulness /rɪˈzentfəlnəs/

n. Halin ɗaukar ƙeta, jin haushi.

🔊 "I don't believe you! Flowers are weak creatures. They are naive. They reassure themselves as best they can. They believe that their thorns are terrible weapons ..."

"Ban yarda da kai ba! Furanni ƙananan halittu ne. Ba su da kwarin gwiwa. Suna ƙoƙarin samun kwanciyar hankali gwargwadon iyawarsu. Suna imani cewa ƙayoyinsu manyan makamai ne masu ban tsoro..."

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naive /naɪˈiːv/

adj. Maras kwarewa, mai sauƙin amincewa, ba shi da wayo.

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reassure /ˌriːəˈʃʊə(r)/

v. Ƙarfafa wa mutum rai, tabbatar masa cewa komai yana da kyau.

🔊 I did not answer. At that instant I was saying to myself: "If this bolt still won't turn, I am going to knock it out with the hammer." Again the little prince disturbed my thoughts:

Ban amsa ba. A wannan lokacin ina cewa a raina: "Idan wannan ƙullin har yanzu ba ya juyawa, zan buga shi da guduma." Kuma ɗan Yarima ya sake katse tunanina:

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disturbed /dɪˈstɜːrbd/

v. Katsalandan, katse hankali.

🔊 "And you actually believe that the flowers—"

"Kuma kai da gaske kana imani cewa furannin—"

🔊 "Oh, no!" I cried. "No, no, no! I don't believe anything. I answered you with the first thing that came into my head. Can't you see? I am busy with matters of consequence!"

"Oh, a'a!" na yi kuka. "A'a, a'a, a'a! Ba na imani da komai. Na amsa maka da abin da ya fara zuwa a raina. Ba ka gani ba? Ina shagaltuwa da al'amura masu muhimmanci!"

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consequence /ˈkɒnsɪkwəns/

n. Muhimmanci, abu mai muhimmanci; sakamako.

🔊 He stared at me, thunderstruck.

Ya zube min kallo, kamar an buge shi da tsawa.

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thunderstruck /ˈθʌndəstrʌk/

adj. Mamaki sosai, kamar wanda aka buge shi da tsawa.

🔊 "Matters of consequence!"

"Al'amura masu muhimmanci!"

🔊 He looked at me there, with my hammer in my hand, my fingers black with engine-grease, bending down over an object which seemed to him extremely ugly ...

Ya dube ni a can, guduma a hannuna, yatsuna baƙaƙe da maiko na inji, ina sunkuyar da kaina a kan wani abu wanda a gare shi yana da matukar muni...

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grease /ɡriːs/

n. Mai ko man shafawa mai kauri da ake amfani da shi wajen sassauta kayan injina.

🔊 "You talk just like the grown-ups!"

"Kana magana kamar manya!"

🔊 That made me a little ashamed. But he went on, relentlessly: "You mix everything up together ... You confuse everything ..." He was really very angry. He tossed his golden curls in the breeze.

Hakan ya ɗan ba ni kunya. Amma ya ci gaba, ba tare da tausayi ba: "Kana haɗa komai tare... Kana rikitar da komai..." Ya yi fushi sosai. Ya jefa gashin kansa na zinariya a cikin iska.

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relentlessly /rɪˈlentləsli/

adv. Ba tare da tsaya ba, da ƙarfi da dagewa.

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confuse /kənˈfjuːz/

v. Rudar da, sa mutum ya rikice ko ya ɓace.

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tossed /tɒst/

v. Jefa ko juya cikin sauri, musamman kai ko gashi.

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curls /kɜːrlz/

n. Gashi mai lanƙwasa ko murguɗe.

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breeze /briːz/

n. Iskar da ke kadawa a hankali.

🔊 "I know a planet where there is a certain red-faced gentleman. He has never smelled a flower. He has never looked at a star. He has never loved any one. He has never done anything in his life but add up figures. And all day he says over and over, just like you: 'I am busy with matters of consequence!' And that makes him swell up with pride. But he is not a man—he is a mushroom!"

"Na san duniyar da akwai wani mutum mai jan fuska. Bai taɓa shakar fure ba. Bai taɓa kallon tauraro ba. Bai taɓa son kowa ba. Bai taɓa yin wani abu a rayuwarsa face ƙidaya ƙididdiga. Kuma duk rana yana maimaitawa, kamar kai: 'Ina shagaltuwa da al'amura masu muhimmanci!' Kuma hakan yana sa ya kumbura da girman kai. Amma shi ba mutum ba ne—shi naman kaza ne!"

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swell up /swel ʌp/

v. phrase. Kumbura, ƙara girma, musamman saboda girman kai ko jin daɗi.

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mushroom /ˈmʌʃrʊm/

n. Naman kaza, ganyayyen ƙasa.

🔊 "A mushroom!"

"Naman kaza!"

🔊 The little prince was now white with rage.

Ɗan Yarima yanzu ya zama fari saboda fushi.

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rage /reɪdʒ/

n. Fushi mai ƙarfi, haushi.

🔊 "The flowers have been growing thorns for millions of years. For millions of years the sheep have been eating them just the same. And is it not a matter of consequence to try to understand why the flowers go to so much trouble to grow thorns which are never of any use to them? Is the warfare between the sheep and the flowers not important? Is this not of more consequence than a fat red-faced gentleman's sums? And if I know—I, myself—one flower which is unique in the world, which grows nowhere but on my planet, but which one little sheep can destroy in a single bite some morning, without even noticing what he is doing—Oh! You think that is not important!"

"Furanni sun kasance suna gina ƙaya tsawon miliyoyin shekaru. Tsawon miliyoyin shekaru tumaki suna cin su iri ɗaya. Ashe, ƙoƙarin fahimtar dalilin da ya sa furanni ke ɗaukar wahala sosai don gina ƙayoyin da ba su taɓa yin amfani da su ba, ba al'amari mai muhimmanci ba ne? Yaƙin da ke tsakanin tumaki da furanni ba shi da muhimmanci? Ashe wannan ba ya fi muhimmanci fiye da ƙididdigar wani katon jan fuska? Kuma idan na sani—ni, da kaina—fure ɗaya wanda ya keɓanta a duniya, wanda ba ya girma a ko'ina face a duniyata, amma wanda ƙaramin tumaki zai iya halaka shi da cizo ɗaya kawai a wata safiya, ba tare da ma ya lura da abin da yake yi ba—Oh! Kana tunanin hakan ba shi da muhimmanci!"

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warfare /ˈwɔːrfeə(r)/

n. Yaƙi, gaba, rikici mai tsanani.

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unique /juˈniːk/

adj. Na musamman, wanda ba a samun irinsa ba.

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destroy /dɪˈstrɔɪ/

v. Halaka, lalata gaba ɗaya.

🔊 His face turned from white to red as he continued:

Fuskarsa ta canza daga fari zuwa ja yayin da yake ci gaba:

🔊 "If some one loves a flower, of which just one single blossom grows in all the millions and millions of stars, it is enough to make him happy just to look at the stars. He can say to himself: 'Somewhere, my flower is there ...' But if the sheep eats the flower, in one moment all his stars will be darkened ... And you think that is not important!"

"Idan wani ya ƙaunaci fure, wanda fure ɗaya kawai ke girma a cikin dukan miliyoyin taurari, ya ishe shi farin ciki kawai don kallon taurari. Zai iya cewa a raina: 'A wani wuri, furena yana can...' Amma idan tumaki ta ci furen, a cikin ɗan lokaci duk tauraransa za su yi duhu... Kuma kana tunanin hakan ba shi da muhimmanci!"

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blossom /ˈblɒsəm/

n. Fure, musamman na bishiya mai 'ya'yan itace.

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darkened /ˈdɑːrkənd/

v. Duɗe, yi duhu, rasa haske ko farin ciki.

🔊 He could not say anything more. His words were choked by sobbing.

Ya kasa faɗin wani abu ƙari. Kalamansa sun makale saboda kuka.

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choked /tʃəʊkt/

v. Shaƙe, toshe, hana magana saboda motsin rai ko wani abu a makogwaro.

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sobbing /ˈsɒbɪŋ/

n. Kukan da ya zo da shaƙa-shaka.

🔊 The night had fallen. I had let my tools drop from my hands. Of what moment now was my hammer, my bolt, or thirst, or death? On one star, one planet, my planet, the Earth, the little prince was in need of consolation! I took him in my arms and rocked him. I said to him:

Dare ya faɗi. Na bar kayan aikina su faɗo daga hannuna. Menene muhimmancin gudumata, ƙullina, ko ƙishirwa, ko mutuwa a yanzu? A kan tauraro ɗaya, duniyar ɗaya, duniyata, Duniya, ɗan Yarima yana buƙatar ta'aziyya! Na ɗauke shi a hannuna na yi masa rock. Na ce masa:

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consolation /ˌkɒnsəˈleɪʃn/

n. Ta'aziyya, abin nishadantarwa a lokacin baƙin ciki.

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rocked /rɒkt/

v. Girgiza a hankali kamar yadda ake yi wa jariri.

🔊 "The flower that you love is not in danger. I will draw you a muzzle for your sheep. I will draw you a railing to put around your flower. I will—"

"Furen da kake ƙauna ba yana cikin haɗari ba. Zan zana maka abin toshe baki ga tumakinka. Zan zana maka shinge da za a saka a kewayen furenka. Zan—"

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muzzle /ˈmʌzl/

n. Abin da ake sanyawa wa hanci da baki na dabba don hana ta cizo ko ci.

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railing /ˈreɪlɪŋ/

n. Shinge, katanga ko tsarin ƙarfe/katako da ake amfani da shi a gefen hanya ko matakala.

🔊 I did not know what to say to him. I felt awkward and blundering. I did not know how I could reach him, where I could overtake him and go on hand in hand with him once more.

Ban san me zan ce masa ba. Na ji kunya da kuskure. Ban san yadda zan iya isa gare shi ba, inda zan iya kama shi kuma mu ci gaba da tafiya hannu da hannu kuma.

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awkward /ˈɔːkwəd/

adj. M, maras dadi, mai sa mutum ya ji kunya ko rashin kwanciyar hankali.

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blundering /ˈblʌndərɪŋ/

adj. Yin kuskure mai muni, rashin hankali.

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overtake /ˌəʊvəˈteɪk/

v. Cim ma, risa, samun damar tafiya tare da wani.

🔊 It is such a secret place, the land of tears.

Wuri ne mai sirri sosai, ƙasar hawaye.

Chapter VII (Babi na Bakwai)