🔊 truth. I have not been altogether honest in what I have told you about the lamplighters. And I realize that I run the risk of giving a false idea of our planet to those who do not know it. Men occupy a very small place upon the Earth. If the two billion inhabitants who people its surface were all to stand upright and somewhat crowded together, as they do for some big public assembly, they could easily be put into one public square twenty miles long and twenty miles wide. All humanity could be piled up on a small Pacific islet.

Gaskiya. Ban kasance cikakken gaskiya ba a cikin abin da na gaya muku game da masu fitila. Kuma na gane cewa ina cikin haɗarin ba da ra'ayi na ƙarya game da duniyarmu ga waɗanda ba su san ta ba. Mutane suna da ƙaramin wuri a kan Duniya. Idan biliyoyin biyu na mazauna da ke zaune a samanta duk sun tsaya tsaye kuma sun dan matsa juna, kamar yadda suke yi don wasu manyan taro na jama'a, za a iya sanya su cikin sauƙi a cikin dandalin jama'a mai tsawon mil ashirin da faɗin mil ashirin. Dukan bil'adama za a iya taru a kan wani ƙaramin Tsibirin Pacific.

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altogether /ˌɔːltəˈɡeðə(r)/

adv. gaba ɗaya, kullum

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inhabitants /ɪnˈhæbɪtənts/

n. mazauna, mutanen da ke zaune a wani wuri

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islet /ˈaɪlət/

n. ƙaramin tsibiri

🔊 They imagine that they fill a great deal of space. They fancy themselves as important as the baobabs. You should advise them to make their own calculations. They adore figures, and that will please them. But do not waste your time on this extra task. It is unnecessary. You have, I know, confidence in me.

Suna tunanin cewa sun cika sarari mai yawa. Suna tunanin kansu muhimmi kamar bishiyoyin baobab. Ya kamata ku shawarce su su yi lissafinsu. Suna bauta wa lambobi, kuma hakan zai faranta musu rai. Amma kada ku ɓata lokacinku akan wannan ƙarin aiki. Ba lallai ba ne. Kuna da, na sani, amincewa da ni.

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fancy /ˈfænsi/

v. yi zato, yi tunanin, ɗauka

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baobabs /ˈbeɪəʊbæbz/

n. itatuwan kuka (ɗimbin bishiyar kuka)

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adore /əˈdɔː(r)/

v. son sosai, girmama, bauta wa

🔊 When the little prince arrived on the Earth, he was very much surprised not to see any people. He was beginning to be afraid he had come to the wrong planet, when a coil of gold, the color of the moonlight, flashed across the sand.

Lokacin da ƙaramin yarima ya isa Duniya, ya yi mamaki sosai ba ya ganin kowa. Ya fara jin tsoron ya zo wata duniyar da ba ta dace ba, sai wani murɗa na zinariya, launin hasken wata, ya walƙiya a kan yashi.

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coil /kɔɪl/

n. madauri, nadi, murɗaɗɗe

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flashed /flæʃt/

v. haskaka, walƙiya, bayyana da sauri

🔊 "Good evening," said the snake.

"Barka da yamma," maciji ya ce.

🔊 "What planet is this on which I have come down?" asked the little prince. "This is the Earth; this is Africa," the snake answered. "Ah! Then there are no people on the Earth?"

"Wace duniyar ce wacce na sauka a kanta?" ƙaramin yarima ya tambaya. "Wannan ita ce Duniya; wannan ita ce Afirka," maciji ya amsa. "Ah! To, babu mutane a kan Duniya?"

🔊 "This is the desert. There are no people in the desert. The Earth is large," said the snake.

"Wannan hamada ce. Babu mutane a cikin hamada. Duniya tana da girma," maciji ya ce.

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desert /ˈdezət/

n. hamada, jeji

🔊 The little prince sat down on a stone and raised his eyes toward the sky.

Ƙaramin yarima ya zauna a kan wani dutse ya ɗaga idanunsa zuwa sama.

🔊 "I wonder," he said, "whether the stars are set alight in heaven so that one day each one of us may find his own again . . . Look at my planet. It is right there above us. But how far away it is!" "It is beautiful," the snake said. "What has brought you here?" "I have had a quarrel with a flower," said the little prince. "Ah!" said the snake. And they were both silent. "Where are the men?" the little prince at last took up the conversation again. "It is a little lonely in the desert..." "It is also lonely among men," the snake said. The little prince gazed at the snake for a long time. "You are a funny animal," he said at last. "You are no thicker than a finger ..." "But I am more powerful than the finger of a king," said the snake. "You are not very powerful. You haven't even any feet. You cannot even travel..." "I can carry you farther than any ship could take you," said the snake. And he twined himself around the little prince's ankle, like a golden bracelet. "Whomever I touch, I send back to the earth from whence he came," the snake spoke again. "But you are innocent and true, and you come from a star..." The little prince made no reply. "You move me to pity—you are so weak on this Earth made of granite," the snake said. "I can help you, some day, if you grow too homesick for your own planet. I can—" "Oh! I understand you very well," said the little prince. "But why do you always speak in riddles?" "I solve them all," said the snake. And they were both silent.

"Ina mamaki," ya ce, "ko taurari suna kunna wuta a sama domin wata rana kowannenmu ya sake samun nasa... Dubi duniyata. Tana can sama da mu. Amma yaya nisa take!" "Tana da kyau," maciji ya ce. "Me ya kawo ku nan?" "Na yi rigima da fure," ƙaramin yarima ya ce. "Ah!" maciji ya ce. Kuma dukansu suka yi shiru. "Ina mutanen?" ƙaramin yarima a ƙarshe ya sake ɗaukar magana. "Yana da ɗan kaɗaici a cikin hamada..." "Haka ma yana da kaɗaici a cikin mutane," maciji ya ce. Ƙaramin yarima ya kalli maciji na dogon lokaci. "Kai dabba ne mai ban dariya," ya ce a ƙarshe. "Ba ka fi yatsa kauri..." "Amma ni mai ƙarfi ne fiye da yatsan sarki," maciji ya ce. "Ba ka da ƙarfi sosai. Ba ka ma da ƙafafu. Ba za ka iya tafiya ma..." "Zan iya ɗaukar ka nisa fiye da duk wani jirgin ruwa zai iya kai ka," maciji ya ce. Kuma ya murɗe kansa a kan idon ƙafar ƙaramin yarima, kamar munduwar zinariya. "Duk wanda na taɓa, zan mayar da shi ƙasar da ya fito daga ita," maciji ya sake magana. "Amma kai marar laifi ne kuma gaskiya, kuma ka fito daga tauraro..." Ƙaramin yarima bai amsa ba. "Kana motsa min tausayi—kana da rauni sosai a kan wannan Duniya da aka yi da dutsen granite," maciji ya ce. "Zan iya taimaka miki, wata rana, idan ka yi ƙishirwa sosai ga duniyarka. Zan iya—" "Oh! Na fahimce ka sosai," ƙaramin yarima ya ce. "Amma me yasa kullum kake magana cikin kacici-kacici?" "Ina warware su duka," maciji ya ce. Kuma dukansu suka yi shiru.

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alight /əˈlaɪt/

adj. mai haske, mai walƙiya, kunna

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quarrel /ˈkwɒrəl/

n. fada, rigima, sabani

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gazed /ɡeɪzd/

v. kallafa, duba sosai da sha'awa

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twined /twaɪnd/

v. muruɗe, naɗe, kewaye

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ankle /ˈæŋkl/

n. idon ƙafa

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bracelet /ˈbreɪslət/

n. munduwa

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whence /wens/

adv. daga inda, wurin da

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innocent /ˈɪnəsnt/

adj. marar laifi, marar zunubi, mai saukin kai

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granite /ˈɡrænɪt/

n. dutsen granite (wani nau'in dutse mai ƙarfi)

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homesick /ˈhəʊmsɪk/

adj. mai ƙishirwar gida, mai son komawa gida

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riddles /ˈrɪdlz/

n. kacici-kacici, tambayoyi masu wuyar fahimta

Chapter XVII (Babi na Goma sha Bakwai)