🔊 little life . . . For a long time you had found your only entertainment in the quiet pleasure of looking at the sunset. I learned that new detail on the morning of the fourth day.

Rayuwa ta d'an ƙarami . . . Na daɗe kana samun nishadinka kawai a cikin jin daɗin kallon faɗuwar rana. Na koyi wannan sabon cikakken bayani a safiyar rana ta huɗu.

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entertainment /ˌentəˈteɪnmənt/

n. nishadi, abin nishadantarwa

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detail /ˈdiːteɪl/

n. cikakken bayani, dalla-dalla

🔊 "I am very fond of sunsets. Come, let us go look at a sunset now."

"Ina matuƙar son faɗuwar rana. Zo, mu je mu kalli faɗuwar rana yanzu."

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fond /fɒnd/

adj. mai son wani abu ko wani

🔊 "But we must wait," I said.

"Amma dole mu jira," na ce.

🔊 "For the sunset. We must wait until it is time."

"Don faɗuwar rana. Dole mu jira har lokacinta ya yi."

🔊 "Just so. Everybody knows that when it is noon in the United States the sun is setting over France. If you could fly to France in one minute, you could go straight into the sunset, right from noon. Unfortunately, France is too far away for that. But on your tiny planet, my little prince, all you need do is move your chair a few steps. You can see the day end and the twilight falling whenever you like . . ."

"Haka ne. Kowa ya san cewa lokacin da rana ta tsakiya take a Amurka, rana tana faɗuwa a Faransa. Idan za ka iya tashi zuwa Faransa cikin minti ɗaya, za ka iya shiga cikin faɗuwar rana kai tsaye, tun daga rana ta tsakiya. Abin takaici, Faransa tana da nisa sosai don haka. Amma a kan ƙaramar duniyarka, yarima na ƙarami, abin da kake buƙata kawai shine ka motsa kujerarka 'yan matakai kaɗan. Za ka iya ganin rana tana ƙarewa da magriba tana faɗuwa a duk lokacin da kake so . . ."

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straight /streɪt/

adv. kai tsaye, ba tare da komawa baya ba

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unfortunately /ʌnˈfɔːtʃənətli/

adv. abin takaici, rashin sa'a

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tiny /ˈtaɪni/

adj. ƙanƙanta, ƙarami sosai

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planet /ˈplænɪt/

n. duniya, tauraro mai zagayawa da rana

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prince /prɪns/

n. ɗan sarki

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twilight /ˈtwaɪlaɪt/

n. magariba, lokacin da rana ta faɗi kuma dare ya fara zuwa

🔊 And a little later you added:

Kuma 'yan lokaci bayan haka ka ƙara cewa:

🔊 "You know—one loves the sunset, when one is so sad . . ."

"Ka sani—mutum yana son faɗuwar rana, lokacin da yake cikin baƙin ciki sosai . . ."

🔊 "Were you so sad, then?" I asked, "on the day of the forty-four sunsets?"

"Shin, kin kasance cikin baƙin ciki sosai, to?" na tambaya, "a ranar faɗuwar rana arba'in da huɗu?"

Chapter VI (Babi na Shida)