🔊 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.

maisha madogo . . . Kwa muda mrefu ulipata burudani yako pekee katika raha ya utulivu ya kutazama machweo. Nilijifunza undani huo mpya asubuhi ya siku ya nne.

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entertainment /ˌentəˈteɪnmənt/

n. Burudani, pumbao

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detail /ˈdiːteɪl/

n. Tafiti, undani

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

"Ninapenda sana machweo. Njoo, twende kuangalia machweo sasa."

🔊 "But we must wait," I said.

"Lakini lazima tusubiri," niliweka wazi.

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

"Kwa ajili ya machweo. Lazima tusubiri mpaka ifike wakati wake."

🔊 "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 . . ."

"Hivyo tu. Kila mtu anajua kwamba wakati ni adhuhuri nchini Marekani, jua linachwa juu ya Ufaransa. Ikiwa ungeweza kuruka hadi Ufaransa kwa dakika moja, ungeweza kuingia moja kwa moja kwenye machweo, hata adhuhuri. Kwa bahati mbaya, Ufaransa ni mbali sana kwa ajili hiyo. Lakini kwenye sayari yako ndogo, mfalme wangu mdogo, unachohitaji kufanya ni kusogeza kiti chako hatua chache. Unaweza kuona mchana ukikoma na usiku ukifika wakati wowote unapotaka . . ."

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straight /streɪt/

adv. Moja kwa moja, sawasawa

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Unfortunately /ʌnˈfɔːtʃənətli/

adv. Kwa bahati mbaya

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tiny /ˈtaɪni/

adj. Dogo sana, chembechembe

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planet /ˈplænɪt/

n. Sayari

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prince /prɪns/

n. Mwana wa mfalme, mtawala mdogo

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twilight /ˈtwaɪlaɪt/

n. Machweo, wakati jua linapozama

🔊 And a little later you added:

Na muda kidogo baadaye uliongeza:

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

"Unajua—mtu hupenda machweo, wakati mtu ana huzuni sana . . ."

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

"Ulikuwa na huzuni sana, basi?" niliuliza, "siku ya machweo arobaini na nne?"

Chapter VI (Sura ya Sita)