🔊 It was then that the fox appeared. "Good morning," said the fox.

Ndipo mbweha alipotokea. "Habari za asubuhi," alisema mbweha.

🔊 The little prince turned around but saw nothing. "I am right here," the voice said, "under the apple tree."

Mfalme mdogo aligeuka lakini hakukuona chochote. "Niko hapa," sauti ilisema, "chini ya mti wa tufaa."

🔊 "I cannot play with you," the fox said. "I am not tamed."

"Siwezi kucheza nawe," mbweha alisema. "Sijafugwa."

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tamed /teɪmd/

v. (adj.). kuwa mnyama mwitu ambaye amefundishwa kuwa mpole na kutegemewa na mtu; kufanywa kuwa mwenye urafiki na mwenye kukubalika.

🔊 "Ah! Please excuse me," said the little prince. But, after some thought, he added: "What does that mean—'tame'?"

"Ah! Tafadhali nisamehe," mfalme mdogo alisema. Lakini, baada ya kufikiri kidogo, akaongeza: "Inamaanisha nini hiyo 'kufuga'?"

🔊 "You do not live here," said the fox. "What is it that you are looking for?"

"Hauishi hapa," mbweha alisema. "Unatafuta nini?"

🔊 "I am looking for men," said the little prince. "What does that mean—'tame'?"

"Ninafuta watu," mfalme mdogo alisema. "Inamaanisha nini hiyo 'kufuga'?"

🔊 "Men," said the fox. "They have guns, and they hunt. It is very disturbing. They also raise chickens. These are their only interests. Are you looking for chickens?"

"Watu," mbweha alisema. "Wana bunduki, na wanawinda. Inasumbua sana. Pia hufuga kuku. Hiyo ndiyo shauku yao pekee. Unatafuta kuku?"

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disturbing /dɪˈstɜːrbɪŋ/

adj. kinachosumbua, kinachofadhaisha, kinachosababisha wasiwasi au hofu.

🔊 "No," said the little prince. "I am looking for friends. What does that mean—'tame'?"

"Hapana," mfalme mdogo alisema. "Ninafuta marafiki. Inamaanisha nhiyo 'kufuga'?"

🔊 "It is an act too often neglected," said the fox. "It means to establish ties."

"Ni tendo ambalo mara nyingi hupuuzwa," mbweha alisema. "Limaanisha kuanzisha uhusiano."

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neglected /nɪˈɡlektɪd/

v. (adj.). kupuuzwa, kutotiliwa maanani, kutohudumiwa au kutotunzwa kwa usahihi.

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establish /ɪˈstæblɪʃ/

v. kuanzisha, kuanzisha rasmi, kufanya kitu kiwe thabiti au kudumu.

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ties /taɪz/

n. mahusiano, uhusiano, vifungo (k.m. vya kirafiki, kifamilia, kiuchumi).

🔊 "'To establish ties'?"

"'Kuanzisha uhusiano'?"

🔊 "Just that," said the fox. "To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you, I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world... I think that she has tamed me..."

"Hivyo tu," mbweha alisema. "Kwangu mimi, wewe bado si chochote zaidi ya mvulana mdogo kama wavulana wengine laki moja. Na sina haja yako. Na wewe, kwa upande wako, hauna haja yangu. Kwako wewe, mimi si chochote zaidi ya mbweha kama mbweha wengine laki moja. Lakini ukinifuga, basi tutahitajiana. Kwangu mimi, wewe utakuwa wa kipekee duniani kote. Kwako wewe, mimi nitakuwa wa kipekee duniani kote... Nadhani kwamba yeye amenifuga..."

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unique /juˈniːk/

adj. pekee, isiyo na kifani, tofauti na yote na yenye sifa zake maalum.

🔊 "It is possible," said the fox. "On the Earth one sees all sorts of things."

"Inawezekana," mbweha alisema. "Duniani mtu huona mambo ya kila aina."

🔊 "Oh, but this is not on the Earth!" said the little prince.

"Oh, lakini hii si Duniani!" mfalme mdogo alisema.

🔊 The fox seemed perplexed, and very curious.

Mbweha alionekana kushangaa, na kuwa na udadisi sana.

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perplexed /pərˈplekst/

adj. kuchanganyikiwa, kushangaa na kutatanishwa, kutojua nini cha kufanya au kusema.

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curious /ˈkjʊriəs/

adj. mwenye kupenda kujua, mwenye hamu ya kujifunza mambo mapya.

🔊 "On another planet?"

"Kwenye sayari nyingine?"

🔊 "Are there hunters on that planet?"

"Je, kuna wawindaji kwenye sayari hiyo?"

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hunters /ˈhʌntərz/

n. wawindaji, watu wanaowinda wanyama.

🔊 "Ah, that is interesting! Are there chickens?"

"Ah, hiyo inavutia! Je, kuna kuku?"

🔊 "Nothing is perfect," sighed the fox.

"Hakuna kitu kamili," mbweha alipiga pumzi.

🔊 "My life is very monotonous," the fox said. "I hunt chickens; men hunt me. All the chickens are just alike, and all the men are just alike. And, in consequence, I am a little bored. But if you tame me, it will be as if the sun came to shine on my life. I shall know the sound of a step that will be different from all the others. Other steps send me hurrying back underneath the ground. Yours will call me, like music, out of my burrow. And then look: you see the grain-fields down yonder? I do not eat bread. Wheat is of no use to me. The wheat fields have nothing to say to me. And that is sad. But you have hair that is the color of gold. Think how wonderful that will be when you have tamed me! The grain, which is also golden, will bring me back the thought of you. And I shall love to listen to the wind in the wheat..."

"Maisha yangu ni ya kawaida sana," mbweha alisema. "Ninawinda kuku; watu wananiwinda. Kuku wote ni sawa, na watu wote ni sawa. Na, kwa hivyo, ninachoka kidogo. Lakini ukinifuga, itakuwa kana kwamba jua limekuja kuangazia maisha yangu. Nitajua sauti ya hatua ambayo itakuwa tofauti na zote nyingine. Hatua nyingine hunifanya nirudi haraka chini ya ardhi. Zako zitaniita, kama muziki, kutoka kwenye shimo langu. Na kisha angalia: unaona mashamba ya ngano pale chini? Mimi sili mkate. Ngano haifai kwangu. Mashamba ya ngano hayana la kusema kwangu. Na hiyo ni ya kusikitisha. Lakini wewe una nywele zenye rangi ya dhahabu. Fikiria jinsi itakavyo kuwa ajabu unaponifuga! Ngano, ambayo pia ni ya dhahabu, itaniletea wazo lako. Na nitapenda kusikiliza upepo kwenye ngano..."

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monotonous /məˈnɒtənəs/

adj. kinachorudiwarudia bila mabadiliko, kinachochosha kwa sababu ya ukosefu wa tofauti.

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consequence /ˈkɒnsɪkwəns/

n. matokeo, athari, jambo linalotokana na jambo lingine.

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bored /bɔːrd/

adj. kuchoshwa, kuhisi uchovu na kukosa hamu ya kufanya kitu kwa sababu ya ukosefu wa kuvutia.

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burrow /ˈbɜːroʊ/

n. shimo au tundu katika ardhi ambalo mnyama (kama mbweha au sungura) hulijenga kama makazi.

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grain-fields /ˈɡreɪn fiːldz/

n. mashamba ya nafaka (kama ngano, mahindi).

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yonder /ˈjɒndə(r)/

adv. pale, mahali pengine mbali kidogo (lugha ya kisasa).

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wheat /wiːt/

n. ngano, aina ya nafaka inayotumika kutengeneza unga wa mkate.

🔊 The fox gazed at the little prince, for a long time.

Mbweha alimtazama mfalme mdogo, kwa muda mrefu.

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gazed /ɡeɪzd/

v. kutazama kwa makini na kwa muda mrefu, kudondosha macho.

🔊 "Please—tame me!" he said.

"Tafadhali—nifuge!" alisema.

🔊 "I want to, very much," the little prince replied. "But I have not much time. I have friends to discover, and a great many things to understand."

"Nataka, sana," mfalme mdogo alijibu. "Lakini sina muda mwingi. Nina marafiki wa kugundua, na mambo mengi ya kuelewa."

🔊 "One only understands the things that one tames," said the fox. "Men have no more time to understand anything. They buy things all ready made at the shops. But there is no shop anywhere where one can buy friendship, and so men have no friends any more. If you want a friend, tame me..."

"Mtu huelewa tu mambo anayoyafuga," mbweha alisema. "Watu hawana muda wa kuelewa chochote. Wanunua vitu vilivyotengenezwa tayari kwenye maduka. Lakini hakuna duka popote ambapo mtu anaweza kununua urafiki, na hivyo watu hawana marafiki tena. Ukitaka rafiki, nifuge..."

🔊 "What must I do, to tame you?" asked the little prince.

"Lazima nifanye nini, ili nikufuge?" mfalme mdogo aliuliza.

🔊 "You must be very patient," replied the fox. "First you will sit down at a little distance from me—like that—in the grass. I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye, and you will say nothing. Words are the source of misunderstandings. But you will sit a little closer to me, every day..."

"Lazima uwe na subira nyingi," mbweha alijibu. "Kwanza utakaa kwa umbali kidogo kutoka kwangu—kama hivyo—kwenye nyasi. Nitakutazama kwa kona ya jicho langu, nawe hutasema chochote. Maneno ndiyo chanzo cha kutoelewana. Lakini utakaa karibu kidogo na mimi, kila siku..."

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patient /ˈpeɪʃnt/

adj. mvumilivu, mwenye kusubiri bila kukasirika au kukata tamaa.

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misunderstandings /ˌmɪsʌndəˈstændɪŋz/

n. machozi, kutoelewana, hali ya kukosa kuelewa kwa usahihi.

🔊 The next day the little prince came back.

Siku iliyofuata mfalme mdogo alirudi.

🔊 "It would have been better to come back at the same hour," said the fox. "If, for example, you come at four o'clock in the afternoon, then at three o'clock I shall begin to be happy. I shall feel happier and happier as the hour advances. At four o'clock, I shall already be worrying and jumping about. I shall show you how happy I am! But if you come at just any time, I shall never know at what hour my heart is to be ready to greet you... One must observe the proper rites..."

"Ingekuwa bora kurudi saa ile ile," mbweha alisema. "Kwa mfano, ukiuja saa kumi jioni, basi saa tisa nitaanza kufurahi. Nitasikia furaha zaidi na zaidi kadiri saa inavyosogea. Saa kumi, nitakuwa tayari nina wasiwasi na kuruka-ruka. Nitakuonyesha jinsi ninafuraha! Lakini ukiuja wakati wowote tu, sitawahi kujua ni saa gani moyo wangu utakuwa tayari kukusalimu... Mtu lazima azingatie mila stahiki..."

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observe /əbˈzɜːrv/

v. kuzingatia, kutii (sheria, mila); kushuhudia kwa makini.

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rites /raɪts/

n. tamaduni, mila, desturi za kidini au kijamii zinazofanywa kwa mpangilio maalum.

🔊 "What is a rite?" asked the little prince.

"Mila ni nini?" mfalme mdogo aliuliza.

🔊 "Those also are actions too often neglected," said the fox. "They are what make one day different from other days, one hour from other hours. There is a rite, for example, among my hunters. Every Thursday they dance with the village girls. So Thursday is a wonderful day for me! I can take a walk as far as the vineyards. But if the hunters danced at just any time, every day would be like every other day, and I should never have any vacation at all."

"Hizo pia ni matendo ambayo mara nyingi hupuuzwa," mbweha alisema. "Ndizo zinazofanya siku moja iwe tofauti na siku nyingine, saa moja tofauti na saa nyingine. Kuna mila, kwa mfano, miongoni mwa wawindaji wangu. Kila Alhamisi wanacheza ngoma na wasichana wa kijiji. Kwa hivyo Alhamisi ni siku nzuri kwangu! Ninaweza kutembea hadi kwenye mashamba ya mizabibu. Lakini kama wawindaji wangeli cheza ngoma wakati wowote tu, kila siku ingekuwa kama kila siku nyingine, na nisingepata likizo yoyote kabisa."

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vineyards /ˈvɪnjərdz/

n. mashamba ya mizabibu, mahali mizabibu inapandwa hasa kwa ajili ya kutengeneza divai.

🔊 So the little prince tamed the fox. And when the hour of his departure drew near—"Ah," said the fox, "I shall cry."

Kwa hivyo mfalme mdogo alimfuga mbweha. Na wakati wa kuondoka kwake ulipokaribia—"Ah," mbweha alisema, "nitalia."

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departure /dɪˈpɑːrtʃə(r)/

n. kuondoka, safari ya kuondoka mahali fulani.

🔊 "It is your own fault," said the little prince. "I never wished you any sort of harm; but you wanted me to tame you..."

"Ni kosa lako mwenyewe," mfalme mdogo alisema. "Sikuwahi kutakia uovu wowote; lakini wewe ulitaka nikufuge..."

🔊 "Yes, that is so," said the fox.

"Ndio, ni kweli," mbweha alisema.

🔊 "But now you are going to cry!" said the little prince.

"Lakini sasa utalia!" mfalme mdogo alisema.

🔊 "Yes, that is so," said the fox.

"Ndio, ni kweli," mbweha alisema.

🔊 "Then it has done you no good at all!"

"Basi haikukufaa kabisa!"

🔊 "It has done me good," said the fox, "because of the color of the wheat fields." And then he added:

"Imenifaa," mbweha alisema, "kwa sababu ya rangi ya mashamba ya ngano." Na kisha akaongeza:

🔊 "Go and look again at the roses. You will understand now that yours is unique in all the world. Then come back to say goodbye to me, and I will make you a present of a secret."

"Nenda uangalie tena waridi. Sasa utaelewa kwamba wako ni wa kipekee duniani kote. Kisha rudi kunitoa kwaheri, na nitakupa zawadi ya siri."

🔊 The little prince went away, to look again at the roses.

Mfalme mdogo alienda, kuangalia tena waridi.

🔊 "You are not at all like my rose," he said. "As yet you are nothing. No one has tamed you, and you have tamed no one. You are like my fox when I first knew him. He was only a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But I have made him my friend, and now he is unique in all the world."

"Nyinyi si kama waridi wangu hata kidogo," alisema. "Bado nyinyi si chochote. Hakuna aliye kufugeni, na nyinyi hamjafuga mtu yeyote. Nyinyi ni kama mbweha wangu nilipomjua kwa mara ya kwanza. Alikuwa tu mbweha kama mbweha wengine laki moja. Lakini nimemfanya kuwa rafiki yangu, na sasa yeye ni wa kipekee duniani kote."

🔊 And the roses were very much embarrassed.

Na waridi walifedheheshwa sana.

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embarrassed /ɪmˈbærəst/

adj. kufedheheshika, kuhisi aibu, kuhisi wasiwasi au kukosa faraja kwa sababu ya jambo fulani.

🔊 "You are beautiful, but you are empty," he went on. "One could not die for you. To be sure, an ordinary passerby would think that my rose looked just like you—the rose that belongs to me. But in herself alone she is more important than all the hundreds of you other roses: because it is she that I have watered; because it is she that I have put under the glass globe; because it is she that I have sheltered behind the screen; because it is for her that I have killed the caterpillars (except the two or three that we saved to become butterflies); because it is she that I have listened to, when she grumbled, or boasted, or ever sometimes when she said nothing. Because she is my rose."

"Nyinyi ni wazuri, lakini nyinyi ni wazi," aliendelea. "Mtu hawezi kufa kwa ajili yenu. Bila shaka, mpita njia wa kawaida angefikiri kwamba waridi wangu wanaonekana kama nyinyi—waridi wangu. Lakini yeye mwenyewe peke yake ana umuhimu zaidi kuliko nyinyi wote mamia wa waridi wengine: kwa sababu ndiye niliyemwagia maji; kwa sababu ndiye niliyemweka chini ya tufe la kioo; kwa sababu ndiye niliyemlinda nyuma ya pazia; kwa sababu ni kwa ajili yake niliwaua wadudu (isipokuwa wawili au watatu tulio waokoa kuwa vipepeo); kwa sababu ndiye niliyemsikiliza, aliponung'unika, alipojivuna, au hata wakati mwingine alipokuwa kimya. Kwa sababu yeye ni waridi wangu."

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passerby /ˌpɑːsərˈbaɪ/

n. mtu anayepita, mwenye kutumia njia au barabara.

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sheltered /ˈʃeltərd/

v. kulinda, kukinga, kutoa makazi au kinga dhidi ya hatari au hali mbaya ya hewa.

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caterpillars /ˈkætəpɪlərz/

n. viwavi, hatua ya awali ya maisha ya kipepeo au nondo kabla haijageuka kuwa bundo.

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butterflies /ˈbʌtəflaɪz/

n. vipepeo, wadudu wenye mabawa makubwa yenye rangi nyingi.

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grumbled /ˈɡrʌmbld/

v. kunung'unika, kulalamika kwa sauti ya chini, kutoa maoni ya kukasirika.

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boasted /boʊstɪd/

v. kujivunia, kujisifu, kusema kwa majivuno juu ya mafanikio yako mwenyewe.

🔊 And he went back to meet the fox.

Naye akarudi kukutana na mbweha.

🔊 "Goodbye," said the fox. "And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."

"Kwaheri," mbweha alisema. "Na sasa hii ndiyo siri yangu, siri rahisi sana: Ni kwa moyo tu mtu anaweza kuona vizuri; kile muhimu hakionekani kwa macho."

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essential /ɪˈsenʃl/

adj. muhimu sana, msingi, lazima, kitu kisichoweza kukosa.

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invisible /ɪnˈvɪzəbl/

adj. asiyeonekana, kisichoweza kuonekana kwa jicho.

🔊 "What is essential is invisible to the eye," the little prince repeated, so that he would be sure to remember.

"Kile muhimu hakionekani kwa macho," mfalme mdogo alirudia, ili ajiwekee moyoni.

🔊 "It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important."

"Ni wakati ulioutumia bure kwa ajili ya waridi wako ndio unaomfanya waridi wako kuwa muhimu sana."

🔊 "It is the time I have wasted for my rose—" said the little prince, so that he would be sure to remember.

"Ni wakati nilioutumia bure kwa ajili ya waridi wangu—" mfalme mdogo alisema, ili ajiwekee moyoni.

🔊 "Men have forgotten this truth," said the fox. "But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. You are responsible for your rose..."

"Watu wamesahau ukweli huu," mbweha alisema. "Lakini wewe usiusahau. Unakuwa mwenye jukumu, milele, kwa kile ulichokifuga. Wewe unajihusisha na waridi wako..."

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responsible /rɪˈspɒnsəbl/

adj. mwenye wajibu, anayelazimika kuhudumia au kutunza kitu au mtu.

🔊 "I am responsible for my rose," the little prince repeated, so that he would be sure to remember.

"Ninajihusisha na waridi wangu," mfalme mdogo alirudia, ili ajiwekee moyoni.

Chapter XXI (Sura ya Ishirini na Moja)