🔊 And now six years have already gone by... I have never yet told this story. The companions who met me on my return were well content to see me alive. I was sad, but I told them: 'I am tired.'

Na sasa miaka sita tayari yamepita... Sijawahi kusimulia hadithi hii. Marafiki waliyonikuta niliporudi walifurahi sana kuniona nimeishi. Nilikuwa na huzuni, lakini niliwaambia: 'Nimechoka.'

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companions /kəmˈpænjənz/

n. Watu walio na urafiki na hutembelea pamoja au wanafanya kitu pamoja.➕

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content /kənˈtɛnt/

adj. Kuridhika na hali yako; kukosa hamu au hitaji la kitu kingine.➕

🔊 Now my sorrow is comforted a little. That is to say—not entirely. But I know that he did go back to his planet, because I did not find his body at daybreak. It was not such a heavy body... and at night I love to listen to the stars. It is like five hundred million little bells...

Sasa huzuni yangu imeponea kidogo. Hiyo ni kusema—si kabisa. Lakini najua kwamba alirudi sayari yake, kwa sababu sikumwona mwili wake alfajiri. Haikuwa mwili mzito sana... na usiku napenda kusikiliza nyota. Ni kama mabilioni mia tano za kengele...

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comforted /ˈkʌm.fərtɪd/

v. Kumfariji au kumpa matumaini mtu aliye na huzuni au msongo wa mawazo.➕

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entirely /ɪnˈtaɪə.li/

adv. Kikamilifu, kabisa; kwa njia ambayo haipaswi kitu chochote.➕

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daybreak /ˈdeɪ.breɪk/

n. Saa ya alfajiri, wakati jua linapoanza kuonekana; asubuhi mapema.➕

🔊 But there is one extraordinary thing... when I drew the muzzle for the little prince, I forgot to add the leather strap to it. He will never have been able to fasten it on his sheep. So now I keep wondering: what is happening on his planet? Perhaps the sheep has eaten the flower...

Lakini kuna jambo moja la kushangaza... nilipochora kinyago cha mfalme mdogo, nilisahau kuongeza ukanda wa ngozi. Hataweza kumfunika kondoo wake. Kwa hiyo sasa ninaendelea kujiuliza: nini kinatokea sayari yake? Labda kondoo amekula ua...

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extraordinary /ɪkˈstrɔː.dən.ri/

adj. Isiyo ya kawaida sana, ya ajabu au ya kushangaza; bora sana.➕

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muzzle /ˈmʌz.əl/

n. Kifuniko cha kinywa cha mnyama (hasa mbwa) ili kukinga kuumwa; pia sehemu ya mbele ya mdomo wa bunduki.➕

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fasten /ˈfɑː.sən/

v. Kufunga kwa usahihi; kuunganisha au kuweka imara kwa kutumia kamba, kifunga, n.k.➕

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wondering /ˈwʌn.dər.ɪŋ/

v. Kujiuliza au kutafakari kwa kupenda kujua; kuwa na hamu ya kujua.➕

🔊 At one time I say to myself: 'Surely not! The little prince shuts his flower under her glass globe every night, and he watches over his sheep very carefully...' Then I am happy. And there is sweetness in the laughter of all the stars.

Wakati mmoja nafikiria mwenyewe: 'Hakika siyo! Mfalme mdogo hufunga ua wake chini ya tufe ya kioo kila usiku, na anawazia kondoo wake kwa uangalifu...' Kisha ninafurahi. Na kunama tamu katika kicheko cha nyota zote.

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shuts /ʃʌts/

v. Hufunga (kwa nguvu au kwa makini); hufunga milango, madirisha, n.k.➕

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glass globe /ɡlɑːs ɡləʊb/

n. Tufe (duara) ya glasi inayotumiwa kufunika na kulinda vitu, mara nyingi mimea.➕

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sweetness /ˈswiːt.nəs/

n. Sifa ya kuwa na ladha tamu; pia, uzuri wa hisia (kama furaha, upendo) ambao husababisha raha.➕

🔊 But at another time I say to myself: 'At some moment or other one is absent-minded, and that is enough! On some one evening he forgot the glass globe, or the sheep got out, without making any noise, in the night...' And then the little bells are changed to tears...

Lakini wakati mwingine nafikiria mwenyewe: 'Wakati fulani mtu anapoteza mawazo, na hiyo inatosha! Jioni moja alisahau tufe ya kioo, au kondoo akatoka, bila kufanya kelele, usiku...' Na kisha kengele ndogo zinabadilika kuwa machozi...

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absent-minded /ˌæb.səntˈmaɪn.dɪd/

adj. Kusahau mambo kwa urahisi au kukosa makini kwa sababu mawazo yako yanakwenda mahali pengine.➕

🔊 Here, then, is a great mystery. For you who also love the little prince, and for me, nothing in the universe can be the same if somewhere, we do not know where, a sheep that we never saw has—yes or no?—eaten a rose...

Hapa, basi, kuna siri kubwa. Kwa wewe ambaye pia unampenda mfalme mdogo, na kwa mimi, hakuna kitu ulimwenguni kinachoweza kuwa sawa ikiwa mahali fulani, hatujui wapi, kondoo ambaye hatujawahi kuona amekula—ndiyo au la?—waridi...

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mystery /ˈmɪs.tər.i/

n. Jambo au hali ambayo haijaelezewa au haijafahamika, na inaweza kuvutia.➕

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universe /ˈjuː.nɪ.vɜːs/

n. Kila kitu kilichopo: nyota, sayari, nafasi, na kila kitu ndani yao; ulimwengu wote.➕

🔊 Look up at the sky. Ask yourselves: is it yes or no? Has the sheep eaten the flower? And you will see how everything changes...

Angalia juu angani. Jiulize: ni ndiyo au la? Kondoo amekula ua? Na utaona jambo lolote linavyobadilika...

🔊 And no grown-up will ever understand that this is a matter of so much importance!

Na hakuna mtu mzima atakayeweza kuelewa kuwa hili ni jambo la umuhimu mkubwa!

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grown-up /ˌɡrəʊnˈʌp/

n. Mtu mzima.➕

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importance /ɪmˈpɔː.təns/

n. Hali ya kuwa muhimu sana; thamani, maana, au athari kubwa.➕

🔊 This is, to me, the loveliest and saddest landscape in the world. It is the same as that on the preceding page, but I have drawn it again to impress it on your memory. It is here that the little prince appeared on Earth, and disappeared.

Hii, kwangu, ni mandhari mzuri zaidi na ya kuhuzunisha zaidi duniani. Ni sawa na ile kwenye ukurasa uliopita, lakini nimeichora tena kukumbusha kwenye kumbukumbu yako. Hapa ndipo mfalme mdogo alionekana Duniani, na akapotea.

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landscape /ˈlænd.skeɪp/

n. Mandhari ya eneo la ardhini, hasa inapotazamwa kama jumla; muonekano wa ardhi.➕

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preceding /prɪˈsiː.dɪŋ/

adj. Inayotangulia kwa wakati, nafasi, au mpangilio.➕

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impress /ɪmˈprɛs/

v. Kumfanya mtu afikiri kwa njia nzuri au kukumbuka; kuacha athari ya kudumu au ya nguvu.➕

🔊 Look at it carefully so that you will be sure to recognize it in case you travel some day to the African desert. And, if you should come upon this spot, please do not hurry on. Wait for a time, exactly under the star. Then, if a little man appears who laughs, who has golden hair and who refuses to answer questions, you will know who he is. If this should happen, please comfort me. Send me word that he has come back.

Angalia kwa uangalifu ili uwe na hakika kuitambua ikiwa utasafiri siku moja jangwa la Afrika. Na, ikiwa utakuta mahali hapa, tafadhali usikimbilie. Subiri kwa muda, haswa chini ya nyota. Kisha, ikiwa kijana mdogo atatokea anayecheka, mwenye nywele za dhahabu na anayekataa kujibu maswali, utajua ni nani. Ikiwa hili litatokea, tafadhali nifariji. Nipe habari kwamba amerudi.

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recognize /ˈrɛk.əɡ.naɪz/

v. Kumtambua mtu au kitu ulichokwisha ona au kujua hapo awali.➕

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African desert /ˈæf.rɪ.kən ˈdɛz.ət/

n. Jangwa kubwa la Afrika, hasa Jangwa la Sahara.➕

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spot /spɒt/

n. Mahali fulani maalum; eneo dogo lililowekwa alama.➕

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hurry on /ˈhʌr.i ɒn/

v. Kuendelea na safari yako kwa haraka; kukwenda mbele kwa kasi.➕

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exactly /ɪɡˈzækt.li/

adv. Kwa njia sahihi kabisa, bila kosa; kabisa; hasa.➕

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refuses /rɪˈfjuː.zɪz/

v. Kukataa kufanya kitu, kukubali kitu, au kumkubali mtu; hapana.➕

Chapter twenty-seven (Sura ya Ishirini na Saba)