Cruel professor
Cruel professor
He comes like a lightning through the doorpost,
Powerful as the morning was,
Calls all the victims by name,
Cruel professor
He comes like a lightning through the doorpost,
Powerful as the morning was,
Calls all the victims by name,
ترجمه The Lottery"
آسمان صبح 27 ژوئن صاف و آفتابی بود. با گرمایی تازه از یک روز کاملاً تابستانی. گلها با اشتیاق عمیقی شکوفه میدادند و دشت کاملاً سرسبز شده بود. حوالی ساعت 10 بود که مردم دهکده بتدریج در میدانی که بین اداره پست و بانک قرار داشت گردِ هم آمدند. در بعضی شهرها که جمعیت مردم بسیار زیاد بود، بختآزمایی تقریباً دو روز طول میکشید و از 26 ژوئن شروع میشد. در این شهر که تنها در حدود سیصد نفر سکنه داشت تمام مراسمِ بختآزمایی فقط دو ساعت بطول میانجامید. بنابراین این برنامه در ساعت ده صبح شروع میشد و فقط تا زمانی ادامه مییافت که به روستائیان اجازه میداد برای صرف شام به خانهی خود بروند.
The Betترجمه
شب پاییزی تاریکی بود. بانکدار پیر، آرام آرام داشت مطالعه می کرد و در ذهن خود میهمانی ای را بیاد می آورد که پاییز پانزده سال پیش ترتیب داده بود. آدمهای باهوشی در آن میهمانی حضور داشتند و مکالمه ای بسیار جالب توجه پیش آمده بود. در خلال سایر مسایل، در مورد مجازات اعدام صحبت کردند. مهمانان، که میانشان روزنامه نگار و تحصیل کرده کم نبود، از نقش بسیار ناپسند اعدام، گفتگو کردند و آن را یکی از ابزارهای کهنه و غیراخلاقی مجازات شمردند. برخی از آنان این تفکر را داشتند که شایسته است که مجازات حبس ابد بطور جهانی جایگزین مجازات اعدام شود.
پيرمرد بر سر پل
پيرمردي با عينکي دوره فلزي و لباس خاک آلود کنار جاده نشسته بود. روي رودخانه پلي چوبي کشيده بودند و گاريها، کاميونها، مردها، زنها و بچه ها از روي آن مي گذشتند. گاريها که با قاطر کشيده مي شدند، به سنگيني از شيب ساحل بالا مي رفتند، سربازها پره چرخها را مي گرفتند و آنها را به جلو مي راندند. کاميونها به سختي به بالا مي لغزيدند و دور مي شدند و همه پل را پشت سر مي گذاشتند. روستاييها توي خاکي که تا قوزکهايشان مي رسيد به سنگيني قدم برمي داشتند.
Misery ترجمه
اندوه
آنتوان چخوف
غروب است. ذرات درشت برف آبدار گرد فانوسهایی كه تازه روشن شده، آهسته میچرخد و مانند پوشش نرم و نازك روی شیروانیها و پشت اسبان و بر شانه و كلاه رهگذران مینشیند.
"یوآن پوتاپوف" درشكهچی، سراپایش سفید شده، چون شبحی به نظر میآید. او تا حدی كه ممكن است انسانی تا شود، خم گشته و بیحركت بالای درشكه نشسته است. شاید اگر تل برفی هم رویش بریزند باز هم واجب نداند برای ریختن برفها خود را تكان دهد... اسب لاغرش هم سفید شده و بیحركت ایستاده است.
Most Popular Idioms part 2
A Foregone Conclusion
"I knew they would lose. It was a foregone conclusion."
A Friend In Need Is A Friend Indeed
"Hey buddy, how's it going? You look good. I love your jacket. Do you think you can give me a ride home?" Reply: "A friend in need is a friend indeed."
A Game That Two Can Play
"She told the teacher what I did, but that's a game that two can play."
A Ghost Of A Chance
"Do you think he has a chance to win?" Reply: "He doesn't have a ghost of a chance."
A Given
"I always knew that we would get married. It was a given."
A Hearbeat Away
Most Popular Idioms part 1
A Bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In The Bush
"Dan has asked me to go to a party with him. What if my boyfriend finds out?" Reply: "Don't go. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."
A Blessing In Disguise
"My car broke down again, but maybe it was a blessing in disguise; I've been wasting too much time driving around anyway."
A Chip On Your Shoulder
"What's bothering that guy?" Answer: "Nothing; he's just got a chip on the shoulder."
A Dime A Dozen
"I don't need friends like him; they are a dime a dozen."
A Drop In The Bucket
No one is mine
No one is mine
May be Im not fine,
No one cares 4 me
No one has tears 4 me,
No one belives me
Everyone says leave me,
If I ever cry
No one wil even ask why?
and If I ever die
No one will cry,
No one says take care
Everyone says I dont care,
When I need someone 4 myself
I find no one 4help,
I dont know why?
Maybe talking to me they feel shy..!!
No one is mine
Maybe I m not fine... :-|
A walk to remember
Love is patient, love is kind.
It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking.
It is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails.
One Way Love
A one way love can never thrive;
It needs reciprocation.
And so in order to survive
My love needs affirmation.
So throw your caution to the sky,
And let your heart command.
You'll find that it will not deny
A love which must expand.
Come now, to me, with open arms
And sweep me off my feet;
And then display for me your charms,
To make my love complete.
My one way love will terminate
Without your inspiration.
So, therefore, please reciprocate
With no more hesitation.
The Perfect One
He holds me when I start to cry...
makes me smile with just his eyes...
shares my hopes, dreams, and fears...
wipes away all my tears...
I love him without regret...
I just haven't found him yet.
Show me
You know I love you dearly
but I cause you so much pain
I cannot find true happiness
and you feel you are to blame
it seems so unjust
for me to make you feel this way
it's so hard to decide
whether I should leave or stay
staying is not wise
as faking happiness is exhausting
leaving's a bit worse
for your heartbreak I would be causing
so show me what to do
help me to be strong
lend a helping hand
give me your shoulder to cry on.
If Only You Knew...
If only you knew,
how my heart overflows with love for you.
If only you could see
the way you fill my hopes and dreams.
You're the owner of my heart,
the ruler supreme.
Even in the dark of night,
I've only to think about you
to feel your loving light
and from this world I drift
feeling as if
I'll never touch the ground again...
If only you knew.
If only you could guess
how I hear your voice when others speak;
for you hold the key to my happiness,
and it's always you my soul seeks.
If only you could feel,
how your very presence
has the power to heal,
all the wounds inside me.
You've made me abandon
the pain of yesterday,
and you've shown me
that the past can no longer
stand in the way
of what I hope to achieve...
If only you knew.
If only you could realize
the way you've shown me
that it's better to give
than to take,
and whatever I do,
I do for your sake.
I'm willing to give you my all
and expect nothing in return.
But, oh how I yearn
for you...
if only you knew.
U Make Me
You make me laugh when I want to cry,
Make me live when I want to die,
Make me smile when I want to frown,
You turn my life upside down.
Believe in me when no one else does
You’re my now, my is, my was.
When you call my name I begin to blush,
I'm afraid people notice I need you so much.
When I'm with you time flies by fast.
It's like the present is the past.
I need you more than you can believe,
Love you more than you can conceive.
Think about you every night and day
And hope my life can stay this way
I don't want it to be any other way.