جانور جب ساتھ ہوتے ہیں تو ایک قطار میں، مناسب اور سمجھدار طریقے سے چلتے ہیں، نہ کہ پورے راستے پر پھیل جاتے ہیں اور اچانک کسی مصیبت یا خطرے کی صورت میں ایک دوسرے کے لیے کسی کام یا سہارے کے قابل نہیں رہتے۔
Animals when in company walk in a proper and sensible manner, in single file, instead of sprawling all across the road and being of no use or support to each other in case of sudden trouble or danger.
Animals when in company walk in a proper and sensible manner, in single file, instead of sprawling all across the road and being of no use or support to each other in case of sudden trouble or danger.
پھر اچانک مول پر ایک ایسا خوف طاری ہوا، ایک ایسا اسرار جس نے اس کے پٹھوں کو پانی کر دیا، اس کا سر جھکا دیا، اور اس کے قدموں کو زمین میں گاڑ دیا۔ یہ کوئی گھبراہٹ کا ڈر نہیں تھا—در حقیقت وہ خود کو حیرت انگیز طور پر پرامن اور خوش محسوس کر رہا تھا—لیکن یہ ایک ایسا غلبہ تھا جس نے اسے دبوچ لیا اور جکڑ لیا، اور دیکھے بغیر وہ جان گیا کہ اس کا مطلب صرف یہی ہو سکتا ہے کہ کوئی بہت ہی عظیم ہستی بہت، بہت قریب ہے۔
Then suddenly the Mole felt a great Awe fall upon him, an awe that turned his muscles to water, bowed his head, and rooted his feet to the ground. It was no panic terror - indeed he felt wonderfully at peace and happy - but it was an awe that smote and held him and, without seeing, he knew it could only mean that some august presence was very, very near.
Then suddenly the Mole felt a great Awe fall upon him, an awe that turned his muscles to water, bowed his head, and rooted his feet to the ground. It was no panic terror - indeed he felt wonderfully at peace and happy - but it was an awe that smote and held him and, without seeing, he knew it could only mean that some august presence was very, very near.
مول سحر زدہ، مدہوش اور مسحور تھا۔ ندی کے کنارے وہ ایسے دوڑ رہا تھا جیسے کوئی بہت چھوٹا بچہ کسی ایسے انسان کے ساتھ دوڑتا ہے جو سنسنی خیز کہانیوں سے آپ کو جادو جکڑ لیتا ہے؛ اور جب وہ آخر کار تھک گیا، تو وہ کنارے پر بیٹھ گیا، جبکہ ندی اب بھی اس سے باتیں کرتی رہی، دنیا کی بہترین کہانیوں کا ایک بہتا ہوا کارواں، جسے زمین کے دل سے بھیجا گیا تھا تاکہ آخر کار اس کا اظہار پیاس نہ بجھنے والے سمندر کے سامنے کیا جا سکے۔
The Mole was bewitched, entranced, fascinated. By the side of the river he trotted as one trots, when very small, by the side of a man who holds one spellbound by exciting stories; and when tired at last, he sat on the bank, while the river still chattered on to him, a babbling procession of the best stories in the world, sent from the heart of the earth to be told at last to the insatiable sea.
The Mole was bewitched, entranced, fascinated. By the side of the river he trotted as one trots, when very small, by the side of a man who holds one spellbound by exciting stories; and when tired at last, he sat on the bank, while the river still chattered on to him, a babbling procession of the best stories in the world, sent from the heart of the earth to be told at last to the insatiable sea.
گھر! وہی تو مطلب تھا ان پیار بھری آوازوں کا، وہ نرم چھونے جو ہوا میں تیر رہے تھے، وہ چھوٹے پوشیدہ ہاتھ جو ایک ہی سمت میں کھینچ رہے تھے۔
Home! That was what they meant, those caressing appeals, Those soft touches wafted through the air, those invisible little hands pulling and tugging, all one way.
Home! That was what they meant, those caressing appeals, Those soft touches wafted through the air, those invisible little hands pulling and tugging, all one way.
بھئی، بھئی، ہو سکتا ہے میں کچھ زیادہ بولتا ہوں۔ مجھ جیسا ایک مقبول انسان—میرے دوست میرے گرد جمع ہو جاتے ہیں—ہم مذاق کرتے ہیں، ہم محفل جلاتے ہیں، ہم دلچسپ کہانیاں سناتے ہیں—اور کسی طرح میری زبان چلنے لگتی ہے۔ میرے پاس گفتگو کا ہنر ہے۔ مجھ سے کہا گیا ہے کہ مجھے ایک سلون بنانا چاہیے، چاہے وہ جو بھی ہو۔
Well, well, perhaps I am a bit of a talker. A popular fellow such as I am -- my friends get round me -- we chaff, we sparkle, we tell witty stories -- and somehow my tongue gets wagging. I have the gift of conversation. I've been told I ought to have a salon, whatever that may be.
Well, well, perhaps I am a bit of a talker. A popular fellow such as I am -- my friends get round me -- we chaff, we sparkle, we tell witty stories -- and somehow my tongue gets wagging. I have the gift of conversation. I've been told I ought to have a salon, whatever that may be.
پیاز کی چٹنی! پیاز کی چٹنی!
Onion sauce! Onion Sauce!
Onion sauce! Onion Sauce!
"شان دار، جوش دلانے والا منظر!" ٹوڈ نے بڑبڑایا۔ . . . "حرکت کی شاعری! سفر کرنے کا اصل طریقہ! سفر کرنے کا واحد طریقہ! آج یہاں - اگلے ہفتے کل! دیہات پیچھے چھوٹ گئے، قصبے اور شہر چھلانگ لگا کر پار ہو گئے—ہمیشہ کسی اور کا افق! اوہ لطف! اوہ پُپ پُپ! اوہ میرے خدا! اوہ میرے خدا!"
"Glorious, stirring sight!" murmured Toad. . . . "The poetry of motion! The real way to travel! The only way to travel! Here today - in next week tomorrow! Villages skipped, towns and cities jumped- always somebody else's horizons! O bliss! O poop-poop! O my! O my!"
"Glorious, stirring sight!" murmured Toad. . . . "The poetry of motion! The real way to travel! The only way to travel! Here today - in next week tomorrow! Villages skipped, towns and cities jumped- always somebody else's horizons! O bliss! O poop-poop! O my! O my!"
दावतें हमेशा से बहुत सुहानी होती हैं, क्योंकि उनमें ज़्यादातर खाना-पीना होता है; लेकिन दावत की सबसे अच्छी बात यह होती है कि यह तब आती है जब कोई काम खत्म हो चुका होता है, और परवाह करने के लिए कुछ नहीं बचता, और कल का दिन बहुत दूर की बात लगता है।
Banquets are always pleasant things, consisting mostly, as they do, of eating and drinking; but the specially nice thing about a banquet is, that it comes when something's over, and there's nothing more to worry about, and to-morrow seems a long way off.
Banquets are always pleasant things, consisting mostly, as they do, of eating and drinking; but the specially nice thing about a banquet is, that it comes when something's over, and there's nothing more to worry about, and to-morrow seems a long way off.
नदी के उस पार, ऊँचे सरकंडों के बीच, बत्तखें पानी में गोते लगा रही हैं, सबकी دم ऊपर उठी हैं!
All along the backwater, Through the rushes tall, Ducks are a-dabbling, Up tails all!
All along the backwater, Through the rushes tall, Ducks are a-dabbling, Up tails all!
जंगली जंगल के पार जंगली दुनिया है," चूहे ने कहा। "और यह ऐसी बात है जिससे न तो तुम्हें कोई मतलब है और न मुझे। मैं कभी वहाँ नहीं गया हूँ, और न कभी जाऊँगा, और अगर तुम में थोड़ी भी समझ है तो तुम भी नहीं जाओगे।
Beyond the Wild Wood comes the wild world,"said the Rat."And that's something that doesn't matter, either to you or to me. I've never been there, and I'm never going' nor you either, if you've got any sense at all.
Beyond the Wild Wood comes the wild world,"said the Rat."And that's something that doesn't matter, either to you or to me. I've never been there, and I'm never going' nor you either, if you've got any sense at all.
बीता हुआ कल एक बुरे सपने जैसा था; जैसे-जैसे मैं हफ़्ते-दर-हफ़्ते दक्षिण की ओर बढ़ रहा था, भविष्य खुशियों भरी छुट्टी जैसा लग रहा था—आसानी से, बेफिक्र होकर, जब तक बन पड़ा रुका, लेकिन हमेशा अंदर की पुकार पर ध्यान देते हुए!
The past was like a bad dream; the future was all happy holiday as I moved Southwards week by week, easily, lazily, lingering as long as I dared, but always heeding the call!
The past was like a bad dream; the future was all happy holiday as I moved Southwards week by week, easily, lazily, lingering as long as I dared, but always heeding the call!
यह एक ऐसी जगह लगती थी जहाँ जीत के बाद वीर शान से दावत कर सकें, जहाँ थके-माड़े किसान मेज के किनारे कतार में खड़े होकर हँसी-खुशी और गीतों के साथ अपना फसल उत्सव मना सकें, या जहाँ साधारण स्वाभाव के दो-तीन दोस्त अपनी मर्ज़ी से बैठकर आराम और सुकून से खा-पी सकें और बातें कर सकें।
It seemed a place where heroes could fitly feast after victory, where weary harvesters could line up in scores along the table and keep their Harvest Home with mirth and song, or where two or three friends of simple tastes could sit about as they pleased and eat and smoke and talk in comfort and contentment.
It seemed a place where heroes could fitly feast after victory, where weary harvesters could line up in scores along the table and keep their Harvest Home with mirth and song, or where two or three friends of simple tastes could sit about as they pleased and eat and smoke and talk in comfort and contentment.
टोड, जिस पर रोक लगाने वाला या किसी अनचाहे अंदाज़ में आलोचना करने वाला कोई नहीं था, थोड़ा ज़्यादा ही बहक गया। वास्तव में, उसने जो कुछ भी बताया, वह ज़्यादातर उन बातों के दायरे में आता था जो—'काश-मैंने-दस-मिनट-बाद-सोचने-के-बजाय-वक्त-रहते-सोच-लिया-होता-तो-क्या-होता'। वैसी रोमांचक और मसालेदार कहानियाँ हमेशा सबसे बेहतरीन होती हैं; और जो चीज़ें वाकई में होती हैं और थोड़ी फीकी सी लगती हैं, उनके मुकाबले वे रोमांचक बातें पूरी तरह से हमारी क्यों नहीं हो सकतीं?
Toad, with no one to check his statements or to criticize in an unfriendly spirit, rather let himself go. Indeed, much that he related belonged more properly to the category of what-might-have-happened-had-I-only-thought-of-it-in-time-instead-of-ten-minutes-afterwards. Those are always the best and raciest adventures; and why should they not be truly ours, as much as the somewhat inadequate things that really come off?
Toad, with no one to check his statements or to criticize in an unfriendly spirit, rather let himself go. Indeed, much that he related belonged more properly to the category of what-might-have-happened-had-I-only-thought-of-it-in-time-instead-of-ten-minutes-afterwards. Those are always the best and raciest adventures; and why should they not be truly ours, as much as the somewhat inadequate things that really come off?
रहस्यों से उसे बहुत लगाव था, क्योंकि वह कभी उन्हें अपने तक नहीं रख पाता था, और जब वह किसी दूसरे जानवर से यह जानते हुए भी कह देता था कि उसने वादा किया था कि वह किसी को नहीं बताएगा, तो उसे एक अजीब सा रोमांच महसूस होता था।
Secrets had an immense attraction to him, because he never could keep one, and he enjoyed the sort of unhallowed thrill he experienced when he went and told another animal, after having faithfully promised not to.
Secrets had an immense attraction to him, because he never could keep one, and he enjoyed the sort of unhallowed thrill he experienced when he went and told another animal, after having faithfully promised not to.
वे बंदर जो बहुत समझदारी से बोलने से बचते हैं, कहीं ऐसा न हो कि उन्हें अपनी आजीविका कमाने के काम पर लगा दिया जाए।
Monkeys who very sensibly refrain from speech, lest they should be set to earn their livings.
Monkeys who very sensibly refrain from speech, lest they should be set to earn their livings.
नेवले—और स्टोट—और लोमड़ियाँ—और ऐसे ही कई जीव। वे एक तरह से ठीक हैं—मेरे उनके साथ बहुत अच्छे संबंध हैं—मिलने पर हाल-चाल पूछ लेते हैं और सब ठीक है—लेकिन वे कभी-कभी आपा खो बैठते हैं, इस बात से इनकार नहीं किया जा सकता, और फिर—खैर, आप वास्तव में उन पर भरोसा नहीं कर सकते, यही सच्चाई है।
Weasels--and stoats--and foxes--and so on. They're all right in a way--I'm very good friends with them--pass the time of day when we meet, and all that--but they break out sometimes, there's no denying it, and then--well, you can't really trust them, and that's the fact.
Weasels--and stoats--and foxes--and so on. They're all right in a way--I'm very good friends with them--pass the time of day when we meet, and all that--but they break out sometimes, there's no denying it, and then--well, you can't really trust them, and that's the fact.
दूसरों को हर वक़्त किनारे पर बैठकर उन पर नज़र रखने, उन पर टिप्पणियाँ करने और उन पर कविताएँ वगैरह लिखने देने के बजाय, क्या साथियों को अपनी पसंद के मुताबिक़, जब चाहें और जैसे चाहें, वह करने की आज़ादी नहीं मिल सकती जो वे करना चाहते हैं?
Why can't fellows be allowed to do what they like when they like and as they like, instead of other fellows sitting on banks and watching them all the time and making remarks and poetry and things about them?
Why can't fellows be allowed to do what they like when they like and as they like, instead of other fellows sitting on banks and watching them all the time and making remarks and poetry and things about them?
सुबह से ही वह अपनी बत्तख दोस्तों के साथ नदी में तैर रहा था। और जब बत्तखें अचानक सिर नीचे करके पानी में उलटी हो जाती थीं, जैसा कि बत्तखें अक्सर करती हैं, तो वह गोता लगाकर उनकी गर्दन गुदगुदाता था—ठीक उस जगह के पास जहाँ उनकी ठुड्डी होती अगर बत्तखों की ठुड्डी होती—यहाँ तक कि उन्हें हड़बड़ाकर, खाँसते-थूकते और अपने पंख फड़फड़ाते हुए तुरंत सतह पर आना पड़ता, क्योंकि जब आपका सिर पानी के अंदर हो तो आप अपनी सारी भावनाएँ खुलकर नहीं कह सकते।
Since early morning he had been swimming in the river, in company with his friends the ducks. And when the ducks stood on their heads suddenly, as ducks will, he would dive down and tickle their necks, just under where their chins would be if ducks had chins, till they were forced to come to the surface again in a hurry, spluttering and angry and shaking their feathers at him, for it is impossible to say quite all you feel when your head is under water.
Since early morning he had been swimming in the river, in company with his friends the ducks. And when the ducks stood on their heads suddenly, as ducks will, he would dive down and tickle their necks, just under where their chins would be if ducks had chins, till they were forced to come to the surface again in a hurry, spluttering and angry and shaking their feathers at him, for it is impossible to say quite all you feel when your head is under water.
पूरा जंगल अब मानो दौड़ रहा था, तेज़ी से भाग रहा था, शिकार कर रहा था, किसी चीज़—या किसी इंसान—के चारों ओर घेरा बना रहा था? घबराकर, वह भी बिना किसी मकसद के, यह जाने बिना कि कहाँ जाना है, भागने लगा।
The whole wood seemed running now, running hard, hunting, chasing, closing in round something or - somebody? In panic, he began to run too, aimlessly, he knew not whither.
The whole wood seemed running now, running hard, hunting, chasing, closing in round something or - somebody? In panic, he began to run too, aimlessly, he knew not whither.
सब ठीक हो जाएगा, मेरे भाई," ऊदबिलाव ने कहा। "मैं तुम्हारे साथ आ रहा हूँ, और मैं आँखें बंद करके भी हर रास्ता जानता हूँ; और अगर किसी का सिर सूजाने की ज़रूरत पड़ी, तो तुम आँख मूंदकर मुझ पर भरोसा कर सकते हो।
It'll be all right, my fine fellow," said the Otter. "I'm coming along with you, and I know every path blindfold; and if there's a head that needs to be punched, you can confidently rely upon me to punch it.
It'll be all right, my fine fellow," said the Otter. "I'm coming along with you, and I know every path blindfold; and if there's a head that needs to be punched, you can confidently rely upon me to punch it.
बचकाना जोश दिखाने वाले सनकी मई-मक्खियों के अंदाज़ में एक भटकती हुई मई-मक्खी धारा के बीचों-बीच लड़खड़ाते हुए मुड़ी। पानी का एक भंवर उठा और एक 'छप!' की आवाज़ आई और वह मई-मक्खी फिर कभी नहीं दिखाई दी।
An errant May-fly swerved unsteadily athwart the current in the intoxicated fashion affected by young bloods of May-flies seeing life. A swirl of water and a 'cloop!' and the May-fly was visible no more
An errant May-fly swerved unsteadily athwart the current in the intoxicated fashion affected by young bloods of May-flies seeing life. A swirl of water and a 'cloop!' and the May-fly was visible no more
मैं कितना समझदार टोड हूँ।
I'm such a clever Toad.
I'm such a clever Toad.
हम चुपचापButler की रसोई में रेंगकर चलेंगे—" मोल ने चिल्लाकर कहा। "—अपनी पिस्तौल, तलवारें और डंडों के साथ—" चूहे ने ज़ोर से कहा। "—और उन पर टूट पड़ेंगे," बैजर ने कहा। "—और उनकी धुलाई कर देंगे, धुलाई कर देंगे, धुलाई कर देंगे!" टोड ने खुशी से पागल होकर कमरे में चक्कर लगाते हुए और कुर्सियों के ऊपर कूदते हुए चिल्लाया।
We shall creep out quietly into the butler's pantry--" cried the Mole. "--with out pistols and swords and sticks--" shouted ther Rat. "--and rush in upon them," said Badger. "--and whack 'em, and whack 'em, and whack 'em!" cried the Toad in ecstasy, running round and round the room, and jupming over the chairs.
We shall creep out quietly into the butler's pantry--" cried the Mole. "--with out pistols and swords and sticks--" shouted ther Rat. "--and rush in upon them," said Badger. "--and whack 'em, and whack 'em, and whack 'em!" cried the Toad in ecstasy, running round and round the room, and jupming over the chairs.
ध्यान से देखने पर उन्हें पता चला कि अगर वे अपने दम पर गाड़ी को सीधा करने में कामयाब हो भी जाते, तो भी वह आगे नहीं चल पाती। उसके धुरे बुरे हाल में थे, और जो पहिया गायब था, वह टूटकर टुकड़ों में बिखर चुका था।
A careful inspection showed them that, even if they succeeded in righting it by themselves, the cart would travel no longer. The axles were in a hopeless state, and the missing wheel was shattered into pieces.
A careful inspection showed them that, even if they succeeded in righting it by themselves, the cart would travel no longer. The axles were in a hopeless state, and the missing wheel was shattered into pieces.
वह उसकी तह तक पहुँच चुका था, और वे बातें बहुत उम्दा, मज़बूत और सीधी थीं।
He had got down to the bones of it, and they were fine and strong and simple.
He had got down to the bones of it, and they were fine and strong and simple.
तुम बहादुर हो! मेरी खातिर, जल्दबाज़ी मत करो!
You are brave! For my sake, do not be rash!
You are brave! For my sake, do not be rash!
एक बोल्ट पीछे खींचने की आवाज़ आई, और दरवाज़ा कुछ इंच खुल गया, इतना कि एक लंबा थूथन और नींद से झपकती हुई आँखों का जोड़ा दिखाई दे सके।
There was the noise of a bolt shot back, and the door opened a few inches, enough to show a long snout and a pair of sleepy blinking eyes.
There was the noise of a bolt shot back, and the door opened a few inches, enough to show a long snout and a pair of sleepy blinking eyes.
खैर, बहुत समय पहले, उस जगह पर जहाँ आज जंगली जंगल लहराता है, इसके उगने और आज जैसा रूप लेने से पहले भी एक शहर था—लोगों का शहर, समझे ना
Well, very long ago, on the spot where the Wild Wood waves now, before ever it had planted itself and grown up to what it now is, there was a city - a city of people, you know
Well, very long ago, on the spot where the Wild Wood waves now, before ever it had planted itself and grown up to what it now is, there was a city - a city of people, you know
मोल बहुत दिनों से बैजर से मिलना चाहता था। सब की बातों से वह एक बहुत ही प्रभावशाली शख्सियत लगता था और, यद्यपि वह शायद ही कभी दिखाई देता था, लेकिन आसपास के हर व्यक्ति पर उसका अनदेख प्रभाव महसूस होता था।
The Mole had long wanted to make the I acquaintance of the Badger. He seemed, by all accounts, to be such an important personage and, though rarely visible, to make his unseen influence felt by everybody about the place.
The Mole had long wanted to make the I acquaintance of the Badger. He seemed, by all accounts, to be such an important personage and, though rarely visible, to make his unseen influence felt by everybody about the place.
नदी," चूहे ने सुधारते हुए कहा, "यह मेरी दुनिया है... जिस चीज़ का इसमें अस्तित्व नहीं, उसका होना भी बेकार है।
The river , corrected the Rat, It's my world...What it hasn't got is not worth having.
The river , corrected the Rat, It's my world...What it hasn't got is not worth having.
धारा के बीचों-बीच, वियर (बांध) की झिलमिलाती बाँहों के आलिंगन में, एक छोटा सा टापू बसा था, जिसके किनारे सरकंडों, सफेद चिनार (सिल्वर बर्च) और एल्डर के पेड़ों से घिरे थे। अलग-थलग, शर्मीला, लेकिन गहरे अर्थों से भरा, वह अपने भीतर जो कुछ भी छिपाए था, उसे एक पर्दे के पीछे रोके हुए था—तब तक जब तक सही वक्त न आ जाए, और उस वक्त के साथ, वे लोग न आ जाएँ जिन्हें बुलाया गया है और चुना गया है।
In midmost of the stream, embraced in the weir's shimmering arm-spread, a small island lay anchored, fringed close with willow and silver birch and alder. Reserved, shy, but full of significance, it hid whatever it might hold behind a veil, keeping it till the hour should come, and, with the hour, those who were called and chosen.
In midmost of the stream, embraced in the weir's shimmering arm-spread, a small island lay anchored, fringed close with willow and silver birch and alder. Reserved, shy, but full of significance, it hid whatever it might hold behind a veil, keeping it till the hour should come, and, with the hour, those who were called and chosen.
टोड आने वाले दिनों में जो कुछ करने वाला था, उसके बारे में बड़ी-बड़ी बातें कर रहा था, जबकि चारों ओर तारे और अधिक चमकीले और बड़े होते जा रहे थे, और एक पीला चाँद, अचानक और चुपचाप न जाने कहाँ से प्रकट होकर, उनका साथ देने और उनकी बातें सुनने आ गया था।
Toad talked big about all he was going to do in the days to come, while stars grew fuller and larger all around them, and a yellow moon, appearing suddenly and silently from nowhere in particular, came to keep them company and listen to their talk.
Toad talked big about all he was going to do in the days to come, while stars grew fuller and larger all around them, and a yellow moon, appearing suddenly and silently from nowhere in particular, came to keep them company and listen to their talk.
ادھر اندر آ جاؤ... ہم دیکھتے ہیں کہ چائے اور بن دنیا کو بہتر جگہ بنا سکتے ہیں۔
Come along inside... We'll see if tea and buns can make the world a better place.
Come along inside... We'll see if tea and buns can make the world a better place.
انسانی جبلت میں سب سے مضبوط جبلت معلومات کو آگے پہنچانا ہے، اور دوسری سب سے مضبوط جبلت اس کے خلاف مزاحمت کرنا ہے۔
The strongest human instinct is to impart information, the second strongest is to resist it.
The strongest human instinct is to impart information, the second strongest is to resist it.
آخر کار، چھٹی کا بہترین حصہ شاید خود آرام کرنا نہیں ہے، بلکہ دوسرے تمام لوگوں کو کام میں مصروف دیکھنا ہے۔
After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working.
After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working.
آج یہاں ہیں، اور کل اٹھ کر کہیں اور روانہ! سفر، تبدیلی، دلچسپی، جوش! پوری دنیا آپ کے سامنے ہے، اور افق ہے جو ہمیشہ بدل رہا ہے!
Here today, up and off to somewhere else tomorrow! Travel, change, interest, excitement! The whole world before you, and a horizon that's always changing!
Here today, up and off to somewhere else tomorrow! Travel, change, interest, excitement! The whole world before you, and a horizon that's always changing!
کچھ بھی نہیں—بالکل کچھ بھی نہیں—کشتیوں میں محض آوارہ گردی کرنے جتنا مزہ کسی اور کام میں نہیں۔ کشتی کے اندر ہوں یا باہر، اس سے کوئی فرق نہیں پڑता۔ کوئی بھی چیز واقعی اہم معلوم نہیں ہوتی، یہی اس کی دلکشی ہے۔ چاہے آپ دور نکل جائیں، یا نہ نکلیں؛ چاہے آپ اپنی منزل پر پہنچ جائیں یا کہیں اور، یا پھر آپ کہیں بھی نہ پہنچیں، آپ ہمیشہ مصروف رہتے ہیں، اور آپ خاص طور پر کچھ نہیں کرتے؛ اور جب آپ وہ کر چکتے ہیں تو ہمیشہ کرنے کے لیے کچھ اور ہوتا ہے، اور اگر آپ چاہیں تو وہ کر سکتے ہیں، لیکن بہتر یہی ہے کہ آپ نہ کریں۔
There is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. In or out of 'em, it doesn't matter. Nothing seems really to matter, that's the charm of it. Whether you get away, or whether you don't; whether you arrive at your destination or whether you reach somewhere else, or whether you never get anywhere at all, you're always busy, and you never do anything in particular; and when you've done it there's always something else to do, and you can do it if you like, but you'd much better not.
There is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. In or out of 'em, it doesn't matter. Nothing seems really to matter, that's the charm of it. Whether you get away, or whether you don't; whether you arrive at your destination or whether you reach somewhere else, or whether you never get anywhere at all, you're always busy, and you never do anything in particular; and when you've done it there's always something else to do, and you can do it if you like, but you'd much better not.
اس مہم جوئی کو اپناؤ، اس پکار پر دھیان دو، اس سے پہلے کہ یہ اٹل لمحہ گزر جائے! یہ تو بس آپ کے پیچھے ایک دروازے کے بند ہونے، ایک خوش گوار قدم آگے بڑھانے کی دیر ہے، اور آپ اپنی پرانی زندگی سے نکل کر نئی زندگی میں داخل ہو جاتے ہیں!
Take the adventure, heed the call, now ere the irrevocable moment passes! 'Tis but a banging of the door behind you, a blithesome step forward, and you are out of your old life and into the new!
Take the adventure, heed the call, now ere the irrevocable moment passes! 'Tis but a banging of the door behind you, a blithesome step forward, and you are out of your old life and into the new!
ایک اصول کے طور پر، حقیقت کے معاملات میں بالغ لوگ کافی درست ہوتے ہیں؛ یہ تخیل کی اعلیٰ صلاحیت ہے جس میں وہ اتنے بدقسمتی سے پیچھے رہ جاتے ہیں۔
As a rule, indeed, grown-up people are fairly correct on matters of fact; it is in the higher gift of imagination that they are so sadly to seek.
As a rule, indeed, grown-up people are fairly correct on matters of fact; it is in the higher gift of imagination that they are so sadly to seek.
یہ سب کچھ اس نے دیکھا، ایک لمحے کے لیے سانس روکے ہوئے اور شدید جذبے کے ساتھ، صبح کے آسمان پر واضح طور پر چمکتا ہوا؛ اور جیسے جیسے وہ دیکھتا رہا، وہ جیتا رہا؛ اور جیسے جیسے وہ جیتا رہا، وہ حیران ہوتا رہا۔
All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered.
All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered.
مکھن لگے ہوئے ٹوسٹ کی وہ خوشبو سیدھا ٹوڈ کے دل کو لگی، اور صاف الفاظ میں بولی؛ اس نے گرم دسترخوانوں، روشن سرد صبحوں کے ناشتوں، سردی کی شاموں کے آرام دہ ڈرائینگ رومز کی آگ کی اگیٹھیوں کی باتیں کیں، جب سیر ختم ہو جاتی ہے اور پیر سلپر پہنے ہوئے فینڈر پر ٹکائے ہوتے ہیں؛ مطمئن بلیوں کے گُرگُرانے اور نیند میں ڈوبے کینری پنچھیوں کی چہچہاہٹ کی باتیں کیں۔
The smell of that buttered toast simply spoke to Toad, and with no uncertain voice; talked of warm kitchens, of breakfasts on bright frosty mornings, of cozy parlour firesides on winter evenings, when one's ramble was over and slippered feet were propped on the fender; of the purring of contented cats, and the twitter of sleepy canaries.
The smell of that buttered toast simply spoke to Toad, and with no uncertain voice; talked of warm kitchens, of breakfasts on bright frosty mornings, of cozy parlour firesides on winter evenings, when one's ramble was over and slippered feet were propped on the fender; of the purring of contented cats, and the twitter of sleepy canaries.
ندی... یہ میری دنیا ہے، اور مجھے کوئی اور دنیا نہیں چاہیے۔ اس کے پاس جو نہیں ہے وہ رکھنے کے قابل نہیں، اور یہ جو نہیں جانتی وہ جاننے کے لائق نہیں۔ خدایا! وہ وقت جو ہم نے ایک ساتھ گزارے ہیں!
The River... It's my world, and I don't want any other. What it hasn't got is not worth having, and what it doesn't know is not worth knowing. Lord! the times we've had together!
The River... It's my world, and I don't want any other. What it hasn't got is not worth having, and what it doesn't know is not worth knowing. Lord! the times we've had together!
ہمارے سماجی ضابطوں کی طرف سے عیش و عشرت یا برائی پر جو پابندیاں عائد کی جاتی ہیں، وہی اس کی تلاش کو اتنا دلکش بناتی ہیں۔
It is the restrictions placed on vice by our social code which makes its pursuit so peculiarly agreeable.
It is the restrictions placed on vice by our social code which makes its pursuit so peculiarly agreeable.
بیجر سوسائٹی، دعوتوں، عشایوں اور اس طرح کی ہر چیز سے نفرت کرتا ہے۔
Badger hates Society, and invitations, and dinner, and all that sort of thing.
Badger hates Society, and invitations, and dinner, and all that sort of thing.
آزادی اپنی جگہ بہت اچھی ہے، لیکن ہم جانور اپنے دوستوں کو ایک خاص حد سے زیادہ بیوقوف بننے کی اجازت کبھی نہیں دیتے؛ اور وہ حد تم عبور کر چکے ہو۔
Independence is all very well, but we animals never allow our friends to make fools of themselves beyond a certain limit; and that limit you've reached
Independence is all very well, but we animals never allow our friends to make fools of themselves beyond a certain limit; and that limit you've reached
برف پر بنے قدموں کے نشانات اس وقت سے ہمیشہ سے جذبات کو ابھارنے والے رہے ہیں جب سے اس پھیکی رنگ کی دنیا میں برف پہلی بار ایک سفید معجزہ بن کر اتری تھی۔
Footprints in the snow have been unfailing provokers of sentiment ever since snow was first a white wonder in this drab-coloured world of ours.
Footprints in the snow have been unfailing provokers of sentiment ever since snow was first a white wonder in this drab-coloured world of ours.
آکسفورڈ کے ذہین لوگ وہ سب کچھ جانتے ہیں جو جاننے کے لائق ہے لیکن ان میں سے کوئی بھی ذہین مسٹر ٹوڈ کا نصف حصہ بھی نہیں جانتا۔
The clever men of Oxford, know all that there is to be knowed but they none of them know one half as much as intelligent Mr. Toad.
The clever men of Oxford, know all that there is to be knowed but they none of them know one half as much as intelligent Mr. Toad.
جانوروں کے آدابِ معاشرت کے اصولوں کے مطابق، سردی کے موسم میں کسی بھی جانور سے یہ توقع نہیں کی جاتی کہ وہ کوئی محنت طلب، بہادرانہ یا یہاں تک کہ اعتدال پسند سرگرمی والا کام بھی انجام دے۔
No animal, according to the rules of animal-etiquette, is ever expected to do anything strenuous, or heroic, or even moderately active during the off-season of winter.
No animal, according to the rules of animal-etiquette, is ever expected to do anything strenuous, or heroic, or even moderately active during the off-season of winter.
اچھا، بہت پرانے زمانے میں، اس جگہ پر جہاں اب جنگل لہلہا رہا ہے، اس کے خود کو اگانے اور موجودہ شکل میں ڈھلنے سے بھی پہلے، ایک شہر تھا—لوگوں کا شہر، آپ جانتے ہیں۔ یہاں، جہاں ہم کھڑے ہیں، وہ رہتے تھے، چلتے پھرتے تھے، باتیں کرتے تھے، سوتے تھے، اور اپنا کاروبار چلاتے تھے۔ یہاں انہوں نے اپنے گھوڑے باندھے اور دعوتیں اڑائیں، یہیں سے وہ جنگ کرنے کے لیے یا تجارت کے لیے نکلتے تھے۔ وہ ایک طاقتور قوم تھے، مالدار اور عظیم معمار۔ انہوں نے جو عمارتیں بنائیں پائیدار تھیں، کیونکہ وہ سوچتے تھے کہ ان کا شہر ہمیشہ قائم رہے گا۔
Well, very long ago, on the spot where the Wild Wood waves now, before ever it had planted itself and grown up to what it now is, there was a city - a city of people, you know. Here, where we are standing, they lived, and walked, and talked, and slept, and carried on their business. Here they stabled their horses and feasted, from here they rode out to fight or drove out to trade. They were a powerful people, and rich, and great builders. They built to last, for they thought their city would last for ever.
Well, very long ago, on the spot where the Wild Wood waves now, before ever it had planted itself and grown up to what it now is, there was a city - a city of people, you know. Here, where we are standing, they lived, and walked, and talked, and slept, and carried on their business. Here they stabled their horses and feasted, from here they rode out to fight or drove out to trade. They were a powerful people, and rich, and great builders. They built to last, for they thought their city would last for ever.
وہاں اس نے کھانے کی ٹوکری نکالی اور ایک سادہ سا کھانا تیار کیا، جس میں، اجنبی کے پس منظر اور ترجیحات کو یاد رکھتے ہوئے، اس نے خاص طور پر ایک گز لمبی فرانسیسی روٹی، لہسن کے زبردست ذائقے والا ایک ساسیج، کچھ ایسا پنیر جو دیکھتے ہی منہ میں گھل جائے، اور ایک لمبی گردن والی بھوسے سے ڈھکی ہوئی فلاسک رکھی جس میں دور جنوب کی ڈھلوانوں پر جمع کی گئی دھوپ بوتل میں بند تھی۔
There he got out the luncheon-basket and packed a simple meal, in which, remembering the stranger's origin and preferences, he took care to include a yard of long French bread, a sausage out of which the garlic sang, some cheese which lay down and cried, and a long-necked straw-covered flask wherein lay bottled sunshine shed and garnered on far Southern slopes.
There he got out the luncheon-basket and packed a simple meal, in which, remembering the stranger's origin and preferences, he took care to include a yard of long French bread, a sausage out of which the garlic sang, some cheese which lay down and cried, and a long-necked straw-covered flask wherein lay bottled sunshine shed and garnered on far Southern slopes.
اوہ میرے آگے اب کیسا پھولوں سے سجا راستہ بچھا ہوا ہے! جب میں اپنی بے باک رفتار سے آگے بڑھوں گا تو میرے پیچھے کتنی گرد اڑے گی! میرے اس شاندار حملے کی زد میں کتنی ہی گاڑیاں بے پرواہی سے خندق میں جا گریں گی!
O what a flowery track lies spread before me, henceforth! What dust clouds shall spring up behind me as I speed on my reckless way! What carts I shall fling carelessly into the ditch in the wake of my magnificent onset!
O what a flowery track lies spread before me, henceforth! What dust clouds shall spring up behind me as I speed on my reckless way! What carts I shall fling carelessly into the ditch in the wake of my magnificent onset!
ویسے بھی سونے کے لیے یہ کوئی اچھی رات نہیں۔
It's not the sort of night for bed, anyhow.
It's not the sort of night for bed, anyhow.
بہار اس کے اوپر ہوا میں اور نیچے زمین میں اور اس کے اردگرد رواں تھی، جو اس کے تاریک اور حقیر سے چھوٹے سے گھر میں بھی الٰہی بے چینی اور شدید تڑپ کی روح پھونک رہی تھی۔
Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and around him, penetrating even his dark and lowly little house with its spirit of divine discontent and longing.
Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and around him, penetrating even his dark and lowly little house with its spirit of divine discontent and longing.
کیونکہ مجھے لگتا ہے کہ آج میری زندگی کچھ تنگ اور محدود ہو گئی ہے۔
For my life, I confess to you, feels to me today somewhat narrow and circumscribed.
For my life, I confess to you, feels to me today somewhat narrow and circumscribed.
لیکن مول ایک لمحہ وہیں کھڑا رہا، سوچ میں ڈوبا ہوا۔ جیسے کوئی کسی حسین خواب سے اچانک بیدار ہو جائے، جو اسے یاد کرنے کی کوشش کرتا ہے، لیکن اس کی خوبصورتی کے دھندلے احساس کے سوا کچھ حاصل نہیں کر پاتا، بس وہی خوبصورتی! یہاں تک کہ وہ بھی آہستہ آہستہ معدوم ہو جاتی ہے، اور خواب دیکھنے والا تلخی کے ساتھ سخت، سرد بیداری اور اس کی تمام سزاؤں کو قبول کر لیتا ہے۔
But Mole stood still a moment, held in thought. As one wakened suddenly from a beautiful dream, who struggles to recall it, but can recapture nothing but a dim sense of the beauty in it, the beauty! Till that, too, fades away in its turn, and the dreamer bitterly accepts the hard, cold waking and all its penalties.
But Mole stood still a moment, held in thought. As one wakened suddenly from a beautiful dream, who struggles to recall it, but can recapture nothing but a dim sense of the beauty in it, the beauty! Till that, too, fades away in its turn, and the dreamer bitterly accepts the hard, cold waking and all its penalties.
خدا کے لیے، 'نہیں' مت کہو؛ میں یہ بہت سن چکا ہوں، اور یہ ایک ہی رٹ اکتا دینے والی ہے اور مجھے تھکا دیتی ہے۔
Don't, for goodness' sake, keep on saying 'Don't'; I hear so much of it, and it's monotonous, and makes me tired.
Don't, for goodness' sake, keep on saying 'Don't'; I hear so much of it, and it's monotonous, and makes me tired.
چوہا (ریٹ)، دریں اثنا، بیئر کی بوتلوں میں سے ایک کے لیبل کو غور سے دیکھ رہا تھا۔ "مجھے لگتا ہے کہ یہ اولڈ برٹن ہے،" اس نے تعریف کرتے ہوئے کہا۔ "سمجھدار مول! بالکل وہی چیز! اب ہم ایعل (مشروب) کو گرم مصالحے کے ساتھ تیار کر سکیں گے۔ مول، چیزیں تیار کرو، جب تک میں کارک نکالتا ہوں۔"
The Rat, meanwhile, was busy examining the label on one of the beer-bottles. "I perceive this to be Old Burton," he remarked approvingly. "Sensible Mole! The very thing! Now we shall be able to mull some ale. Get the things ready, Mole, while I draw the corks."
The Rat, meanwhile, was busy examining the label on one of the beer-bottles. "I perceive this to be Old Burton," he remarked approvingly. "Sensible Mole! The very thing! Now we shall be able to mull some ale. Get the things ready, Mole, while I draw the corks."
جنگل اب کافی حد تک آباد ہو چکا ہے؛ تمام معمول کے لوگوں کے ساتھ، اچھے، برے، اور درمیانے درجے کے—میں کسی کا نام نہیں لیتے۔ دنیا طرح طرح کے لوگوں سے بنتی ہے۔
The Wild Wood is pretty well populated by now; with all the usual lot, good, bad, and indifferent--I name no names. It takes all sorts to make a world.
The Wild Wood is pretty well populated by now; with all the usual lot, good, bad, and indifferent--I name no names. It takes all sorts to make a world.
ہر چیز سوئی ہوئی معلوم ہوتی ہے، اور پھر بھی ہر وقت رواں دواں رہتی ہے۔ تم جو زندگی گزار رہے ہو وہ بہت اچھی زندگی ہے، دوست؛ بلا شبہ دنیا میں بہترین، بشرطیکہ تم اسے گزارنے کی طاقت رکھتے ہو!
Everything seems asleep, and yet going on all the time. It is a goodly life that you lead, friend; no doubt the best in the world, if only you are strong enough to lead it!
Everything seems asleep, and yet going on all the time. It is a goodly life that you lead, friend; no doubt the best in the world, if only you are strong enough to lead it!