cataract ['kætərækt] couch [kaυt∫] bulrush ['bυlrλ∫] beryl ['beril]

`I am waited for in Egypt,' answered the Swallow. `To-morrow my friends will fly up to the Second Cataract. The river-horse couches there among the bulrushes, and on a great granite throne sits the God Memnon. All night long he watches the stars, and when the morning star shines he utters one cry of joy, and then he is silent. At noon the yellow lions come down to the water's edge to drink. They have eyes like green beryls, and their roar is louder than the roar of the cataract.'

`Swallow, Swallow, little Swallow,' said the prince, `far away across the city (далеко, на том краю города: «по ту сторону города») I see a young man in a garret (я вижу молодого человека, /живущего/ на чердаке/мансарде). He is leaning over a desk (он склоняется над столом; to lean — наклонятся, нагибаться) covered with papers (заваленным: «покрытым» бумагами; to cover — покрывать), and in a tumbler by his side (и в стакане /для вина/ рядом с ним; side — стенка, сторона) there is a bunch of withered violets (стоит: «есть» букет засохших фиалок; bunch — связка, пучок).