). The spirit of the place was the spirit of the peace of the living (дух этого места был духом мира/спокойствия жизни), somnolent with the easement and content of prosperity (сонный от удобства/успокоения и довольства благополучия; content – содержание; удовлетворенность, довольство), and undisturbed by rumors of far wars (не тревожимый отзвуками далеких войн; to disturb – беспокоить, тревожить; rumor – слухи, молва).

 The motion of all things was a drifting in the heart of the canyon. Sunshine and butterflies drifted in and out among the trees. The hum of the bees and the whisper of the stream were a drifting of sound. And the drifting sound and drifting color seemed to weave together in the making of a delicate and intangible fabric which was the spirit of the place. It was a spirit of peace that was not of death, but of smooth-pulsing life, of quietude that was not silence, of movement that was not action, of repose that was quick with existence without being violent with struggle and travail. The spirit of the place was the spirit of the peace of the living, somnolent with the easement and content of prosperity, and undisturbed by rumors of far wars.

The red-coated, many-antlered buck acknowledged the lordship of the spirit of the place (красношерстный рогатый олень, признавал власть духа этого места; to acknowledge – признавать) and dozed knee-deep in the cool, shaded pool (и дремал по колено в прохладной, затененной заводи; shade – тень). There seemed no flies to vex him (казалось, не было мух, чтобы досаждать ему) and he was languid with rest (и он был разомлевшим от покоя; languid – вялый, ослабевший). Sometimes his ears moved when the stream awoke and whispered (иногда его уши двигались, когда ручей пробуждался и шептал; to awake – пробуждаться); but they moved lazily (но они двигались лениво), with foreknowledge that it was merely the stream grown garrulous at discovery that it had slept (с предвидением, что это был просто усилившееся журчание ручья при открытии/обнаружении, что он спал; garrulous – болтливый, многословный; журчащий /о ручье/).

 The red-coated, many-antlered buck acknowledged the lordship of the spirit of the place and dozed knee-deep in the cool, shaded pool. There seemed no flies to vex him and he was languid with rest. Sometimes his ears moved when the stream awoke and whispered; but they moved lazily, with foreknowledge that it was merely the stream grown garrulous at discovery that it had slept.

But there came a time when the buck’s ears lifted and tensed with swift eagerness for sound (но наступил момент, когда уши оленя поднялись и напряглись в спешном желании /уловить/ звук; to tense – напрягать). His head was turned down the canyon (его голова была повернута вниз к каньону). His sensitive, quivering nostrils scented the air (его чувствительные, дрожащие ноздри нюхали воздух; to quiver – дрожать; to scent – обонять, чувствовать запах). His eyes could not pierce the green screen (его глаза не смогли проникнуть /сквозь/ зеленую завесу; to pierce – прокалывать; проникать; screen – экран; завеса) through which the stream rippled away (через которую вытекал ручей), but to his ears came the voice of a man (но его ушей достиг голос человека). It was a steady (это был ровный), monotonous (монотонный), singsong voice (однообразный голос; singsong – монотонный, однообразный). Once the buck heard the harsh clash of metal upon rock (вдруг олень услышал резкий звук метала по камню;