11. The only things Babur liked about India were the abundance of gold and silver and the weather after the monsoon.
巴布尔所喜欢的唯一出自印度的东西只是大量的金银和季风过后的天气。
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12. “The Garden of the Eight Paradises”, a recent biography of Babur by Stephen Dale, has done it more than justice;
斯蒂芬•戴尔所著的关于巴布尔的新传记,“八乐园花园”,不只是为了公正;
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13. That was, Babur points out, a (rather 16th-century) joke; eventually they got the man back in the saddle and headed for home.
这是,巴布尔指出,一个(而不是16世纪)的笑话;最终它们杀了那个男子并把它放在马鞍后带回家。
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14. At 13, Babur headed off to capture samarkand-the former imperial capital, a jewel built by craftsmen Timur had kidnapped from raids into India, Persia and Arabia.
15. Sometimes self-aggrandising, sometimes self-critical, Babur emerges from his autobiography as a real person, in a way no other great leader except Churchill does.
16. Babur stayed in Delhi to consolidate his power, but he hated India. His list of complaints offers a good indication of the things that mattered to a 16th-century emperor.
巴布尔待在德里以巩固他的权力,但他讨厌印度。
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17. In October 1519, for instance, Babur rode out to Istalif with friends: “Its lawns were one sheet of trefoil; its pomegranate trees yellowed to autumn splendour, their fruit full red.”
18. In October 1519, for instance, Babur rode out to Istalif with friends: "Its lawns were one sheet of trefoil; its pomegranate trees yellowed to autumn splendour, their fruit full red."
19. In October 1519, for instance, Babur rode out to Istalif with friends: "Its lawns were one sheet of trefoil; its pomegranate trees yellowed to autumn splendour, their fruit full red."