Lord - Gebieter; Herr; herrschen
Bob Southey! You're a poet, poet laureate,
Bob - Troddel; tanzen (Boot); Bob (Frisur)
poet - Dichter, Dichterin; i ormal
Laureate - Preisträger; Laureat, Laureatin
And representative of all the race.
representative - repräsentativ; Repräsentant, Repräsentantin, Vertreter
race - um die Wette rennen; Rasse, Menschenschlag, Rennen
Although 'tis true that you turned out a Tory at
although - obwohl, obschon, trotzdem
Tis - (it is) es ist; (Ti) (it is) es ist
Tory - Tory
Last, yours has lately been a common case.
Last - letzte, zuletzt, letzter, vorig; dauern, andauern
lately - in letzter Zeit; neulich, kürzlich, letztlich
case - Fall; Gehäuse, Prozess, Kiste, Fach
And now my epic renegade, what are ye at
epic - Epos; episch
renegade - Rebell, Rebellin, Abtrünniger, Abtrünnige, Apostat
ye - ja; euch, ihr, dir, du
With all the lakers, in and out of place?
A nest of tuneful persons, to my eye
nest - Nest
tuneful - melodiös
Like four and twenty blackbirds in a pye,
blackbirds - Amseln; Amsel, Schwarzdrossel
Which pye being opened they began to sing'
(This old song and new simile holds good),
simile - Vergleich, Gleichnis
holds - hält; innehaben
'A dainty dish to set before the King'
dainty - Delikatesse; fein, zart, zierlich
set - gesetzt; Seth
king - König
Or Regent, who admires such kind of food.
Regent - Regent, Regentin
admires - bewundert; bewundern, verehren, hochschätzen
such - solch, derartig, so ein
And Coleridge too has lately taken wing,
Wing - Flügel, Schwinge, Gebäudeflügel, Tragfläche, tTragflügel
But like a hawk encumbered with his hood,
hawk - Falke, Habicht; auf der Straße verkaufen, beizen (Jagd)
encumbered - belastet; belasten, aufbürden, behindern, belasten, belasten
hood - Motorhaube; Kühlerhaube; Kapuze, Haube
Explaining metaphysics to the nation.
nation - Staat, Nation, Volk
I wish he would explain his explanation.
wish - Wunsch; wünschen
explanation - Erläuterung, Erklärung, Ausführung
You, Bob, are rather insolent, you know,
insolent - unverschämt; beleidigend, verletzend, anmaßend, überheblich
At being disappointed in your wish
disappointed - enttäuscht; enttäuschen, vorenthalten, berauben
To supersede all warblers here below,
supersede - aufheben; ablösen, ersetzen, den Platz einnehmen von, verdrängen
warblers - Grasmücken; Waldsänger
And be the only blackbird in the dish.
blackbird - Amsel, Schwarzdrossel
And then you overstrain yourself, or so,
overstrain - überanstrengen
And tumble downward like the flying fish
tumble - purzeln; Sturz, Fall, Überschlag, Absturz
downward - abwärts, nach unten, runter, nach unten gehend, absteigend
Gasping on deck, because you soar too high,
gasping - keuchend; (gasp); keuchen; japsen, prusten, Atemzug, Luftholen
deck - Verdeck ;jdm. eine knallen
soar - aufsteigen; schweben; hochfliegen; gleiten; hochschnellen
Bob, And fall for lack of moisture quite a dry Bob.
lack - ermangeln, fehlen
moisture - Feuchtigkeit, Nässe
dry - trocken; trocknen, abtrocknen
And Wordsworth in a rather long Excursion
excursion - Ausflug, Exkursion, Abschweifung, Exkurs, Digression
(I think the quarto holds five hundred pages)
quarto - Quartformat
five hundred - fünfhundert
Has given a sample from the vasty version
sample - Probe, Muster, Stichprobe, Probierhäppchen, Kostprobe
vasty - gewaltig
version - Version, Fassung, Ausgabe, versionieren
Of his new system to perplex the sages.
system - System, Ordnung, Verbund, Akkolade
perplex - verblüfft; verwirren
sages - Weisen; weise, klug, Weise
'Tis poetry, at least by his assertion,
poetry - Dichtkunst, Poesie, checkDichtung, checkDichtkunst
assertion - Versicherung, Zusicherung, Behauptung, Beteuerung
And may appear so when the Dog Star rages,
appear - erscheinen, auftauchen, auftreten
rages - wütet; Wut, Zorn, Raserei, Rage, wüten, rasen, toben, toben
And he who understands it would be able
he who - derjenige
To add a story to the tower of Babel.
tower - starker Rückhalt, Turm; emporragen, hochragen, ragen
babel - Stimmengewirr
You gentlemen, by dint of long seclusion
gentlemen - Herr, Herr, Herr, meine Herren
dint - oder nicht; Beule, Einbeulung
seclusion - Abgeschiedenheit, Abschottung, Absonderung
From better company, have kept your own
At Keswick, and through still continued fusion
continued - fortgesetzt; fortsetzen, weiterhin
fusion - Schmelzen; Verschmelzen
Of one another's minds at last have grown
minds - Köpfe; Verstand, t+Geist, t+Sinn, Bewusstsein
To deem, as a most logical conclusion,
deem - halten, erachten, ansehen
logical - logisch
conclusion - Schluss, Ende, Abschluss, Ergebnis, Schlussfolgerung
That poesy has wreaths for you alone.
poesy - Poesie
wreaths - Kränze; Kranz, Gebinde
alone - allein, einsam, selbst, nur, ausschließlich
There is a narrowness in such a notion,
narrowness - Engstirnigkeit; Enge, Beschränktheit
notion - Ahnung, Ansicht, Auffassung, Begriff
Which makes me wish you'd change your lakes for ocean.
lakes - Seen; Binnensee, See
Ocean - Weltmeer, Ozean
I would not imitate the petty thought,
imitate - imitieren
petty - gering, geringfügig, klein, kleinlich
Nor coin my self-love to so base a vice,
nor - weder noch, auch nicht
coin - Münze, Geldstück, Chip, Jeton, prägen
self-love - (self-love) Eigenliebe
base - Grundzahl, Unterlage, Basis, Grund; Bettrost
vice - Laster; der Schraubstock
For all the glory your conversion brought,
glory - Pracht, Herrlichkeit, Prunk, Gepränge, Ruhm
conversion - Bekehrung; Umwandlung
Since gold alone should not have been its price.
Since - Seit wann; seitdem, seither, weil, da
gold - Gold
You have your salary; was't for that you wrought?
salary - Gehalt, Lohn
And Wordsworth has his place in the Excise.
excise - Verbrauchssteuer; die Warensteuer
You're shabby fellows"true"but poets still
shabby - schäbig
fellows - Kameraden; Stipendiat, Typ, Kerl, Bursche; Gefährte, Kerl
poets - Dichter, Dichterin; iormal
And duly seated on the immortal hill.
duly - gebührend, ordnungsgemäß, pünktlich
seated - sitzend; Sitz, Sitzplatz, Sitzgelegenheit, Stuhl, Sitzmöbel
immortal - unsterblich; unvergesslich
Hill - Hügel; Hang, Steigung, Steigung, Anstieg, häufeln
Your bays may hide the baldness of your brows,
bays - Buchten; Erker, Bucht, Gestell, Bellen
hide - verbergen, verheimlichen, verstecken, verdecken
baldness - Glatze, Glatzköpfigkeit, Haarlosigkeit, Haarlossein
brows - Augenbrauen; Brauen; (brow) Augenbrauen; Brauen
Perhaps some virtuous blushes; let them go.
Perhaps - vielleicht, wohl
virtuous - züchtig, tugendhaft, tugendsam
blushes - errötet; Schamröte; erröten, sich schämen
To you I envy neither fruit nor boughs,
envy - Neid; beneiden
neither - weder; weder X noch Y; keiner, keines
boughs - Zweige; Ast
And for the fame you would engross below,
fame - Ruhm, Berühmtheit, Bekanntheit
engross - fesseln; beschlagnahmen, beanspruchen
The field is universal and allows
field - Feld, Gefilde, Heide, tHeideland
universal - allgemein, Allgemein-, universell, weltweit, Welt-
allows - erlaubt; erlauben, zulassen, akzeptieren, erlauben, zulassen
Scope to all such as feel the inherent glow.
scope - Umfang; Zielfernrohr (am Gewehr); Bereich, Kompetenzbereich
inherent - inhärent
glow - glühen; abstrahlen; leuchten; Glühen
Scott, Rogers, Campbell, Moore, and Crabbe will try
Rogers - Rutger, Rüdiger
'Gainst you the question with posterity.
posterity - Nachwelt
For me, who, wandering with pedestrian Muses,
wandering - wandernd; (wander) irren, wandern
pedestrian - Fußgänger-, Fuß-
muses - Musen; Muse
Contend not with you on the winged'steed,
contend - bestreiten; streiten, sich auseinandersetzen, ringen mit
winged - geflügelt; Flügel, t+Schwinge, Flügel, Flügel, t+Gebäudeflügel
steed - ein Pferd; erman: Ross (see also Stute )
I wish your fate may yield ye, when she chooses,
fate - Schicksal, Los, Geschick
yield - Ertrag; hervorbringen, er/sie hat/hatte ergeben, weichen
The fame you envy and the skill you need.
And recollect a poet nothing loses
recollect - Erinnern Sie sich; sich erinnern an
In giving to his brethren their full meed
brethren - Brüdern
meed - Lohn
Of merit, and complaint of present days
merit - Verdienst
complaint - Beschwerde; Klage, Anzeige, Monierung, Reklamation
Is not the certain path to future praise.
Certain - gewiss, sicher, irgendein, bestimmt
path - Weg, Pfad
Praise - Gelobt; Lob; loben, preisen
He that reserves his laurels for posterity
reserves - Reserven; Reservieren
laurels - Lorbeeren; Lorbeer, Lorbeerkranz
(Who does not often claim the bright reversion)
claim - Anspruch; Rechtstitel, Behauptung, Mutung, beanspruchen
bright - fröhlich, aufgeweckt, leuchtend, klar, hell
Reversion - Umpolung, Rückfall, Umkehrung; Rückbesinnung (auf)
Has generally no great crop to spare it, he
generally - im Allgemeinen
crop - Ernte, Haarschnitt, Schnitt
spare - überflüssig, frei, sparsam, Ersatz; sparsam umgehen
Being only injured by his own assertion.
injured - verletzt; verletzen, verletzen
And although here and there some glorious rarity
glorious - ruhmvoll, glorreich, herrlich, prachtvoll
rarity - Seltenheit, Rarität
Arise like Titan from the sea's immersion,
arise - sich erheben, aufstehen, entstehen, auftreten, erwachsen
Titan - Titan
immersion - Eintauchen; Untertauchen; Immersion
The major part of such appellants go
Major - bedeutend, wichtig, volljährig, dur, große, Major, Volljährige
appellants - Rechtsmittelführer; Rechtsmittelkläger, Beschwerdeführer
To"God knows where"for no one else can know.
God - Gott
If fallen in evil days on evil tongues,
evil - böse; Sünde, übel, üblen, Ăśbel
tongues - Zungen; Zunge, Zunge, t+Lasche
Milton appealed to the avenger, Time,
appealed - appelliert; Revision, Wirkung, Anziehungskraft; reizen, zusagen
avenger - Rächer, Rächerin
If Time, the avenger, execrates his wrongs
execrates - exekutiert; verabscheuen
And makes the word Miltonic mean sublime,
sublime - sublimierens, erhaben
He deigned not to belie his soul in songs,
deigned - entworfen; sich
belie - lügen;etw. falsch darstellen, über etw. hinwegtäuschen
soul - Inbrunst, Seele, Gefühl, Herz
Nor turn his very talent to a crime.
talent - Talent, Begabung
crime - Straftat; Verbrechen; Kriminalität
He did not loathe the sire to laud the son,
loathe - verabscheuen, ablehnen, hassen
sire - Herr; Männchen
laud - loben; preisen
But closed the tyrant-hater he begun.
tyrant - Tyrann, Tyrannin, checkTyrannin
hater - Hasser, Hasserin
Think'st thou, could he, the blind old man, arise
thou - du
blind - blind, unkritisch, ignorant, Jalousie, Blind, Blinder, Blinde
Like Samuel from the grave to freeze once more
grave - Grab; feierlich, Gruft, massiv, würdig, ernst
freeze - einfrieren; frieren
The blood of monarchs with his prophecies,
blood - anbluten
Monarchs - Monarchen; Monarch, Monarchin, Fürst
prophecies - Prophezeiungen; Prophezeiung, Weissagung
Or be alive again"again all hoar
alive - lebendig
hoar - (hoar frost) Raufrost, Raureif
With time and trials, and those helpless eyes
trials - Versuche; Erprobung, Prozess, Versuch, Probe
those - die; jene
helpless - hilflos
And heartless daughters"worn and pale and poor,
heartless - herzlos
pale - Pfahl, blass; bleich (vor), blass (vor)
Would he adore a sultan? He obey
adore - anbeten, verehren
sultan - Sultan
obey - gehorchen; befolgen
The intellectual eunuch Castlereagh?
intellectual - intellektuell; Intellektueller, Intellektuelle
Eunuch - Eunuch, weiblicher Eunuch, Kastrat
cold-blooded, smooth-faced, placid miscreant!
cold blooded - (cold blooded) kaltblütig
smooth - glatt; reibungslos, problemlos, glätten
placid - ruhig, friedlich, sanft
Miscreant - Bösewicht; gewissenloser Mensch, Übeltäter, Schurke
Dabbling its sleek young hands in Erin's gore,
dabbling - Dilettantismus; bespritzend; (dabble); platschen; ein wenig befassen
sleek - glatt; q
gore - Keil, Blut
And thus for wider carnage taught to pant,
thus - also; auf diese Weise, so, demnach, folglich, dieses
wider - breiter; breit, weit
carnage - Gemetzel, Abschlachtung
pant - keuchen, hecheln, schnaufen (i. S. v. keuchen)
Transferred to gorge upon a sister shore,
transferred - übertragen, versetzen, bringen, Übertragung, Versetzung
gorge - Schlucht, Kehle; ich/er/sie fräße, fressen, ich/er/sie fraß
upon - auf; mit
shore - Ufer, Stützbalken, Küste, Strebe
The vulgarest tool that tyranny could want,
vulgarest - vulgärste; vulgär, unfein, ungebildet, unanständig, ungehobelt
tool - Gerät, Instrument, Werkzeug
tyranny - Tyrannenherrschaft, Tyrannei
With just enough of talent and no more,
To lengthen fetters by another fixed
lengthen - verlängern
fetters - Fesseln; Fessel; q
fixed - repariert; reparieren, flicken, fixieren, befestigen
And offer poison long already mixed.
poison - Gift, Giftstoff, vergiften
mixed - gemischt; verrühren, mischen, mixen, vermischen, versetzen
An orator of such set trash of phrase,
orator - Redner, Rednerin
trash - Müll, Abfall, Papierkorb, wegwerfen, in Unordnung bringen
Ineffably, legitimately vile,
ineffably - unaussprechlich
legitimately - rechtmäßig
vile - abscheulich, gemein, schnöde
That even its grossest flatterers dare not praise,
grossest - am ekelhaftesten; grob, brutto, brutto
flatterers - Schmeichler, Schmeichlerin
dare - sich getrauen, wagen, jemanden herausfordern
Nor foes"all nations"condescend to smile.
foes - Feinde; Feind
nations - Nationen; Staat, Nation, Volk
condescend to - geruhe
smile - Lächeln
Not even a sprightly blunder's spark can blaze
sprightly - rüstig; lebhaft
blunder - Patzer, Schnitzer, Fehler, Fehlgriff
spark - Funken; Funke; aufkeimen lassen, entfachen
blaze - lodern; Lohe, Brand, Großbrand, brenne, Glut
From that Ixion grindstone's ceaseless toil,
Ixion - Ixion
grindstone - Schleifstein
ceaseless - unaufhörlich; endlos
toil - Mühe; schuften, sich plagen, sich quälen, roboten
That turns and turns to give the world a notion
Of endless torments and perpetual motion.
endless - endlos, unbegrenzt, unbeschränkt, unendlich
torments - Qualen; Qual, quälen, peinigen
perpetual - unbefristet, ewig, immerwährend, unaufhörlich
motion - Bewegung
A bungler even in its disgusting trade,
bungler - Pfuscher, Pfuscherin, Stümper
disgusting - ekelhaft; ekeln, Ekel
trade - handeln (mit), eintauschen, schachern mit etwas;Handel , Handwerk , Geschäft , Trade;gewerblich {adj};eintauschen (für)
And botching, patching, leaving still behind
botching - (botch) verpfuschen, flicken
patching - Patchen; Flickerei, flickend; (patch) Patchen; Flickerei
Something of which its masters are afraid,
masters - Haupt.., Grund, Meister, führend, leitend; bewältigen, meistern
States to be curbed and thoughts to be confined,
States - Staaten; Staat, Staat, Land
curbed - gebremst; Beschränkung, Zurückhaltung, Zwang, Einschränkung
thoughts - Gedanken; Gedanke
confined - eingesperrt; beschränken, Begrenzung
Conspiracy or congress to be made,
conspiracy - Verschwörung, Konspiration
Congress - Kongress, Tagung
Cobbling at manacles for all mankind,
cobbling - Flickschusterei; flickend, schusternd; (cobble); schustern
manacles - Fesseln; Handschellen
mankind - die Menschheit; Menschheit, Menschengeschlecht, Mann
A tinkering slave-maker, who mends old chains,
tinkering - flickend, bastelnd; (tinker); Kesselflicker, Kesselflickerin
slave - Sklave, Sklavin, Sexsklave
Maker - Schöpfer; Macher, Hersteller, Fabrikant
mends - reparieren, flicken
chains - Kette, Kette, Kette, Kette, anketten, ketten
With God and man's abhorrence for its gains.
abhorrence - Abscheu, Ekel, Ekel
gains - Gewinn, Zunahme, Verstärkung; erwerben, gewinnen, erlangen
If we may judge of matter by the mind,
judge - urteilen (nach), richten; Richter, Jurist
matter - Materie; Masse, Substanz, Stoff, Angelegenheit, Anlass
mind - Verstand, Geist, Sinn, Bewusstsein, Gedächtnis, Gedanken
Emasculated to the marrow, it
Emasculated - entmannt, entmannen, schwächen
marrow - Knochenmark; Mark
Hath but two objects, how to serve and bind,
serve - Angabe; dienen; servieren; aufschlagen, den Aufschlag haben
bind - binden; verbinden, konnektieren
Deeming the chain it wears even men may fit,
deeming - halten, erachten, erachten, ansehen
chain - Kette; anketten
fit - passen; (to be fit) in Form sein
Eutropius of its many masters, blind
To worth as freedom, wisdom as to wit,
worth - wert
freedom - Freiheit
wisdom - Weisheit
wit - Witz; nämlich, und zwar
Fearless, because no feeling dwells in ice;
fearless - furchtlos
dwells - wohnt; leben, verbleiben, wohnen, verweilen
Its very courage stagnates to a vice.
courage - Courage, Herz, Mut, Tapferkeit
stagnates - stagniert; stagnieren
Where shall I turn me not to view its bonds,
shall - sollen
view - Aussicht; Anblick, Ansicht, Aufruf, View, sehen
Bonds - Anleihen; Bindung, Obligation, Pfandbrief; binden
For I will never feel them. Italy,
Italy - Italien
Thy late reviving Roman soul desponds
thy - deine; dein
reviving - auferstehend, erneuernd
Roman - Römer; röm. römisch, römisch
desponds - verzweifelt; verzagen
Beneath the lie this state-thing breathed o'er thee.
beneath - unter
lie - lügen; (lie down) sich hinlegen
state - Staat, Land, Bundesland, Zustand, erklären, darlegen, nennen
breathed - geatmet; atmen, einatmen, hauchen
thee - dich, dir
Thy clanking chain and Erin's yet green wounds
clanking - klirrend; (clank); klirren, kläppern, aneinanderschlagen
wounds - anschießen, verwunden
Have voices, tongues to cry aloud for me.
voices - Stimmen; äußern
cry - weinen; schreien; rufen; Weinen; Schrei
aloud - laut
Europe has slaves, allies, kings, armies still,
slaves - Sklaven; Sklave, t+Sklavin, Sklave, t+Sklavin, Sklave
allies - vereinigen, verbinden; Bündnispartner, Verbündete
Kings - Könige; König
armies - Armeen; Heer
And Southey lives to sing them very ill.
ill - krank, siech, übel, schlecht, Übel
Meantime, Sir Laureate, I proceed to dedicate
meantime - Inzwischen; unterdessen
proceed - fortfahren; vorgehen
dedicate - widmen; sich widmen
In honest simple verse this song to you.
honest - ehrlich, aufrichtig; (hon); ehrlich, aufrichtig
simple - einfach, simpel
verse - Strophe
And if in flattering strains I do not predicate,
flattering - Schmeichelhaft; schmeicheln
strains - Stämme; Spannung, starke Inanspruchnahme, Zug; anstrengen
predicate - aussagen, behaupten; Aussage, beigelegte Bezeichnung, Prädikat
'Tis that I still retain my buff and blue;
retain - beibehalten; behalten; festhalten
Buff - starkes Leder, lederfarben, Lederfarbe; abrauen, abrauhen
My politics as yet are all to educate.
politics - Politik; diplomatisch
as yet - bislang, bis jetzt
educate - ausbilden, erziehen
Apostasy's so fashionable too,
apostasy - Abtrünnigkeit
fashionable - modisch, fashionable
To keep one creed's a task grown quite
creed - Credo, Kredo, Glaubensbekenntnis; (cree); Credo, Kredo
task - Pensum; beschäftigen, in Anspruch nehmen; Arbeit, Aufgabe
Herculean Is it not so, my Tory, ultra-Julian?
ultra - radikal, Ultra..
Julian - Julian, julianisch
I want a hero: an uncommon want,
hero - Held, Heldin, Kriegsheld, Hauptfigur
uncommon - ungebräuchlich; ungewöhnlich
When every year and month sends forth a new one,
forth - weiter; heraus, hervor
Till, after cloying the gazettes with cant,
cloying - anwidernd; anwidern
gazettes - Gazetten; Gazette, Amtsblatt
cant - nicht; kippen, verkanten
The age discovers he is not the true one;
discovers - Entdeckungen; entdecken, erleben, erfahren, dabei sein
Of such as these I should not care to vaunt,
care - kümmern; Sorgfalt, Aufbewahrung, Behandlung
vaunt - sich rühmen; sich brüsten
I'll therefore take our ancient friend Don Juan"
therefore - deswegen, deshalb, darum, also (folglich), daher
ancient - alt, uralt, antik
We all have seen him, in the pantomime,
pantomime - Pantomime; pantomimisieren
Sent to the devil somewhat ere his time.
devil - dem Teufel; Teufel, Satan, Teufelin, reizen, ärgern
somewhat - etwas, einigermaßen
ere - hier
Vernon, the butcher Cumberland, Wolfe, Hawke,
butcher - niedermetzeln, niedermachen; Metzger, Schlächter
Prince Ferdinand, Granby, Burgoyne, Keppel, Howe,
prince - Fürst; Prinz, Königssohn, Königsenkel, König
Evil and good, have had their tithe of talk,
tithe - den Zehnten; Zehnt
And fill'd their sign posts then, like Wellesley now;
sign - Wert, Zeichen, Hinweistafel, Indiz; unterschreiben, signieren
Each in their turn like Banquo's monarchs stalk,
stalk - jdn. belauern;Stiel , Stengel
Followers of fame, 'nine farrow'of that sow:
followers - Mitläufer; Nachfolger, Nachfolgerin, Anhänger, Follower
farrow - Wurf Ferkel; ferkeln; nicht trächtig
sow - Sau; aussäen
France, too, had Buonaparte and Dumourier
France - Frankreich
recorded in the Moniteur and Courier.
recorded in - aufgenommen im (Katalog)
courier - Reiseführer; Kurier; Kurierdienst
Barnave, Brissot, Condorcet, Mirabeau,
Petion, Clootz, Danton, Marat, La Fayette,
la - US-Bundesstaat
Were French, and famous people, as we know:
French - Französisch
And there were others, scarce forgotten yet,
scarce - rar; spärlich
Joubert, Hoche, Marceau, Lannes, Desaix, Moreau,
With many of the military set,
military - Militär
Exceedingly remarkable at times,
exceedingly - übermäßig; überaus, äußerst, außerordentlich, ungemein
remarkable - bemerkenswert, verwunderlich, denkwürdig, beachtenswert
But not at all adapted to my rhymes.
adapted - angepasst; anpassen, angleichen, anwenden, einrichten, anpassen
rhymes - Reimt sich; Reim, Reim, Reim, reimen (mit), reimen, reimen
Nelson was once Britannia's god of war,
Britannia - Britannien
war - Krieg; Krieg führen
And still should be so, but the tide is turn'd;
tide - Gezeiten, Ebbe
There's no more to be said of Trafalgar,
'Tis with our hero quietly inurn'd;
quietly - ruhig, leise
Because the army 's grown more popular,
army - Heer, Landstreitkräfte, Armee, Heeresamt
more popular - beliebtere
At which the naval people are concern'd;
naval - Flotten.., von der Marine, Marine.., See..
concern - Bedenken; Sorge, Anliegen, Betroffenheit, Besorgnis, Konzern
Besides, the prince is all for the land-service,
besides - Außerdem; neben, neben
service - warten; Bedienung, Dienstleistung, Betrieb
Forgetting Duncan, Nelson, Howe, and Jervis.
Brave men were living before Agamemnon
Brave - tapfer, mutig, Krieger
And since, exceeding valorous and sage,
exceeding - überschreiten, hinausgehen über, übertreffen, übersteigen
valorous - tapfer
sage - weise, klug, Weise
A good deal like him too, though quite the same none;
deal - Menge, Handel, Teil, Abkommen
though - aber; trotzdem, doch, allerdings, obwohl, obgleich
none - kein, nichts, keines, keine, keiner, gar nicht
But then they shone not on the poet's page,
shone - leuchtete; schimmern, wienern; Schein; putzen (Schuhe)
And so have been forgotten:"I condemn none,
condemn - verurteilen; verdammen, für abrissreif erklären
But can't find any in the present age
fit for my poem (that is, for my new one);
fit for - geeignet zu
poem - Gedicht; Dichtung
So, as I said, I'll take my friend Don Juan.
Most epic poets plunge 'in medias res'
plunge - stürzen; eintauchen, tauchen
medias - Medien
(Horace makes this the heroic turnpike road),
heroic - heldenhaft, heroisch
turnpike - Schlagbaum; Drehschranke; Mautstraße
And then your hero tells, whene'er you please,
whene - Wann
What went before"by way of episode,
episode - Episode, Folge
While seated after dinner at his ease,
ease - Leichtigkeit, Mühelosigkeit, Behaglichkeit, Bequemlichkeit
Beside his mistress in some soft abode,
beside - daneben; neben
Mistress - Frau, Meisterin, Herrscherin, Mätresse, Liebhaberin, Domina
soft - sanft, mild, weich
abode - Aufenthalt, bleiben, Wohnsitz
Palace, or garden, paradise, or cavern,
Palace - Palast; Schloss
paradise - das Paradies; Paradies, Himmel
cavern - Höhle; große; Kaverne
Which serves the happy couple for a tavern.
serves - dient; Angabe, dienen, servieren, aufschlagen
happy couple - Hochzeitspaar
tavern - Gasthaus, Schankwirtschaft, Taverne
That is the usual method, but not mine"
usual - gewöhnlich, üblich
method - Methode; Verfahrensweise, Art und Weise, Weg
mine - mein, meiner
My way is to begin with the beginning;
The regularity of my design
regularity - Regelmäßigkeit
Forbids all wandering as the worst of sinning,
forbids - verbietet; verbieten, untersagen, verweigern, vorenthalten
sinning - Sünde, sündigen; eine Sünde begehen
And therefore I shall open with a line
(Although it cost me half an hour in spinning)
spinning - Spinnen; (spinning-wheel) Spinnrad; (spin) Spinnen; (spinning-wheel) Spinnrad
Narrating somewhat of Don Juan's father,
narrating - erzählen, berichten
And also of his mother, if you'd rather.
In Seville was he born, a pleasant city,
Seville - Sevilla
pleasant - angenehm
Famous for oranges and women"he
Who has not seen it will be much to pity,
pity - Mitleid; schade; bemitleiden, Mitleid haben mit
So says the proverb"and I quite agree;
proverb - Sprichwort, Denkspruch, Redensart; Proverb
I quite agree - Ich bin der gleichen Meinung.
Of all the Spanish towns is none more pretty,
Spanish - spanisch; Spanisch; Spanier
Cadiz perhaps"but that you soon may see;
Cadiz - Cádiz; Cadiz
Don Juan's parents lived beside the river,
A noble stream, and call'd the Guadalquivir.
noble - edel; Adeliger, Adliger, Adelige, Adlige
stream - Bach; Strom; Datenstrom; strömen; streamen
His father's name was Jose"Don, of course,"
A true Hidalgo, free from every stain
stain - Fleck; Schandfleck; beflecken; beizen
Of Moor or Hebrew blood, he traced his source
moor - verankern; Moor
Hebrew - hebräisch; Hebräer, Hebräerin, Hebräisch
traced - zurückverfolgt; Zeichen, Spur
source - Quelle, Ursprung, belegen, beziehen
Through the most Gothic gentlemen of Spain;
Gothic - Gotisch; Gothic
Spain - Spanien
A better cavalier ne'er mounted horse,
cavalier - nachlässig; übermütig; hochmütig; Kavallerist; Kavalier
ne - NO Nordost(en)
mounted - montiert; Reittier, Berg, Lafette (Waffe); einbauen, aufsteigen
Or, being mounted, e'er got down again,
Than Jose, who begot our hero, who
begot - gezeugt; erzeugen, zeugen, fortpflanzen
Begot"but that 's to come"Well, to renew:
renew - erneuern
His mother was a learned lady, famed
lady - Herrin des Hauses, Hausherrin, Ehefrau des Hausherrn
famed - Ruhm, Berühmtheit, Bekanntheit
For every branch of every science known
branch - Ast, Zweig, Abzweigung, (''rare'') tÄstelung
In every Christian language ever named,
Christian - Christ, Christin, Christian, christlich
With virtues equall'd by her wit alone,
virtues - Tugenden; Tugend, Tugend, Keuschheit, Tugend
equall - gleich
She made the cleverest people quite ashamed,
cleverest - am klügsten; geschickt, geschickt, clever, ausgekocht, patent
ashamed - schämen
And even the good with inward envy groan,
inward - innere; innen
groan - Stöhnen; Seufzen, Ächzen, Knarren
Finding themselves so very much exceeded
themselves - selbst; sich; sich selber
exceeded - überschritten; überschreiten, hinausgehen über, übertreffen
In their own way by all the things that she did.
Her memory was a mine: she knew by heart
memory - Gedächtnis; Erinnerung; Speicher
by heart - auswendig
All Calderon and greater part of Lope,
lope - leicht galoppieren, kantern, eilen, springend rennen, Kanter
So that if any actor miss'd his part
She could have served him for the prompter's copy;
served - bedient; Angabe, dienen, servieren, aufschlagen
prompter - Souffleur, Souffleuse; (prompt); Eingabeaufforderung; anleiten
copy - Kopie; Exemplar
For her Feinagle's were an useless art,
useless - nutzlos, unnützlich, wertlos
And he himself obliged to shut up shop"he
obliged - verpflichtet; verpflichten, einen Gefallen tun
shut - geschlossen; (to shut) schließen, zumachen
Could never make a memory so fine as
That which adorn'd the brain of Donna Inez.
adorn - schmücken, zieren, verzieren
brain - Gehirn, Superhirn, Intelligenzbestie, Kopf, Verstand, Köpfchen
Her favourite science was the mathematical,
mathematical - mathematisch; rechnerisch
Her noblest virtue was her magnanimity,
noblest - am edelsten; Adeliger, Adliger, Adelige, Adlige, Aristokrat
virtue - Tugend; Keuschheit
magnanimity - Großherzigkeit; Großmut, Großzügigkeit, Seelengröße
Her wit (she sometimes tried at wit) was Attic all,
attic - Dachgeschoss, Dachboden, Estrich
Her serious sayings darken'd to sublimity;
serious - ernst, seriös, ernsthaft, schwerwiegend
sayings - Sprüche; Sprichwort
darken - verdunkeln
sublimity - Erhabenheit
In short, in all things she was fairly what I call
fairly - gerecht
A prodigy"her morning dress was dimity,
prodigy - Orakel; Wunder; Wunderkind
Her evening silk, or, in the summer, muslin,
silk - Seide
muslin - Musselin
And other stuffs, with which I won't stay puzzling.
stuffs - Sachen, Kram, Zeug
puzzling - verwirrend, rätselhaft; (puzzle); Rätsel; Puzzle, Geduldspiel
She knew the Latin"that is, 'the Lord's Prayer,'
Latin - lateinisch, Latein
the Lord's Prayer - Vaterunser , Vater Unser
And Greek"the alphabet"I'm nearly sure;
Greek - griechisch; Griechisch, griechische Sprache, Grieche, Griechin
alphabet - ABC, Alphabet
nearly - beinahe, fast
She read some French romances here and there,
romances - Romanzen; Liebesgeschichte; qual
Although her mode of speaking was not pure;
mode - Betriebsart, Betrieb, Modus, Art
pure - bloß, rein
For native Spanish she had no great care,
native - gebürtig; einheimisch; nativ; Ureinwohner, Ureinwohnerin
At least her conversation was obscure;
obscure - obskur, dunkel, vernebelt, finster
Her thoughts were theorems, her words a problem,
theorems - Theoreme; Theorem
As if she deem'd that mystery would ennoble 'em.
mystery - Geheimnis, Rätsel
ennoble - adeln; veredeln
She liked the English and the Hebrew tongue,
tongue - Zunge, Lasche
And said there was analogy between 'em;
analogy - Analogie
She proved it somehow out of sacred song,
proved - er/sie hat/hatte bewiesen, beweisen, erhärten
somehow - irgendwie
sacred - heilig
But I must leave the proofs to those who've seen 'em;
proofs - Beweise; Beweis, Beweis, polierte Platte, aufgehen lassen
But this I heard her say, and can't be wrong
And all may think which way their judgments lean 'em,
judgments - Urteile; Urteil
lean - knapp, schlank, hager, mager
''Tis strange"the Hebrew noun which means śI am,ť
strange - seltsam, sonderbar, komisch, verwunderlich, fremd, ausländisch
noun - Substantiv; Dingwort, Gegenstandswort, Namenwort, Nennwort
The English always use to govern d--n.'
govern - regieren, steuern, regulieren, lenken, regeln
Some women use their tongues"she look'd a lecture,
lecture - Vortrag; Vorlesung
Each eye a sermon, and her brow a homily,
sermon - Predigt
brow - Stirn; Braue, Augenbraue
homily - Predigt
An all-in-all sufficient self-director,
sufficient - genügend, ausreichend, hinreichend
self - Selbst
director - Direktor, Direktorin, Regisseur, Regisseurin
Like the lamented late Sir Samuel Romilly,
lamented - beklagt; Klage, Wehklage, Klagen
The Law's expounder, and the state's corrector,
law - Gesetz, Jura, Rechtswissenschaft
expounder - Erklärer
state - Umstände ;Status , Zustand , Stand , Staat ;staatlich;darlegen, festlegen, konstatieren, festsetzen;Bundesland
corrector - Korrektor
Whose suicide was almost an anomaly"
whose - wessen; dessen, deren, wem gehört/gehören?
suicide - Selbstmord; Suizid, Freitod, Selbstmörder, Selbstmörderin
almost - fast, beinahe, so gut wie
anomaly - Anomalie
One sad example more, that 'All is vanity'
vanity - Vergänglichkeit; Eitelkeit; Leere
(The jury brought their verdict in 'Insanity').
jury - Jury, Preisrichter
verdict - Gerichtsurteil
insanity - Wahnsinn
In short, she was a walking calculation,
calculation - Berechnung
Miss Edgeworth's novels stepping from their covers,
novels - Romane; Roman, originell
stepping - treten, treten (du trittst
covers - Abdeckungen; Deckel, Abdeckung, Deckung, Versteck
Or Mrs. Trimmer's books on education,
Trimmer - ordentlicher; (trim); kürzen, nachschneiden, stutzen
education - Ausbildung, Erziehung, Schulung, Unterricht
Or 'Coelebs'Wife'set out in quest of lovers,
quest - Frage, Suche
lovers - Geliebte, Liebhaber, Liebhaberin
Morality's prim personification,
morality - Moral, Moralität
prim - steif
personification - Personifizierung; Personbildung, Personendichtung
In which not Envy's self a flaw discovers;
flaw - Makel; Fehlerstelle, Fehler
To others'share let 'female errors fall,'
female - weiblich; Weib, Weibchen
errors - Fehler, Fehler, Irrtum
For she had not even one"the worst of all.
O! she was perfect past all parallel"
parallel - parallel; parallel zu; Parallele; Breitengrad, Breitenkreis
Of any modern female saint's comparison;
saint - St. Sankt ...;Heilige {m,f}
comparison - Vergleich, Komparation, Vergleichen, Vergleichung
So far above the cunning powers of hell,
cunning - gerissen; schlau, clever, süß, niedlich
powers - Kräfte; Macht, Kraft, Macht, Macht, Großmacht, Kraft, Stärke
hell - Hölle
Her guardian angel had given up his garrison;
guardian angel - Schutzengel
garrison - Standort, Garnison
Even her minutest motions went as well
motions - Bewegungen; Bewegung
As those of the best time-piece made by Harrison:
In virtues nothing earthly could surpass her,
earthly - irdisch; weltlich
surpass - übersteigen, übertreffen, überschreiten, überbieten
Save thine 'incomparable oil,'Macassar!
save - retten; erretten; sichern, speichern, sparen, aufbewahren (2)
thine - deines; dein; deiner, der deine
incomparable - unvergleichlich
oil - ölen; Ă–l
Perfect she was, but as perfection is
perfection - Vollkommenheit, Perfektion
Insipid in this naughty world of ours,
insipid - geschmacklos
naughty - unanständig; ungezogen, unartig, ungehorsam, dreist
Where our first parents never learn'd to kiss
kiss - küssen
Till they were exiled from their earlier bowers,
exiled - Exil
Bowers - Laube
Where all was peace, and innocence, and bliss
peace - Ruhe, Frieden, Friede
innocence - Unschuld; Harmlosigkeit
bliss - Glückseligkeit, Glück
(I wonder how they got through the twelve hours),
wonder - Wunder, Mirakel, wundern
got through - drangen
Don Jose, like a lineal son of Eve,
eve - Vorabend
Went plucking various fruit without her leave.
plucking - pflücken, abrupfen, zupfen, schlagen, rupfen, ausrupfen
various - verschiedene
He was a mortal of the careless kind,
mortal - sterblich; tödlich; Sterblicher, Sterbliche
careless - unvorsichtig, unbedacht, unachtsam, leichtsinnig
With no great love for learning, or the learn'd,
Who chose to go where'er he had a mind,
And never dream'd his lady was concern'd;
dream - Traum, Wunsch, träumen, wünschen
The world, as usual, wickedly inclined
wickedly - verrucht
inclined - geneigt; neigen, neigen, neigen, Neigung, Anstieg, Gefälle
To see a kingdom or a house o'erturn'd,
Kingdom - Königreich, Königtum
erturn - umdrehen
Whisper'd he had a mistress, some said two"
whisper - Geflüster, Flüstern, Wispern
But for domestic quarrels one will do.
domestic - häuslich, Haus
quarrels - Streitigkeiten; sich streiten, zanken
Now Donna Inez had, with all her merit,
A great opinion of her own good qualities;
qualities - Eigenschaften; Qualität, Qualität, Eigenschaft, Qualität
Neglect, indeed, requires a saint to bear it,
neglect - Vernachlässigung; vernachlässigen, verabsäumen, versäumen
indeed - tatsächlich; in der Tat, genau, allerdings, checkgewiss
requires - erfordert; erfordern, brauchen, benötigen
Saint - Heiliger; Sankt
bear - Bär; (to bear) ertragen, aushalten
And such, indeed, she was in her moralities;
moralities - Moralvorstellungen; Moral, Moralität, Moral
But then she had a devil of a spirit,
spirit - Geist, Seele, Stimmung, Schnaps
And sometimes mix'd up fancies with realities,
Mix - verrühren, mischen, mixen, vermischen, versetzen
fancies - Lust; extravagant, originell
realities - Realitäten; Wirklichkeit, Realität, Realität, Realität
And let few opportunities escape
opportunities - Möglichkeiten; Gelegenheit, Chance, Möglichkeit, Gelegenheit
escape - entgehen, ausweichen, davonkommen, Flucht
Of getting her liege lord into a scrape.
Liege - Lüttich; Lehnsherr; Gefolgsmann, Vasall
scrape - abkratzen, schaben, scharren
This was an easy matter with a man
Oft in the wrong, and never on his guard;
guard - Wächter; Parierstange; Schutz; schützen, bewachen
And even the wisest, do the best they can,
wisest - am weisesten; klug, vernünftig
Have moments, hours, and days, so unprepared,
That you might 'brain them with their lady's fan;'
fan - wedeln (Seitenruder); Fächer, Lüfter, Gebläse, Liebhaber
And sometimes ladies hit exceeding hard,
ladies - Damen; Herrin des Hauses, Hausherrin, Ehefrau des Hausherrn
hit - getroffen; schlagen
And fans turn into falchions in fair hands,
fans - wedeln (Seitenruder); Fächer, Lüfter, Gebläse, Liebhaber
falchions - Falchion
fair - gerecht, fair, heiter, schön, angemessen
And why and wherefore no one understands.
wherefore - Weshalb; warum, weswegen, wofür
'Tis pity learned virgins ever wed
virgins - Jungfrauen; Jungfrau, jungfräulich, jungfräulich, nativ
wed - trauen, verheiraten, vermählen, zur Frau nehmen
With persons of no sort of education,
sort - Sortierung, Gattung, Art, Sorte; sortieren, ordnen
Or gentlemen, who, though well born and bred,
bred - gezüchtet; (breed) Zucht, Art, Rasse, Sorte; (breed); aufziehen
Grow tired of scientific conversation:
scientific - wissenschaftlich
I don't choose to say much upon this head,
I'm a plain man, and in a single station,
plain - unscheinbar, einfach, vollständige, ehrlich
single - einzeln, einzig, allein, einheitlich
But"Oh! ye lords of ladies intellectual,
lords - Herrschaften; Gebieter, Herr, herrschen
Inform us truly, have they not hen-peck'd you all?
inform - benachrichtigen, mitteilen, informieren
truly - wirklich, wahrhaft, ehrlich, echt
hen - Vogelweibchen; Henne, Huhn
peck - Knirps; picken; Küsschen (flüchtig); flüchtiger Kuss
Don Jose and his lady quarrell'd"why,
quarrell - streiten
Not any of the many could divine,
divine - göttlich
Though several thousand people chose to try,
several - mehrere, einige, verschiedene, checkeinige
'Twas surely no concern of theirs nor mine;
Twas - Das war; Zeitarbeitsunternehmen
surely - bestimmt, sicherlich
I loathe that low vice"curiosity;
low - tief, niedrig, nieder, leise (Stimme); muhen, blöken (Rind)
curiosity - Neugier, Neugierde, Kuriosität, Kuriosum
But if there's anything in which I shine,
shine - glänzen; schimmern, wienern; Schein; putzen (Schuhe)
'Tis in arranging all my friends'affairs,
arranging - arrangieren, systematisieren, aufstellen, ordnen, ordnen
affairs - Angelegenheiten; Angelegenheit, Angelegenheit, Scharmützel
Not having of my own domestic cares.
And so I interfered, and with the best
interfered - eingemischt; eingreifen, einmischen
Intentions, but their treatment was not kind;
intentions - Absichten; Absicht
treatment - Behandeln, Behandlung, Umgang
I think the foolish people were possess'd,
foolish - dumm, närrisch, töricht
possess - besitzen
For neither of them could I ever find,
Although their porter afterwards confess'd"
porter - Gepäckträger, Pförtner, Portier; (port) Gepäckträger, Pförtner
confess - gestehen, bekennen, verraten, beichten
But that 's no matter, and the worst 's behind,
For little Juan o'er me threw, down stairs,
threw - geworfen; Wurf; werfen (du wirfst, er wirft), ich/er/sie würfe
stairs - Stufe, Treppenstufe, Treppe
A pail of housemaid's water unawares.
pail - Eimer
housemaid - Hausmädchen
unawares - unversehens; unwissend, nicht wissend, unaufmerksam
A little curly-headed, good-for-nothing,
curly - gelockt; lockig; Lockenkopf, Wuschelkopf
good-for-nothing - (good-for-nothing) nichtsnutzig, zu nichts zu gebrauchen
And mischief-making monkey from his birth;
mischief - Unfug, Unheil, Querulantentum
monkey - Affe, Äffin
birth - Geburt; Niederkunft, Ursprung, Herkunft
His parents ne'er agreed except in doting
Except - ausnehmen, ausklammern, ausschließen, widersprechen, außer
doting - vernarrt; (dot) vernarrt
Upon the most unquiet imp on earth;
unquiet - unruhig; laut
imp - Wichtel, Schelm, Kobold
earth - Erde, Land, Grund
Instead of quarrelling, had they been but both in
instead - stattdessen, anstatt
quarrelling - (quarell) sich streiten
Their senses, they'd have sent young master forth
senses - Sinne; Sinn, Gefühl
Master - Haupt.., Grund, Meister, führend, leitend; bewältigen, meistern
To school, or had him soundly whipp'd at home,
soundly - solide; gründlich, ordentlich
To teach him manners for the time to come.
manners - Manieren; Weise, Manier
Don Jose and the Donna Inez led
led - geführt; LED; (lead) führen, anführen
For some time an unhappy sort of life,
unhappy - unglücklich
Wishing each other, not divorced, but dead;
wishing - (wish) wünschen, möchten; (wish); Wunsch; wünschen
divorced - geschieden; Scheidung, Ehescheidung, scheiden, scheiden lassen
dead - tot, gestorben, leblos, bewegungslos, regungslos, erstarrt
They lived respectably as man and wife,
respectably - respektabel
Their conduct was exceedingly well-bred,
conduct - Leitung, Führung, leiten, führen, sich verhalten, sich benehmen
And gave no outward signs of inward strife,
outward - nach außen; äußerlich, auswärts
signs - Wert, Zeichen, Hinweistafel, Indiz; unterschreiben, signieren
strife - Streit, Unfriede
Until at length the smother'd fire broke out,
at length - schließlich, endlich, ausführlich
smother - erdrücken; ersticken
broke out - (break out) ausbrechen
And put the business past all kind of doubt.
doubt - bezweifeln, Zweifel
For Inez call'd some druggists and physicians,
druggists - Drogisten; Apotheker
physicians - Ärzten; Arzt, Ärztin, Mediziner, Medizinerin, Doktor, Doktorin
And tried to prove her loving lord was mad;
Prove - er/sie hat/hatte bewiesen, beweisen, erhärten
mad - wahnsinnig, verrückt, toll, irre
But as he had some lucid intermissions,
lucid - luzide; klar, übersichtlich, verständlich, einleuchtend
intermissions - Unterbrechungen; Unterbrechung, Pause
She next decided he was only bad;
Yet when they ask'd her for her depositions,
depositions - Absetzungen; Entlassung, Ablage, Ablagerung
No sort of explanation could be had,
Save that her duty both to man and God
Duty - Die Pflicht; Pflicht; Schicht, Arbeitszeit, Zoll, Einfuhrsteuer
Required this conduct"which seem'd very odd.
required - erforderlich; erfordern, brauchen, benötigen
Seem - scheinen, dünken
odd - einzeln; seltsam, merkwürdig, komisch, ungerade
She kept a journal, where his faults were noted,
journal - Zapfen (im Drehlager), Ztschr. Zeitschrift
faults - Fehlern; Fehler, Schuld, Fehler, Charakterschwäche, Verfehlung
And open'd certain trunks of books and letters,
trunks - Stamm, Baumstamm, Koffer, Truhe, Schrankkoffer, Schiffskoffer
All which might, if occasion served, be quoted;
Occasion - Gelegenheit; Anlass
quoted - zitiert; Zitat
And then she had all Seville for abettors,
abettors - Helfershelfer; Anstifter, Anstifterin
Besides her good old grandmother (who doted);
doted - gepunktet; schwärmen, vernarrt sein, einen Narren fressen
The hearers of her case became repeaters,
hearers - Hörer, Zuhörer
repeaters - Tochtergerät, Verstärker, Wiederholer
Then advocates, inquisitors, and judges,
advocates - Befürworter; Rechtsanwalt, Rechtsanwältin, Verteidiger
inquisitors - Inquisitoren; Inquisitor, Befrager, Vernehmer, Inquisitor
judges - urteilen (nach), richten; Richter, Jurist
Some for amusement, others for old grudges.
amusement - Belustigung; Amüsement
grudges - Groll, Neid, missgönnen
And then this best and weakest woman bore
weakest - am schwächsten; schwach, schwach, schwach, out, unschön
bore - langweilig; (to bear fruit) Früchte tragen; (bear) langweilig; (to bear fruit) Früchte tragen
With such serenity her husband's woes,
serenity - Gelassenheit, Gleichmut, Klarheit, Heiterkeit, Abgeklärtheit
woes - Sorgen; Weh
Just as the Spartan ladies did of yore,
Spartan - spartanisch
yore - früher; lange zurückliegend
Who saw their spouses kill'd, and nobly chose
spouses - Ehegatten; Gatte, Gattin, Ehepartner, Ehepartnerin
kill - vernichten, totmachen, löschen, zerstören, töten
nobly - großmütig, edel
Never to say a word about them more"
Calmly she heard each calumny that rose,
calmly - ruhig
calumny - Verleumdung; Rufmord, verleumden
rose - Rosa; (rise); Rosa
And saw his agonies with such sublimity,
agonies - Qualen; Agonie, Qual, Pein, Qual, Todeskampf, Freudenausbruch
That all the world exclaim'd, 'What magnanimity!'
exclaim - ausrufen
No doubt this patience, when the world is damning us,
patience - Geduld
damning - verdammen, verfluchen, ächten, verschreien, verteufeln
Is philosophic in our former friends;
philosophic - philosophisch
former - erstgenannt, ehem. ehemalig, frühere, früher
'Tis also pleasant to be deem'd magnanimous,
magnanimous - großmütig
The more so in obtaining our own ends;
obtaining - zu erhalten; erlangen, erhalten, bestehen
And what the lawyers call a 'malus animus'
lawyers - Anwälte; Rechtsanwalt, Rechtsanwältin, Anwalt, Anwältin
animus - Unterbewusstsein; Feindseligkeit, Groll, Abneigung, Animus
Conduct like this by no means comprehends;
comprehends - begreift; umfassen, verstehen, begreifen, erfassen, einsehen
Revenge in person 's certainly no virtue,
revenge - Rache; rächen
Certainly - sicherlich, zweifellos, gewiss, freilich
But then 'tis not my fault, if others hurt you.
fault - Fehler; Schuld; Fehler, Charakterschwäche, Verfehlung
hurt - weh tun, schmerzen, verletzen, quälen, verletzt
And if your quarrels should rip up old stories,
rip - zerreißen; Riss; reißen, der Länge nach auftrennen
And help them with a lie or two additional,
additional - zusätzlich
I'm not to blame, as you well know"no more is
blame - jemadem die Schuld zuweisen
Any one else"they were become traditional;
traditional - traditionell
Besides, their resurrection aids our glories
resurrection - Wiederauferstehung
Aids - AIDS; (aid); AIDS
glories - Pracht, Herrlichkeit, Prunk, Gepränge
By contrast, which is what we just were wishing all:
contrast - Kontrast; Gegensatz, Unterschied, gegenüberstellen
And science profits by this resurrection"
profits - Gewinn, Profit, Gewinn, nützen, profitieren, erreichen
Dead scandals form good subjects for dissection.
scandals - Skandale; Skandal
dissection - Sezierung; Präparation, Dissektion
Their friends had tried at reconciliation,
reconciliation - Aussöhnung, Schlichtung, Versöhnung, Wiederaussöhnung
Then their relations, who made matters worse.
relations - Beziehungen; Beziehung, Relation, Relation, Verwandter
matters - zählt; Materie, Materie, Masse, Substanz, Stoff, Angelegenheit
('Twere hard to tell upon a like occasion
To whom it may be best to have recourse"
whom - wen; wem; dem, der, den, die
recourse - Regress, Rückgriff
I can't say much for friend or yet relation):
relation - Beziehung; Relation; Verwandter, Verwandte, Verwandtschaft
The lawyers did their utmost for divorce,
utmost - äußerst, höchst, Äußerstes, Möglichstes
divorce - Scheidung, Ehescheidung, scheiden, scheiden lassen
But scarce a fee was paid on either side
fee - Gebühr
either - auch nicht; beide; auch, ebenso, ebenfalls, entweder, entweder
side - Seite; Flanke, Rand, Mannschaft, Team
Before, unluckily, Don Jose died.
unluckily - unglücklicherweise, unglücklich
He died: and most unluckily, because,
According to all hints I could collect
according - nach; Übereinstimmung, Einvernehmen
hints - Hinweise; Hinweis, Tipp, Wink, Fingerzeig, Anleitung, Andeutung
collect - eintreiben (Schulden), sammeln, einsammeln
From counsel learned in those kinds of laws
counsel - Ratschläge; Beratung; Rat, Ratschlag, Anwalt, Anwältin
laws - Gesetze; Gesetz, Jura, Rechtswissenschaft
(Although their talk 's obscure and circumspect),
circumspect - umsichtig
His death contrived to spoil a charming cause;
Death - Tod, Exitus, der Tod, Untergang
contrived - ausgeklügelt; ersinnen, entwerfen, bewerkstelligen
spoil - plündern; ruinieren, verderben, kaputtmachen, verwöhnen
charming - charmant; (charm); charmant
cause - Ursache, Anlass, Grund, verursachen, auslösen, lassen
A thousand pities also with respect
pities - Mitleid
respect - Achtung, Respekt, respektieren
To public feeling, which on this occasion
public feeling - Volksstimmung
Was manifested in a great sensation.
manifested - manifestiert; manifest, Ladungsliste, Manifest, manifestieren
sensation - Gefühl, Empfindung, Sensation
But, ah! he died; and buried with him lay
buried - vergraben, verbergen, begraben
lay - legen; richten (Tisch)
The public feeling and the lawyers'fees:
public - öffentlich; Publikum, Öffentlichkeit
fees - Gebühren; Gebühr
His house was sold, his servants sent away,
servants - Diener, Dienerin, Lakai, Kammerdiener, Zofe, Bediensteter
sent away - weggeschickt
A Jew took one of his two mistresses,
Jew - Jude, Jüdin, Jude, Jüdin
mistresses - Mätressen; Frau, Meisterin, Herrscherin, Mätresse, Liebhaberin
A priest the other"at least so they say:
priest - Priester, Priesterin, Pfarrer, Pfarrerin; (prey); Beute; lauern
I ask'd the doctors after his disease"
disease - Krankheit
He died of the slow fever call'd the tertian,
fever - Fieber, Temperaturerhöhung
tertian - tertianisch; alle drei Tage, Tertianafieber
And left his widow to her own aversion.
widow - Witwe; Hurenkind
aversion - Abneigung, Vorbehalt, Widerwillen, Aversion
Yet Jose was an honourable man,
honourable - ehrenhaft
That I must say who knew him very well;
Therefore his frailties I'll no further scan
frailties - Schwachstellen; Schwäche, Zerbrechlichkeit
further - fördern; weiter, ferner, des Weiteren
scan - scannen, abtasten, einscannen, skandieren, Abtastung, Scan
Indeed there were not many more to tell;
And if his passions now and then outran
passions - Leidenschaften; Leidenschaft, Passion, Leidenschaft, Passion
outran - überholt; überholen
Discretion, and were not so peaceable
discretion - Diskretion, Takt, Verschwiegenheit, Angemessenheit
peaceable - friedlich; friedliebend
As Numa's (who was also named Pompilius),
He had been ill brought up, and was born bilious.
bilious - gallig; widerlich, Gallen.., reizbar
Whate'er might be his worthlessness or worth,
worthlessness - Unwürdigkeit
Poor fellow! he had many things to wound him.
fellow - Stipendiat, Typ, Kerl, Bursche; Gefährte, Kerl
wound - anschießen, verwunden
Let 's own"since it can do no good on earth"
It was a trying moment that which found him
Standing alone beside his desolate hearth,
desolate - verzweifelt; verlassen; verlassen
hearth - Feuerstelle, Herdboden, Grund, Kaminboden
Where all his household gods lay shiver'd round him:
household - Haushalt
gods - Götter; Gott
shiver - Schauder, Schauer, zittern, frösteln
round - runden; Kontrollgang, Runde, Rundgang, rund
No choice was left his feelings or his pride,
choice - Wahl; Auswahl; erlesen
feelings - Gefühle; Gefühl, Eindruck
pride - Hochmut; Stolz, Trotz, Dünkel, Machtbewusstsein, Rudel
Save death or Doctors'Commons"so he died.
Dying intestate, Juan was sole heir
dying - (to die) sterben, umkommen; (dye) (to die) sterben, umkommen
intestate - von Todes wegen; ohne Testament
sole heir - Alleinerbe
To a chancery suit, and messuages, and lands,
Chancery - Staatsanwaltschaft; Kanzleigericht, Registergericht
suit - Anzug; Anzugträger; Farbe; passen
messuages - Herrenhäuser; Anwesen
Which, with a long minority and care,
minority - Minderheit, Minorität
Promised to turn out well in proper hands:
promised - versprochen; Versprechen
proper - richtig, passend, angemessen, eigentlich, Eigenname
Inez became sole guardian, which was fair,
sole - Seezunge, Sohle, einzig
guardian - Wächter, Wache, Vormund, Erziehungsberechtigter
And answer'd but to nature's just demands;
nature - Natur, Art
demands - Forderungen; Nachfrage, Bedarf, Nachfrage, Anspruch, verlangen
An only son left with an only mother
Is brought up much more wisely than another.
wisely - weise
Sagest of women, even of widows, she
Sagest - Senkung; absinken (Kurve), sacken
widows - Witwen; Witwe, Hurenkind
Resolved that Juan should be quite a paragon,
resolved - geklärt; auflösen, beschließen
paragon - Vorbild, Muster, Leuchtturm, Inbegriff
And worthy of the noblest pedigree
worthy - würdig
pedigree - Stammbaum; Ahnentafel
(His sire was of Castile, his dam from Aragon):
Castile - Kastilien
dam - stauen; Staudamm, Muttertier, Damm
Aragon - Aragonien
Then for accomplishments of chivalry,
accomplishments - Errungenschaften; Ausführung, Fertigkeit, Errungenschaft
chivalry - Ritterlichkeit, Rittertum
In case our lord the king should go to war again,
He learn'd the arts of riding, fencing, gunnery,
fencing - Fechten; Zaunfeld, Absperrgitter, Einzäunung
gunnery - Schießerei; Schießwesen
And how to scale a fortress"or a nunnery.
scale - Maßstab; Skala, Kesselsteine, Schuppe; ersteigen, erklettern
fortress - Festung
nunnery - Nonnenkloster
But that which Donna Inez most desired,
most desired - erwünschteste
And saw into herself each day before all
The learned tutors whom for him she hired,
tutors - Tutoren; Privatunterricht geben; Lehrprogramm, Begleiter, Lehrer
hired - angestellt; leihen, Entgelt, anstellen, mieten; dingen
Was, that his breeding should be strictly moral;
breeding - Aufzucht, Vermehrung (biol.), züchtend; (breed); aufziehen
strictly - strenges, grundsätzlich, pingelig
moral - moralisch, sittlich, Moral
Much into all his studies she inquired,
inquired - nachgefragt; erkundigen
And so they were submitted first to her, all,
submitted - vorgelegt; sich fügen, vorlegen, einreichen, unterwerfen
Arts, sciences, no branch was made a mystery
To Juan's eyes, excepting natural history.
excepting - ausnehmen, ausklammern, ausschließen, widersprechen, außer
natural history - Naturgeschichte , Naturkunde
The languages, especially the dead,
especially - besonders, extra, speziell, außergewöhnlich, originell
The sciences, and most of all the abstruse,
abstruse - abstrus, unfassbar
The arts, at least all such as could be said
To be the most remote from common use,
remote - ferngesteuert; fern, entfernt, abgelegen, fernbetrieb
In all these he was much and deeply read;
deeply - tief; zutiefst
But not a page of any thing that 's loose,
loose - verlassen, lose, locker
Or hints continuation of the species,
continuation - Fortsetzung
species - Arten; Hartgeld
Was ever suffer'd, lest he should grow vicious.
suffer - leiden; erleiden
vicious - bösartig; gewalttätig, destruktiv, grausam, aggressiv, böse
His classic studies made a little puzzle,
classic - klassisch; Klassiker
puzzle - Rätsel; Puzzle, Geduldspiel, Geduldsspiel
Because of filthy loves of gods and goddesses,
filthy - dreckig, verdreckt, versifft, schmutzig, widerlich
goddesses - Göttinnen; Göttin, weibliche Gottheit, weiblicher Gott
Who in the earlier ages raised a bustle,
raised - angehoben; Gehaltszulage; aufsteigen, anheben, erhöhen
bustle - Betriebsamkeit; Hektik; hasten
But never put on pantaloons or bodices;
pantaloons - Pantalons; Hose
bodices - Mieder
His reverend tutors had at times a tussle,
Reverend - Hochwürden
tussle - Rauferei; kämpfen, raufen
And for their AEneids, Iliads, and Odysseys,
Aeneids - AEneiden; Aeneis
Iliads - Ilias, Iliade
Odysseys - Odysseen; Odyssee
Were forced to make an odd sort! of apology,
forced - gezwungen; zwingen, forcieren, erzwingen; Stärke, Macht
apology - Entschuldigung; Apologie
For Donna Inez dreaded the Mythology.
dreaded - gefürchtet; schaudern, grauen, gruseln, grausen
mythology - Mythologie, Sagenwelt, Götterlehre
Ovid 's a rake, as half his verses show him,
rake - harken, stochern; Harke, Rechen
verses - Verse; Strophe
Anacreon's morals are a still worse sample,
morals - moralisch, moralisch, sittlich, moralisch, moralisch, Moral
Catullus scarcely has a decent poem,
scarcely - knapp, kaum, wohl nicht, gerade erst
decent - anständig, sittsam, (ganz) anständig
I don't think Sappho's Ode a good example,
Sappho - Sappho
Ode - Ode
Although Longinus tells us there is no hymn
hymn - Hymne (''now rare in this sense''); Hymnus, Kirchenlied, Loblied
Where the sublime soars forth on wings more ample:
soars - aufsteigt; schweben, hochfliegen, gleiten, hochschnellen
wings - Flügel, t+Schwinge, Flügel, Flügel, t+Gebäudeflügel, Flügel
ample - reichlich; groß, umfangreich, üppig
But Virgil's songs are pure, except that horrid one
Virgil - Vergil
horrid - schrecklich; entsetzlich, grässlich, gräulich, grauenvoll
Beginning with 'Formosum Pastor Corydon.'
pastor - Pastor, checkPastorin, checkPfarrer, checkPfarrerin
Lucretius'irreligion is too strong,
irreligion - Irreligiosität
For early stomachs, to prove wholesome food;
stomachs - Mägen; Magen, Bauch
wholesome - gesund, heilsam, gesundheitsfördernd, gesundheitsförderlich
I can't help thinking Juvenal was wrong,
Although no doubt his real intent was good,
intent - Absicht
For speaking out so plainly in his song,
plainly - klar und deutlich; klar
So much indeed as to be downright rude;
downright - ehrlich; geradezu
rude - grob, unhöflich, frech, unverschämt
And then what proper person can be partial
partial - teilweise, partiell, parteiisch
To all those nauseous epigrams of Martial?
nauseous - widerlich, Übelkeit erregend, Brechreiz fördernd, ekelerregend
epigrams - Epigramme; Epigramm
martial - kriegerisch, martialisch, kampflustig, soldatisch, militärisch
Juan was taught from out the best edition,
edition - Ausgabe; Auflage
Expurgated by learned men, who place
expurgated - gesäubert; bereinigen, entfernen, revidieren, kürzen, säubern
Judiciously, from out the schoolboy's vision,
judiciously - vernünftig
schoolboy - Schüler, Schuljunge
vision - Sicht, Sehvermögen, Sehkraft, Augenlicht, Trugbild
The grosser parts; but, fearful to deface
grosser - gröber; (gross) Brutto, dick, Br. Brutto
fearful - furchtbar; furchtsam, ängstlich, verängstigt
deface - verunstalten, entstellen
Too much their modest bard by this omission,
modest - bescheiden, maßvoll, klein, gering; (mod); bescheiden, maßvoll
Bard - Barde
omission - Unterlassung, Unterlassen, Auslassung
And pitying sore his mutilated case,
pitying - Mitleid
sore - sauer; weh, wund, schmerzend, schmerzhaft
mutilated - verstümmelt; verstümmeln, verschandeln
They only add them all in an appendix,
appendix - Anhang, Beiheft
Which saves, in fact, the trouble of an index;
saves - rettet; retten, erretten, sichern, speichern, sparen, speichern
trouble - Probleme; Ärger; Schwierigkeit; Anstrengung, Bemühung, Mühe
index - Index, Verzeichnis, indizieren
For there we have them all 'at one fell swoop,'
swoop - herabschießen, herabstürzen, Sturzflug
Instead of being scatter'd through the Pages;
Scatter - zerstreuen, verstreuen, ausstreuen; (scat); zerstreuen
They stand forth marshall'd in a handsome troop,
handsome - gut aussehend; hübsch, stattlich, gutaussehend, ansehnlich
troop - Truppe
To meet the ingenuous youth of future ages,
ingenuous - unschuldig
youth - Jugend, Jugendlichkeit, Jugendzeit, Jugendlicher, Jugendliche
Till some less rigid editor shall stoop
rigid - steif, starr, rigide
editor - Herausgeber, Editor, Redakteur, Schriftleiter
stoop - Buckel, sich beugen
To call them back into their separate cages,
separate - einzeln, getrennt, separat, trennen
cages - Käfige; Käfig
Instead of standing staring all together,
Like garden gods"and not so decent either.
The Missal too (it was the family Missal)
missal - Missale; Missal, Messbuch
Was ornamented in a sort of way
ornamented - verziert; Verzierung, musikalische Verzierung
Which ancient mass-books often are, and this all
mass - Masse; Messe (kirchlich), Gottesdienst, Menge
Kinds of grotesques illumined; and how they,
grotesques - Grotesken; grotesk
illumined - erhellt; beleuchten
Who saw those figures on the margin kiss all,
figures - Zahlen; Abbildung, Figur, Gestalt, Ziffer, Form
margin - Seitenrand; Gewinnspanne, Gewinnmarge, Einschuss
Could turn their optics to the text and pray,
optics - Optik; optisch, optisch
Pray - Bitte bedenken Sie doch!; beten
Is more than I know"But Don Juan's mother
Kept this herself, and gave her son another.
Sermons he read, and lectures he endured,
Sermons - Predigt
lectures - Vorlesungen; Vorlesung
endured - ertragen, aushalten, dulden, von Bestand sein
And homilies, and lives of all the saints;
homilies - Predigten; Predigt
Saints - Heilige; Sankt
To Jerome and to Chrysostom inured,
Inured - Geheilt; abhärten, an (etwas) gewöhnen, gewöhnen
He did not take such studies for restraints;
restraints - Fesseln; Beschränkung, Zügelung, Einschränkung, Zwang
But how faith is acquired, and then ensured,
Faith - Glaube; Vertrauen
acquired - erworben; erwerben, erwerben, akquirieren
ensured - gewährleistet; sicherstellen, gewährleisten
So well not one of the aforesaid paints
aforesaid - vorerwähnt
As Saint Augustine in his fine Confessions,
Augustine - Augustinus; Augustin
confessions - Geständnisse; Bekenntnis
Which make the reader envy his transgressions.
transgressions - Übertretungen; Transgression, Verstoß, Übertretung
This, too, was a seal'd book to little Juan"
seal - versiegeln;Siegel , Stempel , Seehund , Robbe ;sich etw. sichern;Plombe
I can't but say that his mamma was right,
mamma - die Mama
If such an education was the true one.
She scarcely trusted him from out her sight;
trusted - vertrauenswürdig; Vertrauen
sight - Sehenswürdigkeit, Gesicht, Visier, erblicken, anvisieren
Her maids were old, and if she took a new one,
maids - Dienstmädchen; Mädchen
You might be sure she was a perfect fright;
fright - erschrecken; Angst, Schreck, Schrecken
She did this during even her husband's life"
I recommend as much to every wife.
recommend - empfehlen
Young Juan wax'd in goodliness and grace;
wax - das Wachs
goodliness - Gutmütigkeit; Schönheit
grace - Tischgebet; Anmut, Grazie, Aufschub, Fristverlängerung
At six a charming child, and at eleven
With all the promise of as fine a face
promise - Versprechen
As e'er to man's maturer growth was given:
maturer - reifer; (mature) reifer
growth - Wachstum; Bewuchs, Vegetation, Bewucherung, Geschwulst
He studied steadily, and grew apace,
steadily - beständig; stetige, stet, zuverlässig
apace - schnell; rasch
And seem'd, at least, in the right road to heaven,
Heaven - Der Himmel; Himmel, Firmament, Paradies
For half his days were pass'd at church, the other
pass - passen; (to pass) durchgehen, passieren, durchlaufen
church - Kirche; Gottesdienst, Messe
Between his tutors, confessor, and mother.
confessor - Bekenner; Beichtvater
At six, I said, he was a charming child,
At twelve he was a fine, but quiet boy;
Although in infancy a little wild,
infancy - im Kindesalter; Säuglingsphase, frühe Kindheit, Anfangsphase
wild - wild, rau
They tamed him down amongst them: to destroy
tamed - gezähmt; zahm, friedlich
amongst - zwischen, unter
destroy - zerstören, vernichten
His natural spirit not in vain they toil'd,
in vain - vergebens
At least it seem'd so; and his mother's joy
joy - Wonne (Freude, Vergnügen); Freude (über)
Was to declare how sage, and still, and steady,
declare - bekanntmachen, bekanntgeben, deklarieren, ausrufen, aussagen
steady - beständig; stetig; stabilisieren
Her young philosopher was grown already.
philosopher - Philosophen; Philosoph, Philosophin
I had my doubts, perhaps I have them still,
doubts - bezweifeln, zweifeln, Zweifel
But what I say is neither here nor there:
I knew his father well, and have some skill
In character"but it would not be fair
character - Figur, Person, Charakter, Original, Buchstabe, Zeichen
From sire to son to augur good or ill:
augur - Augur, Wahrsager, Hellseher, die Zukunft vorhersagen, wahrsagen
He and his wife were an ill-sorted pair"
sorted - sortiert; Sortierung, Gattung, Art, Sorte; sortieren, ordnen
But scandal 's my aversion"I protest
Scandal - Skandal
protest - protestieren, demonstrieren, Einspruch erheben, Einwände äußern
Against all evil speaking, even in jest.
against - gegen, mit, wider
jest - scherzen
For my part I say nothing"nothing"but
This I will say"my reasons are my own"
That if I had an only son to put
To school (as God be praised that I have none),
Praised - Gelobt; Lob
'Tis not with Donna Inez I would shut
Him up to learn his catechism alone,
catechism - Katechismus
No"no"I'd send him out betimes to college,
For there it was I pick'd up my own knowledge.
pick - wählen; Hacke, Pickel, Spitzhacke, Dietrich, pflücken
knowledge - Wissen, Kenntnis
For there one learns"'tis not for me to boast,
boast - rühmen; stolz sein auf etw
Though I acquired"but I pass over that,
pass over - übertreten
As well as all the Greek I since have lost:
I say that there's the place"but 'Verbum sat.'
I think I pick'd up too, as well as most,
Knowledge of matters"but no matter what"
I never married"but, I think, I know
That sons should not be educated so.
educated - Gebildet; ausbilden, erziehen
Young Juan now was sixteen years of age,
Tall, handsome, slender, but well knit: he seem'd
slender - schlank
knit - stricken
Active, though not so sprightly, as a page;
active - aktiv; gewandt, flink, tätig, rührig
And everybody but his mother deem'd
Him almost man; but she flew in a rage
rage - Wut, Zorn, Raserei, Rage, wüten
And bit her lips (for else she might have scream'd)
bit - Häppchen, Gebiss, Bit
lips - Lippen; Lippe, Auslauf, Überlauf, Schnaupe, Ansatz
scream - Schrei; schreien
If any said so, for to be precocious
precocious - frühreif
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
atrocious - entsetzlich
Amongst her numerous acquaintance, all
numerous - zahlreich, vielzählig
acquaintance - Bekanntschaft, Umgang, Bekannter, Bekannte
Selected for discretion and devotion,
selected - ausgewählt; auswählen
devotion - Hingebung, Hingabe, Zuneigung, Zuwendung
There was the Donna Julia, whom to call
Pretty were but to give a feeble notion
feeble - kraftlos, schwach, dürftig
Of many charms in her as natural
charms - Reize; Talisman; Charme, Zauberformel, Lieblichkeit; bezaubern
As sweetness to the flower, or salt to ocean,
sweetness - Süßigkeit; Süße
Her zone to Venus, or his bow to Cupid
zone - Bereich, Distrikt, Eingabefeld
Venus - Venus, Venus
bow to - sich unterwerfen, sich beugen
Cupid - Amor, Cupido
(But this last simile is trite and stupid).
trite - banal, abgedroschen, fade
stupid - dumm, doof, blöd, Dummkopf
The darkness of her Oriental eye
darkness - Dunkelheit, Finsternis
Oriental - orientalisch, Orientale, östlich
Accorded with her Moorish origin
accorded - zugestanden; Übereinstimmung, Einvernehmen
Moorish - maurisch
origin - Ursprung, Anfang, Entstehung, Quelle, Herkunft
(Her blood was not all Spanish, by the by;
In Spain, you know, this is a sort of sin);
sin - Sünde, sündigen; eine Sünde begehen
When proud Granada fell, and, forced to fly,
proud - stolz, prahlerisch
Granada - Granada
Boabdil wept, of Donna Julia's kin
wept - geweint; weinen
kin - Verwandtschaft; Sippe
Some went to Africa, some stay'd in Spain,
Africa - Afrika
Her great-great-grandmamma chose to remain.
grandmamma - Oma
remain - Überrest (2); Überreste (3); sterbliche Überreste (3); bleiben
She married (I forget the pedigree)
With an Hidalgo, who transmitted down
transmitted - übermitteln, senden (1), de
His blood less noble than such blood should be;
At such alliances his sires would frown,
alliances - Allianzen; Allianz, Zusammenschluss, Verbund, Bund, Bündnis
frown - Stirnrunzeln; die Stirn runzeln
In that point so precise in each degree
precise - präzise, genau, exakt, präzisieren
degree - Abschluss; Diplom, akademischer Diplom, Grad, Winkelgrad
That they bred in and in, as might be shown,
Marrying their cousins"nay, their aunts, and nieces,
marrying - heiraten, trauen, sich verehelichen
Nay - Nein; oder sogar
nieces - Nichten; Nichte
Which always spoils the breed, if it increases.
spoils - plündern, ruinieren, verderben, kaputtmachen, verwöhnen
breed - Rasse; aufziehen, erzeugen, züchten, sich paaren, brüten
increases - erhöht; zunehmen, steigen, ansteigen, wachsen, anwachsen
This heathenish cross restored the breed again,
heathenish - heidnisch
Cross - Kreuz; Kreuzzeichen; Kreuzung; Cross; Flanke; quer; entgegengesetzt
restored - wiederhergestellt; wiederherstellen, restaurieren, restaurieren
Ruin'd its blood, but much improved its flesh;
ruin - Ruine, Ruin, Ruin, ruinieren, auf die Knie zwingen, vernichten
flesh - Fleisch; Haut, Leib, Fruchtfleisch, Fleischfarbe, zunehmen
For from a root the ugliest in Old Spain
root - wurzeln; Haupt, Wurzel, Nullstelle [math.]
ugliest - hässlichsten; Ugli
Sprung up a branch as beautiful as fresh;
fresh - kess (frech), frisch, frech, pampig (ugs.)
The sons no more were short, the daughters plain:
But there's a rumour which I fain would hush,
rumour - Sage, Gerücht; munkeln
fain - zögern; gern
Hush - Pst; verstummen, still werden, zum Schweigen bringen, Stille
'Tis said that Donna Julia's grandmamma
Produced her Don more heirs at love than law.
produced - produziert; produzieren, herstellen, vorlegen, produzieren
heirs - Erben; Erbe, Erbin, Thronerbe
However this might be, the race went on
Improving still through every generation,
generation - Generation, Geschlecht
Until it centred in an only son,
Who left an only daughter; my narration
narration - Erzählung
May have suggested that this single one
suggested - vorgeschlagen; vorschlagen, vorschlagen
Could be but Julia (whom on this occasion
I shall have much to speak about), and she
Was married, charming, chaste, and twenty-three.
chaste - keusch
Her eye (I'm very fond of handsome eyes)
fond - (to be fond of sb/sth) jemanden/etwas gerne mögen
Was large and dark, suppressing half its fire
suppressing - unterdrücken, unterdrücken, unterdrücken
Until she spoke, then through its soft disguise
disguise - Verkleidung; Tarnung; verstellen
Flash'd an expression more of pride than ire,
flash - Blitzlicht; aufleuchten, blitzen, aufflammen
expression - Ausdruck; Redensart, Miene
ire - Ärger, Zorn, Wut
And love than either; and there would arise
A something in them which was not desire,
desire - begehren; Begehren, Wunsch
But would have been, perhaps, but for the soul
Which struggled through and chasten'd down the whole.
struggled - gekämpft; Kampf, Gefecht
chasten - züchtigen
Her glossy hair was cluster'd o'er a brow
glossy - glänzend
cluster - Anhäufung, Büschel, Gruppe, Haufen
Bright with intelligence, and fair, and smooth;
intelligence - Intelligenz, Klugheit, intelligentes Leben
Her eyebrow's shape was like th'aerial bow,
eyebrow - Braue, Augenbraue
shape - Zustand, Form, Gestalt, Form
aerial - Luft
bow - verbeugen; Verneigung (vor), Verbeugung; Bogen, Bug (Schiff)
Her cheek all purple with the beam of youth,
cheek - Frechheit; Backe, ormal, Stirn, Mick, Pumpenmick
beam - Balken; Breite; Pflugbaum, Grindel, Strahl, strahlen, beamen
Mounting at times to a transparent glow,
mounting - Befestigung; ersteigend, Halterung
As if her veins ran lightning; she, in sooth,
veins - Venen; Vene, Ader, Geäder
lightning - Blitzschlag; Blitz; Entladung
sooth - beruhigen; Wahrheit
Possess'd an air and grace by no means common:
Her stature tall"I hate a dumpy woman.
stature - Körpergröße, Statur
dumpy - plump
Wedded she was some years, and to a man
wedded - verheiratet; trauen, verheiraten, vermählen, heiraten
Of fifty, and such husbands are in plenty;
plenty - viel; Fülle, Überfluss
And yet, I think, instead of such a ONE
'Twere better to have TWO of five-and-twenty,
Especially in countries near the sun:
And now I think on 't, 'mi vien in mente,'
Mi - US-Bundesstaat
Ladies even of the most uneasy virtue
most uneasy - unbehaglichste
Prefer a spouse whose age is short of thirty.
spouse - Gatte, Gattin, Ehepartner, Ehepartnerin
'Tis a sad thing, I cannot choose but say,
And all the fault of that indecent sun,
indecent - unanständig, unkonventionell, unschicklich
Who cannot leave alone our helpless clay,
leave alone - gehen lassen, allein lassen, in Ruhe lassen
clay - Lehm, Ton, Asche
But will keep baking, broiling, burning on,
baking - Backen; (bake); backen; trocknen
broiling - grillen
burning - Verbrennen; brennend; Verbrennung; (burn) Verbrennen; brennend; Verbrennung
That howsoever people fast and pray,
The flesh is frail, and so the soul undone:
frail - zerbrechlich, schwächliche, gebrechlich
undone - ungeschehen machen; öffnen, aufmachen, etwas rückgängig machen
What men call gallantry, and gods adultery,
gallantry - Galanterie; Tapferkeit
adultery - Ehebruch
Is much more common where the climate 's sultry.
climate - Klima
sultry - schwül; drückend, heiß, sexy
Happy the nations of the moral North!
Where all is virtue, and the winter season
season - Jahreszeit, Saison; abschmecken (würzen), würzen
Sends sin, without a rag on, shivering forth
rag - Fummel, Lumpen, Putzlappen, Unfug
shivering - Frösteln; schlotternde, schlotternd
('Twas snow that brought St. Anthony to reason);
Where juries cast up what a wife is worth,
juries - Jurys; Jury, Preisrichter
cast - werfen; wegwerfen, hinwerfen, gießen, Cast, Besetzung, Ensemble
By laying whate'er sum in mulct they please on
laying - Auflegen, legend; (lay) Auflegen, legend
sum - Betrag, Summe, Geldbetrag
mulct - Geldstrafe
The lover, who must pay a handsome price,
lover - Geliebte, Liebhaber, Liebhaberin
Because it is a marketable vice.
marketable - marktfähig
Alfonso was the name of Julia's lord,
A man well looking for his years, and who
Was neither much beloved nor yet abhorr'd:
beloved - beliebt, geliebt, Liebe, Liebchen, Liebling; (belove); beliebt
abhorr - verabscheuen
They lived together, as most people do,
lived together - zusammengelebt [alt], zusammen gelebt
Suffering each other's foibles by accord,
suffering - leidend; Leiden; (suffer); leiden; erleiden
foibles - Marotten; Schwäche, Eigenheit, Marotte, Spleen, Schwäche
accord - Vereinbarung; Übereinstimmung, Einvernehmen, Übereinkommen
And not exactly either one or two;
exactly - genau; ganz genau
Yet he was jealous, though he did not show it,
jealous - eifersüchtig; eifrig, eifernd, neidisch
For jealousy dislikes the world to know it.
jealousy - Eifersucht, Missgunst, Neid
dislikes - Abneigungen; Unbehagen
Julia was"yet I never could see why"
With Donna Inez quite a favourite friend;
Between their tastes there was small sympathy,
tastes - Geschmäcker; Geschmack, Schmecken
sympathy - Mitleid, Mitgefühl, Empathie, Einfühlungsvermögen, Sympathie
For not a line had Julia ever penn'd:
Some people whisper but no doubt they lie,
For malice still imputes some private end,
malice - Boshaftigkeit, Böse, Bosheit, Bösartigkeit
imputes - unterstellt; zuschreiben, anrechnen, zurechnen
private - privat; privat
That Inez had, ere Don Alfonso's marriage,
marriage - Ehe, Heirat, Hochzeit, Eheschließung
Forgot with him her very prudent carriage;
Prudent - umsichtig, vorsichtig
carriage - Kutsche; Gang, Haltung, Wagen, Frachtgeld, Fracht, Fuhrlohn
And that still keeping up the old connection,
connection - Verbindung, Verknüpfung, Anschluss
Which time had lately render'd much more chaste,
render - leisten, wiedergeben
more chaste - keuschere
She took his lady also in affection,
affection - Zuneigung; Rührung
And certainly this course was much the best:
She flatter'd Julia with her sage protection,
protection - Schutz
And complimented Don Alfonso's taste;
complimented - beglückwünscht; Kompliment
taste - Geschmack, Schmecken, kosten, probieren
And if she could not (who can?) silence scandal,
silence - Stille, Schweigen, zum Schweigen bringen, Ruhe
At least she left it a more slender handle.
more slender - schlankere
handle - handhaben; Henkel, Hantel, Griff, Türklinke; abarbeiten
I can't tell whether Julia saw the affair
whether - ob
affair - Angelegenheit; Scharmützel; Ding; Beziehung, Affäre
With other people's eyes, or if her own
Discoveries made, but none could be aware
discoveries - Entdeckungen; Entdeckung, Entdeckung
aware - wachsam, gewahr, bewusst, checkgewahr
Of this, at least no symptom e'er was shown;
symptom - Symptom
Perhaps she did not know, or did not care,
Indifferent from the first or callous grown:
indifferent - gleichgültig
callous - gefühllos, verhärtet, abgestumpft, herzlos, schwielig
I'm really puzzled what to think or say,
puzzled - verwirrt; Rätsel
She kept her counsel in so close a way.
Juan she saw, and, as a pretty child,
Caress'd him often"such a thing might be
caress - Liebkosung, Umarmung, Streicheln, liebkosen
Quite innocently done, and harmless styled,
innocently - unschuldig
harmless - harmlos, unschädlich, ungefährlich
When she had twenty years, and thirteen he;
But I am not so sure I should have smiled
smiled - gelächelt; Lächeln
When he was sixteen, Julia twenty-three;
These few short years make wondrous alterations,
wondrous - wunderbar, wundersam, erstaunlich, verwunderlich, bemerkenswert
alterations - Änderungen; Änderung, Veränderung
Particularly amongst sun-burnt nations.
particularly - besonders
burnt - angebrannt, verbrannt, brennen, verbrennen; (burn) angebrannt
Whate'er the cause might be, they had become
Changed; for the dame grew distant, the youth shy,
Dame - Dame
distant - weit entfernt; abgelegen, abstehend, distanziert, entfernt
Shy - schüchtern, scheu, verlegen
Their looks cast down, their greetings almost dumb,
greetings - Grüße; Gruß, Begrüßung
dumb - dumm; stumm, sprachlos, blöd, doof
And much embarrassment in either eye;
embarrassment - Verlegenheit, Peinlichkeit, Betretenheit
There surely will be little doubt with some
That Donna Julia knew the reason why,
But as for Juan, he had no more notion
Than he who never saw the sea of ocean.
Yet Julia's very coldness still was kind,
coldness - Kälte
And tremulously gentle her small hand
tremulously - bebend
gentle - liebenswürdig; einfühlsam, sanftmütig, gemächlich, sachte
Withdrew itself from his, but left behind
withdrew - zurückgezogen; annullieren, entziehen, abziehen, ausscheiden
itself - von selbst, von allein, sich selbst
A little pressure, thrilling, and so bland
pressure - Druck; unter Druck setzen
thrilling - aufregend; Nervenkitzel; erregen, erschauern, durchdringen
bland - fade; sanft, langweilig, höflich
And slight, so very slight, that to the mind
Slight - geringfügig, leicht, unbedeutend
'Twas but a doubt; but ne'er magician's wand
magician - Magier, Zauberer, Zaubrer, Magierin
wand - Zauberstab; Stab
Wrought change with all Armida's fairy art
fairy - Fee, Elfe, Feenwesen, Naturgeister
Like what this light touch left on Juan's heart.
touch - anfassen, berühren, Berührung, Tasten, Spur
heart - Herz, Herzstück
And if she met him, though she smiled no more,
She look'd a sadness sweeter than her smile,
sadness - Traurigkeit; Schicksalsschlag, Pech
sweeter - süßer; Süßigkeit, Bonbon
As if her heart had deeper thoughts in store
deeper - tiefer; tief, tief, tief, tief, tief, tief, tief, tiefgründig
in store - vorrätig
She must not own, but cherish'd more the while
cherish - hegen; wertschätzen
For that compression in its burning core;
compression - Kompression, Komprimierung
core - Reaktorkern (Kerntechnik); Kernstück, Mark, Mittelstück, Kern
Even innocence itself has many a wile,
many a - manch ein, manches, manche
And will not dare to trust itself with truth,
trust - Vertrauen, Hoffnung, Trust, anschreiben
truth - Wahrheit, Treue
And love is taught hypocrisy from youth.
hypocrisy - Heuchelei, Scheinheiligkeit, Hypokrisie, Doppelmoral
But passion most dissembles, yet betrays
passion - Leidenschaft, Passion
dissembles - verstellt; verbergen, vortäuschen, verbergen, verhehlen
Betrays - verraten, im Stich lassen, verraten, verraten, verraten
Even by its darkness; as the blackest sky
sky - Himmel; (am) Firmament
Foretells the heaviest tempest, it displays
foretells - vorhersagt; vorhersagen
heaviest - am schwersten; heftig, schwer, stark (Regen)
tempest - Unwetter; Sturm; (temp) Unwetter; Sturm
displays - Anzeigen; Vorführung, Vorstellung, Display
Its workings through the vainly guarded eye,
workings - Arbeitsweise; (work) berufstätig sein
vainly - vergeblich
guarded - bewacht; Wächter, Parierstange, Schutz, schützen, bewachen
And in whatever aspect it arrays
whatever - Jacke wie Hose; was immer, was auch immer, egal, naja, nebbich
aspect - Aspekt, Aktionsart
arrays - Bekleidung, Tracht, Arrangement
Itself, 'tis still the same hypocrisy;
Coldness or anger, even disdain or hate,
anger - Ärger, Zorn, Wut, Groll
disdain - Verachtung, Geringschätzung (disrespect)
Are masks it often wears, and still too late.
masks - Masken; Maske; abkleben (zum Schutz); abdecken, maskieren
Then there were sighs, the deeper for suppression,
sighs - seufzt; Seufzen, Seufzer, Säuseln (Wind); säuseln (Wind)
suppression - Unterdrückung; Verdrängung
And stolen glances, sweeter for the theft,
stolen - gestohlen; stehlen, entwenden, klauen, stehlen, stehlen, rauben
glances - blicken, Blick, Streifblick, Glanz, Steinkohle
theft - Diebstahl
And burning blushes, though for no transgression,
transgression - Transgression, Verstoß, Übertretung, Überschreitung
Tremblings when met, and restlessness when left;
tremblings - Zittern
restlessness - Ruhelosigkeit, Unruhe
All these are little preludes to possession,
preludes - Präludien; Präludium
possession - Gut; Besessenheit; Ballbesitz
Of which young passion cannot be bereft,
bereft - hinterblieben; beraubt, verlassen; (bereave); berauben
And merely tend to show how greatly love is
merely - bloß, lediglich, nur, schier
tend - tendieren; abzielen
greatly - sehr; außerordentlich, großartig
Embarrass'd at first starting with a novice.
embarrass - in Verlegenheit bringen; verlegen machen, demütigen, kränken
novice - Neuling; Novize
Poor Julia's heart was in an awkward state;
awkward - peinlich; ungeschickt, unbeholfen, umständlich, tollpatschig
She felt it going, and resolved to make
The noblest efforts for herself and mate,
efforts - Anstrengungen; Anstrengung, Aufwand
mate - Kumpel; schachmatt, Kamerad, Kameradin, verbinden; anpassen
For honour's, pride's, religion's, virtue's sake;
honour - Ehrung, Ehre; ehren; beehren, akzeptieren, annehmen, honorieren
religion - Religion
sake - (for your sake) deinetwegen, euretwegen, Ihretwegen, dir zuliebe
Her resolutions were most truly great,
resolutions - Entschließungen; Entschlossenheit, Standfestigkeit, Vorsatz
And almost might have made a Tarquin quake:
quake - Beben
She pray'd the Virgin Mary for her grace,
Virgin - Jungfrau; jungfräulich; nativ
Mary - Maria, Maria
As being the best judge of a lady's case.
She vow'd she never would see Juan more,
vow - Gelübde, Schwur, Eid, Gelöbnis, schwören
And next day paid a visit to his mother,
And look'd extremely at the opening door,
extremely - extrem, äußerst, krass
Which, by the Virgin's grace, let in another;
let in - hereinlassen;eingelassen
Grateful she was, and yet a little sore"
grateful - dankbar, erkenntlich, wohltuend, zufrieden
Again it opens, it can be no other,
'Tis surely Juan now"No! I'm afraid
I'm afraid - leider, ich bedaure, ich fürchte
That night the Virgin was no further pray'd.
She now determined that a virtuous woman
determined - bestimmt; bestimmen, eingrenzen, festlegen
Should rather face and overcome temptation,
overcome - überwunden; überwinden
temptation - Versuchung, Verführung
That flight was base and dastardly, and no man
dastardly - heimtückisch
Should ever give her heart the least sensation;
That is to say, a thought beyond the common
beyond - darüber hinaus; jenseits
Preference, that we must feel upon occasion
preference - Präferenz, Bevorzugung, Vorliebe; Einstellung
For people who are pleasanter than others,
pleasanter - angenehmer; angenehm
But then they only seem so many brothers.
And even if by chance"and who can tell?
by chance - zufällig
The devil 's so very sly"she should discover
sly - schlau, gerissen, listig, verschmitzt
discover - entdecken; erleben, erfahren, dabei sein
That all within was not so very well,
within - in, innerhalb
And, if still free, that such or such a lover
Might please perhaps, a virtuous wife can quell
quell - unterdrücken
Such thoughts, and be the better when they're over;
And if the man should ask, 'tis but denial:
denial - Verweigerung; Leugnung, Dementi, Bestreitung, Abstreitung
I recommend young ladies to make trial.
trial - Erprobung, Prozess, Versuch, Probe
And then there are such things as love divine,
Bright and immaculate, unmix'd and pure,
immaculate - tadellos
unmix - entmischen
Such as the angels think so very fine,
angels - Engeln; Engel
And matrons who would be no less secure,
matrons - Matronen; Hausmutter, Matrone
secure - sicher, geschützt, beschützt, zuverlässig
Platonic, perfect, 'just such love as mine;'
Thus Julia said"and thought so, to be sure;
And so I'd have her think, were I the man
On whom her reveries celestial ran.
reveries - Träumereien; Träumerei
celestial - himmlisch; Himmels-
Such love is innocent, and may exist
innocent - rein; unschuldig
exist - bestehen, existieren
Between young persons without any danger.
danger - Gefahr, Risiko, Bedrohung; (dang); Gefahr, Risiko, Bedrohung
A hand may first, and then a lip be kist;
lip - Lippe; Auslauf, Überlauf, Schnaupe, Ansatz
For my part, to such doings I'm a stranger,
doings - tun, tuend
Stranger - Ein Fremder; Fremde, Fremdling
But hear these freedoms form the utmost list
freedoms - Freiheiten; Freiheit, Freiheit
Of all o'er which such love may be a ranger:
Ranger - Förster, Waldhüter
If people go beyond, 'tis quite a crime,
But not my fault"I tell them all in time.
all in time - Vorgabezeit
Love, then, but love within its proper limits,
limits - Begrenzung, Grenze, Obergrenze; begrenzen
Was Julia's innocent determination
determination - Bestimmung; Determination; Bestimmtheit; Feststellung; Entschluss; Unterscheidung
In young Don Juan's favour, and to him its
favour - Gefallen; begünstigen, bevorzugen
Exertion might be useful on occasion;
exertion - Anstrengung, Kraftanstrengung, Anspannung, Ausübung
And, lighted at too pure a shrine to dim its
shrine - Heiligtum; q
dim - schummrig; trüb; dämmerig, dunkel
Ethereal lustre, with what sweet persuasion
ethereal - ätherisch
lustre - Kronleuchter, Glanz, Glanzton
sweet - Süßigkeit, Bonbon
persuasion - Überredung; Überzeugung; Überredungskunst
He might be taught, by love and her together"
I really don't know what, nor Julia either.
Fraught with this fine intention, and well fenced
fraught - angespannt; voll
intention - Absicht
fenced - eingezäunt; Zaun; qualifier
In mail of proof"her purity of soul"
mail - Post versenden; Post, post
Proof - Beweise; Beweis; polierte Platte; aufgehen lassen
purity - Reinheit
She, for the future of her strength convinced.
strength - Stärke, Kraft, Festigkeit, Mumm
Convinced - Überzeugt; überzeugen
And that her honour was a rock, or mole,
Rock - schaukeln, schütteln, rocken, sich wiegen (Boot); Geldstück
mole - Spion; Leberfleck, Maulwurf, Mol
Exceeding sagely from that hour dispensed
sagely - weise; klughaft, klug
dispensed - ausgeteilt; ausgeben, austeilen, verteilen, dosieren
With any kind of troublesome control;
troublesome - lästig
control - steuern, kontrollieren, regeln, Kontrolle, Kontrollen, Regelung
But whether Julia to the task was equal
Equal - Gleichberechtigt; gleich; gleichen; Gleichgestellter
Is that which must be mention'd in the sequel.
mention - Erwähnung; erwähnen
sequel - Fortsetzung, Folge
Her plan she deem'd both innocent and feasible,
feasible - durchführbar, machbar, ausführbar, realisierbar
And, surely, with a stripling of sixteen
stripling - Streifenhörnchen; Jüngling
Not scandal's fangs could fix on much that 's seizable,
fangs - Reißzähne; Fang, Fangzahn
Fix - reparieren, flicken, fixieren, befestigen
seizable - pfändbar
Or if they did so, satisfied to mean
satisfied - befriedigen, zufriedenstellen
Nothing but what was good, her breast was peaceable"
breast - Brust; -brust, Entenbrust
A quiet conscience makes one so serene!
conscience - Gewissen
serene - Gelassenheit; heiter
Christians have burnt each other, quite persuaded
Christians - Christen; Christ, Christin, Christian, christlich
persuaded - überredet; überreden, gewinnen, verführen, bestechen
That all the Apostles would have done as they did.
apostles - Apostel
And if in the mean time her husband died,
But Heaven forbid that such a thought should cross
forbid - verbieten, untersagen, verweigern, vorenthalten
Her brain, though in a dream! (and then she sigh'd)
sigh - Seufzen, Seufzer, Säuseln (Wind); säuseln (Wind)
Never could she survive that common loss;
survive - überleben
Loss - Verlust, Ausfall; Kursverlust
But just suppose that moment should betide,
suppose - annehmen, vermuten, vermeinen
betide - geschehen; beschieden sein, ereilen, zuteilwerden
I only say suppose it"inter nos.
inter - begraben
nos - Netwerkbetriebsystem
(This should be entre nous, for Julia thought
Nous - Nous
In French, but then the rhyme would go for naught.)
rhyme - Reim; reimen (mit)
naught - nichts; Nichts
I only say suppose this supposition:
supposition - Vermutung; Annahme, Supposition, Annehmen
Juan being then grown up to man's estate
estate - Nachlass; Stand; Gut, Landgut
Would fully suit a widow of condition,
fully - vollständig; völlig
condition - Zustand; Bedingung, Kondition, Voraussetzung, Verfassung
Even seven years hence it would not be too late;
hence - von hier, fort, von dannen, daher, deshalb
And in the interim (to pursue this vision)
interim - übergangsweise, interimistisch, zwischenzeitlich, Übergangszeit
pursue - verfolgen, beschreiten, nachjagen, nachgehen
The mischief, after all, could not be great,
For he would learn the rudiments of love,
rudiments - Rudimente; Grundlage, Rudiment
I mean the seraph way of those above.
seraph - Seraph
So much for Julia. Now we'll turn to Juan.
Poor little fellow! he had no idea
Of his own case, and never hit the true one;
In feelings quick as Ovid's Miss Medea,
He puzzled over what he found a new one,
But not as yet imagined it could be
Thing quite in course, and not at all alarming,
alarming - beunruhigend; Alarm, Alarm, Alarmsignal
Which, with a little patience, might grow charming.
Silent and pensive, idle, restless, slow,
silent - still
pensive - nachdenklich, gedankenvoll, gedankenverloren
idle - träge, nicht in Betrieb, faul, nutzlos, untätig; faulenzen
restless - unruhig; ruhelos, rastlos, checkunruhig
His home deserted for the lonely wood,
deserted - Wüste, wüst, Ă–de; verlassen, desertieren, im Stich lassen
lonely - einsam, alleinig, abgeschieden, öde
wood - Holz
Tormented with a wound he could not know,
tormented - gequält; Qual, quälen, peinigen
His, like all deep grief, plunged in solitude:
deep - tief, tiefgründig, dunkel, Tiefe
grief - Kummer, Gram, Leid
plunged - stürzte; eintauchen, tauchen
solitude - Einsamkeit, Alleinsein
I'm fond myself of solitude or so,
myself - mich selbst; mich
But then, I beg it may be understood,
beg - Männchen machen; etwas erbitten (von jemandem); bitten (um)
By solitude I mean a sultan's, not
A hermit's, with a haram for a grot.
Hermit - Einsiedler, Eremit, Klausner
'Oh Love! in such a wilderness as this,
wilderness - Wildnis, Wüste
Where transport and security entwine,
transport - transportieren, befördern, Beförderung
Security - Sicherheit, Schutz, Sicherheitsdienst, Wertpapier
entwine - verflechten; umranken, umschlingen
Here is the empire of thy perfect bliss,
Empire - Reich, Imperium, Kaiserreich, Kaisertum, Weltreich
And here thou art a god indeed divine.'
The bard I quote from does not sing amiss,
quote - Zitat; Anführungszeichen; zitieren; Preisangebot machen
amiss - nicht in Ordnung; schlecht, fehlend, verkehrt
With the exception of the second line,
exception - Ausnahme, Ausnahmebedingung, Exception
For that same twining 'transport and security'
twining - Zwillinge; schlingend, windend; (twin) Zwillinge; schlingend
Are twisted to a phrase of some obscurity.
twisted - verdreht; Zwirn, Biegung, Wendung, Twist, verziehen, drehen
obscurity - Dunkelheit, Unklarheit
The poet meant, no doubt, and thus appeals
appeals - Berufungen; Revision, Wirkung, Anziehungskraft; reizen, zusagen
To the good sense and senses of mankind,
sense - Sinn; Gefühl, Verstand, Bedeutung, wahrnehmen, empfinden
The very thing which every body feels,
As all have found on trial, or may find,
on trial - auf Probe, probeweise, versuchsweise
That no one likes to be disturb'd at meals
disturb - stören
Or love."I won't say more about 'entwined'
entwined - verflochten; umranken, umschlingen
Or 'transport,'as we knew all that before,
But beg 'Security'will bolt the door.
bolt - Riegel, Ballen, Blitz, Bolzen; durchgehen (Pferd), sausen
Young Juan wander'd by the glassy brooks,
wander - wandern; umherstreifen, umherstreichen, herumziehen, stromern
glassy - glasig, gläsern, glasartig
brooks - Bächlein; Bach
Thinking unutterable things; he threw
unutterable - unaussprechlich
Himself at length within the leafy nooks
Length - Länge, Längenmaß, Pferdelänge
leafy - laubtragender, belaubt, laubig, beblättert, laubreich
nooks - Schlupfwinkel; Nische, Alkoven, stiller Winkel, Rückzugsort
Where the wild branch of the cork forest grew;
cork - Korken; Cork
forest - Wald, Forst, Gehölz, Hain, aufforsten; (fore); Wald, Forst
There poets find materials for their books,
materials - Materialien; materiell, materiell, Material
And every now and then we read them through,
So that their plan and prosody are eligible,
prosody - Prosodie; Verslehre
eligible - förderfähig; berechtigt, infrage kommend, geeignet, zulässig
Unless, like Wordsworth, they prove unintelligible.
Unless - wenn nicht, es sei denn
unintelligible - unverständlich
He, Juan (and not Wordsworth), so pursued
pursued - Verfolgt; verfolgen, folgen, beschreiten, nachjagen, nachgehen
His self-communion with his own high soul,
communion - Kommunion
Until his mighty heart, in its great mood,
mighty - gewaltig, mächtig
mood - Anwandlung, Stimmung, launisch
Had mitigated part, though not the whole
mitigated - abgeschwächt; mildern, abschwächen, abmildern
Of its disease; he did the best he could
With things not very subject to control,
And turn'd, without perceiving his condition,
perceiving - wahrnehmend, merkend; (perceive); wahrnehmen
Like Coleridge, into a metaphysician.
metaphysician - Metaphysiker, Metaphysikerin
He thought about himself, and the whole earth
Of man the wonderful, and of the stars,
And how the deuce they ever could have birth;
deuce - zwei; Einstand (Tennis), Teufel
And then he thought of earthquakes, and of wars,
earthquakes - Erdbeben
wars - Kriege; Krieg, Krieg, Krieg führen, qualifier
How many miles the moon might have in girth,
moon - Mond, Erdtrabant, Erdsatellit
girth - Sattelgurt; Umfang
Of air-balloons, and of the many bars
balloons - Luftballons; Ballon, Luftballon, Ballon, Luftballon
bars - Takt; Schankstube; Latte (Sport); Balken, Leiste, Stange, Strich
To perfect knowledge of the boundless skies;"
boundless - grenzenlos, unbegrenzt
skies - Himmel; (am) Firmament
And then he thought of Donna Julia's eyes.
In thoughts like these true wisdom may discern
discern - erkennen, wahrnehmen, bemerken, feststellen
Longings sublime, and aspirations high,
longings - Sehnsüchte; sehnsüchtig, Sehnsucht, sehnend
aspirations - Bestrebungen; Aufsaugung, Einsaugung
Which some are born with, but the most part learn
To plague themselves withal, they know not why:
plague - Pest; Plage, Seuche, Geißel, Quälgeist, zusetzen, plagen
withal - mit
'Twas strange that one so young should thus concern
His brain about the action of the sky;
If you think 'twas philosophy that this did,
Philosophy - Philosophie
I can't help thinking puberty assisted.
puberty - Pubertät, Geschlechtsreife
assisted - assistiert; assistieren, helfen, beistehen, unterstützen
He pored upon the leaves, and on the flowers,
pored - gebohrt; Pore
And heard a voice in all the winds; and then
voice - Stimme; äußern
winds - Winde; aufspulen, rollen, blasen, aufwickeln, abspulen
He thought of wood-nymphs and immortal bowers,
nymphs - Nymphen; Nymphe, Nymphomanin
And how the goddesses came down to men:
He miss'd the pathway, he forgot the hours,
pathway - Weg; Bahn, Pfad
And when he look'd upon his watch again,
He found how much old Time had been a winner"
winner - Gewinner, Gewinnerin, Sieger, Siegerin
He also found that he had lost his dinner.
Sometimes he turn'd to gaze upon his book,
gaze - Blicken; anstarren
Boscan, or Garcilasso;"by the wind
wind - aufspulen, rollen, blasen, aufwickeln, abspulen
Even as the page is rustled while we look,
rustled - geraschelt; Rascheln
So by the poesy of his own mind
Over the mystic leaf his soul was shook,
mystic - mystisch; Mystiker, Mystikerin
leaf - Blatt, Laubblatt, Platte
shook - geschüttelt; (to shake) erschüttern, schütteln
As if 'twere one whereon magicians bind
whereon - worauf
Magicians - Magier, Zauberer, Zaubrer, Magierin, Zauberin, Zaubrerin
Their spells, and give them to the passing gale,
passing - vorübergehend, verrinnend ''(poetic)'', hervorragend
gale - Orkan; Sturm
According to some good old woman's tale.
Tale - Geschichte, Erzählung, Fabel
Thus would he while his lonely hours away
Dissatisfied, nor knowing what he wanted;
dissatisfied - unzufrieden; nicht befriedigen, missfallen
Nor glowing reverie, nor poet's lay,
glowing - glühen, abstrahlen, leuchten, Glühen
reverie - Träumerei
Could yield his spirit that for which it panted,
panted - keuchte; keuchen, hecheln, schnaufen (i. S. v. keuchen)
A bosom whereon he his head might lay,
bosom - Busen, Brust, der Busenfreund (bosom buddy)
And hear the heart beat with the love it granted,
beat - Schlag ;jdn. bezwingen
granted - gewährt; gewähren, erteilen, bewilligen
With"several other things, which I forget,
Or which, at least, I need not mention yet.
Those lonely walks, and lengthening reveries,
Lengthening - verlängern
Could not escape the gentle Julia's eyes;
She saw that Juan was not at his ease;
But that which chiefly may, and must surprise,
chiefly - hauptsächlich
surprise - Überraschung; Überraschung
Is, that the Donna Inez did not tease
tease - erman:; kämmen, hecheln, necken, hänseln, aufziehen
Her only son with question or surmise:
surmise - Vermutung, Mutmaßung, vermuten, mutmaßen, annehmen
Whether it was she did not see, or would not,
Or, like all very clever people, could not.
clever - geschickt; clever, ausgekocht, patent, klug, gescheit
This may seem strange, but yet 'tis very common;
For instance"gentlemen, whose ladies take
instance - Beispiel, Fall, Instanz
Leave to o'erstep the written rights of woman,
erstep - ersten Schritt
And break the"Which commandment is 't they break?
commandment - Gebot
(I have forgot the number, and think no man
Should rashly quote, for fear of a mistake.)
rashly - voreilig; vorschnell
fear - fürchten, befürchten, Angst haben; Furcht, Schreck, Befürchtung
I say, when these same gentlemen are jealous,
They make some blunder, which their ladies tell us.
A real husband always is suspicious,
suspicious - verdächtig; misstrauisch, argwöhnisch
But still no less suspects in the wrong place,
suspects - vermuten, misstrauen, verdächtigen, einen Verdacht haben
Jealous of some one who had no such wishes,
wishes - Wunsch, wünschen, wünschen
Or pandering blindly to his own disgrace,
pandering - Zuhälterei; nachgeben, frönen, zufriedenstellen
blindly - blindlings
disgrace - Ungnade, Schande, Schmach
By harbouring some dear friend extremely vicious;
harbouring - beherbergen; Hafen, Zufluchtsort
The last indeed 's infallibly the case:
infallibly - unfehlbar
And when the spouse and friend are gone off wholly,
gone off - (go off) losgehen
wholly - ganz
He wonders at their vice, and not his folly.
wonders - fragt sich; Wunder
folly - Wahnsinn; Torheit, Narrheit, Dummheit, Tollheit
Thus parents also are at times short-sighted;
sighted - gesichtet; Sehenswürdigkeit, Gesicht
Though watchful as the lynx, they ne'er discover,
watchful - wachsam
lynx - Luchs
The while the wicked world beholds delighted,
wicked - verrucht; böse; (wick) verrucht; böse
beholds - anschaut; betrachten, sehen, schauen, anschauen, ansehen
delighted - erfreut; Freude, Entzückung, Wohlgefallen
Young Hopeful's mistress, or Miss Fanny's lover,
hopeful - hoffnungsvoll
Fanny - Fanny
Till some confounded escapade has blighted
confounded - verwirrt; verwirren, verschlimmern, verschlechtern, besiegen
escapade - Eskapade, Abenteuer, Streich
blighted - verdorben; Braunfäule, Geißel, Seuche, Plage, Heimsuchung, Übel
The plan of twenty years, and all is over;
And then the mother cries, the father swears,
cries - weint; weinen, schreien, schreien, rufen, Weinen
swears - schwört; schwören
And wonders why the devil he got heirs.
But Inez was so anxious, and so clear
anxious - ängstlich, besorgt
clear - klar, durchsichtig, hell, frei
Of sight, that I must think, on this occasion,
She had some other motive much more near
motive - Motiv, Beweggrund
For leaving Juan to this new temptation;
But what that motive was, I sha'n't say here;
Perhaps to finish Juan's education,
Perhaps to open Don Alfonso's eyes,
In case he thought his wife too great a prize.
prize - Prämie, Preis, Gewinn
It was upon a day, a summer's day."
Summer's indeed a very dangerous season,
And so is spring about the end of May;
The sun, no doubt, is the prevailing reason;
prevailing - vorherrschend; erman: die Vorherrschaft erringen (''over'' über)
But whatsoe'er the cause is, one may say,
whatsoe - Dingsbums
And stand convicted of more truth than treason,
stand convicted - überführt sein
treason - Verrat, Landesverrat
That there are months which nature grows more merry in,"
merry - fröhlich, heiter
March has its hares, and May must have its heroine.
hares - Hasen; Hase
heroine - Heldin, Heroine
'Twas on a summer's day"the sixth of June:"
sixth - sechste; Sechster; Sechstel; Sexte
I like to be particular in dates,
particular - besonders; speziell, bestimmt, spezifisch, genau
Not only of the age, and year, but moon;
They are a sort of post-house, where the Fates
fates - Schicksale; Schicksal
Change horses, making history change its tune,
tune - Melodie; stimmen
Then spur away o'er empires and o'er states,
spur - anspornen, ankurbeln (Wirtsch.), beflügeln; Ansporn
empires - Reiche; Reich
Leaving at last not much besides chronology,
Chronology - Chronologie, Zeitordnung, Zeitmessung, Zeitrechnung
Excepting the post-obits of theology.
obits - Nachrufe; Todestag
theology - Theologie
'Twas on the sixth of June, about the hour
Of half-past six"perhaps still nearer seven"
When Julia sate within as pretty a bower
sate - übersättigen, sättigen
bower - Laube; (bow) Laube
As e'er held houri in that heathenish heaven
held - gehalten; innehaben
houri - Huri
Described by Mahomet, and Anacreon Moore,
Mahomet - Mohammed; Mahomet
To whom the lyre and laurels have been given,
lyre - Leier, Lyra
With all the trophies of triumphant song"
trophies - Trophäen; Trophäe
triumphant - triumphieren
He won them well, and may he wear them long!
She sate, but not alone; I know not well
How this same interview had taken place,
And even if I knew, I should not tell"
People should hold their tongues in any case;
hold - halten; innehaben
No matter how or why the thing befell,
befell - geschah; befallen, zustoßen, hereinbrechen, widerfahren
But there were she and Juan, face to face"
When two such faces are so, 'twould be wise,
twould - oder
wise - weise; klug, vernünftig
But very difficult, to shut their eyes.
How beautiful she look'd! her conscious heart
conscious - bei Bewusstsein, wach, aufmerksam
Glow'd in her cheek, and yet she felt no wrong.
O Love! how perfect is thy mystic art,
Strengthening the weak, and trampling on the strong,
strengthening - Stärkung; verstärken, stärken, bestärken, stärken, verstärken
weak - schwach; out, unschön, häßlich, uninteressant
trampling - zerstampfend, Getrampel, trampelnd; (trample); trampeln
How self-deceitful is the sagest part
deceitful - betrügerisch
Sagest - weise, klug, Weise
Of mortals whom thy lure hath led along"
mortals - sterblich, tödlich, Sterblicher, Sterbliche
lure - locken; ködern; Köder
along - entlang, längs, weiter
The precipice she stood on was immense,
precipice - Abgrund, Steilhang
immense - immens
So was her creed in her own innocence.
She thought of her own strength, and Juan's youth,
And of the folly of all prudish fears,
prudish - zimperlich; prüde
fears - Ängste; fürchten, befürchten, Angst haben; Furcht, Schreck
Victorious virtue, and domestic truth,
victorious - siegreich, obsiegend, triumphierend, triumphal, siegesstrahlend
And then of Don Alfonso's fifty years:
I wish these last had not occurr'd, in sooth,
occurr - vorkommen
Because that number rarely much endears,
rarely - selten
endears - liebt; teuer machen
And through all climes, the snowy and the sunny,
climes - Klimazonen; Gegend
snowy - verschneit; Schnee
sunny - sonnig, heiter
Sounds ill in love, whate'er it may in money.
When people say, 'I've told you fifty times,'
They mean to scold, and very often do;
scold - Beißzange, Xanthippe, beschimpfen, schelten, tadeln
When poets say, 'I've written fifty rhymes,'
They make you dread that they'll recite them too;
dread - schaudern, grauen, gruseln, grausen
recite - vortragen; rezitieren; zu Gehör bringen; q oem also:
In gangs of fifty, thieves commit their crimes;
gangs - Banden; Clique, Bande, Rotte, Gruppe; abgleichen
thieves - Diebe; Dieb, Diebin
commit - einweisen, einliefern, begehen, verbrechen, verüben
crimes - Straftat, Verbrechen
At fifty love for love is rare, 'tis true,
rare - selten; rar, blutig (Steak)
But then, no doubt, it equally as true is,
equally - gleichermaßen, gleichmäßig
A good deal may be bought for fifty Louis.
Julia had honour, virtue, truth, and love,
For Don Alfonso; and she inly swore,
swore - geschworen; schwören
By all the vows below to powers above,
vows - Gelübde
She never would disgrace the ring she wore,
ring - Ring, Kreis
Nor leave a wish which wisdom might reprove;
reprove - zurechtweisen; tadeln; rügen
And while she ponder'd this, besides much more,
ponder - grübeln; überlegen, nachdenken
One hand on Juan's carelessly was thrown,
carelessly - unachtsam
thrown - geworfen; Wurf; werfen (du wirfst, er wirft), ich/er/sie würfe
Quite by mistake"she thought it was her own;
by mistake - irrtümlich, aus Versehen, fälschlicherweise
Unconsciously she lean'd upon the other,
unconsciously - unbewusst
Which play'd within the tangles of her hair:
tangles - Verwicklungen; Wirrwarr, Gewirr
And to contend with thoughts she could not smother
She seem'd by the distraction of her air.
Distraction - Ablenkung, Ablenkungsmanöver, Störung, Zerstreuung, Wahnsinn
'Twas surely very wrong in Juan's mother
To leave together this imprudent pair,
imprudent - unvorsichtig; unklug, unbedacht
She who for many years had watch'd her son so"
I'm very certain mine would not have done so.
The hand which still held Juan's, by degrees
by degrees - nach und nach
Gently, but palpably confirm'd its grasp,
gently - sanft
palpably - spürbar; fühlbar, augenfällige
confirm - bestätigen, bekräftigen
grasp - greifen, erfassen, begreifen, verstehen, Griff, Verständnis
As if it said, 'Detain me, if you please;'
detain - festhalten; verhaften
Yet there's no doubt she only meant to clasp
clasp - Spange, Klammer, Schnalle, Griff, greifen
His fingers with a pure Platonic squeeze:
fingers - fingern
squeeze - drücken, klemmen, pressen, quetschen
She would have shrunk as from a toad, or asp,
shrunk - geschrumpft; schrumpfen, schrumpfen, abnehmen, drücken
as from - mit Wirkung vom
toad - Kröte
asp - Natter, Rapfen (Fischart)
Had she imagined such a thing could rouse
rouse - aufrütteln; wachrufen, wecken
A feeling dangerous to a prudent spouse.
I cannot know what Juan thought of this,
But what he did, is much what you would do;
His young lip thank'd it with a grateful kiss,
And then, abash'd at its own joy, withdrew
abash - abscheulich; beschämen
In deep despair, lest he had done amiss,"
despair - verzweifeln; Verzweiflung
Love is so very timid when 'tis new:
timid - furchtsam, zaghaft, zögerlich, schüchtern
She blush'd, and frown'd not, but she strove to speak,
blush - Schamröte; erröten, sich schämen
strove - angestrebt; erstreben, bestreben
And held her tongue, her voice was grown so weak.
The sun set, and up rose the yellow moon:
The devil 's in the moon for mischief; they
Who call'd her CHASTE, methinks, began too soon
methinks - meinen Sie; mich dünken
Their nomenclature; there is not a day,
nomenclature - Nomenklatur
The longest, not the twenty-first of June,
Sees half the business in a wicked way
On which three single hours of moonshine smile"
Moonshine - schwarzgebrannter Schnaps, Selbstgebrannter, Schwarzbrennerei
And then she looks so modest all the while.
There is a dangerous silence in that hour,
A stillness, which leaves room for the full soul
stillness - Stille
To open all itself, without the power
power - Macht, Kraft, Großmacht, Stärke, Strom
Of calling wholly back its self-control;
self-control - (self-control) Selbstbeherrschung
The silver light which, hallowing tree and tower,
silver - versilbern; silbern, Silber; Silberbesteck
hallowing - anbeten, heiligen
Sheds beauty and deep softness o'er the whole,
sheds - Schuppen; (to shed) vergießen, abstoßen, lsowerden
beauty - Schönheit; Schöner, Schöne, Prachtstück
softness - Weichheit
Breathes also to the heart, and o'er it throws
breathes - atmet; atmen, einatmen, hauchen
throws - Wurf; werfen (du wirfst, er wirft), ich/er/sie würfe
A loving languor, which is not repose.
languor - Trägheit; Mattigkeit, Schwäche
repose - ruhen
And Julia sate with Juan, half embraced
embraced - umarmt; umarmen, annehmen, umarmen, Umarmung
And half retiring from the glowing arm,
retiring - in den Ruhestand gehen; pensionieren, zurücktreten
Which trembled like the bosom where 'twas placed;
trembled - gezittert; zittern, Zittern
Yet still she must have thought there was no harm,
harm - Schaden
Or else 'twere easy to withdraw her waist;
withdraw - zurückziehen; annullieren, entziehen, abziehen, ausscheiden
waist - Taille; Rumpf
But then the situation had its charm,
charm - Talisman; Charme, Zauberformel, Lieblichkeit; bezaubern
And then"God knows what next"I can't go on;
I'm almost sorry that I e'er begun.
O Plato! Plato! you have paved the way,
Plato - Plato, Platon
paved - gepflastert; mit Platten auslegen, pflastern, bepflastern
With your confounded fantasies, to more
fantasies - Fantasien; Fantasie, Fantasy
Immoral conduct by the fancied sway
immoral - unmoralisch
fancied - Lust gehabt; extravagant, originell
sway - schwanken; Schwingen, Schwenken, Hin- und Herschwingen
Your system feigns o'er the controulless core
feigns - täuscht vor; vorgeben, vortäuschen, vormachen, fingieren
controulless - unkontrolliert
Of human hearts, than all the long array
human - menschlich
hearts - Herzen; Herz, Herzstück
array - Bekleidung, Tracht, Arrangement; Feld; Übersicht, Anzahl, Fülle
Of poets and romancers:"You're a bore,
romancers - Romantiker; (Romance) Romanze
A charlatan, a coxcomb"and have been,
charlatan - Scharlatan
coxcomb - Hahnenkamm
At best, no better than a go-between.
And Julia's voice was lost, except in sighs,
Until too late for useful conversation;
The tears were gushing from her gentle eyes,
Tears - Tränen; zerreißen, ich/er/sie/es riss, riß
gushing - überschwänglich; Schwall, Flut, strömen, herausquellen
I wish indeed they had not had occasion,
But who, alas! can love, and then be wise?
Alas - leider [Gottes]; (ala) leider [Gottes]
Not that remorse did not oppose temptation;
remorse - Reue, Gewissensbisse
oppose - ablehnen; widersprechen
A little still she strove, and much repented
repented - bereut; bereuen
And whispering 'I will ne'er consent'"consented.
whispering - Geflüster; (whisper); Geflüster, Flüstern, Wispern
consented - zugestimmt; zustimmen, einwilligen, Zustimmung, Konsens
'Tis said that Xerxes offer'd a reward
Reward - Belohnung, Lohn
To those who could invent him a new pleasure:
invent - erfinden; ausdenken
pleasure - Vergnügen; Freude, Spaß, Wollust
Methinks the requisition 's rather hard,
requisition - Beschlagnahmung; requirieren
And must have cost his majesty a treasure:
Majesty - Majestät
treasure - Schatz; schätzen
For my part, I'm a moderate-minded bard,
moderate - moderat, mäßig, gemäßigt, mittelmäßig, moderieren
minded - aufpassen; Verstand, t+Geist, t+Sinn, Bewusstsein
Fond of a little love (which I call leisure);
leisure - Muße; Freizeit
I care not for new pleasures, as the old
pleasures - Vergnügungen; Vergnügen
Are quite enough for me, so they but hold.
O Pleasure! you are indeed a pleasant thing,
Although one must be damn'd for you, no doubt:
damn - Verdammt!;tadeln, verurteilen, verdammen, verfluchen
I make a resolution every spring
resolution - Entschlossenheit, Standfestigkeit, Vorsatz, Auflösung
Of reformation, ere the year run out,
reformation - Reformation
But somehow, this my vestal vow takes wing,
vestal - vestalisch
Yet still, I trust it may be kept throughout:
throughout - durchgehend; überall
I'm very sorry, very much ashamed,
And mean, next winter, to be quite reclaim'd.
reclaim - zurückfordern, reklamieren, bessern
Here my chaste Muse a liberty must take"
muse - Muse
liberty - Freiheit
Start not! still chaster reader"she'll be nice hence"
chaster - Untersetzer; keusch
Forward, and there is no great cause to quake;
forward - nachsenden, fördern, befördern, versenden, senden; dreist
This liberty is a poetic licence,
poetic - dichterisch, poetisch
licence - lizenzieren; Erlaubnis, Lizenz
Which some irregularity may make
irregularity - Unregelmäßigkeit; Unebenheit; Unvorschriftsmäßigkeit
In the design, and as I have a high sense
Of Aristotle and the Rules, 'tis fit
Aristotle - Aristoteles
To beg his pardon when I err a bit.
Pardon - Vergebung, Verzeihung, Begnadigung, verzeihen, vergeben
err - irren
This licence is to hope the reader will
Suppose from June the sixth (the fatal day,
fatal day - Unglückstag
Without whose epoch my poetic skill
epoch - Epoche, Ära
For want of facts would all be thrown away),
But keeping Julia and Don Juan still
In sight, that several months have pass'd; we'll say
'Twas in November, but I'm not so sure
About the day"the era 's more obscure.
era - Ära, Epoche, Erdzeitalter
We'll talk of that anon."'Tis sweet to hear
At midnight on the blue and moonlit deep
moonlit - mondbeschienen; im Mondlicht
The song and oar of Adria's gondolier,
oar - Ruder
gondolier - Gondoliere, Gondolier, Gondelfahrer, Gondelführer
By distance mellow'd, o'er the waters sweep;
distance - Distanz, Entfernung, Abstand, Ferne, Weite, entfernen
mellow - zart, weich
sweep - fegen, kehren, rauschen, auf den Kopf stellen, fahren
'Tis sweet to see the evening star appear;
evening star - Abendstern
'Tis sweet to listen as the night-winds creep
creep - Fiesling; kriechen; schleichen; Knilch, Widerling
From leaf to leaf; 'tis sweet to view on high
The rainbow, based on ocean, span the sky.
rainbow - Regenbogen; bunt, vielfarbig
based - basiert; Bas
span - umfassen; Spanne, Bereich, drehen
'Tis sweet to hear the watch-dog's honest bark
bark - Bellen
Bay deep-mouth'd welcome as we draw near home;
bay - Erker, Bucht, Gestell, Bellen
draw near - nahen
'Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark
mark - Markus
Our coming, and look brighter when we come;
brighter - heller; fröhlich, aufgeweckt, leuchtend, klar, hell
'Tis sweet to be awaken'd by the lark,
awaken - erwecken; aufwecken, aufwachen, erwachen, wach werden
lark - Lerche
Or lull'd by falling waters; sweet the hum
lull - Flaute; Windstille
Hum - Brummen; Summen
Of bees, the voice of girls, the song of birds,
bees - Bienen; Wettbewerb, Biene
The lisp of children, and their earliest words.
lisp - Lispelei; lispeln, zuzeln
Sweet is the vintage, when the showering grapes
vintage - Traubenlese; Jahrgang; Jahrgang
grapes - Weintrauben; Traube, Weintraube, Weinbeere
In Bacchanal profusion reel to earth,
profusion - Überfluss, Überfülle, Verschwendung, Vergeudung
reel - Spule; Haspel; Demoband; aufrollen; drehen, kreisen, taumeln
Purple and gushing: sweet are our escapes
escapes - entkommt; entgehen, entgehen, ausweichen, davonkommen, Flucht
From civic revelry to rural mirth;
civic - zivilen; bürgerlich
revelry - Feiern; Festlichkeit, Lustbarkeit, Prasserei
rural - ländlich, dörflich
mirth - Fröhlichkeit, Belustigung, Freude
Sweet to the miser are his glittering heaps,
miser - Geizhals, Geizkragen, Geiziger, Geizige
glittering - glitzernd, funkelnd; (glitter); Glitter; glitzern
heaps - haufenweise; Menschenmenge, Masse, Haufen, Haufe, Heap, Haufen
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth,
first-born - (first-born) Erstling
Sweet is revenge"especially to women,
Pillage to soldiers, prize-money to seamen.
pillage - plündern; Plünderung
soldiers - Soldaten; Soldat, Soldatin, Kämpfer
seamen - Seeleute; Matrose
Sweet is a legacy, and passing sweet
legacy - Erbe, Erbschaft, Nachlass, Hinterlassenschaft
The unexpected death of some old lady
unexpected - unerwartet
Or gentleman of seventy years complete,
gentleman - Herr; Herr, meine Herren
Who've made 'us youth'wait too"too long already
For an estate, or cash, or country seat,
cash - kaufen, einlösen; Bargeld
seat - Sitz, Sitzplatz, Sitzgelegenheit, Stuhl, Sitzmöbel
Still breaking, but with stamina so steady
stamina - Ausdauer, Durchhaltevermögen
That all the Israelites are fit to mob its
Israelites - Israeliten; Israelit, Israelitin, Israelit, Israelitin
mob - Meute, Pöbel
Next owner for their double-damn'd post-obits.
double - doppelt; doppel-; doppellagig, zweilagig, gefüllt, kontra-
Damn - verdammen, verfluchen, ächten, verschreien, verteufeln
'Tis sweet to win, no matter how, one's laurels,
By blood or ink; 'tis sweet to put an end
ink - Tinte
To strife; 'tis sometimes sweet to have our quarrels,
Particularly with a tiresome friend:
tiresome - lästig
Sweet is old wine in bottles, ale in barrels;
ale - Ale
in barrels - tonnenweise
Dear is the helpless creature we defend
creature - Wesen, Lebewesen, Fabelwesen
defend - verteidigen
Against the world; and dear the schoolboy spot
spot - Fleck, Punkt, Pickel, Pustel, Bisschen, Stelle, Ort, Werbespot
We ne'er forget, though there we are forgot.
But sweeter still than this, than these, than all,
Is first and passionate love"it stands alone,
passionate - leidenschaftlich
Like Adam's recollection of his fall;
Adam - Adam, Adam
recollection - Erinnern Sie sich; Erinnerung
The tree of knowledge has been pluck'd"all 's known"
pluck - pflücken, abrupfen, zupfen, schlagen, ausrupfen
And life yields nothing further to recall
yields - Renditen; hervorbringen, er/sie hat/hatte ergeben, weichen
recall - zurückrufen; erinnern
Worthy of this ambrosial sin, so shown,
ambrosial - ambrosisch
No doubt in fable, as the unforgiven
fable - Fabel; fabulieren
unforgiven - Unvergeben
Fire which Prometheus filch'd for us from heaven.
Prometheus - Prometheus
filch - filzen; klauen
Man 's a strange animal, and makes strange use
Of his own nature, and the various arts,
And likes particularly to produce
produce - produzieren, herstellen, vorlegen, Produkt, Obst und Gemüse
Some new experiment to show his parts;
experiment - Experiment, Versuch, experimentieren
This is the age of oddities let loose,
oddities - Merkwürdigkeiten; Seltsamkeit
Where different talents find their different marts;
talents - Talente; Talent
marts - Handelszentrum
You'd best begin with truth, and when you've lost your
Labour, there's a sure market for imposture.
labour - Arbeit; Arbeiter; gebären; arbeiten
imposture - Hochstapelei; Betrug, Schwindel
What opposite discoveries we have seen!
(Signs of true genius, and of empty pockets.)
genius - Genie; Genialität
empty - leer; leeren, entleeren, ausleeren, leer machen
pockets - Taschen; Tasche
One makes new noses, one a guillotine,
guillotine - Schneidemaschine
One breaks your bones, one sets them in their sockets;
bones - Knochen
sets - Seth
sockets - Steckdosen; Steckdose, Buchse, Fassung
But vaccination certainly has been
vaccination - Impfung, Schutzimpfung, Impfen, Schutzimpfen
A kind antithesis to Congreve's rockets,
antithesis - Antithese
rockets - Raketen; Feuerwerksrakete; Rakete, Anpfiff
With which the Doctor paid off an old pox,
pox - Pocken
By borrowing a new one from an ox.
borrowing - (borrow) leihen, entleihen; (borrow) (borrow) leihen, entleihen
ox - Ochse, Rind
Bread has been made (indifferent) from potatoes;
And galvanism has set some corpses grinning,
galvanism - Galvanismus
corpses - Leichen; Leiche, Leichnam
grinning - (to grin) grinsen, strahlen
But has not answer'd like the apparatus
apparatus - Gerät; Apparat; Apparat
Of the Humane Society's beginning
humane - human, menschlich
Society - Gesellschaft
By which men are unsuffocated gratis:
unsuffocated - nicht zugewiesen
gratis - kostenlos
What wondrous new machines have late been spinning!
I said the small-pox has gone out of late;
gone out - ausgegangen
Perhaps it may be follow'd by the great.
'Tis said the great came from America;
Perhaps it may set out on its return,"
The population there so spreads, they say
population - Bevölkerung; Population; Bevölkerungszahl, Einwohnerzahl
spreads - verteilen, spreizen, ausstreuen, verbreiten, auftragen
'Tis grown high time to thin it in its turn,
With war, or plague, or famine, any way,
famine - Hungersnot, Hunger
So that civilisation they may learn;
civilisation - Zivilisation
And which in ravage the more loathsome evil is"
ravage - verwüsten, zerstören, Verwüstung
loathsome - verabscheuungswürdig; ekelhaft, abscheulich, scheußlich
Their real lues, or our pseudo-syphilis?
pseudo - schein.., Möchtegern
syphilis - Syphilis
This is the patent-age of new inventions
patent - Patent
inventions - Erfindungen; Erfindung, Erfinden
For killing bodies, and for saving souls,
killing - Töten, Erlegen; (kill); Töten, Erlegen
saving - Sparen; Ersparnisse; (save); retten; erretten; sichern
souls - Seelen; Inbrunst, Seele, Gefühl, Herz
All propagated with the best intentions;
propagated - propagiert; verbreiten, sich vermehren
Sir Humphry Davy's lantern, by which coals
lantern - Laterne
coals - Kohlen; Kohle, Steinkohle, Kohle, Kohle, Kohle
Are safely mined for in the mode he mentions,
safely - sicher
mined - abgebaut; mein, meiner
mentions - Erwähnungen; Erwähnung, erwähnen
Tombuctoo travels, voyages to the Poles,
voyages - Fahrten; Reise
poles - Stangen; (North Pole) Nordpol
Are ways to benefit mankind, as true,
benefit - Vorteil; Nutzen; Leistung; Benefizkonzert, Benefizveranstaltung
Perhaps, as shooting them at Waterloo.
shooting - Schießen, Schießerei; (shoot); Schießen, Schießerei
Man 's a phenomenon, one knows not what,
phenomenon - Phänomen, Erscheinung
And wonderful beyond all wondrous measure;
measure - Maß; Messung, Maßstab, Takt, Maßnahme, messen, abmessen
'Tis pity though, in this sublime world, that
Pleasure 's a sin, and sometimes sin 's a pleasure;
Few mortals know what end they would be at,
But whether glory, power, or love, or treasure,
The path is through perplexing ways, and when
perplexing - verwirrend; verwirren
The goal is gain'd, we die, you know"and then"
goal - Ziel; Tor; ein Tor schießen
gain - Gewinn, Zunahme, Verstärkung; erwerben, gewinnen, erlangen
What then?"I do not know, no more do you"
And so good night."Return we to our story:
'Twas in November, when fine days are few,
And the far mountains wax a little hoary,
hoary - altmodisch; altersgrau, asbach, uralt, ergraut
And clap a white cape on their mantles blue;
clap - Tripper, Beifall; klatschen
Cape - Umhang, Kap
mantles - Mäntel; Mantel, Mantel, Hülle, Umhüllung, Mantel, Glühstrumpf
And the sea dashes round the promontory,
dashes - Bindestriche; Bindestrich, Gedankenstrich, Querstrich, Strich
promontory - Landzunge
And the loud breaker boils against the rock,
loud - laut
breaker - Unterbrecher; Zwischenbau (Diagonal); Ă–ffnerkontakt am Relais
boils - kocht; kochen, sieden, ich/er/sie/es siedete, sott; Furunkel
And sober suns must set at five o'clock.
sober - nüchtern, besonnen, ernst, gedeckt, ernüchtern, ausnüchtern
'Twas, as the watchmen say, a cloudy night;
watchmen - Wächter
cloudy - bewölkt, wolkig, trüb
No moon, no stars, the wind was low or loud
By gusts, and many a sparkling hearth was bright
gusts - Böen; Windstoß, Bö
sparkling - glitzernd, funkelnd, prickelnd, sprudelnd; (sparkle); glitzernd
With the piled wood, round which the family crowd;
piled - gestapelt; Haufen, Pfahl, Pulk
crowd - Menschenmenge, Masse
There's something cheerful in that sort of light,
cheerful - fröhlich, vergnügt, freundlich
Even as a summer sky 's without a cloud:
cloud - Wolke; verschleiern
I'm fond of fire, and crickets, and all that,
Crickets - Grillen; Heimchen, Kricket, Grille
A lobster salad, and champagne, and chat.
Lobster - Hummer
champagne - Champagner; Champagne
chat - chatten; Unterhaltung, Plausch, Schwatz; sich unterhalten
'Twas midnight"Donna Julia was in bed,
Sleeping, most probably,"when at her door
Arose a clatter might awake the dead,
arose - entstanden ist; sich erheben, aufstehen, entstehen, auftreten
clatter - klappern, poltern, Geklapper, Gepolter, Klappern
awake - munter, wach; erwachen, aufwachen
If they had never been awoke before,
awoke - erwacht; munter, wach; erwachen, aufwachen
And that they have been so we all have read,
And are to be so, at the least, once more.--
The door was fasten'd, but with voice and fist
fasten - befestigen, festmachen
fist - fausten; Faust
First knocks were heard, then 'Madam"Madam"hist!
knocks - klopft; Klopfen
madam - gnädige Frau; Frau, Fräulein ''(traditionally
Hist - pst
'For God's sake, Madam"Madam"here's my master,
For God's sake - Um Gottes willen!
With more than half the city at his back"
Was ever heard of such a curst disaster!
disaster - Katastrophe; Desaster
'Tis not my fault"I kept good watch"Alack!
Alack - O weh, ach
Do pray undo the bolt a little faster"
undo - öffnen, aufmachen, etwas rückgängig machen, annulieren
They're on the stair just now, and in a crack
stair - Stufe, Treppenstufe, Treppe
crack - Riss, Knall, Aufbruch, Bresche; aufbrechen, knallen, platzen
Will all be here; perhaps he yet may fly"
Surely the window 's not so very high!'
By this time Don Alfonso was arrived,
With torches, friends, and servants in great number;
torches - Fackeln; Fackel, anzünden
The major part of them had long been wived,
And therefore paused not to disturb the slumber
paused - innegehalten; pausieren, innehalten, pausieren, Pause
slumber - Halbschlaf, Schlummer, Schläfchen, schlummern, dösen, träumen
Of any wicked woman, who contrived
By stealth her husband's temples to encumber:
stealth - Heimlichkeit
temples - Schläfen; Tempel, Schläfe, Bethaus, Synagoge
encumber - belasten, aufbürden, behindern
Examples of this kind are so contagious,
contagious - ansteckend
Were one not punish'd, all would be outrageous.
punish - bestrafen
I can't tell how, or why, or what suspicion
suspicion - Verdacht, Argwohn, Verdächtigung
Could enter into Don Alfonso's head;
enter into - einspringen
But for a cavalier of his condition
It surely was exceedingly ill-bred,
Without a word of previous admonition,
previous - früher; vorhergehend
admonition - Ermahnung
To hold a levee round his lady's bed,
levee - Morgenempfang, Damm
And summon lackeys, arm'd with fire and sword,
summon - beschwören; auffordern, vorladen
lackeys - Lakaien; Lakai, Lakai
sword - Schwert; Schwertkämpfer, Schwertkämpferin
To prove himself the thing he most abhorr'd.
Poor Donna Julia, starting as from sleep
(Mind"that I do not say"she had not slept),
Began at once to scream, and yawn, and weep;
yawn - gähnen; Gähnen
weep - weinen
Her maid Antonia, who was an adept,
maid - Dienstmädchen; Mädchen; Stubenmädchen
adept - versiert; geschickt, fähig, geübt, befähigt
Contrived to fling the bed-clothes in a heap,
fling - Seitensprung; Affäre (Liebesaffäre)
heap - Menschenmenge, Masse, Haufen, Haufe, Heap
As if she had just now from out them crept:
crept - gekrochen; kriechen, schleichen, schleichen, kriechen, Kriechen
I can't tell why she should take all this trouble
To prove her mistress had been sleeping double.
But Julia mistress, and Antonia maid,
Appear'd like two poor harmless women, who
Of goblins, but still more of men afraid,
goblins - Kobolde; Kobold
Had thought one man might be deterr'd by two,
And therefore side by side were gently laid,
laid - gelegt; richten (Tisch)
Until the hours of absence should run through,
absence - Abwesenheit, Absenz, Fehlen, Absence
run through - durchströmen
And truant husband should return, and say,
Truant - Schwänzer, Schwänzerin, Schulschwänzer, Schulschwänzerin
'My dear, I was the first who came away.'
Now Julia found at length a voice, and cried,
cried - geweint hat; weinen, schreien, schreien, rufen, Weinen
'In heaven's name, Don Alfonso, what d'ye mean?
Has madness seized you? would that I had died
madness - Wahnsinn, Verrücktheit, Tollheit
seized - beschlagnahmt; ergreifen, fassen, greifen, packen, ergreifen
Ere such a monster's victim I had been!
monster - Monster, Ungeheuer
victim - Opfer
What may this midnight violence betide,
violence - Gewalt, Gewalttaten, Gewalttätigkeiten
A sudden fit of drunkenness or spleen?
sudden - plötzlich, jäh
drunkenness - Trunkenheit, Betrunkenheit, Alkoholberauschung
spleen - Milz; Groll, Trübsinn
Dare you suspect me, whom the thought would kill?
suspect - vermuten; misstrauen; verdächtigen; einen Verdacht haben; Verdächtiger
Search, then, the room!'"Alfonso said, 'I will.'
search - Suche; suchen, absuchen, durchsuchen
He search'd, they search'd, and rummaged everywhere,
rummaged - durchwühlt; durchwühlen, durchwühlen, wühlen, stöbern
everywhere - überall
Closet and clothes'press, chest and window-seat,
closet - Kleiderschrank; Schrank, Wandschrank, Kammer, Abstellkammer
press - Presse (Maschine), Presse (Zeitung); drängen, drücken
chest - Kiste, Brustkasten, Brust, Koffer
And found much linen, lace, and several pair
linen - Wäsche; Leinen; Heimtextilien
lace - schnüren, Spitze (Gewebe)
Of stockings, slippers, brushes, combs, complete,
stockings - Strümpfe; Strumpf
slippers - Hausschuhe; Hausschuh, Latschen, Pantoffel, Patschen, Puschen
brushes - Bürste; glossaint-, Bürste, Busch
combs - Kämme; Kamm
With other articles of ladies fair,
To keep them beautiful, or leave them neat:
neat - ordentlich, sauber, geschickt, hübsch
Arras they prick'd and curtains with their swords,
prick - Arschloch; spitzer Gegenstand, Stich
curtains - Vorhänge; Vorhang, Vorhang
swords - Schwerter; Schwert
And wounded several shutters, and some boards.
wounded - verwundet; anschießen, verwunden
shutters - Fensterläden; Verschließender, Verschließer, Fensterladen; q
boards - Bretter; Brett, Tafel
Under the bed they search'd, and there they found"
No matter what"it was not that they sought;
sought - gesucht; suchen
They open'd windows, gazing if the ground
gazing - starrt; anstarren
ground - Masse (elektrisch); Erdboden, Grund, Boden
Had signs or footmarks, but the earth said nought;
nought - nichts; null
And then they stared each other's faces round:
'Tis odd, not one of all these seekers thought,
seekers - Suchender, Sucher, Sucherin
And seems to me almost a sort of blunder,
Seems - Scheint; scheinen, dünken
Of looking in the bed as well as under.
looking in - hereinschauend
During this inquisition, Julia's tongue
inquisition - Inquisition, Glaubensgericht, Ketzergericht
Was not asleep"'Yes, search and search,'she cried,
asleep - schlafen, schlafen
'Insult on insult heap, and wrong on wrong!
insult - beleidigen; Beleidigung, Kränkung, Verletzung
It was for this that I became a bride!
bride - die Braut; Braut
For this in silence I have suffer'd long
A husband like Alfonso at my side;
But now I'll bear no more, nor here remain,
If there be law or lawyers in all Spain.
'Yes, Don Alfonso! husband now no more,
If ever you indeed deserved the name,
deserved - Verdient; verdienen
Is 't worthy of your years?"you have threescore"
threescore - sechzig
Fifty, or sixty, it is all the same"
Is 't wise or fitting, causeless to explore
fitting - Anprobe; passend, geeignet, recht
causeless - ohne Grund; grundlos
explore - erkunden; erforschen; untersuchen
For facts against a virtuous woman's fame?
Ungrateful, perjured, barbarous Don Alfonso,
ungrateful - undankbar
perjured - Meineid geleistet; einen Meineid leisten, falsch schwören
barbarous - barbarisch, grausam
How dare you think your lady would go on so?
'Is it for this I have disdain'd to hold
The common privileges of my sex?
privileges - Privilegien; Privileg
sex - Alter, Geschlecht, Wohnort?, Geschlecht
That I have chosen a confessor so old
And deaf, that any other it would vex,
deaf - taub, gehörlos, die gehörlos
vex - ärgern, verärgern, reizen, irritieren, beunruhigen
And never once he has had cause to scold,
never once - nicht einmal, nicht ein einziges Mal, keinmal
But found my very innocence perplex
So much, he always doubted I was married"
doubted - bezweifelt; bezweifeln, zweifeln, Zweifel
How sorry you will be when I've miscarried!
miscarried - eine Fehlgeburt; eine Fehlgeburt haben, misslingen
'Was it for this that no Cortejo e'er
I yet have chosen from out the youth of Seville?
Is it for this I scarce went anywhere,
anywhere - überall, irgendwo
Except to bull-fights, mass, play, rout, and revel?
Bull - Bulle, Stier
fights - Kämpfe; Kampf, Schlacht
rout - Routine; Rotte
revel - schwelgen; feiern, ausgelassen sein
Is it for this, whate'er my suitors were,
suitors - Freier, Liebeswerber
I favor'd none"nay, was almost uncivil?
favor - Gefallen, Gefälligkeit, Gunst, Gnade, Huld, begünstigen
uncivil - unhöflich
Is it for this that General Count O'Reilly,
general - allgemein, generell, General
count - rechnen, abzählen, zählen
Who took Algiers, declares I used him vilely?
Algiers - Algier
declares - erklärt; bekanntmachen, bekanntgeben, deklarieren, ausrufen
vilely - abscheulich
'Did not the Italian Musico Cazzani
Italian - italienisch, italienischsprachig, italienischsprachlich
Sing at my heart six months at least in vain?
vain - eitel; unnützlich
Did not his countryman, Count Corniani,
countryman - Landmann; Landsmann, Landsmännin, Landsfrau
Call me the only virtuous wife in Spain?
Were there not also Russians, English, many?
Russians - Russen; russisch, russländisch, altrussisch, russisch, russisch
The Count Strongstroganoff I put in pain,
pain - Schmerzen; Qual, Stich (Schmerz), Schmerz
And Lord Mount Coffeehouse, the Irish peer,
mount - Reittier, Berg, Lafette (Waffe); einbauen, aufsteigen
Coffeehouse - Café, Kaffeehaus
Irish - Irisch
peer - seinesgleichen, Beaufsichtigende; schielen, starren
Who kill'd himself for love (with wine) last year.
'Have I not had two bishops at my feet,
bishops - Bischöfe; Läufer (Schach), Bischof
The Duke of Ichar, and Don Fernan Nunez?
Duke - Herzog; Großherzog
And is it thus a faithful wife you treat?
faithful - treu
treat - behandeln; bewirten, einladen, heilen, kurieren
I wonder in what quarter now the moon is:
I praise your vast forbearance not to beat
vast - riesig; beträchtlich, weit, ausgedehnt, enorm
forbearance - Langmut, Geduld, Duldsamkeit, Nachsicht, Unterlassung
beat - schlagen; Schlag; jdn. bezwingen
Me also, since the time so opportune is"
opportune - opportun
O, valiant man! with sword drawn and cock'd trigger,
valiant - mutig; beherzt, heldenhaft, heroisch, kühn
cock - Vogelmännchen; Gockel, Hahn; erigierter Penis (vulg.), Pimmel
trigger - Abzug; Auslöser, auslösen, triggern; (trig); Abzug; Auslöser
Now, tell me, don't you cut a pretty figure?
figure - Abbildung; Figur; Gestalt; Ziffer; Form
'Was it for this you took your sudden journey.
Under pretence of business indispensable
pretence - Vortäuschung; Vorwand
indispensable - unverzichtbar; ausnahmlos, grundsätzlich, unabdingbar
With that sublime of rascals your attorney,
rascals - Gauner, Strolch, Bösewicht, Schurke, Bengel, Strolch, Schlingel
attorney - Rechtsanwalt
Whom I see standing there, and looking sensible
sensible - wahrnehmbar; spürbar; der Empfindung fähig; gewahr; vernünftig
Of having play'd the fool? though both I spurn, he
fool - dumme Gans, Dummkopf, Narr, Närrin
spurn - verschmähen, abweisen, verachten, treten, mit Füßen treten
Deserves the worst, his conduct 's less defensible,
deserves - verdient; verdienen
defensible - vertretbar
Because, no doubt, 'twas for his dirty fee,
And not from any love to you nor me.
'If he comes here to take a deposition,
deposition - Absetzung; Entlassung; Ablage, Ablagerung
By all means let the gentleman proceed;
You've made the apartment in a fit condition:
There's pen and ink for you, sir, when you need"
Let every thing be noted with precision,
precision - Präzision, Genauigkeit, Messpräzision, Wiederholgenauigkeit
I would not you for nothing should be fee'd"
But, as my maid 's undrest, pray turn your spies out.'
spies out - (spy out) ausspionieren, ausspähen, auskundschaften
'Oh!'sobb'd Antonia, 'I could tear their eyes out.'
sobb - schluchzen
tear - zerreißen, ich/er/sie/es riss, riß
'There is the closet, there the toilet, there
The antechamber"search them under, over;
antechamber - Vorraum, Vorzimmer, Vorkammer
There is the sofa, there the great arm-chair,
sofa - Sofa, Couch
arm-chair - (arm-chair) Sessel
The chimney"which would really hold a lover.
chimney - Kamin, Esse, Schlot, Schornstein, Spalte
I wish to sleep, and beg you will take care
And make no further noise, till you discover
noise - Lärm, Geräusch, Krach, Rauschen, Störung
The secret cavern of this lurking treasure"
secret - Geheimnis
lurking - auf der Lauer liegen; lauernd; (lurk); lauern
And when 'tis found, let me, too, have that pleasure.
'And now, Hidalgo! now that you have thrown
Doubt upon me, confusion over all,
confusion - Verwirrung, Durcheinander, Konfusion, Verwechslung
Pray have the courtesy to make it known
courtesy - Höflichkeit
Who is the man you search for? how d'ye cal
Him? what 's his lineage? let him but be shown"
lineage - Abstammung, Geschlecht, Abstammungreihe, Abstammunglinie
I hope he 's young and handsome"is he tall?
Tell me"and be assured, that since you stain
assured - gesichert; beteuerte, versicherte, versichert
My honour thus, it shall not be in vain.
'At least, perhaps, he has not sixty years,
At that age he would be too old for slaughter,
slaughter - Gemetzel; Schlachtung, rituelles Schlachten, Schächten
Or for so young a husband's jealous fears
(Antonia! let me have a glass of water).
I am ashamed of having shed these tears,
shed - Schuppen; (to shed) vergießen, abstoßen, lsowerden
They are unworthy of my father's daughter;
unworthy - unwürdig
My mother dream'd not in my natal hour
natal hour - Geburtsstunde
That I should fall into a monster's power.
'Perhaps 'tis of Antonia you are jealous,
You saw that she was sleeping by my side
When you broke in upon us with your fellows:
Look where you please"we've nothing, sir, to hide;
Only another time, I trust, you'll tell us,
another time - ein anderes Mal
Or for the sake of decency abide
decency - Anstand
abide - aushalten; ausstehen, ertragen, zahlen, verbleiben, weilen
A moment at the door, that we may be
Drest to receive so much good company.
receive - bekommen, erhalten, empfangen, kriegen
'And now, sir, I have done, and say no more;
The little I have said may serve to show
The guileless heart in silence may grieve o'er
guileless - arglos
grieve - trauern; weh tun, kränken, bekümmern; sich grämen (über)
The wrongs to whose exposure it is slow:
exposure - Exposition; Kontakt, Einwirkung, Lage, Witterung, Belichtung
I leave you to your conscience as before,
as before - wie bisher, wie zuvor, wie vorher
'Twill one day ask you why you used me so?
twill - Köperbindung, Köper
God grant you feel not then the bitterest grief!-
Grant - gewähren; erteilen; bewilligen
bitterest - am bittersten; herb, rau, bitter
Antonia! where's my pocket-handkerchief?'
Pocket - Tasche
handkerchief - Taschentuch
She ceased, and turn'd upon her pillow; pale
ceased - eingestellt; aufhören, aufhören, einstellen
pillow - Kopfkissen, Kissen; Ruhekissen
She lay, her dark eyes flashing through their tears,
flashing - Witterungsschutz; Blinken, Aufblinken
Like skies that rain and lighten; as a veil,
skies - Himmel; Ski, Schi, Ski fahren, Schi fahren, Ski laufen
lighten - aufhellen; erleuchten, erhellen
veil - Vorhang; Schleier; verschleiern, verhüllen
Waved and o'ershading her wan cheek, appears
waved - winkte; wehen, winken mit, flattern
wan - Großraumnetzwerk
Appears - Erscheint; erscheinen, auftauchen, erscheinen, auftauchen
Her streaming hair; the black curls strive, but fail,
streaming - strömend; (stream); Bach; Strom; Datenstrom; strömen; streamen
curls - Locken; Locke
strive - erstreben, bestreben
fail - mangelhaft (Zensur 5), ungenügend (Zensur 6);jdn. im Stich lassen;fehlschlagen, scheitern, misslingen, versagen
To hide the glossy shoulder, which uprears
Its snow through all;"her soft lips lie apart,
apart - auseinander; getrennt; beiseite; entzwei, in Stücke
And louder than her breathing beats her heart.
louder - lauter; laut
breathing - Atmen, Atmung; (breath); Atmen, Atmung, Atemzug, Atem, Atempause
beats - Schlag; jdn. bezwingen
The Senhor Don Alfonso stood confused;
confused - verwirrt; verwirren, konfundieren, verwechseln, vermischen
Antonia bustled round the ransack'd room,
bustled - umtriebig; Hektik, hasten
ransack - plündern; durchwühlen
And, turning up her nose, with looks abused
turning up - aufbindend
abused - missbraucht; missbrauchen, beschimpfen; Missbrauch, Schmähung
Her master and his myrmidons, of whom
myrmidons - Myrmidonen; Myrmidone, Myrmidon
Not one, except the attorney, was amused;
amused - amüsiert; amüsieren, vergnügen, belustigen, erheitern
He, like Achates, faithful to the tomb,
tomb - Grabmal, Gruft
So there were quarrels, cared not for the cause,
Knowing they must be settled by the laws.
be settled - zum Austrag kommen (Streit)
With prying snub-nose, and small eyes, he stood,
prying - neugierig schauend, neugierig; (pry) neugierig schauend
snub-nose - (snub-nose) Stupsnase
Following Antonia's motions here and there,
With much suspicion in his attitude;
attitude - Haltung; Einstellung, Attitüde, Orientierung, Ausrichtung
For reputations he had little care;
reputations - Ansehen
So that a suit or action were made good,
Small pity had he for the young and fair,
And ne'er believed in negatives, till these
Were proved by competent false witnesses.
competent - zuständig
witnesses - Zeugnis
But Don Alfonso stood with downcast looks,
downcast - niedergeschlagen, geknickt, entmutigt
And, truth to say, he made a foolish figure;
When, after searching in five hundred nooks,
searching - Suche, suchen, absuchen, durchsuchen, suchen
And treating a young wife with so much rigour,
treating - behandelnd; (treat); behandeln; bewirten, einladen, heilen
rigour - Härte, Strenge
He gain'd no point, except some self-rebukes,
rebukes - Zurechtweisungen; Tadel, Anschiss, Rüge, Schelte
Added to those his lady with such vigour
vigour - Vitalität; Ausdruckskraft, Energie, Leidenschaftlichkeit
Had pour'd upon him for the last half-hour,
pour - schütten, einschenken, gießen
Quick, thick, and heavy"as a thunder-shower.
thick - dick; dicht; plump; mitten in
heavy - heftig, schwer, stark (Regen)
thunder - Donner; Donnern
At first he tried to hammer an excuse,
hammer - Hammer; Schlagstück, Hahn, Schlaghebel, tMalleus
Excuse - Wie bitte; entschuldigen, verzeihen, sich entschuldigen
To which the sole reply was tears and sobs,
reply - antworten, erwidern, Antwort, Entgegnung
sobs - schluchzt; Huso
And indications of hysterics, whose
indications - Hinweise; Anzeichen, Anzeige, Hinweis, Indiz
Hysterics - Hysterie; Hysteriker, qualifieremale
Prologue is always certain throes, and throbs,
prologue - Prolog
throes - Kämpfe; Agonie
throbs - pocht; klopfen, schlagen, pochen, klopfen, pulsieren, Pochen
Gasps, and whatever else the owners choose:
gasps - keucht; keuchen, japsen, prusten, keuchen, Atemzug, Luftholen
owners - Eigentümer; Inhaber, Besitzer, Besitzerin
Alfonso saw his wife, and thought of Job's;
He saw too, in perspective, her relations,
perspective - Aussicht; Perspektive
And then he tried to muster all his patience.
He stood in act to speak, or rather stammer,
act - handeln; Handlung, Tat, Akt, Gesetz, Akte, Spiel
stammer - stammeln, stottern, Stottern
But sage Antonia cut him short before
The anvil of his speech received the hammer,
anvil - Amboss
Speech - Sprache; Rede, Ansprache
received - bekommen, erhalten, empfangen, kriegen, empfangen
With 'Pray, sir, leave the room, and say no more,
Or madam dies.'"Alfonso mutter'd, 'D"n her,'
mutter - murmeln; (mut) murmeln
But nothing else, the time of words was o'er;
He cast a rueful look or two, and did,
rueful - reuig, reumütig, kläglich
He knew not wherefore, that which he was bid.
bid - Angebot, reizen, Gebot, Bieten, bieten
With him retired his 'posse comitatus,'
retired - im Ruhestand; pensionieren, zurücktreten, sich zurückziehen
posse comitatus - Landsturm
The attorney last, who linger'd near the door
linger - herumlungern, verzögern, Zeit brauchen, verweilen
Reluctantly, still tarrying there as late as
reluctantly - widerstrebend
tarrying - Verweilen; zögern; teerig
Antonia let him"not a little sore
At this most strange and unexplain'd 'hiatus'
most strange - merkwürdigste
unexplain - unerklärt
hiatus - Lücke; Unterbrechung, Pause, Urlaub, Ferien
In Don Alfonso's facts, which just now wore
An awkward look; as he revolved the case,
revolved - drehte; drehen
The door was fasten'd in his legal face.
legal - juristisch, rechtlich, legal
No sooner was it bolted, than"Oh shame!
bolted - verriegelt; Riegel, Ballen, Blitz, Bolzen; durchgehen (Pferd)
shame - Schamgefühl; Scham, Schande
O sin! Oh sorrow! and oh womankind!
sorrow - Kummer, Traurigkeit, Trauer, Sorge
womankind - Frauenzimmer; weibliches Geschlecht, Frauenwelt
How can you do such things and keep your fame,
Unless this world, and t'other too, be blind?
Nothing so dear as an unfilch'd good name!
unfilch - entfilmen
But to proceed"for there is more behind:
With much heartfelt reluctance be it said,
heartfelt - herzlich, von Herzen kommend, tief empfunden, innig
reluctance - Widerstreben, Widerwillen, Widerwille, Zögern, Zaudern
Young Juan slipp'd half-smother'd, from the bed.
slipp - rutschen
He had been hid"I don't pretend to say
hid - versteckt; (hide) verstecken
pretend - vorgeben, prätendieren, vortäuschen, so tun, als ob
How, nor can I indeed describe the where"
Young, slender, and pack'd easily, he lay,
pack - packen, einpacken; packen (verstauen); Bündel, Meute, Rudel
easily - leicht
No doubt, in little compass, round or square;
compass - Kompass
square - quadratisch; Quadrat; Platz; Feld
But pity him I neither must nor may
His suffocation by that pretty pair;
suffocation - Erstickung
'Twere better, sure, to die so, than be shut
With maudlin Clarence in his Malmsey butt.
maudlin - rührselig, selbstmitleidig, larmoyant, verheult
Malmsey - Malvasier
butt - Hintern; stoßen; Kippe, Po
And, secondly, I pity not, because
secondly - zweitens
He had no business to commit a sin,
commit a sin - eine Sünde begehen
Forbid by heavenly, fined by human laws,
heavenly - himmlisch
At least 'twas rather early to begin;
But at sixteen the conscience rarely gnaws
gnaws - knabbert; nagen, kauen, knabbern, nagen, verfolgen, umtreiben
So much as when we call our old debts in
debts - Schuld, Verbindlichkeit, Verpflichtung, Schulden
At sixty years, and draw the accompts of evil,
And find a deuced balance with the devil.
deuced - Einstand (Tennis), Teufel
balance - Gleichgewicht; Ausgewogenheit; Bilanz, Saldo, Guthaben, Rest
Of his position I can give no notion:
position - Stellung, Position, Arbeitsplatz, Stelle, positionieren
'Tis written in the Hebrew Chronicle,
chronicle - Chronik
How the physicians, leaving pill and potion,
pill - Medikament, Pille, Tablette; Fluse
potion - Trank, Zaubertrank
Prescribed, by way of blister, a young belle,
prescribed - verschrieben; verschreiben, verordnen, vorschreiben, verordnen
blister - Blase; kritisieren; Blasen werfen
belle - Schönheit, Schöne
When old King David's blood grew dull in motion,
David - David, David
dull - stumpf; fad, langweilig, matt, blöd, blöde
And that the medicine answer'd very well;
Medicine - Medizin; Heilkunst, Heilkunde, Arznei
Perhaps 'twas in a different way applied,
applied - angewendet; zutreffen, auflegen, anwenden, anlegen
For David lived, but Juan nearly died.
What 's to be done? Alfonso will be back
The moment he has sent his fools away.
fools - Dummköpfe; dumme Gans, Dummkopf, Narr, Närrin, Pute, Narr
Antonia's skill was put upon the rack,
rack - Folterbank, Zahnstange, Gestell
But no device could be brought into play"
device - Gerät, Apparat, Einheit, Instrument
And how to parry the renew'd attack?
parry - parieren, abwehren
attack - Attacke, Angriff, Anfall, angreifen, attackieren
Besides, it wanted but few hours of day:
Antonia puzzled; Julia did not speak,
But press'd her bloodless lip to Juan's cheek.
bloodless - blutarm, bleich, unblutig, blutleer
He turn'd his lip to hers, and with his hand
Call'd back the tangles of her wandering hair;
Even then their love they could not all command,
Command - Befehl, Kommando, befehlen, kommandieren, gebieten, beherrschen
And half forgot their danger and despair:
Antonia's patience now was at a stand"
'Come, come, 'tis no time now for fooling there,'
fooling - täuschend; (fool); dumme Gans, Dummkopf, Narr, Närrin
She whisper'd, in great wrath"'I must deposit
wrath - Zorn, Wut, Ärger, Ingrimm, Vergeltung
deposit - Ablagerung, Vorkommen, Depot, Einzahlung, Anzahlung, Pfand
This pretty gentleman within the closet:
'Pray, keep your nonsense for some luckier night"
nonsense - Blödsinn, Nonsens
luckier - mehr Glück; Luckie
Who can have put my master in this mood?
What will become on 't"I'm in such a fright,
The devil 's in the urchin, and no good"
urchin - Seeigel; Bengel, Lümmel, Lausbube, Racker
Is this a time for giggling? this a plight?
giggling - kichernd; (giggle); kichern; Gekicher
plight - Notlage; sich verloben; Misere, schlimmer Zustand, Verlobung
Why, don't you know that it may end in blood?
You'll lose your life, and I shall lose my place,
My mistress all, for that half-girlish face.
girlish - mädchenhaft, Mädchen
'Had it but been for a stout cavalier
stout - beleibt
Of twenty-five or thirty (come, make haste)"
haste - Eile, Hast
But for a child, what piece of work is here!
I really, madam, wonder at your taste
(Come, sir, get in)"my master must be near:
There, for the present, at the least, he's fast,
And if we can but till the morning keep
Our counsel"(Juan, mind, you must not sleep).'
Now, Don Alfonso entering, but alone,
entering - eintreten; eingegeben; (enter); reingehen, hineingehen
Closed the oration of the trusty maid:
oration - Rede
trusty - vertrauenswürdig; treu
She loiter'd, and he told her to be gone,
loiter - herumlungern; rumlungern, rumhängen, herumhängen, abhängen
An order somewhat sullenly obey'd;
sullenly - mürrisch, mürrischen
However, present remedy was none,
remedy - Abhilfe; Gegenmittel; Heilmittel; beheben
And no great good seem'd answer'd if she stay'd:
Regarding both with slow and sidelong view,
regarding - bezüglich; schätzen, betrachten, berücksichtigen
sidelong - seitlich
She snuff'd the candle, curtsied, and withdrew.
snuff - schnüffeln, schnuppern; Butzen, schnupfen, Schnupftabak
candle - Kerze
curtsied - einen Knicks gemacht; Knicks, Verbeugung
Alfonso paused a minute"then begun
Some strange excuses for his late proceeding;
excuses - Ausreden; entschuldigen, verzeihen, sich entschuldigen
proceeding - Wie geht es weiter; fortsetzend, verfahrend; (proceed); vorgehen
He would not justify what he had done,
justify - rechtfertigen; ausrichten, justieren
To say the best, it was extreme ill-breeding;
extreme - extrem; Extrem
But there were ample reasons for it, none
Of which he specified in this his pleading:
specified - spezifiziert; spezifizieren
pleading - flehend; flehentlich, Verteidigungsschrift
His speech was a fine sample, on the whole,
Of rhetoric, which the learn'd call 'rigmarole.'
rhetoric - Redekunst, Rhetorik
rigmarole - Schwierigkeiten; Theater, Zirkus, Brimborium, Geschwätz, Palaver
Julia said nought; though all the while there rose
A ready answer, which at once enables
enables - ermöglicht; berechtigen, befähigen, ermöglichen, anordnen
A matron, who her husband's foible knows,
Matron - Oberin; Hausmutter, Matrone
foible - Schwäche, Eigenheit, Marotte, Spleen
By a few timely words to turn the tables,
timely - pünktlich; zeitgerecht, fristgerecht, zur rechten Zeit
turn the tables - den Spieß umdrehen
Which, if it does not silence, still must pose,"
pose - Pose; aufwerfen, posieren, posen
Even if it should comprise a pack of fables;
comprise - umfassen; bestehen aus; beinhalten
fables - Fabeln; Fabel, fabulieren
'Tis to retort with firmness, and when he
retort - Retorte; erwidern (scharf)
firmness - Stärke, Festigkeit
Suspects with one, do you reproach with three.
reproach - Vorwürfe; Vorwurf; Schande; vorwerfen
Julia, in fact, had tolerable grounds,"
tolerable - erträglich
grounds - Gründe; Masse (elektrisch); Erdboden, Grund, Boden, geschliffen
Alfonso's loves with Inez were well known,
But whether 'twas that one's own guilt confounds"
guilt - Schuld
confounds - verwirrt; verwirren, verschlimmern, verschlechtern, besiegen
But that can't be, as has been often shown,
A lady with apologies abounds;"
apologies - Entschuldigungen; Entschuldigung, Apologie
abounds - im Überfluss; in
It might be that her silence sprang alone
From delicacy to Don Juan's ear,
delicacy - Feinheit, Zartheit, Delikatesse, Leckerbissen, Köstlichkeit
To whom she knew his mother's fame was dear.
There might be one more motive, which makes two;
Alfonso ne'er to Juan had alluded,"
alluded - angedeutet; andeuten, erwähnen
Mention'd his jealousy but never who
Had been the happy lover, he concluded,
concluded - abgeschlossen; beenden, schließen, zu Ende führen, abschließen
Conceal'd amongst his premises; 'tis true,
conceal - verbergen, verheimlichen, verschleiern, verschweigen
premises - Prämisse, Voraussetzung, Lokal
His mind the more o'er this its mystery brooded;
brooded - gegrübelt; Brut, brüten, brüten, grübeln
To speak of Inez now were, one may say,
Like throwing Juan in Alfonso's way.
throwing - Werfen; (to throw) schmeißen; (throw) Werfen; (to throw) schmeißen
A hint, in tender cases, is enough;
hint - Hinweis, Tipp, Wink, Fingerzeig
tender - zärtlich; empfindlich, Ausschreibung, Angebot, zart; andienen
cases - Fälle; Gehäuse, Prozess, Kiste, Fach
Silence is best, besides there is a tact
tact - Takt, Taktgefühl
(That modern phrase appears to me sad stuff,
stuff - Sachen, Kram, Zeug, Ding, Stoff, Material
But it will serve to keep my verse compact)"
compact - zusammengedrängt
Which keeps, when push'd by questions rather rough,
push - schieben, drängen, stoßen
rough - rau, grob, Rough
A lady always distant from the fact:
The charming creatures lie with such a grace,
creatures - Kreaturen; Wesen
There's nothing so becoming to the face.
They blush, and we believe them; at least I
Have always done so; 'tis of no great use,
In any case, attempting a reply,
attempting - versuchen, Versuch, Bestreben
For then their eloquence grows quite profuse;
eloquence - Redegewandtheit, Eloquenz, Sprachfertigkeit, Beredsamkeit
profuse - übermäßig, enorm, reichlich, üppig
And when at length they're out of breath, they sigh,
breath - Atmen, Atmung, Atemzug, Atem, Atempause
And cast their languid eyes down, and let loose
languid - träge; schwach
A tear or two, and then we make it up;
And then"and then"and then"sit down and sup.
sup - Was ist los?; schlürfen
Alfonso closed his speech, and begg'd her pardon,
Which Julia half withheld, and then half granted,
withheld - zurückhalten, einbehalten, zurückhalten, vorenthalten
And laid conditions he thought very hard on,
conditions - Bedingungen; Bedingung, Kondition, Bedingung, Voraussetzung
Denying several little things he wanted:
denying - leugnen, bestreiten, dementieren
He stood like Adam lingering near his garden,
Lingering - nachklingend, verweilend, zögernd; (linger); herumlungern
With useless penitence perplex'd and haunted,
penitence - Reue, Bußfertigkeit, Buße
haunted - spuken, verfolgen, Treffpunkt
Beseeching she no further would refuse,
beseeching - anflehend; (to beseech) ersuchen, anflehen
refuse - Müll; abweisen, verweigern, abschlagen, ablehnen
When, lo! he stumbled o'er a pair of shoes.
stumbled - gestolpert; Stolpern
A pair of shoes!"what then? not much, if they
Are such as fit with ladies'feet, but these
(No one can tell how much I grieve to say)
Were masculine; to see them, and to seize,
masculine - männlich, maskulin, Maskulinum; maskulines Genus
seize - ergreifen, fassen, packen, beschlagnahmen, erfassen
Was but a moment's act."Ah! well-a-day!
My teeth begin to chatter, my veins freeze"
chatter - klappern, schnattern, schwatzen
Alfonso first examined well their fashion,
examined - untersucht; untersuchen, untersuchen, untersuchen, prüfen
fashion - Mode; Stil; fertigen, anfertigen
And then flew out into another passion.
flew out - (fly out) ausfliegen
He left the room for his relinquish'd sword,
relinquish - verlassen, aufgeben, überlassen, abtreten, Verzicht leisten
And Julia instant to the closet flew.
instant - sofort; augenblicklich, tafelfertig, Moment
'Fly, Juan, fly! For heaven's sake"not a word"
For heaven's sake - Um Gottes willen!, Um Himmels willen!
The door is open"you may yet slip through
slip - Ausrutscher; Versprecher; Rutschen (geradeaus); Lapsus
The passage you so often have explored"
passage - Durchfahrt, Ăśbergang, Gang
explored - erforscht; erforschen, erforschen, erforschen, untersuchen
Here is the garden-key"Fly"fly"Adieu!
adieu - Adieu
Haste"haste! I hear Alfonso's hurrying feet"
hurrying - Beeilung; beeilend, eilend; (hurry); Eile; beeilen
Day has not broke"there's no one in the street:
None can say that this was not good advice,
The only mischief was, it came too late;
Of all experience 'tis the usual price,
Experience - Erlebnis, Erfahrung, Praxis
A sort of income-tax laid on by fate:
income - Einkommen
tax - strapazieren, besteuern; Steuer (auf); Abgabe, Steuer, Gebühr
laid on - aufgestrichen
Juan had reach'd the room-door in a. trice,
reach - erreichen; erzielen, greifen (nach)
trice - im Nu
And might have done so by the garden-gate,
Gate - Tor, Flugsteig, Pforte, Schranke
But met Alfonso in his dressing-gown,
dressing-gown - (dressing-gown) Morgenrock , Schlafrock , Morgenmantel ;Bademantel (Morgenmantel)
Who threaten'd death"so Juan knock'd him down.
threaten - drohen, bedrohen, androhen
knock - Klopfen; Schlag; schlagen
Dire was the scuffle, and out went the light;
dire - schrecklich; düster, böse, fatal, verzweifelt, händeringend
scuffle - ein Handgemenge; raufen; Handgemenge, Gewühl
Antonia cried out 'Rape!'and Julia 'Fire!'
rape - schänden, vergewaltigen; Raub, Raps, Vergewaltigung
But not a servant stirr'd to aid the fight.
servant - Diener, Dienerin, Lakai, Kammerdiener
stirr - rühren
aid - Hilfsmittel, Hilfe, Mithilfe; helfen, beispringen
fight - kämpfen; Kampf, Schlacht
Alfonso, pommell'd to his heart's desire,
Swore lustily he'd be revenged this night;
lustily - lüstern; geil
revenged - gerächt; Rache, rächen
And Juan, too, blasphemed an octave higher;
blasphemed - gotteslästerlich; blasphemieren, Gott lästern, lästern
octave - Oktave
His blood was up: though young, he was a Tartar,
Tartar - Weinstein
And not at all disposed to prove a martyr.
disposed - entsorgt; beseitigen, entsorgen, ordnen
martyr - Märtyrer, Märtyrerin
Alfonso's sword had dropp'd ere he could draw it,
dropp - fallen lassen
And they continued battling hand to hand,
battling - kämpfend; (battle) kämpfend
For Juan very luckily ne'er saw it;
luckily - glücklicherweise, auf glückliche Weise, mit Glück, zum Glück
His temper not being under great command,
temper - Gereiztheit, Laune, Temperament, Anlassen, Ausheizen
If at that moment he had chanced to claw it,
chanced - riskieren, zufällig geschehen; Chance, Zufall, Gelegenheit
claw - zerkratzen; Kralle, Fang (Vogelkralle), Klaue
Alfonso's days had not been in the land
Much longer."Think of husbands', lovers'lives!
And how ye may be doubly widows"wives!
doubly - zweifach; doppelt
Alfonso grappled to detain the foe,
grappled - gepackt; packen, erbeuten, anpacken; Handgemenge
foe - Feind
And Juan throttled him to get away,
throttled - erdrosselt; erdrosseln, drosseln; abdrosseln
And blood ('twas from the nose) began to flow;
flow - Wasserführung; ich flösse, ich/er/sie floss (floß
At last, as they more faintly wrestling lay,
faintly - kaum, schwach, entfernt, leicht
wrestling - Ringkampf, Ringen; (wrestle); ringen
Juan contrived to give an awkward blow,
blow - (to blow) blasen, wehen, pusten
And then his only garment quite gave way;
garment - Kleidungsstück
gave way - wich
He fled, like Joseph, leaving it; but there,
fled - geflohen; fliehen, flüchten, fliehen, entfliehen, flüchten
Joseph - Josef, Joseph, Josef, Joseph, Josef von Arimathäa
I doubt, all likeness ends between the pair.
likeness - Ähnlichkeit; Gestalt; Abbild
Lights came at length, and men, and maids, who found
An awkward spectacle their eyes before;
spectacle - Spektakel, Schauspiel
Antonia in hysterics, Julia swoon'd,
swoon - in Ohnmacht fallen; Ohnmacht, schwinden
Alfonso leaning, breathless, by the door;
leaning - (to lean) sich an etwas lehnen
breathless - atemlos
Some half-torn drapery scatter'd on the ground,
torn - zerrissen; zerreißen, ich/er/sie/es riss, riß
drapery - Drapierung; Vorhang
Some blood, and several footsteps, but no more:
Footsteps - Fußstapfen; Fußabdruck, Schritt
Juan the gate gain'd, turn'd the key about,
And liking not the inside, lock'd the out.
inside - Innenseite, Inneres, Innen-, Inner-, drinnen, hinein, innerhalb
lock - sperren; Schloss
Here ends this canto."Need I sing, or say,
How Juan naked, favour'd by the night,
naked - nackt, kahl, bloß
Who favours what she should not, found his way,
favours - Gefälligkeiten; begünstigen, bevorzugen
And reach'd his home in an unseemly plight?
unseemly - ungehörig; unpassend, unangebracht, unschicklich
The pleasant scandal which arose next day,
The nine days'wonder which was brought to light,
And how Alfonso sued for a divorce,
sued - verklagte; (sue); verklagen
Were in the English newspapers, of course.
If you would like to see the whole proceedings,
proceedings - fortsetzend, verfahrend
The depositions, and the cause at full,
The names of all the witnesses, the pleadings
pleadings - Schriftsätze; flehentlich, Verteidigungsschrift, plädierend
Of counsel to nonsuit, or to annul,
nonsuit - keine Klage
annul - aufheben; annullieren
There's more than one edition, and the readings
readings - Lesungen; Lesen
Are various, but they none of them are dull;
The best is that in short-hand ta'en by Gurney,
Gurney - Rollbahre, Tragbahre, Trage
Who to Madrid on purpose made a journey.
on purpose - gewollt
But Donna Inez, to divert the train
divert - umlenken, umleiten, ablenken, unterhalten
Of one of the most circulating scandals
circulating - umlaufen, kreisen, zirkulieren, kursieren
That had for centuries been known in Spain,
At least since the retirement of the Vandals,
retirement - Rente, Ruhestand, Lebensabend
Vandals - Vandalen; Vandale
First vow'd (and never had she vow'd in vain)
To Virgin Mary several pounds of candles;
candles - Kerzen; Kerze
And then, by the advice of some old ladies,
She sent her son to be shipp'd off from Cadiz.
She had resolved that he should travel through
travel through - Durchreisen
All European climes, by land or sea,
European - europäisch; Europäer, Europäerin
by land - auf dem Landweg
To mend his former morals, and get new,
mend - reparieren, flicken
Especially in France and Italy
(At least this is the thing most people do).
Julia was sent into a convent: she
convent - Kloster
Grieved, but, perhaps, her feelings may be better
grieved - getrauert; weh tun, kränken, bekümmern; sich grämen (über)
Shown in the following copy of her Letter:"
'They tell me 'tis decided; you depart:
depart - abreisen; verlassen, aufbrechen, abweichen
'Tis wise"'tis well, but not the less a pain;
I have no further claim on your young heart,
Mine is the victim, and would be again;
To love too much has been the only art
I used;"I write in haste, and if a stain
write in - einschreiben, einspeichern
Be on this sheet, 'tis not what it appears;
sheet - Blatt, Bogen, Blech, Platte, Lage, Schicht, Schot
My eyeballs burn and throb, but have no tears.
eyeballs - Augäpfel; Augapfel, nach Augenmaß abschätzen
burn - verbrennen; brennen, feuern, leuchten
throb - klopfen, schlagen, pochen, pulsieren, Pochen
'I loved, I love you, for this love have lost
State, station, heaven, mankind's, my own esteem,
esteem - Achtung, Ansehen, Wertschätzung, schätzen
And yet can not regret what it hath cost,
regret - bedauern, bereuen, leidtun, Reue, Bedauern
So dear is still the memory of that dream;
Yet, if I name my guilt, 'tis not to boast,
None can deem harshlier of me than I deem:
harshlier - härter; harsch
I trace this scrawl because I cannot rest"
trace - verfolgen; Zeichen, Spur
scrawl - Sudelarbeit; kritzeln
rest - Ruhe, Stütze, Lehne, ein Ăśbriges; bleiben, ruhen, ausruhen
I've nothing to reproach, or to request.
request - Anfrage; anfordern, erwünschen, verlangen nach, begehren
'Man's love is of man's life a thing apart,
'Tis woman's whole existence; man may range
existence - Existenz, Dasein
range - Reichweite; Gebirgskette, Gebirge, Gebirgszug, Herd, Spanne
The court, camp, church, the vessel, and the mart;
Court - Hof, Hofstaat, Gericht, Gerichtshof, Platz, werben
Camp - lagern, zelten, campen, kampieren; Lager
vessel - Schiff, Boot, Wasserfahrzeug, Gefäß, Behälter
mart - Handelszentrum
Sword, gown, gain, glory, offer in exchange
gown - Gewand; Umhang, Umwurf, Überwurf, Kleid, Abendkleid, Robe
Exchange - austauschen, umtauschen, tauschen
Pride, fame, ambition, to fill up his heart,
Ambition - Ehrgeiz, checkAmbition (5)
fill up - auffüllen, betanken (Kraftfahrzeug), vollfüllen
And few there are whom these cannot estrange;
estrange - entfremden
Men have all these resources, we but one,
resources - Ressourcen; Betriebsmittel, Hilfsquelle, Ressource
To love again, and be again undone.
'You will proceed in pleasure, and in pride,
Beloved and loving many; all is o'er
For me on earth, except some years to hide
My shame and sorrow deep in my heart's core;
These I could bear, but cannot cast aside
aside - beiseite, zur Seite
The passion which still rages as before"
And so farewell"forgive me, love me"No,
Farewell - Abschied nehmen; Lebewohl, Adieu, Abschied, Lebewohl sagen
forgive - vergeben, verzeihen, entschuldigen
That word is idle now"but let it go.
'My breast has been all weakness, is so yet;
weakness - Schwäche, Faible
But still I think I can collect my mind;
My blood still rushes where my spirit 's set,
rushes - eilt; stürzen, drängen, hetzen, rasen; Eile, Andrang
As roll the waves before the settled wind;
roll - Rolle, Roulade, Walze, Semmel; drehen, wälzen, wickeln, rollen
waves - Wellen; wehen, winken mit, flattern
settled - erledigt; abklären
My heart is feminine, nor can forget"
feminine - feminin, weiblich
To all, except one image, madly blind;
image - Bild, Abbild, Image, Speicherabbild, Erscheinungsbild
madly - wahnsinnig; irr, verrückt
So shakes the needle, and so stands the pole,
shakes - schüttelt; schütteln, erschüttern, schütteln, erschüttern
needle - Nadel; hänseln
pole - Pfahl; (North Pole) Nordpol
As vibrates my fond heart to my fix'd soul.
vibrates - vibriert; vibrieren, Vibration
'I have no more to say, but linger still,
And dare not set my seal upon this sheet,
seal - versiegeln; Siegel, Stempel, Seehund
And yet I may as well the task fulfil,
fulfil - erfüllen, ableisten, anfüllen, gerecht werden
My misery can scarce be more complete:
misery - Misere, Elend
I had not lived till now, could sorrow kill;
till now - bis jetzt
Death shuns the wretch who fain the blow would meet,
shuns - scheut; aus dem Weg gehen, ausweichen, meiden, scheuen
wretch - Unglückliche; das Wesen
And I must even survive this last adieu,
And bear with life, to love and pray for you!'
This note was written upon gilt-edged paper
gilt - vergoldet, vergoldete, vergolden; (gild) vergoldet, vergoldete
edged - kantig; Rand, Seite, Kante, Kante, Vorsprung, Klinge, Schneide
With a neat little crow-quill, slight and new:
crow - Krähe
quill - Kiel; Schreibfeder, Federkiel, Stift, Stachel
Her small white hand could hardly reach the taper,
hardly - hart, rau, kaum
taper - verjüngen; abdrehen (konisch), zuspitzen
It trembled as magnetic needles do,
magnetic - magnetisch; anziehend
needles - Nadeln; Nadel, Nadel, Nadel, Nadel, hänseln
And yet she did not let one tear escape her;
The seal a sun-flower; 'Elle vous suit partout,'
The motto cut upon a white cornelian;
motto - Motto, Wahlspruch
The wax was superfine, its hue vermilion.
hue - Farbe, Tönung, Geschrei, Farbton
vermilion - Zinnoberrot; Zinnober
This was Don Juan's earliest scrape; but whether
I shall proceed with his adventures is
adventures - Abenteuern; Abenteuer
Dependent on the public altogether;
dependent - abhängig, angewiesen, Unterhaltsempfänger
altogether - ganz und gar, ohne Ausnahme, ausnahmslos, insgesamt
We'll see, however, what they say to this:
Their favour in an author's cap 's a feather,
author - Autor, Autorin, Verfasser, Verfasserin
cap - Ventilkappe; Mütze, Haube, Kappe, Deckel; Laufflächenkrone
feather - eine Feder; Feder, Vogelfeder, befiedern
And no great mischief 's done by their caprice;
caprice - Launenhaftigkeit; Laune
And if their approbation we experience,
approbation - Zustimmung, Genehmigung, Billigung
Perhaps they'll have some more about a year hence.
My poem 's epic, and is meant to be
divided in twelve books; each book containing,
divided in - eingeteilt
containing - enthalten
With love, and war, a heavy gale at sea,
heavy gale - Sturmwind
A list of ships, and captains, and kings reigning,
ships - verschicken, verschiffen, abfertigen, befördern; Schiff
captains - Kapitäne; Stabshauptmann, Hauptmann, Kapitän zur See, Kapitän
reigning - herrschend; Herrschaft, Regentschaft, Regentschaft, herrschen
New characters; the episodes are three:
characters - Figur, Person, Charakter, Charakter, Original
episodes - Episoden; Episode, Episode, Folge
A panoramic view of hell 's in training,
panoramic - Panoramablick
After the style of Virgil and of Homer,
So that my name of Epic 's no misnomer.
misnomer - falsche Bezeichnung; Fehlbenennung, Fehlbezeichnung
All these things will be specified in time,
With strict regard to Aristotle's rules,
strict - streng
regard - schätzen, betrachten, berücksichtigen, achten; Aufmerksamkeit
The Vade Mecum of the true sublime,
Which makes so many poets, and some fools:
Prose poets like blank-verse, I'm fond of rhyme,
prose - Prosa
blank - ausdruckslos; unbeschrieben, unausgefüllt, Lücke, Leerzeichen
Good workmen never quarrel with their tools;
workmen - Handwerker; Arbeiter
quarrel - sich streiten, zanken
tools - Werkzeuge; Gerät
I've got new mythological machinery,
mythological - mythologisch
machinery - Maschinen; Maschinerie, maschinelle Ausrüstung
And very handsome supernatural scenery.
supernatural - übernatürlich
scenery - Landschaften; Landschaft; Kulisse
There's only one slight difference between
Me and my epic brethren gone before,
And here the advantage is my own, I ween
advantage - Vorteil; Vorzug
ween - hoffen
(Not that I have not several merits more,
merits - Verdienste; Verdienst
But this will more peculiarly be seen);
peculiarly - eigentümlich
They so embellish, that 'tis quite a bore
embellish - bereichern, schmücken, verschönern, ausschmücken, verbrämen
Their labyrinth of fables to thread through,
labyrinth - Labyrinth
thread - Thema; Faden, Garn, Zwirn, Nähgarn
Whereas this story 's actually true.
whereas - wohingegen, wogegen, während, wobei
actually - Ja, also eigentlich ...;eigentlich, wirklich, tatsächlich
If any person doubt it, I appeal
appeal - Berufung; Revision, Wirkung, Anziehungskraft; reizen, zusagen
To history, tradition, and to facts,
tradition - Tradition, Überlieferung, rimeval, early
To newspapers, whose truth all know and feel,
To plays in five, and operas in three acts;
Operas - Opern; Oper
acts - Handlungen; Handlung, Tat, Akt, Gesetz
All these confirm my statement a good deal,
But that which more completely faith exacts
completely - vollständig, völlig, ganz, vollumfänglich
exacts - exakt, genau, exakt, genau, exakt, fordern, abverlangen
Is that myself, and several now in Seville,
Saw Juan's last elopement with the devil.
elopement - Durchbrennen; Davonschleichen, Fortstehlen, Fortlaufen
If ever I should condescend to prose,
condescend - sich herablassen; herablassen; bevormunden
I'll write poetical commandments, which
poetical - poetisch
Commandments - Gebote; Gebot
Shall supersede beyond all doubt all those
That went before; in these I shall enrich
enrich - bereichern; anreichern
My text with many things that no one knows,
And carry precept to the highest pitch:
precept - Gebot, Vorschrift, Grundsatz, Maxime
pitch - werfen, festsetzen, errichten; Tonhöhe, Tonlage, Pech
I'll call the work 'Longinus o'er a Bottle,
Or, Every Poet his own Aristotle.'
Thou shalt believe in Milton, Dryden, Pope;
shalt - sollen
pope - Papst
Thou shalt not set up Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey;
Because the first is crazed beyond all hope,
crazed - durchgeknallt; Fimmel
The second drunk, the third so quaint and mouthy:
third - dritte; Dritter, Dritte, Drittel, Drittel, Terz, dreiteilen
quaint - malerisch; wunderlich, originell, anheimelnd
mouthy - mundfaul
With Crabbe it may be difficult to cope,
cope - bewältigen
And Campbell's Hippocrene is somewhat drouthy:
drouthy - vertrocknet
Thou shalt not steal from Samuel Rogers, nor
steal - stehlen, entwenden, klauen, rauben, Schnäppchen, Diebstahl
Commit"flirtation with the muse of Moore.
flirtation - Flirten; Techtelmechtel (Flirt), Flirt
Thou shalt not covet Mr. Sotheby's Muse,
covet - begehren; sehnen, checkersehnen
Mr - Herr
His Pegasus, nor anything that 's his;
Pegasus - Pegasos, Pegasus, Pegasus
Thou shalt not bear false witness like 'the Blues'
witness - etw. miterleben;erleben, bezeugen, Zeuge sein bei; miterleben
(There's one, at least, is very fond of this);
Thou shalt not write, in short, but what I choose:
This is true criticism, and you may kiss"
criticism - Kritik, Tadel
Exactly as you please, or not,"the rod;
rod - Rute; Stange, Stock, Stab, Latte
But if you don't, I'll lay it on, by G"d!
If any person should presume to assert
presume - annehmen, mutmaßen, vermuten
assert - behaupten; versichern, zusichern, beteuern
This story is not moral, first, I pray,
That they will not cry out before they're hurt,
Then that they'll read it o'er again, and say
(But, doubtless, nobody will be so pert)
doubtless - zweifelsfrei, zweifellos
pert - vorlaut; flott, lebhaft, schwungvoll, munter, keck
That this is not a moral tale, though gay;
gay - vergnügt, schwul, homosexuell, lustig, heiter
Besides, in Canto Twelfth, I mean to show
twelfth - zwölften; zwölfte
The very place where wicked people go.
If, after all, there should be some so blind
To their own good this warning to despise,
warning - Warnung, Mahnung, Achtung; (warn); warnen, mahnen
despise - verachten
Led by some tortuosity of mind,
tortuosity - Verschlungenheit; Tortuosität
Not to believe my verse and their own eyes,
And cry that they 'the moral cannot find,'
I tell him, if a clergyman, he lies;
clergyman - Pfarrer, Pastor, Kleriker, Geistlicher
lies - Lügen; (lie down) sich hinlegen
Should captains the remark, or critics, make,
remark - bemerken; Anmerkung, Bemerkung
critics - Kritiker, Kritiker, Kritikerin, Kritiker, Kritiker, Kritikerin
They also lie too"under a mistake.
The public approbation I expect,
expect - erwarten
And beg they'll take my word about the moral,
Which I with their amusement will connect
connect - verbinden; anschließen
(So children cutting teeth receive a coral);
coral - Korallen; Koralle
Meantime, they'll doubtless please to recollect
My epical pretensions to the laurel:
epical - episch
pretensions - Anmaßungen; Anspruch, Ăśberheblichkeit, Anmaßung
laurel - Lorbeer; Lorbeerkranz
For fear some prudish readers should grow skittish,
skittish - sprunghaft; scheu, schreckhaft, launisch, unberechenbar
I've bribed my grandmother's review"the British.
bribed - bestochen; Bestechungsgeld
review - Durchsicht, Nachprüfung, Überprüfung, Rezension
British - Britisch; Briten, Brite, Britin
I sent it in a letter to the Editor,
Who thank'd me duly by return of post"
by return of post - postwendend
I'm for a handsome article his creditor;
creditor - Gläubiger, Kreditor
Yet, if my gentle Muse he please to roast,
roast - braten; rösten; Braten; gebraten
And break a promise after having made it her,
Denying the receipt of what it cost,
receipt - Empfang; Einnahme; Empfangsbestätigung, Quittung, Beleg
And smear his page with gall instead of honey,
smear - Abstrich; schmieren; beschmieren; diffamieren, verleumden
gall - Galle
honey - Schatz; Honig
All I can say is"that he had the money.
I think that with this holy new alliance
holy - heilig
alliance - Allianz, Zusammenschluss, Verbund
I may ensure the public, and defy
ensure - sicherstellen, gewährleisten
defy - herausfordern, die Stirn bieten, trotzen, widersetzen, lossagen
All other magazines of art or science,
Daily, or monthly, or three monthly; I
daily - tgl, tägl. täglich, tägliche, tagtäglich
monthly - monatlich
Have not essay'd to multiply their clients,
essay - Aufsatz; Versuch, Abhandlung
multiply - multiplizieren
clients - Kunden; Endverbraucher, Konsument, Kunde, Kundin, Klient
Because they tell me 'twere in vain to try,
And that the Edinburgh Review and Quarterly
Edinburgh - Edinburg
quarterly - vierteljährlich, dreimonatlich, Vierung, quartalsweise
Treat a dissenting author very martyrly.
dissenting - abweichend; dissentieren, Dissens
martyrly - Märtyrisch
'Non ego hoc ferrem calida juventa
non - nicht..
ego - Ich, Ego
Consule Planco,'Horace said, and so
consule - Konsule
Say I; by which quotation there is meant a
quotation - Zitat; Angebot, Preisangebot
Hint that some six or seven good years ago
(Long ere I dreamt of dating from the Brenta)
dreamt - geträumt; Traum, Traum, t+Wunsch, träumen, träumen, t+wünschen
I was most ready to return a blow,
And would not brook at all this sort of thing
brook - Bach
In my hot youth"when George the Third was King.
George - Georg
But now at thirty years my hair is grey
(I wonder what it will be like at forty?
I thought of a peruke the other day)"
peruke - Perücke
My heart is not much greener; and, in short, I
Have squander'd my whole summer while 'twas May,
squander - verschwenden, vergeuden, verprassen
And feel no more the spirit to retort; I
Have spent my life, both interest and principal,
principal - Auftraggeber; hauptsächlich, Haupt-, wesentlich, Rektor
And deem not, what I deem'd, my soul invincible.
invincible - unbesiegbar
No more"no more"Oh! never more on me
The freshness of the heart can fall like dew,
freshness - Frische
dew - tauen; Tau
Which out of all the lovely things we see
lovely - schön, hübsch, wunderbar, herrlich
Extracts emotions beautiful and new,
extracts - Auszüge; Auszug, Auszug, Extrakt
emotions - Emotionen; Gefühl
Hived in our bosoms like the bag o'the bee:
hived - verselbständigt; Bienenstock
bosoms - Busen, Busen, Brust, der Busenfreund
bee - Wettbewerb, Biene
Think'st thou the honey with those objects grew?
Alas! 'twas not in them, but in thy power
To double even the sweetness of a flower.
No more"no more"Oh! never more, my heart,
Canst thou be my sole world, my universe!
universe - Universum, Weltall
Once all in all, but now a thing apart,
Thou canst not be my blessing or my curse:
blessing - Segen, Segnung, Segnen, Segnen; (bless); Segen, Segnung, Segnen
curse - verfluchen, fluchen, verdammen; Fluch
The illusion 's gone for ever, and thou art
illusion - Illusion, Wahnvorstellung, Sinnestäuschung
for ever - für immer
Insensible, I trust, but none the worse,
insensible - unempfindlich
And in thy stead I've got a deal of judgment,
stead - Stelle
judgment - Urteil; Urteilsvermögen; Beurteilung; Richtspruch
Though heaven knows how it ever found a lodgment.
lodgment - Einreichung
My days of love are over; me no more
The charms of maid, wife, and still less of widow,
Can make the fool of which they made before,"
In short, I must not lead the life I did do;
lead - führen, anführen, leiten;aus Blei;Aufmacher ;Anschlussdraht , Blei , Führung
The credulous hope of mutual minds is o'er,
credulous - leichtgläubig
mutual - wechselseitig, gegenseitig, beiderseitig, gemeinsam
The copious use of claret is forbid too,
copious - reichlich
claret - Rotwein, roter Bordeaux, weinrot, Bordeaux
So for a good old-gentlemanly vice,
gentlemanly - gentlemanlike
I think I must take up with avarice.
avarice - Geiz; Gier
Ambition was my idol, which was broken
idol - Idol, Götze
Before the shrines of Sorrow, and of Pleasure;
shrines - Schreine; Heiligtum
And the two last have left me many a token
token - Zeichen, Symbol, Andenken, Souvenir, Erinnerung, Jeton
O'er which reflection may be made at leisure:
reflection - Reflexion, Abbild, Reflektion, Abwägung
Now, like Friar Bacon's brazen head, I've spoken,
friar - Mönch, Ordensbruder
bacon - Speck
brazen - schamlos; messingen, aus Messing, Messing-, metallisch, metallen
'Time is, Time was, Time 's past:'"a chymic treasure
chymic - chymisch
Is glittering youth, which I have spent betimes"
My heart in passion, and my head on rhymes.
What is the end of Fame? 'tis but to fill
A certain portion of uncertain paper:
portion - Anteil; Teil
uncertain - unsicher
Some liken it to climbing up a hill,
liken - vergleichen
climbing up - hinaufsteigend
Whose summit, like all hills, is lost in vapour;
summit - Gipfel
hills - Hügeln; Hügel, Hang, Steigung, Steigung, Anstieg, häufeln
vapour - Wasserdampf; der Dampf
For this men write, speak, preach, and heroes kill,
preach - predigen, verkündigen
heroes - Helden; Held, Heldin, Kriegsheld, Held, Hauptfigur
And bards burn what they call their 'midnight taper,'
bards - Barden; Barde
To have, when the original is dust,
original - ursprünglich, ur-, original, originell, Original, ext
dust - Staub; entstauben, abstauben, ein Sandbad nehmen, sandbaden
A name, a wretched picture, and worse bust.
wretched - unglücklich; sehr schlecht, miserabel, wertlos
bust - Verhaftung; Pleite gehen, kaputt gehen; Busen, Büste
What are the hopes of man? Old Egypt's King
Egypt - Ägypten
Cheops erected the first pyramid
erected - errichtet; stramm (Haltung), steif; errichten
pyramid - Pyramide
And largest, thinking it was just the thing
To keep his memory whole, and mummy hid;
mummy - Mumie, Mutti; Mama, Mami, Mutti
But somebody or other rummaging,
rummaging - durchwühlen, durchwühlen, wühlen, stöbern
Burglariously broke his coffin's lid:
coffin - Sarg, einsargen
lid - Deckel
Let not a monument give you or me hopes,
monument - Denkmal, Monument
Since not a pinch of dust remains of Cheops.
pinch - kneifen, zwicken, schnappen, erwischen, Messerspitze, Prise
remains - bleibt; Überrest (2), de
But I being fond of true philosophy,
Say very often to myself, 'Alas!
All things that have been born were born to die,
And flesh (which Death mows down to hay) is grass;
mows - mäht; die Mähmaschine
Hay - Heu
grass - Gras; Rasen; Spitzel; verpfeifen
You've pass'd your youth not so unpleasantly,
unpleasantly - unangenehm
And if you had it o'er again"'twould pass"
So thank your stars that matters are no worse,
And read your Bible, sir, and mind your purse.'
Bible - Bibel
purse - Handtasche; Geldbörse, Geldbeutel
But for the present, gentle reader! and
Still gentler purchaser! the bard"that 's I"
gentler - sanfter; liebenswürdig, einfühlsam, sanftmütig, sanft
purchaser - Einkäufer; Käufer, Kunde
Must, with permission, shake you by the hand,
permission - Erlaubnis, Gestattung, Genehmigung
shake - schütteln, erschüttern, händeschütteln, Schütteln, Milchshake
And so 'Your humble servant, and good-b'ye!'
humble - bescheiden; demütig, ergeben
We meet again, if we should understand
meet again - wiedersehen
Each other; and if not, I shall not try
Your patience further than by this short sample"
'Twere well if others follow'd my example.
'Go, little book, from this my solitude!
I cast thee on the waters"go thy ways!
And if, as I believe, thy vein be good,
vein - Vene, Ader, Geäder, Goldader
The world will find thee after many days.'
When Southey's read, and Wordsworth understood,
I can't help putting in my claim to praise"
putting in - einsteckend
The four first rhymes are Southey's every line:
For God's sake, reader! take them not for mine.
O ye! who teach the ingenuous youth of nations,
Holland, France, England, Germany, or Spain,
Holland - Holland
Germany - Deutschland
I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,
flog - verhökern; peitschen
occasions - Anlässe; Gelegenheit, Gelegenheit, Anlass
It mends their morals, never mind the pain:
The best of mothers and of educations
educations - Ausbildungen; Ausbildung, Erziehung, Schulung, Unterricht
In Juan's case were but employ'd in vain,
employ - beschäftigen; einstellen, anstellen, anwerben, einsetzen
Since, in a way that 's rather of the oddest, he
oddest - das merkwürdigste; einzeln, seltsam, merkwürdig, komisch
Became divested of his native modesty.
divested - veräußert; berauben, entziehen
modesty - Bescheidenheit; Sittsamkeit
Had he but been placed at a public school,
In the third form, or even in the fourth,
His daily task had kept his fancy cool,
daily task - Tagewerk
fancy - schick; extravagant, originell
At least, had he been nurtured in the north;
nurtured - gehegt und gepflegt; Umsorgen
Spain may prove an exception to the rule,
But then exceptions always prove its worth"
exceptions - Ausnahmen; Ausnahme, Ausnahme, Ausnahme, Ausnahmebedingung
A lad of sixteen causing a divorce
lad - Junge, Knabe, Bube, Bursche, junger Mann, Stallbursche
causing - verursacht; Ursache, Anlass, Grund, Sache, verursachen
Puzzled his tutors very much, of course.
I can't say that it puzzles me at all,
puzzles - Rätsel
If all things be consider'd: first, there was
Consider - überlegen; halten; betrachten, in Betracht ziehen
His lady"mother, mathematical,
A"never mind; his tutor, an old ass;
tutor - Nachhilfelehrer; Privatunterricht geben; Lehrprogramm
ass - Arsch, Esel, Dummkopf
A pretty woman (that 's quite natural,
Or else the thing had hardly come to pass);
A husband rather old, not much in unity
unity - Einigkeit; Einheit; Identität
With his young wife"a time, and opportunity.
opportunity - Gelegenheit, Chance, Möglichkeit
Well"well, the world must turn upon its axis,
axis - Achse
And all mankind turn with it, heads or tails,
heads or tails - Kopf oder Zahl
And live and die, make love and pay our taxes,
make love - Liebe machen
taxes - Steuern; (taxi) Taxi
And as the veering wind shifts, shift our sails;
veering - (veer) drehen, umspringen; (veer) (veer) drehen, umspringen
shifts - Verschiebungen; Schicht, Verschiebung, Verlagerung, Verstellung
sails - segeln, abfahren (nach); Segel; schippern (ugs.), segeln
The king commands us, and the doctor quacks us,
commands - Befehl, Kommando
quacks - Quacksalber, Kurpfuscher, quaken; plappern
The priest instructs, and so our life exhales,
instructs - anweist; instruieren, briefen, anweisen
exhales - ausatmet; ausatmen
A little breath, love, wine, ambition, fame,
Fighting, devotion, dust,"perhaps a name.
fighting - (fight) kämpfen, sich streiten; (fight) (fight) kämpfen
I said that Juan had been sent to Cadiz"
A pretty town, I recollect it well"
'Tis there the mart of the colonial trade is
Colonial - kolonial
trade - Handel, Kommerz, Geschäft, Tausch, Facharbeiter, Handwerk
(Or was, before Peru learn'd to rebel),
Peru - Peru
rebel - rebellieren; Rebell; auflehnen, aufbäumen
And such sweet girls"I mean, such graceful ladies,
graceful - anmutig, ansprechend, elegant, graziös
Their very walk would make your bosom swell;
swell - anschwellen; Schwellen
I can't describe it, though so much it strike,
strike - streichen; schlagen; prägen; streiken; scheinen; die Fahne streichen; Strike; Streik; Schlag
Nor liken it"I never saw the like:
An Arab horse, a stately stag, a barb
Arab - arabisch, Araber-, Araber, Araberin
stately - stattlich
stag - Junggeselle; Hirsch, Hirschbock, Rothirsch, Fohlen
barb - Barbe; Widerhaken
New broke, a cameleopard, a gazelle,
cameleopard - Kameleopard
gazelle - Gazelle
No"none of these will do;"and then their garb!
garb - Gewandung; Tracht, Gewand
Their veil and petticoat"Alas! to dwell
petticoat - Petticoat; Unterrock
dwell - leben, verbleiben, wohnen, verweilen
Upon such things would very near absorb
absorb - absorbieren, aufnehen
A canto"then their feet and ankles,"well,
ankles - Knöchel, Fußknöchel
Thank Heaven I've got no metaphor quite ready
metaphor - Metapher
(And so, my sober Muse"come, let 's be steady"
Chaste Muse!"well, if you must, you must)"the veil
thrown back a moment with the glancing hand,
thrown back - zurückgeworfen
glancing - blickend; (glance); blicken; Blick, Streifblick, Glanz
While the o'erpowering eye, that turns you pale,
erpowering - ermächtigend
Flashes into the heart:"All sunny land
flashes - blinkt; aufleuchten, blitzen, aufflammen
Of love! when I forget you, may I fail
fail - mangelhaft (Zensur 5)
To"say my prayers"but never was there plann'd
prayers - Gebete; (the Lord's Prayer) Paternoster
plann - planen
A dress through which the eyes give such a volley,
volley - Salve; Volley
Excepting the Venetian Fazzioli.
venetian - venezianisch; Venezianer, Venezianerin
But to our tale: the Donna Inez sent
Her son to Cadiz only to embark;
embark - einsteigen; einschiffen, an Bord gehen, beginnen, antreten
To stay there had not answer'd her intent,
But why?"we leave the reader in the dark"
'Twas for a voyage that the young man was meant,
Voyage - Die Reise; Reise
As if a Spanish ship were Noah's ark,
ship - verschicken, verschiffen, abfertigen, befördern; Schiff
ark - Arche
To wean him from the wickedness of earth,
wean - entwöhnen
wickedness - Bösartigkeit; Bosheit
And send him like a dove of promise forth.
dove - Taube; (dive) Taube
Don Juan bade his valet pack his things
bade - geboten
valet - Kammerdiener, Putzer, Leibdiener
According to direction, then received
direction - Richtung; Führung; Regie
A lecture and some money: for four springs
He was to travel; and though Inez grieved
(As every kind of parting has its stings),
stings - sticht; Stachel, brennender Schmerz, Stich; schmerzlich treffen
She hoped he would improve"perhaps believed:
A letter, too, she gave (he never read it)
Of good advice"and two or three of credit.
credit - Kredit; annehmen, für bare Münze nehmen, gutschreiben
In the mean time, to pass her hours away,
Brave Inez now set up a sunday school
sunday school - Sonntagsschule
For naughty children, who would rather play
(Like truant rogues) the devil, or the fool;
rogues - Schurken; Schurke, Lümmel, Strolch, Vagabund, Landstreicher
Infants of three years old were taught that day,
infants - Kleinkinder; Säugling, Wickelkind
Dunces were whipt, or set upon a stool:
dunces - Dummköpfe; Dummkopf, Schwachkopf, Dämel, Einfaltspinsel
whipt - gepeitscht
stool - Stuhl, Kot, Hocker
The great success of Juan's education,
Spurr'd her to teach another generation.
Juan embark'd"the ship got under way,
The wind was fair, the water passing rough:
A devil of a sea rolls in that bay,
rolls - Brötchen; Rolle, Roulade, Walze, Semmel; drehen, wälzen
As I, who've cross'd it oft, know well enough;
And, standing upon deck, the dashing spray
deck - Verdeck; jdm. eine knallen
dashing - schneidig; Bindestrich, Gedankenstrich, Querstrich, Strich
spray - Sprühwasser, Gischt; bestäuben (bestäubt), sprühen, spritzen
Flies in one's face, and makes it weather-tough:
tough - hart; zäh; widerstandsfähig; knifflig, schwierig, Pech
And there he stood to take, and take again,
His first"perhaps his last"farewell of Spain.
I can't but say it is an awkward sight
To see one's native land receding through
native land - Heimatland
receding - zurückgehen; zurücktreten
The growing waters; it unmans one quite,
unmans - entmutigen, entmannen
Especially when life is rather new:
I recollect Great Britain's coast looks white,
Great Britain - Großbritannien;GB Großbritannien
coast - Küste
But almost every other country 's blue,
When gazing on them, mystified by distance,
mystified - verblüfft; verblüffen, irritieren
We enter on our nautical existence.
enter - reingehen, hineingehen, hereingehen, eintreten
nautical - nautisch
So Juan stood, bewilder'd on the deck:
bewilder - verwirren, durcheinanderbringen
The wind sung, cordage strain'd, and sailors swore,
cordage - Tauwerk, Fasertauwerk
strain - Belastung; Spannung, starke Inanspruchnahme, Zug; anstrengen
Sailors - Matrosen; Matrose, Matrosin, Seemann, Seefrau, Seemännin
And the ship creak'd, the town became a speck,
creak - Knarren, Quietschen
speck - Fleckchen
From which away so fair and fast they bore.
The best of remedies is a beef-steak
remedies - Gegenmittel
beef - Rindfleisch, Ochsenfleisch, Groll, heftige Verärgerung, Rochus
steak - Steak, Beefsteak, Lendenschnitte
Against sea-sickness: try it, sir, before
sickness - Krankheit; Übelkeit
You sneer, and I assure you this is true,
sneer - spotten; Spott; grinsen, spötteln
assure - sichern; versichern
For I have found it answer"so may you.
Don Juan stood, and, gazing from the stern,
stern - ernst, Heck
Beheld his native Spain receding far:
beheld - gesehen; betrachten, sehen, schauen, anschauen, ansehen
First partings form a lesson hard to learn,
partings - Abschiede; Abschied, Scheitel, Haarscheitel, qualifier
Even nations feel this when they go to war;
There is a sort of unexprest concern,
unexprest - Unerschrockenheit
A kind of shock that sets one's heart ajar:
shock - Schock, Betroffenheit, Empörung, Schlag, Stoß
ajar - angelehnt; halboffen, einen Spalt offen
At leaving even the most unpleasant people
most unpleasant - unangenehmste
And places, one keeps looking at the steeple.
steeple - Kirchturm
But Juan had got many things to leave,
His mother, and a mistress, and no wife,
So that he had much better cause to grieve
Than many persons more advanced in life;
advanced - fortgeschritten; erhöhen, erheben, befördern, vorrücken
And if we now and then a sigh must heave
heave - heben, hieven, werfen, wuchten, schleudern
At quitting even those we quit in strife,
quitting - aufhören; verlassen; aufgeben, verlassen
No doubt we weep for those the heart endears"
That is, till deeper griefs congeal our tears.
griefs - Kummer, Gram, Leid
congeal - erstarren; gerinnen, koagulieren
So Juan wept, as wept the captive Jews
captive - Gefangener, Gefangene
Jews - Juden; Jude, Jüdin, Jude, Jüdin
By Babel's waters, still remembering Sion:
I'd weep,"but mine is not a weeping Muse,
weeping - weinen; .; (weep) weinen
And such light griefs are not a thing to die on;
Young men should travel, if but to amuse
amuse - amüsieren, vergnügen, belustigen, erheitern
Themselves; and the next time their servants tie on
tie - Unentschieden; zusammenbinden
Behind their carriages their new portmanteau,
carriages - Kutschen; Kutsche, Gang, Haltung, Wagen, Frachtgeld
portmanteau - Handkoffer
Perhaps it may be lined with this my canto.
And Juan wept, and much he sigh'd and thought,
While his salt tears dropp'd into the salt sea,
'Sweets to the sweet'(I like so much to quote;
sweets - Süßigkeiten; Süßigkeit, Bonbon
You must excuse this extract, 'tis where she,
extract - Auszug; Extrakt; entnehmen, herausziehen, entziehen
The Queen of Denmark, for Ophelia brought
Queen - Königin; Dame; Tunte; Kätzin
Denmark - Dänemark
Flowers to the grave); and, sobbing often, he
sobbing - Schluchzen; (sob); Huso
Reflected on his present situation,
reflected - reflektiert; reflektieren, zurückspiegeln, spiegeln
And seriously resolved on reformation.
seriously - ernst, ernsthaft
'Farewell, my Spain! a long farewell!'he cried,
'Perhaps I may revisit thee no more,
revisit - wieder besuchen
But die, as many an exiled heart hath died,
Of its own thirst to see again thy shore:
thirst - Durst; dürsten
Farewell, where Guadalquivir's waters glide!
glide - gleiten; gleiten lassen
Farewell, my mother! and, since all is o'er,
Farewell, too, dearest Julia!"(Here he drew
Her letter out again, and read it through.)
'And, oh! if e'er I should forget, I swear"
swear - schwören
But that 's impossible, and cannot be"
impossible - unmöglich
Sooner shall this blue ocean melt to air,
melt - Schmelze; Schmelzwasser; schmelzen, zum Schmelzen bringen
Sooner shall earth resolve itself to sea,
resolve - auflösen, beschließen
Than I resign thine image, oh, my fair!
resign - zurücktreten; aufgeben, resignieren, abdanken, verzichten (auf)
Or think of any thing excepting thee;
A mind diseased no remedy can physic
diseased - erkrankt; Krankheit, qualifier
physic - physisch; Abführmittel
(Here the ship gave a lurch, and he grew sea-sick).
lurch - torkeln, taumeln
'Sooner shall heaven kiss earth (here he fell sicker),
O, Julia! what is every other wo?
(For God's sake let me have a glass of liquor;
liquor - Schnaps; Spirituose
Pedro, Battista, help me down below.)
Julia, my love! (you rascal, Pedro, quicker)"
rascal - Schlingel; Gauner, Strolch, Bösewicht, Schurke, Bengel
O, Julia! (this curst vessel pitches so)"
pitches - Tonhöhen; werfen, festsetzen, errichten; Tonhöhe, Tonlage, Pech
Beloved Julia, hear me still beseeching!'
(Here he grew inarticulate with retching.)
inarticulate - sprachlos, unfähig zu sprechen, undeutlich, unartikuliert
retching - Würgereiz; würgen
He felt that chilling heaviness of heart,
chilling - Abkühlung; Kälte verbreitend; (chill) Abkühlung; Kälte verbreitend
heaviness - Schwere
Or rather stomach, which, alas! attends,
stomach - Magen; Bauch
attends - teilnimmt; (to attend) mit etwas verbunden sein
Beyond the best apothecary's art,
apothecary - Apothekerin
The loss of love, the treachery of friends,
loss of love - Liebesverlust
treachery - Verrat
Or death of those we dote on, when a part
dote - schwärmen, vernarrt sein, einen Narren fressen, verhätscheln
Of us dies with them as each fond hope ends:
No doubt he would have been much more pathetic,
pathetic - erbärmlich
But the sea acted as a strong emetic. I
acted - gehandelt; Handlung, Tat, Akt, Gesetz
emetic - emetisch; Emetikum, Brechmittel
Love 's a capricious power: I've known it hold
capricious - kapriziös, launenhaft, unberechenbar, schrullig
Out through a fever caused by its own heat,
caused - verursacht; Ursache, Anlass, Grund, Sache, verursachen
heat - Hitze, Wärme
But be much puzzled by a cough and cold,
cough - husten; Husten
And find a quincy very hard to treat;
Against all noble maladies he 's bold,
maladies - Krankheiten; Krankheit, Übel
bold - kräftig, kühn, klar, keck, heftig, deutlich, fett
But vulgar illnesses don't like to meet,
vulgar - vulgär, unfein, ungebildet, unanständig
illnesses - Krankheiten; Krankheit
Nor that a sneeze should interrupt his sigh,
sneeze - niesen; Niesen
interrupt - unterbrechen
Nor inflammations redden his blind eye.
inflammations - Entzündungen; Entzündung, Entzündung
redden - erröten
But worst of all is nausea, or a pain
nausea - Übelkeit; Ekel
About the lower region of the bowels;
lower - niedriger, niedrigerer, ausfahren (Fahrgestell); abdämpfen
region - Gegend, Region, Raum, Gebiet, Bezirk
bowels - Därme; Dickdarm, Darm, Inneres
Love, who heroically breathes a vein,
heroically - heldenhaft
Shrinks from the application of hot towels,
shrinks - schrumpft; schrumpfen, schrumpfen, abnehmen, drücken
application - Anwendung; Anwendung, Applikation, App, Antrag, Bewerbung
towels - Handtücher; Handtuch
And purgatives are dangerous to his reign,
purgatives - Abführmittel; abführend
reign - Herrschaft, Regentschaft, herrschen, regieren
Sea-sickness death: his love was perfect, how else
Could Juan's passion, while the billows roar,
billows - Woge, wabern, wogen, bauschen
roar - brüllen; Tosen; Brüllen; Aufheulen
resist his stomach, ne'er at sea before?
resist - widerstehen, erwehren;gegen etw. bestehen
The ship, call'd the most holy 'Trinidada,'
Was steering duly for the port Leghorn;
steering - Lenkung; (steer); Lenkung
port - Schlitz, Backbord, Portwein, Hafen; portieren, übertragen
Leghorn - Leghorn
For there the Spanish family Moncada
Were settled long ere Juan's sire was born:
They were relations, and for them he had a
Letter of introduction, which the morn
introduction - Einführung; Vorstellung
morn - Morgens; der Morgen
Of his departure had been sent him by
departure - Abreise; Abfahrt
His Spanish friends for those in Italy.
His suite consisted of three servants and
suite - Suite
consisted - bestand; zusammensetzend, besteht aus; bestehen (aus)
A tutor, the licentiate Pedrillo,
licentiate - lizenziert
Who several languages did understand,
But now lay sick and speechless on his pillow,
speechless - sprachlos, fassungslos, stumm
And rocking in his hammock, long'd for land,
Rocking - Kipphebel, schaukelnd; (roc) Kipphebel, schaukelnd
hammock - Hängematte; Bauminsel
His headache being increased by every billow;
headache - Kopfschmerzen, Kopfweh, Kopfschmerz
increased - erhöht; zunehmen, steigen, ansteigen, wachsen, anwachsen
billow - Woge; wabern, wogen, bauschen
And the waves oozing through the port-hole made
oozing - sickern, strotzen vor/von; Schlamm
hole - Bohrung, Markierung, Höhle, Loch
His berth a little damp, and him afraid.
berth - Koje, Schlafplatz, Landungsplatz, Ladeplatz, Liegeplatz
damp - feucht; Feuchtigkeit; ersticken, dämpfen
'Twas not without some reason, for the wind
Increased at night, until it blew a gale;
blew - geblasen; (to blow) blasen, wehen, pusten
And though 'twas not much to a naval mind,
Some landsmen would have look'd a little pale,
landsmen - Landsmänner; Landbewohner
For sailors are, in fact, a different kind:
At sunset they began to take in sail,
sunset - Sonnenuntergang; Lebensabend
sail - segeln, abfahren (nach); Segel; schippern (ugs.), segeln
For the sky show'd it would come on to blow,
And carry away, perhaps, a mast or so.
carry away - mitreißen, davontragen, abtragen
mast - Mast
At one o'clock the wind with sudden shift
shift - Schicht; Verschiebung, Verlagerung, Verstellung, Gangschaltung
Threw the ship right into the trough of the sea,
trough of the sea - Wellental
Which struck her aft, and made an awkward rift,
struck - angeschlagen; streichen, schlagen, prägen, streiken, scheinen
aft - achtern; hinten
rift - Riss, Spalte
Started the stern-post, also shatter'd the
shatter - zerbrechen; zum Zerspringen bringen, zerschmettern
Whole of her stern-frame, and, ere she could lift
frame - ausarbeiten, entwerfen, einfassen, einrahmen, festlegen
lift - Lüften (Bremse), Lift, Aufzug; fördern, Auftrieb geben, heben
Herself from out her present jeopardy,
jeopardy - Gefährdung; Gefahr, Risiko
The rudder tore away: 'twas time to sound
rudder - Ruder, Steuer, Steuerruder; (rud); Ruder, Steuer, Steuerruder
tore - gerissen; (to tear) zerreißen, reißen
The pumps, and there were four feet water found.
pumps - Pumps; Pumpe; aufpumpen, pumpen
One gang of people instantly was put
gang - Clique, Bande, Rotte, Gruppe; abgleichen
instantly - sofort; unmittelbar
Upon the pumps and the remainder set
remainder - Rest, Teilungsrest, Restposten, runtersetzen
To get up part of the cargo, and what not;
cargo - Fracht, Ladung, Cargo
But they could not come at the leak as yet;
leak - undicht
At last they did get at it really, but
Still their salvation was an even bet:
Salvation - Erlösung, Rettung
bet - Wetteinsatz, wetten, Wette; riskieren
The water rush'd through in a way quite puzzling,
rush - stürzen, drängen, hetzen, rasen; Eile, Andrang
While they thrust sheets, shirts, jackets, bales of muslin,
thrust - Stoß, Stich, Vorstoß, Schub, Schubkraft
sheets - Blätter; Blatt
bales - bündeln; Ballen, Pack, Bündel
Into the opening; but all such ingredients
ingredients - Inhaltsstoffe; Bestandteil, Ingredienz, Inhaltsstoff, Zutat
Would have been vain, and they must have gone down,
Despite of all their efforts and expedients,
despite - trotz
expedients - Hilfsmittel; angebracht, opportun, hilfreich, passend
But for the pumps: I'm glad to make them known
Glad - Erfreut; freudig, froh
To all the brother tars who may have need hence,
tars - teeren; Teer
For fifty tons of water were upthrown
tons - Tonnen; Tonne (Massemaß)
By them per hour, and they had all been undone,
per - je, pro, für, per
But for the maker, Mr. Mann, of London.
As day advanced the weather seem'd to abate,
abate - nachlassen; vermindern, verzehren (Rauch), verringern
And then the leak they reckon'd to reduce,
reckon - meinen Sie; rechnen, damit rechnen, zählen
reduce - reduzieren, herabsetzen, vermindern, abnehmen, checkreduzieren
And keep the ship afloat, though three feet yet
afloat - schwimmend; schuldenfrei, über Wasser
Kept two hand and one chain-pump still in use.
pump - Pumps; Pumpe; aufpumpen, pumpen
in use - gebräuchlich
The wind blew fresh again: as it grew late
A squall came on, and while some guns broke loose,
squall - schreien; Böe, Sturmböe
guns - Pistolen; Geschütz, Gewehr, Knarre, Revolver
A gust"which all descriptive power transcends"
gust - Böe; Windstoß, Bö
descriptive - beschreibend
transcends - transzendiert; ubersteigen
Laid with one blast the ship on her beam ends.
blast - schlagen, vernichten, sprengen; mit Wucht schießen; Bö
There she lay motionless, and seem'd upset;
motionless - unbeweglich, reglos, bewegungslos
upset - verärgert; aufgebracht, aufgewühlt, verstimmt, gereizt, nervös
The water left the hold, and wash'd the decks,
decks - Verdeck; jdm. eine knallen
And made a scene men do not soon forget;
scene - Szene
For they remember battles, fires, and wrecks,
battles - Schlachten; sich schlagen, kämpfen; Schlacht
wrecks - Wracks; Wrack
Or any other thing that brings regret,
Or breaks their hopes, or hearts, or heads, or necks:
necks - Hälse; knutschen; Genick, Zapfen (Wellenhals), Nacken
Thus drownings are much talk'd of by the divers,
drownings - Ertrinken
divers - Taucher, Taucherin
And swimmers, who may chance to be survivors.
swimmers - Schwimmer, Schwimmerin
chance - riskieren, zufällig geschehen; Chance, Zufall, Gelegenheit
survivors - Überlebender, Überlebende, Überlebenskünstler, harter Knochen
Immediately the masts were cut away,
immediately - sofort, alsbald, unverzüglich, auf der Stelle
masts - Masten; Mast
Both main and mizen; first the mizen went,
mizen - Besanmast
The main-mast follow'd: but the ship still lay
Like a mere log, and baffled our intent.
mere - einfach; nur, schier, bloß
log - Logbuch; Log, Holzklotz, Kloben (Holzklotz); aufzeichnen
baffled - verblüfft; verblüffen, verdutzen, verwirren, ratlos machen
Foremast and bowsprit were cut down, and they
foremast - Fockmast
bowsprit - Bugspriet
cut down - umgehaut;(Baum) fällen;(Ausgaben) einschränken
Eased her at last (although we never meant
eased - gelockert; EAS
To part with all till every hope was blighted),
And then with violence the old ship righted.
It may be easily supposed, while this
supposed - angenommen; annehmen, vermuten, vermeinen, vermuten, annehmen
Was going on, some people were unquiet,
That passengers would find it much amiss
passengers - Passagiere; Passagier, Passagierin, Fahrgast, Fahrgästin
To lose their lives, as well as spoil their diet;
That even the able seaman, deeming his
able seaman - Gefreite (Marine)
Days nearly o'er, might be disposed to riot,
riot - Aufruhr, Tumult, Krawall, Randale
As upon such occasions tars will ask
For grog, and sometimes drink rum from the cask.
grog - Grog; Schamotte
rum - Rum
cask - Fass, Tonne
There's nought, no doubt, so much the spirit calms
calms - beruhigt; ruhig, ruhig, windstill, Ruhe, Windstille, beruhigen
As rum and true religion: thus it was,
Some plunder'd, some drank spirits, some sung psalms,
plunder - ausplündern, ausbeuten, Plünderung, Beute, Raubgut
spirits - Geister; Geist, Seele, Geist, Stimmung, Schnaps, qualifier
Psalms - Psalmen; Psalm, Psalm
The high wind made the treble, and as bas
treble - verdreifachen; Stäbchen (beim Häkeln), dreifach
The hoarse harsh waves kept time; fright cured the qualms
hoarse - heiser
harsh - rau, harsch, unwirsch, scharf
cured - geheilt; Köter, Köter
qualms - Gewissensbisse-p, Skrupel, de
Of all the luckless landsmen's sea-sick maws:
luckless - erfolglos; glücklos
maws - Maulwürfe; Labmagen
Strange sounds of wailing, blasphemy, devotion,
wailing - (to wail) jammern, wehklagen, klagen; (wail) (to wail) jammern
blasphemy - Blasphemie, Gotteslästerung
Clamour'd in chorus to the roaring ocean.
clamour - zetern; Geschrei, Aufschrei, Lärm
chorus - Chor; Refrain, Kehrreim, Chorus
roaring - brüllend; Gebrüll; (roar); brüllen; Tosen; Brüllen; Aufheulen
Perhaps more mischief had been done, but for
Our Juan, who, with sense beyond his years,
Got to the spirit-room, and stood before
It with a pair of pistols; and their fears,
pistols - Pistolen; Pistole, Faustfeuerwaffe, Zündpistole
As if Death were more dreadful by his door
more dreadful - schauderhaftere
Of fire than water, spite of oaths and tears,
spite - Bosheit; trotz
oaths - Eide; Eid, Schwur, Eid, Fluch, erman:
Kept still aloof the crew, who, ere they sunk,
aloof - unnahbar; (ein Stück) entfernt, auf (etwas) Abstand
crew - Mannschaft, Crew
sunk - versenkt; nachlassen, untergehen, abgesackt
Thought it would be becoming to die drunk.
'Give us more grog,'they cried, 'for it will be
All one an hour hence.'Juan answer'd, 'No!
'Tis true that death awaits both you and me,
awaits - erwartet; erwarten, harren, warten
But let us die like men, not sink below
sink - Waschbecken; sinken; senken, versenken, Spüle, Spülbecken
Like brutes;'"and thus his dangerous post kept he,
brutes - Bestien; Tier, brutaler Kerl, brutal, Vieh
And none liked to anticipate the blow;
anticipate - antizipieren; vorgreifen; voraussehen, vorausahnen
And even Pedrillo, his most reverend tutor,
Was for some rum a disappointed suitor.
suitor - Freier, Liebeswerber
The good old gentleman was quite aghast,
aghast - verblüfft; bestürzt, zutiefst erschrocken, fassungslos
And made a loud and pious lamentation;
pious - fromm, pietätvoll, scheinheilig
lamentation - Wehklagen; Wehklage, Klage
Repented all his sins, and made a last
sins - Sünden; Sünde, sündigen; eine Sünde begehen
Irrevocable vow of reformation;
irrevocable - unwiderruflich
Nothing should tempt him more (this peril past)
tempt - in Versuchung führen, versuchen, locken
peril - Gefahr, Risiko
To quit his academic occupation,
quit - kündigen; verlassen; aufgeben, verlassen
academic - Akademiker; akademisch; intellektuell
occupation - Beschäftigung, Beruf, Besatzung; Besetzung; q
In cloisters of the classic Salamanca,
cloisters - Klöster; Kreuzgang, Kloster
To follow Juan's wake, like Sancho Panca.
But now there came a flash of hope once more;
Day broke, and the wind lull'd: the masts were gone,
The leak increased; shoals round her, but no shore,
shoals - Untiefen; Schar, Untiefe
The vessel swam, yet still she held her own.
They tried the pumps again, and though before
Their desperate efforts seem'd all useless grown,
desperate - verzweifelt bemüht, sehnsuchtsvoll verlangend, aussichtslos
A glimpse of sunshine set some hands to bale"
Glimpse - Ein Blick; Blick; Aufblitzen, Aufleuchten, Schimmer, entdecken
sunshine - Sonnenschein
bale - bündeln; Ballen, Pack, Bündel
The stronger pump'd, the weaker thrumm'd a sail.
weaker - schwächer; schwach, schwach, schwach, out, unschön, häßlich
thrumm - Summen
Under the vessel's keel the sail was past,
keel - Kiel
And for the moment it had some effect;
effect - Auswirkung, Eindruck, Effekt, Kraft
But with a leak, and not a stick of mast,
stick - stich!, ich/er/sie stäche, ich/er/sie stach; Schläger
Nor rag of canvas, what could they expect?
canvas - Leinwand, Segeltuch
But still 'tis best to struggle to the last,
Struggle - Kämpfen; Kampf, Gefecht, sich durchbeißen, sich schwer tun
'Tis never too late to be wholly wreck'd:
wreck - Wrack, Schrott, Schrotthaufen, Schrottkiste, Zusammenstoß
And though 'tis true that man can only die once,
'Tis not so pleasant in the Gulf of Lyons.
Gulf - Golf, Meerbusen
Lyons - Lyon
There winds and waves had hurl'd them, and from thence,
hurl - kotzen; schleudern
thence - von dort aus; daher
Without their will, they carried them away;
For they were forced with steering to dispense,
dispense - ausgeben, austeilen, verteilen, dosieren, ausstellen
And never had as yet a quiet day
On which they might repose, or even commence
commence - anfangen, beginnen
A jurymast or rudder, or could say
The ship would swim an hour, which, by good luck,
luck - Glück
Still swam"though not exactly like a duck.
Duck - untertauchen (in); Schiertuch, Ente, Segeltuch; kneifen
The wind, in fact, perhaps was rather less,
But the ship labour'd so, they scarce could hope
To weather out much longer; the distress
distress - Kummer, Bedrängnis, Drangsal, Bekümmerung, Not
Was also great with which they had to cope
For want of water, and their solid mess
solid - fest, massiv, kompakt, deftig, solide, robust, bündig
mess - Chaos; Unordnung, Kuddelmuddel, Schlamassel
Was scant enough: in vain the telescope
scant - spärlich, gering, dürftig, knapp
telescope - Teleskop, Fernrohr
Was used"nor sail nor shore appear'd in sight,
Nought but the heavy sea, and coming night.
Again the weather threaten'd,"again blew
A gale, and in the fore and after hold
fore - vorn
Water appear'd; yet, though the people knew
All this, the most were patient, and some bold,
patient - geduldig; Patient, Patientin, Kranker, Kranke, Patiens
Until the chains and leathers were worn through
leathers - Leder
Of all our pumps:"a wreck complete she roll'd,
At mercy of the waves, whose mercies are
mercy - Barmherzigkeit, Erbarmen, Gnade, Mitleid
mercies - Barmherzigkeit, Erbarmen
Like human beings during civil war.
beings - Wesen
civil - zivil, bürgerlich, zivilisiert
Then came the carpenter, at last, with tears
Carpenter - Schreiner; Zimmermann, Zimmerfrau
In his rough eyes, and told the captain he
captain - Stabshauptmann, Kapitän zur See, Kapitän, Flugkapitän
Could do no more: he was a man in years,
And long had voyaged through many a stormy sea,
voyaged - reiste; Reise
stormy sea - aufgewühlte See
And if he wept at length, they were not fears
That made his eyelids as a woman's be,
eyelids - Augenlider; Augenlid
But he, poor fellow, had a wife and children,"
Two things for dying people quite bewildering.
bewildering - verwirrend; verwirren, durcheinanderbringen
The ship was evidently settling now
evidently - offensichtlich
settling - sich niederlassen; (settle) sich beruhigen, sich legen
Fast by the head; and, all distinction gone,
distinction - Unterscheidung; Unterschied; Auszeichnung
Some went to prayers again, and made a vow
Of candles to their saints"but there were none
To pay them with; and some look'd o'er the bow;
Some hoisted out the boats; and there was one
hoisted - hochgezogen; hochziehen, hissen, Hebezeug
That begg'd Pedrillo for an absolution,
absolution - Absolution
Who told him to be damn'd"in his confusion.
Some lash'd them in their hammocks; some put on
lash - Peitsche, Wimper; anbinden
hammocks - Hängematten; Hängematte, Bauminsel
Their best clothes, as if going to a fair;
Some cursed the day on which they saw the sun,
cursed - verflucht, verfluchte; (curs) verflucht, verfluchte
And gnash'd their teeth, and, howling, tore their hair;
gnash - knirschen
howling - brüllen, heulen, niederschreien; (howl); Heulen, jaulen
And others went on as they had begun,
Getting the boats out, being well aware
That a tight boat will live in a rough sea,
tight - knapp, eng, dicht, tight, fest
rough sea - hoher Seegang
Unless with breakers close beneath her lee.
breakers - Unterbrecher; Zwischenbau (Diagonal); Ă–ffnerkontakt am Relais
Lee - Windschatten, Lee, Schutz
The worst of all was, that in their condition,
Having been several days in great distress,
'Twas difficult to get out such provision
provision - Bestimmung; Vorrat
As now might render their long suffering less:
Men, even when dying, dislike inanition;
dislike - Abneigung; Unbehagen; ablehnen
Their stock was damaged by the weather's stress:
stock - in Bausch und Bogen, Aktien, Inventar
damaged - beschädigt; Schaden, Schaden, beschädigen
stress - Spannung; Stress; Betonung; beanspruchen; stressen; betonen
Two casks of biscuit and a keg of butter
casks - Fässer; Fass
biscuit - Kekse; Keks
keg - ein Fass; Fass
Were all that could be thrown into the cutter.
But in the long-boat they contrived to stow
Stow - packen (verstauen)
Some pounds of bread, though injured by the wet;
wet - nass, feucht, befeuchten, durchnässen, nass machen
Water, a twenty-gallon cask or so;
gallon - Gallone
Six flasks of wine; and they contrived to get
flasks - Fläschchen; Flasche, Flachmann, Taschenflasche, Kolben, Flakon
A portion of their beef up from below,
And with a piece of pork, moreover, met,
pork - Schweinefleisch, Schwein
Moreover - außerdem, überdies, des Weiteren, obendrein
But scarce enough to serve them for a luncheon"
luncheon - Mittagessen; Lunch, Mittagsessen, Mittagsrunde
Then there was rum, eight gallons in a puncheon.
gallons - Gallonen; Gallone, Gallone
The other boats, the yawl and pinnace, had
Been stove in the beginning of the gale;
stove - einschlagen, Küchenherd, abwehren
And the long-boat's condition was but bad,
As there were but two blankets for a sail,
blankets - Decke, Wolldecke, Bettdecke, Schicht, Lage, allgemein
And one oar for a mast, which a young lad
threw in by good luck over the ship's rail;
threw in - (throw in) als Zugabe geben, einwerfen
rail - Gleis, Schiene, Reling, Geländer
And two boats could not hold, far less be stored,
stored - gespeichert; Lager
To save one half the people then on board.
board - Brett, Tafel
'Twas twilight, and the sunless day went down
twilight - Dämmerung, Zwielicht, Halbdunkel
sunless - ohne Sonne; sonnenlos
Over the waste of waters; like a veil,
waste - Abfall; verschwenden
Which, if withdrawn, would but disclose the frown
withdrawn - zurückgezogen; annullieren, entziehen, abziehen, ausscheiden
disclose - offenlegen; enthüllen; veröffentlichen, bekanntgeben
Of one whose hate is mask'd but to assail,
mask - Maske; abkleben (zum Schutz); abdecken, maskieren
assail - angreifen
Thus to their hopeless eyes the night was shown,
hopeless - hoffnungslos
And grimly darkled o'er the faces pale,
grimly - grimmig
And the dim desolate deep: twelve days had Fear
Been their familiar, and now Death was here.
familiar - vertraut; bekannt
Some trial had been making at a raft,
raft - Floß, Holzfloß
With little hope in such a rolling sea,
rolling - rollend, Walzen; (roll) rollend, Walzen
A sort of thing at which one would have laugh'd,
If any laughter at such times could be,
laughter - Gelächter, Lachen
Unless with people who too much have quaff'd,
quaff - zechen
And have a kind of wild and horrid glee,
glee - Frohsinn; Fröhlichkeit
Half epileptical and half hysterical:"
epileptical - epileptisch
hysterical - hysterisch
Their preservation would have been a miracle.
preservation - Erhaltung
miracle - ein Wunder; Wunder, Mirakel
At half-past eight o'clock, booms, hencoops, spars,
booms - Konjunktur, Ausleger (Kran), Baum; dröhnen, boomen
spars - Holme; (spar) Holm (Rotorblatt); (Spar) Holme; (spar) Holm (Rotorblatt)
And all things, for a chance, had been cast loose,
That still could keep afloat the struggling tars,
struggling - sich abmühen; kämpfend, ringend; (struggle); Kampf, Gefecht
For yet they strove, although of no great use:
There was no light in heaven but a few stars,
The boats put off o'ercrowded with their crews;
put off - aufschieben;abgespiesen
ercrowded - überfüllt
crews - Mannschaft, Crew
She gave a heel, and then a lurch to port,
heel - Hinterende des Hobels, Ferse, Absatz; flitzen; Brotkanten
And, going down head foremost"sunk, in short.
foremost - vor allem
Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell"
Then shriek'd the timid, and stood still the brave,
shriek - schreien; Kreischen
Then some leap'd overboard with dreadful yell,
leap - hervorspringen, hüpfen, überspringen
overboard - über Bord
dreadful - furchtbar, schrecklich
yell - kreischen, schreien
As eager to anticipate their grave;
eager - eifrig, erwartungsvoll, begierig
And the sea yawn'd around her like a hell,
And down she suck'd with her the whirling wave,
suck - ätzend; saugen; lutschen; mies sein, zum Kotzen sein
whirling - wirbelnd; (whirl) strudeln, wirbeln; (whirl); wirbeln, lschnell
wave - wehen, winken mit, flattern
Like one who grapples with his enemy,
grapples - Enterhaken; packen, erbeuten, anpacken; Handgemenge
enemy - Feind, Feindin, Gegner, Gegnerin, feindlich
And strives to strangle him before he die.
strives - strebt; erstreben, bestreben
strangle - strangulieren, erwürgen
And first one universal shriek there rush'd,
Louder than the loud ocean, like a crash
crash - Absturz; Zusammenstoß, Krach, Zusammenbruch; zusammenbrechen
Of echoing thunder; and then all was hush'd,
echoing - Echo
Save the wild wind and the remorseless dash
remorseless - erbarmungslos; unbarmherzig, hartherzig
Dash - Bindestrich, Gedankenstrich, Querstrich, Spurt, Sprint
Of billows; but at intervals there gush'd,
intervals - Intervalle; Abstand, Zwischenraum, Intervall
gush - sprudeln; Schwall, Flut, strömen, herausquellen, schwärmen
Accompanied with a convulsive splash,
accompanied - begleitet; begleiten, begleiten, begleiten, begleiten, geleiten
convulsive - krampfhaft
splash - Spritzen; plätschern, platschen
A solitary shriek, the bubbling cry
solitary - einsam, einzeln
bubbling - Blasenbildung; Blase, Blase, Blase, Blase, blubbern
Of some strong swimmer in his agony.
swimmer - Schwimmer, Schwimmerin
agony - Qualen; Agonie, Qual, Pein, Todeskampf, Freudenausbruch
The boats, as stated, had got off before,
stated - erklärt; Staat, Staat, Land
And in them crowded several of the crew;
crowded - überfüllt; Menschenmenge, Masse
And yet their present hope was hardly more
Than what it had been, for so strong it blew
There was slight chance of reaching any shore;
reaching - erreichen; erzielen, greifen (nach)
And then they were too many, though so few"
Nine in the cutter, thirty in the boat,
Were counted in them when they got afloat.
counted - gezählt; rechnen, abzählen, zählen
All the rest perish'd; near two hundred souls
perish - untergehen; verderben, schlecht werden, umkommen
Had left their bodies; and what 's worse, alas!
When over Catholics the ocean rolls,
Catholics - Katholiken; umfassend, allumfassend, universal
They must wait several weeks before a mass
takes off one peck of purgatorial coals,
takes off - (take off) abstreifen (Kleidungsstück), ablösen, wegnehmen
purgatorial - das Fegefeuer
Because, till people know what 's come to pass,
They won't lay out their money on the dead"
lay out - (Garten) anlegen, aufbahren, auslegen
It costs three francs for every mass that 's said.
francs - Franc, Franken, Franken
Juan got into the long-boat, and there
Contrived to help Pedrillo to a place;
It seem'd as if they had exchanged their care,
exchanged - ausgetauscht; austauschen, umtauschen, tauschen
For Juan wore the magisterial face
Which courage gives, while poor Pedrillo's pair
Of eyes were crying for their owner's case:
crying - Weinen; (cry); weinen; schreien; rufen; Weinen; Schrei
Battista; though (a name call'd shortly Tita),
shortly - in Kürze; bald
Was lost by getting at some aqua-vita.
Pedro, his valet, too, he tried to save,
But the same cause, conducive to his loss,
conducive - förderlich
Left him so drunk, he jump'd into the wave
jump - (to jump) springen, hüpfen
As o'er the cutter's edge he tried to cross,
edge - Rand; Seite, Kante, Vorsprung, Klinge, Schneide, schieben
And so he found a wine-and-watery grave;
watery - wässrig
They could not rescue him although so close,
rescue - retten; Rettung
Because the sea ran higher every minute,
And for the boat"the crew kept crowding in it.
crowding - Überfüllung; Menschenmenge, Masse
A small old spaniel,"which had been Don Jose's,
spaniel - Spaniel
His father's, whom he loved, as ye may think,
For on such things the memory reposes
reposes - ruht; ruhen
With tenderness"stood howling on the brink,
tenderness - Zärtlichkeit
brink - Rande; Rand
Knowing (dogs have such intellectual noses!),
No doubt, the vessel was about to sink;
And Juan caught him up, and ere he stepp'd
caught - erwischt; Fang, Fang, Haken, Fang, fangen, fangen, einfangen
Off, threw him in, then after him he leap'd.
He also stuff'd his money where he could
About his person, and Pedrillo's too,
Who let him do, in fact, whate'er he would,
Not knowing what himself to say, or do,
As every rising wave his dread renew'd;
rising - steigend, aufgehend; (rise); steigend, aufgehend
But Juan, trusting they might still get through,
trusting - vertrauensvoll; Vertrauen
And deeming there were remedies for any ill,
Thus re-embark'd his tutor and his spaniel.
'Twas a rough night, and blew so stiffly yet,
stiffly - steif, kräftig
That the sail was becalm'd between the seas,
becalm - beruhigen
Though on the wave's high top too much to set,
top - oben; Oberteil, Spitze, Gipfel, Deckel, Kappe, Oberteil, Topp
They dared not take it in for all the breeze:
dared - gewagt; sich getrauen, wagen, jemanden herausfordern
breeze - Brise, Hauch
Each sea curl'd o'er the stern, and kept them wet,
curl - locken; Locke
And made them bale without a moment's ease,
So that themselves as well as hopes were damp'd,
And the poor little cutter quickly swamp'd.
swamp - Sumpf, Moor, überfluten, überschwemmen
Nine souls more went in her: the long-boat still
Kept above water, with an oar for mast,
Two blankets stitch'd together, answering ill
stitch - Stich (Näh-), Stich (Schmerz); nähen, absteppen
Instead of sail, were to the oar made fast:
Though every wave roll'd menacing to fill,
menacing - bedrohlich; Landplage, androhen
And present peril all before surpass'd,
They grieved for those who perish'd with the cutter,
And also for the biscuit-casks and butter.
The sun rose red and fiery, a sure sign
fiery - feurig, Feuer
Of the continuance of the gale: to run
continuance - Fortbestand; Dauer
Before the sea until it should grow fine,
Was all that for the present could be done:
A few tea-spoonfuls of their rum and wine
spoonfuls - Löffelweise; Löffelvoll
Were served out to the people, who begun
To faint, and damaged bread wet through the bags,
faint - leise, schwach, undeutlich, ohnmächtig werden
And most of them had little clothes but rags.
rags - Fummel, Lumpen, Putzlappen, Unfug
They counted thirty, crowded in a space
Which left scarce room for motion or exertion;
They did their best to modify their case,
modify - ändern, abändern, modifizieren
One half sate up, though numb'd with the immersion,
numb - taub, benommen, betäubt, gefühllos
While t'other half were laid down in their place
laid down - hingelegt
At watch and watch; thus, shivering like the tertian
Ague in its cold fit, they fill'd their boat,
ague - Schüttelfrost; Schüttelfrost
With nothing but the sky for a great coat.
'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it: this is obvious to physicians,
prolongs - verlängert; ausdehnen, verlängern, hinauszögern
obvious - offensichtlich; selbstverständlich; deutlich; überdeutlich; offenbar; q
When patients, neither plagued with friends nor wife,
patients - Patienten; geduldig, Patient, Patientin, Kranker, Kranke
plagued - geplagt; Pest, Plage, Seuche, Plage, Geißel, Plage, Quälgeist
Survive through very desperate conditions,
Because they still can hope, nor shines the knife
shines - leuchtet; schimmern, wienern; Schein; putzen (Schuhe)
knife - Messer; messern
Nor shears of Atropos before their visions:
shears - abschneiden, schneiden, scheren, scheren, Scherkraft
visions - Visionen; Sicht, Sehvermögen
Despair of all recovery spoils longevity,
recovery - Wiedererlangung, Wiedergewinnung, Zurückgewinnung, Genesung
longevity - Langlebigkeit, llange
And makes men miseries miseries of alarming brevity.
miseries - Misere, Elend
brevity - Kürze; Bündigkeit, Knappheit
'Tis said that persons living on annuities
annuities - Annuitäten; Annuität, Rente
Are longer lived than others,"God knows why,
Unless to plague the grantors,"yet so true it is,
That some, I really think, do never die;
Of any creditors the worst a Jew it is,
creditors - Gläubiger, Kreditor
And that 's their mode of furnishing supply:
furnishing - einrichten; Einrichtungsgegenstände
supply - Stellvertretung, Versorgung, Vorrat; liefern
In my young days they lent me cash that way,
lent - verliehen; lieh
Which I found very troublesome to pay.
'Tis thus with people in an open boat,
They live upon the love of life, and bear
love of life - Lebenslust
More than can be believed, or even thought,
And stand like rocks the tempest's wear and tear;
rocks - schaukeln, schütteln, rocken, sich wiegen (Boot); Geldstück
And hardship still has been the sailor's lot,
hardship - Härtefall; Härte, Not, Entbehrung, Mühsal
sailor - Matrose, Matrosin, Seemann, Seefrau
Since Noah's ark went cruising here and there;
cruising - Kreuzfahrt; kreuzend; (cruise) Kreuzfahrt; kreuzend
She had a curious crew as well as cargo,
Curious - neugierig, sonderbar, merkwürdig
Like the first Old Greek privateer, the Argo.
Old Greek - Altgriechisch
privateer - Kaperschiff; Freibeuter
Argo - Argo
But man is a carnivorous production,
carnivorous - fleischfressend
production - Produktion, Herstellung, Inszenierung
And must have meals, at least one meal a day;
He cannot live, like woodcocks, upon suction,
woodcocks - Waldschnepfen; Waldschnepfe
suction - Saugen; Saugwirkung; lutschen
But, like the shark and tiger, must have prey;
Shark - Haifisch, Hai
tiger - Tiger
prey - Beute; lauern, auflauern
Although his anatomical construction
anatomical - anatomisch
construction - Bau, Bauarbeit, Bauwerk, Bauwesen, Aufbau, Satzbau, Auslegung
Bears vegetables, in a grumbling way,
bears - Bären; (to bear) ertragen, aushalten
grumbling - Grummeln; murrend; (grumble); Gegrummel, Grummeln, Knurren
Your labouring people think beyond all question,
labouring - mühsam; Arbeit, Arbeiter-p, gebären, arbeiten
Beef, veal, and mutton, better for digestion.
veal - Kalbfleisch
mutton - Schaffleisch, Hammel, Hammelfleisch, Schöpsenfleisch
digestion - Verdauung
And thus it was with this our hapless crew;
hapless - unglücklich; unglückselig
For on the third day there came on a calm,
Calm - ruhig; windstill; Ruhe; Windstille; beruhigen, ruhig stellen
And though at first their strength it might renew,
And lying on their weariness like balm,
lying - Lügen; liegend; (lie) Lügen; liegend
weariness - Müdigkeit
balm - Melisse, Balsam
Lull'd them like turtles sleeping on the blue
turtles - Schildkröten; Schildkröte
sleeping on - überschlafend
Of ocean, when they woke they felt a qualm,
qualm - Gewissensbisse; Skrupel, checkUnbehagen, checkBedenken
And fell all ravenously on their provision,
ravenously - gefräßig
Instead of hoarding it with due precision.
hoarding - hortend; (hoard) hortend
due - fällig
The consequence was easily foreseen"
consequence - Konsequenz, Folge
foreseen - vorhersehbar; vorhersehen, voraussehen
They ate up all they had, and drank their wine,
ate up - verspeiste
In spite of all remonstrances, and then
remonstrances - Gegenargumente; Protest, Einspruch, Beschwerde
On what, in fact, next day were they to dine?
dine - speisen
They hoped the wind would rise, these foolish men!
rise - steigen; Kursanstieg; Aufgang, Gehaltszulage, Aufschwung
And carry them to shore; these hopes were fine,
But as they had but one oar, and that brittle,
brittle - spröde, brüchig, bröckelig, mürbe
It would have been more wise to save their victual.
victual - Proviant
The fourth day came, but not a breath of air,
And Ocean slumber'd like an unwean'd child:
unwean - nicht abnehmen
The fifth day, and their boat lay floating there,
floating - schwebend; schwimmend, fließend, gleiten
The sea and sky were blue, and clear, and mild"
mild - mild, ausgeglichen, checkzahm, schwach
With their one oar (I wish they had had a pair)
What could they do? and hunger's rage grew wild:
hunger - hungern; Hunger
So Juan's spaniel, spite of his entreating,
Entreating - Bitten; ersuchen
Was kill'd and portion'd out for present eating.
On the sixth day they fed upon his hide,
fed - abgefütterte, gefüttert; (feed) abgefütterte, gefüttert
And Juan, who had still refused, because
refused - abgelehnt; Müll; abweisen, verweigern, abschlagen, ablehnen
The creature was his father's dog that died,
Now feeling all the vulture in his jaws,
vulture - Geier, Geierin, Aasgeier
jaws - Kiefer, Maul
With some remorse received (though first denied)
denied - verweigert; leugnen, bestreiten, dementieren
As a great favour one of the fore-paws,
paws - Pfoten; Tatze, Pfote, Pranke
Which he divided with Pedrillo, who
divided - geteilt; aufteilen, teilen, einteilen, teilen, dividieren
Devour'd it, longing for the other too.
devour - verschlingen, fressen, herunterschlingen, zerstören
longing for - ersehnend
The seventh day, and no wind"the burning sun
seventh - siebte; Septime
Blister'd and scorch'd, and, stagnant on the sea,
scorch - versengen; verbrennen; rasen
stagnant - stagniert; abgestanden; stagnierend
They lay like carcasses; and hope was none,
carcasses - Kadaver; Aas, Aase
Save in the breeze that came not; savagely
savagely - brutal
They glared upon each other"all was done,
glared - geblendet; Blendung, entrüstetes Starren
Water, and wine, and food,"and you might see
The longings of the cannibal arise
cannibal - Kannibale, emale
(Although they spoke not) in their wolfish eyes.
wolfish - wölfisch
At length one whisper'd his companion, who
companion - Begleiter, Freund, Liebhaber, Kamerad
Whisper'd another, and thus it went round,
And then into a hoarser murmur grew,
hoarser - heiserer; heiser
murmur - Rauschen, Murmeln, Gemurmel, Raunen, Herzgeräusch
An ominous, and wild, and desperate sound;
ominous - ominös
And when his comrade's thought each sufferer knew,
comrade - Kamerad; Genosse, Genossin
sufferer - leidet; Leider
'Twas but his own, suppress'd till now, he found:
Suppress - unterdrücken
And out they spoke of lots for flesh and blood,
And who should die to be his fellow's food.
But ere they came to this, they that day shared
Some leathern caps, and what remain'd of shoes;
leathern - ledern
caps - Mützen; Ventilkappe; Mütze, Haube, Kappe
And then they look'd around them and despair'd,
And none to be the sacrifice would choose;
sacrifice - opfern; Opfer
At length the lots were torn up, and prepared,
torn up - zerfetzt
But of materials that much shock the Muse"
Having no paper, for the want of better,
They took by force from Juan Julia's letter.
by force - zwangsweise
The lots were made, and mark'd, and mix'd, and handed,
In silent horror, and their distribution
horror - Angst, Furcht, Horror, Grauen
distribution - Verteilung; Distribution, Verbreitung, Austeilung, Aufteilung
Lull'd even the savage hunger which demanded,
savage - Wilde; wild, wüst, unbebaut, unbändig, rasend
demanded - gefordert; Nachfrage, Bedarf, Nachfrage, Anspruch, verlangen
Like the Promethean vulture, this pollution;
Promethean - Prometheus
pollution - Verunreinigung, Verschmutzung, Umweltverschmutzung, Pollution
None in particular had sought or plann'd it,
'Twas nature gnaw'd them to this resolution,
gnaw - nagen, kauen, knabbern, verfolgen
By which none were permitted to be neuter"
permitted - erlaubt; zulassen, erlauben; Erlaubnis, Erlaubnisschein
neuter - kastriert; neutral; neutrisch, sächlich, neuter, intransitiv
And the lot fell on Juan's luckless tutor.
He but requested to be bled to death:
requested - angefordert; anfordern, erwünschen, verlangen nach, begehren
bled - geblutet; bluten, ausbluten, entlüften, Blutung, Beschnitt
The surgeon had his instruments, and bled
surgeon - Chirurg, Chirurgin, Wundarzt
instruments - Instrumente; Instrument
Pedrillo, and so gently ebb'd his breath,
Ebb - Ebbe; ebben, abebben
You hardly could perceive when he was dead.
perceive - wahrnehmen
He died as born, a Catholic in faith,
Catholic - Katholisch; umfassend, allumfassend, universal
Like most in the belief in which they're bred,
belief - Glauben; Glaube
And first a little crucifix he kiss'd,
crucifix - Kruzifix
And then held out his jugular and wrist.
jugular - Halsader
wrist - Handgelenk
The surgeon, as there was no other fee,
Had his first choice of morsels for his pains;
morsels - Leckerbissen; Happen
pains - Schmerzen; Qual, Stich (Schmerz), Schmerz
But being thirstiest at the moment, he
Preferr'd a draught from the fast-flowing veins:
draught - Tiefgang; Spielstein
flowing - fließend; Wasserführung; ich flösse, ich/er/sie floss (floß
Part was divided, part thrown in the sea,
thrown in - eingeworfen
And such things as the entrails and the brains
brains - Gehirne; Gehirn
Regaled two sharks, who follow'd o'er the billow"
regaled - verwöhnt; königlich
sharks - Haie; Haifisch, Hai
The sailors ate the rest of poor Pedrillo.
The sailors ate him, all save three or four,
Who were not quite so fond of animal food;
quite so - ganz recht
animal food - Tierfutter
To these was added Juan, who, before
Refusing his own spaniel, hardly could
refusing - Müll; abweisen, verweigern, abschlagen, ablehnen
Feel now his appetite increased much more;
appetite - Appetit; Begierde, Lust
'Twas not to be expected that he should,
expected - erwartet; erwarten, erwarten, erwarten
Even in extremity of their disaster,
extremity - Extremität, äußerstes Ende, Äußerste, Extremste
Dine with them on his pastor and his master.
'Twas better that he did not; for, in fact,
The consequence was awful in the extreme;
awful - schrecklich, furchtbar, schrecklich (1), checkfurchtbar (1)
For they, who were most ravenous in the act,
ravenous - gefräßig
Went raging mad"Lord! how they did blaspheme!
raging - wütend; Wut, Zorn, Raserei, Rage, wüten, rasen, toben, toben
blaspheme - blasphemieren, Gott lästern
And foam and roll, with strange convulsions rack'd,
foam - Schaum; Schaumgummi; schäumen
convulsions - Krämpfe; Konvulsion, Krampf
Drinking salt water like a mountain-stream,
salt water - Salzwasser
Tearing, and grinning, howling, screeching, swearing,
tearing - zerreißen, ich/er/sie/es riss, riß
screeching - Kreischen
swearing - schwörend, Fluchen; (swear) schwörend, Fluchen
And, with hyaena-laughter, died despairing.
hyaena - Hyäne
despairing - verzweifelt; verzweifeln, Verzweiflung
Their numbers were much thinn'd by this infliction,
thinn - dünn
infliction - Zufügung
And all the rest were thin enough, Heaven knows;
And some of them had lost their recollection,
Happier than they who still perceived their woes;
perceived - wahrgenommen; wahrnehmen
But others ponder'd on a new dissection,
As if not warn'd sufficiently by those
warn - warnen, mahnen
sufficiently - ausreichend; hinreichend, genügend, zureichende
Who had already perish'd, suffering madly,
For having used their appetites so sadly.
appetites - Appetit, Begierde, Lust
sadly - traurig, traurigerweise
And next they thought upon the master's mate,
As fattest; but he saved himself, because,
saved - gerettet; retten, erretten, sichern, speichern, sparen
Besides being much averse from such a fate,
averse - abgeneigt
There were some other reasons: the first was,
He had been rather indisposed of late;
indisposed - unpässlich; untauglich machen
And that which chiefly proved his saving clause
clause - Nebensatz; Teilsatz; Klausel
Was a small present made to him at Cadiz,
By general subscription of the ladies.
subscription - Abonnement, Bezug, Subskription, Zugang, Zeichnung
Of poor Pedrillo something still remain'd,
But was used sparingly,"some were afraid,
sparingly - sparsam
And others still their appetites constrain'd,
constrain - zwingen;etw. einschränken
Or but at times a little supper made;
supper - Abendbrot; Abendessen
All except Juan, who throughout abstain'd,
abstain - verzichten; sich enthalten; abhalten
Chewing a piece of bamboo and some lead:
chewing - kauen
bamboo - Bambus, Bambusrohr
lead - führen, anführen, leiten; aus Blei; Aufmacher; Anschlussdraht
At length they caught two boobies and a noddy,
boobies - Möpse; Dussel, Tölpel, Dummkopf
noddy - Wackelpeter
And then they left off eating the dead body.
dead body - Leiche
And if Pedrillo's fate should shocking be,
shocking - schockierend; Schock, Betroffenheit, Empörung, Schlag, Stoß
Remember Ugolino condescends
condescends - herablassen, bevormunden, herablassend behandeln, zustimmen
To eat the head of his arch-enemy
arch - Bogen
The moment after he politely ends
politely - höflich
His tale: if foes be food in hell, at sea
'Tis surely fair to dine upon our friends,
When shipwreck's short allowance grows too scanty,
shipwreck - Schiffswrack; Schiffbruch
allowance - Erlaubnis
scanty - spärlich; dürftig, kärglich, knapp
Without being much more horrible than Dante.
more horrible - abscheulichere
And the same night there fell a shower of rain,
For which their mouths gaped, like the cracks of earth
gaped - gähnt; Zahnlücke; Lücke, Bresche, Leerstelle, Kluft
cracks - Risse; Riss, Knall, Aufbruch, Bresche; aufbrechen, knallen
When dried to summer dust; till taught by pain
dried - getrocknet; trocken, trocken, trocknen, trocknen, t+abtrocknen
Men really know not what good water 's worth;
If you had been in Turkey or in Spain,
turkey - Pute, Puter, Truthahn, Truthenne
Or with a famish'd boat's-crew had your berth,
famish - verhungern, hungern
Or in the desert heard the camel's bell,
desert - Wüste, wüst, Ă–de; verlassen, desertieren, im Stich lassen
camel - Kamel
bell - Klingel, Schelle, Glocke
You'd wish yourself where Truth is"in a well.
It pour'd down torrents, but they were no richer
torrents - Sturzbach, Sturzflut
Until they found a ragged piece of sheet,
ragged - zottig, dilettantisch, struppig, zerlumpt; (rag) zottig
Which served them as a sort of spongy pitcher,
spongy - schwammartig, schwammig
Pitcher - Werfer, Krug
And when they deem'd its moisture was complete
They wrung it out, and though a thirsty ditcher
wrung - gewrungen; abbringen, erzwingen
ditcher - Graben
Might not have thought the scanty draught so sweet
As a full pot of porter, to their thinking
pot - Blumentopf
They ne'er till now had known the joys of drinking.
joys - Freuden; Wonne (Freude, Vergnügen); Freude (über)
And their baked lips, with many a bloody crack,
baked - gebacken; backen, trocknen
bloody - blutig, blutbefleckt
Suck'd in the moisture, which like nectar stream'd;
nectar - Nektar
Their throats were ovens, their swoln tongues were black,
throats - Kehlen; Kehle, Kehle, Rachen, Hals, Flaschenhals
ovens - Öfen; Ofen
As the rich man's in hell, who vainly scream'd
To beg the beggar, who could not rain back
beggar - Bettler, Bettlerin
A drop of dew, when every drop had seem'd
drop - fallen lassen, senken, weglassen, aufgeben
To taste of heaven"If this be true, indeed
Some Christians have a comfortable creed.
comfortable - komfortabel, bequem, behaglich, kommod, gemütlich
There were two fathers in this ghastly crew,
ghastly - geisterhaft; grässlich, gespenstisch, haarsträubend
And with them their two sons, of whom the one
Was more robust and hardy to the view,
more robust - robustere
hardy - abgehärtet, widerstandsfähig
But he died early; and when he was gone,
His nearest messmate told his sire, who threw
messmate - Schüsselgenosse, Tischgenosse, Mitesser
One glance at him, and said, 'Heaven's will be done!
glance - blicken; Blick, Streifblick, Glanz, Steinkohle
I can do nothing,'and he saw him thrown
Into the deep without a tear or groan.
The other father had a weaklier child,
Of a soft cheek and aspect delicate;
delicate - empfindlich, heikel, schwierig, feingliedrig, filigran
But the boy bore up long, and with a mild
And patient spirit held aloof his fate;
Little he said, and now and then he smiled,
As if to win a part from off the weight
weight - Gewicht; beschweren, gewichten
He saw increasing on his father's heart,
increasing - zunehmen; steigernd, anwachsend, ansteigend
With the deep deadly thought that they must part.
deadly - tödlich
And o'er him bent his sire, and never raised
bent - verbogen; (to bend) sich niederbeugen, verbiegen
His eyes from off his face, but wiped the foam
wiped - abgewischt; löschen, abstreifen, abwischen, aufreiben, wischen
From his pale lips, and ever on him gazed,
gazed - gestarrt; anstarren
And when the wish'd-for shower at length was come,
And the boy's eyes, which the dull film half glazed,
glazed - glasiert; Glasur, Lasur, Reif, glasieren, lasieren
Brighten'd, and for a moment seem'd to roam,
brighten - aufhellen; schönen; aufhellen
roam - durchstreifen; wandern, umherziehen
He squeezed from out a rag some drops of rain
squeezed - ausgequetscht; drücken, klemmen, pressen, quetschen, quetschen
drops - Tropfen; fallen lassen, senken, weglassen, aufgeben
Into his dying child's mouth"but in vain.
The boy expired"the father held the clay,
expired - Abgelaufen; ablaufen, erlöschen, verfallen, ausatmen
And look'd upon it long, and when at last
Death left no doubt, and the dead burthen lay
burthen - Bürde
Stiff on his heart, and pulse and hope were past,
stiff - steif, starr, Steifer, Zechpreller, prellen, abspeisen
pulse - pulsieren; Impuls, Puls
He watch'd it wistfully, until away
wistfully - wehmütig
'Twas borne by the rude wave wherein 'twas cast;
borne - getragen; (to bear) ertragen, aushalten
wherein - worin
Then he himself sunk down all dumb and shivering,
sunk down - zusammen gesunken, zusammengesunken [alt]
And gave no sign of life, save his limbs quivering.
sign of life - Lebenszeichen
limbs - Gliedmaßen; Schenkel (geol. Falte), Glied
quivering - zitternd; zittern
Now overhead a rainbow, bursting through
overhead - von oben, darüber, Überkopf-
bursting - platzen, zerplatzen, bersten, sprengen, Bersten
The scattering clouds, shone, spanning the dark sea,
scattering - Streuung, Zerstreuung; (scatter); zerstreuen, verstreuen
clouds - Wolken; verschleiern
spanning - spannen; umfassen; Spanne, Bereich, drehen
Resting its bright base on the quivering blue;
resting - basierend, anhaltend, ausruhend; (rest) basierend, anhaltend
base on - gründen, stützen, beruhen, basieren auf
And all within its arch appear'd to be
Clearer than that without, and its wide hue
clearer - deutlicher; heller, anschaulichere; (clear); klar, durchsichtig
wide - breit, weit
Wax'd broad and waving, like a banner free,
broad - breit, deutliche, großräumig
waving - (wave) wehen, winken mit, flattern; (wave) (wave) wehen
banner - Banner, Fahne, Spruchbanner
Then changed like to a bow that 's bent, and then
Forsook the dim eyes of these shipwreck'd men.
forsook - aufgegeben; aufgeben
It changed, of course; a heavenly chameleon,
chameleon - Chamäleon
The airy child of vapour and the sun,
airy - luftig; belüftet, gelüftet, zugig, umweht
Brought forth in purple, cradled in vermilion,
cradled - gewiegt; Wiege, Wiege, Wiege, wiegen
Baptized in molten gold, and swathed in dun,
baptized - getauft; taufen, taufen
molten - geschmolzen; (melt); Schmelze; Schmelzwasser; schmelzen
swathed - ummantelt; einwickeln
dun - mahnen
Glittering like crescents o'er a Turk's pavilion,
crescents - Halbmonde; Mondsichel, Hörnchen
Turk - Türke, Türkin
pavilion - Pavillon
And blending every colour into one,
blending - Vermischung, vermengend
Just like a black eye in a recent scuffle
recent - jüngst, neu, kürzlich, frisch
(For sometimes we must box without the muffle).
muffle - Muffel; umhüllen, einhüllen
Our shipwreck'd seamen thought it a good omen"
omen - Omen
It is as well to think so, now and then;
'Twas an old custom of the Greek and Roman,
custom - Brauch, Gewohnheit, Sitte, Usus, Zoll, maßgeschneidert
And may become of great advantage when
Folks are discouraged; and most surely no men
folks - Leute; Volk
discouraged - entmutigt; entmutigen, abschrecken, abraten, abraten von
Had greater need to nerve themselves again
nerve - Frechheit; Nerv
Than these, and so this rainbow look'd like hope"
Quite a celestial kaleidoscope.
kaleidoscope - Kaleidoskop
About this time a beautiful white bird,
Webfooted, not unlike a dove in size
unlike - im Gegensatz zu; ungleichartig, anders, ungleich
size - Konfektionsgröße, Körpergröße, Format; ausmessen
And plumage (probably it might have err'd
plumage - Gefieder, Vogelgefieder, Federkleid, Federschmuck
Upon its course), pass'd oft before their eyes,
And tried to perch, although it saw and heard
perch - Vogelstange; Barsch
The men within the boat, and in this guise
guise - Aufmachung; Gewand (fig.), Erscheinung, Gestalt
It came and went, and flutter'd round them till
flutter - flattern; wedeln
Night fell: this seem'd a better omen still.
But in this case I also must remark,
'Twas well this bird of promise did not perch,
Because the tackle of our shatter'd bark
tackle - anpacken; Angel; Tackling; in Angriff nehmen, angehen
Was not so safe for roosting as a church;
safe - sicher, gefahrlos, Tresor, Safe, Geldschrank
roosting - schlafend; Schlafplatz; schlafen
And had it been the dove from Noah's ark,
Returning there from her successful search,
successful - erfolgreich
Which in their way that moment chanced to fall,
They would have eat her, olive-branch and all.
olive - Oliven; Olive, olivfarben, olivfarbig
With twilight it again came on to blow,
But not with violence; the stars shone out,
The boat made way; yet now they were so low,
They knew not where nor what they were about;
Some fancied they saw land, and some said 'No!'
The frequent fog-banks gave them cause to doubt"
frequent - häufig; aufsuchen
Fog - umnebeln, verschleiern; (dicker) Nebel, Nebel
Some swore that they heard breakers, others guns,
And all mistook about the latter once.
As morning broke, the light wind died away,
When he who had the watch sung out and swore,
If 'twas not land that rose with the sun's ray,
ray - Schimmer, Strahl; ausstrahlen
He wish'd that land he never might see more;
And the rest rubb'd their eyes and saw a bay,
Or thought they saw, and shaped their course for shore;
shaped - geformt; Zustand, Form, Form, Form, Gestalt, Form
For shore it was, and gradually grew
gradually - nach und nach, allmählich, stufenweise, schrittweise
Distinct, and high, and palpable to view.
distinct - deutlich
palpable - spürbar; greifbar
And then of these some part burst into tears,
burst - geplatzt; platzen, zerplatzen, bersten, sprengen, Bersten
And others, looking with a stupid stare,
stare - starren, anstarren
Could not yet separate their hopes from fears,
And seem'd as if they had no further care;
While a few pray'd (the first time for some years)"
And at the bottom of the boat three were
bottom - unten; Boden, Grund, Unterseite, passiv
Asleep: they shook them by the hand and head,
And tried to awaken them, but found them dead.
The day before, fast sleeping on the water,
They found a turtle of the hawk's-bill kind,
Turtle - Schildkröte
And by good fortune, gliding softly, caught her,
Fortune - Fortuna; Schicksal, Glück, Vermögen
gliding - Segelfliegen; Segelflug
softly - sachte; leise
Which yielded a day's life, and to their mind
yielded - nachgegeben; hervorbringen, er/sie hat/hatte ergeben, weichen
Proved even still a more nutritious matter,
more nutritious - nahrhaftere
Because it left encouragement behind:
encouragement - Ermutigung
They thought that in such perils, more than chance
perils - Gefahren; Gefahr, Risiko
Had sent them this for their deliverance.
deliverance - Auslieferung, Abgabe, Erlösung, Befreiung
The land appear'd a high and rocky coast,
Rocky - felsig
And higher grew the mountains as they drew,
Set by a current, toward it: they were lost
current - Strömung; Strom; gegenwärtig, aktuell, zeitnah
toward - zu, in Richtung, nach, auf
In various conjectures, for none knew
conjectures - Vermutungen; Vermutung, Verdacht, Mutmaßung, Vermutung
To what part of the earth they had been tost,
tost - Wurf, Münzwurf, werfen, werfen, verwerfen, wegwerfen
So changeable had been the winds that blew;
changeable - veränderbar; änderbar, veränderlich, wechselhaft, wandelbar
Some thought it was Mount AEtna, some the highlands,
highlands - Hochland
Of Candia, Cyprus, Rhodes, or other islands.
Cyprus - Zypern
Meantime the current, with a rising gale,
Still set them onwards to the welcome shore,
onwards - weiter; vorwärts
Like Charon's bark of spectres, dull and pale:
Charon - Charon
spectres - Gespenster; Schreckgespenst, Gespenst
Their living freight was now reduced to four,
freight - verfrachten; Fracht, Frachtgut
reduced - ermäßigt; reduzieren, herabsetzen, vermindern, abnehmen
And three dead, whom their strength could not avail
avail - zur Verfügung; ausnutzen; helfen, nützen, Erfolg
To heave into the deep with those before,
Though the two sharks still follow'd them, and dash'd
The spray into their faces as they splash'd.
Famine, despair, cold, thirst, and heat, had done
Their work on them by turns, and thinn'd them to
Such things a mother had not known her son
Amidst the skeletons of that gaunt crew;
amidst - inmitten von
skeletons - Skelette; Not-, Gerippe, provisorisch, Knochengerüst
gaunt - knochig, dünn, hager, mager, abgemagert
by night chill'd, by day scorch'd, thus one by one
by night - nachts
chill - chillen; Mutlosigkeit, Frostgefühl
They perish'd, until wither'd to these few,
wither - verwelken; welken, verblühen, verdorren
But chiefly by a species of self-slaughter,
In washing down Pedrillo with salt water.
As they drew nigh the land, which now was seen
nigh - naht; nahe, nah bei, beinahe, nahezu
Unequal in its aspect here and there,
unequal - ungleich
They felt the freshness of its growing green,
That waved in forest-tops, and smooth'd the air,
tops - Oberteil, Spitze, Gipfel, Deckel, Kappe, Oberteil
And fell upon their glazed eyes like a screen
screen - Schirm, Paravent, Sichtschutz, Insektengitter, Fliegengitter
From glistening waves, and skies so hot and bare"
glistening - glitzern, glänzen, gleißen
bare - knapp, kahl, nackt, bloß; entblößen, abnehmen, freimachen
Lovely seem'd any object that should sweep
Away the vast, salt, dread, eternal deep.
eternal - ewig
The shore look'd wild, without a trace of man,
And girt by formidable waves; but they
girt - Umfang, einfassen, gegürtet; (gird) Umfang, einfassen, gegürtet
formidable - Beeindruckend; respekteinflößend, furchteinflößend
Were mad for land, and thus their course they ran,
Though right ahead the roaring breakers lay:
ahead - voraus, vorne, vorn, oben, geradeaus
A reef between them also now began
reef - Segel reffen; Riff
To show its boiling surf and bounding spray,
boiling - kochend; (boil); kochend
surf - Brandung; wellenreiten, surfen
bounding - Begrenzung; Sprung
But finding no place for their landing better,
They ran the boat for shore,"and overset her.
overset - übersehen
But in his native stream, the Guadalquivir,
Juan to lave his youthful limbs was wont;
lave - lavieren; waschen
youthful - jugendlich, jung
wont - nicht
And having learnt to swim in that sweet river,
Had often turn'd the art to some account:
account - Rechnung, Bericht, Rechnung, Konto
A better swimmer you could scarce see ever,
He could, perhaps, have pass'd the Hellespont,
Hellespont - Hellespont
As once (a feat on which ourselves we prided)
feat - Leistung; Kunststück
ourselves - uns selbst; uns
prided - Hochmut, Stolz, Hochmut, Trotz, Dünkel, Stolz, Stolz
Leander, Mr. Ekenhead, and I did.
So here, though faint, emaciated, and stark,
emaciated - ausgemergelt; abmagern, de
Stark - krass, schlicht, schier, rein, nackt, völlig
He buoy'd his boyish limbs, and strove to ply
buoy - Boje, Tonne, aufbojen, flott erhalten
boyish - jungenhaft, knabenhaft
ply - Windung (Technik), Strähne, Kordlage; handhaben, betreiben
With the quick wave, and gain, ere it was dark,
The beach which lay before him, high and dry:
The greatest danger here was from a shark,
That carried off his neighbour by the thigh;
carried off - weggerafft
thigh - Oberschenkel
As for the other two, they could not swim,
So nobody arrived on shore but him.
on shore - an Land, an der Küste
Nor yet had he arrived but for the oar,
Which, providentially for him, was wash'd
providentially - in der Vorsehung
Just as his feeble arms could strike no more,
And the hard wave o'erwhelm'd him as 'twas dash'd
erwhelm - erwhelmt
Within his grasp; he clung to it, and sore
clung to - angeschmiegt
The waters beat while he thereto was lash'd;
thereto - dazu
At last, with swimming, wading, scrambling, he
wading - watend; (wad) watend
scrambling - scrambling, kletternd, Scrambling
Roll'd on the beach, half-senseless, from the sea:
senseless - empfindungslos, ohne Gefühl, ohnmächtig, bewusstlos
There, breathless, with his digging nails he clung
digging - grabend; (dig) grabend
nails - Nägel; nageln (derb. koitieren); annageln, Nagel, nageln
clung - geklammert; anschmiegen
Fast to the sand, lest the returning wave,
sand - Sand
From whose reluctant roar his life he wrung,
reluctant - zögernd
Should suck him back to her insatiate grave:
insatiate - unersättlich
And there he lay, full length, where he was flung,
full length - in Lebensgröße
flung - geschleudert; Affäre (Liebesaffäre)
Before the entrance of a cliff-worn cave,
entrance - Eingang, Einfahrt, Antritt
cliff - Kliff, Felsvorsprung, Klippe
cave - nachgeben, aufgeben; Höhle
With just enough of life to feel its pain,
And deem that it was saved, perhaps in vain.
With slow and staggering effort he arose,
staggering - taumelnd, wankend, torkelnd; (stagger); taumelnd, wankend
effort - Anstrengung, Aufwand
But sunk again upon his bleeding knee
bleeding - Blutungen; Blutung; (bleed); bluten; ausbluten; entlüften; Blutung; Beschnitt
And quivering hand; and then he look'd for those
Who long had been his mates upon the sea;
mates - Kumpels; schachmatt, Kamerad, Kameradin, verbinden; anpassen
But none of them appear'd to share his woes,
Save one, a corpse, from out the famish'd three,
corpse - Leiche, Leichnam
Who died two days before, and now had found
an unknown barren beach for burial ground.
an unknown - eine Unbekannte (Mathematik)
barren - steril, unfruchtbar, dürr, karg, ausgetrocknet
burial ground - Entsorgungsplatz
And as he gazed, his dizzy brain spun fast,
dizzy - schwindelig, schwindelerregend, schwindlige
spun - gesponnen; durchdrehen, spinnen
And down he sunk; and as he sunk, the sand
Swam round and round, and all his senses pass'd:
He fell upon his side, and his stretch'd hand
stretch - strecken, dehnen, langziehen, dehnen
Droop'd dripping on the oar (their jurymast),
droop - durchhängen, herabhängen, herunterhängen, herabsinken
dripping - tropft; Bratenfett; (drip) tropft; Bratenfett
And, like a wither'd lily, on the land
Lily - Lilie
His slender frame and pallid aspect lay,
pallid - fahl, bleich, blass
As fair a thing as e'er was form'd of clay.
How long in his damp trance young Juan lay
trance - Trance
He knew not, for the earth was gone for him,
And Time had nothing more of night nor day
For his congealing blood, and senses dim;
congealing - erstarren, gerinnen, koagulieren
And how this heavy faintness pass'd away
faintness - Ohnmacht; Schwäche, Mattigkeit, Mattheit, Verblasstheit
He knew not, till each painful pulse and limb,
painful - schmerzhaft
limb - Gliedmaßen; Schenkel (geol. Falte), Glied
And tingling vein, seem'd throbbing back to life,
tingling - Kribbeln; prickelnd, klingend; (tingle); kribbeln, prickeln
throbbing - Pochen; klopfend; (throb); klopfen, schlagen, pochen, pulsieren
For Death, though vanquish'd, still retired with strife.
vanquish - bezwingen; besiegen
His eyes he open'd, shut, again unclosed,
unclosed - unverschlossen; eröffnen, öffnen
For all was doubt and dizziness; he thought
dizziness - Schwindel, Schwindelgefühl, Schwindelanfall, Benommenheit
He still was in the boat and had but dozed,
dozed - gedöst; Halbschlaf
And felt again with his despair o'erwrought,
And wish'd it death in which he had reposed;
reposed - aufbewahrt; ruhen
And then once more his feelings back were brought,
And slowly by his swimming eyes was seen
slowly - langsam
A lovely female face of seventeen.
'Twas bending dose o'er his, and the small mouth
bending - beugend, biegend; (bend); beugen; biegen, durchbiegen, Kurve
dose - Dosis; dosieren
Seem'd almost prying into his for breath;
And chafing him, the soft warm hand of youth
chafing - Scheuern; Reibungswärme, Schürfwunde, Verschleiß, Abnutzung
Recall'd his answering spirits back from death;
And, bathing his chill temples, tried to soothe
soothe - beruhigen, Wogen glätten, mildern, besänftigen
Each pulse to animation, till beneath
animation - Belebung, Vitalisierung, Animation
Its gentle touch and trembling care, a sigh
trembling - Zittern, Beben; (tremble); zittern; Zittern
To these kind efforts made a low reply.
Then was the cordial pour'd, and mantle flung
cordial - herzlich; Sirup; Likör
mantle - Mantel, Hülle, Umhüllung, Glühstrumpf, Hirnrinde
Around his scarce-clad limbs; and the fair arm
clad - kaschiert, gekleidet; (clothe); bekleiden, anziehen
Raised higher the faint head which o'er it hung;
hung - aufgehängt; hängen
And her transparent cheek, all pure and warm,
Pillow'd his death-like forehead; then she wrung
forehead - Stirn
His dewy curls, long drench'd by every storm;
dewy - taufrisch; frisch, taufeucht
drench - durchnässen; Regenguss
storm - stürmen; Sturm
And watch'd with eagerness each throb that drew
eagerness - Ungeduld; Eifer
A sigh from his heaved bosom"and hers, too.
heaved - geworfen; heben, hieven, werfen, wuchten, schleudern
And lifting him with care into the cave,
lifting - Lüften (Bremse), Lift, Aufzug; fördern, Auftrieb geben, heben
The gentle girl and her attendant,"one
attendant - Betreuer; Begleiter, Wächter, Aufpasser, Aufseher
Young, yet her elder, and of brow less grave,
And more robust of figure,"then begun
robust - robust
To kindle fire, and as the new flames gave
kindle - anzünden
flames - Flammen; Flamme, q
Light to the rocks that roof'd them, which the sun
roof - überdachen; Autodach, Dach
Had never seen, the maid, or whatsoe'er
She was, appear'd distinct, and tall, and fair.
Her brow was overhung with coins of gold,
overhung - überhängend; überhängen, Ăśberhang; hervorstehen
coins - Münzen; Münze, Geldstück
That sparkled o'er the auburn of her hair"
sparkled - funkelte; funkeln
Auburn - Rotbraun, Kastanienbraun, rötlichbraun
Her clustering hair, whose longer locks were roll'd
clustering - Anhäufung, Büschel, Gruppe, Haufen, Schwarm, Traube, Cluster
locks - Schlösser; Schloss
In braids behind; and though her stature were
braids - Zöpfe; Litze; flechten; Flechte, Paspel, Zopf
Even of the highest for a female mould,
mould - Schimmel; Heizform, Form; Gussform, Gießform, Moder; formen
They nearly reach'd her heel; and in her air
There was a something which bespoke command,
bespoke - Maßgeschneidert; besprechen, diskutieren, mitteilen
As one who was a lady in the land.
Her hair, I said, was auburn; but her eyes
Were black as death, their lashes the same hue,
lashes - Wimpern; Peitsche, Wimper; anbinden
Of downcast length, in whose silk shadow lies
shadow - Schatten; beschatten
Deepest attraction; for when to the view
deepest - tiefsten; tief, tief, tief, tief, tief, tief, tief, tiefgründig
Attraction - Anziehung, Anziehungskraft, Reiz, Liebreiz, Attraktion
Forth from its raven fringe the full glance flies,
raven - Rabe
fringe - Fransen; Franse, Saum, Einfassung, Rand, Peripherie, Randgruppe
Ne'er with such force the swiftest arrow flew;
force - Kraft; zwingen, forcieren, erzwingen; Stärke, Macht, Einfluss
swiftest - am schnellsten; schnell, Segler, Garnwinde
arrow - Richtungspfeil, Pfeil
'Tis as the snake late coil'd, who pours his length,
coil - Wendel, Spule, Wicklung; aufwickeln
pours - schüttet; schütten, einschenken, gießen
And hurls at once his venom and his strength.
hurls - schleudert; schleudern
venom - Gift, Galle
Her brow was white and low, her cheek's pure dye
dye - Farbstoff; färben (Haar, Stoff)
Like twilight rosy still with the set sun;
rosy - rosig, rosenfarbig
Short upper lip"sweet lips! that make us sigh
upper lip - Oberlippe
Ever to have seen such; for she was one
Fit for the model of a statuary
statuary - Bildhauerei; Bildhauer, Bildhauerkunst
(A race of mere impostors, when all 's done"
impostors - Hochstapler, Betrüger
I've seen much finer women, ripe and real,
ripe - reif
Than all the nonsense of their stone ideal).
stone - Stein; Edelstein, Schmuckstein, Kern, steinigen
Ideal - ideal, bestmöglich, optimal, vollendet
I'll tell you why I say so, for 'tis just
One should not rail without a decent cause:
There was an Irish lady, to whose bust
I ne'er saw justice done, and yet she was
justice - Gerechtigkeit, Genugtuung, Justiz
A frequent model; and if e'er she must
Yield to stern Time and Nature's wrinkling laws,
wrinkling - Faltenbildung; sich runzeln, runzlig (runzelig) werden, knittern
They will destroy a face which mortal thought
Ne'er compass'd, nor less mortal chisel wrought.
chisel - schummeln, meißeln; Meißel, Stemmeisen, Beitel
And such was she, the lady of the cave:
Her dress was very different from the Spanish,
Simpler, and yet of colours not so grave;
simpler - einfacher; (simple); einfach, simpel
For, as you know, the Spanish women banish
banish - verbannen, herauswerfen, vertreiben
Bright hues when out of doors, and yet, while wave
hues - Schattierungen; Farbe, Tönung, Geschrei, Farbton
out of doors - im Freien
Around them (what I hope will never vanish)
vanish - verschwinden, vergehen, sich verflüchtigen
The basquina and the mantilla, they
mantilla - Mantilla, Mantille
Seem at the same time mystical and gay.
mystical - mystisch
But with our damsel this was not the case:
damsel - Mädchen, Jungfrau
Her dress was many-colour'd, finely spun;
finely - fein
Her locks curl'd negligently round her face,
negligently - fahrlässig
But through them gold and gems profusely shone:
gems - Edelsteine; Edelstein, Juwel
profusely - ausgiebig
Her girdle sparkled, and the richest lace
girdle - Gürtel, Hüfthalter
Flow'd in her veil, and many a precious stone
precious stone - Edelstein
Flash'd on her little hand; but, what was shocking,
Her small snow feet had slippers, but no stocking.
stocking - Strumpf; (stock) Strumpf
The other female's dress was not unlike,
But of inferior materials: she
inferior - untergeordnet, nachgeordnet, unterlegen, tiefer, minderwertig
Had not so many ornaments to strike,
ornaments - Ornamente; Verzierung, musikalische Verzierung
Her hair had silver only, bound to be
bound - gebunden; Sprung; (bind); binden; verbinden, konnektieren
Her dowry; and her veil, in form alike,
dowry - Aussteuer; Mitgift, Brautschatz
alike - ähneln; gleich; gleichermaßen
Was coarser; and her air, though firm, less free;
coarser - gröber; grob, grobkörnig, grob, grob, derb, primitiv
firm - fest, straff (Busen), Fa. Firma, gesetzt, hart
Her hair was thicker, but less long; her eyes
thicker - dicker; dick, dick, dicht, dick, plump, mitten in
As black, but quicker, and of smaller size.
And these two tended him, and cheer'd him both
tended - gepflegt; abzielen
cheer - anfeuern, jauchzen, aufmuntern, jubeln
With food and raiment, and those soft attentions,
raiment - Gewand; Kleidung
attentions - Aufmerksamkeiten; Aufmerksamkeit, Beachtung, Wachsamkeit
Which are (as I must own) of female growth,
And have ten thousand delicate inventions:
They made a most superior mess of broth,
superior - überlegen, höher, höherstehend, übergeordnet, Vorgesetzter
broth - Brühe, Suppe
A thing which poesy but seldom mentions,
seldom - selten
But the best dish that e'er was cook'd since Homer's
Achilles ordered dinner for new comers.
Achilles - Achilleus
comers - Kommende
I'll tell you who they were, this female pair,
Lest they should seem princesses in disguise;
princesses - Prinzessinnen; Prinzessin, Königstochter
in disguise - verkappt
Besides, I hate all mystery, and that air
Of clap-trap which your recent poets prize;
trap - eine Falle; Fallgrube, Falle, Fahrt (im Bergwerk); einfangen
And so, in short, the girls they really were
They shall appear before your curious eyes,
Mistress and maid; the first was only daughter
Of an old man who lived upon the water.
A fisherman he had been in his youth,
fisherman - Fischer, Fischerin, Angler, Anglerin, Fischereiboot
And still a sort of fisherman was he;
But other speculations were, in sooth,
speculations - Spekulationen; Spekulation, Betrachtung, Spekulation
Added to his connection with the sea,
Perhaps not so respectable, in truth:
respectable - respektabel; angesehen, geachtet
A little smuggling, and some piracy,
smuggling - Schmuggel; (smuggle); schmuggeln
piracy - Piraterie, Seeräuberei, Raubkopieren; Raubkopie, Raubdruck
Left him, at last, the sole of many masters
Of an ill-gotten million of piastres.
gotten - bekommen
piastres - Piaster, Piaster
A fisher, therefore, was he,"though of men,
fisher - Fischer
Like Peter the Apostle,"and he fish'd
Peter - Peter; Petrus; (Der 1./2. Brief des) Petrus, checkPetr
apostle - Apostel
For wandering merchant-vessels, now and then,
merchant-vessels - (merchant vessel) Kauffahrer
And sometimes caught as many as he wish'd;
The cargoes he confiscated, and gain
cargoes - Ladungen; Fracht, Ladung, Cargo
confiscated - beschlagnahmt; beschlagnahmen, konfiszieren
He sought in the slave-market too, and dish'd
Full many a morsel for that Turkish trade,
morsel - ein Häppchen; Happen
Turkish - Türkisch
By which, no doubt, a good deal may be made.
He was a Greek, and on his isle had built
Isle - Insel; Eiland
(One of the wild and smaller Cyclades)
Cyclades - Kykladen
A very handsome house from out his guilt,
And there he lived exceedingly at ease;
at ease - ungezwungen
Heaven knows what cash he got or blood he spilt,
spilt - verschüttet; verschütten, schütten
A sad old fellow was he, if you please;
But this I know, it was a spacious building,
spacious - geräumig; weiträumig
Full of barbaric carving, paint, and gilding.
barbaric - barbarisch
carving - Schnitzen; Schnitzerei; (carve); schneiden; tranchieren
gilding - Vergolden; Blattgold; Vergoldung; (gild); Vergolden; Blattgold; Vergoldung
He had an only daughter, call'd Haidee,
The greatest heiress of the Eastern Isles;
heiress - Erbin
eastern - Osten; östlich, Ost
Isles - Eiland
Besides, so very beautiful was she,
Her dowry was as nothing to her smiles:
smiles - lächelt; Lächeln
Still in her teens, and like a lovely tree
teens - Teenager; jugendlich
She grew to womanhood, and between whiles
womanhood - Weiblichkeit, Fraulichkeit, Frausein, alle Frauen
Rejected several suitors, just to learn
rejected - abgelehnt; verwerfen, ablehnen, zurückweisen
How to accept a better in his turn.
Accept - annehmen, abnehmen, akzeptieren, aufnehmen
And walking out upon the beach, below
The cliff, towards sunset, on that day she found,
towards - zu, in Richtung, nach, auf, zu, gegenüber, für, um, zwecks
Insensible,"not dead, but nearly so,"
Don Juan, almost famish'd, and half drown'd;
drown - ertrinken; ertränken; überwältigen
But being naked, she was shock'd, you know,
Yet deem'd herself in common pity bound,
As far as in her lay, 'to take him in,
A stranger'dying, with so white a skin.
skin - Haut, tHäutchen, Design, Fell
But taking him into her father's house
Was not exactly the best way to save,
But like conveying to the cat the mouse,
conveying - befördern, transportieren, verfrachten, befördern, übermitteln
Or people in a trance into their grave;
Because the good old man had so much 'nous,'
Unlike the honest Arab thieves so brave,
thieves - Diebe; stehlen
He would have hospitably cured the stranger,
hospitably - gastfreundlich
cured - geheilt; räuchern (Fleisch), heilen, abbinden (Leim); Kur
And sold him instantly when out of danger.
out of danger - außer Gefahr
And therefore, with her maid, she thought it best
(A virgin always on her maid relies)
relies - vertraut; sich verlassen (auf)
To place him in the cave for present rest:
And when, at last, he open'd his black eyes,
Their charity increased about their guest;
charity - Nächstenliebe; Wohltätigkeit; Wohltätigkeitsorganisation
guest - Gast; gastieren
And their compassion grew to such a size,
compassion - Mitleid, Erbarmen, Mitgefühl
It open'd half the turnpike-gates to heaven
gates - Tor, Flugsteig, Pforte, Schranke
(St. Paul says, 'tis the toll which must be given).
Paul - Paulus, Paul
Toll - Maut; Zoll, Gebühr
They made a fire,"but such a fire as they
Upon the moment could contrive with such
contrive - ausdenken; ersinnen; entwerfen; bewerkstelligen
Materials as were cast up round the bay,"
Some broken planks, and oars, that to the touch
planks - Bretter; Planke, Schwerpunkt
oars - Ruder
Were nearly tinder, since so long they lay
tinder - Zunder
A mast was almost crumbled to a crutch;
crumbled - zerkrümelt; bröckeln, zerbröckeln, krümeln, zerkrümeln, Crumble
crutch - Krücke; Stütze
But, by God's grace, here wrecks were in such plenty,
That there was fuel to have furnish'd twenty.
fuel - Kraftstoff; Brennstoff; betanken; anheizen, schüren
furnish - möblieren, einrichten, ausrüsten
He had a bed of furs, and a pelisse,
furs - Pelze; Fell, Pelz, Fell (gegerbt)
For Haidee stripped her sables off to make
stripped - entkleidet; Zeichenketten
sables - Zobel, Zobel, Schwarz, schwarz
His couch; and, that he might be more at ease,
couch - Liege
And warm, in case by chance he should awake,
They also gave a petticoat apiece,
apiece - jedes einzelne, je Stück, pro Stück
She and her maid"and promised by daybreak
daybreak - Tagesanbruch
To pay him a fresh visit, with a dish
For breakfast, of eggs, coffee, bread, and fish.
And thus they left him to his lone repose:
Lone - Einsam; einzeln
Juan slept like a top, or like the dead,
Who sleep at last, perhaps (God only knows),
Just for the present; and in his lull'd head
Not even a vision of his former woes
Throbb'd in accursed dreams, which sometimes spread
dreams - Traum, Traum, t+Wunsch, träumen, träumen, t+wünschen, träumen
spread - verteilen; spreizen; ausstreuen, verbreiten, auftragen
Unwelcome visions of our former years,
unwelcome - unerwünscht
Till the eye, cheated, opens thick with tears.
cheated - betrogen; schummeln, bescheißen (sl.), betrügen
Young Juan slept all dreamless:"but the maid,
dreamless - traumlos
Who smooth'd his pillow, as she left the den
den - Höhle
Look'd back upon him, and a moment stay'd,
And turn'd, believing that he call'd again.
He slumber'd; yet she thought, at least she said
(The heart will slip, even as the tongue and pen),
He had pronounced her name"but she forgot
pronounced - ausgeprägt; verkünden, aussprechen, pronunzieren, aussprechen
That at this moment Juan knew it not.
And pensive to her father's house she went,
Enjoining silence strict to Zoe, who
enjoining - auferlegen, vorschreiben, anordnen, ermahnen, mahnen, aufgeben
Better than her knew what, in fact, she meant,
She being wiser by a year or two:
wiser - weiser; klug, vernünftig
A year or two 's an age when rightly spent,
rightly - zurecht, zu Recht, richtig
And Zoe spent hers, as most women do,
In gaining all that useful sort of knowledge
gaining - zu gewinnen; gewinnend
Which is acquired in Nature's good old college.
The morn broke, and found Juan slumbering still
slumbering - schlummernd; (slumber); Halbschlaf, Schlummer, Schläfchen
Fast in his cave, and nothing clash'd upon
clash - zusammenstoßen; Scheppern, Geschepper, Zusammenstoß
His rest; the rushing of the neighbouring rill,
rushing - hetzend, sausend; (rush) hetzend, sausend
rill - Rille; Rinnsal
And the young beams of the excluded sun,
beams - Balken, Balken, Breite, Pflugbaum, Grindel, Strahl, Balken
excluded - ausgeschlossen; ausschließen
Troubled him not, and he might sleep his fill;
troubled - beunruhigt; Ärger, Schwierigkeit, Anstrengung, Bemühung, Mühe
And need he had of slumber yet, for none
Had suffer'd more"his hardships were comparative
hardships - Nöte; Härte, Not, Entbehrung, Mühsal, Elend
comparative - vergleichend; komparativ; verhältnismäßig, relativ, Höherstufe
To those related in my grand-dad's 'Narrative.'
related - verwandt; sich beziehen, erzählen, berichten
grand - großartig, prächtig, groß, bedeutend
narrative - erzählend, erzählerisch, in erzählender Form darlegend
Not so Haidee: she sadly toss'd and tumbled,
toss - zu werfen; Wurf; Münzwurf; werfen; verwerfen, wegwerfen
tumbled - getrommelt; Sturz, Fall, Überschlag, Absturz, Purzelbaum, Rolle
And started from her sleep, and, turning o'er
Dream'd of a thousand wrecks, o'er which she stumbled,
And handsome corpses strew'd upon the shore;
strew - streuen
And woke her maid so early that she grumbled,
grumbled - gemeckert; Gegrummel
And call'd her father's old slaves up, who swore
In several oaths"Armenian, Turk, and Greek"
Armenian - armenisch; Armenier, Armenierin
They knew not what to think of such a freak.
freak - ausflippen; Begeisterte, Missgeburt, irrer Typ
But up she got, and up she made them get,
With some pretence about the sun, that makes
Sweet skies just when he rises, or is set;
rises - aufsteigt; Kursanstieg; Aufgang, Gehaltszulage, Aufschwung
And 'tis, no doubt, a sight to see when breaks
Bright Phoebus, while the mountains still are wet
With mist, and every bird with him awakes,
mist - Nebel
awakes - erwacht; munter, wach; erwachen, aufwachen
And night is flung off like a mourning suit
mourning - trauern; Trauer; Trauerkleidung
Worn for a husband,"or some other brute.
brute - Tier, brutaler Kerl, brutal, Vieh
I say, the sun is a most glorious sight,
most glorious - glorreichste
I've seen him rise full oft, indeed of late
I have sat up on purpose all the night,
purpose - absicht, Absicht, Einsatzzweck, Zweck
Which hastens, as physicians say, one's fate;
Hastens - Eilt; hasten, beeilen
And so all ye, who would be in the right
In health and purse, begin your day to date
From daybreak, and when coffin'd at fourscore,
fourscore - achtzig
Engrave upon the plate, you rose at four.
Engrave - gravieren, meißeln, eingravieren, einmeißeln; einschneiden (in)
plate - Teller; Platte (Druckplatte); Lagerplatte, Lochstein (Uhr)
And Haidee met the morning face to face;
Her own was freshest, though a feverish flush
freshest - am frischesten; kess (frech), frisch, frech, pampig (ugs.)
feverish - fiebrig, febril, fieberhaft
flush - Wasserspülung, Wallung, Schwall; spülen, ausspülen; rot werden
Had dyed it with the headlong blood, whose race
dyed - gefärbt; färben (Haar, Stoff)
headlong - kopflos; mit dem Kopf zuerst; kopfüber; Hals über Kopf
From heart to cheek is curb'd into a blush,
curb - Kandare; Beschränkung, Zurückhaltung, Zwang, Einschränkung
Like to a torrent which a mountain's base,
torrent - Sturzbach, Sturzflut
That overpowers some Alpine river's rush,
overpowers - übermächtig; überwältigen, übermannen
Alpine - alpin
Checks to a lake, whose waves in circles spread;
lake - Binnensee, See
circles - Kreis, Kreis, Kreis, Kreis, Zirkel, Kreis, Augenringe-p
Or the Red Sea"but the sea is not red.
And down the cliff the island virgin came,
And near the cave her quick light footsteps drew,
While the sun smiled on her with his first flame,
flame - Flamme, poetic, anmachen
And young Aurora kiss'd her lips with dew,
aurora - Polarlicht
Taking her for a sister; just the same
Mistake you would have made on seeing the two,
Although the mortal, quite as fresh and fair,
Had all the advantage, too, of not being air.
And when into the cavern Haidee stepp'd
All timidly, yet rapidly, she saw
timidly - ängstlich, schüchtern, scheu
rapidly - schnell
That like an infant Juan sweetly slept;
infant - Säugling, Wickelkind, Kleinkind
sweetly - süß
And then she stopp'd, and stood as if in awe
stopp - stoppen
awe - Ehrfurcht; Staunen; einschüchtern
(For sleep is awful), and on tiptoe crept
on tiptoe - auf Zehenspitzen
And wrapt him closer, lest the air, too raw,
wrapt - eingewickelt; einhüllen, einwickeln, wickeln, einpacken, hüllen
raw - roh; Roh-; rau
Should reach his blood, then o'er him still as death
Bent with hush'd lips, that drank his scarce-drawn breath.
And thus like to an angel o'er the dying
angel - Engel
Who die in righteousness, she lean'd; and there
righteousness - Rechtschaffenheit, Gerechtigkeit
All tranquilly the shipwreck'd boy was lying,
tranquilly - ruhig
As o'er him the calm and stirless air:
stirless - rührungslos
But Zoe the meantime some eggs was frying,
frying - (to fry) braten; (fry) (to fry) braten
Since, after all, no doubt the youthful pair
Must breakfast"and betimes, lest they should ask it,
She drew out her provision from the basket.
basket - Korb
She knew that the best feelings must have victual,
And that a shipwreck'd youth would hungry be;
Besides, being less in love, she yawn'd a little,
And felt her veins chill'd by the neighbouring sea;
And so, she cook'd their breakfast to a tittle;
tittle - Titel; Pünktchen
I can't say that she gave them any tea,
But there were eggs, fruit, coffee, bread, fish, honey,
With Scio wine,"and all for love, not money.
And Zoe, when the eggs were ready, and
The coffee made, would fain have waken'd Juan;
waken - wecken
But Haidee stopp'd her with her quick small hand,
And without word, a sign her finger drew on
finger - fingern
Her lip, which Zoe needs must understand;
And, the first breakfast spoilt, prepared a new one,
spoilt - verdorben; verwöhnt, verzogen; (spoil); plündern; ruinieren
Because her mistress would not let her break
That sleep which seem'd as it would ne'er awake.
For still he lay, and on his thin worn cheek
A purple hectic play'd like dying day
hectic - hektisch
On the snow-tops of distant hills; the streak
streak - Strähne; Schliere; Später Ginsterspanner; schlieren; flitzen
Of sufferance yet upon his forehead lay,
sufferance - Duldung
Where the blue veins look'd shadowy, shrunk, and weak;
shadowy - schattenhaft; schattig
And his black curls were dewy with the spray,
Which weigh'd upon them yet, all damp and salt,
weigh - wiegen, wägen, abwiegen, auswiegen, abwägen, erwägen, lasten
Mix'd with the stony vapours of the vault.
stony - steinig; steinern
vapours - Dämpfe; der Dampf
vault - Tresor; sich wölben, überwölben
And she bent o'er him, and he lay beneath,
Hush'd as the babe upon its mother's breast,
babe - Puppe
Droop'd as the willow when no winds can breathe,
willow - Weide, Weidenbaum
breathe - atmen; einatmen; hauchen
Lull'd like the depth of ocean when at rest,
depth - Tiefe
Fair as the crowning rose of the whole wreath,
crowning - Krönung; krönend
wreath - Kranz, Gebinde, Helmwulst
Soft as the callow cygnet in its nest;
callow - Schwielig; ungefiedert; unerfahren, unreif, grün
cygnet - Zygnet; Schwanenjunges, Schwanenküken, Schwanenbaby
In short, he was a very pretty fellow,
Although his woes had turn'd him rather yellow.
He woke and gazed, and would have slept again,
But the fair face which met his eyes forbade
forbade - verbieten, untersagen, verweigern, vorenthalten, ablehnen
Those eyes to close, though weariness and pain
Had further sleep a further pleasure made;
For woman's face was never form'd in vain
For Juan, so that even when he pray'd
He turn'd from grisly saints, and martyrs hairy,
grisly - grässliche, grässlich
martyrs - Märtyrer, Märtyrerin, Märtyrer
hairy - behaart, haarig, pelzartig
To the sweet portraits of the Virgin Mary.
portraits - Porträts; Portrait
And thus upon his elbow he arose,
elbow - Ellbogen; Rohrbogen; Ellbogenstoß; ellbögeln
And look'd upon the lady, in whose cheek
the pale contended with the purple rose,
the pale - die Grenze des Erlaubten
contended - bestritten; streiten, sich auseinandersetzen, ringen mit
As with an effort she began to speak;
Her eyes were eloquent, her words would pose,
eloquent - wortgewandt
Although she told him, in good modern Greek,
With an Ionian accent, low and sweet,
Ionian - Ionisch
accent - Dialekt, Akzent, Betonung; betonen, akzentuieren
That he was faint, and must not talk, but eat.
Now Juan could not understand a word,
Being no Grecian; but he had an ear,
And her voice was the warble of a bird,
warble - trällern; trillern
So soft, so sweet, so delicately clear,
delicately - zart
That finer, simpler music ne'er was heard;
The sort of sound we echo with a tear,
Echo - Echo, Widerhall, Tastaturecho, Bildschirmecho, widerhallen
Without knowing why"an overpowering tone,
overpowering - überwältigend; überwältigen, übermannen
tone - Farbton, Klang, Umgangston, Ton
Whence Melody descends as from a throne.
whence - woher; von daher
melody - Melodie
Descends - Absteigt; absteigen, niedergehen, herunterkommen, herabsteigen
throne - Thron
And Juan gazed as one who is awoke
By a distant organ, doubting if he be
organ - Organ; Orgel
doubting - zweifelnder, anzweifelnd, zweifelnd; (doubt); bezweifeln
Not yet a dreamer, till the spell is broke
dreamer - Träumer, Träumerin, Schwärmer
By the watchman, or some such reality,
watchman - Wachmann; Wächter
reality - Wirklichkeit, Realität, checkRealität
Or by one's early valet's cursed knock;
At least it is a heavy sound to me,
Who like a morning slumber"for the night
Shows stars and women in a better light.
And Juan, too, was help'd out from his dream,
Or sleep, or whatso'er it was, by feeling
whatso - Wie auch immer
A most prodigious appetite: the steam
prodigious - erstaunlich; ungeheuer, gewaltig, verwunderlich
steam - etwas dünsten;Dampf
Of Zoe's cookery no doubt was stealing
cookery - kochen; Kochkunst
stealing - stehlend, entwendend; (steal); stehlen, entwenden, klauen
Upon his senses, and the kindling beam
kindling - Anzünden; Anmachholz, Anzündholz
Of the new fire, which Zoe kept up, kneeling
kept up - durchgehalten
kneeling - kniend, hinkniend; (kneel); knien
To stir her viands, made him quite awake
stir - erschüttern, bewegen, sich rühren, verrühren; Aufregung
And long for food, but chiefly a beef-steak.
long for - verlangen nach, ersehnen
But beef is rare within these oxless isles;
oxless - ochsenlos
Goat's flesh there is, no doubt, and kid, and mutton;
goat - Ziege, Geiß, Bock
kid - Gör, Kind
And, when a holiday upon them smiles,
A joint upon their barbarous spits they put on:
joint - Gelenk; gemeinschaftlich, gemeinsam, gemeinsame, gemeinsamer
spits - spuckt; speien, brutzeln, knistern (Feuer), spucken; Bratspieß
But this occurs but seldom, between whiles,
occurs - auftritt; passieren, vorkommen, stattfinden, vorkommen
For some of these are rocks with scarce a hut on;
hut - Hütte
Others are fair and fertile, among which
fertile - fruchtbar, geil
among - unter, zwischen, untereinander
This, though not large, was one of the most rich.
I say that beef is rare, and can't help thinking
That the old fable of the Minotaur"
Minotaur - Minotaur, Minotaure, Minotaurus, Minotauros
From which our modern morals rightly shrinking
shrinking - schrumpfen, schrumpfen, abnehmen, drücken
Condemn the royal lady's taste who wore
Royal - königlich; Royal; Royalsegel
A cow's shape for a mask"was only (sinking
sinking - sinken; Untergang; (sink); sinken; senken, versenken, Spüle
The allegory) a mere type, no more,
allegory - Allegorie, Sinnbild, Allegorik
That Pasiphae promoted breeding cattle,
promoted - befördert; befördern, promovieren
breeding cattle - Zuchtvieh
To make the Cretans bloodier in battle.
Cretans - kretisch, Kreter, Kreterin
bloodier - blutiger; blutig, blutbefleckt
battle - sich schlagen, kämpfen; Schlacht, Kampf; Gefecht (Luftwaffe)
For we all know that English people are
Fed upon beef"I won't say much of beer,
Because 'tis liquor only, and being far
From this my subject, has no business here;
We know, too, they very fond of war,
A pleasure"like all pleasures"rather dear;
So were the Cretans"from which I infer
infer - schlussfolgern, schließen, Schlüsse ziehen, zur Folge haben
That beef and battles both were owing to her.
owing to - aufgrund, dank, durch, infolge
But to resume. The languid Juan raised
resume - weiter; Lebenslauf; fortsetzen, wiedererlangen, wiederaufnehmen
His head upon his elbow, and he saw
A sight on which he had not lately gazed,
As all his latter meals had been quite raw,
Three or four things, for which the Lord he praised,
And, feeling still the famish'd vulture gnaw,
He fell upon whate'er was offer'd, like
A priest, a shark, an alderman, or pike.
alderman - Schöffe; Stadtrat
Pike - Spitze, Hecht
He ate, and he was well supplied: and she,
supplied - geliefert; Stellvertretung, Versorgung, Vorrat; liefern
Who watch'd him like a mother, would have fed
Him past all bounds, because she smiled to see
bounds - Grenzen; Sprung
Such appetite in one she had deem'd dead;
But Zoe, being older than Haidee,
Knew (by tradition, for she ne'er had read)
That famish'd people must be slowly nurst,
And fed by spoonfuls, else they always burst.
And so she took the liberty to state,
Rather by deeds than words, because the case
deeds - Taten; Tat, Akt, Werk
Was urgent, that the gentleman, whose fate
urgent - dringend, dringlich, eilig
Had made her mistress quit her bed to trace
The sea-shore at this hour, must leave his plate,
sea-shore - (sea-shore) Seeküste
Unless he wish'd to die upon the place"
She snatch'd it, and refused another morsel,
snatch - schnappen; klauen, stehlen, Reißen
Saying, he had gorged enough to make a horse ill.
gorged - gefressen; Schlucht, Kehle; ich/er/sie fräße, fressen
Next they"he being naked, save a tatter'd
tatter - zerfetzen, zerfleddern, zerfledern; Lumpen, Fetzen
Pair of scarce decent trowsers"went to work,
And in the fire his recent rags they scatter'd,
And dress'd him, for the present, like a Turk,
Or Greek"that is, although it not much matter'd,
Omitting turban, slippers, pistols, dirk,"
omitting - unterlassen; weglassen, auslassen
turban - Turban
Dirk - Dolch
They furnish'd him, entire, except some stitches,
entire - vollständig; ganz, gesamt
stitches - Nähte; Stich (Näh-), Stich (Schmerz); nähen, absteppen
With a clean shirt, and very spacious breeches.
breeches - Reithosen; Schwanzschraube
And then fair Haidee tried her tongue at speaking,
But not a word could Juan comprehend,
comprehend - umfassen; verstehen, begreifen, erfassen, einsehen
Although he listen'd so that the young Greek in
Her earnestness would ne'er have made an end;
earnestness - Ernsthaftigkeit; Ernst
And, as he interrupted not, went eking
interrupted - unterbrochen; unterbrechen
eking - ergänzen
Her speech out to her protege and friend,
protege - Schützling
Till pausing at the last her breath to take,
pausing - pausierend; (pause); pausieren, innehalten, Pause
She saw he did not understand Romaic.
Romaic - romanisch
And then she had recourse to nods, and signs,
nods - nickt; nicken, einnicken, Kopfnicken
And smiles, and sparkles of the speaking eye,
sparkles - funkelt; funkeln
And read (the only book she could) the lines
Of his fair face, and found, by sympathy,
The answer eloquent, where soul shines
And darts in one quick glance a long reply;
darts - Pfeil, Satz
And thus in every look she saw exprest
A world of words, and things at which she guess'd.
And now, by dint of fingers and of eyes,
And words repeated after her, he took
A lesson in her tongue; but by surmise,
No doubt, less of her language than her look:
As he who studies fervently the skies
fervently - inbrünstig; leidenschaftlich, feurig, heiß
Turns oftener to the stars than to his book,
Thus Juan learn'd his alpha beta better
Alpha - Alpha
From Haidee's glance than any graven letter.
graven - eingraviert; feierlich, Gruft, massiv, würdig, ernst
'Tis pleasing to be school'd in a strange tongue
By female lips and eyes"that is, I mean,
When both the teacher and the taught are young,
As was the case, at least, where I have been;
They smile so when one 's right, and when one 's wrong
They smile still more, and then there intervene
intervene - intervenieren; eingreifen, einschreiten, dazwischengehen
Pressure of hands, perhaps even a chaste kiss;"
I learn'd the little that I know by this:
That is, some words of Spanish, Turk, and Greek,
Italian not at all, having no teachers;
Much English I cannot pretend to speak,
Learning that language chiefly from its preachers,
preachers - Prediger
Barrow, South, Tillotson, whom every week
barrow - Schubkarre; Hügel, Karre, Grabhügel, Tumulus
I study, also Blair, the highest reachers
Of eloquence in piety and prose"
piety - Frömmigkeit; Pietät
I hate your poets, so read none of those.
As for the ladies, I have nought to say,
A wanderer from the British world of fashion,
wanderer - Wanderer
Where I, like other 'dogs, have had my day,'
Like other men, too, may have had my passion"
But that, like other things, has pass'd away,
And all her fools whom I could lay the lash on:
Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me
But dreams of what has been, no more to be.
Return we to Don Juan. He begun
To hear new words, and to repeat them; but
Some feelings, universal as the sun,
Were such as could not in his breast be shut
More than within the bosom of a nun:
nun - Blaumeise, Klosterfrau, Nonne
He was in love,"as you would be, no doubt,
With a young benefactress,"so was she,
benefactress - Wohltäterin
Just in the way we very often see.
And every day by daybreak"rather early
For Juan, who was somewhat fond of rest"
She came into the cave, but it was merely
To see her bird reposing in his nest;
reposing - ruhend; ruhen
And she would softly stir his locks so curly,
Without disturbing her yet slumbering guest,
disturbing - beunruhigend; stören
Breathing all gently o'er his cheek and mouth,
As o'er a bed of roses the sweet south.
roses - Rosen; Rosa
And every morn his colour freshlier came,
freshlier - frischer; frisch
And every day help'd on his convalescence;
convalescence - Rekonvaleszenz; Erholung, Genesung, Gesundung, Konvaleszenz
'Twas well, because health in the human frame
Is pleasant, besides being true love's essence,
essence - Wesen; Essenz, Extrakt, Parfüm
For health and idleness to passion's flame
idleness - Untätigkeit, Stillstand, Müßiggang, Trägheit
Are oil and gunpowder; and some good lessons
gunpowder - Schießpulver
Are also learnt from Ceres and from Bacchus,
learnt from - entnahm
Ceres - Ceres, Zeres, Ceres, (cere) Ceres, Zeres, Ceres
Bacchus - Bacchus
Without whom Venus will not long attack us.
While Venus fills the heart (without heart really
Love, though good always, is not quite so good),
Ceres presents a plate of vermicelli,"
vermicelli - Nudeln, Vermicelli, Fadennudeln
For love must be sustain'd like flesh and blood,"
sustain - unterstützen; unterhalten, aufrechterhalten, versorgen
While Bacchus pours out wine, or hands a jelly:
pours out - (pour out) ausschütten
jelly - Wackelpudding, Wackelpeter; Gelee, Gallert
Eggs, oysters, too, are amatory food;
Oysters - Austern; Auster, Auster, Pfaffenschnittchen
amatory - amatorisch
But who is their purveyor from above
purveyor - Anbieter; Lieferant
Heaven knows,"it may be Neptune, Pan, or Jove.
Neptune - Neptun, Neptun
pan - Pfanne, Tiegel
When Juan woke he found some good things ready,
A bath, a breakfast, and the finest eyes
That ever made a youthful heart less steady,
Besides her maid's as pretty for their size;
But I have spoken of all this already"
And repetition 's tiresome and unwise,"
repetition - Wiederholung, Wdh(lg). Wiederholung
unwise - unklug
Well"Juan, after bathing in the sea,
Came always back to coffee and Haidee.
Both were so young, and one so innocent,
That bathing pass'd for nothing; Juan seem'd
To her, as 'twere, the kind of being sent,
Of whom these two years she had nightly dream'd,
nightly - jede Nacht; nächtlich
A something to be loved, a creature meant
To be her happiness, and whom she deem'd
Happiness - Glücklich sein; Glück, Glücklichkeit, Fröhlichkeit
To render happy; all who joy would win
Must share it,"Happiness was born a twin.
twin - doppelt, Zwilling
It was such pleasure to behold him, such
behold - betrachten, sehen, schauen, anschauen
Enlargement of existence to partake
enlargement - Vergrößerung, Erweiterung
partake - teilnehmen, mitmachen, mitessen
Nature with him, to thrill beneath his touch,
thrill - Aufregung; Nervenkitzel; erregen, erschauern, durchdringen
To watch him slumbering, and to see him wake:
To live with him forever were too much;
forever - für immer, ewig, unaufhörlich, auf immer
But then the thought of parting made her quake;
He was her own, her ocean-treasure, cast
Like a rich wreck"her first love, and her last.
And thus a moon roll'd on, and fair Haidee
Paid daily visits to her boy, and took
Such plentiful precautions, that still he
plentiful - massenhaft, reichlich
precautions - Vorsichtsmaßnahmen; Vorsorge, Vorsichtsmaßnahme
Remain'd unknown within his craggy nook;
unknown - unbekannt; Unbekannte; Unbekannter
craggy - zerklüftet; felsig
nook - Nische, Alkoven, stiller Winkel, Rückzugsort
At last her father's prows put out to sea
prows - Stützen; Bug
For certain merchantmen upon the look,
merchantmen - Kaufleute; Handelsschiff
Not as of yore to carry off an Io,
carry off - abtragen, verschleppen
Io - Io, Io
But three Ragusan vessels, bound for Scio.
vessels - Schiffe; Schiff, Boot
Then came her freedom, for she had no mother,
So that, her father being at sea, she was
Free as a married woman, or such other
Female, as where she likes may freely pass,
freely - frei
Without even the incumbrance of a brother,
incumbrance - Belastung
The freest she that ever gazed on glass;
I speak of Christian lands in this comparison,
Where wives, at least, are seldom kept in garrison.
Now she prolong'd her visits and her talk
prolong - ausdehnen; verlängern; hinauszögern
(For they must talk), and he had learnt to say
So much as to propose to take a walk,"
propose - vorschlagen; einen Heiratsantrag machen; beabsichtigen
For little had he wander'd since the day
On which, like a young flower snapp'd from the stalk,
snapp - schnappen
stalk - jdn. belauern; Stiel, Stengel
Drooping and dewy on the beach he lay,"
drooping - hängend; durchhängen, herabhängen, herunterhängen, herabsinken
And thus they walk'd out in the afternoon,
And saw the sun set opposite the moon.
It was a wild and breaker-beaten coast,
beaten - besiegt; Schlag; jdn. bezwingen
With cliffs above, and a broad sandy shore,
cliffs - Klippen; Kliff, Felsvorsprung, Klippe
Sandy - sandig, sandfarben
Guarded by shoals and rocks as by an host,
Host - Zeremonienmeister, Hausherr, Menge; Hostie; Gastgeber sein
With here and there a creek, whose aspect wore
Creek - Bucht; Bach
A better welcome to the tempest-tost;
And rarely ceased the haughty billow's roar,
haughty - hochmütig, stolz, überheblich, arrogant
Save on the dead long summer days, which make
The outstretch'd ocean glitter like a lake.
outstretch - ausdehnen; ausstrecken
glitter - Glitter; glitzern
And the small ripple spilt upon the beach
ripple - wellenförmig; Brummspannung, Welligkeit
Scarcely o'erpass'd the cream of your champagne,
When o'er the brim the sparkling bumpers reach,
brim - Krempe; übersprudeln; Rand
bumpers - Stoßstangen; Stoßstange
That spring-dew of the spirit! the heart's rain!
Few things surpass old wine; and they may preach
Who please,"the more because they preach in vain,"
Let us have wine and women, mirth and laughter,
Sermons and soda-water the day after.
soda-water - (soda-water) Sodawasser , Selterswasser , Tafelwasser
Man, being reasonable, must get drunk;
reasonable - vernünftig
get drunk - sich betrinken, sich berauschen
The best of life is but intoxication:
intoxication - Rauschzustände; Vergiftung, Intoxikation, Trunkenheit, Rausch
Glory, the grape, love, gold, in these are sunk
grape - Trauben; Traube, Weintraube, Weinbeere
The hopes of all men, and of every nation;
Without their sap, how branchless were the trunk
Sap - Trottel, Saft
branchless - branchenlos
trunk - Kofferraum; Stamm, Baumstamm, Koffer, Truhe, Schrankkoffer
Of life's strange tree, so fruitful on occasion:
fruitful - fruchtbar
But to return,"Get very drunk; and when
You wake with headache, you shall see what then.
Ring for your valet"bid him quickly bring
Some hock and soda-water, then you'll know
hock - hockt; das Fesselgelenk
soda - Soda; Sprudel, saurer Sprudel, Sprudelwasser, Limonade
A pleasure worthy Xerxes the great king;
For not the bless'd sherbet, sublimed with snow,
bless - segnen; selig preisen
sherbet - Sorbet
sublimed - sublimiert; sublimierens, erhaben
Nor the first sparkle of the desert-spring,
sparkle - funkeln
Nor Burgundy in all its sunset glow,
Burgundy - Bordeauxrot, Weinrot, Burgunderrot
After long travel, ennui, love, or slaughter,
ennui - Langeweile, Apathie, Depression, Melancholie
Vie with that draught of hock and soda-water.
vie - wetteifern, konkurrieren
The coast"I think it was the coast that
Was just describing"Yes, it was the coast"
Lay at this period quiet as the sky,
The sands untumbled, the blue waves untost,
sands - Sande; Sand
untumbled - ungetrübt
And all was stillness, save the sea-bird's cry,
And dolphin's leap, and little billow crost
dolphin - Delphin
By some low rock or shelve, that made it fret
shelve - Regal; Einbauplatte, Brennplatte; aufschieben, einstellen
fret - beunruhigen; sich grämen
Against the boundary it scarcely wet.
boundary - Grenze; Grenzen; Rand
And forth they wander'd, her sire being gone,
As I have said, upon an expedition;
expedition - Expedition
And mother, brother, guardian, she had none,
Save Zoe, who, although with due precision
She waited on her lady with the sun,
Thought daily service was her only mission,
mission - Auftrag; Mission
Bringing warm water, wreathing her long tresses,
wreathing - kränzen; Kranz, Gebinde
tresses - Locken; Haarsträhne, Haarlocke, Zopf
And asking now and then for cast-off dresses.
It was the cooling hour, just when the rounded
rounded - gerundet; runden; Kontrollgang, Runde, Rundgang, rund
Red sun sinks down behind the azure hill,
sinks - Spülen; sinken, senken, senken, versenken, Spüle, Spülbecken
Azure - Blau
Which then seems as if the whole earth it bounded,
bounded - begrenzt; Sprung
Circling all nature, hush'd, and dim, and still,
circling - umkreisend; (circle); Kreis, Zirkel, Augenringe, umkreisen
With the far mountain-crescent half surrounded
Crescent - Mondsichel; Hörnchen, Croissant
surrounded - umgeben, umringen, umzingeln, umringen
On one side, and the deep sea calm and chill
deep sea - Tiefsee
Upon the other, and the rosy sky,
With one star sparkling through it like an eye.
And thus they wander'd forth, and hand in hand,
Over the shining pebbles and the shells,
shining - glänzen; schimmern, wienern; Schein; putzen (Schuhe)
pebbles - Kieselsteine; Stein, Steinchen
shells - Muscheln; Schale, Schale, Eierschale, Schale, Hülse, Granate
Glided along the smooth and harden'd sand,
glided - geglitten; gleiten, gleiten, gleiten lassen
harden - aushärten; härten, verhärten, abhärten
And in the worn and wild receptacles
receptacles - Gefäße; Gefäß
Work'd by the storms, yet work'd as it were plann'd,
storms - stürmen; Sturm
In hollow halls, with sparry roofs and cells,
hollow - hohl, dumpf
halls - Hallen; Flur, Korridor, Diele, Halle, Saal, Aula, Herrenhaus
roofs - Dächer; überdachen; Autodach, Dach
cells - Zellen; Zelle, Speicherzelle
They turn'd to rest; and, each clasp'd by an arm,
Yielded to the deep twilight's purple charm.
They look'd up to the sky, whose floating glow
Spread like a rosy ocean, vast and bright;
They gazed upon the glittering sea below,
Whence the broad moon rose circling into sight;
They heard the wave's splash, and the wind so low,
And saw each other's dark eyes darting light
darting - Pfeil, Satz
Into each other"and, beholding this,
beholding - betrachten, sehen, schauen, anschauen, ansehen
Their lips drew near, and clung into a kiss;
A long, long kiss, a kiss of youth, and love,
And beauty, all concentrating like rays
concentrating - konzentrieren, sich konzentrieren, konzentrieren, konzentrieren
rays - Schimmer, Strahl; ausstrahlen
Into one focus, kindled from above;
focus - Brennpunkt, Fokus, Konzentration, fokussieren
kindled - entfacht; anzünden
Such kisses as belong to early days,
kisses - küssen
belong - zugehören; gehören (zu)
Where heart, and soul, and sense, in concert move,
And the blood 's lava, and the pulse a blaze,
lava - Lava
Each kiss a heart-quake,"for a kiss's strength,
I think, it must be reckon'd by its length.
By length I mean duration; theirs endured
duration - Dauer
Heaven knows how long"no doubt they never reckon'd;
And if they had, they could not have secured
secured - gesichert; sicher, geschützt, beschützt, sicher, geschützt
The sum of their sensations to a second:
sensations - Empfindungen; Gefühl
They had not spoken; but they felt allured,
allured - gelockt; verlocken
As if their souls and lips each other beckon'd,
beckon - heranwinken, herbeiwinken, zuwinken, einladen
Which, being join'd, like swarming bees they clung"
swarming - Ausschwärmen; (to swarm) wimmeln, schwärmen
Their hearts the flowers from whence the honey sprung.
They were alone, but not alone as they
Who shut in chambers think it loneliness;
chambers - Kammern; Raum, Schlafzimmer
loneliness - Einsamkeit
The silent ocean, and the starlight bay,
starlight - Sternenlicht
The twilight glow which momently grew less,
momently - Momentan
The voiceless sands and dropping caves, that lay
voiceless - tonlos; stimmlos
dropping - Fallenlassen; Kot; (drop) Fallenlassen; Kot
caves - Höhlen; nachgeben, aufgeben; Höhle
Around them, made them to each other press,
As if there were no life beneath the sky
Save theirs, and that their life could never die.
They fear'd no eyes nor ears on that lone beach,
They felt no terrors from the night, they were
terrors - Schrecken, Grauen
All in all to each other: though their speech
Was broken words, they thought a language there,"
And all the burning tongues the passions teach
Found in one sigh the best interpreter
interpreter - Dolmetscher, Dolmetscherin, Dolmetsch, Interpreter
Of nature's oracle"first love,"that all
Oracle - Orakel, Orakelspruch, orakeln
Which Eve has left her daughters since her fall.
Haidde spoke not of scruples, ask'd no vows,
scruples - Skrupel
Nor offer'd any; she had never heard
Of plight and promises to be a spouse,
promises - Versprechen
Or perils by a loving maid incurr'd;
incurr - verletzen
She was all which pure ignorance allows,
ignorance - Unwissenheit, Unwissen, Nichtwissen
And flew to her young mate like a young bird;
And, never having dreamt of falsehood, she
falsehood - Unwahrheit, Falschheit, Lüge, unwahre Behauptung, Falschsein
Had not one word to say of constancy.
constancy - Konstanz, Beständigkeit, Ausdauer
She loved, and was beloved"she adored,
adored - verehrt; anbeten, verehren, anbeten, verehren
And she was worshipp'd; after nature's fashion,
worshipp - Verehrung
Their intense souls, into each other pour'd,
intense - intensiv; hochgradig
If souls could die, had perish'd in that passion,"
But by degrees their senses were restored,
degrees - Abschlüsse; Diplom, akademischer Diplom, Grad, Winkelgrad
Again to be o'ercome, again to dash on;
ercome - erkommen
And, beating 'gainst his bosom, Haidee's heart
beating - Schlagen, Prügel, Verprüglung, vernichtende Niederlage
Felt as if never more to beat apart.
Alas! they were so young, so beautiful,
So lonely, loving, helpless, and the hour
Was that in which the heart is always full,
And, having o'er itself no further power,
Prompts deeds eternity can not annul,
prompts - Aufforderungen; Eingabeaufforderung, anleiten, antreiben
eternity - Ewigkeit
But pays off moments in an endless shower
pays off - (pay off) amortisieren, abbezahlen, tilgen, sich rechnen
Of hell-fire"all prepared for people giving
Pleasure or pain to one another living.
Alas! for Juan and Haidee! they were
So loving and so lovely"till then never,
till then - bis dahin, bis nachher
Excepting our first parents, such a pair
Had run the risk of being damn'd for ever;
Risk - Risiko; riskieren; wagen
And Haidee, being devout as well as fair,
devout - tiefgläubig, andächtig, strenggläubig
Had, doubtless, heard about the Stygian river,
Stygian - Stygisch; düster, duster
And hell and purgatory"but forgot
Purgatory - Fegefeuer; Purgatorium
Just in the very crisis she should not.
crisis - Krise
They look upon each other, and their eyes
Gleam in the moonlight; and her white arm clasps
gleam - Schimmer; durchschimmern, glänzen
moonlight - Mondlicht, Mondschein, Mondenschein
clasps - Klammern; Spange, Klammer, Schnalle, Griff, greifen
Round Juan's head, and his around her lies
Half buried in the tresses which it grasps;
grasps - ergreift; greifen, erfassen, begreifen, verstehen, erfassen
She sits upon his knee, and drinks his sighs,
He hers, until they end in broken gasps;
And thus they form a group that 's quite antique,
antique - antik; Antiquität
half naked, loving, natural, and Greek.
half naked - halbnackt
And when those deep and burning moments pass'd,
And Juan sunk to sleep within her arms,
She slept not, but all tenderly, though fast,
tenderly - zärtlich, zart, lieb
Sustain'd his head upon her bosom's charms;
And now and then her eye to heaven is cast,
And then on the pale cheek her breast now warms,
Pillow'd on her o'erflowing heart, which pants
erflowing - erflowt
pants - Hosen; keuchen, hecheln, schnaufen (i. S. v. keuchen)
With all it granted, and with all it grants.
grants - Zuschüsse; gewähren, erteilen, bewilligen
An infant when it gazes on a light,
gazes - starrt; anstarren
A child the moment when it drains the breast,
drains - Abflüsse; Abfluss, entwässern, abfließen lassen, ablassen
A devotee when soars the Host in sight,
devotee - Bewunderer, Enthusiast, Fan, Anhänger
An Arab with a stranger for a guest,
A sailor when the prize has struck in fight,
A miser filling his most hoarded chest,
hoarded - gehortet; Schatz, Vorrat; horten, sich Vorräte anlegen, hamstern
Feel rapture; but not such true joy are reaping
rapture - Entrückung; Ekstase, Taumel, Verzückung, Entzücken
reaping - ernten, schneiden, mähen, sensen, absensen, ernten, einheimsen
As they who watch o'er what they love while sleeping.
For there it lies so tranquil, so beloved,
tranquil - ruhig, gelassen
All that it hath of life with us is living;
So gentle, stirless, helpless, and unmoved,
unmoved - ungerührt, unbewegt
And all unconscious of the joy 'tis giving;
unconscious - bewusstlos; spontan, unbewusst, unterbewusst, Unbewusstes
All it hath felt, inflicted, pass'd, and proved,
inflicted - auferlegt; zufügen, de
Hush'd into depths beyond the watcher's diving:
depths - Untiefen; Tiefe
watcher - Beobachter; (watch) bewachen, beobachten, aufpassen
diving - Wasserspringen; Tauchen; (div); Wasserspringen; Tauchen
There lies the thing we love with all its errors
And all its charms, like death without its terrors.
The lady watch'd her lover"and that hour
Of Love's, and Night's, and Ocean's solitude,
O'erflow'd her soul with their united power;
United - Vereint; vereinen
Amidst the barren sand and rocks so rude
She and her wave-worn love had made their bower,
Where nought upon their passion could intrude,
intrude - eindringen, stören, eindrängen
And all the stars that crowded the blue space
Saw nothing happier than her glowing face.
Alas! the love of women! it is known
To be a lovely and a fearful thing;
For all of theirs upon that die is thrown,
And if 'tis lost, life hath no more to bring
To them but mockeries of the past alone,
mockeries - Spötteleien; Verspottung, Verhöhnung, Gespött
And their revenge is as the tiger's spring,
Deadly, and quick, and crushing; yet, as real
crushing - erdrückend; Schwarm, zerdrücken
Torture is theirs, what they inflict they feel.
torture - Folter; Tortur; foltern
inflict - auferlegen; zufügen, checkverhängen
They are right; for man, to man so oft unjust,
unjust - ungerecht
Is always so to women; one sole bond
bond - Anleihe; Bindung, Obligation, Pfandbrief; binden
Awaits them, treachery is all their trust;
Taught to conceal, their bursting hearts despond
despond - verzweifeln; verzagen
Over their idol, till some wealthier lust
wealthier - reicher; wohlhabend, reich
lust - Wollust, Begehren, Verlangen, Freude
Buys them in marriage"and what rests beyond?
rests - ruht; Ruhe, Stütze, Lehne, ein Ăśbriges; bleiben, ruhen
A thankless husband, next a faithless lover,
thankless - undankbar
faithless - ungläubig, unzuverlässig, treulos
Then dressing, nursing, praying, and all 's over.
praying - flehend, betend; (pray) flehend, betend
Some take a lover, some take drams or prayers,
drams - Quäntchen, Quentchen
Some mind their household, others dissipation,
dissipation - Ausschüttung; Zerstreuung, Zersplitterung, Zerteilung, Auflösung
Some run away, and but exchange their cares,
Losing the advantage of a virtuous station;
Few changes e'er can better their affairs,
Theirs being an unnatural situation,
unnatural - unnatürlich
From the dull palace to the dirty hovel:
hovel - Unterschlupf; Unterstand; Bruchbude, Baracke
Some play the devil, and then write a novel.
novel - Roman, originell
Haidee was Nature's bride, and knew not this;
Haidee was Passion's child, born where the sun
Showers triple light, and scorches even the kiss
triple - dreifach; verdreifachen
scorches - verbrennt; verbrennen, verbrennen, rasen
Of his gazelle-eyed daughters; she was one
Made but to love, to feel that she was his
Who was her chosen: what was said or done
Elsewhere was nothing. She had naught to fear,
elsewhere - anderswo
Hope, care, nor love, beyond, her heart beat here.
And oh! that quickening of the heart, that beat!
quickening - Belebung; beschleunigend; (quicken) Belebung; beschleunigend
How much it costs us! yet each rising throb
Is in its cause as its effect so sweet,
That Wisdom, ever on the watch to rob
rob - rauben, berauben, Raubbau treiben, ausrauben
Joy of its alchymy, and to repeat
alchymy - Alchymie
Fine truths; even Conscience, too, has a tough job
truths - Wahrheiten; Wahrheit, Wahrheit, Wahrheit, Treue, Wahrheit
To make us understand each good old maxim,
maxim - Maxime; Grundsatz, Sprichwort, Lebensweisheit
So good"I wonder Castlereagh don't tax 'em.
And now 'twas done"on the lone shore were plighted
plighted - geplagt; sich verloben; Misere, schlimmer Zustand, Verlobung
Their hearts; the stars, their nuptial torches, shed
nuptial - Hochzeitsfeier; hochzeitlich
Beauty upon the beautiful they lighted:
Ocean their witness, and the cave their bed,
witness - Zeugnis; Zeuge, Zeugin, bezeugen, erman: Zeuge sein
By their own feelings hallow'd and united,
hallow - anbeten, heiligen
United - Vereint; Einheit, Einheit
Their priest was Solitude, and they were wed:
And they were happy, for to their young eyes
Each was an angel, and earth paradise.
O, Love! of whom great Caesar was the suitor,
Caesar - Cäsar, Caesar, Zäsar, Kaiser
Titus the master, Antony the slave,
Horace, Catullus, scholars, Ovid tutor,
scholars - Student, Schüler, Schülerin, Studentin, Gelehrter, Gelehrter
Sappho the sage blue-stocking, in whose grave
All those may leap who rather would be neuter
(Leucadia's rock still overlooks the wave)"
overlooks - Übersichten; Übersicht, Überblick, bemerken
O, Love! thou art the very god of evil,
For, after all, we cannot call thee devil.
Thou mak'st the chaste connubial state precarious,
connubial - geschlechtlich
precarious - prekär
And jestest with the brows of mightiest men:
jestest - scherzen
mightiest - mächtigste; gewaltig, mächtig
Caesar and Pompey, Mahomet, Belisarius,
Pompey - Pompejus
Have much employ'd the muse of history's pen;
Their lives and fortunes were extremely various,
fortunes - Schicksal
Such worthies Time will never see again;
Worthies - Würdenträger; würdig
Yet to these four in three things the same luck holds,
They all were heroes, conquerors, and cuckolds.
conquerors - Eroberer, Erobererin, Bezwinger, Bezwingerin
cuckolds - Gehörnter, Hahnrei, Hornträger, hörnen
Thou mak'st philosophers; there's Epicurus
philosophers - Philosophen; Philosoph, Philosophin
Epicurus - Epikur
And Aristippus, a material crew!
material - materiell; Material, Rohstoff
Who to immoral courses would allure us
allure - Anziehungskraft; verlocken
By theories quite practicable too;
theories - Theorien; Theorie, Theorie, Theorie, Theorie
practicable - durchführbar, ausführbar, praktikabel
If only from the devil they would insure us,
insure - versichern
How pleasant were the maxim (not quite new),
'Eat, drink, and love, what can the rest avail us?'
So said the royal sage Sardanapalus.
But Juan! had he quite forgotten Julia?
And should he have forgotten her so soon?
I can't but say it seems to me most truly
Perplexing question; but, no doubt, the moon
Does these things for us, and whenever newly
whenever - wann auch immer
newly - neu
Strong palpitation rises, 'tis her boon,
palpitation - Herzklopfen, Palpitation
boon - Segen, Wohltat
Else how the devil is it that fresh features
features - Merkmale; Besonderheit, Charakteristikum
Have such a charm for us poor human creatures?
I hate inconstancy"I loathe, detest,
inconstancy - Wankelmut; Unbeständigkeiten, Unbeständigkeit
detest - verabscheuen
Abhor, condemn, abjure the mortal made
abhor - verabscheuen
abjure - abschwören
Of such quicksilver clay that in his breast
quicksilver - Quecksilber; quecksilbrig
No permanent foundation can be laid;
permanent - dauerhaft; permanent, ständig, beständig, unbefristet
foundation - Gründung; Grundlage; Fundament, Stiftung, Foundation
Love, constant love, has been my constant guest,
constant - beständig, konstant, regelmäßig, stetig
And yet last night, being at a masquerade,
masquerade - Maskenspiel, Maskerade
I saw the prettiest creature, fresh from Milan,
Milan - Mailand
Which gave me some sensations like a villain.
villain - Schurke, Gauner, Halunke, Bösewicht, am
But soon Philosophy came to my aid,
And whisper'd, 'Think of every sacred tie!'
'I will, my dear Philosophy!'I said,
'But then her teeth, and then, oh, Heaven! her eye!
I'll just inquire if she be wife or maid,
inquire - erkundigen
Or neither"out of curiosity.'
'Stop!'cried Philosophy, with air so Grecian
(Though she was masqued then as a fair Venetian);
masqued - maskenhaft
'Stop!'so I stopp'd."But to return: that which
Men call inconstancy is nothing more
Than admiration due where nature's rich
admiration - Bewunderung
Profusion with young beauty covers o'er
Some favour'd object; and as in the niche
niche - Nische, Mauernische, Wandnische, Mauerrücksprung
A lovely statue we almost adore,
statue - Statue, Standbild
This sort of adoration of the real
adoration - Anbetung
Is but a heightening of the 'beau ideal.'
heightening - erhöhen, vergrößern
Beau - Beau
'Tis the perception of the beautiful,
perception - Wahrnehmung
A fine extension of the faculties,
extension - Ausdehnung, Erweiterung, Bedeutungserweiterung, Verlängerung
faculties - Fakultäten; Kollegium
Platonic, universal, wonderful,
Drawn from the stars, and filter'd through the skies,
filter - Filter; filtern; filtrieren, passieren
Without which life would be extremely dull;
In short, it is the use of our own eyes,
With one or two small senses added, just
To hint that flesh is form'd of fiery dust.
Yet 'tis a painful feeling, and unwilling,
For surely if we always could perceive
In the same object graces quite as killing
graces - Gnaden; Anmut, Tischgebete; (grace); Tischgebet; Anmut, Grazie
As when she rose upon us like an Eve,
'Twould save us many a heartache, many a shilling
heartache - Liebeskummer; Herzenskummer
shilling - Schilling
(For we must get them any how or grieve),
Whereas if one sole lady pleased for ever,
How pleasant for the heart as well as liver!
The heart is like the sky, a part of heaven,
But changes night and day, too, like the sky;
Now o'er it clouds and thunder must be driven,
And darkness and destruction as on high:
destruction - Zerstörung, Vernichtung
But when it hath been scorch'd, and pierced, and riven,
pierced - gepierct; lochen, durchbohren
riven - zerrissen; aufreißen
Its storms expire in water-drops; the eye
expire - ablaufen, erlöschen, verfallen, ausatmen
Pours forth at last the heart's blood turn'd to tears,
Which make the English climate of our years.
The liver is the lazaret of bile,
lazaret - Lazarett
bile - Galle
But very rarely executes its function,
executes - ausführt; hinrichten, ausführen, durchführen, ausführen
function - Funktion, Funktionalität, Aufgabe, Feier
For the first passion stays there such a while,
That all the rest creep in and form a junction,
creep in - unterlaufen, einschleichen
junction - Kreuzung, Knotenpunkt, Grenzzone
Life knots of vipers on a dunghill's soil,"
knots - Knoten, Knäuel
vipers - Vipern; Kreuzotter, Otter, Viper
dunghill - Misthaufen
soil - Boden, (Erd-) Boden; beflecken, beschmutzen, schmutzig machen
Rage, fear, hate, jealousy, revenge, compunction,"
compunction - Gewissensbisse, Reue
So that all mischiefs spring up from this entrail,
mischiefs - Unfug, Unheil
spring up - aus dem Boden schießen, (Wind) aufkommen
Like earthquakes from the hidden fire call'd 'central,'
hidden - versteckt; verbergen, verheimlichen, verstecken, verdecken
central - zentral, mittig
In the mean time, without proceeding more
In this anatomy, I've finish'd now
anatomy - Anatomie
Two hundred and odd stanzas as before,
stanzas - Strophen; Strophe
That being about the number I'll allow
allow - erlauben, zulassen, akzeptieren, mit einberechnen
Each canto of the twelve, or twenty-four;
And, laying down my pen, I make my bow,
laying down - Niederlegung , hinlegend
Leaving Don Juan and Haidee to plead
plead - plädieren, bekennen, (dringend) bitten, anflehen, beschwören
For them and theirs with all who deign to read.
deign - entwerfen; sich
hail, Muse! et cetera."We left Juan sleeping,
hail - jdm. zujubeln;(Hail to thee!) Wohl dir!, Sei gegrüßt!
et - und
Pillow'd upon a fair and happy breast,
And watch'd by eyes that never yet knew weeping,
And loved by a young heart, too deeply blest
blest - preisen, gesegnet, verletzen; (bless) preisen, gesegnet
To feel the poison through her spirit creeping,
creeping - schleichend; kriechen, schleichen, schleichen, kriechen
Or know who rested there, a foe to rest,
rested - ausgeruht; Ruhe, Stütze, Lehne, ein Ăśbriges; bleiben, ruhen
Had soil'd the current of her sinless years,
sinless - sündlos; sündenfrei, sündenlos
And turn'd her pure heart's purest blood to tears!
purest - am reinsten; bloß, rein
O, Love! what is it in this world of ours
Which makes it fatal to be loved? Ah, why
fatal - verhängnisvoll, fatal, tödlich
With cypress branches hast thou Wreathed thy bowers,
cypress - Zypresse
branches - Ast, t+Zweig, Abzweigung, (''rare'') tÄstelung
wreathed - bekränzt; winden
And made thy best interpreter a sigh?
As those who dote on odours pluck the flowers,
odours - Gerüche; Geruch
And place them on their breast"but place to die"
Thus the frail beings we would fondly cherish
fondly - lieb, liebevoll, zärtlich, verliebt
Are laid within our bosoms but to perish.
In her first passion woman loves her lover,
In all the others all she loves is love,
Which grows a habit she can ne'er get over,
habit - Gepflogenheit, Angewohnheit
And fits her loosely"like an easy glove,
fits - passt; (to be fit) in Form sein
loosely - locker
glove - Handschuh
As you may find, whene'er you like to prove her:
One man alone at first her heart can move;
She then prefers him in the plural number,
in the plural - im Plural
Not finding that the additions much encumber.
additions - Ergänzungen; Zufügung, Hinzufügung, Zusatz, Addition, Summant
I know not if the fault be men's or theirs;
But one thing 's pretty sure; a woman planted
(Unless at once she plunge for life in prayers)
After a decent time must be gallanted;
gallanted - Galan (galanter Mann), galant, Verehrer
Although, no doubt, her first of love affairs
Is that to which her heart is wholly granted;
Yet there are some, they say, who have had none,
But those who have ne'er end with only one.
'Tis melancholy, and a fearful sign
melancholy - Melancholie, Schwermut, Wehmut
Of human frailty, folly, also crime,
frailty - Schwäche, Zerbrechlichkeit
That love and marriage rarely can combine,
combine - kombinieren, verbinden, vereinen
Although they both are born in the same clime;
clime - Klima; Gegend
Marriage from love, like vinegar from wine"
vinegar - Essig
A sad, sour, sober beverage"by time
sour - sauer, herb, säuerlich, sauer vergoren
beverage - Getränk
Is sharpen'd from its high celestial flavour
sharpen - schärfen
flavour - Geschmack, Aroma, Sorte
Down to a very homely household savour.
homely - gemütlich; heimisch
savour - schmecken; Geschmack; genießen, würdigen, recht genießen
There's something of antipathy, as 'twere,
antipathy - Antipathie
Between their present and their future state;
A kind of flattery that 's hardly fair
flattery - Schmeicheleien; Schmeichelei, Schöntuerei
Is used until the truth arrives too late"
Yet what can people do, except despair?
The same things change their names at such a rate;
rate - Wechselkurs, Devisenkurs, Kurs; Kommunalsteuer
For instance"passion in a lover 's glorious,
But in a husband is pronounced uxorious.
uxorious - berauschend
Men grow ashamed of being so very fond;
They sometimes also get a little tired
(But that, of course, is rare), and then despond:
The same things cannot always be admired,
admired - bewundert; bewundern, verehren, hochschätzen
Yet 'tis 'so nominated in the bond,'
nominated - nominiert; nominieren
That both are tied till one shall have expired.
tied - gebunden; zusammenbinden
Sad thought! to lose the spouse that was adorning
adorning - schmücken, zieren, verzieren
Our days, and put one's servants into mourning.
There's doubtless something in domestic doings
Which forms, in fact, true love's antithesis;
Romances paint at full length people's wooings,
wooings - (woo) jemanden umwerben, werben, locken
But only give a bust of marriages;
marriages - Eheschließungen; Ehe, Heirat, Ehe, Hochzeit, Heirat
For no one cares for matrimonial cooings,
matrimonial - ehelich
cooings - gurrt; gurrend
There's nothing wrong in a connubial kiss:
Think you, if Laura had been Petrarch's wife,
Laura - Laura
He would have written sonnets all his life?
sonnets - Sonette; Sonett
All tragedies are finish'd by a death,
tragedies - Tragödien; Tragödie, Tragödie, Tragödie
All comedies are ended by a marriage;
comedies - Komödien; Komödie
The future states of both are left to faith,
For authors fear description might disparage
authors - Autoren; Autor, Autorin, Verfasser, Verfasserin, Schriftsteller
disparage - verunglimpfen; nicht standesgemäße Ehe, Missheirat, herabsetzen
The worlds to come of both, or fall beneath,
And then both worlds would punish their miscarriage;
miscarriage - Fehlgeburt
So leaving each their priest and prayer-book ready,
prayer - Gebet; (the Lord's Prayer) Paternoster
They say no more of Death or of the Lady.
The only two that in my recollection
Have sung of heaven and hell, or marriage, are
Dante and Milton, and of both the affection
Was hapless in their nuptials, for some bar
nuptials - Heiraten; hochzeitlich
bar - Takt; Schankstube; Latte (Sport); Balken, Leiste, Stange, Strich
Of fault or temper ruin'd the connection
(Such things, in fact, it Don't ask much to mar):
Don't ask - Frag lieber nicht!
mar - beschädigen, verunstalten
But Dante's Beatrice and Milton's Eve
Beatrice - Beatrix
Were not drawn from their spouses, you conceive.
conceive - schwanger werden; konzipieren, erdenken, ersinnen, empfangen
Some persons say that Dante meant theology
By Beatrice, and not a mistress"I,
Although my opinion may require apology,
require - erfordern; brauchen, benötigen
Deem this a commentator's fantasy,
commentator - Kommentator, Kommentatorin
fantasy - Fantasie; Fantasy
Unless indeed it was from his own knowledge he
Decided thus, and show'd good reason why;
I think that Dante's more abstruse ecstatics
ecstatics - Ekstatik; ekstatisch, ekstatisch
Meant to personify the mathematics.
personify - personifizieren
mathematics - Mathematik; mathematisch
Haidee and Juan were not married, but
The fault was theirs, not mine; it is not fair,
Chaste reader, then, in any way to put
The blame on me, unless you wish they were;
Then if you'd have them wedded, please to shut
The book which treats of this erroneous pair,
treats - Leckereien; behandeln, bewirten, einladen, heilen, kurieren
erroneous - irrtümlich
Before the consequences grow too awful;
consequences - Folgen; Konsequenz, Folge, Konsequenz, Folge, Konsequenz
'Tis dangerous to read of loves unlawful.
unlawful - rechtswidrig
Yet they were happy,"happy in the illicit
illicit - unerlaubt
Indulgence of their innocent desires;
indulgence - Ablasshandel; Nachgiebigkeit, Nachsicht, Milde, Nachsichtigkeit
desires - Sehnsüchte; begehren, begehren, Begehren
But more imprudent grown with every visit,
more imprudent - unbesonnenere
Haidee forgot the island was her sire's;
When we have what we like, 'tis hard to miss it,
At least in the beginning, ere one tires;
tires - Reifen, Pneu (schweiz.); ermüden
Thus she came often, not a moment losing,
Whilst her piratical papa was cruising.
whilst - während
piratical - piratenhaft
papa - der Papa
Let not his mode of raising cash seem strange,
raising - Erhöhung; Erhebung; Großziehen, Aufziehen
Although he fleeced the flags of every nation,
fleeced - geschröpft; Vlies
flags - markieren, beflaggen, kennzeichnen; Kennzeichen, Platte, Flag
For into a prime minister but change
prime - wichtigste
minister - Gesandter, Pastor, Minister
His title, and 'tis nothing but taxation;
taxation - Besteuerung
But he, more modest, took an humbler range
more modest - anspruchslosere
humbler - bescheidener; demütiger
Of life, and in an honester vocation
honester - ehrlich, aufrichtig
vocation - Berufung; Beruf
Pursued o'er the high seas his watery journey,
And merely practised as a sea-attorney.
The good old gentleman had been detain'd
By winds and waves, and some important captures;
captures - Erfassungen; Fang, Festnahme, Gefangennahme, Erfassung, fangen
And, in the hope of more, at sea remain'd,
Although a squall or two had damp'd his raptures,
raptures - Ekstase, Taumel, Verzückung, Entzücken
By swamping one of the prizes; he had chain'd
swamping - Überschwemmung; Sumpf, Moor
prizes - Preise; Prämie, Preis, Gewinn
His prisoners, dividing them like chapters
prisoners - Gefangener, Gefangene, Häftling, Strafgefangener, Gefangener
dividing - Aufteilen; abteilend, teilend; (divide); aufteilen, einteilen
chapters - Kapiteln; Kapitel
In number'd lots; they all had cuffs and collars,
cuffs - Manschetten; Manschette; Hosenaufschlag, Umschlag (an der Hose)
collars - Kragen, Halskette, Halsband
And averaged each from ten to a hundred dollars.
averaged - gemittelt; mittlere, Havarie
Some he disposed of off Cape Matapan,
disposed of - (dispose of) verfügen über
Among his friends the Mainots; some he sold
To his Tunis correspondents, save one man
Tunis - Tunis
correspondents - Korrespondenten; Korrespondent, Korrespondentin
Toss'd overboard unsaleable (being old);
The rest"save here and there some richer one,
Reserved for future ransom"in the hold
reserved - Reservieren
ransom - Lösegeld; (mit Lösegeld) freikaufen, auslösen, loskaufen
Were link'd alike, as for the common people he
link - Verknüpfung, Gelenk, Bindeglied; verbinden, binden; Kulisse
Had a large order from the Dey of Tripoli.
Tripoli - Tripolis
The merchandise was served in the same way,
merchandise - Waren; Handelsware, Ware; handeln, Handel treiben
Pieced out for different marts in the Levant;
Levant - Levante
Except some certain portions of the prey,
portions - Portionen; Teil
Light classic articles of female want,
French stuffs, lace, tweezers, toothpicks, teapot, tray,
tweezers - Pinzette
toothpicks - Zahnstocher
teapot - Teekanne
tray - Tablett, Servierbrett
Guitars and castanets from Alicant,
castanets - Kastagnette, Kastagnette-p
All which selected from the spoil he gathers,
gathers - sammelt; sammeln, versammeln
Robb'd for his daughter by the best of fathers.
A monkey, a Dutch mastiff, a mackaw,
Dutch - niederländisch, holländisch, Niederländisch, Holländisch
mastiff - Dogge
Two parrots, with a Persian cat and kittens,
parrots - Papageien; Papagei, nachplappern
Persian - persisch; Perser
kittens - Kätzchen
He chose from several animals he saw"
A terrier, too, which once had been a Briton's,
terrier - Terrier; (terry) Terrier
Briton - Britannier, Brite, Britin
Who dying on the coast of Ithaca,
The peasants gave the poor dumb thing a pittance;
peasants - Landwirte; arm
pittance - ein Almosen; Hungerlohn; Almosen
These to secure in this strong blowing weather,
blowing - (to blow) blasen, wehen, pusten
He caged in one huge hamper altogether.
caged - in einem Käfig; Käfig
huge - riesig
hamper - stören, behindern, hemmen, hindern; Geschenkkorb
Then having settled his marine affairs,
marine - See
Despatching single cruisers here and there,
despatching - Versenden; Tötung
cruisers - Kreuzfahrtschiffe; Kreuzer, Kreuzer, Streifenwagen
His vessel having need of some repairs,
repairs - Reparaturen; reparieren, instandsetzen, ausbessern
He shaped his course to where his daughter fair
Continued still her hospitable cares;
hospitable - gastfreundlich, gastfrei
But that part of the coast being shoal and bare,
shoal - Schwarm; Schar, Untiefe
And rough with reefs which ran out many a mile,
reefs - Riffe; Segel reffen; Riff
His port lay on the other side o'the isle.
lay on - aufstreichen, anschließen, sorgen für
And there he went ashore without delay,
ashore - an Land; zu Lande, am Land, an die Küste
delay - Verspätung, Verzögerung, Verzug
Having no custom-house nor quarantine
custom-house - (custom-house) Zollhaus
quarantine - Quarantäne; unter Quarantäne stellen
To ask him awkward questions on the way
About the time and place where he had been:
He left his ship to be hove down next day,
With orders to the people to careen;
careen - rasen; kielholen; krängen; schlingern
So that all hands were busy beyond measure,
In getting out goods, ballast, guns, and treasure.
ballast - Ballast; Bettung, Schotter, beschottern
Arriving at the summit of a hill
Which overlook'd the white walls of his home,
overlook - Übersicht, Überblick, bemerken
He stopp'd."What singular emotions fill
singular - einzeln; einzigartig; ungewöhnlich; singularisch; singulär; Einzahl
Their bosoms who have been induced to roam!
induced - veranlasst; dazu bringen, anstacheln, bewirken, verursachen
With fluttering doubts if all be well or ill"
fluttering - Flatterhaft; flattern, wedeln
With love for many, and with fears for some;
All feelings which o'erleap the years long lost,
And bring our hearts back to their starting-post.
The approach of home to husbands and to sires,
approach - sich nähern, nahekommen, ähnlich sein
After long travelling by land or water,
Most naturally some small doubt inspires"
naturally - natürlich
inspires - inspiriert; inspirieren, inspirieren, beatmen, einhauchen
A female family 's a serious matter
(None trusts the sex more, or so much admires"
trusts - Vertrauen
But they hate flattery, so I never flatter);
Wives in their husbands'absences grow subtler,
absences - Abwesenheiten; Abwesenheit, Absenz, Abwesenheit, Fehlen
subtler - subtiler; subtil, fast unmerklich, haarfein, dezent, feinsinnig
And daughters sometimes run off with the butler.
butler - Butler
An honest gentleman at his return
May not have the good fortune of Ulysses;
Not all lone matrons for their husbands mourn,
mourn - trauern
Or show the same dislike to suitors'kisses;
The odds are that he finds a handsome urn
odds - Quoten; einzeln, seltsam, merkwürdig, komisch, ungerade
urn - Urne
To his memory"and two or three young misses
Born to some friend, who holds his wife and riches,"
And that his Argus"bites him by the breeches.
bites - beißt; beißen, beißen, beißen, beißen, Biss, Biss, Stich, Bissen
If single, probably his plighted fair
Has in his absence wedded some rich miser;
But all the better, for the happy pair
May quarrel, and the lady growing wiser,
He may resume his amatory care
As cavalier servente, or despise her;
And that his sorrow may not be a dumb one,
Write odes on the Inconstancy of Woman.
odes - Oden; Ode
And oh! ye gentlemen who have already
Some chaste liaison of the kind"I mean
liaison - Kontaktperson; Zusammenarbeit, Verbindung, Liaison, Liebschaft
An honest friendship with a married lady"
friendship - Freundschaft
The only thing of this sort ever seen
To last"of all connections the most steady,
connections - Verbindungen; Verbindung, Verknüpfung, Verbindung, Verknüpfung
And the true Hymen (the first 's but a screen)"
hymen - Hymen, Jungfernhäutchen
Yet for all that keep not too long away,
I've known the absent wrong'd four times a day.
absent - (absent-minded) abwesend, geistesabwesend, unaufmerksam
Lambro, our sea-solicitor, who had
solicitor - Anwältin; Solicitor, checkRechtsanwalt
Much less experience of dry land than ocean,
On seeing his own chimney-smoke, felt glad;
smoke - rauchen; Rauch
But not knowing metaphysics, had no notion
Of the true reason of his not being sad,
Or that of any other strong emotion;
emotion - Emotionen; Gefühl, Empfindung
He loved his child, and would have wept the loss of her,
But knew the cause no more than a philosopher.
He saw his white walls shining in the sun,
shining - glänzen; Schienbein; hinaufklettern
His garden trees all shadowy and green;
He heard his rivulet's light bubbling run,
rivulet - Rinnsal; Flüsschen, Bächlein
The distant dog-bark; and perceived between
The umbrage of the wood so cool and dun
umbrage - Anstoß, Schatten
The moving figures, and the sparkling sheen
sheen - glänzen; Glanz
Of arms (in the East all arm)"and various dyes
dyes - Farbstoffe; färben (Haar, Stoff)
Of colour'd garbs, as bright as butterflies.
garbs - Gewänder; Tracht, Gewand
butterflies - Schmetterlinge; Schmetterling, qualifieroetic
And as the spot where they appear he nears,
Surprised at these unwonted signs of idling,
surprised - überrascht; Überraschung, Überraschung
unwonted - ungewohnt
idling - faulenzend, Leerlauf; (idle) faulenzend, Leerlauf
He hears"alas! no music of the spheres,
spheres - Sphären; Kugel, Kugel, Sphäre, Bereich
But an unhallow'd, earthly sound of fiddling!
fiddling - Tüftelei; Schiffsgeländer
A melody which made him doubt his ears,
The cause being past his guessing or unriddling;
unriddling - enträtseln
A pipe, too, and a drum, and shortly after,
pipe - Flöte; Orgelpfeife; Rohr; senkrechter Strich
drum - Trommel
A most unoriental roar of laughter.
unoriental - unorientalisch
And still more nearly to the place advancing,
advancing - fortschreitend; erhöhen, erheben, befördern, vorrücken
Descending rather quickly the declivity,
descending - absteigend; absteigen, niedergehen, herunterkommen, herabsteigen
declivity - Deklination; Abhang
Through the waved branches o'er the greensward glancing,
greensward - Grünfläche; Rasen, Grasnarbe
'Midst other indications of festivity,
midst - mittendrin; Mitten, Mitte, inmitten
festivity - Fest, Festlichkeit
Seeing a troop of his domestics dancing
domestics - Einheimische; häuslich, Haus
Like dervises, who turn as on a pivot, he
dervises - Derwische
pivot - sich drehen, schwenken;etwas kreiseln lassen;Achse , Drehzapfen , Drehpunkt
Perceived it was the Pyrrhic dance so martial,
Pyrrhic - Ein Pyrrhussieg; pyrrhisch
To which the Levantines are very partial.
Levantines - Levantiner; levantinisch, morgenländisch
And further on a group of Grecian girls,
further on - weiterhin
The first and tallest her white kerchief waving,
kerchief - Halstuch; Kopftuch
Were strung together like a row of pearls,
strung - bespannt; Schnur, Zeichenkette, String, Saite, String
Row - Rudern; Reihe, Zeile
pearls - Perlen; Perle, Perl
Link'd hand in hand, and dancing; each too having
Down her white neck long floating auburn curls
neck - knutschen; Genick, Zapfen (Wellenhals), Nacken
(The least of which would set ten poets raving);
raving - (rave) wüten, toben, rasen; (rave) (rave) wüten, toben, rasen
Their leader sang"and bounded to her song,
leader - Anführer, Anführerin, Leiter, Hauptmann
With choral step and voice, the virgin throng.
choral - chorisch; Chor-
step - treten, treten (du trittst
throng - Menschengewühl, Gedränge, Menschenmenge, Schwarm
And here, assembled cross-legg'd round their trays,
assembled - montiert; zusammensetzen, versammeln, versammeln
trays - Tabletts; Tablett, Servierbrett
Small social parties just begun to dine;
social - kontaktfreudig, gesellig, sozial, Sozial-, gesellschaftlich
Pilaus and meats of all sorts met the gaze,
sorts - Sorten; Sortierung, Gattung, Art, Sorte; sortieren, ordnen
And flasks of Samian and of Chian wine,
And sherbet cooling in the porous vase;
porous - porös
vase - Vase
Above them their dessert grew on its vine,
dessert - Nachtisch, Nachspeise, Dessert
vine - Rebe; Kletterpflanze, Ranke
The orange and pomegranate nodding o'er
pomegranate - Granatapfel, Grenadine
nodding - schlafend, nickend; (nod); nicken; einnicken; Kopfnicken
Dropp'd in their laps, scarce pluck'd, their mellow store.
laps - Runden; (lap) Runden
store - Laden; Lager, Speicher, Vorrat, Lagerbestand, lagern, speichern
A band of children, round a snow-white ram,
Snow-White - (Snow-White) Schneewittchen ;schlohweiß, schneeweiß
ram - RAM
There wreathe his venerable horns with flowers;
wreathe - kränzen; winden
venerable - ehrwürdig, geschätzt, respektabel, verehrenswert
horns - Hörner; Horn
While peaceful as if still an unwean'd lamb,
peaceful - einträchtig, geruhsam, friedlich
lamb - Lamm, Lammfleisch
The patriarch of the flock all gently cowers
patriarch - Patriarch, Erzvater
flock - Schwarm; (to flock together) sich rotten, sich zusammenrotten
cowers - feige; hocken, kauern
His sober head, majestically tame,
majestically - majestätisch
tame - zahm, friedlich
Or eats from out the palm, or playful lowers
palm - Handfläche; Palme, Schaufel (am Geweih)
playful - spielerisch; verspielt
lowers - unterlegen; niedriger, niedrigerer
His brow, as if in act to butt, and then
Yielding to their small hands, draws back again.
yielding - nachgeben; (yield) hervorbringen, er/sie hat/hatte ergeben
Their classical profiles, and glittering dresses,
classical - klassisch
profiles - Profile; Profil
Their large black eyes, and soft seraphic cheeks,
seraphic - seraphisch
cheeks - Wangen; Backe, qualifierormal, Backe, Stirn, Mick, Pumpenmick
Crimson as cleft pomegranates, their long tresses,
crimson - Karmesinrot; Purpur, Purpurrot, Karmesin, purpurn
cleft - gespalten; zerklüftet, Kluft, Riss, kleben
pomegranates - Granatäpfel; Granatapfel, Grenadine, Granatapfel, Grenadine
The gesture which enchants, the eye that speaks,
gesture - Geste, Gebärde, gestikulieren, erman: (jemandem etwas) bedeuten
enchants - verzaubert; verzaubern, verzaubern
The innocence which happy childhood blesses,
childhood - Kindheit, Kindschaft, Kinderzeit, Anfangszeit
blesses - segnet; selig preisen
Made quite a picture of these little Greeks;
Greeks - Griechen; griechisch, Griechisch
So that the philosophical beholder
philosophical - philosophisch
beholder - Betrachter, Beobachter
Sigh'd for their sakes"that they should e'er grow older.
sakes - (for your sake) deinetwegen, euretwegen, Ihretwegen, dir zuliebe
Afar, a dwarf buffoon stood telling tales
afar - in der Ferne; Afar, Danakil
dwarf - Zwerg, Zwergin, Zwergstern
buffoon - Possenreißer; Hanswurst, Kasper, Narr, Närrin, kaspern
tales - Märchen; Geschichte, Erzählung, Fabel
To a sedate grey circle of old smokers,
sedate - sediert; sedieren; ruhig stellen
circle - Kreis, Zirkel, Augenringe, umkreisen, einkreisen
smokers - Raucher, Raucherin, Räucherofen
Of secret treasures found in hidden vales,
treasures - Schatz, Schatz, Schatz, schätzen
vales - Tal
Of wonderful replies from Arab jokers,
replies - antworten, erwidern, Antwort, Entgegnung, Antwort
jokers - Scherzkekse; Spaßvogel, Joker, Jolly
Of charms to make good gold and cure bad ails,
cure - räuchern (Fleisch), heilen, abbinden (Leim); Kur, Heilung
ails - Krankheiten; plagen, kränkeln, kränklich sein
Of rocks bewitch'd that open to the knockers,
bewitch - verzaubern; verhexen
Of magic ladies who, by one sole act,
magic - Zauberei, Zauber, Magie, Hexerei
Transform'd their lords to beasts (but that 's a fact).
transform - verwandeln, transformieren, umwandeln
beasts - Biester; Tier
Here was no lack of innocent diversion
diversion - Ablenkung, Ablenkungsmanöver, Unterhaltung
For the imagination or the senses,
imagination - Phantasie; Vorstellungskraft, Imagination, Einbildungskraft
Song, dance, wine, music, stories from the Persian,
All pretty pastimes in which No offence is;
pastimes - Zeitvertreib
No offence - Nichts für ungut!
But Lambro saw all these things with aversion,
Perceiving in his absence such expenses,
expenses - Ausgaben; Ausgabe, Aufwand, Verlust
Dreading that climax of all human ills,
dreading - schaudern, grauen, gruseln, grausen
climax - Höhepunkt, Orgasmus
ills - Krankheiten; krank, siech, übel, schlecht, Übel
The inflammation of his weekly bills.
inflammation - Entzündung
weekly - wöchentlich; Wochenzeitschrift, Wochenblatt, Wochenzeitung
Ah! what is man? what perils still environ
environ - Umwelt; umgeben
The happiest mortals even after dinner"
A day of gold from out an age of iron
of iron - stählern (Körper, Wille)
Is all that life allows the luckiest sinner;
luckiest - am glücklichsten; glücklich, glücklich
sinner - Sünder, Sünderin
Pleasure (whene'er she sings, at least) 's a siren,
siren - Sirene
That lures, to flay alive, the young beginner;
lures - ködern; Köder
flay - schälen; schinden; abbalgen
beginner - Anfänger, Anfängerin, Neuling
Lambro's reception at his people's banquet
reception - Aufnahme, Empfang, Rezeption, checkAufnahme
banquet - Festmahl, Bankett, Gastmahl, Festessen
Was such as fire accords to a wet blanket.
accords - Abkommen; Übereinstimmung, Einvernehmen
blanket - Decke, Wolldecke, Bettdecke, Schicht, Lage, allgemein
He"being a man who seldom used a word
Too much, and wishing gladly to surprise
gladly - gerne; gern
(In general he surprised men with the sword)
His daughter"had not sent before to advise
advise - raten, beraten, empfehlen, mitteilen, informieren
Of his arrival, so that no one stirr'd;
arrival - Ankunft
And long he paused to re-assure his eyes
In fact much more astonish'd than delighted,
astonish - in Erstaunen versetzen; erstaunen
To find so much good company invited.
invited - eingeladen; auffordern, einladen
He did not know (alas! how men will lie)
That a report (especially the Greeks)
Avouch'd his death (such people never die),
Avouch - garantieren; einstehen
And put his house in mourning several weeks,"
But now their eyes and also lips were dry;
The bloom, too, had return'd to Haidee's cheeks,
bloom - blühen; Blüte, Blütenpracht, Duft
Her tears, too, being return'd into their fount,
fount - Quelle
She now kept house upon her own account.
kept house - gewirtschaftet
Hence all this rice, meat, dancing, wine, and fiddling,
Which turn'd the isle into a place of pleasure;
The servants all were getting drunk or idling,
getting drunk - besaufend
A life which mad