Lord - senor; castellano, senor
Bob Southey! You're a poet, poet laureate,
Bob - Beto
poet - poeta, poetisa
Laureate - laureado, galardonado, ganador, laurear
And representative of all the race.
representative - representante, representativo, representante
race - carrera
Although 'tis true that you turned out a Tory at
although - unque..; aunque, a pesar de
Last, yours has lately been a common case.
Last - el último; último
lately - últimamente
case - caso
And now my epic renegade, what are ye at
epic - epopeya, poema épico
renegade - renegado, renegada, rebelde
ye - sí; vos
With all the lakers, in and out of place?
A nest of tuneful persons, to my eye
nest - nido
Like four and twenty blackbirds in a pye,
blackbirds - mirlos; mirlo, turpial, soldadito
Which pye being opened they began to sing'
(This old song and new simile holds good),
simile - símil
holds - tiene; tener en las manos, agarrar, asir
'A dainty dish to set before the King'
dainty - delicado, manoso
king - rey
Or Regent, who admires such kind of food.
Regent - regente
admires - admirar
such - cómo; así, tal, semejante, tan, qué
And Coleridge too has lately taken wing,
Wing - ala, sección, parte, flanco, alero
But like a hawk encumbered with his hood,
hawk - gavilán; halcón
hood - capucha
Explaining metaphysics to the nation.
metaphysics - metafísica
nation - nación
I wish he would explain his explanation.
wish - deseo, gana, desear
explanation - explicación
You, Bob, are rather insolent, you know,
insolent - insolente
At being disappointed in your wish
disappointed - decepcionado; decepcionar, desilusionar, defraudar, quedar mal
To supersede all warblers here below,
supersede - suprimir; substituir, sustituir, suplantar
warblers - currucas; curruca, aranero, chipe, reinita
And be the only blackbird in the dish.
blackbird - mirlo, turpial, soldadito
And then you overstrain yourself, or so,
overstrain - Sobreesfuerzo
And tumble downward like the flying fish
tumble - dar la vuelta; caída, caer, revolverse
downward - hacia abajo
Gasping on deck, because you soar too high,
gasping - Jadeando; (gasp); jadear, bocanada, calada
deck - baraja
soar - subir; planear, elevarse, planar
Bob, And fall for lack of moisture quite a dry Bob.
lack - falta; carecer de
moisture - humedad
dry - seco, secarse, enjugar
And Wordsworth in a rather long Excursion
excursion - excursión
(I think the quarto holds five hundred pages)
quarto - Cuarto
five hundred - Quinientos
Has given a sample from the vasty version
sample - muestra, ejemplar, prueba, sample, samplear, muestrear
vasty - Vasta
version - versión
Of his new system to perplex the sages.
system - sistema
perplex - perplejidad; confundir, desconcertar
sages - sabios; salvia
'Tis poetry, at least by his assertion,
poetry - poesía, poeticidad
assertion - aserción; afirmación, aserto
And may appear so when the Dog Star rages,
appear - aparecer, comparecer
rages - furia; rabia, furor
And he who understands it would be able
he who - Él que
To add a story to the tower of Babel.
tower - torre
You gentlemen, by dint of long seclusion
gentlemen - caballeros; caballero, senores
dint - no; abolladura
From better company, have kept your own
At Keswick, and through still continued fusion
continued - continuamos; continuar, seguir
fusion - derretimiento, fundición, fusión
Of one another's minds at last have grown
minds - mentes; mente, concentración, opinión, juicio, propósito
To deem, as a most logical conclusion,
deem - considerar, concluir, estimar
logical - lógico
conclusion - conclusión
That poesy has wreaths for you alone.
poesy - poesía
wreaths - coronas; guirnalda, corona, burelete, rodear
alone - solo, a solas
There is a narrowness in such a notion,
narrowness - estrechez
notion - noción, ganas, intención
Which makes me wish you'd change your lakes for ocean.
lakes - lagos; lago
Ocean - océano
I would not imitate the petty thought,
imitate - imitar
petty - pequeno; baladí, de pitiminí, detallista, insignificante
Nor coin my self-love to so base a vice,
coin - moneda, acunar
self-love - (self-love) Amor propio
vice - vicio; torno de banco
For all the glory your conversion brought,
glory - gloria
conversion - conversión
Since gold alone should not have been its price.
Since - desde cuándo; desde entonces, desde que, ya que, dado que
gold - oro
You have your salary; was't for that you wrought?
salary - salario, sueldo, salariar
And Wordsworth has his place in the Excise.
excise - impuestos especiales; impuesto sobre el consumo
You're shabby fellows"true"but poets still
shabby - desalinado; raído, astroso, zarrapastroso, cutre, harapiento
fellows - companeros; tipo
poets - poetas; poeta, poetisa
And duly seated on the immortal hill.
duly - bien; debidamente
seated - sentado; asiento, seato, sede
immortal - inmortal, inmortal
Hill - cerro, loma, colina, collado
Your bays may hide the baldness of your brows,
bays - ahías; bahía
hide - esconderse; esconder(se), ocultar
baldness - calvicie
brows - cejas; (brow) cejas
Perhaps some virtuous blushes; let them go.
Perhaps - acaso, quizá, quizás, tal vez
virtuous - virtuoso
blushes - se ruboriza; sonrojo, rubor
To you I envy neither fruit nor boughs,
envy - envidia, pelusa, envidiar
neither - ninguno de los dos; ninguno, ningún, ni X ni Y, tampoco
boughs - ramas; rama
And for the fame you would engross below,
fame - fama
engross - absorber; acaparar, arramblar, apandar, alzarse con
The field is universal and allows
field - campo, agro, cancha, terreno
universal - universal
allows - permite; dejar, permitir, conceder
Scope to all such as feel the inherent glow.
scope - alcance; oportunidad
inherent - inherente
glow - resplandor; fulgir, fulgurar, iluminar, brillar
Scott, Rogers, Campbell, Moore, and Crabbe will try
Rogers - rogers; Rogelio
'Gainst you the question with posterity.
gainst - Contra
posterity - posteridad
For me, who, wandering with pedestrian Muses,
wandering - deambulando; errabundo, andariego, errante, peripatético
pedestrian - peatón; peatonal, común, prosaico, banal, pedestre
muses - musas; Musa
Contend not with you on the winged'steed,
contend - contender, sostener
winged - alado; ala, sección, parte, flanco, alero
steed - caballo; corcel
I wish your fate may yield ye, when she chooses,
fate - destino, azar
yield - ceder
The fame you envy and the skill you need.
And recollect a poet nothing loses
recollect - recuerdas; recordar, acordarse de
In giving to his brethren their full meed
brethren - hermanos
Of merit, and complaint of present days
merit - mérito, merecimiento, meritar
complaint - queja, denuncia, problema, afección
Is not the certain path to future praise.
Certain - seguro; cierto, cierto, cierta
path - camino, sendero
Praise - elogios; alabanza, loa, enaltecimiento, elogio, adoración
He that reserves his laurels for posterity
reserves - reservas; reserva, reservar
laurels - aureles; laurel, corona de laurel
(Who does not often claim the bright reversion)
claim - reclamación, declaración, proposición, afirmación, concesión
bright - luminoso, resplandeciente, brillante
Has generally no great crop to spare it, he
generally - en general; generalmente, por lo general
crop - cultivo; cosecha
spare - de repuesto; prescindir, pasar sin
Being only injured by his own assertion.
injured - lastimado; herir, lastimar
And although here and there some glorious rarity
glorious - glorioso
rarity - raridad, rareza
Arise like Titan from the sea's immersion,
arise - surgir, levantarse, provenir, aparecer
Titan - titán
immersion - inmersión, inmersión
The major part of such appellants go
Major - mayor, comandante, mayor, mayor de edad, asignatura principal
appellants - recurrentes; apelante
To"God knows where"for no one else can know.
God - endiosar, idolatrar, deificar
If fallen in evil days on evil tongues,
evil - malo, malvado
tongues - lenguas; lengua, tsinhueso, lengüeta
Milton appealed to the avenger, Time,
appealed - apelado; suplicar, rogar
avenger - vengador, vengadora
If Time, the avenger, execrates his wrongs
execrates - ejecuta; execrar
And makes the word Miltonic mean sublime,
He deigned not to belie his soul in songs,
deigned - disenado; dignarse
belie - ocultar, contradecir
soul - alma, espíritu
Nor turn his very talent to a crime.
talent - talento, talentosos, talentoso
crime - delito, crimen, delincuencia, criminalidad
He did not loathe the sire to laud the son,
loathe - detestar, repugnar, odiar
sire - amo, dueno, senor, seor
laud - loar
But closed the tyrant-hater he begun.
tyrant - tirano
hater - odiador, odiadora, detractor, detractora, envidioso
Think'st thou, could he, the blind old man, arise
thou - tú; vos
blind - ciego, invidente, celosía, persiana, ciega, ciego, cegar
Like Samuel from the grave to freeze once more
grave - tumba
freeze - congelar
The blood of monarchs with his prophecies,
blood - ensangrentar
Monarchs - monarcas; monarca
prophecies - rofecías; profecía
Or be alive again"again all hoar
alive - vivo, viviente
With time and trials, and those helpless eyes
trials - pruebas; proceso, juicio
those - esos, esas, aquéllos, aquellas
helpless - desamparado; indefenso, incapaz
And heartless daughters"worn and pale and poor,
heartless - sin corazón; cruel, desalmado
pale - pálido
Would he adore a sultan? He obey
adore - adorar, querer
sultan - sultán
obey - obedecer
The intellectual eunuch Castlereagh?
intellectual - intelectual
Eunuch - eunuco
cold-blooded, smooth-faced, placid miscreant!
cold blooded - (cold blooded) sangre fría
smooth - liso, sofisticado, constante, tranquilo, apacible, suave, alisar
placid - pacido; plácido
Miscreant - delincuente; facineroso
Dabbling its sleek young hands in Erin's gore,
dabbling - jugando; (dabble); chapotear, aventurarse en, chapoteo, escarceo
sleek - elegante; liso
gore - sangre derramada, sangre coagulada
And thus for wider carnage taught to pant,
thus - así
wider - más ancho; ancho, amplio, lateral
carnage - carnicería, masacre, carnaje, matanza
pant - jadeo; jadear, resollar
Transferred to gorge upon a sister shore,
transferred - transferido; transferir, trasladar, calcar, imprimir
gorge - desfiladero; barranco
upon - sobre, en, tras
shore - oribera; costa, playa
The vulgarest tool that tyranny could want,
vulgarest - más vulgar; vulgar, chabacano, ramplón
tool - herramienta, utensilio, instrumento
tyranny - tiranía
With just enough of talent and no more,
To lengthen fetters by another fixed
lengthen - alargar
fetters - grilletes; grillos, pihuelas, or animals, grillos, pihuela
fixed - arreglado; arreglar, reparar, componer, fijar, pregar, preparar
And offer poison long already mixed.
poison - veneno, ponzona, envenenar, emponzonar
mixed - mezclado; mezclar
An orator of such set trash of phrase,
orator - orador, oradora
trash - basura, caneca, basura, chusma, papelera
Ineffably, legitimately vile,
ineffably - inefablemente
legitimately - legítimamente
vile - vil
That even its grossest flatterers dare not praise,
grossest - más bruto; repulsivo, gruesa, bruto
flatterers - lisonjeros; lisonjeador, lisonjero, adulador
dare - te atreves; atraverse, osar
Nor foes"all nations"condescend to smile.
foes - enemigos; enemigo
nations - aciones; nación
condescend to - condescender
smile - sonrisa, sonreír
Not even a sprightly blunder's spark can blaze
sprightly - veloz
blunder - una metedura de pata; error
spark - chispa
blaze - arde; llamarada, incendio; resplandor
From that Ixion grindstone's ceaseless toil,
Ixion - Ixión
grindstone - muela, afiladora, esmoladera
toil - esfuerzo, labrar, trabajar
That turns and turns to give the world a notion
Of endless torments and perpetual motion.
endless - interminable, sin fin, infinito
torments - ormentos; tormento, atormentar
perpetual - perpetua; perpetuo
motion - movimiento, moción
A bungler even in its disgusting trade,
bungler - un chapucero; torpe
disgusting - asqueroso; repugnar, dar asco, asquear, asco, repugnancia
trade - comercio
And botching, patching, leaving still behind
botching - una chapuza; (botch) una chapuza
patching - Parcheo; (patch) Parcheo
Something of which its masters are afraid,
masters - maestros; senor, dueno; senora, duena
States to be curbed and thoughts to be confined,
States - estados; Estado, declarar, indicar
thoughts - pensamientos; pensamiento
confined - confinado; confinar, encorsetar, confín, raya
Conspiracy or congress to be made,
conspiracy - conspiración, contubernio, panish: t-needed
Congress - congreso
Cobbling at manacles for all mankind,
cobbling - empedrado; (cobble); zapatero, ensamblar
manacles - esposas, manillas, esposar
mankind - la humanidad; humanidad, género humano, raza humana
A tinkering slave-maker, who mends old chains,
slave - esclavo, esclava, checkesclava
Maker - hacedor, fabricante
mends - reparaciones; remiendo, remendar, reparar
chains - cadenas; cadena, encadenar
With God and man's abhorrence for its gains.
abhorrence - aversión; aborrecimiento, odio, repugnancia
gains - ganancias; ganar, adquirir, obtener, conseguir
If we may judge of matter by the mind,
judge - juez; juzgar
matter - importa; materia, asunto, cuestión, tema
mind - mente, concentración, opinión, juicio, propósito, voluntad
Emasculated to the marrow, it
Emasculated - emasculado, castrado; debilitado, emascular, castrar
marrow - médula, tuétano
Hath but two objects, how to serve and bind,
serve - servicio, servir, desempenar, fungir, operar, cernir
bind - bindar; atar, atar (tie), empastar (books), liar, acoplar
Deeming the chain it wears even men may fit,
deeming - considerar, concluir, estimar
chain - cadena, encadenar
fit - sano, en forma
Eutropius of its many masters, blind
To worth as freedom, wisdom as to wit,
worth - vale la pena; valor
freedom - libertad
wisdom - sabiduría
wit - agudeza, ingenio, chispa, gracia
Fearless, because no feeling dwells in ice;
fearless - intrépido, impávido, sin miedo
dwells - habitar, morar
Its very courage stagnates to a vice.
courage - coraje, valor, valentía
stagnates - se estanca; estancar
Where shall I turn me not to view its bonds,
shall - sí; panish: ''shall followed by the infinitive is translated using the future tense''
view - vista, reproducción, visualización, visitas, visión, mirada, ver
Bonds - fianzas; vínculo
For I will never feel them. Italy,
Italy - Italia
Thy late reviving Roman soul desponds
thy - tu; vuestro, vuestra, vuestros, vuestras
reviving - Reviviendo; (revive); revivir
Roman - romano, romano, romana, Román
Beneath the lie this state-thing breathed o'er thee.
beneath - por debajo; bajo
lie - mentira
state - Estado, declarar, indicar
breathed - respiró; respirar
er - r; em
thee - tú; vos (en Espana)
Thy clanking chain and Erin's yet green wounds
clanking - Tocando; (clank) Tocando
wounds - Herida
Have voices, tongues to cry aloud for me.
voices - voces; voz
cry - llorar, gritar, panish: t-needed
aloud - en voz alta, de viva voz
Europe has slaves, allies, kings, armies still,
slaves - esclavos; esclavo, esclava, checkesclava
allies - aliados; aliarse (con)
Kings - reyes; rey
armies - ejércitos; ejército, multitud
And Southey lives to sing them very ill.
ill - enfermo, mareado, mal
Meantime, Sir Laureate, I proceed to dedicate
meantime - mientras tanto; entretanto, en tanto
proceed - continuar, proceder
dedicate - dedicar, destinar, dedicarse, inaugurar
In honest simple verse this song to you.
honest - honesto, sincero; (hon); honesto, sincero
simple - simple, sencillo, simple
verse - verso; estrofa
And if in flattering strains I do not predicate,
flattering - palanqueador; halagar, adular
strains - correas; estirar, tensar
predicate - predicado
'Tis that I still retain my buff and blue;
retain - retener, detentar
Buff - color de ante
My politics as yet are all to educate.
politics - política
as yet - todavía
educate - educar, instruir
Apostasy's so fashionable too,
apostasy - apostasía
fashionable - a la moda, de moda
To keep one creed's a task grown quite
creed - credo, creer; (cree); credo, creer
task - tarea
Herculean Is it not so, my Tory, ultra-Julian?
Julian - Julián, juliano
I want a hero: an uncommon want,
hero - héroe, heroína
uncommon - incomún; raro, poco común, extrano, poco frecuente
When every year and month sends forth a new one,
forth - adelante
Till, after cloying the gazettes with cant,
cloying - Dulce
gazettes - gacetas; gaceta
cant - no puedes; hipocresía
The age discovers he is not the true one;
discovers - descubrir, destapar
Of such as these I should not care to vaunt,
care - te importa; cuidado
vaunt - Vanagloriarse
I'll therefore take our ancient friend Don Juan"
therefore - por qué; por eso, por consiguiente, por lo tanto, por ende
ancient - antiguo
We all have seen him, in the pantomime,
Sent to the devil somewhat ere his time.
devil - demonio; diablo
somewhat - algo, un poco, de algún modo, de alguna manera
ere - Aquí
Vernon, the butcher Cumberland, Wolfe, Hawke,
butcher - carnicero; (butch) carnicero
Prince Ferdinand, Granby, Burgoyne, Keppel, Howe,
prince - príncipe, conde, príncipe
Evil and good, have had their tithe of talk,
tithe - diezmo
And fill'd their sign posts then, like Wellesley now;
sign - signo; senal
Each in their turn like Banquo's monarchs stalk,
stalk - tallo; palanca; acechar, acosar
Followers of fame, 'nine farrow'of that sow:
followers - seguidores; seguidor, seguidora, imitador
farrow - lechigada (de cochinillos)
sow - sembrar
France, too, had Buonaparte and Dumourier
France - Francia
recorded in the Moniteur and Courier.
recorded in - Grabado en
courier - mensajero, estafeta
Barnave, Brissot, Condorcet, Mirabeau,
Petion, Clootz, Danton, Marat, La Fayette,
Were French, and famous people, as we know:
French - francés, franceses
And there were others, scarce forgotten yet,
scarce - escaso
Joubert, Hoche, Marceau, Lannes, Desaix, Moreau,
With many of the military set,
military - militar, ejército
Exceedingly remarkable at times,
exceedingly - excesivamente; extremadamente, sumamente, sobremanera, asaz
remarkable - notable, remarcable, destacable
But not at all adapted to my rhymes.
adapted - adaptar, ajustar, adaptarse, adaptado
rhymes - rimas; rima, rima, rimar
Nelson was once Britannia's god of war,
war - guerra, guerrear, hacer la guerra
And still should be so, but the tide is turn'd;
tide - marea
There's no more to be said of Trafalgar,
'Tis with our hero quietly inurn'd;
quietly - en silencio; mansamente, despacio
Because the army 's grown more popular,
army - ejército, multitud
more popular - más popular
At which the naval people are concern'd;
naval - naval
concern - preocupación, referirse a, ataner, concernir, tocar, preocupar
Besides, the prince is all for the land-service,
besides - además; al lado de, cabe
service - servicio
Forgetting Duncan, Nelson, Howe, and Jervis.
Brave men were living before Agamemnon
Brave - valiente, valeroso, corajudo
Agamemnon - Agamenón
And since, exceeding valorous and sage,
exceeding - excediéndose; sobrepasar, pasarse, exceder
valorous - valiente
sage - sabio; salvia
A good deal like him too, though quite the same none;
deal - trato, acuerdo, pacto
though - ero..; no obstante, de todas formas, de todas maneras
none - ninguna; ninguno
But then they shone not on the poet's page,
shone - brilló; brillar
And so have been forgotten:"I condemn none,
condemn - condenar, clausurar
But can't find any in the present age
fit for my poem (that is, for my new one);
fit for - apto para
poem - poema, poesía, oda
So, as I said, I'll take my friend Don Juan.
Most epic poets plunge 'in medias res'
plunge - saltar; lanzarse, zambullirse, tirarse de cabeza
(Horace makes this the heroic turnpike road),
heroic - heroico
turnpike - panish: t-needed
And then your hero tells, whene'er you please,
whene - Cuándo
What went before"by way of episode,
episode - episodio, incidente, capítulo
While seated after dinner at his ease,
ease - facilidad; aliviar
Beside his mistress in some soft abode,
beside - al lado de, cabe
Mistress - senora; duena, maestra, querida, amante, barragana, manceba, ama
soft - suave; blando
abode - Morada; (abide); quedar, permanecer, resistir, aguantar
Palace, or garden, paradise, or cavern,
Palace - palacio
paradise - el paraíso; paraíso
cavern - caverna
Which serves the happy couple for a tavern.
serves - sirve; servicio, servir, desempenar, fungir, operar, cernir
happy couple - una pareja feliz
tavern - taberna
That is the usual method, but not mine"
usual - lo de siempre; usual, habitual
method - método, forma
mine - (el) mío, (la) mía, (los) míos, (las) mías
My way is to begin with the beginning;
The regularity of my design
regularity - regularidad, periodicidad
Forbids all wandering as the worst of sinning,
forbids - prohíbe; prohibir, vedar, vetar, negar
sinning - pecando; pecado
And therefore I shall open with a line
(Although it cost me half an hour in spinning)
spinning - girando; hilatura; (spin) girando; hilatura
Narrating somewhat of Don Juan's father,
narrating - narrando; narrar, contar
And also of his mother, if you'd rather.
In Seville was he born, a pleasant city,
Seville - Sevilla
pleasant - agradable, placentero
Famous for oranges and women"he
Who has not seen it will be much to pity,
pity - compasión, piedad, lástima, pena, tener lástima
So says the proverb"and I quite agree;
proverb - proverbio, refrán, paremia
I quite agree - Estoy totalmente de acuerdo..
Of all the Spanish towns is none more pretty,
Spanish - espanol; espanol, castellano, espanol, castellano, hispano
Cadiz perhaps"but that you soon may see;
Cadiz - Cádiz
Don Juan's parents lived beside the river,
A noble stream, and call'd the Guadalquivir.
noble - noble
stream - corriente, flujo, arroyo, fluir, recibir flujo, (2) checkcorrer
His father's name was Jose"Don, of course,"
A true Hidalgo, free from every stain
Hidalgo - Hidalgo
stain - mancha, lamparón, tacha, mancilla, colorante, contraste
Of Moor or Hebrew blood, he traced his source
moor - páramos; páramo
Hebrew - hebreo, hebreo, hebrea
traced - rastreado; rastro, huella, vestigio, indicio
source - fuente, fontana, origen
Through the most Gothic gentlemen of Spain;
Gothic - gótico
Spain - espana; Espana
A better cavalier ne'er mounted horse,
cavalier - caballero
ne - No
mounted - montado; montar
Or, being mounted, e'er got down again,
Than Jose, who begot our hero, who
begot - engendró; engendrar, concebir
Begot"but that 's to come"Well, to renew:
renew - reanudar, renovar, reiniciar, recomenzar
His mother was a learned lady, famed
lady - senora; ama, senora, dama, bano de damas
famed - famoso; fama
For every branch of every science known
branch - rama, sucursal, delegación, filial, ramo, ramificar
In every Christian language ever named,
Christian - cristiano, cristiana, Cristián
With virtues equall'd by her wit alone,
virtues - irtudes; virtud
equall - igual
She made the cleverest people quite ashamed,
cleverest - el más listo; ágil, hábil, listo, talentoso, habiloso
ashamed - avergonzado, abochornado, apenado
And even the good with inward envy groan,
inward - hacia dentro; interior, adentro
groan - gimoteo; gemido, grunido, gemir, grunir
Finding themselves so very much exceeded
themselves - se, ellos mismos, ellas mismas
exceeded - excedido; sobrepasar, pasarse, exceder
In their own way by all the things that she did.
Her memory was a mine: she knew by heart
memory - memoria, recuerdo
by heart - de memoria
All Calderon and greater part of Lope,
lope - lopar; correr a paso largo
So that if any actor miss'd his part
She could have served him for the prompter's copy;
served - servido; servicio, servir, desempenar, fungir, operar, cernir
prompter - apuntador, apuntadora; (prompt); rápido, pronto, puntual, pie
copy - copia, ejemplar, copiar, imitar, recibir
For her Feinagle's were an useless art,
useless - inútil, negado
And he himself obliged to shut up shop"he
obliged - obligado; obligar
shut - cerrar
Could never make a memory so fine as
That which adorn'd the brain of Donna Inez.
adorn - adornar, engalanar
brain - cerebro, seso, sesudez
Her favourite science was the mathematical,
mathematical - matemáticas; matemático
Her noblest virtue was her magnanimity,
noblest - el más noble; noble
virtue - virtud
magnanimity - magnanimidad, generosidad
Her wit (she sometimes tried at wit) was Attic all,
attic - tico; buhardilla, desván, zaquizamí, sobrado
Her serious sayings darken'd to sublimity;
serious - en serio; serio
sayings - dichos; dicho, proverbio, refrán
darken - oscurecer, obscurecer
sublimity - sublimidad
In short, in all things she was fairly what I call
fairly - justamente; francamente, abiertamente, bastante
A prodigy"her morning dress was dimity,
prodigy - prodigio; presagio, augurio, agüero, auspicio, maravilla
Her evening silk, or, in the summer, muslin,
silk - seda
muslin - muselina
And other stuffs, with which I won't stay puzzling.
stuffs - cosas, bártulos, cosa, coso, materia, atiborrar, rellenar
She knew the Latin"that is, 'the Lord's Prayer,'
Latin - Latín
the Lord's Prayer - El Padre Nuestro
And Greek"the alphabet"I'm nearly sure;
Greek - griego, griego, griega
alphabet - alfabeto, abecedario
nearly - casi
She read some French romances here and there,
romances - romances; romance
Although her mode of speaking was not pure;
mode - modo
pure - pura; puro
For native Spanish she had no great care,
native - natal, indígena, originario, nativo, oriundo, indígena
At least her conversation was obscure;
obscure - oscuro; obscuro, esconder, ocultar
Her thoughts were theorems, her words a problem,
theorems - teoremas; teorema, teoría, conjetura, suposición, especulación
As if she deem'd that mystery would ennoble 'em.
mystery - misterio, arcano
She liked the English and the Hebrew tongue,
tongue - lengua, tsinhueso, lengüeta
And said there was analogy between 'em;
analogy - una analogía; analogía
She proved it somehow out of sacred song,
proved - probado; probar
somehow - de algún modo, de alguna manera, de alguna forma
sacred - sagrado
But I must leave the proofs to those who've seen 'em;
ve - e
proofs - pruebas; prueba
But this I heard her say, and can't be wrong
And all may think which way their judgments lean 'em,
judgments - juicios; juicio
lean - esbelta; inclinarse
''Tis strange"the Hebrew noun which means śI am,ť
strange - extrano; extrano, raro, anormal, desconocido
noun - sustantivo, nombre substantivo, nombre sustantivo
The English always use to govern d--n.'
govern - gobernar
Some women use their tongues"she look'd a lecture,
lecture - una conferencia; conferencia
Each eye a sermon, and her brow a homily,
sermon - sermón
homily - Homilía
An all-in-all sufficient self-director,
sufficient - suficiente
self - yo; uno mismo
director - director, directora
Like the lamented late Sir Samuel Romilly,
lamented - lamentó; lamento, lamentación, lamentar
The Law's expounder, and the state's corrector,
law - ley
expounder - Exponente
state - el estado
Whose suicide was almost an anomaly"
whose - de quién; quién, quien, cuyo, cuya, cuyas
suicide - suicidio, autolisis, suicida
almost - casi, por poco
anomaly - anomalía
One sad example more, that 'All is vanity'
vanity - vanidad
(The jury brought their verdict in 'Insanity').
jury - jurado
verdict - veredicto, fallo
insanity - locura, insania, vesania
In short, she was a walking calculation,
calculation - cálculo, cálculo, cómputo, conjetura
Miss Edgeworth's novels stepping from their covers,
novels - ovelas; novela
stepping - pisando; paso
covers - cubiertas; tapa, cubierta, escondrijo, guarida, tapa
Or Mrs. Trimmer's books on education,
Mrs - Senor
Trimmer - Recortadora; (trim); recortar, orlar, ribetear
education - educación
Or 'Coelebs'Wife'set out in quest of lovers,
quest - busca, búsqueda
lovers - amante
Morality's prim personification,
morality - moralidad
prim - formal, remilgado
personification - personificación, prosopopeya
In which not Envy's self a flaw discovers;
flaw - defecto
To others'share let 'female errors fall,'
female - mujer; femenino, hembra, hembra
errors - errores; error, yerro, checkyerro, panish: t-needed
For she had not even one"the worst of all.
O! she was perfect past all parallel"
parallel - en paralelo; paralelo, paralelo
Of any modern female saint's comparison;
saint - Santo
comparison - comparación
So far above the cunning powers of hell,
cunning - astucia; astuto
powers - poderes; poder, potencia, corriente, electricidad, potenciar
hell - infierno
Her guardian angel had given up his garrison;
guardian angel - Ángel de la guarda
garrison - guarnición, apostar
Even her minutest motions went as well
motions - mociones; movimiento, moción
As those of the best time-piece made by Harrison:
In virtues nothing earthly could surpass her,
earthly - terrenal
surpass - sobrepasar, superar, aventajar
Save thine 'incomparable oil,'Macassar!
save - salvar, rescatar, redimir, parar, ahorrar, guardar, reservar
thine - tu, tuyo, tuya, el tuyo, la tuya
incomparable - incomparable, inigualable
oil - aceite; petróleo
Perfect she was, but as perfection is
perfection - perfección
Insipid in this naughty world of ours,
insipid - insípido, insulso, soso, cursi
naughty - pícaro; cachondo, travieso, maleducado, obsceno, picante
Where our first parents never learn'd to kiss
kiss - besar
Till they were exiled from their earlier bowers,
exiled - exilio, destierro, exiliado, desterrado, exiliar, desterrar
Where all was peace, and innocence, and bliss
peace - paz, sosiego
innocence - inocencia
bliss - euforia, dicha, beatitud
(I wonder how they got through the twelve hours),
wonder - me pregunto; maravilla, milagro, genio, asombro, pasmo
got through - superar, terminar, comunicarse con, pasar por
Don Jose, like a lineal son of Eve,
eve - víspera, vigilia
Went plucking various fruit without her leave.
plucking - desplumando; herir, desplumar, perseverancia
various - varios, diversos, diferentes, distintos
He was a mortal of the careless kind,
mortal - mortal
careless - descuidado, irresponsable, negligente, dejado
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 - sueno; sueno, ensueno, sonar
The world, as usual, wickedly inclined
wickedly - malvadamente
To see a kingdom or a house o'erturn'd,
Kingdom - reino
erturn - Girar
Whisper'd he had a mistress, some said two"
whisper - susurro, rumor, rastro, susurrar
But for domestic quarrels one will do.
domestic - doméstico, nacional, empleada doméstica, empleada, malos tratos
quarrels - peleas; pelea, rina
Now Donna Inez had, with all her merit,
A great opinion of her own good qualities;
qualities - ualidades; calidad, cualidad, de calidad
Neglect, indeed, requires a saint to bear it,
neglect - descuido; descuidar, negligir, desoír, hacer caso omiso
indeed - de verdad; de hecho, realmente, efectivamente, verdaderamente
requires - requerir, necesitar
Saint - San, Santa, Santo
bear - oso; aguantar, soportar
And such, indeed, she was in her moralities;
moralities - moralidades; moralidad
But then she had a devil of a spirit,
spirit - espíritu, alma, onda, alcohol, bebida espirituosa
And sometimes mix'd up fancies with realities,
Mix - mezclar
fancies - ganas; capricho, antojo
realities - realidades; realidad
And let few opportunities escape
opportunities - portunidades; oportunidad
escape - escapar, liberarse, fugarse, eludir
Of getting her liege lord into a scrape.
Liege - lieja; senor feudal, vasallo
scrape - raspar, aranarse, rasparse, abrasión, rasponazo, pelea, pinada
This was an easy matter with a man
Oft in the wrong, and never on his guard;
guard - guarda, guardia, guardés, guarda, tapador, bloque
And even the wisest, do the best they can,
wisest - el más sabio; sabio
Have moments, hours, and days, so unprepared,
unprepared - Prepararse
That you might 'brain them with their lady's fan;'
fan - abanico
And sometimes ladies hit exceeding hard,
ladies - senoritas; ama, senora, dama, bano de damas
hit - golpear, pegar, chocar
And fans turn into falchions in fair hands,
fans - fans; abanico
falchions - falchones; bracamante
fair - justo; rubio, claro, blanco
And why and wherefore no one understands.
wherefore - por qué
'Tis pity learned virgins ever wed
virgins - vírgenes; virgen, doncel, doncella, senorita
wed - casarse; casar
With persons of no sort of education,
sort - cómo; clase, tipo, género
Or gentlemen, who, though well born and bred,
bred - criado; (breed); criar, procrear, aparearse, cultivar
Grow tired of scientific conversation:
scientific - científica; científico
I don't choose to say much upon this head,
I'm a plain man, and in a single station,
plain - plano; sencillo; liso; sin ornamentos; llano (persona)
single - solo, único, soltero, sencillo, soltero, soltera
But"Oh! ye lords of ladies intellectual,
lords - senores; castellano, senor
Inform us truly, have they not hen-peck'd you all?
inform - informar
truly - de verdad; verdaderamente, realmente
hen - gallina
peck - picotear
Don Jose and his lady quarrell'd"why,
quarrell - Discutir
Not any of the many could divine,
divine - divino
Though several thousand people chose to try,
several - varios, varias
'Twas surely no concern of theirs nor mine;
Twas - wa
surely - seguro; seguramente, checksin duda
I loathe that low vice"curiosity;
low - bajo
curiosity - curiosidad
But if there's anything in which I shine,
shine - brillar
'Tis in arranging all my friends'affairs,
arranging - organizando; disponer, poner en orden, arreglar
affairs - asuntos; negocio, asunto, rollo, amorío, aventura
Not having of my own domestic cares.
And so I interfered, and with the best
interfered - interferido; panish: t-needed
Intentions, but their treatment was not kind;
intentions - intenciones; intención
treatment - trato, tratamiento
I think the foolish people were possess'd,
foolish - tonto, necio, imprudente
possess - poseer
For neither of them could I ever find,
Although their porter afterwards confess'd"
porter - portero; mozo de equipajes
afterwards - después
confess - confesar, panish: t-needed
But that 's no matter, and the worst 's behind,
For little Juan o'er me threw, down stairs,
threw - tiró; lanzar, tirar
stairs - escaleras; peldano, escalera
A pail of housemaid's water unawares.
pail - cubo
housemaid - Empleada doméstica
unawares - inconsciente, desprevenido, ignorante
A little curly-headed, good-for-nothing,
curly - rizado, chino, crespo, rizado
good-for-nothing - (good-for-nothing) No servir para nada; un vago
And mischief-making monkey from his birth;
mischief - travesuras; travesura, diablura, gamberrada
monkey - mono, chango
birth - nacimiento
His parents ne'er agreed except in doting
Except - exceptuar, excepto, salvo, exceptuando, menos, salvo que
doting - Carinoso; (dot) Carinoso
Upon the most unquiet imp on earth;
unquiet - Inquietos
imp - diablillo
earth - tierra, suelo, terreno, madriguera, aterrar
Instead of quarrelling, had they been but both in
instead - en su lugar; en vez de, en lugar de
quarrelling - Discutiendo; (quarrel) Discutiendo
Their senses, they'd have sent young master forth
senses - sentidos; sentido, sensación, significado, acepción
Master - maestro; senor, dueno; senora, duena
To school, or had him soundly whipp'd at home,
soundly - a fondo; profundo
To teach him manners for the time to come.
manners - odales; manera, modo, forma, actitud
Don Jose and the Donna Inez led
led - llevado; led; (lead) llevado; led
For some time an unhappy sort of life,
unhappy - infeliz
Wishing each other, not divorced, but dead;
wishing - Deseando; (wish); deseo, gana, desear
divorced - divorciado; divorcio, divorciar, divorciarse
dead - muerto
They lived respectably as man and wife,
respectably - respetablemente, dignamente
Their conduct was exceedingly well-bred,
conduct - conducción, conducta, guiar, dirigir, manejar, conducir
And gave no outward signs of inward strife,
outward - hacia fuera
signs - senales; senal
strife - conflicto; disensión, altercado
Until at length the smother'd fire broke out,
at length - a largo plazo; en detalle
smother - asfixiar, ahogar
broke out - estallar; escapar; librar(se)
And put the business past all kind of doubt.
doubt - dudas; dudar, duda, incertidumbre
For Inez call'd some druggists and physicians,
druggists - Farmacia
physicians - médicos; médico, médica, facultativo
And tried to prove her loving lord was mad;
Prove - probar
mad - loco, trastornado, zumbado, enfadado, enojado
But as he had some lucid intermissions,
lucid - lúcido, lucido, brillante
intermissions - intermedios; intermisión, intermedio
She next decided he was only bad;
Yet when they ask'd her for her depositions,
No sort of explanation could be had,
Save that her duty both to man and God
Duty - deber, obligación, cometido, menester, arancel
Required this conduct"which seem'd very odd.
required - es necesario; requerir, necesitar
Seem - parecer
odd - raro; guacho, desparejado, desemparejado, suelto, extrano
She kept a journal, where his faults were noted,
journal - diario; revista
faults - fallas; defecto, falla, culpa, falta
And open'd certain trunks of books and letters,
trunks - troncos; tronco, baúl, trompa
All which might, if occasion served, be quoted;
Occasion - ocasión, ocasionar
quoted - citado; cita, comillas, presupuesto, cotización, citar, cotizar
And then she had all Seville for abettors,
abettors - instigadores; cómplice
Besides her good old grandmother (who doted);
doted - doted; amoroso
The hearers of her case became repeaters,
hearers - Oyente
repeaters - repetidores; repetidor, repetidora
Then advocates, inquisitors, and judges,
advocates - defensores; abogado, abogada, portavoz, representante, vocero
inquisitors - inquisidores; inquisidor
judges - jueces; juzgar
Some for amusement, others for old grudges.
amusement - divertimiento, esparcimiento, diversión
grudges - rencor, manía
And then this best and weakest woman bore
weakest - el más débil; débil, feble, flaco, flojo
bore - perforar; (bear) perforar
With such serenity her husband's woes,
serenity - sosiego, tranquilidad, serenidad, excelencia
woes - problemas; pena, infortunio, ay
Just as the Spartan ladies did of yore,
yore - antano; antano
Who saw their spouses kill'd, and nobly chose
spouses - cónyuges; cónyuge, consorte
kill - matar, asesinar
nobly - noblemente
Never to say a word about them more"
Calmly she heard each calumny that rose,
calmly - con calma; tranquilamente
calumny - calumnias; calumnia
rose - Rosa; (rise); Rosa
And saw his agonies with such sublimity,
agonies - agonías; agonía, angustia
That all the world exclaim'd, 'What magnanimity!'
exclaim - exclamar
No doubt this patience, when the world is damning us,
patience - paciencia, solitario
damning - condenatorio; maldecir, condenar, reprobar, maldito, puto
Is philosophic in our former friends;
philosophic - filosófica
former - antiguo, anterior
'Tis also pleasant to be deem'd magnanimous,
magnanimous - magnánimo
The more so in obtaining our own ends;
obtaining - obteniendo; obtener, coger
And what the lawyers call a 'malus animus'
lawyers - abogados; abogado, abogada, letrado
Conduct like this by no means comprehends;
comprehends - comprender
Revenge in person 's certainly no virtue,
revenge - venganza
Certainly - seguro; ciertamente, sin duda, a todas luces, por supuesto
But then 'tis not my fault, if others hurt you.
fault - defecto, falla, culpa, falta
hurt - doler, lastimar, hacer dano, herido, dolido
And if your quarrels should rip up old stories,
rip - rasgar, desgarrar
And help them with a lie or two additional,
additional - adicional, extra, de más
I'm not to blame, as you well know"no more is
blame - culpar, responsabilizar, echar la culpa
Any one else"they were become traditional;
traditional - tradicional, tradicionalista
Besides, their resurrection aids our glories
resurrection - resurrección
Aids - SIDA; (aid); SIDA
glories - glorias; gloria
By contrast, which is what we just were wishing all:
contrast - contraste, contrastar
And science profits by this resurrection"
profits - ganancias; ganancia, beneficio, explotar, beneficiarse
Dead scandals form good subjects for dissection.
scandals - escándalos; escándalo
dissection - disección
Their friends had tried at reconciliation,
reconciliation - reconciliación
Then their relations, who made matters worse.
relations - relación, pariente
matters - importa; materia, asunto, cuestión, tema
('Twere hard to tell upon a like occasion
To whom it may be best to have recourse"
whom - a quién; quién, quiénes, cuyo, quien
recourse - recurso
I can't say much for friend or yet relation):
relation - relación, pariente
The lawyers did their utmost for divorce,
utmost - extremo, descollante, extremado, sobresaliente, sumo, máximo
divorce - divorcio, divorciar, divorciarse
But scarce a fee was paid on either side
fee - tasa; honorario, tarifa, cuota
either - cada, tampoco, o , o, ya sea...o
side - lado
Before, unluckily, Don Jose died.
unluckily - desgraciadamente; desafortunadamente
He died: and most unluckily, because,
According to all hints I could collect
according - de acuerdo; acuerdo, convenio, acordar, conceder, conferir
hints - sugerencias; pista, indicio, indirecta, buscapié, toque
collect - cobrar; reunir, recopilar
From counsel learned in those kinds of laws
counsel - consulta, consejo, abogado
laws - leyes; ley
(Although their talk 's obscure and circumspect),
circumspect - circunspecto, cauteloso, cauto, precavido
His death contrived to spoil a charming cause;
Death - muerte, la muerte, el arcano de la muerte
contrived - ingenioso; idear, improvisar
spoil - expoliar, despojar, danar, arruinar, echar a perder
charming - encantador; (charm); encantador
cause - por qué; causa, causar
A thousand pities also with respect
pities - compasión, piedad, lástima, pena, tener lástima
respect - respeto, respetar
To public feeling, which on this occasion
public feeling - Sentimiento público
Was manifested in a great sensation.
manifested - manifestado; manifiesto, evidente, declaración de carga
sensation - sensación
But, ah! he died; and buried with him lay
buried - enterrado; enterrar
lay - poner, colocar
The public feeling and the lawyers'fees:
public - público, público
fees - cuotas; honorario, tarifa, cuota
His house was sold, his servants sent away,
servants - sirvientes; sirviente, criado, mozo, doméstico
sent away - se ha enviado lejos
A Jew took one of his two mistresses,
Jew - judío, judía, judíos
mistresses - amantes; duena, maestra, querida, amante, barragana, manceba
A priest the other"at least so they say:
priest - sacerdote, cura, padre, párroco; (prey); botín, presa
I ask'd the doctors after his disease"
disease - enfermedad, dolencia
He died of the slow fever call'd the tertian,
fever - fiebre, calentura
tertian - terciano
And left his widow to her own aversion.
widow - viuda, enviudar
aversion - aversión
Yet Jose was an honourable man,
honourable - Honorable
That I must say who knew him very well;
Therefore his frailties I'll no further scan
frailties - debilidades; fragilidad
further - más allá; fomentar, asistir, exhortar, desarrollar
scan - escrutar, escanear, escandir
Indeed there were not many more to tell;
And if his passions now and then outran
passions - pasiones; pasión
Discretion, and were not so peaceable
discretion - discreción
peaceable - paz; pacifista, pacífico, apacible
As Numa's (who was also named Pompilius),
He had been ill brought up, and was born bilious.
bilious - bilioso, biliar, biliario, atrabiliario, atrabilioso
Whate'er might be his worthlessness or worth,
Poor fellow! he had many things to wound him.
fellow - colega; tipo
wound - Herida
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 - desierto, desolado, devastado
hearth - hogar, lar, solera, fogón, crisol
Where all his household gods lay shiver'd round him:
household - hogar, agregado familiar, núcleo familiar, familia, casero
gods - dioses; endiosar, idolatrar, deificar
shiver - tiritando; temblar, tiritar, estremecerse
round - ronda; redondo
No choice was left his feelings or his pride,
choice - selección, decisión, opción, exquisito
feelings - Sentimientos
pride - orgullo, soberbia, cachondez, toriondez, verriondez, manada
Save death or Doctors'Commons"so he died.
Dying intestate, Juan was sole heir
dying - Muriendo; (dye) Muriendo
intestate - intestado; abintestato
sole heir - único heredero
To a chancery suit, and messuages, and lands,
Chancery - Cancillería
suit - traje, terno, palo, convenir
messuages - mesones; mansión
Which, with a long minority and care,
minority - minoría, minoritario
Promised to turn out well in proper hands:
promised - prometido; promesa, prometer
proper - bien; adecuado, conveniente, preciso, propio
Inez became sole guardian, which was fair,
sole - suela; planta
guardian - guardián, guardia, apoderado, tutor, custodio, jefe
And answer'd but to nature's just demands;
nature - naturaleza, natura
demands - demandas; demanda, exigencia, exigir, demandar
An only son left with an only mother
Is brought up much more wisely than another.
wisely - sabiamente
Sagest of women, even of widows, she
Sagest - sagest; combarse, ceder, arquearse
widows - viudas; viuda, enviudar
Resolved that Juan should be quite a paragon,
resolved - resuelto; tomar la decisión de, resolver
paragon - modelo, dechado, parangón, gran paragon
And worthy of the noblest pedigree
worthy - Digno
pedigree - pedigrí
(His sire was of Castile, his dam from Aragon):
Castile - Castilla
dam - presa; dique
Aragon - Aragón
Then for accomplishments of chivalry,
accomplishments - logros; logro, éxito
chivalry - caballerismo; caballerosidad
In case our lord the king should go to war again,
He learn'd the arts of riding, fencing, gunnery,
fencing - esgrima, cerca, vallado, cerca, receptación; (fence); cerca
And how to scale a fortress"or a nunnery.
scale - escala
fortress - fortaleza
nunnery - un convento; convento
But that which Donna Inez most desired,
most desired - el más deseado
And saw into herself each day before all
The learned tutors whom for him she hired,
tutors - tutores; tutor
hired - contratado; alquilar
Was, that his breeding should be strictly moral;
breeding - Cría; (breed); criar, procrear, aparearse, cultivar, engendrar
strictly - estrictamente, terminantemente
moral - moral, moraleja
Much into all his studies she inquired,
inquired - preguntó; investigar, informarse
And so they were submitted first to her, all,
submitted - sometido; someter, presentar, entregar, cursar
Arts, sciences, no branch was made a mystery
To Juan's eyes, excepting natural history.
excepting - exceptuar, excepto, salvo, exceptuando, menos, salvo que
natural history - historia natural
The languages, especially the dead,
especially - especialmente, sobre todo, máxime, más
The sciences, and most of all the abstruse,
abstruse - abstruso
The arts, at least all such as could be said
To be the most remote from common use,
remote - remoto, control remoto
In all these he was much and deeply read;
deeply - profundamente; a fondo
But not a page of any thing that 's loose,
loose - suelto; flojo
Or hints continuation of the species,
continuation - continuación
species - Especie
Was ever suffer'd, lest he should grow vicious.
suffer - sufrir, penar, empeorar
vicious - panish: t-needed
His classic studies made a little puzzle,
classic - clásico, clásico
puzzle - rompecabezas, enigma, puzle, acertijo, intrigar, dejar perplejo
Because of filthy loves of gods and goddesses,
filthy - sucio, mugriento, mugroso, inmundo
goddesses - diosas; diosa
Who in the earlier ages raised a bustle,
raised - levantado; levantar
bustle - tiempo; polisón, abundar
But never put on pantaloons or bodices;
bodices - corpinos; corpino, jubón
His reverend tutors had at times a tussle,
Reverend - reverendo
And for their AEneids, Iliads, and Odysseys,
Aeneids - aneidas; Eneida
Iliads - iliadas; Ilíada
Odysseys - odiseas; odisea
Were forced to make an odd sort! of apology,
forced - forzado; fuerza
apology - una disculpa; disculpa, excusa
For Donna Inez dreaded the Mythology.
dreaded - temido; temer, pavor, temor
mythology - mitología
Ovid 's a rake, as half his verses show him,
rake - rastrillo
verses - versos; estrofa
Anacreon's morals are a still worse sample,
morals - moral, moraleja
Catullus scarcely has a decent poem,
scarcely - apenas, difícilmente
decent - decente
I don't think Sappho's Ode a good example,
Sappho - Safo
Ode - oda
Although Longinus tells us there is no hymn
hymn - himno
Where the sublime soars forth on wings more ample:
soars - se dispara; planear, elevarse, planar
wings - alas; ala, sección, parte, flanco, alero
ample - amplio, extenso, abundante, generoso
But Virgil's songs are pure, except that horrid one
Virgil - Virgilio
horrid - horrible; hórrido, horrendo
Beginning with 'Formosum Pastor Corydon.'
pastor - pastor, checkpastora
Lucretius'irreligion is too strong,
irreligion - irreligión
For early stomachs, to prove wholesome food;
stomachs - estómagos; estómago, barriga, vientre
wholesome - saludable, sano, íntegro
I can't help thinking Juvenal was wrong,
Although no doubt his real intent was good,
intent - intención, intento, propósito, concentrado, entregado
For speaking out so plainly in his song,
So much indeed as to be downright rude;
rude - rudo, grosero, descortés, soez
And then what proper person can be partial
partial - parcial
To all those nauseous epigrams of Martial?
nauseous - náuseas; nauseabundo
epigrams - epigramas; epigrama
martial - marcial, soldadesco, castrense
Juan was taught from out the best edition,
edition - edición, tiraje
Expurgated by learned men, who place
expurgated - expurgado; expurgar
Judiciously, from out the schoolboy's vision,
vision - vista, visión
The grosser parts; but, fearful to deface
grosser - Más asqueroso; (gross); repulsivo, gruesa, bruto
fearful - miedoso, temeroso, terrible, checkespantoso, checktremendo
deface - desfigurar; pintarrajear
Too much their modest bard by this omission,
modest - modesto, humilde, pequeno, moderado; (mod); modesto, humilde
Bard - Bardo
omission - omisión
And pitying sore his mutilated case,
pitying - compasión, piedad, lástima, pena, tener lástima
sore - dolorido; doloroso
mutilated - mutilado; mutilar
They only add them all in an appendix,
appendix - apéndice
Which saves, in fact, the trouble of an index;
saves - salvar, rescatar, redimir, parar, ahorrar, guardar, reservar
trouble - problemas; marrón, berenjenal, dificultad, problema, molestia
index - índice, indizar, indexar
For there we have them all 'at one fell swoop,'
swoop - en picado; precipitarse, abalanzarse, lanzarse en picada
Instead of being scatter'd through the Pages;
Scatter - dispersión; dispersar, esparcir
They stand forth marshall'd in a handsome troop,
handsome - apuesto, guapo, de buen parecer, lindo
To meet the ingenuous youth of future ages,
ingenuous - inocente, ingenuo
youth - jóvenes; juventud, adolescencia, mocedad, anos mozos, joven
Till some less rigid editor shall stoop
rigid - rígido
editor - editor, editora, director, directora, redactor
stoop - inclinarse, agacharse
To call them back into their separate cages,
separate - separado, separar, disgregar
cages - jaulas; jaula, cabina, enjaular
Instead of standing staring all together,
Like garden gods"and not so decent either.
The Missal too (it was the family Missal)
missal - misal
Was ornamented in a sort of way
ornamented - ornamentado; ornamento, ornamento musical
Which ancient mass-books often are, and this all
mass - montón, masa
Kinds of grotesques illumined; and how they,
grotesques - grotescos; grotesco
illumined - iluminar
Who saw those figures on the margin kiss all,
figures - cifras; figura, cifra, ocurrírsele
margin - margen
Could turn their optics to the text and pray,
optics - óptica; óptico
Pray - rezar, orar
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 - sermones; sermón
lectures - conferencias; conferencia
endured - oportado; aguantar, perdurar, tolerar, consentir, condescender
And homilies, and lives of all the saints;
homilies - Homilía
Saints - santos; San, Santa, Santo
To Jerome and to Chrysostom inured,
Inured - enfermo; acostumbrar, habituar, avezar
He did not take such studies for restraints;
restraints - restricciones; restricción, limitación, reserva, moderación
But how faith is acquired, and then ensured,
Faith - fe, confianza
acquired - dquirido; obtener, adquirir
ensured - asegurado; asegurar
So well not one of the aforesaid paints
aforesaid - usodicha; antedicho, sobredicho, susodicho
As Saint Augustine in his fine Confessions,
Augustine - Augustín, Agustín
confessions - confesiones; confesión
Which make the reader envy his transgressions.
transgressions - ransgresiones; transgresión
This, too, was a seal'd book to little Juan"
seal - sello
I can't but say that his mamma was right,
mamma - mama, mamá
If such an education was the true one.
She scarcely trusted him from out her sight;
trusted - de confianza; confianza, crédito, fiar, consorcio, trust
sight - vista, lugar de interés, espectáculo, panorama, visor, mira, ver
Her maids were old, and if she took a new one,
maids - sirvientas; doncella, senorita, doméstica, empleada doméstica
You might be sure she was a perfect fright;
fright - miedo; susto
She did this during even her husband's life"
I recommend as much to every wife.
recommend - recomendar
Young Juan wax'd in goodliness and grace;
wax - cera
goodliness - Bondad
grace - gracias, benedícite, gracia, donaire, merced
At six a charming child, and at eleven
With all the promise of as fine a face
promise - promesa, prometer
As e'er to man's maturer growth was given:
maturer - más maduro; (mature) más maduro
growth - crecimiento
He studied steadily, and grew apace,
steadily - De forma constante
And seem'd, at least, in the right road to heaven,
Heaven - el cielo; cielo, firmamento, paraíso
For half his days were pass'd at church, the other
pass - pasar(por), dejar atrás
church - iglesia, servicio religioso, culto, misa
Between his tutors, confessor, and mother.
confessor - confesor; confesante
At six, I said, he was a charming child,
At twelve he was a fine, but quiet boy;
Although in infancy a little wild,
wild - salvaje, bravío
They tamed him down amongst them: to destroy
tamed - domado; domesticado; doméstico
amongst - entre
destroy - destruir, romper, destrozar, sacrificar
His natural spirit not in vain they toil'd,
in vain - en vano
At least it seem'd so; and his mother's joy
joy - alegría, júbilo
Was to declare how sage, and still, and steady,
declare - explicar, aclarar, declarar
steady - estable; firme, liso, fijo
Her young philosopher was grown already.
philosopher - filósofo, filósofa
I had my doubts, perhaps I have them still,
doubts - dudas; dudar, duda, incertidumbre
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 - personaje, característica, carácter
From sire to son to augur good or ill:
augur - augur, augurar, presagiar
He and his wife were an ill-sorted pair"
sorted - resuelto; clase, tipo, género
But scandal 's my aversion"I protest
Scandal - escándalo
protest - protestar, proclamar, oponerse, objetar, protesta, manifestación
Against all evil speaking, even in jest.
against - contra, cerca de, frente, en contra, enfrente, en pugna
jest - bromea; broma
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 - elogiado; alabanza, loa, enaltecimiento, elogio, adoración
'Tis not with Donna Inez I would shut
Him up to learn his catechism alone,
catechism - catecismo
No"no"I'd send him out betimes to college,
betimes - tiempo
For there it was I pick'd up my own knowledge.
pick - pico, ganzúa, hurgar, recoger
knowledge - conocimiento, conocimientos, sabiduría, checkconocimiento
For there one learns"'tis not for me to boast,
boast - presumir; vanagloriarse, jactarse de, fanfarronear
Though I acquired"but I pass over that,
pass over - pasar por encima
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 - educado; educar, instruir
Young Juan now was sixteen years of age,
Tall, handsome, slender, but well knit: he seem'd
slender - esbelto
knit - hacer punto, tricotar, tejer, soldarse, construir, elaborar
Active, though not so sprightly, as a page;
active - activo
And everybody but his mother deem'd
Him almost man; but she flew in a rage
rage - furia; rabia, furor
And bit her lips (for else she might have scream'd)
bit - oco; pedacito; (bite); morder, picar, mordida, mordedura
lips - labios; labio, labro
scream - grito, gritar
If any said so, for to be precocious
precocious - precoz
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
atrocious - atroz, malvado, ofensivo
Amongst her numerous acquaintance, all
numerous - numerosos; numeroso
acquaintance - conocido; amistad, conocimiento, junta, relación
Selected for discretion and devotion,
selected - seleccionado; selecto, seleccionar
devotion - devoción, dedicación, fervor, veneración
There was the Donna Julia, whom to call
Pretty were but to give a feeble notion
feeble - débil, endeble, feble, deficiente
Of many charms in her as natural
charms - encantos; encanto
As sweetness to the flower, or salt to ocean,
sweetness - dulzura, dulzor, melosidad, dulcedumbre, agradabilidad
Her zone to Venus, or his bow to Cupid
zone - zona, dividir en zona
Venus - Venus
bow to - hacer una reverencia
Cupid - Cupido
(But this last simile is trite and stupid).
trite - rillado; banal
stupid - estúpido, menso, gilí, pendejo
The darkness of her Oriental eye
darkness - oscuridad, tinieblas
Accorded with her Moorish origin
accorded - oncedido; acuerdo, convenio, acordar, conceder, conferir
Moorish - moriscos; morisco
origin - origen
(Her blood was not all Spanish, by the by;
In Spain, you know, this is a sort of sin);
sin - pecado
When proud Granada fell, and, forced to fly,
proud - orgulloso
Granada - Granada
Boabdil wept, of Donna Julia's kin
wept - lloró; llorar
kin - familia, parientes
Some went to Africa, some stay'd in Spain,
Africa - África
Her great-great-grandmamma chose to remain.
grandmamma - Abuela
remain - resto, restos, quedarse, sobrar, restar, permanecer, continuar
She married (I forget the pedigree)
With an Hidalgo, who transmitted down
transmitted - transmitido; transmitir
His blood less noble than such blood should be;
At such alliances his sires would frown,
alliances - alianzas; alianza
frown - fruncir el ceno
In that point so precise in each degree
precise - preciso, concreto, precisar, especificar, concretar
degree - título, diploma, grado
That they bred in and in, as might be shown,
Marrying their cousins"nay, their aunts, and nieces,
marrying - casarse
nieces - sobrinas; sobrina
Which always spoils the breed, if it increases.
spoils - otín; expoliar, despojar, danar, arruinar, echar a perder
breed - criar, procrear, aparearse, cultivar, engendrar, raza
increases - aumentar, acrecentar, incrementar, subir
This heathenish cross restored the breed again,
heathenish - agano
Cross - cruz, aspa, sotuer, santiguamiento, senal de la cruz, cruce
restored - restaurado; restablecer, restaurar
Ruin'd its blood, but much improved its flesh;
ruin - ruina, desbaratar, arruinar, estropear, dar al traste
flesh - carne, pellejo, descarnar
For from a root the ugliest in Old Spain
root - raíz
ugliest - el más feo; ugli
Sprung up a branch as beautiful as fresh;
fresh - fresco
The sons no more were short, the daughters plain:
But there's a rumour which I fain would hush,
rumour - rumor
Hush - callar, callarse, calmar, acallar, silencio
'Tis said that Donna Julia's grandmamma
Produced her Don more heirs at love than law.
produced - producido; producir, realizar, producto, producción, cosecha
heirs - herederos; heredero, sucesor, checkheredera
However this might be, the race went on
Improving still through every generation,
generation - generación, generación, linaje
Until it centred in an only son,
Who left an only daughter; my narration
narration - narración
May have suggested that this single one
suggested - sugerido; insinuar, sugerir, recomendar
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 - casta; casto
Her eye (I'm very fond of handsome eyes)
fond - carinoso, afectuoso
Was large and dark, suppressing half its fire
suppressing - suprimiendo; reprimar, contener, ocultar, suprimir
Until she spoke, then through its soft disguise
disguise - disfraz, pantalla, tapadera, disfrazar
Flash'd an expression more of pride than ire,
flash - destello
expression - expresión, frase hecha
ire - Ira
And love than either; and there would arise
A something in them which was not desire,
desire - desear, deseo, gana
But would have been, perhaps, but for the soul
Which struggled through and chasten'd down the whole.
struggled - luchado; lucha, forcejeo, brega, luchar, esforzarse con denuedo
chasten - castigar, escarmentar
Her glossy hair was cluster'd o'er a brow
glossy - brillante, lustroso, reluciente
cluster - amontonamiento, agrupamiento, aglomeración, racimo, cúmulo
Bright with intelligence, and fair, and smooth;
intelligence - inteligencia
Her eyebrow's shape was like th'aerial bow,
eyebrow - ceja
shape - forma, estado, modelar, formar
th - Qué
aerial - aéreo, antena
bow - arco; inclinar(se), hacer una reverencia
Her cheek all purple with the beam of youth,
cheek - mejilla, cacha, cachete, nalga, glúteo, descoco
beam - rayo; viga, timón, radio
Mounting at times to a transparent glow,
mounting - Montaje; (mount) Montaje
transparent - transparente
As if her veins ran lightning; she, in sooth,
veins - venas; vena
lightning - un rayo; relámpago, rayo
sooth - calmar; verdad
Possess'd an air and grace by no means common:
Her stature tall"I hate a dumpy woman.
stature - estatura
dumpy - rechoncho
Wedded she was some years, and to a man
wedded - casada; casar
Of fifty, and such husbands are in plenty;
plenty - bastante; abundancia
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,'
Ladies even of the most uneasy virtue
most uneasy - el más incómodo/ inquieto
Prefer a spouse whose age is short of thirty.
spouse - cónyuge, consorte
'Tis a sad thing, I cannot choose but say,
And all the fault of that indecent sun,
Who cannot leave alone our helpless clay,
leave alone - dejar en paz
clay - arcilla, barro
But will keep baking, broiling, burning on,
baking - hornear; panpasteleo; (bake); hornear, enhornar
broiling - asar a la parrilla
burning - quemando; ardiente; (burn) quemando; ardiente
That howsoever people fast and pray,
The flesh is frail, and so the soul undone:
frail - frágil; débil, delicado
undone - deshecho; deshacer
What men call gallantry, and gods adultery,
gallantry - galantería; coraje, valor
adultery - adulterio
Is much more common where the climate 's sultry.
climate - clima
sultry - suave; bochornoso, tórrido, caliente
Happy the nations of the moral North!
Where all is virtue, and the winter season
season - temporada; estación
Sends sin, without a rag on, shivering forth
rag - trapo
shivering - Tiritando; (shiver) Tiritando
('Twas snow that brought St. Anthony to reason);
Where juries cast up what a wife is worth,
juries - jurados; jurado
cast - moldear, elenco, castear, sondar, sondear, lanzar, lanzamiento
By laying whate'er sum in mulct they please on
laying - colocación; (lay) colocación
sum - suma
mulct - multar
The lover, who must pay a handsome price,
lover - amante
Because it is a marketable vice.
marketable - comercializable; comerciable, marquetinero
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 - querida; amado, querido, bienamado
abhorr - Aborrecer
They lived together, as most people do,
lived together - vivir juntos
Suffering each other's foibles by accord,
suffering - sufrido, sufriente, sufrimiento; (suffer); sufrir, penar
foibles - debilidades; manía, defecto, punto débil, parte débil
accord - acuerdo, convenio, acordar, conceder, conferir
And not exactly either one or two;
exactly - exactamente, exacto
Yet he was jealous, though he did not show it,
jealous - celoso, encelado, envidioso, checkenvidioso
For jealousy dislikes the world to know it.
jealousy - celo, celos, envidia
dislikes - no le gusta; aversión, disgusto, antipatía, desagradar
Julia was"yet I never could see why"
With Donna Inez quite a favourite friend;
Between their tastes there was small sympathy,
tastes - sabores; gusto, gusto, gustos, muestra, gustar, probar, catar
sympathy - simpatía; compasión, empatía, compasión
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 - malicia
imputes - imputar
private - privado, privado
That Inez had, ere Don Alfonso's marriage,
marriage - matrimonio, boda, casamiento, unión
Forgot with him her very prudent carriage;
Prudent - prudente, atentado
carriage - coche, carruaje
And that still keeping up the old connection,
connection - vinculación, conexión, trabazón, ligazón
Which time had lately render'd much more chaste,
render - renderizar; dejar, volver
more chaste - más casto
She took his lady also in affection,
affection - afecto, carino, apego
And certainly this course was much the best:
She flatter'd Julia with her sage protection,
protection - protección
And complimented Don Alfonso's taste;
complimented - cumplido, felicitar, cumplimentar
taste - gusto, gusto, gustos, muestra, gustar, probar, catar, saber
And if she could not (who can?) silence scandal,
silence - silencio, silenciar, hacer callar
At least she left it a more slender handle.
more slender - más delgado
handle - manejar; mango; asa; manilla, pomo(puerta)
I can't tell whether Julia saw the affair
whether - si, si , o, ya sea
affair - negocio, asunto, rollo, amorío, aventura
With other people's eyes, or if her own
Discoveries made, but none could be aware
discoveries - descubrimientos; descubrimiento, hallazgo
aware - alerta, consciente, conocedor, sabedor, entendido
Of this, at least no symptom e'er was shown;
symptom - síntoma
Perhaps she did not know, or did not care,
Indifferent from the first or callous grown:
indifferent - indiferente
callous - insensible, cruel, desconsiderado, calloso
I'm really puzzled what to think or say,
puzzled - rompecabezas, enigma, puzle, acertijo, intrigar, dejar perplejo
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 - caricia, carantona, acariciar
Quite innocently done, and harmless styled,
innocently - inocentemente
harmless - inocuo, inofensivo
When she had twenty years, and thirteen he;
But I am not so sure I should have smiled
smiled - sonrió; sonrisa, sonreír
When he was sixteen, Julia twenty-three;
These few short years make wondrous alterations,
wondrous - maravilloso
alterations - alteraciones; alteración, cambio, modificación
Particularly amongst sun-burnt nations.
particularly - en particular; particularmente
burnt - quemado; (burn); quemado
Whate'er the cause might be, they had become
Changed; for the dame grew distant, the youth shy,
distant - distante, a distancia, hurano, remoto
Shy - tímido, reservado, vergonzoso, lanzar
Their looks cast down, their greetings almost dumb,
greetings - saludos; saludo
dumb - tonto; mudo
And much embarrassment in either eye;
embarrassment - vergüenza, corte g
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 - frío, frialdad, displicencia
And tremulously gentle her small hand
tremulously - Temblorosamente
gentle - tierno, suave, tranquilo, medido, gradual, amable
Withdrew itself from his, but left behind
withdrew - se retiró; retirar(se)
itself - en sí; se, solo, a si mismo, por si mismo, sí mismo
A little pressure, thrilling, and so bland
pressure - presión, presionar
thrilling - emocionante; excitar; emocionar, conmover
bland - soso; de sabor imperceptible, insípido
And slight, so very slight, that to the mind
Slight - insignificante, leve, ligero, falta de respeto
'Twas but a doubt; but ne'er magician's wand
magician - mago, fenómeno, checkhechicero
wand - varita
Wrought change with all Armida's fairy art
fairy - hada, marica, mujercita
Like what this light touch left on Juan's heart.
touch - tocar, conmover, toque, toque, tacto, pizca
heart - corazón
And if she met him, though she smiled no more,
She look'd a sadness sweeter than her smile,
sadness - tristeza, desgracia, infortunio
sweeter - más dulce; dulcemente, dulce, caramelo, chuche, confite
As if her heart had deeper thoughts in store
deeper - más profundo; profundo, hondo, fondo, ancho, bajo, grave, oscuro
in store - en la tienda
She must not own, but cherish'd more the while
cherish - apreciar; mimar
For that compression in its burning core;
compression - compresión
core - corazón (fruta); núcleo
Even innocence itself has many a wile,
many a - mucho(s)
And will not dare to trust itself with truth,
trust - confiar; confianza, crédito, fiar, consorcio, trust
truth - verdad
And love is taught hypocrisy from youth.
hypocrisy - hipocresía
But passion most dissembles, yet betrays
passion - pasión
dissembles - disimular, fingir
Betrays - traicionar, entregar, vender, delatar, demostrar
Even by its darkness; as the blackest sky
sky - cielo
Foretells the heaviest tempest, it displays
foretells - predice; predecir, pronosticar, vaticinar
heaviest - el más pesado; pesado
tempest - tormenta; tempestad, temporal
displays - displays; espectáculo, exposición, monitor, expositor
Its workings through the vainly guarded eye,
workings - Trabajando
vainly - en vano; vanamente
guarded - guardado; guarda, guardia, guardés, guarda, tapador, bloque
And in whatever aspect it arrays
whatever - qué; cualquier, lo que sea que, cualquier cosa que, no importa
aspect - aspecto
arrays - atrices; atavío, galas, distribución, ristra, gama, vector
Itself, 'tis still the same hypocrisy;
Coldness or anger, even disdain or hate,
anger - ira, enfado, enojo, rabia
disdain - desdén, desprecio, desdeno, desdenar, despreciar
Are masks it often wears, and still too late.
masks - máscaras; máscara, careta, mascarilla
Then there were sighs, the deeper for suppression,
sighs - suspirar
And stolen glances, sweeter for the theft,
stolen - robado; robar, hurtar, robo
glances - miradas; ojear, echar un vistazo, mirar, pispear, vistazo
theft - robo, hurto
And burning blushes, though for no transgression,
transgression - una transgresión; transgresión
Tremblings when met, and restlessness when left;
restlessness - agitación, desasosiego, desazón, inquietud
All these are little preludes to possession,
preludes - preludios; preludio, antesala
possession - posesión, posesión natural, tenencia, posesión civil, posesiones
Of which young passion cannot be bereft,
bereft - desamparado; privado (de); (bereave); arrebatar, despojar
And merely tend to show how greatly love is
merely - simplemente; meramente, puramente, solamente, sólo
tend - tender; guardar
greatly - en gran medida; grandemente, enormemente, sobremanera
Embarrass'd at first starting with a novice.
embarrass - avergonzar, abochornar, sonrojar, humillar
novice - novato; novicio
Poor Julia's heart was in an awkward state;
awkward - torpe, desmanado, embarazoso, delicado, incómodo, tímido
She felt it going, and resolved to make
The noblest efforts for herself and mate,
efforts - esfuerzos; esfuerzo
mate - colega; aparear, acoplar
For honour's, pride's, religion's, virtue's sake;
honour - honor; honradez
religion - religión
sake - por, por motivo de; por el bien de
Her resolutions were most truly great,
resolutions - resoluciones; resolución, panish: t-needed
And almost might have made a Tarquin quake:
She pray'd the Virgin Mary for her grace,
Virgin - virgen, doncel, doncella, senorita
Mary - María
As being the best judge of a lady's case.
She vow'd she never would see Juan more,
vow - voto, manda, promesa
And next day paid a visit to his mother,
And look'd extremely at the opening door,
extremely - extremadamente, sumamente, harto
Which, by the Virgin's grace, let in another;
let in - hacer pasar; dejar entrar; permitir
Grateful she was, and yet a little sore"
grateful - agradecido, complacido
Again it opens, it can be no other,
'Tis surely Juan now"No! I'm afraid
I'm afraid - Tengo miedo
That night the Virgin was no further pray'd.
She now determined that a virtuous woman
determined - determinado; determinar
Should rather face and overcome temptation,
overcome - vencer, superar
temptation - tentación
That flight was base and dastardly, and no man
dastardly - Desalmado
Should ever give her heart the least sensation;
That is to say, a thought beyond the common
beyond - más allá de
Preference, that we must feel upon occasion
preference - Preferencia
For people who are pleasanter than others,
pleasanter - más agradable; agradable, placentero
But then they only seem so many brothers.
And even if by chance"and who can tell?
by chance - Por casualidad
The devil 's so very sly"she should discover
sly - astuto, pillo, listo, habilidoso
discover - descubrir, destapar
That all within was not so very well,
within - dentro de, adentro
And, if still free, that such or such a lover
Might please perhaps, a virtuous wife can quell
quell - acabar; reprimir, sofocar
Such thoughts, and be the better when they're over;
And if the man should ask, 'tis but denial:
denial - mentira, negación, negativa
I recommend young ladies to make trial.
trial - proceso, juicio
And then there are such things as love divine,
Bright and immaculate, unmix'd and pure,
immaculate - inmaculada; inmaculado
unmix - desmezclar
Such as the angels think so very fine,
angels - ángeles; ángel
And matrons who would be no less secure,
matrons - matronas; matrona
secure - seguro, resguardado, confiable, aplomado
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 - recuperación
celestial - celestial, celeste
Such love is innocent, and may exist
innocent - inocente
exist - existen; existir
Between young persons without any danger.
danger - peligro; (dang); peligro
A hand may first, and then a lip be kist;
lip - labio, labro
For my part, to such doings I'm a stranger,
doings - Haciendo
Stranger - Extrano; (strang) Extrano
But hear these freedoms form the utmost list
freedoms - ibertades; libertad
Of all o'er which such love may be a ranger:
Ranger - alimanero, guardaparque, guardacaza, montaraz
If people go beyond, 'tis quite a crime,
But not my fault"I tell them all in time.
all in time - todo a su debido tiempo
Love, then, but love within its proper limits,
limits - límites; límite
Was Julia's innocent determination
determination - determinación, decisión, resolución, ahínco
In young Don Juan's favour, and to him its
favour - favorecer; favor
Exertion might be useful on occasion;
exertion - esfuerzo
And, lighted at too pure a shrine to dim its
shrine - santuario, relicario
dim - débil, ténue
Ethereal lustre, with what sweet persuasion
ethereal - etéreo
lustre - brillo
sweet - dulcemente, dulce, caramelo, chuche, confite
persuasion - persuasión
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 - enso
intention - intención
fenced - vallado; cerca, cerramiento, barda, perista
In mail of proof"her purity of soul"
mail - correo, cartas, correspondencia
Proof - pruebas; prueba
purity - pureza
She, for the future of her strength convinced.
strength - fuerza, neque, potencia, intensidad, fuerte, fortaleza
Convinced - convencido; convencer
And that her honour was a rock, or mole,
Rock - roca
mole - lunar
Exceeding sagely from that hour dispensed
sagely - sabiamente
dispensed - dispensado; dispensar
With any kind of troublesome control;
troublesome - problemático, prolijo
control - controlar, administración, control, dirección, manejo
But whether Julia to the task was equal
Equal - igual, igualar, equivaler
Is that which must be mention'd in the sequel.
mention - mención, mencionar, mentar
sequel - secuela
Her plan she deem'd both innocent and feasible,
feasible - es factible; factible, asequible, dable, viable
And, surely, with a stripling of sixteen
Not scandal's fangs could fix on much that 's seizable,
fangs - colmillos; colmillo
Fix - arreglar, reparar, componer, fijar, pregar, preparar, amanar
seizable - incautables
Or if they did so, satisfied to mean
satisfied - satisfecho; satisfacer
Nothing but what was good, her breast was peaceable"
breast - pecho, seno, teta, corazón, pechuga
A quiet conscience makes one so serene!
conscience - conciencia
serene - sereno
Christians have burnt each other, quite persuaded
Christians - cristianos; cristiano, cristiana, Cristián
persuaded - persuadido; persuadir
That all the Apostles would have done as they did.
apostles - apóstoles; apóstol
And if in the mean time her husband died,
But Heaven forbid that such a thought should cross
forbid - prohibir, vedar, vetar, negar
Her brain, though in a dream! (and then she sigh'd)
sigh - suspiro; suspirar
Never could she survive that common loss;
survive - sobrevivir
Loss - pérdida
But just suppose that moment should betide,
suppose - supongo; suponer
I only say suppose it"inter nos.
inter - enterrar
(This should be entre nous, for Julia thought
In French, but then the rhyme would go for naught.)
rhyme - rima, rima, rimar
naught - nada
I only say suppose this supposition:
supposition - suposición
Juan being then grown up to man's estate
estate - patrimonio; propiedad, inmueble, bien, estamento, finca
Would fully suit a widow of condition,
fully - totalmente; completamente, a fondo
condition - stado; condición, situación, acondicionar
Even seven years hence it would not be too late;
hence - de aquí, por lo tanto, por eso, de ahí
And in the interim (to pursue this vision)
interim - interino, ínterin
pursue - perseguir, apuntar a
The mischief, after all, could not be great,
For he would learn the rudiments of love,
rudiments - rudimentos; rudimento
I mean the seraph way of those above.
seraph - serafín
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 - alarmante; alarma, rebato, despertador, alarma, tocar a rebato
Which, with a little patience, might grow charming.
Silent and pensive, idle, restless, slow,
silent - silencioso, callar, checkcallado
pensive - pensativo, meditabundo, amohinado, melancólico
idle - ocioso; parado, inactivo
restless - inquieto
His home deserted for the lonely wood,
deserted - desierta; abandonar
lonely - solo; solitario, desolado, desierto
wood - madera
Tormented with a wound he could not know,
tormented - atormentado; tormento, atormentar
His, like all deep grief, plunged in solitude:
deep - profundo, hondo, fondo, ancho, bajo, grave, oscuro
grief - duelo; pesar, pesadumbre, dolor, sufrimiento
plunged - se hundió; lanzarse, zambullirse, tirarse de cabeza
solitude - soledad, solitud
I'm fond myself of solitude or so,
myself - yo mismo; me
But then, I beg it may be understood,
beg - pedir limosna; pedir
By solitude I mean a sultan's, not
A hermit's, with a haram for a grot.
Hermit - ermitano; ermitano
'Oh Love! in such a wilderness as this,
wilderness - salvajes; descampado, jungla, maleza, monte
Where transport and security entwine,
transport - transportar, exiliar, transporte, deportado
Security - seguridad, confianza, garantía, prenda
Here is the empire of thy perfect bliss,
Empire - imperio
And here thou art a god indeed divine.'
The bard I quote from does not sing amiss,
quote - cita, comillas, presupuesto, cotización, citar, cotizar
amiss - algún problema; mal
With the exception of the second line,
exception - excepción, salvedad, ofensa
For that same twining 'transport and security'
twining - Enroscando; (twin) Enroscando
Are twisted to a phrase of some obscurity.
twisted - retorcido; torcer, sacar punta a, torcerse
obscurity - obscuridad; oscuridad
The poet meant, no doubt, and thus appeals
appeals - apelaciones; suplicar, rogar
To the good sense and senses of mankind,
sense - sentido, sensación, significado, acepción, significación, sentir
The very thing which every body feels,
As all have found on trial, or may find,
on trial - en juicio, en periodo de prueba
That no one likes to be disturb'd at meals
disturb - perturbar, molestar
Or love."I won't say more about 'entwined'
Or 'transport,'as we knew all that before,
But beg 'Security'will bolt the door.
bolt - perno; pestillo
Young Juan wander'd by the glassy brooks,
wander - vagar, divagar, errar, deambular, enganar
glassy - vidrioso, vítreo
brooks - brooks; arroyo
Thinking unutterable things; he threw
Himself at length within the leafy nooks
Length - largo, eslora (nautical: length of a ship from bow to stern)
leafy - hojas; frondoso, foliáceo
nooks - rincones; rincón, recoveco
Where the wild branch of the cork forest grew;
cork - corcho; Cork
forest - bosque, floresta, selva, foresta, forestar; (fore); bosque
There poets find materials for their books,
materials - materiales; material, significativo, material
And every now and then we read them through,
So that their plan and prosody are eligible,
prosody - prosodia
eligible - es elegible; elegible, propio, cualificado, apto
Unless, like Wordsworth, they prove unintelligible.
Unless - menos que..; a menos que, a no ser que, salvo
unintelligible - ininteligible
He, Juan (and not Wordsworth), so pursued
pursued - perseguido; perseguir, apuntar a
His self-communion with his own high soul,
communion - comunión
Until his mighty heart, in its great mood,
mighty - poderoso
mood - estado de ánimo; humor
Had mitigated part, though not the whole
mitigated - mitigado; mitigar
Of its disease; he did the best he could
With things not very subject to control,
And turn'd, without perceiving his condition,
perceiving - Percibiendo; (perceive); percibir, entender
Like Coleridge, into a metaphysician.
metaphysician - metafísico
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 - Dos
And then he thought of earthquakes, and of wars,
earthquakes - terremotos; terremoto
wars - guerras; guerra, guerrear, hacer la guerra
How many miles the moon might have in girth,
moon - Luna
girth - círculo; cincha, circunferencia, cintura
Of air-balloons, and of the many bars
balloons - globos; globo, vejiga, bomba
bars - bares; barra; tableta; barrote, reja
To perfect knowledge of the boundless skies;"
boundless - ilimitado, sin límites
skies - cielos; cielo
And then he thought of Donna Julia's eyes.
In thoughts like these true wisdom may discern
discern - percibir, sensar, vislumbrar, discernir
Longings sublime, and aspirations high,
longings - Anhelo
aspirations - aspiración
Which some are born with, but the most part learn
To plague themselves withal, they know not why:
plague - plaga, peste, plagar, molestar, atormentar
withal - con todo
'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 - filosofía
I can't help thinking puberty assisted.
puberty - pubertad
assisted - asistida; ayudar, asistir
He pored upon the leaves, and on the flowers,
pored - pored; poro
And heard a voice in all the winds; and then
voice - voz
winds - vientos; viento, aire
He thought of wood-nymphs and immortal bowers,
nymphs - ninfas; ninfa
And how the goddesses came down to men:
He miss'd the pathway, he forgot the hours,
pathway - camino; via, ruta
And when he look'd upon his watch again,
He found how much old Time had been a winner"
winner - ganador, ganadora, vencedor, vencedora
He also found that he had lost his dinner.
Sometimes he turn'd to gaze upon his book,
gaze - mirada; observar, mirar fijamente
Boscan, or Garcilasso;"by the wind
wind - viento, aire
Even as the page is rustled while we look,
rustled - susurrado; crujido
So by the poesy of his own mind
Over the mystic leaf his soul was shook,
mystic - místico, mística
leaf - hoja, tablero
shook - Sacudido; (shake); agitar, sacudir, checksacudir, sacudida
As if 'twere one whereon magicians bind
whereon - dónde; en donde
Magicians - magos; mago, fenómeno, checkhechicero
Their spells, and give them to the passing gale,
passing - pasando; pasajero, excelente, superficial, somero
gale - revuelo; vendaval, galerna
According to some good old woman's tale.
Tale - cuento; historia, relato
Thus would he while his lonely hours away
Dissatisfied, nor knowing what he wanted;
dissatisfied - insatisfecho; descontentar
Nor glowing reverie, nor poet's lay,
glowing - resplandeciente; fulgir, fulgurar, iluminar, brillar
reverie - ensonación; ensueno
Could yield his spirit that for which it panted,
panted - jadeaba; jadear, resollar
A bosom whereon he his head might lay,
bosom - seno, pechera, busto
And hear the heart beat with the love it granted,
beat - Golpear; latir
granted - concedido; otorgar, conceder, subvención, beca, patrocinio
With"several other things, which I forget,
Or which, at least, I need not mention yet.
Those lonely walks, and lengthening reveries,
Lengthening - alargamiento; alargar
reveries - ensonaciones; ensueno
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 - principalmente, sobre todo, particularmente, especialmente
surprise - sorpresa, sorprender
Is, that the Donna Inez did not tease
tease - bromear; cardar, peinar, burlarse de, molestar, tomar el pelo
Her only son with question or surmise:
surmise - supongo; suponer, conjeturar, presumir
Whether it was she did not see, or would not,
Or, like all very clever people, could not.
clever - inteligente; ágil, hábil, listo, talentoso, habiloso
This may seem strange, but yet 'tis very common;
For instance"gentlemen, whose ladies take
instance - caso, ejemplo, ocasión, instancia
Leave to o'erstep the written rights of woman,
erstep - rstep
And break the"Which commandment is 't they break?
commandment - mandamiento
(I have forgot the number, and think no man
Should rashly quote, for fear of a mistake.)
fear - miedo, temor
I say, when these same gentlemen are jealous,
They make some blunder, which their ladies tell us.
A real husband always is suspicious,
suspicious - sospechoso, suspicaz, desconfiado
But still no less suspects in the wrong place,
suspects - sospechosos; barruntar, sospechar, sospechoso
Jealous of some one who had no such wishes,
wishes - deseos; deseo, gana, desear
Or pandering blindly to his own disgrace,
blindly - ciegamente, a ciegas, a tientas, a tiento
disgrace - desgracia, baldón, deshonrar
By harbouring some dear friend extremely vicious;
harbouring - aguantando; puerto
The last indeed 's infallibly the case:
infallibly - infaliblemente
And when the spouse and friend are gone off wholly,
gone off - se ha ido
wholly - Por completo
He wonders at their vice, and not his folly.
wonders - maravillas; maravilla, milagro, genio, asombro, pasmo
folly - una locura; capricho
Thus parents also are at times short-sighted;
sighted - vidente; vista, lugar de interés, espectáculo, panorama, visor
Though watchful as the lynx, they ne'er discover,
watchful - vigilante; atento, avizor
lynx - lince
The while the wicked world beholds delighted,
wicked - malvado, cruel, insoportable; (wick) malvado, cruel
beholds - contemplar, mirar, observar, he aquí, mirad
delighted - encantado; deleite, regocijo, delicia, placer
Young Hopeful's mistress, or Miss Fanny's lover,
hopeful - esperanzado, esperanzador
Till some confounded escapade has blighted
confounded - confundido; confundir, empeorar
escapade - escapada; aventura, andanza, correría, travesura
blighted - rruinado; mildiu, tizón, mal, plaga
The plan of twenty years, and all is over;
And then the mother cries, the father swears,
cries - llorar, gritar, panish: t-needed
swears - jurar
And wonders why the devil he got heirs.
But Inez was so anxious, and so clear
anxious - ansioso, inquieto, deseoso
clear - está claro; transparente, claro, despejado, libre
Of sight, that I must think, on this occasion,
She had some other motive much more near
motive - motivo, móbil
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 - premio; abrir/levantar con palanca, forzar
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 - revaleciendo; prevalecer, vencer
But whatsoe'er the cause is, one may say,
whatsoe - Qué
And stand convicted of more truth than treason,
stand convicted - condenado
treason - traición, colaboración con el enemigo, colaboracionismo
That there are months which nature grows more merry in,"
merry - contento; alegre
March has its hares, and May must have its heroine.
hares - iebres; liebre
heroine - heroína
'Twas on a summer's day"the sixth of June:"
sixth - sexto, sexto
I like to be particular in dates,
particular - particular
Not only of the age, and year, but moon;
They are a sort of post-house, where the Fates
fates - destinos; destino, azar
Change horses, making history change its tune,
tune - melodía, tonada, afinar, sintonizar
Then spur away o'er empires and o'er states,
spur - espolear; espuela
empires - imperios; imperio
Leaving at last not much besides chronology,
Chronology - cronología
Excepting the post-obits of theology.
obits - obituario
theology - teología
'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 - ado
As e'er held houri in that heathenish heaven
held - sostenida; tener en las manos, agarrar, asir
houri - hurí
Described by Mahomet, and Anacreon Moore,
Mahomet - Mahoma
To whom the lyre and laurels have been given,
lyre - lira
With all the trophies of triumphant song"
trophies - Trofi
triumphant - triunfante, triunfador
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 - sostener; tener en las manos, agarrar, asir
No matter how or why the thing befell,
But there were she and Juan, face to face"
When two such faces are so, 'twould be wise,
twould - lo haría
wise - sabio
But very difficult, to shut their eyes.
How beautiful she look'd! her conscious heart
conscious - consciente
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 - fortalecimiento; fortalecer, animar
weak - débil, feble, flaco, flojo
trampling - Pisoteando; (trample); pisotear, hollar, maltratar, humillar
How self-deceitful is the sagest part
deceitful - enganoso; falso, deshonesto
Sagest - sagest; salvia
Of mortals whom thy lure hath led along"
mortals - ortales; mortal
lure - enuelo; tentación, aliciente
along - a lo largo, a lo largo de, por
The precipice she stood on was immense,
precipice - precipicio
immense - inmenso
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 - privilegiado; pudibundo, santurrón, mojigato, pacato
fears - miedos; miedo, temor
Victorious virtue, and domestic truth,
victorious - victorioso
And then of Don Alfonso's fifty years:
I wish these last had not occurr'd, in sooth,
occurr - Ocurre algo
Because that number rarely much endears,
rarely - rara vez, poco frecuentemente, raramente
endears - entusiasma; hacerse querer
And through all climes, the snowy and the sunny,
climes - clima
sunny - asoleado
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 - reganar; reganar, retar, renir
When poets say, 'I've written fifty rhymes,'
They make you dread that they'll recite them too;
dread - miedo; temer, pavor, temor
recite - recitar, declamar
In gangs of fifty, thieves commit their crimes;
gangs - pandillas; grupo, cuadrilla, equipo
thieves - ladrones; ladrón, caco
commit - comprometerse; encomendar, cometer
crimes - delitos; delito, crimen, delincuencia, criminalidad
At fifty love for love is rare, 'tis true,
rare - raro, poco común
But then, no doubt, it equally as true is,
equally - igualmente
A good deal may be bought for fifty Louis.
Julia had honour, virtue, truth, and love,
For Don Alfonso; and she inly swore,
inly - sólo
swore - lo juraste; jurar
By all the vows below to powers above,
vows - votos; voto, manda, promesa
She never would disgrace the ring she wore,
ring - anillo
Nor leave a wish which wisdom might reprove;
reprove - reprobar, reprender
And while she ponder'd this, besides much more,
ponder - pensar; considerar, meditar, cavilar, discurrir, ponderar
One hand on Juan's carelessly was thrown,
thrown - tirado; lanzar, tirar
Quite by mistake"she thought it was her own;
by mistake - por error
Unconsciously she lean'd upon the other,
unconsciously - inconscientemente
Which play'd within the tangles of her hair:
tangles - enredos; desorden, marana, enredo
And to contend with thoughts she could not smother
She seem'd by the distraction of her air.
Distraction - distracción, locura
'Twas surely very wrong in Juan's mother
To leave together this imprudent pair,
imprudent - imprudente
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 - Poco a poco
Gently, but palpably confirm'd its grasp,
gently - suavemente; mansamente, suave
palpably - Palpablemente
confirm - confirmar
grasp - agarrar, asir, comprender, asimiento, comprensión, alcance
As if it said, 'Detain me, if you please;'
detain - panish: t-needed
Yet there's no doubt she only meant to clasp
clasp - cierre; broche, manija, corchete, hebilla, agarrar
His fingers with a pure Platonic squeeze:
fingers - dedos; apuntar, senalar, hurgar, dedear
squeeze - exprimir, apretar, apretujar, apuro, crisis, apretón
She would have shrunk as from a toad, or asp,
shrunk - ncogido; contraerse, encogerse, achicarse, mermar
as from - como de
toad - sapo, sapa
Had she imagined such a thing could rouse
rouse - revivir; despertar
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 - confundir, avergonzar, abochornar
In deep despair, lest he had done amiss,"
despair - desesperar, desesperanzar, desesperación, desesperanza
Love is so very timid when 'tis new:
timid - tímido
She blush'd, and frown'd not, but she strove to speak,
blush - sonrojo, rubor
strove - se esforzó; esforzarse
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 - me equivoco; ; (methink) me equivoco
Their nomenclature; there is not a day,
nomenclature - nomenclatura
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 - bebida alcohólica; alcohol ilegal
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
To open all itself, without the power
power - poder, potencia, corriente, electricidad, potenciar
Of calling wholly back its self-control;
self-control - (self-control) autocontrol
The silver light which, hallowing tree and tower,
silver - plata
Sheds beauty and deep softness o'er the whole,
sheds - obertizos; cobertizo, nave
beauty - belleza, hermosura, preciosidad, preciosura
softness - suavidad, molicie
Breathes also to the heart, and o'er it throws
breathes - respirar
throws - lanzamientos; lanzar, tirar
A loving languor, which is not repose.
languor - Languidez
repose - reposo
And Julia sate with Juan, half embraced
embraced - abrazado; abrazar, abrazo
And half retiring from the glowing arm,
retiring - retirarse, jubilarse
Which trembled like the bosom where 'twas placed;
trembled - tembló; tiritar, temblar, temblor, vibración, temblequera
Yet still she must have thought there was no harm,
harm - dano; dano, danar
Or else 'twere easy to withdraw her waist;
withdraw - retirarse; retirar(se)
waist - cintura
But then the situation had its charm,
charm - encanto
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 - Platón
paved - pavimentado; pavimentar
With your confounded fantasies, to more
fantasies - Fantasía
Immoral conduct by the fancied sway
immoral - inmoral
fancied - te apetece; capricho, antojo
sway - maniobrar; balanceo, influencia, influjo, preponderancia
Your system feigns o'er the controulless core
feigns - finge; fingir, inventar, aparentar, imaginar
controulless - sin control
Of human hearts, than all the long array
human - humano
hearts - corazones; corazón
array - atavío, galas, distribución, ristra, gama, vector, arreglo
Of poets and romancers:"You're a bore,
romancers - romántica
A charlatan, a coxcomb"and have been,
charlatan - un charlatán; charlatán, vendehúmos, vendedor de crecepelo
coxcomb - cresta, lechuguino
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 - lágrimas; lágrima
gushing - goteando; manar, salir a borbotones, brotar, hacer efusión
I wish indeed they had not had occasion,
But who, alas! can love, and then be wise?
Alas - !ay!; (ala) !ay!
Not that remorse did not oppose temptation;
remorse - remordimientos; remordimiento, compunción
oppose - oponerse; oponer
A little still she strove, and much repented
repented - se arrepintió; arrepentirse
And whispering 'I will ne'er consent'"consented.
consented - consintió; consentir, consentimiento, venia, anuencia
'Tis said that Xerxes offer'd a reward
Reward - recompensa
To those who could invent him a new pleasure:
invent - inventar
pleasure - placer, voluptuosidad, gustar
Methinks the requisition 's rather hard,
requisition - requisición; requisar
And must have cost his majesty a treasure:
Majesty - majestad
treasure - tesoro, atesorar
For my part, I'm a moderate-minded bard,
moderate - moderado, comedido, mediocre, moderar
minded - te importa; mente, concentración, opinión, juicio, propósito
Fond of a little love (which I call leisure);
leisure - ocio, tiempo libre
I care not for new pleasures, as the old
pleasures - laceres; placer, voluptuosidad, gustar
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 - maldecir; maldita sea
I make a resolution every spring
resolution - resolución, panish: t-needed
Of reformation, ere the year run out,
reformation - Reforma protestante
But somehow, this my vestal vow takes wing,
vestal - vestal
Yet still, I trust it may be kept throughout:
throughout - en todo; a lo largo de, durante, de arriba abajo
I'm very sorry, very much ashamed,
And mean, next winter, to be quite reclaim'd.
reclaim - reclamar
Here my chaste Muse a liberty must take"
muse - Musa
liberty - libertad
Start not! still chaster reader"she'll be nice hence"
chaster - chaster; casto
Forward, and there is no great cause to quake;
forward - hacia adelante; hacia delante
This liberty is a poetic licence,
poetic - poético
licence - licencia, permiso
Which some irregularity may make
irregularity - irregularidad
In the design, and as I have a high sense
Of Aristotle and the Rules, 'tis fit
Aristotle - Aristóteles
To beg his pardon when I err a bit.
Pardon - perdón, indulto, perdonar, indultar, cómo?, ?perdón?, ?ah?
err - error; errar, equivocarse
This licence is to hope the reader will
Suppose from June the sixth (the fatal day,
fatal day - un día fatal
Without whose epoch my poetic skill
epoch - época
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 - época, era, período
We'll talk of that anon."'Tis sweet to hear
anon - anónimo
At midnight on the blue and moonlit deep
The song and oar of Adria's gondolier,
oar - remo
gondolier - gondolero, gondolera
By distance mellow'd, o'er the waters sweep;
distance - distancia, lejanía, distanciarse, alejarse
mellow - suave; mantecoso, relajado, blando
sweep - barrer, peinar
'Tis sweet to see the evening star appear;
evening star - estrella de la tarde
'Tis sweet to listen as the night-winds creep
creep - se arrastran; reptar, hormigueo, fatiga
From leaf to leaf; 'tis sweet to view on high
The rainbow, based on ocean, span the sky.
rainbow - arco iris, abanico, multicolor, policromático, irisado
based - basado; base
span - luz, palmo
'Tis sweet to hear the watch-dog's honest bark
bark - corteza; ladrido
Bay deep-mouth'd welcome as we draw near home;
bay - bahía
draw near - Acercarse
'Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark
mark - Marcos, Evangelio según San Marcos
Our coming, and look brighter when we come;
brighter - más brillante; luminoso, resplandeciente, brillante
'Tis sweet to be awaken'd by the lark,
awaken - despertar, despertarse
lark - alondra
Or lull'd by falling waters; sweet the hum
lull - calma; arrullar, adormecer
Hum - tararear, canturrear
Of bees, the voice of girls, the song of birds,
bees - abejas; abeja
The lisp of children, and their earliest words.
lisp - ceceo, balbuceo, cecear, balbucear
Sweet is the vintage, when the showering grapes
vintage - vendimia, cosecha, clásico, antiguo
grapes - uvas; uva
In Bacchanal profusion reel to earth,
Bacchanal - bacanal, bacanal
profusion - profusión
reel - carrete, enrollar, titubear
Purple and gushing: sweet are our escapes
escapes - se escapa; escapar, liberarse, fugarse, eludir
From civic revelry to rural mirth;
civic - cívico
rural - rural
mirth - felicidad, alegría, júbilo
Sweet to the miser are his glittering heaps,
miser - miserable; tacano, rata, pesetero, tacano
glittering - resplandeciente; chispeante; (glitter); brillo, purpurina
heaps - montones; pila, montón, cúmulo, montículo, checkpila, amontonar
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth,
first-born - (first-born) primogénito
Sweet is revenge"especially to women,
Pillage to soldiers, prize-money to seamen.
pillage - paqueo; saquear, saqueo, pillaje
soldiers - soldados; soldado, campión, soldado, militar
Sweet is a legacy, and passing sweet
legacy - legado, herencia
The unexpected death of some old lady
unexpected - inesperado, inopinado
Or gentleman of seventy years complete,
gentleman - caballero, senores
Who've made 'us youth'wait too"too long already
For an estate, or cash, or country seat,
cash - efectivo, metálico
seat - asiento, seato, sede
Still breaking, but with stamina so steady
stamina - estamina, resistencia, aguante
That all the Israelites are fit to mob its
Israelites - israelitas; israelita
mob - mafia; banda, chusma
Next owner for their double-damn'd post-obits.
double - doble, doblado, bicapa, encorvado, doble, sosias, duplicar
Damn - maldecir, condenar, reprobar, maldito, puto, malditamente
'Tis sweet to win, no matter how, one's laurels,
By blood or ink; 'tis sweet to put an end
ink - tinta, entintar, firmar, tatuar
To strife; 'tis sometimes sweet to have our quarrels,
Particularly with a tiresome friend:
tiresome - cansino; fatigoso, cansador, agotador
Sweet is old wine in bottles, ale in barrels;
ale - cerveza inglesa, ale, cerveza ale
in barrels - en barriles
Dear is the helpless creature we defend
creature - criatura
defend - defender
Against the world; and dear the schoolboy spot
spot - unto; mancha, grano, poquito, poquita, zona, paraje, lámpara
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 - apasionado
Like Adam's recollection of his fall;
Adam - Adam, Adán
recollection - Recuerdo
The tree of knowledge has been pluck'd"all 's known"
pluck - herir, desplumar, perseverancia
And life yields nothing further to recall
yields - rendimientos; ceder
recall - recordar, evocar, retirada
Worthy of this ambrosial sin, so shown,
No doubt in fable, as the unforgiven
fable - fábula
unforgiven - in perdón
Fire which Prometheus filch'd for us from heaven.
Prometheus - Prometeo
filch - hurtar
Man 's a strange animal, and makes strange use
Of his own nature, and the various arts,
And likes particularly to produce
produce - producir, realizar, producto, producción, cosecha
Some new experiment to show his parts;
experiment - experimento, experimentar
This is the age of oddities let loose,
oddities - extranezas; rareza
Where different talents find their different marts;
talents - talento, talentosos, talentoso
marts - marts; mercado
You'd best begin with truth, and when you've lost your
Labour, there's a sure market for imposture.
labour - trabajo, campesinos, trabajadores, parto, trabajar
imposture - imposturas; impostura
What opposite discoveries we have seen!
(Signs of true genius, and of empty pockets.)
genius - genio, genia
empty - vacío, vaciar
pockets - bolsillos; bolsillo, bolsa, tronera, embolsar
One makes new noses, one a guillotine,
guillotine - guillotina
One breaks your bones, one sets them in their sockets;
bones - huesos; hueso
sockets - enchufes; enchufe, toma corriente, toma, cuenca (eye socket)
But vaccination certainly has been
vaccination - vacunación
A kind antithesis to Congreve's rockets,
antithesis - antítesis
rockets - cohetes; cohete
With which the Doctor paid off an old pox,
By borrowing a new one from an ox.
borrowing - Prestamos; (borrow) Prestamos
ox - buey
Bread has been made (indifferent) from potatoes;
And galvanism has set some corpses grinning,
corpses - cadáveres; cuerpo, cadáver
grinning - sonriendo; sonreír abiertamente, sonreír de oreja a oreja
But has not answer'd like the apparatus
apparatus - aparato, equipo, aparataje
Of the Humane Society's beginning
humane - humano
Society - sociedad, comunidad
By which men are unsuffocated gratis:
unsuffocated - sin asignación
What wondrous new machines have late been spinning!
I said the small-pox has gone out of late;
gone out - marcharse, salir, apagarse
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 - población
spreads - difunde; extender, dispersar, esparcir, untar, diseminar
'Tis grown high time to thin it in its turn,
With war, or plague, or famine, any way,
famine - hambruna, hambre
So that civilisation they may learn;
civilisation - ivilización
And which in ravage the more loathsome evil is"
ravage - arrasar; estragar, estrago
loathsome - asqueroso; aborrecible, detestable, odioso, abominable
Their real lues, or our pseudo-syphilis?
lues - ues
syphilis - sífilis, gálico
This is the patent-age of new inventions
patent - patente
inventions - invenciones; invención, invento
For killing bodies, and for saving souls,
killing - matando; mortal, asesinato; (kill) matando; mortal, asesinato
saving - salvando; ahorro, ahorros, economías; (save); salvar, rescatar
souls - almas; alma, espíritu
All propagated with the best intentions;
Sir Humphry Davy's lantern, by which coals
lantern - farol, linterna
coals - carbones; carbón, hulla, brasa
Are safely mined for in the mode he mentions,
safely - seguro; seguramente
mined - inado; (el) mío, (la) mía, (los) míos, (las) mías
mentions - menciones; mención, mencionar, mentar
Tombuctoo travels, voyages to the Poles,
voyages - viajes; viaje
poles - postes; polo
Are ways to benefit mankind, as true,
benefit - beneficio, ventaja, prestación, beneficiar
Perhaps, as shooting them at Waterloo.
shooting - disparando; tiroteo, tiro; (shoot) disparando; tiroteo, tiro
Man 's a phenomenon, one knows not what,
phenomenon - fenómeno
And wonderful beyond all wondrous measure;
measure - medición, medida, regla, compás, medir
'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 - perplejo; confundir, desconcertar
The goal is gain'd, we die, you know"and then"
goal - meta, objetivo, portería, arco, gol
gain - ganar, adquirir, obtener, conseguir
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 - cansado; cano
And clap a white cape on their mantles blue;
clap - aplaudir
Cape - capa
mantles - mantos; manto, camisa
And the sea dashes round the promontory,
dashes - guiones; raya, guion largo, carrerita, gota, pizca, lanzarse
promontory - promontorio
And the loud breaker boils against the rock,
loud - en voz alta; alto
breaker - Rompedor
boils - forúnculos; hervir
And sober suns must set at five o'clock.
sober - sobrio, sereno, apagado
'Twas, as the watchmen say, a cloudy night;
watchmen - vigilantes; guardián, celador, guarda, vigía
cloudy - nublado, nublo, turbio
No moon, no stars, the wind was low or loud
By gusts, and many a sparkling hearth was bright
gusts - rachas; ráfaga, racha
sparkling - chispeante; centelleante, gaseoso, efervescente
With the piled wood, round which the family crowd;
piled - apilado; montón, pila
crowd - gente; multitud, muchedumbre
There's something cheerful in that sort of light,
cheerful - alegre; animado
Even as a summer sky 's without a cloud:
cloud - nube; nublar
I'm fond of fire, and crickets, and all that,
Crickets - los grillos; críquet, cricket
A lobster salad, and champagne, and chat.
Lobster - langosta, bogavante
champagne - champán; Champana
chat - chatear; charlar, hablar
'Twas midnight"Donna Julia was in bed,
Sleeping, most probably,"when at her door
Arose a clatter might awake the dead,
arose - surgió; surgir, levantarse, provenir, aparecer
clatter - ruido; trapalear
awake - despierto; despertar(se)
If they had never been awoke before,
awoke - despertó; despertar(se)
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 - atar, abrochar
fist - puno
First knocks were heard, then 'Madam"Madam"hist!
knocks - golpes; golpe, golpear
madam - senora; senora, cabrona
'For God's sake, Madam"Madam"here's my master,
For God's sake - Por el amor de Dios
With more than half the city at his back"
Was ever heard of such a curst disaster!
disaster - desastre
'Tis not my fault"I kept good watch"Alack!
Alack - ah, sí; ay
Do pray undo the bolt a little faster"
undo - deshacer
They're on the stair just now, and in a crack
stair - peldano, escalera
crack - rajarse, resquebrajarse
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 - linternas; antorcha, incendiar
The major part of them had long been wived,
wived - Esposa
And therefore paused not to disturb the slumber
paused - receso, checkdescanso, pausar, interrumpir, suspender
slumber - sueno; adormecimiento, adormilamiento, adormecer, adormilar
Of any wicked woman, who contrived
By stealth her husband's temples to encumber:
stealth - sigilo, cautela
temples - templos; templo
Examples of this kind are so contagious,
contagious - contagioso, infeccioso, contagiante
Were one not punish'd, all would be outrageous.
punish - castigar, punir, maltratar
I can't tell how, or why, or what suspicion
suspicion - sospecha, suspicacia
Could enter into Don Alfonso's head;
enter into - entrar, involucrarse
But for a cavalier of his condition
It surely was exceedingly ill-bred,
Without a word of previous admonition,
previous - previo, anterior
admonition - amonestación; admonición
To hold a levee round his lady's bed,
levee - ique
And summon lackeys, arm'd with fire and sword,
summon - convocar
lackeys - lacayos; lacayo
sword - espada, gladio
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 - bostezar, abrirse, bostezo
weep - llorar
Her maid Antonia, who was an adept,
maid - mucama; doncella, senorita, doméstica, empleada doméstica
adept - depto; experto, hábil, experto, experta
Contrived to fling the bed-clothes in a heap,
fling - una aventura; arrojar, lanzar
heap - pila, montón, cúmulo, montículo, checkpila, amontonar
As if she had just now from out them crept:
crept - se arrastró; reptar, hormigueo, fatiga
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 - duendes; duende, trasgo
Had thought one man might be deterr'd by two,
deterr - detener
And therefore side by side were gently laid,
laid - tirado; poner, colocar
Until the hours of absence should run through,
absence - ausencia, falta, ausencia de hierro
run through - repasar; repetir(se)
And truant husband should return, and say,
Truant - truante, novillero, novillera, absentista
'My dear, I was the first who came away.'
Now Julia found at length a voice, and cried,
cried - lloró; llorar, gritar, panish: t-needed
'In heaven's name, Don Alfonso, what d'ye mean?
Has madness seized you? would that I had died
madness - locura
seized - incautado; agarrar, apoderarse de, apresar, aferrar, tomar
Ere such a monster's victim I had been!
monster - monstruo, fiera
victim - víctima, sacrificio
What may this midnight violence betide,
violence - violencia
A sudden fit of drunkenness or spleen?
sudden - de repente; repentino, súbito, brusco
drunkenness - borrachera, embriaguez, pedo, cogorza
spleen - bazo, esplín
Dare you suspect me, whom the thought would kill?
suspect - barruntar, sospechar, sospechoso
Search, then, the room!'"Alfonso said, 'I will.'
search - búsqueda, buscar, inspeccionar, cachear, allanar
He search'd, they search'd, and rummaged everywhere,
rummaged - rebuscado; revolver
everywhere - en todas partes; todos lados, todo lugar, por todas partes
Closet and clothes'press, chest and window-seat,
closet - ropero, armario, clóset
press - prensa; apretar, presionar
chest - pecho
And found much linen, lace, and several pair
linen - lino, linge, ropa blanca, linocros
lace - encaje; cordón
Of stockings, slippers, brushes, combs, complete,
stockings - medias; media
slippers - zapatillas; zapatilla, pantufla, babucha
brushes - cepillos; pincel, cepillo, escobilla, brocha, cepillado
combs - peines; peine
With other articles of ladies fair,
To keep them beautiful, or leave them neat:
neat - bien; pulcro, ordenado
Arras they prick'd and curtains with their swords,
prick - idiota; pinchar, perforar
curtains - cortinas; cortina, telón
swords - espadas; espada, gladio
And wounded several shutters, and some boards.
wounded - Herida
shutters - persianas; postigo, contraventana, obturador
boards - tableros; tabla, plancha
Under the bed they search'd, and there they found"
No matter what"it was not that they sought;
sought - buscado; buscar
They open'd windows, gazing if the ground
gazing - mirando; observar, mirar fijamente
ground - uelo; (grind) uelo
Had signs or footmarks, but the earth said nought;
footmarks - Marca del pie
nought - nada; cero
And then they stared each other's faces round:
'Tis odd, not one of all these seekers thought,
seekers - buscadores; buscador
And seems to me almost a sort of blunder,
Seems - te parece; parecer
Of looking in the bed as well as under.
looking in - mirar dentro; buscar en
During this inquisition, Julia's tongue
inquisition - Inquisición
Was not asleep"'Yes, search and search,'she cried,
asleep - dormido
'Insult on insult heap, and wrong on wrong!
insult - insultar, insulto, ofensa, improperio
It was for this that I became a bride!
bride - novia
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 - merecido; merecer, meritar
Is 't worthy of your years?"you have threescore"
threescore - treinta
Fifty, or sixty, it is all the same"
Is 't wise or fitting, causeless to explore
explore - explorar
For facts against a virtuous woman's fame?
Ungrateful, perjured, barbarous Don Alfonso,
ungrateful - desagradecido, ingrato, malagradecido
perjured - perjuró; perjurar
barbarous - bárbaro
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 - privilegios; privilegio, privilegiar
sex - sexo
That I have chosen a confessor so old
And deaf, that any other it would vex,
deaf - sordo, sordos, sordas
vex - molestar, irritar, disgustar, afligir, atormentar, fastidiar
And never once he has had cause to scold,
never once - ni una vez
But found my very innocence perplex
So much, he always doubted I was married"
doubted - dudaba; dudar, duda, incertidumbre
How sorry you will be when I've miscarried!
'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 - en algún sitio; en cualquier parte, dondequiera
Except to bull-fights, mass, play, rout, and revel?
Bull - toro
fights - peleas; pelear (se), luchar
rout - rutina; derrotar
revel - revelar; deleitarse
Is it for this, whate'er my suitors were,
suitors - retendientes; pretendiente
I favor'd none"nay, was almost uncivil?
favor - favor, favor, preferir, favorecer
uncivil - incivil; maleducado, grosero
Is it for this that General Count O'Reilly,
general - general, general
count - contar; conde
Who took Algiers, declares I used him vilely?
Algiers - Argel
declares - explicar, aclarar, declarar
vilely - Vilmente
'Did not the Italian Musico Cazzani
Italian - italiano, italiano, italiana
Sing at my heart six months at least in vain?
vain - vanidoso, vano, vacuo
Did not his countryman, Count Corniani,
countryman - paisano, paisana, compatriota, campesino, campesina
Call me the only virtuous wife in Spain?
Were there not also Russians, English, many?
Russians - rusos; ruso, ruso, rusa
The Count Strongstroganoff I put in pain,
pain - dolor
And Lord Mount Coffeehouse, the Irish peer,
mount - montar
Coffeehouse - Cafetería
Irish - irlandés, irlandeses
peer - companero; par, noble
Who kill'd himself for love (with wine) last year.
'Have I not had two bishops at my feet,
bishops - obispos; obispo
The Duke of Ichar, and Don Fernan Nunez?
Duke - duque
And is it thus a faithful wife you treat?
faithful - fieles; fiel, leal
treat - tratar, negociar, rogar, invitar, convidar, sorpresa
I wonder in what quarter now the moon is:
I praise your vast forbearance not to beat
vast - vasta; vasto, enorme
forbearance - ndulgencia; templanza
beat - batir, golpear, percutir
Me also, since the time so opportune is"
opportune - oportuno, apropiado
O, valiant man! with sword drawn and cock'd trigger,
valiant - valiente
cock - polla; gallo, macho
trigger - gatillo, detonador, detonante, desencadenante, disparador
Now, tell me, don't you cut a pretty figure?
figure - figura, cifra, ocurrírsele
'Was it for this you took your sudden journey.
Under pretence of business indispensable
indispensable - indispensable, imprescindible
With that sublime of rascals your attorney,
rascals - gamberros; pícaro, bribón, canalla
attorney - abogado, abogada, notario
Whom I see standing there, and looking sensible
sensible - razonable, sensato, sesudo
Of having play'd the fool? though both I spurn, he
fool - idiota; bobo, imbécil, necio, pendejo, bufón, loco
spurn - despreciar; desdenar, patada
Deserves the worst, his conduct 's less defensible,
deserves - merecer, meritar
defensible - defendible, sostenible
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,
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 - exactitud, precisión
I would not you for nothing should be fee'd"
But, as my maid 's undrest, pray turn your spies out.'
undrest - descanso
spies out - espías fuera
'Oh!'sobb'd Antonia, 'I could tear their eyes out.'
sobb - Sobby
tear - desgarro; lágrima
'There is the closet, there the toilet, there
The antechamber"search them under, over;
antechamber - antecámara, antesala
There is the sofa, there the great arm-chair,
sofa - sofá, sillón
arm-chair - (arm-chair) sillón
The chimney"which would really hold a lover.
chimney - chimenea, tubo
I wish to sleep, and beg you will take care
And make no further noise, till you discover
noise - ruido, estrépito
The secret cavern of this lurking treasure"
secret - secreto, arcano
lurking - al acecho; (lurk); acechar, agazaparse, ocultarse, esconderse
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 - confusión
Pray have the courtesy to make it known
courtesy - cortesía, de cortesía
Who is the man you search for? how d'ye cal
Him? what 's his lineage? let him but be shown"
lineage - linaje, estirpe
I hope he 's young and handsome"is he tall?
Tell me"and be assured, that since you stain
assured - asegurado; (assure); asegurar
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 - matanza, masacre, carnicería, escabechina, matar, masacrar
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 - cobertizo, nave
They are unworthy of my father's daughter;
unworthy - indigno
My mother dream'd not in my natal hour
natal hour - Hora de nacimiento
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 - otra vez
Or for the sake of decency abide
decency - decencia
abide - morir; quedar, permanecer, resistir, aguantar
A moment at the door, that we may be
Drest to receive so much good company.
drest - Descanso
receive - recibir
'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
grieve - duelo; afligirse, acongojarse
The wrongs to whose exposure it is slow:
exposure - exposición, exposición, checkpublicidad, checkdenuncia
I leave you to your conscience as before,
as before - como antes
'Twill one day ask you why you used me so?
twill - sarga
God grant you feel not then the bitterest grief!-
Grant - otorgar, conceder, subvención, beca, patrocinio
bitterest - más amargo; amargo
Antonia! where's my pocket-handkerchief?'
Pocket - bolsillo, bolsa, tronera, embolsar
handkerchief - panuelo; panuelo
She ceased, and turn'd upon her pillow; pale
ceased - esado; cesar, parar, terminar
pillow - almohada
She lay, her dark eyes flashing through their tears,
flashing - parpadeando; impermeabilización, flaseo
Like skies that rain and lighten; as a veil,
skies - cielos; esquí, esquiar
lighten - Aligerar
veil - velo, velar
Waved and o'ershading her wan cheek, appears
waved - saludó; ola
ershading - sombreado
wan - pálido, macilento; débil
Appears - aparecer, comparecer
Her streaming hair; the black curls strive, but fail,
streaming - treaming; (stream); corriente, flujo, arroyo, fluir
curls - rizos; rizo, bucle, flexión
strive - esforzarse
fail - fracasar, fallar, suspender
To hide the glossy shoulder, which uprears
uprears - Arriba
Its snow through all;"her soft lips lie apart,
apart - aparte, separadamente
And louder than her breathing beats her heart.
louder - más fuerte; alto
breathing - respirando; respiración; (breath); respiración, aliento, respiro
beats - golpes; batir, golpear, percutir
The Senhor Don Alfonso stood confused;
Senhor - Senor
confused - confundido; confundir, confundirse, mezclar
Antonia bustled round the ransack'd room,
bustled - buscado; polisón, abundar
ransack - saquear, desvalijar, escudrinar
And, turning up her nose, with looks abused
turning up - Aparecer, presentarse; subir, aumentar
abused - abusado; Abuso
Her master and his myrmidons, of whom
Not one, except the attorney, was amused;
amused - divertido; entretener, distraer, divertir
He, like Achates, faithful to the tomb,
tomb - tumba
So there were quarrels, cared not for the cause,
Knowing they must be settled by the laws.
be settled - estar arreglado; decidido
With prying snub-nose, and small eyes, he stood,
prying - entrometido; (pry) entrometido
snub-nose - (snub-nose) Nariz respingona
Following Antonia's motions here and there,
With much suspicion in his attitude;
attitude - postura, actitud
For reputations he had little care;
reputations - eputaciones; reputación
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 - competente
witnesses - testigos; testimonio, testigo, prueba, testificar, probar
But Don Alfonso stood with downcast looks,
downcast - alicaído, abatido
And, truth to say, he made a foolish figure;
When, after searching in five hundred nooks,
searching - buscando; búsqueda, buscar, inspeccionar, cachear, allanar
And treating a young wife with so much rigour,
treating - Tratando; (treat); tratar, negociar, rogar, invitar, convidar
He gain'd no point, except some self-rebukes,
rebukes - reprimendas; reproche, reprensión, reprimenda, reprobación
Added to those his lady with such vigour
vigour - vigor, vivacidad, vigor, lozanía, fuerza, energía
Had pour'd upon him for the last half-hour,
pour - verter, derramar; chorrear; manar, salir
Quick, thick, and heavy"as a thunder-shower.
thick - gruesa; grueso, espeso
heavy - pesado
thunder - trueno, estruendo, fragor, tronar
At first he tried to hammer an excuse,
hammer - martillo, percutor, malleus, martillar; (ham); martillo
Excuse - disculpe; excusar, perdonar, panish: t-needed
To which the sole reply was tears and sobs,
reply - responder, repetir, respuesta
sobs - sollozos; hdp
And indications of hysterics, whose
indications - indicaciones; indicación
Prologue is always certain throes, and throbs,
prologue - prólogo
throes - tirar
throbs - pulsa; palpitar
Gasps, and whatever else the owners choose:
gasps - jadeos; jadear, bocanada, calada
owners - propietarios; propietario, dueno, poseedor
Alfonso saw his wife, and thought of Job's;
He saw too, in perspective, her relations,
perspective - perspectiva
And then he tried to muster all his patience.
He stood in act to speak, or rather stammer,
act - acto, ley, acción, hecho, actuar
stammer - tartamudear, balbucir, balbucear, gaguear, tartamudeo
But sage Antonia cut him short before
The anvil of his speech received the hammer,
anvil - yunque, bigornia
Speech - habla, discurso
received - recibido; recibir
With 'Pray, sir, leave the room, and say no more,
Or madam dies.'"Alfonso mutter'd, 'D"n her,'
mutter - hablar entre dientes, murmurar; (mut) hablar entre dientes
But nothing else, the time of words was o'er;
He cast a rueful look or two, and did,
rueful - arrepentido; sentir lastima o compasion
He knew not wherefore, that which he was bid.
bid - ofertar; pujar, hacer una oferta
With him retired his 'posse comitatus,'
retired - jubilado; retirarse, jubilarse
posse comitatus - cuadrilla
The attorney last, who linger'd near the door
linger - permanecer, demorar, persistir, perdurar, pervivir
Reluctantly, still tarrying there as late as
reluctantly - a reganadientes, de mala gana, con renuencia
tarrying - tardar
Antonia let him"not a little sore
At this most strange and unexplain'd 'hiatus'
most strange - el más extrano
unexplain - nexplicable
hiatus - pausa, vacaciones, descanso, hiato
In Don Alfonso's facts, which just now wore
An awkward look; as he revolved the case,
revolved - giró; girar, rotar
The door was fasten'd in his legal face.
legal - jurídico, legal
No sooner was it bolted, than"Oh shame!
bolted - atornillado; pestillo
shame - vergüenza, pena
O sin! Oh sorrow! and oh womankind!
sorrow - pena; tristeza, aflicción, infelicidad, pesar
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 - Desfiltrar
But to proceed"for there is more behind:
With much heartfelt reluctance be it said,
heartfelt - de corazón; sentido
reluctance - reticencia; reluctancia
Young Juan slipp'd half-smother'd, from the bed.
slipp - Resbalar
He had been hid"I don't pretend to say
hid - Se escondió; (hide) Se escondió
pretend - fingir, de mentirijillas
How, nor can I indeed describe the where"
Young, slender, and pack'd easily, he lay,
pack - paquete; fardo, bulto
easily - fácilmente
No doubt, in little compass, round or square;
compass - brújula
square - cuadro, cuadrado, escuadra, cartabón, plaza, casilla
But pity him I neither must nor may
His suffocation by that pretty pair;
'Twere better, sure, to die so, than be shut
With maudlin Clarence in his Malmsey butt.
maudlin - malhumorado; lloraduelos, amanerado, melindroso, remilgado
Malmsey - malvasía
butt - culo; dar un cabezazo
And, secondly, I pity not, because
secondly - en segundo lugar
He had no business to commit a sin,
commit a sin - cometer un pecado
Forbid by heavenly, fined by human laws,
heavenly - celestial, celeste
At least 'twas rather early to begin;
But at sixteen the conscience rarely gnaws
gnaws - roer
So much as when we call our old debts in
debts - deudas; deuda, pufo
At sixty years, and draw the accompts of evil,
accompts - acompanar
And find a deuced balance with the devil.
deuced - Dos
balance - equilibrio, balance, balanza, balancear, equilibrar
Of his position I can give no notion:
position - posición, puesto, postura
'Tis written in the Hebrew Chronicle,
chronicle - crónica
How the physicians, leaving pill and potion,
pill - píldora, pastilla
potion - poción, brebaje, elixir, pócima
Prescribed, by way of blister, a young belle,
prescribed - prescrito; prescribir, recetar, ordenar
blister - una ampolla; ampolla, ámpula, ampollar
When old King David's blood grew dull in motion,
David - David
dull - sordo; romo, desafilado, embotado, aburrido, soso
And that the medicine answer'd very well;
Medicine - medicina
Perhaps 'twas in a different way applied,
applied - plicado; aplicar
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 - idiotas; bobo, imbécil, necio, pendejo, bufón, loco
Antonia's skill was put upon the rack,
rack - estante
But no device could be brought into play"
device - dispositivo, mecanismo, aparejo
And how to parry the renew'd attack?
parry - parar; parada, guardia
attack - ataque, atacar
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 - sin sangre; exangüe, incruento, sin efusión de sangre, exánime
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 - orden, mandato, mando, comando, dominio
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 - Bromeando; (fool); bobo, imbécil, necio, pendejo, bufón, loco
She whisper'd, in great wrath"'I must deposit
wrath - cólera, ira, castigo
deposit - depósito, empeno, depositar
This pretty gentleman within the closet:
'Pray, keep your nonsense for some luckier night"
nonsense - tonterías; tontería, tontada, tontuna, disparate
luckier - Suerte
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 - erizo; gamín, gamina, golfillo
Is this a time for giggling? this a plight?
giggling - Risas; (giggle); reír
plight - drama, situación grave
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 - nina
'Had it but been for a stout cavalier
stout - cerveza; sólido, fuerte
Of twenty-five or thirty (come, make haste)"
haste - prisa, premura
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 - Entrando; (enter); entrar
Closed the oration of the trusty maid:
She loiter'd, and he told her to be gone,
loiter - holgazanear, perder el tiempo, merodear, vagar
An order somewhat sullenly obey'd;
sullenly - Hoscamente
However, present remedy was none,
remedy - remedio, recurso, remediar
And no great good seem'd answer'd if she stay'd:
Regarding both with slow and sidelong view,
regarding - con respecto a; considerar
sidelong - De reojo
She snuff'd the candle, curtsied, and withdrew.
snuff - tabaco; rapé
candle - una vela; vela, candela, cirio
curtsied - hiciste una reverencia; reverencia
Alfonso paused a minute"then begun
Some strange excuses for his late proceeding;
excuses - excusas; excusar, perdonar, panish: t-needed
He would not justify what he had done,
justify - legitimar, justificar, absolver
To say the best, it was extreme ill-breeding;
extreme - extremo
But there were ample reasons for it, none
Of which he specified in this his pleading:
specified - specificado; especificar
pleading - suplicando; (plead); rogar
His speech was a fine sample, on the whole,
Of rhetoric, which the learn'd call 'rigmarole.'
rhetoric - Retórica
rigmarole - un galimatías; embrollo
Julia said nought; though all the while there rose
A ready answer, which at once enables
enables - permite; habilitar, posibilitar, activar
A matron, who her husband's foible knows,
Matron - matrona
foible - fallo; manía, defecto, punto débil, parte débil
By a few timely words to turn the tables,
timely - oportuno
turn the tables - dar la vuelta a la tortilla
Which, if it does not silence, still must pose,"
pose - postura, pose
Even if it should comprise a pack of fables;
comprise - comprender
fables - fábulas; fábula
'Tis to retort with firmness, and when he
retort - replicar
firmness - firmeza
Suspects with one, do you reproach with three.
reproach - reproche, vergüenza, reprochar, avergonzar, echar en cara algo
Julia, in fact, had tolerable grounds,"
tolerable - tolerable, soportable, checktolerable, checkaceptable
grounds - uelo
Alfonso's loves with Inez were well known,
But whether 'twas that one's own guilt confounds"
guilt - culpa, culpabilidad
confounds - confusiones; confundir, empeorar
But that can't be, as has been often shown,
A lady with apologies abounds;"
apologies - disculpas; disculpa, excusa
abounds - abundar, ser abundante
It might be that her silence sprang alone
From delicacy to Don Juan's ear,
delicacy - una delicia; fineza, delicadeza, fragilidad, exquisitez
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 - aludido; aludir, referirse
Mention'd his jealousy but never who
Had been the happy lover, he concluded,
concluded - concluido; concluir
Conceal'd amongst his premises; 'tis true,
conceal - esconder, ocultar
premises - ocales; premisa
His mind the more o'er this its mystery brooded;
brooded - refrescado; cría, polluelo, prole, empollar, proteger
To speak of Inez now were, one may say,
Like throwing Juan in Alfonso's way.
throwing - Lanzamiento; (throw) Lanzamiento
A hint, in tender cases, is enough;
hint - insinuación; pista, indicio, indirecta, buscapié, toque
tender - tierno
cases - asos; caso
Silence is best, besides there is a tact
tact - tacto, tiento, mano izquierda
(That modern phrase appears to me sad stuff,
stuff - cosas, bártulos, cosa, coso, materia, atiborrar, rellenar
But it will serve to keep my verse compact)"
compact - compacto
Which keeps, when push'd by questions rather rough,
push - empujar
rough - aspero; áspero, aproximado, aproximativo, casi, turbulento
A lady always distant from the fact:
The charming creatures lie with such a grace,
creatures - criaturas; criatura
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 - intentando; intentar, tentativa, intento, ensayo
For then their eloquence grows quite profuse;
eloquence - elocuencia
profuse - rofusa; profuso
And when at length they're out of breath, they sigh,
breath - respiración, aliento, respiro
And cast their languid eyes down, and let loose
languid - lánguida; lánguido
A tear or two, and then we make it up;
And then"and then"and then"sit down and sup.
sup - Qué pasa
Alfonso closed his speech, and begg'd her pardon,
Which Julia half withheld, and then half granted,
withheld - retenido; retener, negar, rehusar
And laid conditions he thought very hard on,
conditions - ondiciones; condición, situación, acondicionar
Denying several little things he wanted:
denying - negar
He stood like Adam lingering near his garden,
Lingering - Permaneciendo; (linger); permanecer, demorar, persistir
With useless penitence perplex'd and haunted,
penitence - penitencia
haunted - hechizado; frecuentar, espantar, desasosegar, inquietar
Beseeching she no further would refuse,
beseeching - suplicando; (beseech); rogar, implorar, suplicar
refuse - rechazar; negarse (a)
When, lo! he stumbled o'er a pair of shoes.
stumbled - tropezón, traspié, desliz, torpeza, tropiezo, tropezar
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 - masculino, varonil, viril, macho
seize - incautar; agarrar, apoderarse de, apresar, aferrar, tomar
Was but a moment's act."Ah! well-a-day!
My teeth begin to chatter, my veins freeze"
chatter - cháchara; chacharear, parlotear
Alfonso first examined well their fashion,
examined - examinado; examinar, analizar, auscultar
fashion - moda, manera, modo
And then flew out into another passion.
flew out - salir; despegar; alejarse volando
He left the room for his relinquish'd sword,
relinquish - abandonar, renunciar, soltar, desistir
And Julia instant to the closet flew.
instant - instantáneo, inmediato
'Fly, Juan, fly! For heaven's sake"not a word"
For heaven's sake - Por Dios
The door is open"you may yet slip through
slip - resbalón; resbalar
The passage you so often have explored"
passage - pasaje; pasillo, pasadizo
explored - explorado; explorar
Here is the garden-key"Fly"fly"Adieu!
adieu - adiós
Haste"haste! I hear Alfonso's hurrying feet"
hurrying - Prisa; (hurry); prisa, apuro, apresurarse, apurarse, darse prisa
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 - experiencia, vivencia, experimentar, vivir
A sort of income-tax laid on by fate:
income - ingresos, renta
tax - impuestos; impuesto
laid on - poner encima de algo; aprovisionar
Juan had reach'd the room-door in a. trice,
reach - llegar (a)
And might have done so by the garden-gate,
Gate - puerta; verja
But met Alfonso in his dressing-gown,
dressing-gown - (dressing-gown) bata
Who threaten'd death"so Juan knock'd him down.
threaten - amenazar
knock - golpe, golpear
Dire was the scuffle, and out went the light;
dire - terrible; de mal agüero, portentoso, maligno
scuffle - rina, pelea, escaramuza
Antonia cried out 'Rape!'and Julia 'Fire!'
rape - violación
But not a servant stirr'd to aid the fight.
servant - sirviente, criado, mozo, doméstico
stirr - Agitar
aid - ayuda, auxilio
fight - pelear (se), luchar
Alfonso, pommell'd to his heart's desire,
Swore lustily he'd be revenged this night;
lustily - Lujuriosamente
revenged - vengarme; venganza
And Juan, too, blasphemed an octave higher;
blasphemed - lasfemado; blasfemar
octave - octava
His blood was up: though young, he was a Tartar,
Tartar - tártaro; Sarro Dental
And not at all disposed to prove a martyr.
disposed - dispuesto; deshacerse
martyr - mártir, martirizar
Alfonso's sword had dropp'd ere he could draw it,
dropp - Gota
And they continued battling hand to hand,
battling - Batallando; (battle) Batallando
For Juan very luckily ne'er saw it;
luckily - afortunadamente, por suerte, por fortuna, dichosamente
His temper not being under great command,
temper - temperamento, temple, templar, temperar
If at that moment he had chanced to claw it,
chanced - suerte, by chance: por casualidad
claw - garra
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 - doblemente
Alfonso grappled to detain the foe,
grappled - agarrado; forcejear, luchar
foe - enemigo
And Juan throttled him to get away,
throttled - válvula reguladora, acelerador
And blood ('twas from the nose) began to flow;
flow - flujo; fluir
At last, as they more faintly wrestling lay,
wrestling - lucha libre, pressing catch; (wrestle); luchar
Juan contrived to give an awkward blow,
blow - soplar; golpe
And then his only garment quite gave way;
garment - prenda, prenda de vestir
gave way - ceder el paso
He fled, like Joseph, leaving it; but there,
fled - huyó; huir, desvanecerse, checkfugarse
Joseph - José, José de Arimetea
I doubt, all likeness ends between the pair.
likeness - semejanza; retrato, trasunto
Lights came at length, and men, and maids, who found
An awkward spectacle their eyes before;
spectacle - espectáculo, papelón
Antonia in hysterics, Julia swoon'd,
swoon - desmayo; desmayarse
Alfonso leaning, breathless, by the door;
leaning - Inclinado; (lean) Inclinado
breathless - jadeante, sin aliento
Some half-torn drapery scatter'd on the ground,
torn - desgarrado; lágrima
drapery - cortinas; cortina
Some blood, and several footsteps, but no more:
Footsteps - pasos; huella, paso
Juan the gate gain'd, turn'd the key about,
And liking not the inside, lock'd the out.
inside - interior, dentro, adentro, dentro de
lock - cerradura
Here ends this canto."Need I sing, or say,
How Juan naked, favour'd by the night,
naked - desnudo
Who favours what she should not, found his way,
favours - favores; favor
And reach'd his home in an unseemly plight?
unseemly - ndecoroso; inapropiado, extemporal, extemporáneo, impropio
The pleasant scandal which arose next day,
The nine days'wonder which was brought to light,
And how Alfonso sued for a divorce,
sued - demandado; (sue); demandar
Were in the English newspapers, of course.
If you would like to see the whole proceedings,
The depositions, and the cause at full,
The names of all the witnesses, the pleadings
pleadings - suplicando
Of counsel to nonsuit, or to annul,
nonsuit - no demanda
annul - revocar, anular, invalidar
There's more than one edition, and the readings
readings - lecturas; lectura
Are various, but they none of them are dull;
The best is that in short-hand ta'en by Gurney,
ta - gracias
Gurney - camilla
Who to Madrid on purpose made a journey.
on purpose - a propósito
But Donna Inez, to divert the train
divert - divertirse; desviar, entretener, distraer
Of one of the most circulating scandals
circulating - circulando; circular
That had for centuries been known in Spain,
At least since the retirement of the Vandals,
retirement - jubilación, retirada
Vandals - vándalos; vándalo
First vow'd (and never had she vow'd in vain)
To Virgin Mary several pounds of candles;
candles - velas; vela, candela, cirio
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 - viajar a través de
All European climes, by land or sea,
European - europeo, europea
by land - por tierra
To mend his former morals, and get new,
mend - remiendo, remendar, reparar
Especially in France and Italy
(At least this is the thing most people do).
Julia was sent into a convent: she
convent - convento
Grieved, but, perhaps, her feelings may be better
grieved - penado; afligirse, acongojarse
Shown in the following copy of her Letter:"
'They tell me 'tis decided; you depart:
depart - irse, salir, partir, panish:
'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 - escribir (en)
Be on this sheet, 'tis not what it appears;
sheet - hoja, folio, pliego, lámina, capa, escota
My eyeballs burn and throb, but have no tears.
eyeballs - ojos; globo ocular
burn - quemar
throb - palpitar
'I loved, I love you, for this love have lost
State, station, heaven, mankind's, my own esteem,
esteem - estima
And yet can not regret what it hath cost,
regret - lamentar, pena, pesar, arrepentimiento
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:
I trace this scrawl because I cannot rest"
trace - rastrear; rastro, huella, vestigio, indicio
scrawl - un garabato; garabatear
rest - descansar; descanso, reposo
I've nothing to reproach, or to request.
request - solicitud; pedir, solicitar, demandar, checkpedir
'Man's love is of man's life a thing apart,
'Tis woman's whole existence; man may range
existence - existencia
range - rango; sierra, cordillera, hornillo, estufa, escala, gama
The court, camp, church, the vessel, and the mart;
Court - patio, callejón, corte, tribunal, juzgado
Camp - campamento
vessel - vasija; embarcación, barco, casco, recipiente, receptáculo
mart - mercado
Sword, gown, gain, glory, offer in exchange
gown - bata; manto, capa, túnica, vestido, toga, talar
Exchange - intercambio; cambiar
Pride, fame, ambition, to fill up his heart,
Ambition - ambición
fill up - llenar
And few there are whom these cannot estrange;
estrange - extranar; alienar, enajenar
Men have all these resources, we but one,
resources - recursos; recurso
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 - aparte, a un lado, aparte
The passion which still rages as before"
And so farewell"forgive me, love me"No,
Farewell - adiós, despedida, despedirse
forgive - perdonar, disculpar
That word is idle now"but let it go.
'My breast has been all weakness, is so yet;
weakness - debilidad, flaqueza, punto débil, debilidad por, carino
But still I think I can collect my mind;
My blood still rushes where my spirit 's set,
rushes - prisas; precipitarse, lanzarse, correr, ir rápidamente
As roll the waves before the settled wind;
roll - rodar; rollo
waves - olas; ola
settled - resuelto; instalar, colocar
My heart is feminine, nor can forget"
feminine - femenino, femenil, de mujeres, femenino
To all, except one image, madly blind;
image - imagen
madly - locamente; alocadamente
So shakes the needle, and so stands the pole,
shakes - shakes; agitar, sacudir, checksacudir, sacudida, batido
needle - aguja, acícula
pole - pértiga; polo
As vibrates my fond heart to my fix'd soul.
vibrates - vibrar
'I have no more to say, but linger still,
And dare not set my seal upon this sheet,
seal - sello
And yet I may as well the task fulfil,
fulfil - cumplir
My misery can scarce be more complete:
misery - miseria, sinvivir, desgracia, desdicha, infortunio
I had not lived till now, could sorrow kill;
till now - hasta ahora
Death shuns the wretch who fain the blow would meet,
shuns - rehuir; evitar
wretch - desgraciado, miserable
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 - dorado; (gild) dorado
edged - con bordes; orilla, borde, lado, arista, ventaja, filo
With a neat little crow-quill, slight and new:
crow - cuervo, grajo
quill - cálamo, pluma, púa
Her small white hand could hardly reach the taper,
hardly - apenas, a duras penas
taper - cónico; cerilla; (tape); cinta, atar, grabar
It trembled as magnetic needles do,
magnetic - magnético
needles - agujas; aguja, acícula
And yet she did not let one tear escape her;
The seal a sun-flower; 'Elle vous suit partout,'
partout - Participación
The motto cut upon a white cornelian;
motto - mote, divisa, lema
cornelian - corneliana
The wax was superfine, its hue vermilion.
superfine - Superfino
hue - color; matiz
vermilion - vermellón; bermellón, bermejo
This was Don Juan's earliest scrape; but whether
I shall proceed with his adventures is
adventures - Aventuras; (adventure) Aventuras
Dependent on the public altogether;
dependent - dependiente, dependiente
altogether - todos juntos; totalmente, completamente, en general, en suma
We'll see, however, what they say to this:
Their favour in an author's cap 's a feather,
author - autor, autora, escritor, escritora, escribir
cap - gorra
feather - pluma
And no great mischief 's done by their caprice;
caprice - capricho
And if their approbation we experience,
approbation - aprobación
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 - dividido en
containing - conteniendo; contener, dominar
With love, and war, a heavy gale at sea,
heavy gale - Vendaval fuerte
A list of ships, and captains, and kings reigning,
ships - barcos; barco, buque, navío, embarcación
captains - capitanes; capitán, capitanear, pilotar
reigning - reinado, reinar
New characters; the episodes are three:
characters - personajes; personaje, característica, carácter
episodes - episodios; episodio, incidente, capítulo
A panoramic view of hell 's in training,
panoramic - panorámica; panorámico
After the style of Virgil and of Homer,
So that my name of Epic 's no misnomer.
misnomer - nombre equivocado; nombre inapropiado
All these things will be specified in time,
With strict regard to Aristotle's rules,
strict - estricto
regard - respecto a; considerar
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 - en blanco, virgen, de fogueo, espacio en blanco, espacio
Good workmen never quarrel with their tools;
quarrel - discutir; pelea, rina
tools - herramientas; herramienta, utensilio, instrumento
I've got new mythological machinery,
mythological - mitológico
machinery - máquinas, maquinaria, checkmecánica
And very handsome supernatural scenery.
supernatural - sobrenatural
scenery - paisaje, decorado
There's only one slight difference between
Me and my epic brethren gone before,
And here the advantage is my own, I ween
advantage - ventaja, beneficio, provecho
(Not that I have not several merits more,
merits - méritos; mérito, merecimiento, meritar
But this will more peculiarly be seen);
They so embellish, that 'tis quite a bore
embellish - embellecer, adornar
Their labyrinth of fables to thread through,
labyrinth - laberinto, dédalo
thread - hilo, hebra, hilaza, tema, argumento, hilazón, subproceso
Whereas this story 's actually true.
whereas - ientras que..; mientras que, siendo que, por cuanto, visto que
actually - realmente
If any person doubt it, I appeal
appeal - apelación; suplicar, rogar
To history, tradition, and to facts,
tradition - tradición
To newspapers, whose truth all know and feel,
To plays in five, and operas in three acts;
Operas - operas; ópera
acts - actos; acto, ley, acción, hecho, actuar
All these confirm my statement a good deal,
But that which more completely faith exacts
completely - completamente, totalmente, rematadamente, de todo punto
exacts - exactos; exacto, exigir
Is that myself, and several now in Seville,
Saw Juan's last elopement with the devil.
elopement - fuga; panish: t-needed
If ever I should condescend to prose,
condescend - condescender
I'll write poetical commandments, which
poetical - poético
Commandments - mandamientos; mandamiento
Shall supersede beyond all doubt all those
That went before; in these I shall enrich
enrich - enriquecer
My text with many things that no one knows,
And carry precept to the highest pitch:
precept - precepto
pitch - plantar, armar, montar
I'll call the work 'Longinus o'er a Bottle,
Or, Every Poet his own Aristotle.'
Thou shalt believe in Milton, Dryden, Pope;
shalt - halt; panish: ''shall followed by the infinitive is translated using the future tense''
pope - Papa
Thou shalt not set up Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey;
Because the first is crazed beyond all hope,
crazed - enloquecido; panish: t-needed
The second drunk, the third so quaint and mouthy:
third - la tercera; tercero, tercio, tercera
quaint - raro, singular; pintoresco
mouthy - bocazas; deslenguado
With Crabbe it may be difficult to cope,
cope - hacer frente; arreglárselas con, poder con, dar abasto
And Campbell's Hippocrene is somewhat drouthy:
drouthy - gota
Thou shalt not steal from Samuel Rogers, nor
steal - robar, hurtar, robo
Commit"flirtation with the muse of Moore.
flirtation - coqueteo
Thou shalt not covet Mr. Sotheby's Muse,
covet - desear, codiciar, checkenvidiar
Mr - Senor
His Pegasus, nor anything that 's his;
Pegasus - Pegaso
Thou shalt not bear false witness like 'the Blues'
witness - Testigo
(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 - críticas; crítica
Exactly as you please, or not,"the rod;
rod - barra, rodillo, cana, vara, bastón, verga, barra
But if you don't, I'll lay it on, by G"d!
If any person should presume to assert
assert - asegurar, aseverar, afirmar, ejercer; confirmar, sostener
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 - indudable, sin duda, indudablemente
That this is not a moral tale, though gay;
gay - gay, homosexual
Besides, in Canto Twelfth, I mean to show
twelfth - duodécimo, décimo segundo, doceavo
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 - advertencia, aviso, precaución, cuidado; (warn); alertar
despise - despreciar; desdenar
Led by some tortuosity of mind,
tortuosity - tortuosidad
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 - clérigo
lies - mentiras; mentira
Should captains the remark, or critics, make,
remark - observación, comentario
critics - críticos; crítico
They also lie too"under a mistake.
The public approbation I expect,
expect - esperar, checkaguardar
And beg they'll take my word about the moral,
Which I with their amusement will connect
connect - conectar
(So children cutting teeth receive a coral);
coral - coral
Meantime, they'll doubtless please to recollect
My epical pretensions to the laurel:
pretensions - Pretensión
laurel - laurel, corona de laurel
For fear some prudish readers should grow skittish,
skittish - esquiva; temeroso, tímido, caprichoso, voluble
I've bribed my grandmother's review"the British.
bribed - sobornada; soborno, coima, sobornar, cohechar, coimear
review - repaso, revisión, repasos, revisiones, crítica
British - británica; británicos, inglés británico
I sent it in a letter to the Editor,
Who thank'd me duly by return of post"
by return of post - a vuelta de correo
I'm for a handsome article his creditor;
creditor - acreedor, acreedora
Yet, if my gentle Muse he please to roast,
roast - asar, rostir, planchar, brindis cómico, vejamen, carne asada
And break a promise after having made it her,
Denying the receipt of what it cost,
receipt - recepción, recibo, resguardo, ticket, tíquet, receta
And smear his page with gall instead of honey,
smear - manchar, untar, embadurnar, aplicar
gall - bilis, hiel
honey - carino; miel, dulzura, carino, tesoro, cielo
All I can say is"that he had the money.
I think that with this holy new alliance
holy - santo, sagrado
alliance - alianza
I may ensure the public, and defy
ensure - asegurar
defy - desafiar, desobedecer, renunciar
All other magazines of art or science,
Daily, or monthly, or three monthly; I
daily - diariamente; diario
monthly - mensual, mensualmente
Have not essay'd to multiply their clients,
essay - ensayo, redacción
multiply - multiplicar
clients - clientes; cliente
Because they tell me 'twere in vain to try,
And that the Edinburgh Review and Quarterly
Edinburgh - Edimburgo
quarterly - trimestral, acuartelado, trimestralmente
Treat a dissenting author very martyrly.
dissenting - disidente; discrepar, disentir, disenso, disentimiento
martyrly - Mártir
'Non ego hoc ferrem calida juventa
non - No
ego - ego, yo
Consule Planco,'Horace said, and so
consule - cápsula
Say I; by which quotation there is meant a
quotation - cotización; cita, citación, presupuesto
Hint that some six or seven good years ago
(Long ere I dreamt of dating from the Brenta)
dreamt - sonado; sueno, ensueno, sonar
I was most ready to return a blow,
And would not brook at all this sort of thing
brook - rok; arroyo
In my hot youth"when George the Third was King.
George - Jorge
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 - peluca
My heart is not much greener; and, in short, I
Have squander'd my whole summer while 'twas May,
squander - malbaratar, despilfarrar, derrochar, farrear
And feel no more the spirit to retort; I
Have spent my life, both interest and principal,
principal - principal, capital, director, directora, principal de escuela
And deem not, what I deem'd, my soul invincible.
invincible - invencible, invencible
No more"no more"Oh! never more on me
The freshness of the heart can fall like dew,
freshness - frescura, frescor
dew - rocío
Which out of all the lovely things we see
lovely - Encantador
Extracts emotions beautiful and new,
extracts - extractos; extracto, fragmento, pasaje, extraer, sacar
emotions - emociones; afecto, emoción
Hived in our bosoms like the bag o'the bee:
bosoms - pechos; seno, pechera, busto
bee - abeja
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!
canst - anst
universe - universo
Once all in all, but now a thing apart,
Thou canst not be my blessing or my curse:
blessing - bendición; (bless); bendición
curse - maldición; maldecir
The illusion 's gone for ever, and thou art
illusion - ilusión
for ever - para siempre
Insensible, I trust, but none the worse,
insensible - insensible
And in thy stead I've got a deal of judgment,
judgment - juicio
Though heaven knows how it ever found a lodgment.
lodgment - alojamiento
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 - llevar; liderar; guiar, dirigir; provocar; encabezar; principal; plomo
The credulous hope of mutual minds is o'er,
mutual - mutua; mutuo, recíproco
The copious use of claret is forbid too,
copious - copioso
claret - claro; clarete, vino clarete
So for a good old-gentlemanly vice,
gentlemanly - caballeresco, caballeroso, galante
I think I must take up with avarice.
avarice - avaricia, codicia
Ambition was my idol, which was broken
idol - ídolo
Before the shrines of Sorrow, and of Pleasure;
shrines - antuarios; santuario, relicario
And the two last have left me many a token
token - sena, recuerdo, ficha, prenda, símbolo, simbólico, cosmético
O'er which reflection may be made at leisure:
reflection - reflexión, reflejo
Now, like Friar Bacon's brazen head, I've spoken,
friar - fray; fraile
bacon - tocino
brazen - descarado
'Time is, Time was, Time 's past:'"a chymic treasure
chymic - Címico
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 - porción
uncertain - incierto
Some liken it to climbing up a hill,
liken - comparar
climbing up - subiendo
Whose summit, like all hills, is lost in vapour;
summit - cumbre, cima, cúspide; punto álgido
hills - colinas; cerro, loma, colina, collado
vapour - vapor
For this men write, speak, preach, and heroes kill,
preach - predicar
heroes - héroes; héroe, heroína
And bards burn what they call their 'midnight taper,'
bards - Bardo
To have, when the original is dust,
original - original, original, único
dust - polvo, desempolvar, limpiar el polvo, espolvorear
A name, a wretched picture, and worse bust.
bust - reventar; busto, pecho
What are the hopes of man? Old Egypt's King
Egypt - Egipto
Cheops erected the first pyramid
erected - rigido; erecto, erguido
pyramid - pirámide
And largest, thinking it was just the thing
To keep his memory whole, and mummy hid;
mummy - mamá
But somebody or other rummaging,
rummaging - rebuscando; revolver
Burglariously broke his coffin's lid:
coffin - ataúd, féretro, cajón
lid - tapa
Let not a monument give you or me hopes,
monument - monumento
Since not a pinch of dust remains of Cheops.
pinch - pellizcar, repizcar, afanar, chorizar, pellizco
remains - resto, restos, quedarse, sobrar, restar, permanecer, continuar
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 - siega; segar, cortar
Hay - heno
grass - pasto, hierba, grama, césped
You've pass'd your youth not so unpleasantly,
unpleasantly - desagradablemente
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 - la biblia; biblia
purse - bolsa, monedero, fruncir
But for the present, gentle reader! and
Still gentler purchaser! the bard"that 's I"
gentler - más suave; tierno, suave, tranquilo, medido, gradual, amable
Must, with permission, shake you by the hand,
permission - permiso, venia, beneplácito
shake - agitar, sacudir, checksacudir, sacudida, batido
And so 'Your humble servant, and good-b'ye!'
humble - humilde
We meet again, if we should understand
meet again - volver a reunirse, volver a verse
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 - vena
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 - poner en, introducir en, meter en
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 - Holanda
Germany - Alemania
I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,
flog - azotar
occasions - ocasiones; ocasión, ocasionar
It mends their morals, never mind the pain:
The best of mothers and of educations
educations - educación
In Juan's case were but employ'd in vain,
employ - contratar, emplear
Since, in a way that 's rather of the oddest, he
oddest - más extrano; guacho, desparejado, desemparejado, suelto, extrano
Became divested of his native modesty.
divested - desinvertido; privar
modesty - modestia, pudor
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 - tarea diaria
fancy - te apetece; capricho, antojo
At least, had he been nurtured in the north;
nurtured - limentado; cuidado, crianza, ternura, levantamiento
Spain may prove an exception to the rule,
But then exceptions always prove its worth"
exceptions - excepciones; excepción, salvedad, ofensa
A lad of sixteen causing a divorce
lad - nino, chico, mozo, mozalbete
causing - causando; causa, causar
Puzzled his tutors very much, of course.
I can't say that it puzzles me at all,
puzzles - puzzles; rompecabezas, enigma, puzle, acertijo, intrigar
If all things be consider'd: first, there was
Consider - considerar, barajar, sopesar, observar
His lady"mother, mathematical,
A"never mind; his tutor, an old ass;
ass - culo; asno, burro
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 - unidad
With his young wife"a time, and opportunity.
opportunity - oportunidad
Well"well, the world must turn upon its axis,
axis - eje
And all mankind turn with it, heads or tails,
heads or tails - Cara o cruz
And live and die, make love and pay our taxes,
make love - hacer el amor
taxes - impuestos; impuesto
And as the veering wind shifts, shift our sails;
veering - Virando; (veer) Virando
shifts - cambios; turno, cambio, desviación, deslizamiento
sails - velas; vela
The king commands us, and the doctor quacks us,
commands - mandos; orden, mandato, mando, comando, dominio
quacks - harlatanes; graznido
The priest instructs, and so our life exhales,
instructs - instrucciones; instruir
exhales - espirar, exhalar
A little breath, love, wine, ambition, fame,
Fighting, devotion, dust,"perhaps a name.
fighting - luchando; lucha, guerra; (fight) luchando; lucha, guerra
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 - colonial
trade - comercio, gremio, compraventa, comerciar, mercadear, trocar
(Or was, before Peru learn'd to rebel),
Peru - Perú
rebel - rebelde
And such sweet girls"I mean, such graceful ladies,
graceful - gracia; grácil, gracioso
Their very walk would make your bosom swell;
swell - genial; hinchar(se), inflar(se)
I can't describe it, though so much it strike,
strike - tachar, borrar, golpear, pegar, acunar, hacer la huelga
Nor liken it"I never saw the like:
An Arab horse, a stately stag, a barb
Arab - árabe, árabe
stately - enorial; majestuoso
stag - el ciervo; ciervo, potro, potra, potranca, rastrear
barb - púas; lengüeta
New broke, a cameleopard, a gazelle,
cameleopard - Camaleopardo
gazelle - gacela
No"none of these will do;"and then their garb!
garb - Atuendo
Their veil and petticoat"Alas! to dwell
petticoat - enaguas
dwell - habitar, morar
Upon such things would very near absorb
absorb - absorber
A canto"then their feet and ankles,"well,
ankles - tobillos; tobillo
Thank Heaven I've got no metaphor quite ready
metaphor - metáfora
(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 - lanzar hacia atrás; frenar; apurar; devolver
glancing - echando un vistazo; (glance); ojear, echar un vistazo, mirar
While the o'erpowering eye, that turns you pale,
erpowering - Potente
Flashes into the heart:"All sunny land
flashes - flashes; destello
Of love! when I forget you, may I fail
fail - fracasar
To"say my prayers"but never was there plann'd
prayers - Oración
plann - Plan
A dress through which the eyes give such a volley,
volley - salva, volea, voleo
Excepting the Venetian Fazzioli.
venetian - veneciano, veneciano, veneciana, véneto
But to our tale: the Donna Inez sent
Her son to Cadiz only to embark;
embark - embarcar, embarcarse
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 - viaje
As if a Spanish ship were Noah's ark,
ship - barco, buque, navío, embarcación
Noah - Noé
ark - arca
To wean him from the wickedness of earth,
wean - destetar
wickedness - maldad, perversidad
And send him like a dove of promise forth.
dove - paloma; (dive) paloma
Don Juan bade his valet pack his things
valet - vale; edecán, mánager, aparcacoches
According to direction, then received
direction - dirección
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 - piquetes; aguijón
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 - acreditar, reconocer, crédito, crédito académico
In the mean time, to pass her hours away,
Brave Inez now set up a sunday school
sunday school - la escuela dominical
For naughty children, who would rather play
(Like truant rogues) the devil, or the fool;
rogues - pícaros; canalla, granuja, vago
Infants of three years old were taught that day,
infants - infantes; nene, infante
Dunces were whipt, or set upon a stool:
dunces - tontos; tonto de capirote
whipt - Latigazo
stool - heces; taburete
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 - rollos; rollo
As I, who've cross'd it oft, know well enough;
And, standing upon deck, the dashing spray
deck - cubierta
dashing - legante; raya, guion largo, carrerita, gota, pizca, lanzarse
spray - pulverizador; rociada, pulverización
Flies in one's face, and makes it weather-tough:
tough - difícil; resistente, severo, de mano dura, ni modo
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 - tierra nativa
receding - retrocediendo; alejarse
The growing waters; it unmans one quite,
Especially when life is rather new:
I recollect Great Britain's coast looks white,
Great Britain - Gran Bretana
coast - costa, litoral
But almost every other country 's blue,
When gazing on them, mystified by distance,
We enter on our nautical existence.
enter - entrar
nautical - náutica; náutico
So Juan stood, bewilder'd on the deck:
bewilder - confundir, desconcertar
The wind sung, cordage strain'd, and sailors swore,
strain - tensión; estirar, tensar
Sailors - marineros; marinero, marinera
And the ship creak'd, the town became a speck,
creak - crujido, crujir, chirriar, rechinar
speck - mancha; manchita
From which away so fair and fast they bore.
The best of remedies is a beef-steak
remedies - remedios; remedio, recurso, remediar
beef - carne de res, carne de vaca
steak - bistec, bisté, filete, filete
Against sea-sickness: try it, sir, before
sickness - enfermedad, dolencia
You sneer, and I assure you this is true,
assure - asegurar
For I have found it answer"so may you.
Don Juan stood, and, gazing from the stern,
stern - severo, austero, serio
Beheld his native Spain receding far:
beheld - ontemplado; contemplar, mirar, observar, he aquí, mirad
First partings form a lesson hard to learn,
partings - despedidas; carrera, crencha, raya del cabello, raya del pelo
Even nations feel this when they go to war;
There is a sort of unexprest concern,
A kind of shock that sets one's heart ajar:
shock - conmoción, golpe
ajar - entreabierto
At leaving even the most unpleasant people
most unpleasant - ás desagradable
And places, one keeps looking at the steeple.
steeple - campanario
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 - avanzado; avanzar, progresar, avance, progreso, adelanto, avance
And if we now and then a sigh must heave
heave - arriba; ondular
At quitting even those we quit in strife,
quitting - renunciar; abandonar
No doubt we weep for those the heart endears"
That is, till deeper griefs congeal our tears.
griefs - duelos; pesar, pesadumbre, dolor, sufrimiento
congeal - congelarse; congelar, coagular
So Juan wept, as wept the captive Jews
captive - cautivo, prisionero, preso
Jews - judío, judía, judíos
By Babel's waters, still remembering Sion:
I'd weep,"but mine is not a weeping Muse,
weeping - Llorando; (weep) Llorando
And such light griefs are not a thing to die on;
Young men should travel, if but to amuse
amuse - entretener, distraer, divertir
Themselves; and the next time their servants tie on
tie - corbata; amarrar, atar
Behind their carriages their new portmanteau,
carriages - carrozas; coche, carruaje
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 - dulces; dulcemente, dulce, caramelo, chuche, confite
You must excuse this extract, 'tis where she,
extract - extracto, fragmento, pasaje, extraer, sacar
The Queen of Denmark, for Ophelia brought
Queen - reina, loca, reinona, gata, coronar
Denmark - Dinamarca
Flowers to the grave); and, sobbing often, he
sobbing - sollozando; sollozo, sollozante; (sob); hdp
Reflected on his present situation,
reflected - reflejado; reflejar, recapacitar, reflexionar, cavilar
And seriously resolved on reformation.
seriously - en serio, seriamente
'Farewell, my Spain! a long farewell!'he cried,
'Perhaps I may revisit thee no more,
revisit - revisitar; Volver a Visitar
But die, as many an exiled heart hath died,
Of its own thirst to see again thy shore:
thirst - sed, hambre, ambición, ansias, tener sed, desear
Farewell, where Guadalquivir's waters glide!
glide - deslizarse; deslizar, planear
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 - jurar
But that 's impossible, and cannot be"
impossible - imposible, insoportable, imposible
Sooner shall this blue ocean melt to air,
melt - material fundido, derretirse, fundirse
Sooner shall earth resolve itself to sea,
resolve - tomar la decisión de, resolver
Than I resign thine image, oh, my fair!
resign - dimitir
Or think of any thing excepting thee;
A mind diseased no remedy can physic
diseased - enfermo; enfermedad, dolencia
physic - Física
(Here the ship gave a lurch, and he grew sea-sick).
lurch - golpe; tambalearse
'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 - jugo, licor
Pedro, Battista, help me down below.)
Julia, my love! (you rascal, Pedro, quicker)"
rascal - granuja; pícaro, bribón, canalla
O, Julia! (this curst vessel pitches so)"
pitches - lanzamientos; plantar, armar, montar
Beloved Julia, hear me still beseeching!'
(Here he grew inarticulate with retching.)
retching - las arcadas
He felt that chilling heaviness of heart,
chilling - escalofriante; (chill) escalofriante
heaviness - pesadez
Or rather stomach, which, alas! attends,
stomach - estómago, barriga, vientre
attends - asiste; asistir
Beyond the best apothecary's art,
apothecary - boticario
The loss of love, the treachery of friends,
loss of love - Pérdida de amor
treachery - traición; alevosía
Or death of those we dote on, when a part
dote - amoroso
Of us dies with them as each fond hope ends:
No doubt he would have been much more pathetic,
pathetic - patético, penoso
But the sea acted as a strong emetic. I
acted - actuado; acto, ley, acción, hecho, actuar
emetic - emético
Love 's a capricious power: I've known it hold
capricious - aprichosa; caprichoso, antojadizo
Out through a fever caused by its own heat,
caused - causado; causa, causar
heat - calor; temperatura
But be much puzzled by a cough and cold,
cough - toser, tos
And find a quincy very hard to treat;
Against all noble maladies he 's bold,
maladies - ales; mal
bold - osado; valiente, audaz, atrevido
But vulgar illnesses don't like to meet,
vulgar - vulgar, chabacano, ramplón
illnesses - enfermedades; enfermedad, panish: t-needed
Nor that a sneeze should interrupt his sigh,
sneeze - estornudar, estornudo
interrupt - interrumpir, interrupción
Nor inflammations redden his blind eye.
inflammations - inflamaciones; inflamación
redden - enrojecer
But worst of all is nausea, or a pain
nausea - náusea, repulsión, asco, náuseas
About the lower region of the bowels;
lower - más bajo; oscurecerse, encapotarse; (low) más bajo; oscurecerse
region - región
bowels - intestinos; intestino grueso, tripa, intestino, entranas
Love, who heroically breathes a vein,
heroically - heroicamente
Shrinks from the application of hot towels,
shrinks - se encoge; contraerse, encogerse, achicarse, mermar
application - aplicación, solicitud
towels - toallas; toalla
And purgatives are dangerous to his reign,
purgatives - purgantes; purgativo
reign - reinado, reinar
Sea-sickness death: his love was perfect, how else
Could Juan's passion, while the billows roar,
billows - olas; oleada, ola, hincharse
roar - rugir, bramar, rugido, bramido
resist his stomach, ne'er at sea before?
resist - resistir
The ship, call'd the most holy 'Trinidada,'
Was steering duly for the port Leghorn;
steering - dirección; (steer); dirección
port - puerto
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 - introducción, presentación
morn - manana
Of his departure had been sent him by
departure - salida, partida
His Spanish friends for those in Italy.
His suite consisted of three servants and
suite - secuta
consisted - consistió; componerse (de), constar (de)
A tutor, the licentiate Pedrillo,
Who several languages did understand,
But now lay sick and speechless on his pillow,
speechless - sin palabras, sin habla, atónito, perplejo
And rocking in his hammock, long'd for land,
hammock - hamaca, hamaca paraguaya
His headache being increased by every billow;
headache - dolor de cabeza, cefalea, jaqueca, quebradero de cabeza
increased - aumentado; aumentar, acrecentar, incrementar, subir
billow - willow; oleada, ola, hincharse
And the waves oozing through the port-hole made
oozing - rezumando; manar, rezumar
hole - agujero
His berth a little damp, and him afraid.
berth - itera; catre, amarradero, plaza, atracar
damp - húmedo, humedad, amortiguar
'Twas not without some reason, for the wind
Increased at night, until it blew a gale;
blew - sopló; golpe
And though 'twas not much to a naval mind,
Some landsmen would have look'd a little pale,
landsmen - terrateniente
For sailors are, in fact, a different kind:
At sunset they began to take in sail,
sunset - puesta de sol; puesta del sol, ocaso, atardecer
sail - velas; vela
For the sky show'd it would come on to blow,
And carry away, perhaps, a mast or so.
carry away - dejarse llevar
mast - mástil
At one o'clock the wind with sudden shift
shift - turno, cambio, desviación, deslizamiento, desplazamiento
Threw the ship right into the trough of the sea,
trough of the sea - depresión del mar
Which struck her aft, and made an awkward rift,
struck - golpeado; tachar, borrar, golpear, pegar, acunar
aft - De popa
rift - fisura; hendedura, grieta
Started the stern-post, also shatter'd the
shatter - destrozar; astillar, estrellar, quebrantar, hacer anicos
Whole of her stern-frame, and, ere she could lift
frame - arco; levantar la estructura, armar, enmarcar, concebir
lift - levantar, alzar
Herself from out her present jeopardy,
jeopardy - peligro, riesgo
The rudder tore away: 'twas time to sound
rudder - timón; (rud); timón
tore - Romper
The pumps, and there were four feet water found.
pumps - bombas; bomba
One gang of people instantly was put
gang - pandilla; grupo, cuadrilla, equipo
instantly - al instante, al hilo, al tiro, instantáneamente
Upon the pumps and the remainder set
remainder - restos; resto, remanente, sobras, restante
To get up part of the cargo, and what not;
cargo - carga
But they could not come at the leak as yet;
leak - fuga; gotera, agujero, rotura, vía, pérdida, filtración, gotear
At last they did get at it really, but
Still their salvation was an even bet:
Salvation - salvación
bet - apostar
The water rush'd through in a way quite puzzling,
rush - prisa; precipitarse, lanzarse, correr, ir rápidamente
While they thrust sheets, shirts, jackets, bales of muslin,
thrust - estocada, empuje, envión, impulso, énfasis, propulsar, asestar
sheets - sábanas; hoja, folio, pliego, lámina, capa, escota
bales - pacas; fardo
Into the opening; but all such ingredients
ingredients - ingredientes; ingrediente
Would have been vain, and they must have gone down,
Despite of all their efforts and expedients,
despite - pesar de..; a pesar de, pese a, no obstante, maguer
expedients - exigencias; conveniente, expediente
But for the pumps: I'm glad to make them known
Glad - feliz, alegre, contento
To all the brother tars who may have need hence,
tars - alquitranes; alquitrán, brea, chapapote
For fifty tons of water were upthrown
tons - toneladas; tonelada
upthrown - Derribar
By them per hour, and they had all been undone,
per - por
But for the maker, Mr. Mann, of London.
As day advanced the weather seem'd to abate,
abate - reducir; disminuir, amainar
And then the leak they reckon'd to reduce,
reckon - te parece; considerar
reduce - reducir, mermar, checkreducir, checkdisminuir, checkrebajar
And keep the ship afloat, though three feet yet
afloat - a flote
Kept two hand and one chain-pump still in use.
pump - bomba
in use - en uso
The wind blew fresh again: as it grew late
A squall came on, and while some guns broke loose,
squall - chillar; tormenta, borrasca
guns - armas; arma de fuego; pistola
A gust"which all descriptive power transcends"
gust - ráfaga, racha
descriptive - descriptivo
transcends - rasciende; trascender
Laid with one blast the ship on her beam ends.
blast - ráfaga
There she lay motionless, and seem'd upset;
motionless - inmóvil, inerte, quieto, en reposo
upset - trastornado, perturbado, enfadado, molesto
The water left the hold, and wash'd the decks,
decks - mazos; cubierta
And made a scene men do not soon forget;
scene - escena, escenario
For they remember battles, fires, and wrecks,
battles - batallas; batalla
wrecks - naufragios; cacharro, trasto, guinapo, choque, desastre
Or any other thing that brings regret,
Or breaks their hopes, or hearts, or heads, or necks:
necks - cuello
Thus drownings are much talk'd of by the divers,
drownings - hogamientos; ahogamiento
divers - buceadores; saltador, saltadora, piscinero, piscinera
And swimmers, who may chance to be survivors.
swimmers - nadadores; nadador, nadadora
chance - oportunidad; suerte, by chance: por casualidad
survivors - sobrevivientes; sobreviviente
Immediately the masts were cut away,
immediately - inmediatamente, de inmediato, ya, sin demora
masts - mástiles; mástil
Both main and mizen; first the mizen went,
The main-mast follow'd: but the ship still lay
Like a mere log, and baffled our intent.
mere - simple, mero
log - registro; tronco, leno
baffled - desconcertado; desconcertar, confundir
Foremast and bowsprit were cut down, and they
foremast - el trinquete; palo de trinquete
bowsprit - bauprés
cut down - cortar, talar, reducir, recortar
Eased her at last (although we never meant
eased - aliviado; aliviar
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 - se supone; suponer
Was going on, some people were unquiet,
That passengers would find it much amiss
passengers - pasajeros; pasajero
To lose their lives, as well as spoil their diet;
That even the able seaman, deeming his
able seaman - marinero profesional
Days nearly o'er, might be disposed to riot,
riot - alboroto, tumulto, disturbios, algarada
As upon such occasions tars will ask
For grog, and sometimes drink rum from the cask.
grog - grog
rum - ron
cask - barril; cuba, tonel
There's nought, no doubt, so much the spirit calms
calms - calmado, sosiego, calma
As rum and true religion: thus it was,
Some plunder'd, some drank spirits, some sung psalms,
plunder - saquear, saqueo, botín
spirits - espíritus; espíritu, alma, onda, alcohol, bebida espirituosa
Psalms - salmos; salmo
The high wind made the treble, and as bas
treble - agudos; triple
The hoarse harsh waves kept time; fright cured the qualms
hoarse - ronco
harsh - áspero, duro, severo, despotricar
cured - curado; chucho, quiltro
qualms - reticencias; escrúpulo, escrupulo, naúsea
Of all the luckless landsmen's sea-sick maws:
Strange sounds of wailing, blasphemy, devotion,
wailing - aullidos; (wail) aullidos
blasphemy - blasfemia
Clamour'd in chorus to the roaring ocean.
clamour - clamor, griterío
chorus - coro, estribillo, corear
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 - pistolas; pistola
As if Death were more dreadful by his door
more dreadful - más terrible
Of fire than water, spite of oaths and tears,
spite - rencor
oaths - juramentos; juramento, jurar
Kept still aloof the crew, who, ere they sunk,
aloof - apartado, distante, sin compasión, alejado, reservado
crew - tripulación
sunk - Hundido; (sink); hundir, sumergir, sumergirse, lavamanos
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 - te espera; esperar, aguantar
But let us die like men, not sink below
sink - hundir, sumergir, sumergirse, lavamanos, fregadero, desagüe
Like brutes;'"and thus his dangerous post kept he,
brutes - brutos; animal, bestia
And none liked to anticipate the blow;
anticipate - anticiparse; anticipar, prever
And even Pedrillo, his most reverend tutor,
Was for some rum a disappointed suitor.
suitor - pretendiente
The good old gentleman was quite aghast,
aghast - asustado; espantado, aterrado, horrorizado
And made a loud and pious lamentation;
pious - piadoso
lamentation - lamentación
Repented all his sins, and made a last
sins - pecados; pecado
Irrevocable vow of reformation;
irrevocable - irrevocable
Nothing should tempt him more (this peril past)
tempt - tentar
peril - peligro, riesgo
To quit his academic occupation,
quit - renunciar; abandonar
academic - académico, académico, escolar, checkescolar
occupation - ocupación
In cloisters of the classic Salamanca,
cloisters - claustro
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 - bancos; banco, cardumen
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 - desesperado
A glimpse of sunshine set some hands to bale"
Glimpse - un vistazo; atisbo, entrever, atisbar, vislumbrar, ojear
sunshine - sol, luz del sol
bale - bala; fardo
The stronger pump'd, the weaker thrumm'd a sail.
weaker - más débil; débil, feble, flaco, flojo
thrumm - Zumbido
Under the vessel's keel the sail was past,
keel - quilla
And for the moment it had some effect;
effect - efecto, efectos, efectos especiales, vigencia, vigor
But with a leak, and not a stick of mast,
stick - palo; clavar
Nor rag of canvas, what could they expect?
canvas - lienzo; lona
But still 'tis best to struggle to the last,
Struggle - lucha, forcejeo, brega, luchar, esforzarse con denuedo
'Tis never too late to be wholly wreck'd:
wreck - naufragio; cacharro, trasto, guinapo, choque, desastre
And though 'tis true that man can only die once,
'Tis not so pleasant in the Gulf of Lyons.
Gulf - golfo
There winds and waves had hurl'd them, and from thence,
hurl - arrojar, lanzar, tirar, proyectar, volver
thence - desde ahí
Without their will, they carried them away;
For they were forced with steering to dispense,
dispense - dispensar
And never had as yet a quiet day
On which they might repose, or even commence
commence - comenzar, empezar, iniciar, principiar
A jurymast or rudder, or could say
The ship would swim an hour, which, by good luck,
luck - suerte
Still swam"though not exactly like a duck.
Duck - pato; hundir, sumergir
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 - aflicción, angustia, desasosiego, ansiedad
Was also great with which they had to cope
For want of water, and their solid mess
solid - sólido, masivo, macizo, continuo, junto, sólido, cuerpo
mess - desastre, enredo, lío
Was scant enough: in vain the telescope
scant - escaso, magro, exiguo
telescope - telescopio
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
Water appear'd; yet, though the people knew
All this, the most were patient, and some bold,
patient - paciente, paciente
Until the chains and leathers were worn through
leathers - cueros; cuero
Of all our pumps:"a wreck complete she roll'd,
At mercy of the waves, whose mercies are
mercy - misericordia, piedad
mercies - misericordias; misericordia, piedad
Like human beings during civil war.
beings - seres; ser, criatura, existencia
civil - civil
Then came the carpenter, at last, with tears
Carpenter - carpintero, carpintera, ebanista
In his rough eyes, and told the captain he
captain - capitán, capitanear, pilotar
Could do no more: he was a man in years,
And long had voyaged through many a stormy sea,
voyaged - viajado; viaje
stormy sea - mar tempestuoso
And if he wept at length, they were not fears
That made his eyelids as a woman's be,
eyelids - párpados; párpado
But he, poor fellow, had a wife and children,"
Two things for dying people quite bewildering.
bewildering - esconcertante; confundir, desconcertar
The ship was evidently settling now
evidently - evidentemente
settling - asentarse; sedimento, decantación
Fast by the head; and, all distinction gone,
distinction - distinción
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 - izadas; izar, aparejo
That begg'd Pedrillo for an absolution,
absolution - la absolución; absolución
Who told him to be damn'd"in his confusion.
Some lash'd them in their hammocks; some put on
lash - pestanas; pestana
hammocks - hamacas; hamaca, hamaca paraguaya
Their best clothes, as if going to a fair;
Some cursed the day on which they saw the sun,
cursed - Maldito; (curs) Maldito
And gnash'd their teeth, and, howling, tore their hair;
howling - aullando; (howl); aullido, aullar, ganir
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 - apretado, ajustado, tensado, tensionado, tenso
rough sea - Mar agitado
Unless with breakers close beneath her lee.
breakers - Rompedor
Lee - abrigo, sotavento, socaire
The worst of all was, that in their condition,
Having been several days in great distress,
'Twas difficult to get out such provision
provision - provisión, aprovisionar, avituallar
As now might render their long suffering less:
Men, even when dying, dislike inanition;
dislike - aversión, disgusto, antipatía, desagradar, no gustar
inanition - inanición
Their stock was damaged by the weather's stress:
stock - cciones; existencias, stock
damaged - danado; dano
stress - tensión, estrés, énfasis, tensionar, tensar, estresar, acentuar
Two casks of biscuit and a keg of butter
casks - barricas; cuba, tonel
biscuit - galleta, hallulla, biscocho, bizcocho
keg - barril
Were all that could be thrown into the cutter.
But in the long-boat they contrived to stow
Stow - estibar; guardar, poner, colocar
Some pounds of bread, though injured by the wet;
wet - húmedo, mojado, húmeda, mojada, mojar, mearse, orinarse, mojarse
Water, a twenty-gallon cask or so;
gallon - galón
Six flasks of wine; and they contrived to get
flasks - frascos; petaca, licorera disfrazado
A portion of their beef up from below,
And with a piece of pork, moreover, met,
pork - cerdo, puerco
Moreover - además, adicionalmente, otrosí
But scarce enough to serve them for a luncheon"
luncheon - almuerzo
Then there was rum, eight gallons in a puncheon.
gallons - galones; galón
The other boats, the yawl and pinnace, had
pinnace - pinaza
Been stove in the beginning of the gale;
stove - fogón; estufa, cocina, horno; (stave); duela, estrofa
And the long-boat's condition was but bad,
As there were but two blankets for a sail,
blankets - mantas; manta, capa, general
And one oar for a mast, which a young lad
threw in by good luck over the ship's rail;
threw in - agregar, anadir, echar en, incluir
rail - ferrocarril; barra
And two boats could not hold, far less be stored,
stored - almacenado; depósito, almacenar, conservar
To save one half the people then on board.
board - junta; tabla, plancha
'Twas twilight, and the sunless day went down
twilight - crepúsculo, penumbra
Over the waste of waters; like a veil,
waste - residuos; desperdiciar, malgastar
Which, if withdrawn, would but disclose the frown
withdrawn - retirada; retirar(se)
disclose - revelar, divulgar
Of one whose hate is mask'd but to assail,
mask - máscara, careta, mascarilla
assail - atacar, asaltar, aturdir
Thus to their hopeless eyes the night was shown,
hopeless - sin esperanza; desesperado
And grimly darkled o'er the faces pale,
grimly - Con tristeza
darkled - Oscuridad
And the dim desolate deep: twelve days had Fear
Been their familiar, and now Death was here.
familiar - te suena; familiar, espíritu familiar
Some trial had been making at a raft,
raft - balsa
With little hope in such a rolling sea,
rolling - rodando; rolar; (roll) rodando; rolar
A sort of thing at which one would have laugh'd,
If any laughter at such times could be,
laughter - risas; risa, risa
Unless with people who too much have quaff'd,
And have a kind of wild and horrid glee,
glee - júbilo, alegría, regocijo
Half epileptical and half hysterical:"
epileptical - epiléptico
Their preservation would have been a miracle.
preservation - preservación
miracle - milagro
At half-past eight o'clock, booms, hencoops, spars,
booms - boom, auge
spars - Partes; (Spar) Partes
And all things, for a chance, had been cast loose,
That still could keep afloat the struggling tars,
struggling - con dificultades; (struggle); lucha, forcejeo, brega, luchar
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 - desanimar, aplazar, apagar
ercrowded - Abarrotado
crews - tripulaciones; tripulación
She gave a heel, and then a lurch to port,
heel - tacón; talón
And, going down head foremost"sunk, in short.
Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell"
Then shriek'd the timid, and stood still the brave,
shriek - gritar; alarido, chillido, chillar
Then some leap'd overboard with dreadful yell,
leap - salto; saltar, brincar
dreadful - terrible; espantoso, espantosa
yell - gritar; grito, alarido
As eager to anticipate their grave;
eager - ávido, ansioso, deseoso
And the sea yawn'd around her like a hell,
And down she suck'd with her the whirling wave,
suck - chupar, sorber, ser un asco, dar asco, apestar
whirling - Girando; (whirl) Girando
wave - ola
Like one who grapples with his enemy,
grapples - grapples; forcejear, luchar
enemy - enemigo, enemiga
And strives to strangle him before he die.
strives - se esfuerza; esforzarse
strangle - estrangular
And first one universal shriek there rush'd,
Louder than the loud ocean, like a crash
crash - chocar; estruendo, estrépito
Of echoing thunder; and then all was hush'd,
echoing - haciendo eco; eco, repercutir, repetir, hacer eco
Save the wild wind and the remorseless dash
remorseless - Sin remordimientos
Dash - raya, guion largo, carrerita, gota, pizca, lanzarse, romper
Of billows; but at intervals there gush'd,
intervals - intervalos; intervalo
gush - manar, salir a borbotones, brotar, hacer efusión
Accompanied with a convulsive splash,
accompanied - acompanado; acompanar
convulsive - convulsivo, convulso
splash - salpicaduras; salpicadura, chapotear, salpicar
A solitary shriek, the bubbling cry
solitary - solitario
bubbling - burbujeo; burbuja, pompa, burbujear
Of some strong swimmer in his agony.
swimmer - nadador, nadadora
agony - agonía, angustia
The boats, as stated, had got off before,
stated - declarado; Estado, declarar, indicar
And in them crowded several of the crew;
crowded - abarrotado; multitud, muchedumbre
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 - llegando; llegar (a)
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 - contado; conde
All the rest perish'd; near two hundred souls
perish - perecer
Had left their bodies; and what 's worse, alas!
When over Catholics the ocean rolls,
They must wait several weeks before a mass
takes off one peck of purgatorial coals,
takes off - despega
purgatorial - Purgatorio
Because, till people know what 's come to pass,
They won't lay out their money on the dead"
lay out - disenar; exponer; distribuir; derribar a alguien;
It costs three francs for every mass that 's said.
francs - francos; franco
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 - intercambiado; cambiar
For Juan wore the magisterial face
Which courage gives, while poor Pedrillo's pair
Of eyes were crying for their owner's case:
crying - llorando; llanto; (cry); llorar, gritar, panish: t-needed
Battista; though (a name call'd shortly Tita),
shortly - pronto, en breve
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 - propicio; favorable
Left him so drunk, he jump'd into the wave
jump - saltar
As o'er the cutter's edge he tried to cross,
edge - orilla, borde, lado, arista, ventaja, filo
And so he found a wine-and-watery grave;
watery - agua; acuoso, lloroso
They could not rescue him although so close,
rescue - salvamento; rescatar, rescate
Because the sea ran higher every minute,
And for the boat"the crew kept crowding in it.
crowding - aglomeración; multitud, muchedumbre
A small old spaniel,"which had been Don Jose's,
spaniel - paniel; perro de aguas
His father's, whom he loved, as ye may think,
For on such things the memory reposes
reposes - reposa; reposo
With tenderness"stood howling on the brink,
tenderness - ternura
brink - al borde; borde
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 - atrapado; pega, traba, truco, cuestión
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 - subiendo; rebelión, levantamiento, alzamiento, ascensión
But Juan, trusting they might still get through,
trusting - confiado; confianza, crédito, fiar, consorcio, trust
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,
That the sail was becalm'd between the seas,
Though on the wave's high top too much to set,
top - cima, parte superior, parte de más arriba, cabecera, tapa
They dared not take it in for all the breeze:
dared - se atrevió; atraverse, osar
breeze - brisa
Each sea curl'd o'er the stern, and kept them wet,
curl - rulo; rizo, bucle, flexión
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 - embalsadero, pantano, ciénaga, embalse
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 - puntada
Instead of sail, were to the oar made fast:
Though every wave roll'd menacing to fill,
menacing - amenazante; amenaza, peligro
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
Of the continuance of the gale: to run
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 - cucharadas; cucharada
Were served out to the people, who begun
To faint, and damaged bread wet through the bags,
faint - desmayarse; débil, tenue
And most of them had little clothes but rags.
rags - trapos; trapo
They counted thirty, crowded in a space
Which left scarce room for motion or exertion;
They did their best to modify their case,
modify - modificar
One half sate up, though numb'd with the immersion,
numb - entumecido, entumido
While t'other half were laid down in their place
laid down - ponerse, acostarse, tumbarse
At watch and watch; thus, shivering like the tertian
Ague in its cold fit, they fill'd their boat,
ague - fiebre intermitente, escalofrío
With nothing but the sky for a great coat.
'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it: this is obvious to physicians,
prolongs - prolongar
obvious - obvio, evidente
When patients, neither plagued with friends nor wife,
patients - pacientes; paciente, paciente
plagued - plagado; plaga, peste, plagar, molestar, atormentar
Survive through very desperate conditions,
Because they still can hope, nor shines the knife
shines - brillar
knife - cuchillo, punal, acuchillar
Nor shears of Atropos before their visions:
shears - cizallas; cizallar, cortar, esquilar, tonsurar, tundir
visions - visiones; vista, visión
Despair of all recovery spoils longevity,
recovery - recuperación, repunte
longevity - longevidad
And makes men miseries miseries of alarming brevity.
miseries - iserias; miseria, sinvivir, desgracia, desdicha, infortunio
brevity - brevedad, concisión
'Tis said that persons living on annuities
annuities - nualidades; anualidad
Are longer lived than others,"God knows why,
Unless to plague the grantors,"yet so true it is,
grantors - otorgante
That some, I really think, do never die;
Of any creditors the worst a Jew it is,
creditors - acreedores; acreedor, acreedora
And that 's their mode of furnishing supply:
furnishing - mobiliario; (furnish); amoblar, amueblar, suministrar
supply - suministro; proporcionar, abastecer
In my young days they lent me cash that way,
lent - Prestado; (lend) Prestado
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 - Amor a la vida; amor de la vida
More than can be believed, or even thought,
And stand like rocks the tempest's wear and tear;
rocks - rocas; roca
And hardship still has been the sailor's lot,
hardship - dificultades; sufrimientos, apuro, penalidades
sailor - marinero, marinera
Since Noah's ark went cruising here and there;
cruising - crucero; cancaneo; (cruise) crucero; cancaneo
She had a curious crew as well as cargo,
Curious - tienes curiosidad; curioso; extrano, raro
Like the first Old Greek privateer, the Argo.
Old Greek - Griego antiguo
privateer - privado; buque corsario
Argo - Argo
But man is a carnivorous production,
carnivorous - carnívoro
production - producción, elaboración
And must have meals, at least one meal a day;
He cannot live, like woodcocks, upon suction,
woodcocks - gallo; chocha, chochaperdiz
suction - succión, succionar, chupar
But, like the shark and tiger, must have prey;
Shark - tiburón
tiger - tigre; tigresa
prey - botín, presa
Although his anatomical construction
anatomical - anatómico
construction - construcción
Bears vegetables, in a grumbling way,
bears - osos; aguantar, soportar
grumbling - refunfunando; (grumble); refunfunar, rezongar
Your labouring people think beyond all question,
labouring - trabajando; trabajo, campesinos, trabajadores, parto, trabajar
Beef, veal, and mutton, better for digestion.
veal - ternera
mutton - ovino; cordero
digestion - digestión, descomposición, putrefacción, asimilación
And thus it was with this our hapless crew;
hapless - desventurado; infeliz, infortunado, desgraciado
For on the third day there came on a calm,
Calm - calmado, sosiego, calma
And though at first their strength it might renew,
And lying on their weariness like balm,
lying - Mentir; (lie) Mentir
balm - bálsamo
Lull'd them like turtles sleeping on the blue
turtles - tortugas; tortuga marina
sleeping on - consultar algo con la almohada
Of ocean, when they woke they felt a qualm,
qualm - dudas; escrúpulo, escrupulo, naúsea
And fell all ravenously on their provision,
ravenously - orazmente
Instead of hoarding it with due precision.
hoarding - acaparamiento; valla; (hoard) acaparamiento; valla
due - debido; salir de cuentas, mérito
The consequence was easily foreseen"
consequence - consecuencia
foreseen - previsto; pronosticar, prever, antever
They ate up all they had, and drank their wine,
ate up - se comió
In spite of all remonstrances, and then
On what, in fact, next day were they to dine?
dine - cenar
They hoped the wind would rise, these foolish men!
rise - aumentar; subir
And carry them to shore; these hopes were fine,
But as they had but one oar, and that brittle,
brittle - frágil, quebradizo, friable, crocante
It would have been more wise to save their victual.
victual - Virtual
The fourth day came, but not a breath of air,
And Ocean slumber'd like an unwean'd child:
unwean - Destetar
The fifth day, and their boat lay floating there,
floating - flotante, flotador; (float); flotar, carroza
The sea and sky were blue, and clear, and mild"
mild - suave, leve, cálido
With their one oar (I wish they had had a pair)
What could they do? and hunger's rage grew wild:
hunger - hambre
So Juan's spaniel, spite of his entreating,
Entreating - interesante; rogar, suplicar, invitar, compartir, negociar
Was kill'd and portion'd out for present eating.
On the sixth day they fed upon his hide,
fed - alimentado; (feed) alimentado
And Juan, who had still refused, because
refused - rechazado; negarse (a)
The creature was his father's dog that died,
Now feeling all the vulture in his jaws,
vulture - buitre, zopilote
jaws - mandíbulas; maxilar
With some remorse received (though first denied)
denied - negado; negar
As a great favour one of the fore-paws,
paws - patas; pata, garra (gato), zarpa (león)
Which he divided with Pedrillo, who
divided - dividido; desunir, dividir, repartir, división, divisoria
Devour'd it, longing for the other too.
devour - devorar, jambar
longing for - Anhelar, desear, esperar
The seventh day, and no wind"the burning sun
seventh - séptimo
Blister'd and scorch'd, and, stagnant on the sea,
scorch - chamuscar
stagnant - estancada; estancado, atascado
They lay like carcasses; and hope was none,
carcasses - cadáveres; cadáver, carcasa
Save in the breeze that came not; savagely
savagely - salvajemente
They glared upon each other"all was done,
glared - miró; mirada fulminante
Water, and wine, and food,"and you might see
The longings of the cannibal arise
cannibal - caníbal
(Although they spoke not) in their wolfish eyes.
At length one whisper'd his companion, who
companion - companero; companero, companera
Whisper'd another, and thus it went round,
And then into a hoarser murmur grew,
hoarser - ronas
murmur - murmullo; soplo, murmurar
An ominous, and wild, and desperate sound;
ominous - ominoso, siniestro, agorero
And when his comrade's thought each sufferer knew,
comrade - companero, colega, camarada, correligionario, camarada
sufferer - nfermo; sufridor
'Twas but his own, suppress'd till now, he found:
Suppress - reprimar, contener, ocultar, suprimir
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 - de cuero
caps - capuchones; gorra
And then they look'd around them and despair'd,
And none to be the sacrifice would choose;
sacrifice - sacrificar, sacrificio
At length the lots were torn up, and prepared,
torn up - hecho pedazos, destrozado
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 - a la fuerza
The lots were made, and mark'd, and mix'd, and handed,
In silent horror, and their distribution
horror - horror
distribution - distribución
Lull'd even the savage hunger which demanded,
savage - salvaje
demanded - exigió; demanda, exigencia, exigir, demandar
Like the Promethean vulture, this pollution;
Promethean - prometeo; prometeico
pollution - polución, contaminación
None in particular had sought or plann'd it,
'Twas nature gnaw'd them to this resolution,
gnaw - roer
By which none were permitted to be neuter"
permitted - permitido; permitir
neuter - esterilizar; neutral, neutro, castrar, capar
And the lot fell on Juan's luckless tutor.
He but requested to be bled to death:
requested - solicitado; pedir, solicitar, demandar, checkpedir
bled - sangrar, desangrar, purgar, sangría, sangrado, sangre
The surgeon had his instruments, and bled
surgeon - cirujano, cirujana
instruments - instrumentos; instrumento, herramienta
Pedrillo, and so gently ebb'd his breath,
Ebb - reflujo, marea, marea baja, bajamar
You hardly could perceive when he was dead.
perceive - percibir, entender
He died as born, a Catholic in faith,
Like most in the belief in which they're bred,
belief - creencia
And first a little crucifix he kiss'd,
crucifix - crucifijo
And then held out his jugular and wrist.
jugular - yugular
wrist - muneca; muneca
The surgeon, as there was no other fee,
Had his first choice of morsels for his pains;
morsels - bocaditos; pizca, porción, gota
pains - dolores; dolor
But being thirstiest at the moment, he
Preferr'd a draught from the fast-flowing veins:
draught - de barril; dama
flowing - fluyendo; fluir
Part was divided, part thrown in the sea,
thrown in - se ha lanzado
And such things as the entrails and the brains
entrails - Trail
brains - cerebros; cerebro, seso, sesudez
Regaled two sharks, who follow'd o'er the billow"
regaled - regalado; regio, real
sharks - tiburones; tiburón
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 - Así es
animal food - alimento para animales
To these was added Juan, who, before
Refusing his own spaniel, hardly could
refusing - te niegas; negarse (a)
Feel now his appetite increased much more;
appetite - apetito, deseo, ganas
'Twas not to be expected that he should,
expected - esperado; esperar, checkaguardar
Even in extremity of their disaster,
extremity - extremidad
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 - asqueroso; horrible, terrible, atroz
For they, who were most ravenous in the act,
ravenous - hambriento; famélico
Went raging mad"Lord! how they did blaspheme!
raging - enfurecido; rabia, furor
blaspheme - blasfemar
And foam and roll, with strange convulsions rack'd,
foam - espuma, espumar
convulsions - convulsiones; convulsión
Drinking salt water like a mountain-stream,
salt water - agua salada
Tearing, and grinning, howling, screeching, swearing,
tearing - desgarro; lágrima
screeching - chillando; chirrido, rechinar, chirriar, estridular
swearing - jurando; (swear) jurando
And, with hyaena-laughter, died despairing.
hyaena - Hiena
despairing - desesperado; desesperar, desesperanzar, desesperación
Their numbers were much thinn'd by this infliction,
thinn - Delgado
infliction - inflicción
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 - percibido; percibir, entender
But others ponder'd on a new dissection,
As if not warn'd sufficiently by those
warn - alertar, avisar, advertir
sufficiently - suficientemente
Who had already perish'd, suffering madly,
For having used their appetites so sadly.
appetites - apetito, deseo, ganas
sadly - tristemente, con alma en pena, luctuosamente
And next they thought upon the master's mate,
As fattest; but he saved himself, because,
saved - salvado; salvar, rescatar, redimir, parar, ahorrar, guardar
Besides being much averse from such a fate,
averse - averso; opuesto
There were some other reasons: the first was,
He had been rather indisposed of late;
indisposed - Indisponer
And that which chiefly proved his saving clause
clause - cláusula, oración
Was a small present made to him at Cadiz,
By general subscription of the ladies.
subscription - abono, suscripción
Of poor Pedrillo something still remain'd,
But was used sparingly,"some were afraid,
sparingly - con moderación; parsimoniosamente
And others still their appetites constrain'd,
constrain - restricción
Or but at times a little supper made;
supper - cenar; cena
All except Juan, who throughout abstain'd,
abstain - abstenerse, retener
Chewing a piece of bamboo and some lead:
chewing - masticar, mascar
bamboo - bambú
lead - plomo; llevar, conducir
At length they caught two boobies and a noddy,
boobies - Teta
And then they left off eating the dead body.
dead body - cadáver
And if Pedrillo's fate should shocking be,
shocking - impresionante; conmoción, golpe
Remember Ugolino condescends
condescends - condesciende; condescender
To eat the head of his arch-enemy
arch - arco; bóveda
The moment after he politely ends
politely - educadamente, cortésmente
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 - pecio, naufragio, naufragar
allowance - permiso; paga
scanty - escaso, exiguo
Without being much more horrible than Dante.
more horrible - más horrible
Dante - Dante
And the same night there fell a shower of rain,
For which their mouths gaped, like the cracks of earth
gaped - abierta; hueco, espacio, vacío; brecha
cracks - fisuras; rajarse, resquebrajarse
When dried to summer dust; till taught by pain
dried - secado; seco, secarse, enjugar
Men really know not what good water 's worth;
If you had been in Turkey or in Spain,
turkey - pavo, chompipe
Or with a famish'd boat's-crew had your berth,
famish - Hambriento
Or in the desert heard the camel's bell,
desert - desierto; abandonar
camel - camello
bell - campana
You'd wish yourself where Truth is"in a well.
It pour'd down torrents, but they were no richer
torrents - orrentes; torrente
Until they found a ragged piece of sheet,
ragged - Desgarrado; (rag) Desgarrado
Which served them as a sort of spongy pitcher,
spongy - fofo, esponjoso
Pitcher - Cántaro
And when they deem'd its moisture was complete
They wrung it out, and though a thirsty ditcher
wrung - escurrido; torcer, retorcer
ditcher - Zanjadora
Might not have thought the scanty draught so sweet
As a full pot of porter, to their thinking
pot - pote, cacerola, puchero; tarro; maceta, tiesto
They ne'er till now had known the joys of drinking.
joys - legrías; alegría, júbilo
And their baked lips, with many a bloody crack,
baked - horneado; hornear, enhornar
bloody - Sangriento
Suck'd in the moisture, which like nectar stream'd;
nectar - néctar, néctar
Their throats were ovens, their swoln tongues were black,
throats - argantas; garganta, tráquea, cuello
ovens - hornos; horno
As the rich man's in hell, who vainly scream'd
To beg the beggar, who could not rain back
beggar - mendigo, mendiga, pordiosero, mendicante
A drop of dew, when every drop had seem'd
drop - dejar caer; gota
To taste of heaven"If this be true, indeed
Some Christians have a comfortable creed.
comfortable - cómodo, confortable, checkcómodo
There were two fathers in this ghastly crew,
ghastly - fantasmal, cadavérico, espantoso, horripilante, malísimo
And with them their two sons, of whom the one
Was more robust and hardy to the view,
more robust - más robusto
hardy - robusto, resistente
But he died early; and when he was gone,
His nearest messmate told his sire, who threw
messmate - companero; comensal
One glance at him, and said, 'Heaven's will be done!
glance - mirada; ojear, echar un vistazo, mirar, pispear, vistazo
I can do nothing,'and he saw him thrown
Into the deep without a tear or groan.
The other father had a weaklier child,
weaklier - débilmente
Of a soft cheek and aspect delicate;
delicate - delicado, delicado (1, 2)
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 - peso, pesa, pesar, ponderar
He saw increasing on his father's heart,
increasing - aumentando; (increase); aumentar, acrecentar, incrementar, subir
With the deep deadly thought that they must part.
deadly - mortal, letal, mortífero
And o'er him bent his sire, and never raised
bent - Doblado; (bend); doblar, curvar, doblarse, agacharse
His eyes from off his face, but wiped the foam
wiped - borrada; limpiar
From his pale lips, and ever on him gazed,
gazed - mirada; observar, mirar fijamente
And when the wish'd-for shower at length was come,
And the boy's eyes, which the dull film half glazed,
glazed - esmalte, frita, vidriado, veladura, barniz, glasé
Brighten'd, and for a moment seem'd to roam,
roam - vagar
He squeezed from out a rag some drops of rain
squeezed - exprimido; exprimir, apretar, apretujar, apuro, crisis, apretón
drops - gotas; gota
Into his dying child's mouth"but in vain.
The boy expired"the father held the clay,
expired - caducado; vencer, caducar
And look'd upon it long, and when at last
Death left no doubt, and the dead burthen lay
burthen - carga
Stiff on his heart, and pulse and hope were past,
stiff - rígido, duro, tieso, inflexible
pulse - pulso
He watch'd it wistfully, until away
wistfully - con nostalgia
'Twas borne by the rude wave wherein 'twas cast;
borne - soportado; aguantar, soportar
wherein - En qué
Then he himself sunk down all dumb and shivering,
sunk down - se hundió
And gave no sign of life, save his limbs quivering.
sign of life - senal de vida
limbs - miembros; miembro
quivering - tiembla; estremecer(se)
Now overhead a rainbow, bursting through
overhead - sobrecarga; arriba, por encima de la cabeza; aéreo
bursting - reventar, romper, ráfaga, estallo, reventón
The scattering clouds, shone, spanning the dark sea,
clouds - nubes; nublar
spanning - abarcando; luz, palmo
Resting its bright base on the quivering blue;
resting - Descansando; (rest) Descansando
base on - basarse en
And all within its arch appear'd to be
Clearer than that without, and its wide hue
clearer - Más claro; (clear); transparente, claro, despejado, libre
wide - ancho, amplio, lateral
Wax'd broad and waving, like a banner free,
broad - amplio; ancho
waving - Saludando; (wave) Saludando
banner - bandera, estandarte
Then changed like to a bow that 's bent, and then
Forsook the dim eyes of these shipwreck'd men.
forsook - renunció; abandonar
It changed, of course; a heavenly chameleon,
chameleon - camaleón
The airy child of vapour and the sun,
airy - aireado; airoso
Brought forth in purple, cradled in vermilion,
cradled - acunado; cuna, brezo, brezar, brizar
Baptized in molten gold, and swathed in dun,
baptized - bautizado; bautizar
molten - fundido; derretido, incandescente; (melt); material fundido
swathed - envainada; envolver; vendar
Glittering like crescents o'er a Turk's pavilion,
crescents - crecientes; medialuna, creciente
Turk - turco, turca
pavilion - pabellón, pavillón
And blending every colour into one,
blending - mezcla; (blend); mezcla, mezclar, combinar
Just like a black eye in a recent scuffle
recent - reciente
(For sometimes we must box without the muffle).
muffle - mufla
Our shipwreck'd seamen thought it a good omen"
omen - presagio
It is as well to think so, now and then;
'Twas an old custom of the Greek and Roman,
custom - habituación, costumbre, usanza, a medida, especializado
And may become of great advantage when
Folks are discouraged; and most surely no men
folks - pueblo, gente
discouraged - desanimado; descorazonar, acobardar, desalentar, persuadir
Had greater need to nerve themselves again
nerve - nervio, coraje, descaro, frescura, nervios
Than these, and so this rainbow look'd like hope"
Quite a celestial kaleidoscope.
kaleidoscope - caleidoscopio
About this time a beautiful white bird,
Webfooted, not unlike a dove in size
unlike - a diferencia de; diferente
size - tamano, magnitud
And plumage (probably it might have err'd
plumage - plumaje
Upon its course), pass'd oft before their eyes,
And tried to perch, although it saw and heard
perch - percha
The men within the boat, and in this guise
guise - guisa; apariencia, forma, aspecto
It came and went, and flutter'd round them till
flutter - leteo; ondear, aletear
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 - atacar; equipo, aparejo, entrada, tacleada, placaje, afrontar
Was not so safe for roosting as a church;
safe - seguro, salvo, checkseguro, caja fuerte, cofre
roosting - posada; percha, gallinero
And had it been the dove from Noah's ark,
Returning there from her successful search,
successful - éxito; exitoso, logrado, afortunado
Which in their way that moment chanced to fall,
They would have eat her, olive-branch and all.
olive - aceituna, oliva, olivo, verde oliva, aceitunado, verde aceituna
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 - frecuente
Fog - niebla
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 - rayo
He wish'd that land he never might see more;
And the rest rubb'd their eyes and saw a bay,
rubb - Frotar
Or thought they saw, and shaped their course for shore;
shaped - con forma; forma, estado, modelar, formar
For shore it was, and gradually grew
gradually - gradualmente, poco a poco, paulatinamente
Distinct, and high, and palpable to view.
distinct - distinto
palpable - palpable
And then of these some part burst into tears,
burst - reventar, romper, ráfaga, estallo, reventón
And others, looking with a stupid stare,
stare - mirar fijamente
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 - fondo, culo, pasivo
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 - tortuga marina
And by good fortune, gliding softly, caught her,
Fortune - fortuna
softly - suavemente, inaudiblemente, silenciosamente
Which yielded a day's life, and to their mind
yielded - cedido; ceder
Proved even still a more nutritious matter,
more nutritious - más nutritivo
Because it left encouragement behind:
encouragement - aliento; apoyo
They thought that in such perils, more than chance
perils - peligros; peligro, riesgo
Had sent them this for their deliverance.
deliverance - entrega, salvación, liberación
The land appear'd a high and rocky coast,
And higher grew the mountains as they drew,
Set by a current, toward it: they were lost
current - corriente, actual
toward - hacia, sobre, para
In various conjectures, for none knew
conjectures - onjeturas; conjetura, suposición, especulación, teoría
To what part of the earth they had been tost,
tost - tostar; tiro, lanzamiento, lanzar una moneda al aire
So changeable had been the winds that blew;
changeable - cambiable, cambiante, variable
Some thought it was Mount AEtna, some the highlands,
highlands - las tierras altas; tierras altas
Of Candia, Cyprus, Rhodes, or other islands.
Cyprus - Chipre
Meantime the current, with a rising gale,
Still set them onwards to the welcome shore,
onwards - en adelante; hacia adelante, para adelante
Like Charon's bark of spectres, dull and pale:
Charon - Caronte
spectres - espectros; espectro, fantasma
Their living freight was now reduced to four,
freight - carga, mercancías
reduced - reducido; reducir, mermar, checkreducir, checkdisminuir
And three dead, whom their strength could not avail
avail - aprovechar, servir
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 - en medio de; en medio
skeletons - esqueletos; esqueleto
gaunt - enjuto; demacrado, chupado, macilento
by night chill'd, by day scorch'd, thus one by one
by night - de noche
chill - relajarme; frío
They perish'd, until wither'd to these few,
wither - marchitar(se)
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 - cerca, cabe, cercano
Unequal in its aspect here and there,
unequal - desigual
They felt the freshness of its growing green,
That waved in forest-tops, and smooth'd the air,
tops - tops; cima, parte superior, parte de más arriba, cabecera, tapa
And fell upon their glazed eyes like a screen
screen - mampara, pantalla, biombo, tamiz, malla
From glistening waves, and skies so hot and bare"
glistening - resplandeciente; relucir, rielar
bare - desnudo, descubierto
Lovely seem'd any object that should sweep
Away the vast, salt, dread, eternal deep.
eternal - eterno, eternal
The shore look'd wild, without a trace of man,
And girt by formidable waves; but they
girt - Cinturón; (gird) Cinturón
Were mad for land, and thus their course they ran,
Though right ahead the roaring breakers lay:
ahead - al frente de, delante de, adelante
A reef between them also now began
reef - arrecife
To show its boiling surf and bounding spray,
boiling - hirviendo; (boil); hirviendo
surf - marea, oleaje, surfear, navegar
bounding - atado
But finding no place for their landing better,
They ran the boat for shore,"and overset her.
overset - Sobrepasado
But in his native stream, the Guadalquivir,
Juan to lave his youthful limbs was wont;
youthful - juvenil, joven
wont - no
And having learnt to swim in that sweet river,
Had often turn'd the art to some account:
account - cuenta
A better swimmer you could scarce see ever,
He could, perhaps, have pass'd the Hellespont,
Hellespont - el helesponto; Helesponto
As once (a feat on which ourselves we prided)
feat - hazana, proeza
prided - orgullo, soberbia, cachondez, toriondez, verriondez, manada
Leander, Mr. Ekenhead, and I did.
So here, though faint, emaciated, and stark,
emaciated - demacrado; demacrar, emaciar, demacrarse, emaciarse
Stark - escueto, crudo, duro
He buoy'd his boyish limbs, and strove to ply
buoy - boya
ply - ejercer
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 - se lo han llevado
thigh - muslo, muslamen
As for the other two, they could not swim,
So nobody arrived on shore but him.
on shore - en la orilla
Nor yet had he arrived but for the oar,
Which, providentially for him, was wash'd
providentially - rovidencialmente
Just as his feeble arms could strike no more,
And the hard wave o'erwhelm'd him as 'twas dash'd
Within his grasp; he clung to it, and sore
clung to - Aferrarse a
The waters beat while he thereto was lash'd;
thereto - a ello; al respecto
At last, with swimming, wading, scrambling, he
wading - Vadeando; (wad) Vadeando
Roll'd on the beach, half-senseless, from the sea:
There, breathless, with his digging nails he clung
digging - Cavando; (dig) Cavando
nails - unas; una
clung - aferrado; engancharse, adherirse
Fast to the sand, lest the returning wave,
sand - arena
From whose reluctant roar his life he wrung,
reluctant - renuente, reacio, reluctante, reticente
Should suck him back to her insatiate grave:
insatiate - Insaciable
And there he lay, full length, where he was flung,
full length - largometraje; edición completa
flung - arrojado; arrojar, lanzar
Before the entrance of a cliff-worn cave,
entrance - entrada
cliff - acantilado
cave - cueva, caverna
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,
effort - esfuerzo
But sunk again upon his bleeding knee
bleeding - sangrado, hemorragia; (bleed); sangrar, desangrar, purgar
And quivering hand; and then he look'd for those
Who long had been his mates upon the sea;
mates - companeros; aparear, acoplar
But none of them appear'd to share his woes,
Save one, a corpse, from out the famish'd three,
corpse - cuerpo, cadáver
Who died two days before, and now had found
an unknown barren beach for burial ground.
an unknown - un desconocido
barren - yermo; estéril, infértil
burial ground - un cementerio
And as he gazed, his dizzy brain spun fast,
dizzy - mareado
spun - hilado; hacer girar
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 - estirar, estirarse, dar, extenderse, estirón, estiramiento
Droop'd dripping on the oar (their jurymast),
dripping - goteo; chorreo; (drip) goteo; chorreo
And, like a wither'd lily, on the land
Lily - azucena, lirio
His slender frame and pallid aspect lay,
pallid - pálido
As fair a thing as e'er was form'd of clay.
How long in his damp trance young Juan lay
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 - congelación; congelar, coagular
And how this heavy faintness pass'd away
He knew not, till each painful pulse and limb,
painful - doloroso, dolorido, adolorido, panish: t-needed
limb - miembro
And tingling vein, seem'd throbbing back to life,
tingling - hormigueo; (tingle); hormigueo
throbbing - palpitaciones; (throb); palpitar
For Death, though vanquish'd, still retired with strife.
vanquish - vencer
His eyes he open'd, shut, again unclosed,
unclosed - Descubrir
For all was doubt and dizziness; he thought
dizziness - mareos; mareo, vértigo
He still was in the boat and had but dozed,
dozed - dormido; dormitar
And felt again with his despair o'erwrought,
And wish'd it death in which he had reposed;
reposed - reposado; reposo
And then once more his feelings back were brought,
And slowly by his swimming eyes was seen
slowly - lentamente, despacio
A lovely female face of seventeen.
'Twas bending dose o'er his, and the small mouth
dose - dosis
Seem'd almost prying into his for breath;
And chafing him, the soft warm hand of youth
chafing - rozaduras; calor friccional, escocimiento, irritación, cocedura
Recall'd his answering spirits back from death;
And, bathing his chill temples, tried to soothe
soothe - calmar, serenar, aliviar, aliviarse, descansar
Each pulse to animation, till beneath
animation - vivificación, animación, animación
Its gentle touch and trembling care, a sigh
To these kind efforts made a low reply.
Then was the cordial pour'd, and mantle flung
cordial - cordial
mantle - manto, camisa
Around his scarce-clad limbs; and the fair arm
clad - vestido; (clothe); vestir
Raised higher the faint head which o'er it hung;
hung - colgado; colgar
And her transparent cheek, all pure and warm,
Pillow'd his death-like forehead; then she wrung
forehead - la frente; frente
His dewy curls, long drench'd by every storm;
drench - empapar
storm - tormenta
And watch'd with eagerness each throb that drew
eagerness - avidez, ansia
A sigh from his heaved bosom"and hers, too.
heaved - pesado; ondular
And lifting him with care into the cave,
lifting - levantando; levantar, alzar
The gentle girl and her attendant,"one
attendant - asistente, guarda, concomitante, inherente
Young, yet her elder, and of brow less grave,
And more robust of figure,"then begun
robust - robusto
To kindle fire, and as the new flames gave
kindle - indle; encender
flames - llamas; flama, llama
Light to the rocks that roof'd them, which the sun
roof - techo
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 - en voladizo; protuberancia
coins - monedas; moneda, acunar
That sparkled o'er the auburn of her hair"
sparkled - brillaba; centelleo, destello
Auburn - castano, bermejo
Her clustering hair, whose longer locks were roll'd
clustering - amontonamiento, agrupamiento, aglomeración, racimo, cúmulo
locks - cerraduras; cerradura
In braids behind; and though her stature were
braids - trenzas; trenzar
Even of the highest for a female mould,
mould - moho; mantillo
They nearly reach'd her heel; and in her air
There was a something which bespoke command,
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 - pestanas; pestana
Of downcast length, in whose silk shadow lies
shadow - sombra
Deepest attraction; for when to the view
deepest - más profundo; profundo, hondo, fondo, ancho, bajo, grave, oscuro
Attraction - atracción
Forth from its raven fringe the full glance flies,
raven - cuervo
fringe - flecos; orla, extremista, radical, periferia, marginal, orlar
Ne'er with such force the swiftest arrow flew;
force - fuerza
swiftest - más rápido; rápido, veloz, célere, pronto
arrow - flecha
'Tis as the snake late coil'd, who pours his length,
coil - bobina; enroscarse
pours - vierte; verter, derramar; chorrear; manar, salir
And hurls at once his venom and his strength.
hurls - lanzas; arrojar, lanzar, tirar, proyectar, volver
venom - veneno, malicia
Her brow was white and low, her cheek's pure dye
dye - tinte; tenir
Like twilight rosy still with the set sun;
rosy - Rosa
Short upper lip"sweet lips! that make us sigh
upper lip - el labio superior
Ever to have seen such; for she was one
Fit for the model of a statuary
(A race of mere impostors, when all 's done"
impostors - impostores; impostor, impostora
I've seen much finer women, ripe and real,
ripe - maduro
Than all the nonsense of their stone ideal).
stone - piedra, roca, gema, piedra preciosa, hueso, cálculo, lapidar
Ideal - ideal, ideal
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 - justicia, justedad, justeza, justicia
A frequent model; and if e'er she must
Yield to stern Time and Nature's wrinkling laws,
wrinkling - se arruga; arruga
They will destroy a face which mortal thought
Ne'er compass'd, nor less mortal chisel wrought.
chisel - cincel
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 - Más sencillo; (simple); simple, sencillo, simple
For, as you know, the Spanish women banish
banish - desterrar
Bright hues when out of doors, and yet, while wave
hues - atices; color; matiz
out of doors - en el exterior, al aire libre, fuera
Around them (what I hope will never vanish)
vanish - desvanecerse, desaparecer, anularse
The basquina and the mantilla, they
mantilla - mantilla
Seem at the same time mystical and gay.
mystical - místico
But with our damsel this was not the case:
damsel - damasel; doncella, muchacha
Her dress was many-colour'd, finely spun;
finely - Finamente
Her locks curl'd negligently round her face,
negligently - con negligencia; negligentemente
But through them gold and gems profusely shone:
gems - gemas; joya, alhaja, piedra preciosa, gema
Her girdle sparkled, and the richest lace
girdle - faja; cinto
Flow'd in her veil, and many a precious stone
precious stone - una piedra preciosa
Flash'd on her little hand; but, what was shocking,
Her small snow feet had slippers, but no stocking.
stocking - medias; media; (stock) medias; media
The other female's dress was not unlike,
But of inferior materials: she
inferior - inferior
Had not so many ornaments to strike,
ornaments - dornos; ornamento, ornamento musical
Her hair had silver only, bound to be
bound - atado; (bind); atar, atar (tie), empastar (books), liar
Her dowry; and her veil, in form alike,
dowry - dote
alike - igual, semejante, parecido, igualmente
Was coarser; and her air, though firm, less free;
coarser - más grueso; tosco, rústico, rudo, bruto
firm - firma; firme, sólido
Her hair was thicker, but less long; her eyes
thicker - más grueso; grueso, espeso
As black, but quicker, and of smaller size.
And these two tended him, and cheer'd him both
tended - tendido; guardar
cheer - animar; viva, hurra
With food and raiment, and those soft attentions,
raiment - Ropa
attentions - tenciones; atención
Which are (as I must own) of female growth,
And have ten thousand delicate inventions:
They made a most superior mess of broth,
superior - superior, superior
broth - caldo
A thing which poesy but seldom mentions,
seldom - raramente, rara vez
But the best dish that e'er was cook'd since Homer's
Achilles ordered dinner for new comers.
Achilles - Aquiles
comers - vienen; puntero, delantero, puntera, delantera
I'll tell you who they were, this female pair,
Lest they should seem princesses in disguise;
princesses - princesas; princesa, infanta, princesa, checkinfanta
in disguise - disfrazado
Besides, I hate all mystery, and that air
Of clap-trap which your recent poets prize;
trap - trampa
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 - pescador, pescadora
And still a sort of fisherman was he;
But other speculations were, in sooth,
speculations - especulaciones; especulación
Added to his connection with the sea,
Perhaps not so respectable, in truth:
respectable - respetable
A little smuggling, and some piracy,
smuggling - contrabando; (smuggle); contrabandear, pasar de contrabando
piracy - piratería, secuestro, falsificación
Left him, at last, the sole of many masters
Of an ill-gotten million of piastres.
gotten - Conseguido
piastres - piastras; piastra
A fisher, therefore, was he,"though of men,
Like Peter the Apostle,"and he fish'd
Peter - Pedro, Pedro
apostle - apóstol
For wandering merchant-vessels, now and then,
merchant-vessels - buque mercante
And sometimes caught as many as he wish'd;
The cargoes he confiscated, and gain
cargoes - cargas; carga
confiscated - confiscado; decomisar, confiscar
He sought in the slave-market too, and dish'd
Full many a morsel for that Turkish trade,
morsel - un bocado; pizca, porción, gota
Turkish - turco
By which, no doubt, a good deal may be made.
He was a Greek, and on his isle had built
Isle - isla
(One of the wild and smaller Cyclades)
Cyclades - Cícladas
A very handsome house from out his guilt,
And there he lived exceedingly at ease;
at ease - a gusto
Heaven knows what cash he got or blood he spilt,
spilt - derramado; derramar, verter
A sad old fellow was he, if you please;
But this I know, it was a spacious building,
spacious - espacioso, desahogado, amplio
Full of barbaric carving, paint, and gilding.
barbaric - barbárico, bárbaro
carving - tallar; tallado, escultura; (carve); cortar, trinchar, tallar
He had an only daughter, call'd Haidee,
The greatest heiress of the Eastern Isles;
heiress - heredera
eastern - oriental, esteno
Isles - islas; isla
Besides, so very beautiful was she,
Her dowry was as nothing to her smiles:
smiles - sonrisas; sonrisa, sonreír
Still in her teens, and like a lovely tree
teens - adolescentes; Adolescente
She grew to womanhood, and between whiles
womanhood - mujer; feminidad
Rejected several suitors, just to learn
rejected - rechazado; rechazar, desestimar, artículo defectuoso, marginado
How to accept a better in his turn.
Accept - aceptas; aceptar
And walking out upon the beach, below
The cliff, towards sunset, on that day she found,
towards - hacia, sobre, para
Insensible,"not dead, but nearly so,"
Don Juan, almost famish'd, and half drown'd;
drown - ahogarse
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 - piel, máscara, despellejar, desollar
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 - transmitiendo; transportar, trasladar, comunicar, expresar
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 - ladrones; robar
He would have hospitably cured the stranger,
hospitably - hospitalariamente
cured - curado; curar, remediar
And sold him instantly when out of danger.
out of danger - fuera de peligro
And therefore, with her maid, she thought it best
(A virgin always on her maid relies)
relies - relatos; contar con, atenerse
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 - caridad, amor al prójimo, entidad benéfica
guest - invitado; huésped, visita, visitante, convidado
And their compassion grew to such a size,
compassion - compasión, conmiseración
It open'd half the turnpike-gates to heaven
gates - puertas; puerta; verja
(St. Paul says, 'tis the toll which must be given).
Paul - Pablo
Toll - peaje; taner, doblar
They made a fire,"but such a fire as they
Upon the moment could contrive with such
contrive - inventar; idear, improvisar
Materials as were cast up round the bay,"
Some broken planks, and oars, that to the touch
planks - placas; tablón, artículo, entablar
oars - remos; remo
Were nearly tinder, since so long they lay
tinder - yesca
A mast was almost crumbled to a crutch;
crumbled - se desmoronó; desmigajarse, desmoronarse, desmenuzarse, crumble
crutch - muleta, apoyo, soporte
But, by God's grace, here wrecks were in such plenty,
That there was fuel to have furnish'd twenty.
fuel - combustible
furnish - amoblar, amueblar, suministrar, proporcionar, dotar
He had a bed of furs, and a pelisse,
furs - pieles; pelo, pelaje
For Haidee stripped her sables off to make
stripped - despojado; quitar, desprender; arrancar; despojar
sables - sables; cebellina, marta cibelina, marta, sable
His couch; and, that he might be more at ease,
couch - un sofá; sofá, canapé
And warm, in case by chance he should awake,
They also gave a petticoat apiece,
apiece - cada uno
She and her maid"and promised by daybreak
daybreak - amanecer
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 - solitario; solo
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
accursed - exacto
dreams - suenos; sueno, ensueno, sonar
spread - extender, dispersar, esparcir, untar, diseminar, difundir
Unwelcome visions of our former years,
unwelcome - no es bienvenido; embarazoso, inoportuno, molesto
Till the eye, cheated, opens thick with tears.
cheated - enganado; enganar, estafar, timar
Young Juan slept all dreamless:"but the maid,
dreamless - Sin suenos
Who smooth'd his pillow, as she left the den
den - guarida
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 - pronunciado; pronunciar
That at this moment Juan knew it not.
And pensive to her father's house she went,
Enjoining silence strict to Zoe, who
enjoining - ordenando; imponer, ordenar, mandar, prohibir
Better than her knew what, in fact, she meant,
She being wiser by a year or two:
wiser - más sabio; sabio
A year or two 's an age when rightly spent,
rightly - verdad
And Zoe spent hers, as most women do,
In gaining all that useful sort of knowledge
gaining - Ganando; (gain) Ganando
Which is acquired in Nature's good old college.
The morn broke, and found Juan slumbering still
slumbering - dormir; (slumber); adormecimiento, adormilamiento, adormecer
Fast in his cave, and nothing clash'd upon
clash - chocar; estruendo, escaramuza
His rest; the rushing of the neighbouring rill,
rushing - Prisa; (rush) Prisa
rill - arroyito
And the young beams of the excluded sun,
beams - vigas; viga, timón, radio
excluded - excluidos; excluir
Troubled him not, and he might sleep his fill;
troubled - con problemas; marrón, berenjenal, dificultad, problema
And need he had of slumber yet, for none
Had suffer'd more"his hardships were comparative
hardships - dificultades; sufrimientos, apuro, penalidades
comparative - comparativa; comparativo, comparativo
To those related in my grand-dad's 'Narrative.'
related - relacionado; identificarse (con)
grand - grande; magnífico, espléndido, imponente
narrative - narrativo, narrativa, narración
Not so Haidee: she sadly toss'd and tumbled,
toss - tiro, lanzamiento, lanzar una moneda al aire, echar un volado
tumbled - tumbado; caída, caer, revolverse
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 - estirar; esparcir
And woke her maid so early that she grumbled,
grumbled - refunfunó; refunfunar, rezongar
And call'd her father's old slaves up, who swore
In several oaths"Armenian, Turk, and Greek"
Armenian - armenio, armenio, armenia
They knew not what to think of such a freak.
freak - monstruo; fenómeno
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 - sube; aumentar; subir
And 'tis, no doubt, a sight to see when breaks
Bright Phoebus, while the mountains still are wet
Phoebus - Foebus
With mist, and every bird with him awakes,
mist - niebla; neblina
awakes - se despierta; despertar(se)
And night is flung off like a mourning suit
mourning - duelo, luto; (mourn); lamentar, estar de luto
Worn for a husband,"or some other brute.
brute - bruto; animal, bestia
I say, the sun is a most glorious sight,
most glorious - el más glorioso
I've seen him rise full oft, indeed of late
I have sat up on purpose all the night,
purpose - propósito, fin; razón
Which hastens, as physicians say, one's fate;
Hastens - se precipita; correr, acelerar, precipitar, anticipar, adelantar
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 - cuatro; ochenta
Engrave upon the plate, you rose at four.
Engrave - grabar
plate - placa; plato
And Haidee met the morning face to face;
Her own was freshest, though a feverish flush
freshest - el más fresco; fresco
feverish - fiebre; febril
flush - lanzar; rubor
Had dyed it with the headlong blood, whose race
dyed - tenido; tenir
headlong - de cabeza
From heart to cheek is curb'd into a blush,
Like to a torrent which a mountain's base,
torrent - torrente
That overpowers some Alpine river's rush,
overpowers - poderoso; dominar, vencer, panish: t-needed
Alpine - panish: t-needed
Checks to a lake, whose waves in circles spread;
lake - lago
circles - círculos; círculo, circunferencia, esfera, curva, grupo
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 - flama, llama
And young Aurora kiss'd her lips with dew,
aurora - aurora
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 - tímidamente
rapidly - rápidamente
That like an infant Juan sweetly slept;
infant - nino; nene, infante
sweetly - dulcemente, abemoladamente
And then she stopp'd, and stood as if in awe
stopp - Parar
awe - pavor, temor, medrosía, asombro, asombrar, abrumar
(For sleep is awful), and on tiptoe crept
on tiptoe - de puntillas
And wrapt him closer, lest the air, too raw,
wrapt - envuelto; enrollar
raw - cruda; crudo, en carne viva, bruto
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 - ángel
Who die in righteousness, she lean'd; and there
righteousness - justicia; rectitud, moralidad, buena obra; rectitud, gracia
All tranquilly the shipwreck'd boy was lying,
tranquilly - Tranquilamente
As o'er him the calm and stirless air:
stirless - Sin revolver
But Zoe the meantime some eggs was frying,
frying - Friendo; (fry) Friendo
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 - cesta, cesto, canasta
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 - título
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 - Despertar
But Haidee stopp'd her with her quick small hand,
And without word, a sign her finger drew on
finger - dedo; apuntar, senalar, hurgar, dedear
Her lip, which Zoe needs must understand;
And, the first breakfast spoilt, prepared a new one,
spoilt - estropeado, podrido, mimado, regalón
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 - agitado; ajetreado, febril, agobiante, frenético
On the snow-tops of distant hills; the streak
streak - raya, trazo, sarta, racha, ristra
Of sufferance yet upon his forehead lay,
sufferance - Sufrimiento
Where the blue veins look'd shadowy, shrunk, and weak;
shadowy - sombra; sombroso, sombreado, sombrío, umbroso
And his black curls were dewy with the spray,
Which weigh'd upon them yet, all damp and salt,
weigh - pesar, levar, desancorar
Mix'd with the stony vapours of the vault.
vapours - vapores; vapor
vault - bóveda; sótano; bodega
And she bent o'er him, and he lay beneath,
Hush'd as the babe upon its mother's breast,
Droop'd as the willow when no winds can breathe,
willow - sauce, mimbrera, sauz
breathe - respirar
Lull'd like the depth of ocean when at rest,
depth - profundidad
Fair as the crowning rose of the whole wreath,
crowning - Coronación; (crown) Coronación
wreath - guirnalda, corona, burelete, rodear
Soft as the callow cygnet in its nest;
callow - inmaduro, inmadura, verde
cygnet - pollo (de cisne)
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 - prohibido; prohibir, vedar, vetar, negar
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 - horripilante, espeluznante
martyrs - mártires; mártir, martirizar
hairy - peludo, velludo, lanudo
To the sweet portraits of the Virgin Mary.
portraits - retratos; retrato
And thus upon his elbow he arose,
elbow - codo, codazo, panish: t-needed
And look'd upon the lady, in whose cheek
the pale contended with the purple rose,
the pale - pálido; vallado, cercado; reja; límite
contended - ontendió; contender, sostener
As with an effort she began to speak;
Her eyes were eloquent, her words would pose,
eloquent - elocuente
Although she told him, in good modern Greek,
With an Ionian accent, low and sweet,
Ionian - jónico
accent - acento, pronunciación
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,
Grecian - Griego
And her voice was the warble of a bird,
warble - trinar, gorjear
So soft, so sweet, so delicately clear,
delicately - con delicadeza; delicadamente
That finer, simpler music ne'er was heard;
The sort of sound we echo with a tear,
Echo - eco, repercutir, repetir, hacer eco
Without knowing why"an overpowering tone,
overpowering - sobrecogedor; dominar, vencer, panish: t-needed
tone - tono
Whence Melody descends as from a throne.
whence - de dónde; de donde, desde donde, de ahí
melody - melodía
Descends - desciende; descender, bajar
throne - trono
And Juan gazed as one who is awoke
By a distant organ, doubting if he be
organ - órgano, publicación oficial
doubting - Dudando; (doubt); dudar, duda, incertidumbre
Not yet a dreamer, till the spell is broke
dreamer - sonador; sonador, sonadora, visionario, visionaria
By the watchman, or some such reality,
watchman - vigilante; guardián, celador, guarda, vigía
reality - realidad
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 - Qué
A most prodigious appetite: the steam
steam - Vapor; vaporear; de vapor; al vapor
Of Zoe's cookery no doubt was stealing
cookery - Cocina
stealing - Robar; (steal); robar, hurtar, robo
Upon his senses, and the kindling beam
kindling - lena; astillas; (kindle) lena; astillas
Of the new fire, which Zoe kept up, kneeling
kept up - seguir el ritmo
kneeling - De rodillas; (kneel); arrodillarse
To stir her viands, made him quite awake
stir - remover, revolver
And long for food, but chiefly a beef-steak.
long for - Anhelar, desear, esperar
But beef is rare within these oxless isles;
oxless - sin bueyes
Goat's flesh there is, no doubt, and kid, and mutton;
goat - cabra, chivo, libidinoso, libidinosa
kid - nino, crío, chaval
And, when a holiday upon them smiles,
A joint upon their barbarous spits they put on:
joint - en común, comunitario, en conjunto, articulación, coyuntura
spits - Escupir
But this occurs but seldom, between whiles,
occurs - ocurre; ocurrir, acaecer, presentar
For some of these are rocks with scarce a hut on;
hut - cabana
Others are fair and fertile, among which
fertile - fértil, feraz
among - entre
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 - minotauro
From which our modern morals rightly shrinking
shrinking - ncogiendo; contraerse, encogerse, achicarse, mermar
Condemn the royal lady's taste who wore
Royal - real
A cow's shape for a mask"was only (sinking
sinking - se hunde; hundimiento, naufragio; (sink); hundir, sumergir
The allegory) a mere type, no more,
allegory - una alegoría; alegoría
That Pasiphae promoted breeding cattle,
Pasiphae - Pasífae
promoted - promocionado; promover, ascender
breeding cattle - Ganado de cría
To make the Cretans bloodier in battle.
Cretans - cretenses; cretense
bloodier - Sangriento
battle - batalla
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 - inferir, argüir, checkinferir
That beef and battles both were owing to her.
owing to - Debido a
But to resume. The languid Juan raised
resume - resumen; reanudar
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 - concejal, regidor
Pike - lucio
He ate, and he was well supplied: and she,
supplied - suministrado; proporcionar, abastecer
Who watch'd him like a mother, would have fed
Him past all bounds, because she smiled to see
bounds - atado
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 - hechos; hecho, acto, acción, obra, hazana
Was urgent, that the gentleman, whose fate
urgent - urgente, acuciante, apremiante
Had made her mistress quit her bed to trace
The sea-shore at this hour, must leave his plate,
sea-shore - (sea-shore) orilla del mar
Unless he wish'd to die upon the place"
She snatch'd it, and refused another morsel,
snatch - robar; agarrar, arrebatar, arrancada, arranque
Saying, he had gorged enough to make a horse ill.
gorged - atiborrado; desfiladero; barranco
Next they"he being naked, save a tatter'd
tatter - Jirones
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 - omitir, dejar de lado, dejarse en el tintero
turban - turbante
They furnish'd him, entire, except some stitches,
entire - entero
stitches - puntos; puntada
With a clean shirt, and very spacious breeches.
breeches - calzones; culata
And then fair Haidee tried her tongue at speaking,
But not a word could Juan comprehend,
comprehend - comprender
Although he listen'd so that the young Greek in
Her earnestness would ne'er have made an end;
earnestness - seriedad
And, as he interrupted not, went eking
interrupted - interrumpido; interrumpir, interrupción
eking - golpeando; hacer alcanzar, racionar
Her speech out to her protege and friend,
protege - protegido
Till pausing at the last her breath to take,
pausing - Pausa; (pause); receso, checkdescanso, pausar, interrumpir
She saw he did not understand Romaic.
And then she had recourse to nods, and signs,
nods - asiente; asentir, cabecear, cabezada
And smiles, and sparkles of the speaking eye,
sparkles - chispas; centelleo, destello
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 - dardos; dardo, flechilla
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 - con fervor; fervientemente, fervorosamente
Turns oftener to the stars than to his book,
Thus Juan learn'd his alpha beta better
Alpha - alfa
beta - beta
From Haidee's glance than any graven letter.
graven - grabado; tumba
'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 - intervenir, involucrarse, interceder, meterse
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 - predicadores; predicador
Barrow, South, Tillotson, whom every week
barrow - túmulo; carretilla
I study, also Blair, the highest reachers
reachers - Alcanzador
Of eloquence in piety and prose"
piety - piedad
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 - vagabundo, nómada
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 - monja, religiosa
He was in love,"as you would be, no doubt,
With a young benefactress,"so was she,
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 - reposando; reposo
And she would softly stir his locks so curly,
Without disturbing her yet slumbering guest,
disturbing - inquietante; perturbar, molestar
Breathing all gently o'er his cheek and mouth,
As o'er a bed of roses the sweet south.
roses - rosas; Rosa
And every morn his colour freshlier came,
And every day help'd on his convalescence;
'Twas well, because health in the human frame
Is pleasant, besides being true love's essence,
essence - esencia, extracto
For health and idleness to passion's flame
idleness - ociosidad; inactividad, holganza, indolencia
Are oil and gunpowder; and some good lessons
gunpowder - Pólvora
Are also learnt from Ceres and from Bacchus,
learnt from - Aprender de alguien
Ceres - Ceres; (cere); Ceres
Bacchus - Baco
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 - vermicelli
For love must be sustain'd like flesh and blood,"
sustain - sostener, sustentar
While Bacchus pours out wine, or hands a jelly:
pours out - se derrama
jelly - jalea; gelatina
Eggs, oysters, too, are amatory food;
Oysters - ostras; ostra, ostra, tumba
amatory - amatorio
But who is their purveyor from above
purveyor - Proveedor
Heaven knows,"it may be Neptune, Pan, or Jove.
Neptune - Neptuno
pan - cacerola; cazuela, cazo, sartén (para freír), ..
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 - repetición
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 - Cada noche
A something to be loved, a creature meant
To be her happiness, and whom she deem'd
Happiness - la felicidad; felicidad
To render happy; all who joy would win
Must share it,"Happiness was born a twin.
twin - mellizo; gemelo
It was such pleasure to behold him, such
behold - contemplar, mirar, observar, he aquí, mirad
Enlargement of existence to partake
enlargement - agrandamiento, ampliación
partake - participar
Nature with him, to thrill beneath his touch,
thrill - emoción; excitar; emocionar, conmover
To watch him slumbering, and to see him wake:
To live with him forever were too much;
forever - para siempre, por siempre, constantemente, sin cesar, eternidad
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 - abundante
precautions - precauciones; precaución
Remain'd unknown within his craggy nook;
unknown - ignoto, desconocido, incógnita, desconocido
craggy - escarpado
nook - rincón, recoveco
At last her father's prows put out to sea
prows - prows; proa
For certain merchantmen upon the look,
merchantmen - comerciante
Not as of yore to carry off an Io,
carry off - conseguir
Io - Ío
But three Ragusan vessels, bound for Scio.
vessels - vasos; embarcación, barco, casco, recipiente, receptáculo
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 - libremente
Without even the incumbrance of a brother,
incumbrance - incumbencia
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 - prolongar
(For they must talk), and he had learnt to say
So much as to propose to take a walk,"
propose - proponer, pedir la mano, pedir matrimonio, proponer matrimonio
For little had he wander'd since the day
On which, like a young flower snapp'd from the stalk,
snapp - Golpear
stalk - acechar; tallo
Drooping and dewy on the beach he lay,"
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 - golpeado; batir, golpear, percutir
With cliffs above, and a broad sandy shore,
cliffs - cantilados; acantilado
Sandy - arenoso
Guarded by shoals and rocks as by an host,
Host - anfitrión; anfitriona
With here and there a creek, whose aspect wore
Creek - caleta, arroyo, riachuelo
A better welcome to the tempest-tost;
And rarely ceased the haughty billow's roar,
haughty - soberbio, altanero
Save on the dead long summer days, which make
The outstretch'd ocean glitter like a lake.
outstretch - Extender
glitter - brillo, purpurina, escarcha, brillar, resplandecer, centellear
And the small ripple spilt upon the beach
ripple - ondulación
Scarcely o'erpass'd the cream of your champagne,
When o'er the brim the sparkling bumpers reach,
brim - borde
bumpers - parachoques, bómper
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) agua con gas
Man, being reasonable, must get drunk;
reasonable - razonable, módico
get drunk - Emborracharse
The best of life is but intoxication:
Glory, the grape, love, gold, in these are sunk
grape - uva
The hopes of all men, and of every nation;
Without their sap, how branchless were the trunk
Sap - savia
branchless - sin ramas
trunk - tronco, baúl, trompa
Of life's strange tree, so fruitful on occasion:
fruitful - fértil, prolífico, productivo, fructífero
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 - corvejón
soda - sosa, soda, gaseosa, bebida
A pleasure worthy Xerxes the great king;
For not the bless'd sherbet, sublimed with snow,
bless - bendecir
sherbet - sorbete, polvo acidulado
sublimed - sublimado; sublime
Nor the first sparkle of the desert-spring,
sparkle - brillo; centelleo, destello
Nor Burgundy in all its sunset glow,
Burgundy - burdeos, vino tinto
After long travel, ennui, love, or slaughter,
ennui - entusiasmo; tedio, hastío, apatía, melancolía
Vie with that draught of hock and soda-water.
vie - rivalizar, rivalejar
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 - arenas; arena
untumbled - Sin revolver
And all was stillness, save the sea-bird's cry,
And dolphin's leap, and little billow crost
dolphin - delfín
By some low rock or shelve, that made it fret
shelve - archivar; dar carpetazo, cajonear, engavetar
fret - traste; preocuparse
Against the boundary it scarcely wet.
boundary - frontera, límite, linde, lindero
And forth they wander'd, her sire being gone,
As I have said, upon an expedition;
expedition - expedición
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 - misión
Bringing warm water, wreathing her long tresses,
wreathing - guirnalda, corona, burelete, rodear
tresses - mechones; trenzada, trenza
And asking now and then for cast-off dresses.
It was the cooling hour, just when the rounded
rounded - redondeado; redondo
Red sun sinks down behind the azure hill,
sinks - regaderos; hundir, sumergir, sumergirse, lavamanos, fregadero
Azure - azur, blao, azul celeste
Which then seems as if the whole earth it bounded,
bounded - atado
Circling all nature, hush'd, and dim, and still,
circling - dando vueltas; (circle); círculo, circunferencia, esfera, curva
With the far mountain-crescent half surrounded
Crescent - medialuna, creciente
surrounded - rodeado; circundar, envolver, cercar, rodear
On one side, and the deep sea calm and chill
deep sea - aguas profundas
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 - brillante; brillar
pebbles - guijarros; guijarro, canto pelado, canto rodado, china, empedrar
shells - conchas; concha, cáscara, vaina, caparazón, casquete, terminal
Glided along the smooth and harden'd sand,
glided - se deslizó; deslizar, planear
harden - Se endurece
And in the worn and wild receptacles
receptacles - recipientes; recipiente, receptáculo
Work'd by the storms, yet work'd as it were plann'd,
storms - tormentas; tormenta
In hollow halls, with sparry roofs and cells,
hollow - hueco
halls - pasillos; pasillo, salón, vestibulo
sparry - Espumoso
roofs - echos; techo
cells - células; celda
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 - dardo, flechilla
Into each other"and, beholding this,
beholding - mirando; contemplar, mirar, observar, he aquí, mirad
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 - concentrándose; concentrar, concentrarse, concentrado
rays - rayos; rayo
Into one focus, kindled from above;
focus - foco, punto focal, enfoque, enfocar, concentrarse
kindled - encendido; encender
Such kisses as belong to early days,
kisses - besos; besar
belong - pertenecer, ser propiedad (de)
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 - duración
Heaven knows how long"no doubt they never reckon'd;
And if they had, they could not have secured
secured - seguro, resguardado, confiable, aplomado
The sum of their sensations to a second:
sensations - sensaciones; sensación
They had not spoken; but they felt allured,
allured - atraído; Attactivo, Encanto
As if their souls and lips each other beckon'd,
beckon - hacer senas; llamar con senas, atraer
Which, being join'd, like swarming bees they clung"
swarming - Enjambre; (swarm); enjambre, nube, multitud, muchedumbre, masa
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 - cámaras; cámara, recámara, compartimento
loneliness - soledad
The silent ocean, and the starlight bay,
The twilight glow which momently grew less,
momently - Momentáneamente
The voiceless sands and dropping caves, that lay
voiceless - sin voz; mudo, sordo
caves - cuevas; cueva, caverna
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 - terrores; terror
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 - intérprete, trujamán, truchimán
Of nature's oracle"first love,"that all
Oracle - oráculo
Which Eve has left her daughters since her fall.
Haidde spoke not of scruples, ask'd no vows,
scruples - escrúpulos; escrúpulo, vacilar, escrupulizar
Nor offer'd any; she had never heard
Of plight and promises to be a spouse,
promises - promesas; promesa, prometer
Or perils by a loving maid incurr'd;
incurr - Incurrir
She was all which pure ignorance allows,
ignorance - ignorancia
And flew to her young mate like a young bird;
And, never having dreamt of falsehood, she
falsehood - falsedad
Had not one word to say of constancy.
constancy - constancia, constancia
She loved, and was beloved"she adored,
adored - dorado; adorar, querer
And she was worshipp'd; after nature's fashion,
worshipp - Venerar
Their intense souls, into each other pour'd,
intense - intenso
If souls could die, had perish'd in that passion,"
But by degrees their senses were restored,
degrees - grados; título, diploma, grado
Again to be o'ercome, again to dash on;
ercome - Vienes
And, beating 'gainst his bosom, Haidee's heart
beating - golpeando; paliza, latido; (beat) golpeando; paliza, latido
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 - instrucciones; rápido, pronto, puntual, pie, entrada, senal
eternity - la eternidad; eternidad
But pays off moments in an endless shower
pays off - sobornar, comprar a alguien; valer la pena, compensar; amortizar
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 - hasta entonces
Excepting our first parents, such a pair
Had run the risk of being damn'd for ever;
Risk - riesgo, checkpeligro, arriesgar, poner en riesgo
And Haidee, being devout as well as fair,
devout - devoto
Had, doubtless, heard about the Stygian river,
And hell and purgatory"but forgot
Just in the very crisis she should not.
crisis - crisis
They look upon each other, and their eyes
Gleam in the moonlight; and her white arm clasps
gleam - resplandor; relucir, brillar, destellar
moonlight - la luz de la luna; luz de la luna, lunada, pluriemplearse
clasps - cierres; broche, manija, corchete, hebilla, agarrar
Round Juan's head, and his around her lies
Half buried in the tresses which it grasps;
tresses - mechones; tres cubano, tres
grasps - agarrar, asir, comprender, asimiento, comprensión, alcance
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 - antigüedades; antiguo, antigüedad
half naked, loving, natural, and Greek.
half naked - medio desnudo
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 - con ternura; tiernamente
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 - fluyendo
pants - pantalones; jadear, resollar
With all it granted, and with all it grants.
grants - subvenciones; otorgar, conceder, subvención, beca, patrocinio
An infant when it gazes on a light,
gazes - miradas; observar, mirar fijamente
A child the moment when it drains the breast,
drains - esagües; desagüe, drenaje, aliviadero, tubo abierto, sangría
A devotee when soars the Host in sight,
devotee - devoto
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 - acaparado; provisión
Feel rapture; but not such true joy are reaping
rapture - arrebatamiento
reaping - segar, cosechar, recoger, mies
As they who watch o'er what they love while sleeping.
For there it lies so tranquil, so beloved,
tranquil - tranquilo, apacible
All that it hath of life with us is living;
So gentle, stirless, helpless, and unmoved,
unmoved - insensible, impasible
And all unconscious of the joy 'tis giving;
unconscious - inconsciente, subconsciente, subconsciencia
All it hath felt, inflicted, pass'd, and proved,
inflicted - nfligido; infligir
Hush'd into depths beyond the watcher's diving:
depths - profundidades; profundidad
watcher - observador; vigilante
diving - buceando; buceo, submarinismo; (div) buceando; buceo
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 - unidos; unir, aunar, juntar, combinar
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 - intrusos; meterse
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 - burlas; mote, mofa, pitorreo, ludibrio
And their revenge is as the tiger's spring,
Deadly, and quick, and crushing; yet, as real
crushing - aplastando; aplastamiento, enamoramiento, aplastar, destripar
Torture is theirs, what they inflict they feel.
torture - tortura, suplicio, torturar
inflict - infligir
They are right; for man, to man so oft unjust,
unjust - injusto
Is always so to women; one sole bond
bond - bono; vínculo
Awaits them, treachery is all their trust;
Taught to conceal, their bursting hearts despond
Over their idol, till some wealthier lust
wealthier - más ricos; adinerado, rico, próspero, acomodado
lust - lujuria, deseo, ganas, lujuria, alegría
Buys them in marriage"and what rests beyond?
rests - descansa; descanso, reposo
A thankless husband, next a faithless lover,
thankless - ingrato, despreciado
faithless - Infiel
Then dressing, nursing, praying, and all 's over.
praying - Rezando; (pray) Rezando
Some take a lover, some take drams or prayers,
Some mind their household, others dissipation,
dissipation - disipación
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 - no es natural; antinatural, contranatural, contra natura
From the dull palace to the dirty hovel:
hovel - cuchitril, casucha
Some play the devil, and then write a novel.
novel - novela
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 - triple, triple, triplicar
scorches - quemaduras; chamuscar
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 - En otro sitio
Hope, care, nor love, beyond, her heart beat here.
And oh! that quickening of the heart, that beat!
quickening - Rápido; (quicken) Rápido
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 - robar
Joy of its alchymy, and to repeat
alchymy - alquimia
Fine truths; even Conscience, too, has a tough job
truths - verdades; verdad
To make us understand each good old maxim,
maxim - máxima
So good"I wonder Castlereagh don't tax 'em.
And now 'twas done"on the lone shore were plighted
plighted - prometido; drama, situación grave
Their hearts; the stars, their nuptial torches, shed
nuptial - nupcial
Beauty upon the beautiful they lighted:
Ocean their witness, and the cave their bed,
witness - testimonio, testigo, prueba, testificar, probar, presenciar
By their own feelings hallow'd and united,
United - unidos; unidad
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 - César
Titus the master, Antony the slave,
Horace, Catullus, scholars, Ovid tutor,
scholars - estudiosos; erudito, especialista, estudioso, docto
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 - miradores; mirador, pasar por alto, otear
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 - conyugal
precarious - precaria; precario
And jestest with the brows of mightiest men:
jestest - bromea
mightiest - el más poderoso; poderoso
Caesar and Pompey, Mahomet, Belisarius,
Pompey - Pompeyo
Have much employ'd the muse of history's pen;
Their lives and fortunes were extremely various,
fortunes - ortunas; fortuna
Such worthies Time will never see again;
Worthies - Digno
Yet to these four in three things the same luck holds,
They all were heroes, conquerors, and cuckolds.
conquerors - conquistadores; conquistador
cuckolds - cornudos; cornudo, poner los cuernos, poner los cachos
Thou mak'st philosophers; there's Epicurus
philosophers - filósofos; filósofo, filósofa
Epicurus - Epicuro
And Aristippus, a material crew!
material - material, significativo, material
Who to immoral courses would allure us
allure - atractivo; Attactivo, Encanto
By theories quite practicable too;
theories - teorías; teoría
practicable - es factible; realizable, alcanzable, factible, asequible
If only from the devil they would insure us,
insure - asegurar
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 - cuándo; cuando quiera, siempre que, siempre y cuando
newly - recién; nuevamente
Strong palpitation rises, 'tis her boon,
palpitation - palpitaciones; palpitación
boon - una bendición; bendición
Else how the devil is it that fresh features
features - aracterísticas; característica, atracción, atractivo, reportaje
Have such a charm for us poor human creatures?
I hate inconstancy"I loathe, detest,
inconstancy - inconstancia
detest - detestar
Abhor, condemn, abjure the mortal made
abhor - aborrecer, detestar, abominar
abjure - abjurar
Of such quicksilver clay that in his breast
quicksilver - mercurio, azogue
No permanent foundation can be laid;
permanent - permanente
foundation - fundación, cimiento, base
Love, constant love, has been my constant guest,
constant - constante, perseverante, firme, constante
And yet last night, being at a masquerade,
masquerade - mascarada
I saw the prettiest creature, fresh from Milan,
Milan - Milán
Which gave me some sensations like a villain.
villain - villano
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 - preguntar; investigar, informarse
Or neither"out of curiosity.'
'Stop!'cried Philosophy, with air so Grecian
(Though she was masqued then as a fair Venetian);
masqued - Mascarada
'Stop!'so I stopp'd."But to return: that which
Men call inconstancy is nothing more
Than admiration due where nature's rich
admiration - admiración
Profusion with young beauty covers o'er
Some favour'd object; and as in the niche
niche - hornacina, nicho
A lovely statue we almost adore,
statue - una estatua; estatua
This sort of adoration of the real
adoration - adoración
Is but a heightening of the 'beau ideal.'
heightening - aumento; elevar, realzar
'Tis the perception of the beautiful,
perception - percepción
A fine extension of the faculties,
extension - extensión
faculties - facultades; cuerpo docente, facultad
Platonic, universal, wonderful,
Drawn from the stars, and filter'd through the skies,
filter - filtro, filtrar, filtrarse
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,
unwilling - No quiere
For surely if we always could perceive
In the same object graces quite as killing
graces - gracias; (grace); gracias, benedícite, gracia, donaire, merced
As when she rose upon us like an Eve,
'Twould save us many a heartache, many a shilling
heartache - dolor de corazón; angustia, pena
shilling - chelines; chelín; (shill); testaferro, hombre de paja
(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 - destrucción, destrucción
But when it hath been scorch'd, and pierced, and riven,
pierced - perforado; atravesar, traspasar
riven - ive
Its storms expire in water-drops; the eye
expire - vencer, caducar
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 - lazareto
bile - bilis, hiel
But very rarely executes its function,
executes - ejecutar, ajusticiar, arrancar
function - función, cargo, fungir, servir, funcionar, marchar
For the first passion stays there such a while,
That all the rest creep in and form a junction,
creep in - Entrar a hurtadillas
junction - unión, juntura
Life knots of vipers on a dunghill's soil,"
knots - nudos; nudo
vipers - víboras; víbora
dunghill - estercolero
soil - tierra, suelo
Rage, fear, hate, jealousy, revenge, compunction,"
compunction - compunción, remordimiento
So that all mischiefs spring up from this entrail,
mischiefs - ravesuras; travesura, diablura, gamberrada
spring up - brotar; aparecer; alzarse
entrail - Trail
Like earthquakes from the hidden fire call'd 'central,'
hidden - ocultos; esconder(se), ocultar
central - central
In the mean time, without proceeding more
In this anatomy, I've finish'd now
anatomy - anatomía
Two hundred and odd stanzas as before,
stanzas - estrofas; estrofa
That being about the number I'll allow
allow - dejar, permitir, conceder
Each canto of the twelve, or twenty-four;
And, laying down my pen, I make my bow,
laying down - ponerse, acostarse, tumbarse
Leaving Don Juan and Haidee to plead
plead - suplicar; rogar
For them and theirs with all who deign to read.
deign - dignarse
hail, Muse! et cetera."We left Juan sleeping,
hail - Granizo, granizar; llamar, saludar
et - y; ET
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 - bendito; (bless) bendito
To feel the poison through her spirit creeping,
creeping - reptando; reptar, hormigueo, fatiga
Or know who rested there, a foe to rest,
rested - descansado; descanso, reposo
Had soil'd the current of her sinless years,
And turn'd her pure heart's purest blood to tears!
purest - el más puro; puro
O, Love! what is it in this world of ours
Which makes it fatal to be loved? Ah, why
fatal - fatal
With cypress branches hast thou Wreathed thy bowers,
cypress - ciprés
branches - ramas; rama, sucursal, delegación, filial, ramo, ramificar
wreathed - coronado; cubrir, envolver, adornar, coronar
And made thy best interpreter a sigh?
As those who dote on odours pluck the flowers,
odours - olores; olor
And place them on their breast"but place to die"
Thus the frail beings we would fondly cherish
fondly - con carino
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 - hábito, costumbre
And fits her loosely"like an easy glove,
fits - encaja; sano, en forma
loosely - a la ligera; vagamente
glove - guante, gorro
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 - en plural
Not finding that the additions much encumber.
additions - adiciones; adición, anadidura, suma
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 - gallanted; gallardo, intrépido
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 - melancolía
Of human frailty, folly, also crime,
frailty - debilidad; fragilidad
That love and marriage rarely can combine,
combine - combinar, juntar, unir
Although they both are born in the same clime;
clime - clima
Marriage from love, like vinegar from wine"
vinegar - vinagre
A sad, sour, sober beverage"by time
sour - agrio, ácido, acedo, acidez
beverage - bebida, trago
Is sharpen'd from its high celestial flavour
sharpen - afilar
flavour - sabor
Down to a very homely household savour.
homely - ogareno; hogareno
savour - saborear
There's something of antipathy, as 'twere,
antipathy - antipatía, aversión
Between their present and their future state;
A kind of flattery that 's hardly fair
flattery - halagos; adulación, peloteo, piropo, camelo, lisonja
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 - tasa, índice
For instance"passion in a lover 's glorious,
But in a husband is pronounced uxorious.
uxorious - gurrumino
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 - admirado; admirar
Yet 'tis 'so nominated in the bond,'
nominated - nominado; postular
That both are tied till one shall have expired.
tied - atado; amarrar, atar
Sad thought! to lose the spouse that was adorning
adorning - adorno; adornar, engalanar
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 - Cortejando
But only give a bust of marriages;
marriages - matrimonios; matrimonio, boda, casamiento, unión
For no one cares for matrimonial cooings,
matrimonial - matrimonial
cooings - A arrullar
There's nothing wrong in a connubial kiss:
Think you, if Laura had been Petrarch's wife,
Laura - Laura
Petrarch - Petrarca
He would have written sonnets all his life?
sonnets - sonetos; soneto
All tragedies are finish'd by a death,
tragedies - ragedias; tragedia
All comedies are ended by a marriage;
comedies - comedias; comedia
The future states of both are left to faith,
For authors fear description might disparage
authors - autores; autor, autora, escritor, escritora, escribir
disparage - despreciar; denigrar, menospreciar
The worlds to come of both, or fall beneath,
And then both worlds would punish their miscarriage;
miscarriage - aborto espontáneo, aborto natural
So leaving each their priest and prayer-book ready,
prayer - Oración
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 - nupcias; nupcial
bar - barra; tableta; barrote, reja
Of fault or temper ruin'd the connection
(Such things, in fact, it Don't ask much to mar):
Don't ask - No preguntes
mar - estropear, echar a perder
But Dante's Beatrice and Milton's Eve
Beatrice - Beatriz
Were not drawn from their spouses, you conceive.
conceive - concebir
Some persons say that Dante meant theology
By Beatrice, and not a mistress"I,
Although my opinion may require apology,
require - necesitas; requerir, necesitar
Deem this a commentator's fantasy,
commentator - comentador, comentadora, comentarista
fantasy - fantasía; fantasia
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 - extáticos; extasiado
Meant to personify the mathematics.
personify - personificar
mathematics - Matemáticas
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 - golosinas; tratar, negociar, rogar, invitar, convidar, sorpresa
erroneous - errónea; erróneo, falso, errado, inexacto
Before the consequences grow too awful;
consequences - consecuencias; consecuencia
'Tis dangerous to read of loves unlawful.
unlawful - ilegal
Yet they were happy,"happy in the illicit
illicit - ilícito
Indulgence of their innocent desires;
indulgence - complacencia; indulgencia
desires - deseos; desear, deseo, gana
But more imprudent grown with every visit,
more imprudent - más imprudente
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 - neumático
Thus she came often, not a moment losing,
Whilst her piratical papa was cruising.
whilst - Mientras
piratical - piratería
papa - papá
Let not his mode of raising cash seem strange,
Although he fleeced the flags of every nation,
fleeced - desplumado; vellón, vellocino, lana, toisón, piel
flags - banderas; bandera
For into a prime minister but change
prime - primer, primero
minister - ministro
His title, and 'tis nothing but taxation;
taxation - impuestos; tasación, régimen fiscal
But he, more modest, took an humbler range
more modest - más modesto
humbler - Más humilde; (humble) Más humilde
Of life, and in an honester vocation
honester - honester; honesto, sincero
vocation - vocación, profesión
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 - capturas; captura, capturar
And, in the hope of more, at sea remain'd,
Although a squall or two had damp'd his raptures,
raptures - los raptos; arrebatamiento
By swamping one of the prizes; he had chain'd
swamping - inundación; embalsadero, pantano, ciénaga, embalse
prizes - premios; abrir/levantar con palanca, forzar
His prisoners, dividing them like chapters
prisoners - prisioneros; prisionero, preso
dividing - dividiendo; (divide); desunir, dividir, repartir, división
chapters - capítulos; capítulo, sede, sección
In number'd lots; they all had cuffs and collars,
cuffs - esposas; puno
collars - collares; cuello, collar, yugo
And averaged each from ten to a hundred dollars.
averaged - promediado; media
Some he disposed of off Cape Matapan,
disposed of - se eliminó
Among his friends the Mainots; some he sold
To his Tunis correspondents, save one man
Tunis - Túnez
correspondents - corresponsales; corresponsal
Toss'd overboard unsaleable (being old);
The rest"save here and there some richer one,
Reserved for future ransom"in the hold
reserved - reservado; reserva, reservar
ransom - rescate, rescatar
Were link'd alike, as for the common people he
link - enlace; eslabón
Had a large order from the Dey of Tripoli.
Tripoli - Trípoli
The merchandise was served in the same way,
merchandise - mercancía, mercadería
Pieced out for different marts in the Levant;
Levant - Levante
Except some certain portions of the prey,
portions - porciones; porción
Light classic articles of female want,
French stuffs, lace, tweezers, toothpicks, teapot, tray,
tweezers - Pinza
toothpicks - palillos; palillo, escarbadientes, mondadientes
teapot - tetera
tray - bandeja
Guitars and castanets from Alicant,
castanets - castanuelas; castanuela
All which selected from the spoil he gathers,
gathers - reúne; juntar, recoger, recolectar, acumular, reunir, colegir
Robb'd for his daughter by the best of fathers.
A monkey, a Dutch mastiff, a mackaw,
Dutch - neerlandés, holandés, neerlandés, holandés
mastiff - mastín, alano, dogo
Two parrots, with a Persian cat and kittens,
parrots - loros; papagayo, loro, cotorra
Persian - Persa
kittens - gatitos; gatito, minino, gatita
He chose from several animals he saw"
A terrier, too, which once had been a Briton's,
Briton - británico, británica
Who dying on the coast of Ithaca,
The peasants gave the poor dumb thing a pittance;
peasants - campesinos; campesino, montanero, checkpeón
pittance - una miseria; miseria
These to secure in this strong blowing weather,
blowing - soplando; golpe
He caged in one huge hamper altogether.
caged - enjaulado; jaula, cabina, enjaular
huge - enorme, grandote
hamper - cesta; estorbar, impedir, obstaculizar
Then having settled his marine affairs,
marine - marítimo, marino, infante de marina
Despatching single cruisers here and there,
despatching - despachar
cruisers - cruceros; crucero, patrulla
His vessel having need of some repairs,
repairs - reparaciones; reparar, arreglar
He shaped his course to where his daughter fair
Continued still her hospitable cares;
hospitable - hospitalario
But that part of the coast being shoal and bare,
shoal - banco, cardumen
And rough with reefs which ran out many a mile,
reefs - rrecifes; arrecife
His port lay on the other side o'the isle.
lay on - poner encima de algo; aprovisionar
And there he went ashore without delay,
ashore - en tierra
delay - retraso; aplazar, retrasar
Having no custom-house nor quarantine
custom-house - (custom-house) aduana
quarantine - cuarentena, cuarentena, cuarentenar
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 - carrera; carenar
So that all hands were busy beyond measure,
In getting out goods, ballast, guns, and treasure.
ballast - lastre, balastro, balasto, balastra, lastrar
Arriving at the summit of a hill
Which overlook'd the white walls of his home,
overlook - mirador, pasar por alto, otear
He stopp'd."What singular emotions fill
singular - singular, único, singular
Their bosoms who have been induced to roam!
induced - inducido; inducir
With fluttering doubts if all be well or ill"
fluttering - agitación; ondear, aletear
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 - enfoque; acercarse, aproximarse
After long travelling by land or water,
Most naturally some small doubt inspires"
naturally - naturalmente
inspires - inspirar, infundir
A female family 's a serious matter
(None trusts the sex more, or so much admires"
trusts - fideicomisos; confianza, crédito, fiar, consorcio, trust
But they hate flattery, so I never flatter);
Wives in their husbands'absences grow subtler,
absences - ausencias; ausencia, falta, ausencia de hierro
subtler - más sutil; sutil
And daughters sometimes run off with the butler.
butler - sumiller, sommelier, mayordomo
An honest gentleman at his return
May not have the good fortune of Ulysses;
Ulysses - Ulises
Not all lone matrons for their husbands mourn,
mourn - lamentar, estar de luto
Or show the same dislike to suitors'kisses;
The odds are that he finds a handsome urn
odds - probabilidades; guacho, desparejado, desemparejado, suelto
urn - una urna; urna
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 - mordiscos; morder, picar, mordida, mordedura, mordisco, picadura
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 - das; oda
And oh! ye gentlemen who have already
Some chaste liaison of the kind"I mean
liaison - enlace, aventura
An honest friendship with a married lady"
friendship - amistad
The only thing of this sort ever seen
To last"of all connections the most steady,
connections - conexiones; vinculación, conexión, trabazón, ligazón
And the true Hymen (the first 's but a screen)"
hymen - himen
Yet for all that keep not too long away,
I've known the absent wrong'd four times a day.
absent - ausente
Lambro, our sea-solicitor, who had
solicitor - abogado, checknotario
Much less experience of dry land than ocean,
On seeing his own chimney-smoke, felt glad;
smoke - fumar; humo
But not knowing metaphysics, had no notion
Of the true reason of his not being sad,
Or that of any other strong emotion;
emotion - afecto, emoción
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 - brillante; espinilla
His garden trees all shadowy and green;
He heard his rivulet's light bubbling run,
rivulet - riachuelo
The distant dog-bark; and perceived between
The umbrage of the wood so cool and dun
umbrage - furia; enojo, ira, sombra
The moving figures, and the sparkling sheen
sheen - brillo, lustre
Of arms (in the East all arm)"and various dyes
dyes - tintes; tenir
Of colour'd garbs, as bright as butterflies.
garbs - Atuendo
butterflies - mariposas; mariposa
And as the spot where they appear he nears,
Surprised at these unwonted signs of idling,
surprised - sorprendido; sorpresa, sorprender
unwonted - inaceptable
idling - al ralentí; (idle) al ralentí
He hears"alas! no music of the spheres,
spheres - esferas; esfera, bola
But an unhallow'd, earthly sound of fiddling!
unhallow - Deshacerse
A melody which made him doubt his ears,
The cause being past his guessing or unriddling;
unriddling - Descifrar
A pipe, too, and a drum, and shortly after,
pipe - pipa; caramillo, flauta ), tubo de órgano, tubería, tubo
drum - tambor
A most unoriental roar of laughter.
And still more nearly to the place advancing,
advancing - avanzando; avanzar, progresar, avance, progreso, adelanto
Descending rather quickly the declivity,
descending - descendente; descender, bajar
declivity - declive; bajada
Through the waved branches o'er the greensward glancing,
'Midst other indications of festivity,
midst - en medio; centro
festivity - festividad
Seeing a troop of his domestics dancing
domestics - domésticos; doméstico, nacional, empleada doméstica, empleada
Like dervises, who turn as on a pivot, he
pivot - pivotar, pivote, giro
Perceived it was the Pyrrhic dance so martial,
To which the Levantines are very partial.
And further on a group of Grecian girls,
further on - más adelante
The first and tallest her white kerchief waving,
Were strung together like a row of pearls,
strung - encordado; cordel, mecate, usic, cadena, cuerda, enhebrar
Row - hilera, fila
pearls - perlas; perla, parisienne
Link'd hand in hand, and dancing; each too having
Down her white neck long floating auburn curls
neck - cuello
(The least of which would set ten poets raving);
Their leader sang"and bounded to her song,
leader - líder, dirigente, jefe, caudillo
With choral step and voice, the virgin throng.
choral - coral
step - paso
throng - una multitud; muchedumbre, gentío, caterva, multitud, montón
And here, assembled cross-legg'd round their trays,
assembled - montado; ensamblar, construir, montar, reunir, juntar
trays - andejas; bandeja
Small social parties just begun to dine;
social - social
Pilaus and meats of all sorts met the gaze,
sorts - clases; clase, tipo, género
And flasks of Samian and of Chian wine,
Chian - Chián
And sherbet cooling in the porous vase;
porous - poroso
vase - un jarrón; jarrón, florero, vasija
Above them their dessert grew on its vine,
dessert - dulce, postre
vine - vid, trepadora, enredadera
The orange and pomegranate nodding o'er
pomegranate - granada, granado
nodding - Asintiendo; (nod); asentir, cabecear, cabezada
Dropp'd in their laps, scarce pluck'd, their mellow store.
store - tienda; depósito, almacenar, conservar
A band of children, round a snow-white ram,
Snow-White - (Snow-White) Blancanieves
ram - RAM, memoria RAM
There wreathe his venerable horns with flowers;
wreathe - cubrir, envolver, adornar, coronar
venerable - venerable
horns - cuernos; cuerno
While peaceful as if still an unwean'd lamb,
peaceful - Pacífico
lamb - cordero, carne de cordero, borrego, borrega
The patriarch of the flock all gently cowers
patriarch - patriarca
flock - rebano, bandada
cowers - se acobarda; encogerse, empequenecerse, apocarse
His sober head, majestically tame,
majestically - majestuosamente
tame - dócil; domesticado; doméstico
Or eats from out the palm, or playful lowers
palm - palma
playful - juguetón, divertido
lowers - bajos; oscurecerse, encapotarse
His brow, as if in act to butt, and then
Yielding to their small hands, draws back again.
yielding - Ceder; (yield) Ceder
Their classical profiles, and glittering dresses,
classical - clásico
profiles - perfiles; perfil, resena, resenar
Their large black eyes, and soft seraphic cheeks,
cheeks - mejilla, cacha, cachete, nalga, glúteo, descoco
Crimson as cleft pomegranates, their long tresses,
crimson - carmín, carmesí
cleft - hendido; hendidura, grieta
pomegranates - granadas; granada, granado
The gesture which enchants, the eye that speaks,
gesture - gesto, ademán, detalle, atención
enchants - encantos; encantar
The innocence which happy childhood blesses,
childhood - infancia, ninez
blesses - bendiciones; bendecir
Made quite a picture of these little Greeks;
Greeks - griegos; griego, griego, griega
So that the philosophical beholder
philosophical - filosófica; filosófico
beholder - observador
Sigh'd for their sakes"that they should e'er grow older.
sakes - para qué; por, por motivo de; por el bien de
Afar, a dwarf buffoon stood telling tales
afar - lejos; afar
dwarf - enano, enano
buffoon - bufón, panish: t-needed
tales - cuentos; historia, relato
To a sedate grey circle of old smokers,
sedate - sedado; sedar, tranquilizar
circle - círculo, circunferencia, esfera, curva, grupo, tertulia
smokers - fumadores; fumador, fumadora
Of secret treasures found in hidden vales,
treasures - tesoros; tesoro, atesorar
vales - valores; valle
Of wonderful replies from Arab jokers,
replies - respuestas; responder, repetir, respuesta
jokers - bromistas; bromista, guasón, chistoso, humorista, comodín
Of charms to make good gold and cure bad ails,
cure - curar, remediar
ails - ils; sufrir una dolencia
Of rocks bewitch'd that open to the knockers,
bewitch - hechizar, embrujar
knockers - Golpeador
Of magic ladies who, by one sole act,
magic - magia, mágico, embrujar
Transform'd their lords to beasts (but that 's a fact).
transform - trasformar, transformar
beasts - bestias; bestia, animal, salvaje
Here was no lack of innocent diversion
diversion - distracción, diversión, desviación
For the imagination or the senses,
imagination - imaginación, magín
Song, dance, wine, music, stories from the Persian,
All pretty pastimes in which No offence is;
pastimes - pasatiempos; pasatiempo
No offence - sin ofender; no te lo tomes mal
But Lambro saw all these things with aversion,
Perceiving in his absence such expenses,
Dreading that climax of all human ills,
dreading - temiendo; temer, pavor, temor
climax - clímax, colofón, orgasmo
ills - ales; enfermo, mareado, mal
The inflammation of his weekly bills.
inflammation - inflamación
weekly - semanalmente, cada semana, todas las semanas, semanario
Ah! what is man? what perils still environ
The happiest mortals even after dinner"
A day of gold from out an age of iron
of iron - de hierro
Is all that life allows the luckiest sinner;
luckiest - el más afortunado; afortunado, suertudo
sinner - pecador, pecadora
Pleasure (whene'er she sings, at least) 's a siren,
siren - sirena
That lures, to flay alive, the young beginner;
lures - enuelos; tentación, aliciente
flay - Desollar
beginner - principiante, novato, novillo, bisono
Lambro's reception at his people's banquet
reception - recepción, cobertura, recibimiento
banquet - un banquete; comida festiva, banquete, convite
Was such as fire accords to a wet blanket.
accords - acuerdos; acuerdo, convenio, acordar, conceder, conferir
blanket - manta, capa, general
He"being a man who seldom used a word
Too much, and wishing gladly to surprise
gladly - con gusto; de buena gana
(In general he surprised men with the sword)
His daughter"had not sent before to advise
advise - aconsejar, asesorar, notificar
Of his arrival, so that no one stirr'd;
arrival - llegada, venida, arribo, arribada
And long he paused to re-assure his eyes
In fact much more astonish'd than delighted,
astonish - asombrar, sorprender, pasmar
To find so much good company invited.
invited - invitado; invitar
He did not know (alas! how men will lie)
That a report (especially the Greeks)
Avouch'd his death (such people never die),
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 - florecer; flor
Her tears, too, being return'd into their fount,
fount - Fuente
She now kept house upon her own account.
kept house - mantener la casa
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 - emborracharse
A life which made them happy beyond measure.
Her father's hospitality seem'd middling,
hospitality - hospitalidad, hostelería
middling - mediocre; (middle); medio, centro, cintura, central
Compared with what Haidee did with his treasure;
'Twas wonderful how things went on improving,
While she had not one hour to spare from loving.
Perhaps you think in stumbling on this feast
stumbling - tropezando; tropezón, traspié, desliz, torpeza, tropiezo
feast - fiesta; banquete, festín
He flew into a passion, and in fact
There was no mighty reason to be pleased;
Perhaps you prophesy some sudden act,
prophesy - profecía; profetizar
The whip, the rack, or dungeon at the least,
whip - fusta, látigo, flagelo, panish: t-needed
dungeon - mazmorra, calabozo
To teach his people to be more exact,
more exact - más exacto
And that, proceeding at a very high rate,
He show'd the royal penchants of a pirate.
penchants - pensamientos; inclinación, gusto
pirate - pirata, bucanero, barco pirata, piratear
You're wrong."He was the mildest manner'd man
mildest - más suave; suave, leve, cálido
manner - de qué manera; manera, modo, forma, actitud
That ever scuttled ship or cut a throat:
scuttled - undido; echar a correr
throat - garganta, tráquea, cuello
With such true breeding of a gentleman,
You never could divine his real thought;
No courtier could, and scarcely woman can
courtier - cortesano
Gird more deceit within a petticoat;
gird - Cinturón
deceit - engano; bellaquería, fraude, engano, embeleco
Pity he loved adventurous life's variety,
adventurous life - una vida aventurera
variety - variedad
He was so great a loss to good society.
Advancing to the nearest dinner tray,
Tapping the shoulder of the nighest guest,
tapping - Golpeando; (tap) Golpeando
nighest - más; cerca, cabe, cercano
With a peculiar smile, which, by the way,
peculiar - particular; peculiar, raro, específico
Boded no good, whatever it express'd,
boded - Cuerpo
express - expresar
He ask'd the meaning of this holiday;
The vinous Greek to whom he had address'd
vinous - vinoso
His question, much too merry to divine
The questioner, fill'd up a glass of wine,
questioner - Pregunta
And without turning his facetious head,
facetious - curioso; fisgón, socarrón, faceto
Over his shoulder, with a Bacchant air,
Bacchant - Bacante
Presented the o'erflowing cup, and said,
'Talking 's dry work, I have no time to spare.'
A second hiccup'd, 'Our old master 's dead,
hiccup - hipo, singulto, hipar
You'd better ask our mistress who 's his heir.'
heir - heredero, sucesor, checkheredera
'Our mistress!'quoth a third: 'Our mistress!"pooh!-
Pooh - Pooh
You mean our master"not the old, but new.'
These rascals, being new comers, knew not whom
They thus address'd"and Lambro's visage fell"
And o'er his eye a momentary gloom
momentary - momentánea; momentáneo
gloom - pesimismo; penumbra, melancolía
Pass'd, but he strove quite courteously to quell
courteously - cortésmente
The expression, and endeavouring to resume
endeavouring - se esfuerza; esforzarse
His smile, requested one of them to tell
The name and quality of his new patron,
quality - calidad, cualidad, de calidad
patron - patrón, mecenas, patrocinador, auspiciador, cliente, parroquiano
Who seem'd to have turn'd Haidee into a matron.
'I know not,'quoth the fellow, 'who or what
He is, nor whence he came"and little care;
But this I know, that this roast capon 's fat,
capon - capón
And that good wine ne'er wash'd down better fare;
fare - tarifa, precio del billete
And if you are not satisfied with that,
Direct your questions to my neighbour there;
Direct - directo, dirigir
He'll answer all for better or for worse,
For none likes more to hear himself converse.'
converse - conversar, charlar
I said that Lambro was a man of patience,
And certainly he show'd the best of breeding,
Which scarce even France, the paragon of nations,
E'er saw her most polite of sons exceeding;
most polite - el más educado
He bore these sneers against his near relations,
His own anxiety, his heart, too, bleeding,
anxiety - zozobra, ansiedad, inquietud
The insults, too, of every servile glutton,
insults - insultos; insultar, insulto, ofensa, improperio
servile - servil
glutton - glotón, hambrón, comilón, tragón
Who all the time was eating up his mutton.
eating up - comiendo
Now in a person used to much command"
To bid men come, and go, and come again"
To see his orders done, too, out of hand"
Whether the word was death, or but the chain"
It may seem strange to find his manners bland;
Yet such things are, which I can not explain,
Though doubtless he who can command himself
Is good to govern"almost as a Guelf.
Not that he was not sometimes rash or so,
rash - sarpullido; imprudente
But never in his real and serious mood;
Then calm, concentrated, and still, and slow,
concentrated - concentrar, concentrarse, concentrado
He lay coil'd like the boa in the wood;
boa - boa
With him it never was a word and blow,
His angry word once o'er, he shed no blood,
But in his silence there was much to rue,
rue - ue
And his one blow left little work for two.
He ask'd no further questions, and proceeded
proceeded - procedió; continuar, proceder
On to the house, but by a private way,
So that the few who met him hardly heeded,
heeded - oído; importar, prestar atención, poner atención
So little they expected him that day;
If love paternal in his bosom pleaded
paternal - paterno, paternal
pleaded - suplicado; rogar
For Haidee's sake, is more than I can say,
But certainly to one deem'd dead, returning,
This revel seem'd a curious mode of mourning.
If all the dead could now return to life
(Which God forbid!) or some, or a great many,
For instance, if a husband or his wife
(Nuptial examples are as good as any),
No doubt whate'er might be their former strife,
The present weather would be much more rainy"
rainy - lloviendo; lluvioso, pluvioso
Tears shed into the grave of the connection
Would share most probably its resurrection.
He enter'd in the house no more his home,
A thing to human feelings the most trying,
And harder for the heart to overcome,
Perhaps, than even the mental pangs of dying;
pangs - angustias; punzada, dolor agudo
To find our hearthstone turn'd into a tomb,
hearthstone - Harthstone
And round its once warm precincts palely lying
precincts - ecintos; recinto, distrito policial
palely - pálidamente
The ashes of our hopes, is a deep grief,
ashes - cenizas; ceniza
Beyond a single gentleman's belief.
He enter'd in the house"his home no more,
For without hearts there is no home; and felt
The solitude of passing his own door
Without a welcome; there he long had dwelt,
dwelt - habitó; habitar, morar
There his few peaceful days Time had swept o'er,
swept - barrido; barrer, peinar
There his worn bosom and keen eye would melt
keen - con ganas; entusiasta
Over the innocence of that sweet child,
His only shrine of feelings undefiled.
undefiled - infiltrado
He was a man of a strange temperament,
temperament - temperamento
Of mild demeanour though of savage mood,
demeanour - conducta, comportamiento
Moderate in all his habits, and content
habits - hábitos; hábito, costumbre
content - contenido; satisfecho
With temperance in pleasure, as in food,
temperance - templanza, temperancia
Quick to perceive, and strong to bear, and meant
For something better, if not wholly good;
His country's wrongs and his despair to save her
Had stung him from a slave to an enslaver.
stung - picado; aguijón
enslaver - Esclavista
The love of power, and rapid gain of gold,
rapid - rápido, rápido, rabión
The hardness by long habitude produced,
hardness - dureza
habitude - habituación
The dangerous life in which he had grown old,
grown old - envejecido
The mercy he had granted oft abused,
The sights he was accustom'd to behold,
sights - miradas; vista, lugar de interés, espectáculo, panorama, visor
accustom - acostumbrarse, habituar
The wild seas, and wild men with whom he cruised,
cruised - hacer un crucero
Had cost his enemies a long repentance,
enemies - enemigos; enemigo, enemiga
repentance - arrepentimiento
And made him a good friend, but bad acquaintance.
But something of the spirit of old Greece
Greece - Grecia
Flash'd o'er his soul a few heroic rays,
Such as lit onward to the Golden Fleece
onward - en adelante; hacia adelante, para adelante
fleece - vellón, vellocino, lana, toisón, piel
His predecessors in the Colchian days;
predecessors - redecesores; predecesor, antecesor
T is true he had no ardent love for peace"
ardent - ardiente, ferviente
Alas! his country show'd no path to praise:
Hate to the world and war with every nation
He waged, in vengeance of her degradation.
waged - pagado; menear, panish: t-needed
vengeance - venganza
Still o'er his mind the influence of the clime
influence - influencia, influir, influenciar
Shed its Ionian elegance, which show'd
elegance - elegancia, checkchic
Its power unconsciously full many a time,"
A taste seen in the choice of his abode,
A love of music and of scenes sublime,
scenes - escenas; escena, escenario
A pleasure in the gentle stream that flow'd
Past him in crystal, and a joy in flowers,
crystal - cristal
Bedew'd his spirit in his calmer hours.
calmer - más tranquilo; calmado, sosiego, calma
But whatsoe'er he had of love reposed
On that beloved daughter; she had been
The only thing which kept his heart unclosed
Amidst the savage deeds he had done and seen;
A lonely pure affection unopposed:
unopposed - Sin oposición
There wanted but the loss of this to wean
His feelings from all milk of human kindness,
human kindness - la bondad humana
And turn him like the Cyclops mad with blindness.
cyclops - cíclope
blindness - ceguera
The cubless tigress in her jungle raging
cubless - Sin cúpula
tigress - tigresa
jungle - la jungla; selva, jungla
raging - enfurecido; trapo
Is dreadful to the shepherd and the flock;
shepherd - pastor, ovejero, pastorear
The ocean when its yeasty war is waging
yeasty - levadura; levaduroso
waging - luchando; menear, panish: t-needed
Is awful to the vessel near the rock;
But violent things will sooner bear assuaging,
violent - violento
assuaging - apaciguador; calmar, ain, apaciguar, sosegar
Their fury being spent by its own shock,
fury - furia
Than the stern, single, deep, and wordless ire
Of a strong human heart, and in a sire.
It is a hard although a common case
To find our children running restive"they
restive - inquietos; impaciente, terco, recalcitrante
In whom our brightest days we would retrace,
brightest - ás brillante; luminoso, resplandeciente, brillante
Our little selves re-form'd in finer clay,
selves - yo; uno mismo
Just as old age is creeping on apace,
And clouds come o'er the sunset of our day,
They kindly leave us, though not quite alone,
kindly - amablemente
But in good company"the gout or stone.
gout - gota
Yet a fine family is a fine thing
(Provided they don't come in after dinner);
provided - proporcionado; proveer
'Tis beautiful to see a matron bring
Her children up (if nursing them don't thin her);
Like cherubs round an altar-piece they cling
Cherubs - querubines; querubín
altar - altar
cling - aferrarse; engancharse, adherirse
To the fire-side (a sight to touch a sinner).
A lady with her daughters or her nieces
Shines like a guinea and seven-shilling pieces.
guinea - Guinea
Old Lambro pass'd unseen a private gate,
unseen - No se ve
And stood within his hall at eventide;
hall - pasillo, salón, vestibulo
Meantime the lady and her lover sate
At wassail in their beauty and their pride:
An ivory inlaid table spread with state
ivory - marfil, ebúrneo
inlaid - incrustado; incrustación
Before them, and fair slaves on every side;
Gems, gold, and silver, form'd the service mostly,
mostly - principalmente, sobre todo
Mother of pearl and coral the less costly.
pearl - perla, parisienne
costly - costoso, caro
The dinner made about a hundred dishes;
Lamb and pistachio nuts"in short, all meats,
pistachio - pistachero, alfóncigo, pistacho, alfónsigo
nuts - nueces; fruto seco
And saffron soups, and sweetbreads; and the fishes
saffron - azafrán, azafranar
sweetbreads - mollejas; molleja, lechecilla
Were of the finest that e'er flounced in nets,
nets - redes; red, malla
Drest to a Sybarite's most pamper'd wishes;
Sybarite - sibarita
pamper - mimar, consentir, malacostumbrar
The beverage was various sherbets
sherbets - orbetes; sorbete, polvo acidulado
Of raisin, orange, and pomegranate juice,
raisin - pasas; pasa
squeezed through the rind, which makes it best for use.
squeezed through - colarse por, meterse
rind - costra, piel, corteza
These were ranged round, each in its crystal ewer,