branches - ramas; rama, sucursal, delegación, filial, ramo, ramificar
In the year that followed the death of Manus MacCodrum, James Achanna saw nothing of his brother Gloom. He might have thought himself alone in the world, of all his people, but for a letter that came to him out of the west. True, he had never accepted the common opinion that his brothers had both been drowned on that night when Anne Gillespie left Eilanmore with Manus.
Death - muerte, la muerte, el arcano de la muerte
James - Santiago, Jacobo, Yago, Jaime
gloom - pesimismo; penumbra, melancolía
alone - solo, a solas
accepted - aceptado; aceptar
been drowned - se ha ahogado
In the first place he had nothing of that inner conviction concerning the fate of Gloom which he had concerning that of Marcus; in the next, had he not heard the sound of the feadan, which no one that he knew played except Gloom; and, for further token, was not the tune that which he hated above all others-the "Dance of the Dead"-for who but Gloom would be playing that, he hating it so, and the hour being late, and no one else on Eilanmore?
conviction - convicción
concerning - preocupante; preocupación, referirse a, ataner, concernir
fate - destino, azar
Except - exceptuar, excepto, salvo, exceptuando, menos, salvo que
further - más allá; fomentar, asistir, exhortar, desarrollar
token - sena, recuerdo, ficha, prenda, símbolo, simbólico, cosmético
tune - melodía, tonada, afinar, sintonizar
dead - muerto
It was no sure thing that the dead had not come back; but the more he thought of it the more Achanna believed that his sixth brother was still alive. Of this, however, he said nothing to any one.
sixth - sexto, sexto
alive - vivo, viviente
He had ever been lonely and weary, tired of the mysterious shadow that lay upon his folk, caring little for any of his brothers except the eldest-long since mysteriously gone out of the ken of man-and almost hating Gloom, who had ever borne him a grudge because of his beauty, and because of his likeness to and reverent heed for Alison.
lonely - solo; solitario, desolado, desierto
weary - cansado, cansino, cansar
shadow - sombra
lay - poner, colocar
upon - sobre, en, tras
folk - pueblo, gente
Since - desde cuándo; desde entonces, desde que, ya que, dado que
mysteriously - misteriosamente
gone out - marcharse, salir, apagarse
almost - casi, por poco
borne - soportado; aguantar, soportar
grudge - rencor, manía
beauty - belleza, hermosura, preciosidad, preciosura
likeness - semejanza; retrato, trasunto
reverent - reverente
heed - importar, prestar atención, poner atención, tener en cuenta
Moreover, ever since he had come to love Katreen Macarthur, the daughter of Donald Macarthur who lived in Sleat of Skye, he had been eager to live near her; the more eager as he knew that Gloom loved the girl also, and wished for success not only for his own sake, but so as to put a slight upon his younger brother.
Moreover - además, adicionalmente, otrosí
more eager - más ansioso
wished - deseaba; deseo, gana, desear
sake - por, por motivo de; por el bien de
Slight - insignificante, leve, ligero, falta de respeto
So, when at last he left the island, he sailed southward gladly. He was leaving Eilanmore; he was bound to a new home in Skye, and perhaps he was going to his long-delayed, long dreamed-of happiness. True, Katreen was not pledged to him; he did not even know for sure if she loved him. He thought, hoped, dreamed, almost believed that she did; but then there was her cousin Ian, who had long wooed her, and to whom old Donald Macarthur had given his blessing.
Last - el último; último
Sailed - vela
gladly - con gusto; de buena gana
bound - atado; (bind); atar, atar (tie), empastar (books), liar
Perhaps - acaso, quizá, quizás, tal vez
delayed - retrasado; aplazar, retrasar
dreamed - sonado; sueno, ensueno, sonar
Happiness - la felicidad; felicidad
pledged - prometido; prometer, comprometerse, hipotecar, empenar
wooed - cortejado; cortejar
whom - a quién; quién, quiénes, cuyo, quien
blessing - bendición; (bless); bendición
Nevertheless, his heart would have been lighter than it had been for long, but for two things. First, there was the letter. Some weeks earlier he had received it, not recognizing the writing, because of the few letters he had ever seen, and, moreover, as it was in a feigned hand. With difficulty he had deciphered the manuscript, plain printed though it was. It ran thus:
nevertheless - a pesar de todo; sin embargo, a pesar de esto, con todo
heart - corazón
received - recibido; recibir
recognizing - reconociendo; reconocer
feigned - fingido; fingir, inventar, aparentar, imaginar
difficulty - dificultad
deciphered - descifrado; descifrar, decodificar, interpretar, resolver
manuscript - manuscrito, manuscrito
plain - plano; sencillo; liso; sin ornamentos; llano (persona)
printed - impreso; imprimir
though - ero..; no obstante, de todas formas, de todas maneras
thus - así
"Well, Sheumais, my brother, it is wondering if I am dead, you will be. Maybe ay, and maybe no. But I send you this writing to let you know that I know all you do and think of. So you are going to leave Eilanmore without an Achanna upon it? And you will be going to Sleat in Skye? Well, let me be telling you this thing. Do not go. I see blood there. And there is this, too: neither you nor any man shall take Katreen away from me. You know that; and Ian Macarthur knows it; and Katreen knows it; and that holds whether I am alive or dead. I say to you: do not go. It will be better for you, and for all. Ian Macarthur is away in the north-sea with the whaler-captain who came to us at Eilanmore, and will not be back for three months yet. It will be better for him not to come back. But if he comes back he will have to reckon with the man who says that Katreen Macarthur is his. I would rather not have two men to speak to, and one my brother.
wondering - Te preguntas; (wonder); maravilla, milagro, genio, asombro
Ay - Sí
blood - ensangrentar
neither - ninguno de los dos; ninguno, ningún, ni X ni Y, tampoco
shall - sí; panish: ''shall followed by the infinitive is translated using the future tense''
holds - tiene; tener en las manos, agarrar, asir
whether - si, si , o, ya sea
North-Sea - (North-Sea) Mar del Norte
whaler - ballenero
captain - capitán, capitanear, pilotar
reckon - te parece; considerar
It does not matter to you where I am. I want no money just now. But put aside my portion for me. Have it ready for me against the day I call for it. I will not be patient that day; so have it ready for me. In the place that I am I am content. You will be saying: why is my brother away in a remote place (I will say this to you: that it is not further north than St. Kilda nor further south than the Mull of Cantyre!), and For what reason? That is between me and silence. But perhaps you think of Anne sometimes. Do you know that she lies under the green grass? And of Manus MacCodrum? They say that he swam out into the sea and was drowned; and they whisper of the seal-blood, though the minister is wrath with them for that. He calls it a madness. Well, I was there at that madness, and I played to it on my feadan. And now, Sheumais, can you be thinking of what the tune was that I played?
matter - importa; materia, asunto, cuestión, tema
put aside - dejar de lado, poner a un lado
portion - porción
against - contra, cerca de, frente, en contra, enfrente, en pugna
be patient - ser paciente
content - contenido; satisfecho
remote - remoto, control remoto
For what reason? - ?Por qué razón?
silence - silencio, silenciar, hacer callar
lies - mentiras; mentira
grass - pasto, hierba, grama, césped
swam out - alejarse nadando
drowned - hogado; ahogarse
whisper - susurro, rumor, rastro, susurrar
seal - sello
minister - ministro
wrath - cólera, ira, castigo
madness - locura
played to - se ha jugado a...
"Your brother, who waits his own day,
"GLOOM."
"Do not be forgetting this thing: I would rather not be playing the 'Damhsa-na-Mairbh.'It was an ill hour for Manus when he heard the 'Dan-nan-Ron'; it was the song of his soul, that; and yours is the 'Davsa-na-Mairv.'"
ill - enfermo, mareado, mal
nan - abu, abuelita
soul - alma, espíritu
This letter was ever in his mind; this, and what happened in the gloaming when he sailed away for Skye in the herring-smack of two men who lived at Armandale in Sleat. For, as the boat moved slowly out of the haven, one of the men asked him if he was sure that no one was left upon the island; for he thought he had seen a figure on the rocks, waving a black scarf. Achanna shook his head; but just then his companion cried that at that moment he had seen the same thing. So the smack was put about, and when she was moving slowly through the haven again, Achanna sculled ashore in the little coggly punt.
mind - mente, concentración, opinión, juicio, propósito, voluntad
gloaming - oscurecer; crepúsculo
sailed away - se fue navegando
herring - arenque
Smack - bofetada; dar una palmada
slowly - lentamente, despacio
figure - figura, cifra, ocurrírsele
rocks - rocas; roca
waving - Saludando; (wave) Saludando
scarf - bufanda
shook - Sacudido; (shake); agitar, sacudir, checksacudir, sacudida
companion - companero; companero, companera
cried - lloró; llorar, gritar, panish: t-needed
sculled - sculled; remo
ashore - en tierra
punt - batea
in vain he searched here and there, calling loudly again and again. Both men could hardly have been mistaken, he thought. If there were no human creature on the island, and if their eyes had not played them false, who could it be? The wraith of Marcus, mayhap; or might it be the old man himself (his father), risen to bid farewell to his youngest son, or to warn him?
in vain - en vano
searched - buscado; búsqueda, buscar, inspeccionar, cachear, allanar
loudly - en voz alta, ruidosamente
hardly - apenas, a duras penas
human - humano
creature - criatura
wraith - espectros; fantasma, espectro
mayhap - Quizás
risen - resucitado; aumentar; subir
bid - ofertar; pujar, hacer una oferta
Farewell - adiós, despedida, despedirse
warn - alertar, avisar, advertir
It was no use to wait longer, so, looking often behind him, he made his way to the boat again, and rowed slowly out toward the smack.
rowed - remo; hilera, fila
toward - hacia, sobre, para
Jerk-jerk-jerk across the water came, low but only too loud for him, the opening motif of the "Damhsa-na-Mairbh." A horror came upon him, and he drove the boat through the water so that the sea splashed over the bows. When he came on deck he cried in a hoarse voice to the man next him to put up the helm, and let the smack swing to the wind.
jerk - imbécil; sacudida
low - bajo
loud - en voz alta; alto
motif - motivo
horror - horror
splashed - salpicado; salpicadura, chapotear, salpicar
bows - arcos; (bow) arcos
deck - baraja
hoarse - ronco
voice - voz
helm - yelmo; timón
swing - balanceo; balancear, mecer, columpiar, oscilar, columpio
wind - viento, aire
"There is no one there, Callum Campbell," he whispered.
whispered - susurrado; susurro, rumor, rastro, susurrar
"And who is it that will be making that strange music?"
strange - extrano; extrano, raro, anormal, desconocido
"What music?"
"Sure it has stopped now, but I heard it clear, and so did Anndra MacEwan. It was like the sound of a reed pipe, and the tune was an eery one at that."
clear - está claro; transparente, claro, despejado, libre
reed - lengüeta; junco, cana
pipe - pipa; caramillo, flauta ), tubo de órgano, tubería, tubo
eery - Inquietante
"It was the Dance of the Dead."
"And who will be playing that?" asked the man, with fear in his eyes.
fear - miedo, temor
"No living man."
"No living man?"
"No. I'm thinking it will be one of my brothers who was drowned here, and by the same token that it is Gloom, for he played upon the feadan. But if not, then-then--"
The two men waited in breathless silence, each trembling with superstitious fear; but at last the elder made a sign to Achanna to finish.
breathless - jadeante, sin aliento
superstitious - supersticioso
sign - signo; senal
"Then-it will be the Kelpie."
Kelpie - kelpie australiano
"Is there-is there one of the-cave-women here?"
cave - cueva, caverna
"It is said; and you know of old that the Kelpie sings or plays a strange tune to wile seamen to their death."
At that moment the fantastic, jerking music came loud and clear across the bay. There was a horrible suggestion in it, as if dead bodies were moving along the ground with long jerks, and crying and laughing wild. It was enough; the men, Campbell and MacEwan, would not now have waited longer if Achanna had offered them all he had in the world.
jerking - Dando tirones; (jerk) Dando tirones
bay - bahía
horrible - horrible, horrendo
suggestion - sugerencia, propuesta, sugestión
dead bodies - cadáveres
along - a lo largo, a lo largo de, por
ground - uelo; (grind) uelo
jerks - imbéciles; sacudida
crying - llorando; llanto; (cry); llorar, gritar, panish: t-needed
wild - salvaje, bravío
offered - ofrecido; ofrecer
Nor were they, or he, out of their panic haste till the smack stood well out at sea, and not a sound could be heard from Eilanmore.
panic - pánico
haste - prisa, premura
They stood watching, silent. Out of the dusky mass that lay in the seaward way to the north came a red gleam. It was like an eye staring after them with blood-red glances.
silent - silencioso, callar, checkcallado
dusky - Oscuro
mass - montón, masa
lay in - recoger; estar tumbado en
seaward - hacia el mar
gleam - resplandor; relucir, brillar, destellar
glances - miradas; ojear, echar un vistazo, mirar, pispear, vistazo
"What is that, Achanna?"
"It looks as though a fire had been lighted in the house up in the island. The door and the window must be open. The fire must be fed with wood, for no peats would give that flame; and there were none lighted when I left. To my knowing, there was no wood for burning except the wood of the shelves and the bed."
fed - alimentado; (feed) alimentado
wood - madera
peats - turbas; Turba
flame - flama, llama
none - ninguna; ninguno
burning - quemando; ardiente; (burn) quemando; ardiente
shelves - estanterías; estante, balda, anaquel, entrepano, estantería
"And who would be doing that?"
"I know of that no more than you do, Callum Campbell."
No more was said, and it was a relief to all when the last glimmer of the light was absorbed in the darkness.
relief - alivio
glimmer - resplandor; luz tenue, titileo
absorbed in - absorbido en
darkness - oscuridad, tinieblas
At the end of the voyage Campbell and MacEwan were well pleased to be quit of their companion; not so much because he was moody and distraught as because they feared that a spell was upon him-a fate in the working of which they might become involved. It needed no vow of the one to the other for them to come to the conclusion that they would never land on Eilanmore, or, if need be, only in broad daylight, and never alone.
Voyage - viaje
quit - renunciar; abandonar
moody - de mal humor; temperamental, panish: t-needed
distraught - disgustado; perturbado, trastornado, destrozado, deshecho
feared - Miedo
Involved - involucrado; elevar, envolver, envolverse con, involucrarse
vow - voto, manda, promesa
conclusion - conclusión
broad - amplio; ancho
The days went well for James Achanna, where he made his home at Ranza-beag, on Ranza Water in the Sleat of Skye. The farm was small but good, and he hoped that with help and care he would soon have the place as good a farm as there was in all Skye.
care - te importa; cuidado
Donald Macarthur did not let him see much of Katreen, but the old man was no longer opposed to him. Sheumais must wait till Ian Macarthur came back again, which might be any day now.
opposed - oponerse; oponer
For sure, James Achanna of Ranza-beag was a very different person from the youngest of the Achanna-folk, who held by on lonely Eilanmore; moreover, the old man could not but think with pleasure that it would be well to see Katreen able to walk over the whole land of Ranza, from the cairn at the north of his own Ranza-Mňr to the burn at the south of Ranza-beag, and know it for her own.
held - sostenida; tener en las manos, agarrar, asir
pleasure - placer, voluptuosidad, gustar
cairn - mojón, punto de referencia, montículo
burn - quemar
But Achanna was ready to wait. Even before he had the secret word of Katreen he knew from her beautiful dark eyes that she loved him. As the weeks went by they managed to meet often, and at last Katreen told him that she loved him too, and would have none but him; but that they must wait till Ian came back, because of the pledge given to him by her father. They were days of joy for him. Through many a hot noon-tide hour, through many a gloaming he went as one in a dream. Whenever he saw a birch swaying in the wind, or a wave leaping upon Loch Laith, that was near his home, or passed a bush covered with wild roses, or saw the moonbeams lying white on the boles of the pines, he thought of Katreen-his fawn for grace, and so lithe and tall, with sunbrown face and wavy, dark mass of hair, and shadowy eyes and rowan-red lips. It is said that there is a god clothed in shadow who goes to and fro among the human kind, putting silence between lovers with his waving hands, and breathing a Chill out of his cold breath, and leaving a gulf of deep water flowing between them because of the passing of his feet.
secret - secreto, arcano
managed - manejado; manejar, conseguir, lograr, apanárselas
pledge - prometer, comprometerse, hipotecar, empenar, pignorar
joy - alegría, júbilo
many a - mucho(s)
noon - mediodía
tide - marea
dream - sueno; sueno, ensueno, sonar
whenever - cuándo; cuando quiera, siempre que, siempre y cuando
birch - abedul
swaying - Oscilación; (sway); balanceo, influencia, influjo
wave - ola
leaping - saltando; saltar, brincar
passed - pasó; pasar(por), dejar atrás
bush - arbusto
covered - cubierto; tapa, cubierta, escondrijo, guarida, tapa
roses - rosas; Rosa
lying - Mentir; (lie) Mentir
boles - boles; Tronco
pines - pinos; pino
Fawn - cervato
grace - gracias, benedícite, gracia, donaire, merced
lithe - delgado; ágil
sunbrown - marrón solar
wavy - Ondulado
shadowy - sombra; sombroso, sombreado, sombrío, umbroso
Rowan - serbal
lips - labios; labio, labro
God - endiosar, idolatrar, deificar
clothed - vestido; tela, pedazo de tela, trozo de tela, trapo, pano, facha
among - entre
lovers - amante
breathing - respirando; respiración; (breath); respiración, aliento, respiro
Chill out - Relajarse
Gulf - golfo
deep - profundo, hondo, fondo, ancho, bajo, grave, oscuro
flowing - fluyendo; fluir
passing - pasando; pasajero, excelente, superficial, somero
That shadow never came their way. Their love grew as a flower fed by rains and warmed by sunlight.
sunlight - la luz del sol; luz del sol
When midsummer came, and there was no sign of Ian Macarthur, it was already too late. Katreen had been won.
midsummer - en pleno verano; día de San Juan
During the summer months it was the custom for Katreen and two of the farm-girls to go up Maol-Ranza, to reside at the shealing of Cnoc-an-Fhraoch: and this because of the hill-pasture for the sheep. Cnoc-an-Fhraoch is a round, boulder-studded hill covered with heather, which has a precipitous corrie on each side, and in front slopes down to Lochan Fraoch, a lochlet surrounded by dark woods. Behind the hill, or great hillock rather, lay the shealing. At each weekend Katreen went down to Ramza-Mňr, and on every Monday morning at sunrise returned to her heather-girt eerie. It was on one of these visits that she endured a cruel shock. Her father told her that she must marry some one else than Sheumais Achanna.
summer months - meses de verano
custom - habituación, costumbre, usanza, a medida, especializado
reside - residir
shealing - sellando
pasture - pasto, pradera, pastar
boulder - piedra; penasco, pena, roca, pedrusco
studded - con clavos; caballeriza
heather - brezo, urce
precipitous - escarpado, de cabeza, precipitado
slopes - cuestas; pendiente, cuesta, desnivel, inclinación, ojo chueco
surrounded - rodeado; circundar, envolver, cercar, rodear
woods - bosques; madera
hillock - cerrito, collado, colina, colineta
sunrise - amanecer, salida del sol, alba, albor
girt - Cinturón; (gird) Cinturón
eerie - extrano; misterioso, extrano
endured - oportado; aguantar, perdurar, tolerar, consentir, condescender
shock - conmoción, golpe
marry - casarse
He had heard words about him which made a union impossible, and indeed, he hoped that the man would leave Ranza-beag. In the end he admitted that what he had heard was to the effect that Achanna was under a doom of some kind, that he was involved in a blood-feud; and, moreover, that he was fey. The old man would not be explicit as to the person from whom his information came, but hinted that he was a stranger of rank, probably a laird of the isles. Besides this, there was word of Ian Macarthur. He was at Thurso, in the far north, and would be in Skye before long, and he-her father-had written to him that he might wed Katreen as soon as was practicable.
Union - unión
impossible - imposible, insoportable, imposible
indeed - de verdad; de hecho, realmente, efectivamente, verdaderamente
admitted - admitido; admitir, dar entrada, dejar entrar, reconocer
effect - efecto, efectos, efectos especiales, vigencia, vigor
doom - condenar, danar
feud - disputas; enemistad
explicit - explícito
hinted - insinuado; pista, indicio, indirecta, buscapié, toque
Stranger - Extrano; (strang) Extrano
rank - rango, graduación
Isles - islas; isla
besides - además; al lado de, cabe
before long - En breve
wed - casarse; casar
practicable - es factible; realizable, alcanzable, factible, asequible
"Do you see that lintie yonder, father?" was her response to this.
yonder - de allá, aquel, aquella
response - respuesta
"Ay, lass, and what about the birdeen?"
Lass - chica, chiquita
"Well, when she mates with a hawk, so will I be mating with Ian Macarthur, but not till then."
mates - companeros; aparear, acoplar
hawk - gavilán; halcón
mating - apareamiento; (mat); apareamiento
not till - no hasta
till then - hasta entonces
With that she turned and left the house, and went back to Cnoc-an-Fhraoch. On the way she met Achanna.
It was that night that for the first time he swam across Lochan Fraoch to meet Katreen.
The quickest way to reach the shealing was to row across the lochlet, and then ascend by a sheep-path that wound through the hazel copses at the base of the hill. Fully half an hour was thus saved, because of the steepness of the precipitous corries to right and left. A boat was kept for this purpose, but it was fastened to a shore boulder by a padlocked iron chain, the key of which was kept by Donald Macarthur. Latterly he had refused to let this key out of his possession.
reach - llegar (a)
Row - hilera, fila
ascend - subir, ascender
path - camino, sendero
wound - Herida
hazel - avellano, color avellana
Copses - Policías
Hill - cerro, loma, colina, collado
fully - totalmente; completamente, a fondo
saved - salvado; salvar, rescatar, redimir, parar, ahorrar, guardar
steepness - pendiente; empinamiento
purpose - propósito, fin; razón
fastened - sujetado; atar, abrochar
shore - oribera; costa, playa
padlocked - con candado; candado, candar, asegurar
iron - hierro; férreo, planchar
chain - cadena, encadenar
latterly - últimamente
refused - rechazado; negarse (a)
possession - posesión, posesión natural, tenencia, posesión civil, posesiones
For one thing, no doubt, he believed he could thus restrain Achanna from visiting his daughter. The young man could not approach the shealing from either side without being seen.
doubt - dudas; dudar, duda, incertidumbre
restrain - retener; refrenar(se), contenerse
approach - enfoque; acercarse, aproximarse
either - cada, tampoco, o , o, ya sea...o
side - lado
But that night, soon after the moon was whitening slow in the dark, Katreen stole down to the hazel copse and awaited the coming of her lover. The lochan was visible from almost any point on Cnoc-an-Fhraoch, as well as from the south side. To cross it in a boat unseen, if any watcher were near, would be impossible, nor could even a swimmer hope to escape notice unless in the gloom of night or, mayhap, in the dusk. When, however, she saw, half-way across the water, a spray of green branches slowly moving athwart the surface, she new that Sheumais was keeping his tryst.
moon - Luna
whitening - blanqueamiento, blanqueo; (whiten); blanquear
Stole - Robar; (steal); robar, hurtar, robo
copse - bosquecillo, soto, matorral
awaited - esperado; esperar, aguantar
lover - amante
visible - visible
as from - como de
Cross - cruz, aspa, sotuer, santiguamiento, senal de la cruz, cruce
unseen - No se ve
watcher - observador; vigilante
swimmer - nadador, nadadora
escape - escapar, liberarse, fugarse, eludir
notice - aviso; comunicación, notificación, darse cuenta, advertir
Unless - menos que..; a menos que, a no ser que, salvo
dusk - oscurecer; anochecer, ocaso, crepúsculo
spray - pulverizador; rociada, pulverización
athwart - a través de; a través, de lado a lado
surface - superficie
tryst - un encuentro; cita, convenio
If, perchance, any one else saw, he or she would never guess that those derelict rowan branches shrouded Sheumais Achanna.
perchance - por casualidad; por ventura
those - esos, esas, aquéllos, aquellas
derelict - derrelicto; abandonado, derelicto, negligente, paria
shrouded - encubierto; mortaja
It was not till the estray had drifted close to the hedge, where, hid among the bracken and the hazel undergrowth, she awaited him, that Katreen descried the face of her lover, as with one hand he parted the green sprays, and stared longingly and lovingly at the figure he could just discern in the dim, fragrant obscurity.
drifted - deriva, derrape, ir a la deriva, vagar, derivar, errar
hedge - cobertura; seto
hid - Se escondió; (hide) Se escondió
bracken - helecho
undergrowth - maleza; sottobosque
sprays - pulverizadores; rociada, pulverización
longingly - Con nostalgia
lovingly - con carino; amorosamente
discern - percibir, sensar, vislumbrar, discernir
dim - débil, ténue
fragrant - oloroso; fragante, perfumado
obscurity - obscuridad; oscuridad
And as it was this night so was it many of the nights that followed. Katreen spent the days as in a dream. Not even the news of her cousin Ian's return disturbed her much.
disturbed - molesto; perturbar, molestar
One day the inevitable meeting came. She was at Ranza-Mňr, and when a shadow came into the dairy where she was standing she looked up, and saw Ian before her.
inevitable - inevitable
dairy - lácteos; granja, granja lechera, establo, lechería, mantequería
She thought he appeared taller and stronger than ever, though still not so tall as Sheumais, who would appear slim beside the Herculean Skyeman. But as she looked at his close curling black hair and thick bull-neck and the sullen eyes in his dark wind-red face, she wondered that she had ever tolerated him at all.
appeared - apareció; aparecer, comparecer
slim - flaco, delgado, adelgazarse, enflaquecer, enflaquecerse
beside - al lado de, cabe
thick - gruesa; grueso, espeso
Bull - toro
neck - cuello
sullen - hosco, hurano, sombrío, lento
wondered - se preguntaba; maravilla, milagro, genio, asombro, pasmo
tolerated - se tolera; tolerar, soportar
He broke the ice at once.
"Tell me, Katreen, are you glad to see me back again?"
Glad - feliz, alegre, contento
"I am glad that you are home once more safe and sound."
safe - seguro, salvo, checkseguro, caja fuerte, cofre
"And will you make it my home for me by coming to live with me, as I've asked you again and again?"
ve - e
"No: as I've told you again and again."
He gloomed at her angrily for a few moments before he resumed.
gloomed - encogido; penumbra, melancolía
angrily - enfadado; furiosamente, con ira
resumed - se reanuda; reanudar
"I will be asking you this one thing, Katreen, daughter of my father's brother: do you love that man Achanna who lives at Ranza-beag?"
"You may ask the wind why it is from the east or the west, but it won't tell you. You're not the wind's master."
Master - maestro; senor, dueno; senora, duena
"If you think I will let this man take you away from me, you are thinking a foolish thing."
foolish - tonto, necio, imprudente
"And you saying a foolisher."
foolisher - idiota; tonto, necio, imprudente
"Ay?"
"Ah, sure. What could you do, Ian Mhic Ian? At the worst, you could do no more than kill James Achanna. What then? I too would die. You cannot separate us. I would not marry you, now, though you were the last man in the world and I the last woman."
kill - matar, asesinar
separate - separado, separar, disgregar
"You are a fool, Katreen Macarthur. Your father has promised you to me, and I tell you this: if you love Achanna you'll save his life only by letting him go away from here. I promise you he will not be here long."
fool - idiota; bobo, imbécil, necio, pendejo, bufón, loco
promised - prometido; promesa, prometer
save - salvar, rescatar, redimir, parar, ahorrar, guardar, reservar
"Ah, you promise me; but you will not say that thing to James Achanna's face. You are a coward."
promise - promesa, prometer
coward - cobarde, gallina
With a muttered oath the man turned on his heel.
muttered - murmuró; hablar entre dientes, murmurar
oath - juramento, jurar
heel - tacón; talón
"Let him beware o'me, and you, too, Katreen-mo-nighean-donn. I swear it by my mother's grave and by St. Martin's Cross that you will be mine by hook or by crook."
Beware - tener cuidado, ser precavido
swear - jurar
grave - tumba
Martin - Martín
mine - (el) mío, (la) mía, (los) míos, (las) mías
Hook - gancho, garfio, enganchar
crook - ladrón; cayado, báculo (obispo)
The girl smiled scornfully. Slowly she lifted a milk-pail.
smiled - sonrió; sonrisa, sonreír
lifted - levantado; levantar, alzar
pail - cubo
"It would be a pity to waste the good milk, Ian-gňrach, but if you don't go it is I that will be emptying the pail on you, and then you will be as white without as your heart is within."
pity - compasión, piedad, lástima, pena, tener lástima
waste - residuos; desperdiciar, malgastar
gňrach - Gorach
emptying - Vaciado; (empty); vacío, vaciar
within - dentro de, adentro
"So you call me witless, do you? Ian-gňrach! Well, we shall be seeing as to that. And as for the milk, there will be more than milk spilt because of you, Katreen-donn."
spilt - derramado; derramar, verter
From that day, though neither Sheumais nor Katreen knew of it, a watch was set upon Achanna.
It could not be long before their secret was discovered, and it was with a savage joy overmastering his sullen rage that Ian Macarthur knew himself the discoverer, and conceived his double vengeance. He dreamed, gloatingly, on both the black thoughts that roamed like ravenous beasts through the solitudes of his heart.
discovered - descubierto; descubrir, destapar
savage - salvaje
overmastering - Dominar
rage - furia; rabia, furor
Discoverer - descubridor
conceived - concebido; concebir
double - doble, doblado, bicapa, encorvado, doble, sosias, duplicar
vengeance - venganza
gloatingly - regodeándose
thoughts - pensamientos; pensamiento
roamed - rondaba; vagar
ravenous - hambriento; famélico
beasts - bestias; bestia, animal, salvaje
solitudes - soledades; soledad, solitud
But he did not dream that another man was filled with hate because of Katreen's lover, another man who had sworn to make her his own, the man who, disguised, was known in Armandale as Donald McLean, and in the north isles would have been hailed as Gloom Achanna.
sworn - jurado; jurar
disguised - disfrazado; disfraz, pantalla, tapadera, disfrazar
hailed - aclamado; granizo
There had been steady rain for three days, with a cold, raw wind. On the fourth the sun shone, and set in peace. An evening of quiet beauty followed, warm, fragrant, dusky from the absence of moon or star, though the thin veils of mist promised to disperse as the night grew.
steady rain - Lluvia constante
raw - cruda; crudo, en carne viva, bruto
shone - brilló; brillar
peace - paz, sosiego
absence - ausencia, falta, ausencia de hierro
veils - velos; velo, velar
mist - niebla; neblina
disperse - dispersarse; dispersar
There were two men that eve in the undergrowth on the south side of the lochlet. Sheumais had come earlier than his wont. Impatient for the dusk, he could scarce await the waning of the afterglow; surely, he thought, he might venture. Suddenly his ears caught the sound of cautious footsteps. Could it be old Donald, perhaps with some inkling of the way in which his daughter saw her lover in despite of all; or, mayhap, might it be Ian Macarthur, tracking him as a hunter stalking a stag by the water-pools?
eve - víspera, vigilia
wont - no
impatient - impaciente
scarce - escaso
await - esperar, aguantar
waning - Disminuyendo; (wan) Disminuyendo
surely - seguro; seguramente, checksin duda
Venture - aventurarse; aventura, arriesgar
suddenly - de repente, repentinamente, de pronto, súbitamente
caught - atrapado; pega, traba, truco, cuestión
cautious - cauto, cauteloso, precavido, cuidadoso
Footsteps - pasos; huella, paso
inkling - un indicio; idea, sospecha
despite - pesar de..; a pesar de, pese a, no obstante, maguer
tracking - seguimiento; interletraje, interletrado; (track); rastro
Hunter - cazador, perro de caza, buscador, buscadora
stalking - Acoso; (stalk) Acoso
stag - el ciervo; ciervo, potro, potra, potranca, rastrear
He crouched, and waited. In a few minutes he saw Ian carefully picking his way. The man stopped as he descried the green branches; smiled as, with a low rustling, he raised them from the ground.
crouched - agacharse, ponerse/estar en cuclillas
carefully - con cuidado; cuidadosamente, a conciencia, minuciosamente
picking - Recogiendo; (pic) Recogiendo
rustling - usurro; (rustle); crujido
raised - levantado; levantar
Meanwhile yet another man watched and waited, though on the farther side of the lochan, where the hazel copses were. Gloom Achanna half hoped, half feared the approach of Katreen. It would be sweet to see her again, sweet to slay her lover before her eyes, brother to him though he was. But, there was chance that she might descry him, and, whether recognizingly or not, warn the swimmer.
Meanwhile - y mientras tanto; mientras tanto, entretanto, a todo esto
Copses - copses; bosquecillo, soto, matorral
feared - miedo, temor
sweet - dulcemente, dulce, caramelo, chuche, confite
slay - matar
chance - oportunidad; suerte, by chance: por casualidad
recognizingly - reconociéndolo
So it was that he had come there before sundown, and now lay crouched among the bracken underneath a projecting mossy ledge close upon the water, where it could scarce be that she or any should see him.
sundown - Puesta de sol
underneath - abajo, por debajo, bajos
ledge - repisa, alféizar, estante
As the gloaming deepened a great stillness reigned. There was no breath of wind. A scarce audible sigh prevailed among the spires of the heather. The churring of a night-jar throbbed through the darkness. Somewhere a corncrake called its monotonous crek-craik; the dull, harsh sound emphasizing the utter stillness. The pinging of the gnats hovering over and among the sedges made an incessant murmur through the warm, sultry air.
deepened - rofundizado; ahondar, checkprofundizar
reigned - reinado, reinar
breath - respiración, aliento, respiro
audible - oíble, audible
sigh - suspiro; suspirar
prevailed - revaleció; prevalecer, vencer
spires - espiras; aguja
jar - jarra; tarro, bote
throbbed - palpitaba; palpitar
somewhere - en alguna parte, en algún lugar, en algún sitio, a alguna parte
corncrake - guión de codornices, rey de codornices
monotonous - monótono
dull - sordo; romo, desafilado, embotado, aburrido, soso
harsh - áspero, duro, severo, despotricar
emphasizing - enfatizando; subrayar, enfatizar, hacer hincapié, recalcar
utter - totalmente; absoluto, total
pinging - ping
gnats - mosquitos; mosquito
hovering - revoloteando; cerner, dudar, hesitar, vacilar
incessant - incesante
murmur - murmullo; soplo, murmurar
sultry - suave; bochornoso, tórrido, caliente
There was a splash once as of a fish. Then, silence. Then a lower but more continuous splash, or rather wash of water. A slow susurrus rustled through the dark.
splash - salpicaduras; salpicadura, chapotear, salpicar
lower - más bajo; oscurecerse, encapotarse; (low) más bajo; oscurecerse
continuous - continuo
susurrus - susurro
rustled - susurrado; crujido
Where he lay among the fern Gloom Achanna slowly raised his head, stared through the shadows and listened intently. If Katreen were waiting there she was not near.
fern - helecho, helez
shadows - sombras; sombra
intently - con atención; atentamente
Noiselessly he slid into the water. When he rose it was under a clump of green branches. These he had cut and secured three hours before. With his left hand he swam slowly, or kept his equipoise in the water; with his right he guided the heavy rowan bough. In his mouth were two objects, one long and thin and dark, the other with an occasional glitter as of a dead fish.
slid - Se deslizó; (slide); deslizar, resbalar, tobogán, resbaladilla
rose - Rosa; (rise); Rosa
clump - montón; grumo, matorral, mechón, plop, amontonar, marchar
secured - seguro, resguardado, confiable, aplomado
equipoise - equiparación; contrapeso, balancear, equilibrar
guided - guiado; guiar, dirigir
heavy - pesado
bough - rama
occasional - ocasional, esporádico
glitter - brillo, purpurina, escarcha, brillar, resplandecer, centellear
His motion was scarcely perceptible. None the less he was near the middle of the loch almost as soon as another clump of green branches. Doubtless the swimmer beneath it was confident that he was now safe from observation.
motion - movimiento, moción
scarcely - apenas, difícilmente
perceptible - perceptible
Middle - medio, centro, cintura, central
doubtless - indudable, sin duda, indudablemente
beneath - por debajo; bajo
confident - confiado, seguro de sí mismo
safe from - a salvo de
observation - observación, vigilancia; observancia, anotación, registro
The two clumps of green branches drew nearer. The smaller seemed a mere estray, a spray blown down by the recent gale. But all at once the larger clump jerked awkwardly and stopped. Simultaneously a strange, low strain of music came from the other.
clumps - grumos; grumo, matorral, mechón, plop, amontonar, marchar
seemed - parecía; parecer
mere - simple, mero
blown down - derribar
recent - reciente
gale - revuelo; vendaval, galerna
jerked - sacudido; sacudida
awkwardly - torpemente
simultaneously - simultáneamente
strain - tensión; estirar, tensar
The strain ceased. The two clumps of green branches remained motionless. Slowly, at last, the larger moved forward. It was too dark for the swimmer to see if any one lay hid behind the smaller. When he reached it he thrust aside the leaves.
ceased - esado; cesar, parar, terminar
remained - se quedó; resto, restos, quedarse, sobrar, restar, permanecer
motionless - inmóvil, inerte, quieto, en reposo
moved forward - avanzar
reached - alcanzado; llegar (a)
thrust - estocada, empuje, envión, impulso, énfasis, propulsar, asestar
aside - aparte, a un lado, aparte
It was as though a great salmon leaped. There was a splash, and a narrow, dark body shot through the gloom. At the end of it something gleamed. Then suddenly there was a savage struggle. The inanimate green branches tore this way and that, and surged and swirled. Gasping cries came from the leaves. Again and again the gleaming thing leaped. At the third leap an awful scream shrilled through the silence.
salmon - salmón, asalmonado
leaped - saltó; saltar, brincar
narrow - estrecho
shot through - se ha disparado a través de
gleamed - brillaba; relucir, brillar, destellar
Struggle - lucha, forcejeo, brega, luchar, esforzarse con denuedo
inanimate - inanimado
tore - Romper
surged - surgió; aluvión, oleada, sobretensión, sobrecarga, dispararse
swirled - girar, rotar, remolino
gasping - Jadeando; (gasp); jadear, bocanada, calada
cries - llorar, gritar, panish: t-needed
third - la tercera; tercero, tercio, tercera
awful - asqueroso; horrible, terrible, atroz
scream - grito, gritar
shrilled - gritó; estridente
The echo of it wailed thrice, with horrible distinctness, in the corrie beyond Cnoc-an-Fhraoch. Then, after a faint splashing, there was silence once more. One clump of green branches drifted slowly up the lochlet. The other moved steadily toward the place whence, a brief while before, it had stirred.
Echo - eco, repercutir, repetir, hacer eco
wailed - gimió; llorar, gimotear; ulular; planir
thrice - tres veces; tres vez
distinctness - Distinción
beyond - más allá de
faint - desmayarse; débil, tenue
splashing - Salpicaduras; (splash); salpicadura, chapotear, salpicar
steadily - De forma constante
whence - de dónde; de donde, desde donde, de ahí
brief - breve, corto, conciso, sucinto, escueto, resumen, poner al tanto
stirred - agitado; remover, revolver
Only one thing lived in the heart of Gloom Achanna-the joy of his exultation. He had killed his brother Sheumais. He had always hated him because of his beauty; of late he had hated him because he had stood between him, Gloom, and Katreen Macarthur-because he had become her lover. They were all dead now except himself, all the Achannas. He was "Achanna." When the day came that he would go back to Galloway, there would be a magpie on the first birk, and a screaming jay on the first rowan, and a croaking raven on the first fir; ay, he would be their suffering, though they knew nothing of him meanwhile! He would be Achanna of Achanna again. Let those who would stand in his way beware.
exultation - exultación
killed - asesinado; matar, asesinar
Magpie - urraca, picaza, marica, pega
screaming - gritando; grito, gritar
fir - abeto
croaking - roando; (croak); croar, palmar
raven - cuervo
suffering - sufrido, sufriente, sufrimiento; (suffer); sufrir, penar
As for Katreen: perhaps he would take her there, perhaps not. He smiled.
These thoughts were the wandering fires in his brain while he slowly swam shoreward under the floating green branches, and as he disengaged himself from them and crawled upward through the bracken. It was at this moment that a third man entered the water from the further shore.
wandering - deambulando; errabundo, andariego, errante, peripatético
brain - cerebro, seso, sesudez
shoreward - hacia la costa
floating - flotante, flotador; (float); flotar, carroza
disengaged - desconectado; desenganchar, desatar, liberar, retirar
crawled - se arrastró; avanzar lentamente
upward - hacia arriba
entered - entró; entrar
Prepared as he was to come suddenly upon Katreen, Gloom was startled when, in a place of dense shadow, a hand touched his shoulder, and her voice whispered:
startled - sorprendido; sobresaltarse, alarmarse, espantarse, evitar
dense - denso, compacto, macizo, espeso, tupido, obscuro
touched - tocado; tocar, conmover, toque, toque, tacto, pizca
"Sheumais, Sheumais!"
The next moment she was in his arms. He could feel her heart beating against his.
beating - golpeando; paliza, latido; (beat) golpeando; paliza, latido
"What is it, Sheumais? What was that awful cry?" she whispered.
cry - llorar, gritar, panish: t-needed
For answer he put his lips to hers, and kissed her again and again.
kissed - besado; besar
The girl drew back. Some vague instinct warned her.
vague - vago, impreciso
instinct - instinto
warned - advertido; alertar, avisar, advertir
"What is it, Sheumais? Why don't you speak?"
He drew her close again.
"Pulse of my heart, it is I who love you, I who love you best of all; it is I, Gloom Achanna!"
pulse - pulso
With a cry she struck him full in the face. He staggered and in that moment she freed herself.
struck - golpeado; tachar, borrar, golpear, pegar, acunar
staggered - escalonada; tambalearse
"You coward!"
"Katreen, I--"
"Come no nearer. If you do, it will be the death of you!"
"The death o'me! Ah, bonnie fool that you are, and is it you that will be the death o'me?"
"Ay, Gloom Achanna, for I have but to scream and Sheumais will be here, an'he would kill you like a dog if he knew you did me harm."
harm - dano; dano, danar
"Ah, but if there were no Sheumais, or any man to come between me an'my will!"
"Then there would be a woman! Ay, if you over-bore me I would strangle you with my hair, or fix my teeth in your false throat!"
bore - perforar; (bear) perforar
strangle - estrangular
Fix - arreglar, reparar, componer, fijar, pregar, preparar, amanar
throat - garganta, tráquea, cuello
"I was not for knowing you were such a wild-cat; but I'll tame you yet, my lass! Aha, wild-cat!" And as he spoke he laughed low.
such - cómo; así, tal, semejante, tan, qué
tame - dócil; domesticado; doméstico
Aha - ajá
"It is a true word, Gloom of the black heart. I am a wild-cat, and, like a wild-cat, I am not to be seized by a fox; and that you will be finding to your cost, by the holy St. Bridget! But now, off with you, brother of my man!"
seized - incautado; agarrar, apoderarse de, apresar, aferrar, tomar
fox - zorro, zorra, raposo, traposa
holy - santo, sagrado
Bridget - Brigida
off with you - !Vete!
"Your man-ha! ha!"
ha - Ja
"Why do you laugh?"
"Sure, I am laughing at a warm, white lass like yourself having a dead man as your lover!"
"A-dead-man?"
No answer came. The girl shook with a new fear. Slowly she drew closer, till her breath fell warm against the face of the other.
He spoke at last:
"Ay, a dead man."
"It is a lie."
lie - mentira
"Where would you be that you were not hearing his good-bye? I'm thinking it was loud enough!"
Good-bye - (Good-bye) Adiós
"It is a lie-it is a lie!"
"No, it is no lie. Sheumais is cold enough now. He's low among the weeds by now. Ay, by now: down there in the lochan."
weeds - Maleza; (weed) Maleza
"What-you, you devil! Is it for killing your own brother you would be?"
devil - demonio; diablo
killing - matando; mortal, asesinato; (kill) matando; mortal, asesinato
"I killed no one. He died his own way. Maybe the cramp took him. Maybe-maybe a Kelpie gripped him. I watched. I saw him beneath the green branches. He was dead before he died. I saw it in the white face o'him. Then he sank. He's dead. Sheumais is dead.
cramp - calambre, rampa, acalambrarse, coartar, inmovilizar
gripped - agarrado; empunar, agarrar, aferrar, asir
sank - se hundió; hundir, sumergir, sumergirse, lavamanos, fregadero
look here, girl, I've always loved you. I swore the oath upon you. You're mine. Sure, you're mine now, Katreen! It is loving you I am! It will be a south wind for you from this day, muirnean mochree! See here, I'll show you how I--"
look here - mira aquí
swore - lo juraste; jurar
muirnean - Muirneano
"Back-back-murderer!"
murderer - asesino, asesina, victimario, victimaria
"Be stopping that foolishness now, Katreen Macarthur! By the Book, I am tired of it. I am loving you, and it's having you for mine I am! And if you won't come to me like the dove to its mate, I'll come to you like the hawk to the dove!"
foolishness - tonterías; sandez, tontería
dove - paloma; (dive) paloma
mate - colega; aparear, acoplar
With a spring he was upon her. In vain she strove to beat him back. His arms held her as a stoat grips a rabbit.
vain - vanidoso, vano, vacuo
strove - se esforzó; esforzarse
beat - Golpear; latir
stoat - el armino; armino
grips - mangos; empunar, agarrar, aferrar, asir
rabbit - conejo
He pulled her head back, and kissed her throat till the strangulating breath sobbed against his ear. With a last despairing effort she screamed the name of the dead man: "Sheumais! Sheumais! Sheumais!" The man who struggled with her laughed.
pulled - sacado; tirar, jalar, halar, tirón, ligar
strangulating - Estrangular
sobbed - sollozó; hdp
despairing - desesperado; desesperar, desesperanzar, desesperación
effort - esfuerzo
screamed - gritó; grito, gritar
struggled with - luchar con
"Ay, call away! The herrin'will be coming through the bracken as soon as Sheumais comes to your call! Ah, it is mine you are now, Katreen! He's dead and cold-an'you'd best have a living man-an'--"
She fell back, her balance lost in the sudden releasing. What did it mean? Gloom still stood there, but as one frozen. Through the darkness she saw, at last, that a hand gripped his shoulder; behind him a black mass vaguely obtruded.
balance - equilibrio, balance, balanza, balancear, equilibrar
sudden - de repente; repentino, súbito, brusco
releasing - liberando; liberar
frozen - congelado; congelar
vaguely - vagamente
obtruded - obstruido; imponer, checkimponerse, checksobresalir
For some moments there was absolute silence. Then a hoarse voice came out of the dark:
absolute - absoluto, completo, pleno
"You will be knowing now who it is, Gloom Achanna!"
The voice was that of Sheumais, who lay dead in the lochan. The murderer shook as in a palsy. With a great effort, slowly he turned his head. He saw a white splatch, the face of the corpse; in this white splatch flamed two burning eyes, the eyes of the soul of the brother whom he had slain.
palsy - parálisis
corpse - cuerpo, cadáver
flamed - Flama
slain - muerto; matar
He reeled, staggered as a blind man, and, free now of that awful clasp, swayed to and fro as one drunken.
reeled - enrollado; carrete, enrollar, titubear
blind man - un hombre ciego
clasp - cierre; broche, manija, corchete, hebilla, agarrar
swayed - nfluido; balanceo, influencia, influjo, preponderancia
drunken - Borracho
Slowly Sheumais raised an arm and pointed downward through the wood toward the lochan. Still pointing, he moved swiftly forward.
downward - hacia abajo
Swiftly - rápido; rápidamente
forward - hacia adelante; hacia delante
With a cry like a beast, Gloom Achanna swung to one side, stumbled, rose, and leaped into the darkness.
beast - bestia, animal, salvaje
swung - se balanceó; balancear, mecer, columpiar, oscilar, columpio
stumbled - tropezón, traspié, desliz, torpeza, tropiezo, tropezar
For some minutes Sheumais and Katreen stood, silent, apart, listening to the crashing sound of his flight-the race of the murderer against the pursuing shadow of the Grave.
apart - aparte, separadamente
crashing - chocando; estruendo, estrépito
race - carrera
pursuing - Persiguiendo; (pursue); perseguir, apuntar a