Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Page 5
Miss Watson she kept pecking at me, and it got tiresome and lonesome.
La signorina Watson continuava a punzecchiarmi, e la cosa diventò noiosa e solitaria.
By-and-by they fetched the niggers in and had prayers, and then everybody was off to bed.
Poco dopo portarono dentro i negri e fecero le preghiere, e poi tutti andarono a letto.
I went up to my room with a piece of candle, and put it on the table.
Salii in camera mia con un mozzicone di candela, e lo misi sul tavolo.
Then I set down in a chair by the window and tried to think of something cheerful, but it warn't no use.
Poi mi sedetti su una sedia vicino alla finestra e cercai di pensare a qualcosa di allegro, ma non servì a niente.
I felt so lonesome I most wished I was dead.
Mi sentivo così solo che quasi desideravo di essere morto.
The stars were shining, and the leaves rustled in the woods ever so mournful; and I heard an owl, away off, who-whooing about somebody that was dead, and a whippowill and a dog crying about somebody that was going to die; and the wind was trying to whisper something to me, and I couldn't make out what it was, and so it made the cold shivers run over me.
Le stelle brillavano, e le foglie frusciavano nel bosco in modo così lugubre; e sentii un gufo, lontano lontano, che faceva uh-uh per qualcuno che era morto, e un succiacapre e un cane che piangevano per qualcuno che stava per morire; e il vento cercava di sussurrarmi qualcosa, e non riuscivo a capire cosa fosse, e così mi fece venire i brividi freddi.
Then away out in the woods I heard that kind of a sound that a ghost makes when it wants to tell about something that's on its mind and can't make itself understood, and so can't rest easy in its grave, and has to go about that way every night grieving.
Poi, in fondo nel bosco, sentii quel tipo di suono che fa un fantasma quando vuole raccontare qualcosa che ha in mente e non riesce a farsi capire, e quindi non riesce a riposare in pace nella sua tomba, e deve andarsene in giro così ogni notte a lamentarsi.
I got so down-hearted and scared I did wish I had some company.
Mi sentii così avvilito e spaventato che desiderai davvero di avere un po' di compagnia.
Pretty soon a spider went crawling up my shoulder, and I flipped it off and it lit in the candle; and before I could budge it was all shriveled up.
Poco dopo un ragno mi strisciò sulla spalla, e lo scacciai via e cadde sulla candela; e prima che potessi muovermi si era già tutto raggrinzito.
Vocabulary
- signorina
- see-nyoh-REE-nah — Young unmarried woman; Miss
- continuava
- kon-tee-noo-AH-vah — She/he continued, kept doing something repeatedly
- punzecchiarmi
- poon-tsek-KYAR-mee — To poke, tease, or needle me persistently
- cosa
- KOH-zah — Thing, matter, something
- diventò
- dee-ven-TOH — It became, turned into something else
- noiosa
- noy-OH-zah — Boring, tedious, annoying
- solitaria
- soh-lee-TAH-ryah — Lonely, solitary, isolated
- Poco
- POH-koh — Little, a small amount or short time
- dopo
- DOH-poh — After, afterwards, later
- portarono
- por-TAH-roh-noh — They brought, carried someone or something inside
- dentro
- DEN-troh — Inside, within, into a space
- fecero
- FEH-cheh-roh — They did, made, or performed an action
- preghiere
- preh-GYEH-reh — Prayers, religious supplications
- poi
- poy — Then, afterwards, next
- tutti
- TOOT-tee — Everyone, all, everybody
- andarono
- an-DAH-roh-noh — They went, departed to a place
- letto
- LET-toh — Bed; also past participle of leggere (read)
- Salii
- sah-LEE-ee — I went up, climbed upstairs
- camera
- KAH-meh-rah — Room, bedroom
- mozzicone
- mot-tsee-KOH-neh — Stub, butt end of a candle or cigarette
- candela
- kan-DEH-lah — Candle, wax light source
- misi
- MEE-zee — I placed, put something somewhere
- tavolo
- TAH-voh-loh — Table, flat-surfaced furniture piece
- sedetti
- seh-DET-tee — I sat down, took a seat
- sedia
- SEH-dyah — Chair, seat for one person
- vicino
- vee-CHEE-noh — Near, close to, nearby
- finestra
- fee-NES-trah — Window, opening in a wall
- cercai
- cher-KAY — I tried, attempted to do something
- pensare
- pen-SAH-reh — To think, reflect on something
- qualcosa
- kwal-KOH-zah — Something, anything
- allegro
- al-LEH-groh — Cheerful, happy, merry
- servì
- ser-VEE — It served, helped, was of use
- niente
- NYEN-teh — Nothing, not at all
- sentivo
- sen-TEE-voh — I felt, perceived, sensed something
- così
- koh-ZEE — So, thus, in this way
- solo
- SOH-loh — Alone, lonely, only
- quasi
- KWAH-zee — Almost, nearly, practically
- desideravo
- deh-zee-deh-RAH-voh — I wished, desired, wanted something
- essere
- ES-seh-reh — To be (infinitive verb)
- morto
- MOR-toh — Dead, deceased
- stelle
- STEL-leh — Stars, celestial bodies in the sky
- brillavano
- bril-LAH-vah-noh — They shone, sparkled, glittered brightly
- foglie
- FOH-lyeh — Leaves of a tree or plant
- frusciavano
- froo-SHAH-vah-noh — They rustled, made a soft swishing sound
- bosco
- BOS-koh — Wood, forest, grove of trees
- modo
- MOH-doh — Way, manner, mode
- lugubre
- LOO-goo-breh — Gloomy, dismal, mournful
- sentii
- sen-TEE-ee — I heard, felt, perceived a sound
- gufo
- GOO-foh — Owl, nocturnal bird of prey
- lontano
- lon-TAH-noh — Far away, distant, remote
- faceva
- fah-CHEH-vah — It was making, doing something repeatedly
- qualcuno
- kwal-KOO-noh — Someone, somebody, anyone
- succiacapre
- soot-chah-KAH-preh — Nightjar, a nocturnal insect-eating bird
- cane
- KAH-neh — Dog, domestic canine animal
- piangevano
- pyan-JEH-vah-noh — They were crying, whining, howling sadly
- stava
- STAH-vah — It/he/she was, kept being (imperfect)
- morire
- moh-REE-reh — To die, pass away
- vento
- VEN-toh — Wind, moving air current
- cercava
- cher-KAH-vah — It was trying, attempting to do something
- sussurrarmi
- soos-soor-RAR-mee — To whisper to me softly
- riuscivo
- ryoo-SHEE-voh — I managed, was able to do something
- capire
- kah-PEE-reh — To understand, comprehend something
- fosse
- FOS-seh — It were, was (subjunctive imperfect of essere)
- fece
- FEH-cheh — It made, caused, did something
- venire
- veh-NEE-reh — To come, arrive
- brividi
- BREE-vee-dee — Chills, shivers, goosebumps from cold or fear
- freddi
- FRED-dee — Cold (plural adjective)
- fondo
- FON-doh — Bottom, depth, back of something
- tipo
- TEE-poh — Type, kind, sort of something
- suono
- SWOH-noh — Sound, noise, tone
- fantasma
- fan-TAZ-mah — Ghost, phantom, spirit of the dead
- quando
- KWAN-doh — When, at the time that
- vuole
- VWOH-leh — He/she/it wants, wishes
- raccontare
- rak-kon-TAH-reh — To tell, narrate, recount a story
- mente
- MEN-teh — Mind, intellect, thought
- riesce
- RYEH-sheh — He/she/it manages, succeeds in doing
- farsi
- FAR-see — To make oneself, become, get done
- quindi
- KWIN-dee — Therefore, so, thus
- riposare
- ree-poh-ZAH-reh — To rest, relax, sleep peacefully
- pace
- PAH-cheh — Peace, calm, tranquility
- tomba
- TOM-bah — Tomb, grave, burial place
- deve
- DEH-veh — He/she/it must, has to, needs to
- andarsene
- an-DAR-seh-neh — To go away from there, leave
- giro
- JEE-roh — Tour, round, walk around a place
- ogni
- OH-nyee — Every, each, all (invariable adjective)
- notte
- NOT-teh — Night, nighttime
- lamentarsi
- lah-men-TAR-see — To complain, moan, lament about something
- avvilito
- av-vee-LEE-toh — Dejected, disheartened, downcast
- spaventato
- spah-ven-TAH-toh — Scared, frightened, terrified
- desiderai
- deh-zee-deh-RAY — I desired, wished, wanted something
- davvero
- dav-VEH-roh — Really, truly, indeed
- avere
- ah-VEH-reh — To have, possess (infinitive verb)
- po'
- poh — A little, a bit (short form of poco)
- compagnia
- kom-pah-NYEE-ah — Company, companionship, group of people
- ragno
- RAH-nyoh — Spider, eight-legged arachnid
- strisciò
- stree-SHOH — It crawled, crept, slithered along a surface
- spalla
- SPAL-lah — Shoulder, upper part of the arm
- scacciai
- skat-CHAY — I flicked away, drove off, shooed away
- via
- VEE-ah — Away, off; also street, road
- cadde
- KAD-deh — It fell, dropped down
- prima
- PREE-mah — Before, earlier, first
- potessi
- poh-TES-see — I could, was able to (subjunctive imperfect)
- muovermi
- MWOH-ver-mee — To move myself, stir
- già
- JAH — Already, yet, previously
- tutto
- TOOT-toh — All, everything, entirely
- raggrinzito
- rag-grin-TSEE-toh — Shriveled, wrinkled, curled up tightly
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