Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem — Page 7
A fierce and desperate hand-to-hand struggle ensues.
Un combat corps à corps féroce et désespéré s'ensuit.
No arms are used, both combatants trusting to strength and hand-grip.
Aucune arme n'est utilisée, les deux combattants se fiant à leur force et à leur poigne.
Beowulf tears Grendel's shoulder from its socket, and the monster retreats to his den, howling and yelling with agony and fury.
Beowulf arrache l'épaule de Grendel de son articulation, et le monstre bat en retraite vers son antre, hurlant et criant d'agonie et de fureur.
The wound is fatal.
La blessure est fatale.
The next morning, at early dawn, warriors in numbers flock to the hall Heorot, to hear the news.
Le lendemain matin, aux premières lueurs de l'aube, des guerriers en grand nombre affluent vers la salle d'Heorot pour entendre les nouvelles.
Joy is boundless.
La joie est sans bornes.
Glee runs high.
L'allégresse est à son comble.
Hrothgar and his retainers are lavish of gratitude and of gifts.
Hrothgar et ses serviteurs prodiguent leur gratitude et leurs cadeaux.
Grendel's mother, however, comes the next night to avenge his death.
La mère de Grendel, cependant, vient la nuit suivante pour venger sa mort.
She is furious and raging.
Elle est furieuse et enragée.
While Beowulf is sleeping in a room somewhat apart from the quarters of the other warriors, she seizes one of Hrothgar's favorite counsellors, and carries him off and devours him.
Tandis que Beowulf dort dans une pièce quelque peu à l'écart des quartiers des autres guerriers, elle s'empare de l'un des conseillers favoris de Hrothgar, l'enlève et le dévore.
Beowulf is called.
Beowulf est appelé.
Determined to leave Heorot entirely purified, he arms himself, and goes down to look for the female monster.
Déterminé à laisser Heorot entièrement purifié, il s'arme et descend à la recherche du monstre femelle.
After traveling through the waters many hours, he meets her near the sea-bottom.
Après avoir voyagé à travers les eaux pendant de nombreuses heures, il la rencontre près du fond de la mer.
She drags him to her den.
Elle le traîne jusqu'à son antre.
There he sees Grendel lying dead.
Là, il voit Grendel gisant mort.
After a desperate and almost fatal struggle with the woman, he slays her, and swims upward in triumph, taking with him Grendel's head.
Après un combat désespéré et presque fatal avec la femelle, il la tue, et remonte à la nage en triomphe, emportant avec lui la tête de Grendel.
Joy is renewed at Heorot.
La joie est renouvelée à Heorot.
Congratulations crowd upon the victor.
Les félicitations se pressent autour du vainqueur.
Hrothgar literally pours treasures into the lap of Beowulf; and it is agreed among the vassals of the king that Beowulf will be their next liegelord.
Hrothgar déverse littéralement des trésors dans le giron de Beowulf ; et il est convenu parmi les vassaux du roi que Beowulf sera leur prochain suzerain.
Beowulf leaves Dane-land.
Beowulf quitte le pays des Danois.
Hrothgar weeps and laments at his departure.
Hrothgar pleure et se lamente à son départ.
Vocabulary
- combat
- A fight or battle between opponents
- corps
- The physical body of a person
- féroce
- Fierce, savage, or extremely intense
- désespéré
- Desperate, hopeless, or done in despair
- ensuit
- Follows or results from a prior action
- Aucune
- No, none, or not any (feminine form)
- arme
- A weapon used in fighting or warfare
- utilisée
- Used or employed (past participle, feminine form)
- combattants
- Fighters or those engaged in combat
- fiant
- Trusting or relying on something or someone
- force
- Physical strength or power of a person
- poigne
- Grip or the strength of one's grasp
- arrache
- Tears or rips something away forcefully
- épaule
- The shoulder, a joint of the human body
- articulation
- A joint connecting bones in the body
- monstre
- A monster, fearsome or terrifying creature
- bat
- Beats or strikes; here 'bat en retraite' means retreats
- retraite
- Retreat, withdrawal from a place or battle
- vers
- Preposition meaning 'toward' or 'in the direction of'
- antre
- A den or dark lair of a wild beast
- hurlant
- Howling or screaming loudly in pain
- criant
- Crying out, shouting, or screaming aloud
- agonie
- Agony, extreme suffering or pain near death
- fureur
- Fury or intense rage and violent anger
- blessure
- A wound or physical injury on the body
- fatale
- Fatal, causing death or leading to destruction
- lendemain
- The next day or the day following an event
- matin
- Morning, the early part of the day
- premières
- First (feminine plural), earliest in order or time
- lueurs
- Glimmers or faint lights appearing at dawn
- aube
- Dawn, the first light appearing in the morning
- guerriers
- Warriors or soldiers engaged in combat
- nombre
- Number or quantity of persons or things
- affluent
- Flow in or gather in large numbers
- salle
- A hall or large room in a building
- entendre
- To hear or listen to something said
- nouvelles
- News or new information about recent events
- joie
- Joy or great happiness and delight
- sans
- Preposition meaning 'without'
- bornes
- Limits or boundaries; 'sans bornes' means boundless
- allégresse
- Great joy, elation, or cheerful excitement
- comble
- Overwhelms or fills to the brim with something
- serviteurs
- Servants or attendants who serve a master
- prodiguent
- Lavish or bestow generously upon someone
- gratitude
- Thankfulness or appreciation for a kindness received
- cadeaux
- Gifts or presents given to someone
- mère
- Mother, a female parent of a child
- cependant
- However or nevertheless, introducing a contrast
- nuit
- Night, the dark period after sunset
- suivante
- Following or next (feminine form)
- venger
- To avenge or take revenge for a wrong
- mort
- Death or the end of life
- furieuse
- Furious or extremely angry (feminine form)
- enragée
- Enraged or filled with intense anger
- Tandis
- While or whereas, used to contrast two actions
- dort
- Sleeps, third-person singular of 'dormir'
- pièce
- A room in a building or dwelling
- quelque
- Some or a certain amount of something
- peu
- A little or small amount of something
- écart
- A distance or gap; 'à l'écart' means apart
- quartiers
- Quarters or living areas assigned to persons
- empare
- Seizes or takes hold of forcefully
- conseillers
- Counselors or advisors to a king or leader
- favoris
- Favorites or most preferred persons of someone
- enlève
- Takes away, removes, or carries off someone
- dévore
- Devours or eats greedily and completely
- appelé
- Called or named, past participle of 'appeler'
- Déterminé
- Determined or resolved to accomplish a goal
- laisser
- To leave or allow something to remain
- entièrement
- Entirely or completely, without any exception
- purifié
- Purified or cleansed of something unwanted
- descend
- Goes down or descends to a lower place
- recherche
- Search or quest for someone or something
- femelle
- Female, referring to the female of a species
- voyagé
- Traveled, past participle of 'voyager'
- travers
- Through or across; used in 'à travers'
- eaux
- Waters, plural of 'eau', meaning water
- pendant
- During or for a period of time
- nombreuses
- Numerous or many (feminine plural form)
- heures
- Hours, units of time equal to sixty minutes
- rencontre
- Meets or encounters someone face to face
- près
- Near or close to a location or object
- fond
- Bottom or deepest part of a body of water
- mer
- The sea or large body of salt water
- traîne
- Drags or pulls something along forcefully
- jusqu'
- Until or as far as, shortened before vowel
- gisant
- Lying down, prostrate, or reclining motionlessly
- presque
- Almost or nearly, but not completely
- fatal
- Fatal or deadly, causing or resulting in death
- tue
- Kills or slays, third-person singular of 'tuer'
- remonte
- Goes back up, rises to the surface again
- nage
- Swims, third-person singular of 'nager'
- triomphe
- Triumphs or achieves a great victory
- emportant
- Carrying away or taking something along
- tête
- Head, the uppermost part of the body
- renouvelée
- Renewed or restored to a fresh condition
- félicitations
- Congratulations expressed to someone for an achievement
- pressent
- Press around or crowd closely around someone
- autour
- Around or surrounding a person or object
- vainqueur
- Victor or winner of a fight or contest
- déverse
- Pours out or lavishes generously upon someone
- littéralement
- Literally, in the exact or true sense
- trésors
- Treasures or collections of valuable riches
- giron
- Lap or bosom; metaphorically one's inner circle
- convenu
- Agreed upon or settled by mutual consent
- parmi
- Among or in the middle of a group
- vassaux
- Vassals or feudal subjects pledged to a lord
- roi
- King, the male ruler of a kingdom
- prochain
- Next or upcoming; the one coming after
- suzerain
- Overlord with authority over vassals or subjects
- quitte
- Leaves or departs from a place or person
- pays
- Country or land of a particular nation
- Danois
- Danish, relating to Denmark or its people
- pleure
- Cries or weeps, third-person singular of 'pleurer'
- lamente
- Laments or mourns deeply over a loss
- départ
- Departure or the act of leaving a place
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