Coniston — Volume 01 — Page 2
The hills seem to leap up against the sky as I describe that region where Cynthia Ware was born, and the very old country names help to summon up the picture.
Die Hügel scheinen gegen den Himmel emporzuspringen, während ich jene Gegend beschreibe, in der Cynthia Ware geboren wurde, und die uralten Ortsnamen helfen, das Bild heraufzubeschwören.
Coniston Mountain, called by some the Blue Mountain, clad in Hercynian forests, ten good miles in length, north and south, with its notch road that winds over the saddle behind the withers of it.
Der Coniston Mountain, von manchen der Blaue Berg genannt, in herzynische Wälder gehüllt, gute zehn Meilen lang von Nord nach Süd, mit seiner Passstraße, die sich über den Sattel hinter seinem Widerrist windet.
Coniston Water, that oozes out from under the loam in a hundred places, on the eastern slope, gathers into a rushing stream to cleave the very granite, flows southward around the south end of Coniston Mountain, and having turned the mills at Brampton, idles through meadows westward in its own green valley until it comes to Harwich, where it works again and tumbles into a river.
Das Coniston Water, das an hundert Stellen am östlichen Hang unter dem Lehmboden hervorquillt, sammelt sich zu einem reißenden Bach, der den Granit selbst spaltet, fließt südwärts um das südliche Ende des Coniston Mountain herum, und nachdem es die Mühlen von Brampton angetrieben hat, schlendert es westwärts durch Wiesen in seinem eigenen grünen Tal, bis es nach Harwich gelangt, wo es erneut arbeitet und in einen Fluss mündet.
Brampton and Harwich are rivals, but Coniston Water gives of its power impartially to each.
Brampton und Harwich sind Rivalen, aber das Coniston Water gibt seine Kraft unparteiisch an beide ab.
From the little farm clearings on the western slope of Coniston Mountain you can sweep the broad valley of a certain broad river where grew (and grow still) the giant pines that gave many a mast to King George's navy as tribute for the land.
Von den kleinen Farmrodungen am westlichen Hang des Coniston Mountain aus kann man das breite Tal eines bestimmten breiten Flusses überblicken, wo die riesigen Kiefern wuchsen (und noch wachsen), die König Georges Marine so manchen Mast als Tribut für das Land lieferten.
And beyond that river rises beautiful Farewell Mountain of many colors, now sapphire, now amethyst, its crest rimmed about at evening with saffron flame; and, beyond Farewell, the emerald billows of the western peaks catching the level light.
Und jenseits dieses Flusses erhebt sich der schöne Farewell Mountain in vielen Farben, mal Saphir, mal Amethyst, sein Gipfel am Abend von safranfarbenem Feuer umkränzt; und jenseits des Farewell die smaragdgrünen Wogen der westlichen Gipfel, die das waagerechte Licht auffangen.
Vocabulary
- Die
- The (feminine singular or plural article)
- Hügel
- Hill or hills; elevated landform
- scheinen
- To seem, appear, or look like
- gegen
- Against, towards, or around (indicating direction)
- den
- The (masculine singular accusative article)
- Himmel
- Sky or heaven; the upper atmosphere
- während
- While, during; at the same time as
- ich
- I; first person singular pronoun
- jene
- That, those; distant demonstrative pronoun
- Gegend
- Region, area, or district; geographical locality
- beschreibe
- Describe; first person singular present tense
- in
- In, into; preposition indicating location or direction
- der
- The (feminine singular or plural dative article)
- geboren
- Born; past participle of gebären
- wurde
- Was; past tense of werden (to become)
- und
- And; conjunction connecting words or clauses
- uralten
- Ancient, primeval, or very old
- Ortsnamen
- Place names; geographical names of locations
- helfen
- Help, assist; to provide aid or support
- das
- The (neuter singular article)
- Bild
- Picture, image, or illustration; visual representation
- Der
- The (masculine singular nominative article)
- von
- Of, from; preposition indicating origin or possession
- manchen
- Some, many; plural dative or accusative pronoun
- Blaue
- Blue; adjective describing color (feminine form)
- Berg
- Mountain; large elevated landform or peak
- genannt
- Called, named; past participle of nennen
- Wälder
- Forests; plural of Wald (wooded areas)
- gehüllt
- Wrapped, enveloped, or covered (past participle)
- gute
- Good; adjective (feminine singular or plural)
- zehn
- Ten; cardinal number
- Meilen
- Miles; plural of Meile (unit of distance)
- lang
- Long; adjective describing length or duration
- Nord
- North; cardinal direction
- nach
- To, towards, after; preposition of direction
- Süd
- South; cardinal direction
- mit
- With, by; preposition indicating accompaniment
- seiner
- His, its; possessive pronoun (dative singular)
- sich
- Itself, oneself; reflexive pronoun
- über
- Over, across, about; preposition of direction
- Sattel
- Saddle; ridge between two mountain peaks
- hinter
- Behind, after; preposition indicating position
- seinem
- His, its; possessive pronoun (dative singular)
- windet
- Winds, turns; third person singular of winden
- Das
- The (neuter singular nominative article)
- an
- On, at; preposition indicating location or position
- hundert
- Hundred; number 100
- Stellen
- Places, spots; plural of Stelle (location)
- am
- On the; contraction of an dem
- östlichen
- Eastern; adjective describing direction or location
- Hang
- Slope, hillside; inclined terrain or surface
- unter
- Under, beneath; preposition of location
- dem
- The (dative singular or neuter dative article)
- sammelt
- Collects, gathers; third person singular of sammeln
- zu
- To, towards; preposition of direction or purpose
- einem
- A, an; indefinite article (dative singular)
- reißenden
- Rushing, tearing; adjective describing rapid water flow
- Bach
- Brook, stream; small river or watercourse
- Granit
- Granite; igneous rock type composed of minerals
- selbst
- Itself, himself, herself; self or even
- spaltet
- Splits, cleaves; third person singular of spalten
- fließt
- Flows; third person singular of fließen
- südwärts
- Southward; towards the south direction
- um
- Around, about; preposition of direction or purpose
- südliche
- Southern; adjective describing southern direction or location
- Ende
- End; conclusion or extremity of something
- des
- The (genitive singular article for masculine/neuter)
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