Coniston — Volume 01 — Page 3
A dozen little brooks are born high among the western spruces on Coniston to score deep, cool valleys in their way through Clovelly township to the broad music of the water and fresh river-valleys full of the music of the water and fresh with the odor of the ferns.
Ein Dutzend kleine Bäche entspringen hoch oben zwischen den westlichen Fichten auf Coniston, um auf ihrem Weg durch die Gemeinde Clovelly tiefe, kühle Täler zu graben, bis hin zum breiten Rauschen des Wassers und zu frischen Flusstälern, erfüllt von der Musik des Wassers und dem Duft der Farne.
To this day the railroad has not reached Coniston Village--nay, nor Coniston Flat, four miles nearer Brampton.
Bis heute hat die Eisenbahn Coniston Village nicht erreicht – ja, nicht einmal Coniston Flat, vier Meilen näher an Brampton gelegen.
The village lies on its own little shelf under the forest-clad slope of the mountain, and in the midst of its dozen houses is the green triangle where the militia used to drill on June days.
Das Dorf liegt auf seinem eigenen kleinen Absatz unterhalb des waldbedeckten Berghanges, und inmitten seiner Dutzend Häuser befindet sich das grüne Dreieck, auf dem die Miliz an Junitagen zu exerzieren pflegte.
At one end of the triangle is the great pine mast that graced no frigate of George's, but flew the stars and stripes on many a liberty day.
An einem Ende des Dreiecks steht der große Kiefernmast, der keiner Fregatte Georgs zur Zierde gereichte, der aber an manchem Freiheitstag die Sterne und Streifen flattern ließ.
Across the road is Jonah Winch's store, with a platform so high that a man may step off his horse directly on to it; with its checker-paned windows, with its dark interior smelling of coffee and apples and molasses, yes, and of Endea rum--for this was before the days of the revivals.
Auf der anderen Straßenseite liegt Jonah Winchs Laden, mit einer Plattform, die so hoch ist, dass man direkt vom Pferd auf sie steigen kann; mit seinen Fensterchen in Schachbrettmuster, mit seinem dunklen Inneren, das nach Kaffee, Äpfeln und Melasse duftet, ja, und nach Endea-Rum – denn dies war vor der Zeit der Erweckungen.
How those checker-paned windows bring back the picture of that village green!
Wie sehr diese Fenster im Schachbrettmuster das Bild jenes Dorfangers heraufbeschwören!
The meeting-house has them, lantern-like, wide and high, in three sashes--white meeting-house, seat alike of government and religion, with its terraced steeple, with its classic porches north and south.
Das Versammlungshaus besitzt sie, laternenartig, breit und hoch, in drei Fensterrahmen – das weiße Versammlungshaus, gleichermaßen Sitz der Regierung wie der Religion, mit seinem terrassenförmigen Turm, mit seinen klassischen Vorhallen im Norden und Süden.
Vocabulary
- Dutzend
- A dozen; a group of twelve items
- Bäche
- Brooks or small streams of flowing water
- entspringen
- To originate or spring forth from a source
- westlichen
- Western; relating to the west direction or region
- Fichten
- Spruce trees; common coniferous trees in forests
- Gemeinde
- Municipality, community, or local administrative district
- kühle
- Cool, fresh; adjective describing pleasantly low temperature
- Täler
- Valleys; low areas between hills or mountains
- graben
- To dig or carve out the earth
- breiten
- Wide, broad; adjective describing large horizontal extent
- Rauschen
- Rushing or murmuring sound of flowing water
- frischen
- Fresh, crisp; adjective describing invigorating quality
- Flusstälern
- River valleys; valleys formed or carved by rivers
- erfüllt
- Filled with, fulfilled; past participle of erfüllen
- Duft
- Fragrance, scent, aroma of something pleasant
- Farne
- Ferns; green non-flowering plants growing in moist areas
- Eisenbahn
- Railway, railroad; system of trains on tracks
- erreicht
- Reached, attained; past participle of erreichen
- einmal
- Once, one time; also used as a softening particle
- Meilen
- Miles; unit of distance measurement
- näher
- Closer, nearer; comparative form of nahe (near)
- gelegen
- Located, situated; past participle of liegen
- Dorf
- Village; small rural settlement or community
- Absatz
- Ledge, shelf, paragraph, or heel of a shoe
- unterhalb
- Below, beneath; preposition indicating lower position
- waldbedeckten
- Forest-covered; adjective describing tree-covered terrain
- Berghanges
- Of a mountain slope; genitive of Berghang
- inmitten
- In the middle of, amid; preposition of position
- befindet
- Is located; third person singular of befinden
- Dreieck
- Triangle; geometric shape with three sides and angles
- Miliz
- Militia; civilian military force or reserve troops
- Junitagen
- June days; days occurring in the month of June
- exerzieren
- To drill or practice military exercises and maneuvers
- pflegte
- Used to, was accustomed to; past tense of pflegen
- Kiefernmast
- Pine mast; tall pine tree used as a ship's mast
- Fregatte
- Frigate; a type of fast warship
- Zierde
- Ornament, decoration, adornment; something that beautifies
- gereichte
- Served as, contributed to; past tense of gereichen
- manchem
- Many a, some; indefinite pronoun in dative case
- Freiheitstag
- Freedom day, independence day; day celebrating liberty
- Streifen
- Stripes, strips; long narrow bands of color
- flattern
- To flutter or wave; movement in the wind
- ließ
- Let, allowed; past tense of lassen
- Straßenseite
- Side of the street; one side of a road
- Laden
- Shop, store; place where goods are sold
- Plattform
- Platform; raised flat surface or elevated structure
- steigen
- To climb, step, or mount; movement upward or onto
- Fensterchen
- Little windows; diminutive form of Fenster
- Schachbrettmuster
- Checkerboard pattern; alternating square design pattern
- dunklen
- Dark, dim; adjective describing absence of light
- Inneren
- Interior, inside; the inner part of something
- Melasse
- Molasses; thick dark syrup from sugar refining
- duftet
- Smells fragrant, is scented; third person of duften
- Rum
- Rum; alcoholic spirit distilled from sugarcane
- denn
- For, because; coordinating conjunction giving a reason
- Erweckungen
- Revivals, awakenings; religious or spiritual reawakenings
- jenes
- That (yonder); demonstrative pronoun for distant reference
- Dorfangers
- Of the village green; genitive of Dorfanger
- heraufbeschwören
- To conjure up, evoke; bring vividly to mind
- Versammlungshaus
- Meeting house; building where community gatherings occur
- besitzt
- Possesses, owns, has; third person singular of besitzen
- laternenartig
- Lantern-like; resembling or shaped like a lantern
- breit
- Wide, broad; adjective describing horizontal extent
- Fensterrahmen
- Window frames; structural borders surrounding windows
- gleichermaßen
- Equally, likewise; in the same measure or degree
- Sitz
- Seat, headquarters; the location or base of something
- Regierung
- Government; the ruling authority of a state
- terrassenförmigen
- Terraced, tiered; arranged in step-like levels
- Turm
- Tower; tall narrow structure rising above surroundings
- klassischen
- Classical; relating to ancient Greek or Roman style
- Vorhallen
- Vestibules, porticoes, entrance halls of a building
- Norden
- North; the cardinal direction opposite to south
- Süden
- South; the cardinal direction opposite to north
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