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.
Las colinas parecen saltar hacia el cielo mientras describo la región donde nació Cynthia Ware, y los antiquísimos nombres del campo ayudan a evocar la imagen.
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.
El monte Coniston, llamado por algunos la Montaña Azul, cubierto de bosques hercinianos, diez buenas millas de longitud de norte a sur, con su camino de puerto que serpentea sobre la silla de montar a la espalda de sus cruces.
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.
El arroyo Coniston, que rezuma por debajo del manto terroso en un centenar de lugares en la ladera oriental, se reúne en una corriente impetuosa para hender el mismo granito, fluye hacia el sur rodeando el extremo sur del monte Coniston y, tras haber movido los molinos de Brampton, discurre perezosamente por los prados hacia el oeste en su propio valle verde hasta llegar a Harwich, donde vuelve a trabajar y desemboca en un río.
Brampton and Harwich are rivals, but Coniston Water gives of its power impartially to each.
Brampton y Harwich son rivales, pero el arroyo Coniston reparte su fuerza con imparcialidad entre ambos.
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.
Desde los pequeños claros de las granjas en la ladera occidental del monte Coniston se puede abarcar con la vista el amplio valle de un determinado río caudaloso donde crecieron (y aún crecen) los pinos gigantes que proporcionaron numerosos mástiles a la armada del rey Jorge como tributo por la tierra.
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.
Y más allá de ese río se alza la hermosa montaña Farewell de muchos colores, ora zafiro, ora amatista, con su cima orlada al atardecer de llamas color azafrán; y, más allá de Farewell, las ondas esmeraldas de los picos occidentales atrapando la luz rasante.
Vocabulary
- colinas
- Hills; small mountains or elevated landforms
- parecen
- They seem; appear to be in a certain way
- saltar
- To jump; to leap or spring upward
- hacia
- Toward; in the direction of something
- cielo
- Sky; the atmosphere above the earth
- mientras
- While; during the time that something occurs
- describo
- I describe; I depict or narrate details
- región
- Region; a geographical area or territory
- donde
- Where; at or to which place or location
- nació
- Was born; came into existence or being
- antiquísimos
- Very ancient; extremely old or from long ago
- nombres
- Names; designations or titles of things
- campo
- Field; countryside or rural agricultural area
- ayudan
- They help; assist or aid in something
- evocar
- To evoke; to bring to mind or memory
- imagen
- Image; a picture or mental representation
- monte
- Mountain; a high elevation of land
- llamado
- Called; named or designated by a name
- por
- By; through or in the agency of
- algunos
- Some; a few or certain unspecified things
- Montaña
- Mountain; a large elevated landform or peak
- Azul
- Blue; the color of the sky
- cubierto
- Covered; concealed or overlaid with something
- de
- Of; expressing possession or relationship
- bosques
- Forests; areas densely covered with trees
- diez
- Ten; the number after nine
- buenas
- Good; of high quality or favorable nature
- millas
- Miles; units of distance or measurement
- longitud
- Length; the measurement from end to end
- norte
- North; the cardinal direction opposite south
- sur
- South; the cardinal direction opposite north
- con
- With; in company or association with
- su
- His, her, its; possessive adjective third person
- camino
- Road, path; a way or route for travel
- puerto
- Port; a harbor or mountain pass route
- que
- That, which; relative or subordinate conjunction
- serpentea
- Winds, meanders; follows a winding course
- sobre
- On, over; positioned above or concerning
- silla
- Chair, saddle; a seat or riding equipment
- montar
- To ride, mount; to get on something
- espalda
- Back; the rear surface of the body
- sus
- His, her, its, their; possessive plural adjective
- cruces
- Crosses; intersections or religious symbols
- arroyo
- Stream; a small flowing body of water
- rezuma
- Oozes, seeps; slowly flows or permeates
- debajo
- Below, underneath; at a lower position
- manto
- Mantle, cloak; a covering or layer
- terroso
- Earthy; containing or resembling soil or earth
- en
- In, on; expressing location or position
- un
- A, an; indefinite article singular
- centenar
- Hundred; a group of approximately one hundred
- lugares
- Places; locations or specific positions in space
- ladera
- Slope, hillside; the inclined surface of a hill
- oriental
- Eastern; relating to the east or Orient
- se
- Himself, herself, itself; reflexive pronoun
- reúne
- Gathers, meets; comes together in one place
- una
- A, an; indefinite article feminine singular
- corriente
- Current, stream; a flow of water or air
- impetuosa
- Impetuous, violent; forceful or fierce in nature
- para
- For, in order to; expressing purpose
- hender
- To split, cleave; to cut through forcefully
- mismo
- Same; identical or very similar thing
- granito
- Granite; a type of hard igneous rock
- fluye
- Flows; moves in a continuous manner
- rodeando
- Surrounding, going around; encircling something
- extremo
- Extreme, end; the outermost or furthest point
- tras
- After, behind; following in time or space
- haber
- To have; auxiliary verb for past tenses
- movido
- Moved; changed position or location
- molinos
- Mills; buildings with machines for grinding
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