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.
Le colline sembrano balzare verso il cielo mentre descrivo quella regione dove nacque Cynthia Ware, e i nomi di campagna antichissimi aiutano a evocare il quadro.
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.
Il Monte Coniston, chiamato da alcuni la Montagna Azzurra, vestito di foreste erciniche, ben dieci miglia di lunghezza, da nord a sud, con la sua strada di valico che si snoda sul sella dietro il garrese di essa.
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.
Il Coniston Water, che filtra da sotto il terriccio in cento luoghi, sul versante orientale, si raccoglie in un torrente impetuoso per fendere il granito stesso, scorre verso sud intorno all'estremità meridionale del Monte Coniston, e dopo aver fatto girare i mulini di Brampton, si attarda tra i prati verso ovest nella sua propria verde vallata finché giunge a Harwich, dove torna a lavorare e si getta in un fiume.
Brampton and Harwich are rivals, but Coniston Water gives of its power impartially to each.
Brampton e Harwich sono rivali, ma il Coniston Water dispensa la sua forza imparzialmente a ciascuna.
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.
Dalle piccole radure coltivate sul versante occidentale del Monte Coniston si può abbracciare con lo sguardo la vasta valle di un certo ampio fiume dove crebbero (e crescono ancora) i pini giganti che diedero molti alberi maestri alla marina di Re Giorgio come tributo per la terra.
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.
E oltre quel fiume si erge la bella Farewell Mountain dai mille colori, ora zaffiro, ora ametista, la sua cresta orlata di sera da una fiamma color zafferano; e, oltre Farewell, i flutti di smeraldo delle vette occidentali che catturano la luce radente.
Vocabulary
- colline
- Hills; gentle elevated landforms in the countryside
- sembrano
- They seem or appear to be something
- balzare
- To leap or spring upward suddenly
- verso
- Toward; in the direction of something
- cielo
- Sky or heaven above the earth
- mentre
- While; at the same time as something
- descrivo
- I describe; first person singular of descrivere
- quella
- That; feminine singular demonstrative adjective
- regione
- Region; a geographical or administrative area
- dove
- Where; indicating a place or location
- nacque
- Was born; past tense of nascere
- nomi
- Names; words used to identify places or people
- campagna
- Countryside; rural land outside of cities
- antichissimi
- Very ancient; superlative form of antico
- aiutano
- They help; third person plural of aiutare
- evocare
- To evoke or summon a mental image
- quadro
- Picture or scene; a visual representation
- Monte
- Mount or mountain; a large elevated landform
- chiamato
- Called or named; past participle of chiamare
- alcuni
- Some or a few; indefinite plural adjective
- Montagna
- Mountain; a large natural elevation of land
- Azzurra
- Azure or sky-blue; a feminine color adjective
- vestito
- Dressed or clothed; past participle of vestire
- foreste
- Forests; large areas densely covered with trees
- ben
- Well or fully; adverb emphasizing degree
- dieci
- Ten; the number ten
- miglia
- Miles; plural of miglio, unit of distance
- lunghezza
- Length; the measurement of something from end to end
- nord
- North; one of the four cardinal directions
- sud
- South; the cardinal direction opposite to north
- strada
- Road or street; a path for travel
- valico
- Mountain pass; a crossing point over a ridge
- snoda
- Winds or unwinds; third person of snodarsi
- sella
- Saddle; a low ridge between two peaks
- dietro
- Behind or at the back of something
- essa
- She or it; third person feminine pronoun
- filtra
- Filters or seeps through a substance
- sotto
- Under or below; a common Italian preposition
- terriccio
- Topsoil or humus; loose fertile ground layer
- cento
- One hundred; the number 100
- luoghi
- Places or spots; plural of luogo
- versante
- Slope or hillside; side of a mountain
- orientale
- Eastern; relating to the east direction
- raccoglie
- Collects or gathers; third person of raccogliere
- torrente
- Torrent or stream; a fast-flowing mountain brook
- impetuoso
- Impetuous or rushing; moving with great force
- fendere
- To split or cleave through a material
- granito
- Granite; a hard igneous rock formation
- stesso
- Same or itself; emphatic or reflexive adjective
- scorre
- Flows or runs; third person of scorrere
- intorno
- Around or surrounding; indicating circular proximity
- estremità
- Extremity or tip; the outermost end of something
- meridionale
- Southern; relating to or located in the south
- dopo
- After or afterward; indicating sequence in time
- fatto
- Done or made; past participle of fare
- girare
- To turn or rotate; to make something spin
- mulini
- Mills; buildings with machinery for grinding grain
- attarda
- Lingers or delays; third person of attardarsi
- tra
- Between or among; a common Italian preposition
- prati
- Meadows or fields; plural of prato
- ovest
- West; one of the four cardinal directions
- propria
- Own or proper; feminine possessive adjective
- verde
- Green; a color adjective for lush vegetation
- vallata
- Valley; a low area between hills or mountains
- finché
- Until or as long as; temporal conjunction
- giunge
- Arrives or reaches; third person of giungere
- torna
- Returns or goes back; third person of tornare
- lavorare
- To work; to perform labor or a task
- getta
- Throws or pours; third person of gettare
- fiume
- River; a large natural flow of water
- rivali
- Rivals; competitors opposing each other
- dispensa
- Dispenses or distributes; third person of dispensare
- forza
- Force or strength; power exerted physically
- imparzialmente
- Impartially; without favoritism or bias
- ciascuna
- Each one; feminine indefinite pronoun or adjective
- piccole
- Small; feminine plural adjective of piccolo
- radure
- Clearings; open spaces within a forest
- coltivate
- Cultivated; tended or farmed for agricultural purposes
- occidentale
- Western; relating to or located in the west
- può
- Can or may; third person of potere
- abbracciare
- To embrace or encompass; to take in fully
- sguardo
- Gaze or look; the act of looking
- vasta
- Vast or wide; covering a large area
- valle
- Valley; a low land between hills
- certo
- Certain or sure; expressing confidence or agreement
- ampio
- Ample or wide; spacious and extensive
- crebbero
- They grew; past tense third person plural of crescere
- crescono
- They grow; third person plural present of crescere
- ancora
- Still or yet; indicating continuation
- pini
- Pine trees; plural of pino
- giganti
- Giants or giant; very large in size
- diedero
- They gave; past tense of dare third person plural
- molti
- Many; a large number of things
- alberi
- Trees; plural of albero
- maestri
- Masters or masts; experts or ship mast timbers
- marina
- Navy or marine; relating to the sea
- Re
- King; the male monarch of a kingdom
- come
- As or like; used for comparison
- tributo
- Tribute; a payment or offering given in homage
- terra
- Land or earth; the ground or a territory
- oltre
- Beyond or further; past a certain point
- quel
- That; masculine singular demonstrative adjective
- erge
- Rises or stands tall; third person of ergersi
- bella
- Beautiful; feminine singular adjective of bello
- mille
- Thousand; the number one thousand
- colori
- Colors; plural of colore
- ora
- Now or at this moment; a time adverb
- zaffiro
- Sapphire; a precious blue gemstone
- ametista
- Amethyst; a violet-purple precious or semiprecious gemstone
- cresta
- Crest or ridge; the top line of a mountain
- orlata
- Trimmed or edged; bordered along the margin
- sera
- Evening; the later part of the day
- fiamma
- Flame; a burning tongue of fire
- color
- Color of; used before a color noun phrase
- zafferano
- Saffron; a yellow-orange spice and color
- flutti
- Waves or billows; surging masses of something
- smeraldo
- Emerald; a bright green precious gemstone
- vette
- Peaks or summits; plural of vetta
- occidentali
- Western; plural adjective relating to the west
- catturano
- They capture; third person plural of catturare
- luce
- Light; natural or artificial illumination
- radente
- Grazing or raking; light hitting at a low angle
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