Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 14
Frankenstein, your son, your kinsman, your early, much-loved friend; he who would spend each vital drop of blood for your sakes, who has no thought nor sense of joy except as it is mirrored also in your dear countenances, who would fill the air with blessings and spend his life in serving you—he bids you weep, to shed countless tears; happy beyond his hopes, if thus inexorable fate be satisfied, and if the destruction pause before the peace of the grave have succeeded to your sad torments!
Frankenstein, vuestro hijo, vuestro pariente, vuestro antiguo y muy querido amigo; él, que derramaría hasta la última gota de su sangre por vosotros, que no tiene pensamiento ni sentido de alegría sino en la medida en que se refleja también en vuestros queridos semblantes, que llenaría el aire de bendiciones y pasaría su vida sirviéndoos—os pide que lloréis, que derraméis lágrimas sin cuento; feliz más allá de sus esperanzas, si así el inexorable destino queda satisfecho, y si la destrucción se detiene antes de que la paz de la tumba haya sucedido a vuestros tristes tormentos!
Thus spoke my prophetic soul, as, torn by remorse, horror, and despair, I beheld those I loved spend vain sorrow upon the graves of William and Justine, the first hapless victims to my unhallowed arts.
Así habló mi alma profética, mientras, desgarrado por el remordimiento, el horror y la desesperación, contemplaba a aquellos a quienes amaba derramar un vano dolor sobre las tumbas de William y Justine, las primeras desdichadas víctimas de mis artes profanas.
Vocabulary
- vuestro
- Your (plural, possessive adjective used in Spain)
- hijo
- Son; male child of a parent
- pariente
- Relative; person related by blood or marriage
- antiguo
- Old, ancient, or long-standing in time
- querido
- Dear, beloved; term of affection for someone
- derramaría
- Would shed or spill (conditional tense of derramar)
- hasta
- Until, up to; preposition indicating limit or extent
- última
- Last, final; feminine adjective indicating end position
- gota
- Drop; small amount of liquid falling or shed
- sangre
- Blood; red fluid circulating in the body
- vosotros
- You all; second-person plural pronoun used in Spain
- pensamiento
- Thought; idea or mental activity in one's mind
- ni
- Nor, neither; negative conjunction linking two elements
- sentido
- Sense, feeling, meaning; awareness or perception of something
- alegría
- Joy, happiness; strong feeling of pleasure and delight
- sino
- But rather; conjunction correcting a negative statement
- medida
- Measure, extent; degree to which something applies
- refleja
- Reflects; shows or mirrors something back to observer
- vuestros
- Your (plural); masculine plural possessive adjective in Spain
- queridos
- Dear, beloved (plural); term of affection for several people
- semblantes
- Faces, countenances; expressions or appearances of people's faces
- llenaría
- Would fill; conditional tense of llenar, to fill
- aire
- Air; the invisible gas mixture surrounding the earth
- bendiciones
- Blessings; expressions of good wishes or divine favor
- pasaría
- Would spend, would pass; conditional tense of pasar
- vida
- Life; the existence of a living being
- sirviéndoos
- Serving you (plural); gerund of servir with clitic pronoun
- os
- You (plural, object); reflexive or indirect pronoun in Spain
- pide
- Asks, requests; third-person singular present of pedir
- lloréis
- That you (plural) cry; present subjunctive of llorar
- derraméis
- That you (plural) shed; present subjunctive of derramar
- lágrimas
- Tears; drops of fluid shed from eyes when crying
- sin
- Without; preposition indicating absence or lack of something
- cuento
- Count, tale; here used in 'sin cuento' meaning countless
- feliz
- Happy; feeling or showing pleasure and contentment
- allá
- Beyond, there; adverb indicating a place farther away
- esperanzas
- Hopes; feelings of expectation for something desired
- así
- Thus, so, in this way; adverb of manner
- inexorable
- Inexorable, relentless; impossible to stop or persuade otherwise
- destino
- Destiny, fate; predetermined course of events in life
- queda
- Remains, stays; third-person singular present of quedar
- satisfecho
- Satisfied, content; feeling that needs or desires are fulfilled
- destrucción
- Destruction; act of completely ruining or demolishing something
- detiene
- Stops, halts; third-person singular present of detener
- antes
- Before, previously; adverb indicating earlier time or priority
- paz
- Peace; state of tranquility, calm, or absence of conflict
- tumba
- Tomb, grave; place where a dead person is buried
- haya
- Has (subjunctive); third-person singular present subjunctive of haber
- sucedido
- Happened, occurred; past participle of suceder
- tristes
- Sad, sorrowful (plural); feeling or expressing unhappiness
- tormentos
- Torments; severe mental or physical pain and suffering
- Así
- Thus, so; adverb indicating manner at sentence start
- habló
- Spoke; third-person singular preterite of hablar
- alma
- Soul; spiritual or immaterial part of a human being
- profética
- Prophetic; having or revealing knowledge of future events
- mientras
- While, whereas; conjunction indicating simultaneous or contrasting actions
- desgarrado
- Torn, ripped apart; deeply wounded emotionally or physically
- remordimiento
- Remorse; deep regret or guilt over a wrong action
- horror
- Horror; intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust
- desesperación
- Despair, desperation; complete loss of hope or confidence
- contemplaba
- Contemplated, gazed at; imperfect tense of contemplar
- aquellos
- Those; masculine plural demonstrative pronoun for distant objects
- quienes
- Whom, who; relative pronoun referring to people
- amaba
- Loved; first/third-person singular imperfect of amar
- derramar
- To shed, to spill; to let liquid flow or pour
- vano
- Vain, futile; producing no result or having no value
- dolor
- Pain, grief; physical or emotional suffering and anguish
- sobre
- Over, about, on; preposition indicating position or subject matter
- tumbas
- Tombs, graves; places where dead persons are buried
- primeras
- First (plural feminine); earliest or foremost among several
- desdichadas
- Unfortunate, wretched (plural feminine); extremely unhappy or unlucky
- víctimas
- Victims; people harmed, injured, or killed by another
- artes
- Arts, crafts, skills; abilities or practices, here dark arts
- profanas
- Profane, unholy; disrespectful toward sacred or divine things
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