Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 1
I spent the following day roaming through the valley.
Pasé el día siguiente vagando por el valle.
I stood beside the sources of the Arveiron, which take their rise in a glacier, that with slow pace is advancing down from the summit of the hills to barricade the valley.
Me detuve junto a los manantiales del Arveirón, que nacen en un glaciar, el cual avanza lentamente desde la cima de las colinas para bloquear el valle.
The abrupt sides of vast mountains were before me; the icy wall of the glacier overhung me; a few shattered pines were scattered around; and the solemn silence of this glorious presence-chamber of imperial Nature was broken only by the brawling waves or the fall of some vast fragment, the thunder sound of the avalanche or the cracking, reverberated along the mountains, of the accumulated ice, which, through the silent working of immutable laws, was ever and anon rent and torn, as if it had been but a plaything in their hands.
Las abruptas laderas de vastas montañas se alzaban ante mí; la helada pared del glaciar se cernía sobre mí; unos cuantos pinos destrozados estaban dispersos alrededor; y el solemne silencio de esta gloriosa antecámara de la imperial Naturaleza era quebrado únicamente por el estruendo de las olas o la caída de algún enorme fragmento, el sonido atronador del alud o el chasquido, reverberado a lo largo de las montañas, del hielo acumulado, que, mediante el silencioso obrar de leyes inmutables, era rasgado y desgarrado a cada momento, como si no hubiera sido más que un juguete en sus manos.
These sublime and magnificent scenes afforded me the greatest consolation that I was capable of receiving.
Estas escenas sublimes y magníficas me brindaron el mayor consuelo que era capaz de recibir.
They elevated me from all littleness of feeling, and although they did not remove my grief, they subdued and tranquillised it.
Me elevaron por encima de toda mezquindad de sentimientos y, aunque no eliminaron mi dolor, lo aplacaron y tranquilizaron.
In some degree, also, they diverted my mind from the thoughts over which it had brooded for the last month.
En cierta medida, también apartaron mi mente de los pensamientos sobre los que había cavilado durante el último mes.
I retired to rest at night; my slumbers, as it were, waited on and ministered to by the assemblance of grand shapes which I had contemplated during the day.
Me retiré a descansar por la noche; mis sueños estaban, por así decirlo, atendidos y nutridos por la congregación de grandiosas formas que había contemplado durante el día.
Vocabulary
- Pasé
- I spent (time); first person past tense of pasar
- día
- Day; a 24-hour period
- siguiente
- Following, next; coming immediately after
- vagando
- Wandering, roaming aimlessly without a destination
- por
- Through, by, for; versatile preposition indicating movement or cause
- valle
- Valley; low land between hills or mountains
- Me
- Reflexive or object pronoun meaning 'me' or 'myself'
- detuve
- I stopped; first person past tense of detenerse
- junto
- Next to, beside, near something or someone
- manantiales
- Springs; natural sources of fresh water from the ground
- nacen
- They are born, originate, or spring from a source
- glaciar
- Glacier; large slow-moving mass of ice
- cual
- Which; relative pronoun referring to a previously mentioned noun
- avanza
- Advances, moves forward slowly toward a destination
- lentamente
- Slowly; in a slow manner without haste
- desde
- From, since; preposition indicating origin or starting point
- cima
- Summit, top; highest point of a mountain or hill
- colinas
- Hills; rounded elevated landforms smaller than mountains
- bloquear
- To block, obstruct, prevent passage or movement
- abruptas
- Abrupt, steep, sudden; describing sharp or rugged terrain
- laderas
- Slopes, hillsides; inclined sides of mountains or hills
- vastas
- Vast, immense; of very great extent or size
- montañas
- Mountains; large natural elevations of the earth's surface
- alzaban
- They rose, towered; past tense of alzarse meaning to rise
- ante
- Before, in front of; preposition indicating position or presence
- helada
- Frozen, icy; covered with or consisting of ice
- pared
- Wall; vertical structure forming a barrier or surface
- cernía
- Loomed, hovered menacingly; past tense of cernirse
- sobre
- Over, above, on top of; preposition indicating position
- cuantos
- A few, several; referring to a small indefinite number
- pinos
- Pine trees; evergreen coniferous trees with needles
- destrozados
- Destroyed, shattered, broken apart into pieces
- dispersos
- Scattered, spread out in different directions or places
- alrededor
- Around, surrounding; in the area encircling something
- solemne
- Solemn, grave, deeply serious in character or tone
- silencio
- Silence; complete absence of sound or noise
- gloriosa
- Glorious, magnificent, inspiring awe and admiration
- antecámara
- Antechamber, anteroom; a room leading to a main chamber
- imperial
- Imperial, majestic; relating to or befitting an empire
- Naturaleza
- Nature; the natural world and its phenomena
- quebrado
- Broken, interrupted; past participle of quebrar
- únicamente
- Only, solely, exclusively; in no other way
- estruendo
- Loud crash, roar; deafening noise or thunderous sound
- olas
- Waves; moving ridges on the surface of water
- caída
- Fall, drop; the act of falling or collapsing downward
- algún
- Some, any; indefinite adjective before a masculine noun
- enorme
- Enormous, huge; of very great size or quantity
- fragmento
- Fragment, piece; a broken-off or detached part of something
- sonido
- Sound; vibrations perceived by the sense of hearing
- atronador
- Thunderous, deafening; producing an extremely loud sound
- alud
- Avalanche; sudden rush of snow or rock down a slope
- chasquido
- Crack, snap; sharp sudden sound like ice breaking
- reverberado
- Reverberated, echoed; sound reflected back from a surface
- largo
- Length; extent of something from end to end
- hielo
- Ice; water frozen into a solid state
- acumulado
- Accumulated, gathered; built up over time in quantity
- mediante
- Through, by means of; using something as a method
- silencioso
- Silent, quiet; making little or no sound
- obrar
- To act, work, operate; functioning of natural forces
- leyes
- Laws; rules or principles governing nature or society
- inmutables
- Immutable, unchangeable; remaining constant and never altering
- rasgado
- Torn, ripped; split apart by force
- desgarrado
- Torn apart, wrenched; violently split or ripped asunder
- cada
- Each, every; referring to individual members of a group
- momento
- Moment; a very brief period of time
- hubiera
- Had been; past subjunctive of haber used in conditionals
- juguete
- Toy; an object for play, here used metaphorically
- manos
- Hands; the end parts of human arms used for grasping
- escenas
- Scenes, views; visual settings or episodes observed
- sublimes
- Sublime, awe-inspiring; of extraordinary grandeur and beauty
- magníficas
- Magnificent, splendid; impressively beautiful or elaborate
- brindaron
- Offered, provided, gave; third person plural past of brindar
- mayor
- Greater, larger, elder; comparative adjective of grande
- consuelo
- Consolation, comfort; relief from grief or distress
- capaz
- Capable, able; having the ability or capacity to do something
- recibir
- To receive, accept; to get something given or offered
- elevaron
- They elevated, lifted; raised to a higher level or state
- encima
- Above, on top; at a higher position than something else
- mezquindad
- Pettiness, meanness; small-mindedness or miserly attitude
- sentimientos
- Feelings, emotions; inner affective states or sensations
- aunque
- Although, even though; concessive conjunction indicating contrast
- eliminaron
- They eliminated, removed; got rid of completely
- dolor
- Pain, grief, sorrow; physical or emotional suffering
- aplacaron
- They appeased, calmed, soothed; reduced intensity of feeling
- tranquilizaron
- They calmed, reassured, brought peace to the mind
- cierta
- Certain, a certain; indicating a particular unspecified thing
- medida
- Measure, extent; degree or amount of something
- también
- Also, too; in addition to what has been mentioned
- apartaron
- They diverted, moved away; turned attention or thoughts away
- mente
- Mind; the faculty for thinking, reasoning, and feeling
- pensamientos
- Thoughts; ideas or reflections produced by the mind
- cavilado
- Brooded, pondered deeply; past participle of cavilar
- durante
- During, throughout; preposition indicating a period of time
- último
- Last, final; occurring at the end of a sequence
- mes
- Month; one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
- retiré
- I retired, withdrew; first person past tense of retirarse
- descansar
- To rest, relax; to cease activity and recover energy
- noche
- Night; the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise
- sueños
- Dreams; images and thoughts experienced during sleep
- así
- Thus, so, in this way; expressing manner or comparison
- atendidos
- Attended to, cared for; looked after with care
- nutridos
- Nourished, fed; sustained or enriched by something
- congregación
- Congregation, gathering; an assembly of people or things
- grandiosas
- Grandiose, grand; impressively large or magnificent
- formas
- Forms, shapes; the outward appearance or configuration of things
- contemplado
- Contemplated, gazed upon; observed thoughtfully and attentively
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