Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 2
They congregated round me; the unstained snowy mountain-top, the glittering pinnacle, the pine woods, and ragged bare ravine, the eagle, soaring amidst the clouds—they all gathered round me and bade me be at peace.
Se congregaron a mi alrededor; la cima nevada e inmaculada, el pináculo reluciente, los bosques de pinos y el escarpado y desnudo barranco, el águila que se elevaba entre las nubes: todos se reunieron a mi alrededor y me ordenaron que estuviera en paz.
Where had they fled when the next morning I awoke?
¿Adónde habían huido cuando desperté a la mañana siguiente?
All of soul-inspiriting fled with sleep, and dark melancholy clouded every thought.
Todo lo que alentaba el alma huyó con el sueño, y una oscura melancolía nubló cada pensamiento.
The rain was pouring in torrents, and thick mists hid the summits of the mountains, so that I even saw not the faces of those mighty friends.
La lluvia caía a torrentes y densas nieblas ocultaban las cumbres de las montañas, de modo que ni siquiera podía ver los rostros de aquellos poderosos amigos.
Still I would penetrate their misty veil and seek them in their cloudy retreats.
Aun así, quería penetrar su velo brumoso y buscarlos en sus neblinosos refugios.
What were rain and storm to me?
¿Qué eran para mí la lluvia y la tormenta?
My mule was brought to the door, and I resolved to ascend to the summit of Montanvert.
Me trajeron la mula a la puerta y resolví ascender hasta la cima del Montanvert.
I remembered the effect that the view of the tremendous and ever-moving glacier had produced upon my mind when I first saw it.
Recordé el efecto que la visión del tremendo y siempre movedizo glaciar había producido en mi mente cuando lo vi por primera vez.
It had then filled me with a sublime ecstasy that gave wings to the soul and allowed it to soar from the obscure world to light and joy.
En aquel entonces me había llenado de un éxtasis sublime que daba alas al alma y le permitía elevarse desde el mundo oscuro hacia la luz y la alegría.
The sight of the awful and majestic in nature had indeed always the effect of solemnising my mind and causing me to forget the passing cares of life.
La contemplación de lo terrible y majestuoso en la naturaleza había tenido siempre, en efecto, el efecto de solemnizar mi mente y hacerme olvidar las preocupaciones pasajeras de la vida.
I determined to go without a guide, for I was well acquainted with the path, and the presence of another would destroy the solitary grandeur of the scene.
Decidí ir sin guía, pues conocía bien el camino, y la presencia de otro destruiría la solitaria grandiosidad del paisaje.
Vocabulary
- Se
- Reflexive pronoun used with verbs
- congregaron
- They gathered or assembled together in a group
- alrededor
- Around or surrounding something or someone
- cima
- The top or summit of a mountain
- nevada
- Covered with snow; snowy
- e
- Conjunction meaning 'and' before i/hi sounds
- inmaculada
- Spotless, perfectly clean, or pure
- pináculo
- A pinnacle or highest pointed peak
- reluciente
- Shining, gleaming, or sparkling brightly
- bosques
- Forests or woodlands with many trees
- pinos
- Pine trees, evergreen coniferous trees
- escarpado
- Steep, rugged, or sharply inclined terrain
- desnudo
- Bare, naked, or uncovered
- barranco
- A ravine, gorge, or steep gully
- águila
- An eagle, a large bird of prey
- elevaba
- Was rising or soaring upward through the air
- entre
- Preposition meaning 'between' or 'among'
- nubes
- Clouds in the sky
- todos
- All or everyone; every one of them
- reunieron
- They gathered or came together as a group
- ordenaron
- They ordered or commanded someone to do something
- estuviera
- Subjunctive form of 'to be' (temporary state)
- paz
- Peace; a state of calm and tranquility
- Adónde
- Interrogative meaning 'where to' or 'whither'
- habían
- Third-person plural past perfect auxiliary 'had'
- huido
- Past participle of huir; fled or escaped
- cuando
- Conjunction meaning 'when'
- desperté
- I woke up; first-person past tense of despertar
- mañana
- Morning or tomorrow
- siguiente
- Following or next in sequence
- Todo
- Everything or all of something
- alentaba
- Encouraged or gave encouragement to someone
- alma
- The soul or spirit of a person
- huyó
- He/she/it fled or ran away
- sueño
- Sleep or a dream during sleep
- oscura
- Dark or gloomy in tone or appearance
- melancolía
- Melancholy; deep sadness or gloom
- nubló
- Clouded or darkened; obscured like clouds
- cada
- Each or every individual item
- pensamiento
- A thought or idea in the mind
- lluvia
- Rain; water falling from the sky
- caía
- Was falling; imperfect tense of caer
- torrentes
- Torrents; rushing streams or heavy downpours
- densas
- Dense, thick, or heavy in concentration
- nieblas
- Fogs or mists obscuring visibility
- ocultaban
- Were hiding or concealing from view
- cumbres
- Summits or peaks of mountains
- montañas
- Mountains; large elevated landforms
- modo
- Way, manner, or mode of doing something
- ni
- Neither/nor; negative conjunction
- siquiera
- Even; used in negative sentences for emphasis
- podía
- Could; imperfect tense of poder
- ver
- To see or look at something
- rostros
- Faces or countenances of people
- aquellos
- Those (distant); demonstrative adjective/pronoun
- poderosos
- Powerful, mighty, or very strong
- amigos
- Friends; people one has a friendly relationship with
- Aun
- Even or still; used for emphasis
- así
- Thus, so, or in this way
- quería
- Wanted or desired; imperfect tense of querer
- penetrar
- To penetrate, pierce, or pass through something
- velo
- A veil or thin covering obscuring something
- brumoso
- Misty, hazy, or foggy in appearance
- buscarlos
- To look for them; search for them
- neblinosos
- Misty or shrouded in light fog
- refugios
- Refuges, shelters, or places of retreat
- Qué
- What; interrogative or exclamatory pronoun
- eran
- Were; imperfect tense of ser (third-person plural)
- tormenta
- A storm with strong winds and rain
- trajeron
- They brought something to someone
- mula
- A mule; a domestic pack animal
- puerta
- A door or gate of a building
- resolví
- I resolved or decided to do something
- ascender
- To ascend, climb, or go upward
- hasta
- Until or up to a point or place
- Recordé
- I remembered; first-person preterite of recordar
- efecto
- Effect or impact produced by something
- visión
- A vision, sight, or mental image seen
- tremendo
- Tremendous, awe-inspiring, or enormously impressive
- siempre
- Always, at all times
- movedizo
- Ever-moving, shifting, or in constant motion
- glaciar
- A glacier; a large slow-moving mass of ice
- había
- Had; third-person singular past perfect auxiliary
- producido
- Produced or caused; past participle of producir
- mente
- The mind or intellect
- vi
- I saw; first-person preterite of ver
- por
- Preposition meaning 'for', 'by', or 'through'
- primera
- First; feminine ordinal number adjective
- vez
- Time or occasion; as in 'for the first time'
- aquel
- That (distant); masculine demonstrative adjective
- entonces
- Then; at that time or moment
- llenado
- Filled; past participle of llenar
- éxtasis
- Ecstasy; a state of intense joy or rapture
- sublime
- Sublime; of awe-inspiring grandeur or excellence
- daba
- Gave; imperfect tense of dar
- alas
- Wings; appendages enabling birds to fly
- permitía
- Allowed or permitted; imperfect tense of permitir
- elevarse
- To rise up or soar above
- desde
- From or since a point in space or time
- mundo
- The world or a particular realm of existence
- oscuro
- Dark, shadowy, or dim
- hacia
- Toward; indicating direction of movement
- luz
- Light; illumination from a source
- alegría
- Joy, happiness, or cheerfulness
- contemplación
- Contemplation; deep thoughtful observation or reflection
- terrible
- Terrible or terrifying; inspiring fear or dread
- majestuoso
- Majestic; having impressive dignity and grandeur
- naturaleza
- Nature; the natural world and its phenomena
- tenido
- Had; past participle of tener
- solemnizar
- To solemnize or make something serious and ceremonial
- hacerme
- To make me; infinitive with first-person pronoun attached
- olvidar
- To forget; to cease remembering something
- preocupaciones
- Worries or concerns troubling the mind
- pasajeras
- Fleeting, transient, or passing in nature
- vida
- Life; the existence of a living being
- Decidí
- I decided; first-person preterite of decidir
- ir
- To go; basic verb of movement
- sin
- Without; preposition indicating absence
- guía
- A guide; person who leads or directs others
- pues
- Because, since, or well; causal or filler conjunction
- conocía
- Knew (a place/person); imperfect of conocer
- bien
- Well; adverb indicating good quality or manner
- camino
- A road, path, or way to somewhere
- presencia
- Presence; the state of being present somewhere
- otro
- Another or other person or thing
- destruiría
- Would destroy; conditional tense of destruir
- solitaria
- Solitary, lonely, or isolated
- grandiosidad
- Grandeur or magnificence of something impressive
- paisaje
- Landscape or scenery of a natural area
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