Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 10
It is well for the unfortunate to be resigned, but for the guilty there is no peace.
Es bueno que los desafortunados se resignen, pero para los culpables no hay paz.
The agonies of remorse poison the luxury there is otherwise sometimes found in indulging the excess of grief.
Las agonías del remordimiento envenenan el placer que de otro modo a veces se encuentra al entregarse al exceso del dolor.
Soon after my arrival my father spoke of my immediate marriage with Elizabeth.
Poco después de mi llegada, mi padre habló de mi inmediato matrimonio con Elizabeth.
I remained silent.
Permanecí en silencio.
"Have you, then, some other attachment?"
«¿Tienes, entonces, algún otro apego?»
"None on earth.
«Ninguno en la tierra.
I love Elizabeth and look forward to our union with delight.
Amo a Elizabeth y aguardo nuestra unión con deleite.
Let the day therefore be fixed; and on it I will consecrate myself, in life or death, to the happiness of my cousin."
Que se fije el día, pues; y en él me consagraré, en vida o en muerte, a la felicidad de mi prima.»
"My dear Victor, do not speak thus.
«Mi querido Víctor, no hables así.
Heavy misfortunes have befallen us, but let us only cling closer to what remains and transfer our love for those whom we have lost to those who yet live.
Graves desgracias nos han sobrevenido, pero aferrémonos más a lo que queda y transfiramos nuestro amor por quienes hemos perdido a quienes aún viven.
Our circle will be small but bound close by the ties of affection and mutual misfortune.
Nuestro círculo será pequeño, pero estrechamente unido por los lazos del afecto y la desgracia mutua.
And when time shall have softened your despair, new and dear objects of care will be born to replace those of whom we have been so cruelly deprived."
Y cuando el tiempo haya suavizado tu desesperación, nuevos y queridos objetos de cuidado nacerán para reemplazar a aquellos de quienes hemos sido tan cruelmente privados.»
Such were the lessons of my father.
Tales fueron las lecciones de mi padre.
But to me the remembrance of the threat returned; nor can you wonder that, omnipotent as the fiend had yet been in his deeds of blood, I should almost regard him as invincible, and that when he had pronounced the words "_I shall be with you on your wedding-night_," I should regard the threatened fate as unavoidable.
Pero a mí me volvió el recuerdo de la amenaza; ni puede sorprenderte que, omnipotente como había sido el demonio en sus actos de sangre, casi lo considerara invencible, y que cuando hubo pronunciado las palabras «_Estaré contigo en tu noche de bodas_», considerara el destino amenazado como inevitable.
Vocabulary
- bueno
- Good; indicating something positive or favorable.
- desafortunados
- Unfortunate ones; people who suffer bad luck.
- resignen
- Resign themselves; accept something unpleasant with patience.
- culpables
- Guilty ones; people responsible for wrongdoing.
- paz
- Peace; state of calm, tranquility, or absence of conflict.
- agonías
- Agonies; intense physical or mental suffering.
- remordimiento
- Remorse; deep regret or guilt over past actions.
- envenenan
- Poison; contaminate or corrupt something harmful.
- placer
- Pleasure; feeling of enjoyment or satisfaction.
- modo
- Way/manner; method or style of doing something.
- veces
- Times; occasions; used in 'a veces' meaning sometimes.
- encuentra
- Finds/encounters; third person singular of 'encontrar'.
- entregarse
- To give oneself over; surrender to something.
- exceso
- Excess; amount beyond what is normal or necessary.
- dolor
- Pain; physical or emotional suffering.
- llegada
- Arrival; the act of reaching a destination.
- inmediato
- Immediate; happening without delay.
- matrimonio
- Marriage; legal or formal union between partners.
- Permanecí
- I remained; first person singular past of 'permanecer'.
- silencio
- Silence; absence of sound or speech.
- entonces
- Then; at that time or in that case.
- algún
- Some/any; indefinite adjective before masculine nouns.
- apego
- Attachment; emotional bond or fondness toward someone.
- Ninguno
- None; no one; not any person or thing.
- tierra
- Earth/land; the ground or the planet Earth.
- Amo
- I love; first person singular present of 'amar'.
- aguardo
- I await; first person singular present of 'aguardar'.
- unión
- Union; joining together of people or things.
- deleite
- Delight; great pleasure or joy.
- fije
- Fix/set; subjunctive of 'fijar', to establish a date.
- pues
- Well/then; conjunction expressing consequence or emphasis.
- consagraré
- I will dedicate; future tense of 'consagrar'.
- muerte
- Death; end of life.
- felicidad
- Happiness; state of joy and contentment.
- prima
- Cousin (female); daughter of one's aunt or uncle.
- querido
- Dear/beloved; term of affection for someone loved.
- hables
- Speak; subjunctive of 'hablar', used in commands.
- así
- Like this/that; in this manner or way.
- Graves
- Grave/serious; severe or critically important misfortunes.
- desgracias
- Misfortunes; unfortunate or disastrous events.
- sobrevenido
- Befallen; past participle of 'sobrevenir', to happen suddenly.
- aferrémonos
- Let us cling; imperative of 'aferrarse', hold tightly.
- queda
- Remains; third person singular of 'quedar'.
- transfiramos
- Let us transfer; subjunctive of 'transferir', to redirect.
- amor
- Love; deep affection for someone or something.
- quienes
- Who; relative pronoun referring to people.
- perdido
- Lost; past participle of 'perder'.
- aún
- Still/yet; indicating continuation of a state.
- círculo
- Circle; a group of people sharing common bonds.
- estrechamente
- Closely/tightly; in a close or intimate manner.
- unido
- United/bound; joined together closely.
- lazos
- Ties/bonds; connections linking people together.
- afecto
- Affection; warm feeling of fondness toward others.
- desgracia
- Misfortune; an unfortunate or disastrous event.
- mutua
- Mutual; shared equally between two or more people.
- haya
- Has; present subjunctive of 'haber'.
- suavizado
- Softened; past participle of 'suavizar', to ease.
- desesperación
- Despair; complete loss of hope or confidence.
- queridos
- Dear ones; beloved people or cherished objects.
- cuidado
- Care; attention and protection given to someone.
- nacerán
- Will be born; future tense of 'nacer'.
- reemplazar
- To replace; to substitute one thing for another.
- aquellos
- Those; demonstrative pronoun referring to distant things.
- cruelmente
- Cruelly; in a brutal or merciless manner.
- privados
- Deprived; stripped of something important or necessary.
- Tales
- Such; of that kind or nature.
- lecciones
- Lessons; teachings or things learned from experience.
- volvió
- Returned; third person singular preterite of 'volver'.
- recuerdo
- Memory/recollection; something recalled from the past.
- amenaza
- Threat; declaration of intent to cause harm.
- ni
- Nor/neither; conjunction connecting negative alternatives.
- sorprenderte
- Surprise you; infinitive with second person pronoun.
- omnipotente
- Omnipotent; all-powerful, having unlimited authority.
- demonio
- Demon; an evil supernatural being.
- actos
- Acts/actions; things done by someone.
- sangre
- Blood; red fluid flowing through living bodies.
- casi
- Almost; very nearly but not quite.
- considerara
- Considered; past subjunctive of 'considerar'.
- invencible
- Invincible; impossible to defeat or overcome.
- hubo
- There was; third person singular preterite of 'haber'.
- pronunciado
- Pronounced/uttered; past participle of 'pronunciar'.
- Estaré
- I will be; first person singular future of 'estar'.
- contigo
- With you; prepositional phrase combining 'con' and 'tigo'.
- bodas
- Wedding/nuptials; ceremony celebrating a marriage.
- destino
- Destiny/fate; predetermined course of events.
- amenazado
- Threatened; past participle of 'amenazar'.
- inevitable
- Inevitable; impossible to avoid or prevent.
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