Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 4
The blue Mediterranean appeared, and by a strange chance, I saw the fiend enter by night and hide himself in a vessel bound for the Black Sea.
El azul Mediterráneo apareció, y por una extraña casualidad, vi al demonio entrar de noche y esconderse en un barco con destino al Mar Negro.
I took my passage in the same ship, but he escaped, I know not how.
Tomé pasaje en el mismo barco, pero él escapó, no sé cómo.
Amidst the wilds of Tartary and Russia, although he still evaded me, I have ever followed in his track.
En medio de los páramos de Tartaria y Rusia, aunque todavía me eludía, siempre lo he seguido en su rastro.
Sometimes the peasants, scared by this horrid apparition, informed me of his path; sometimes he himself, who feared that if I lost all trace of him I should despair and die, left some mark to guide me.
A veces los campesinos, aterrorizados por esta horrible aparición, me informaban de su camino; otras veces él mismo, que temía que si perdía todo rastro de él yo desesperaría y moriría, dejaba alguna marca para guiarme.
The snows descended on my head, and I saw the print of his huge step on the white plain.
Las nieves caían sobre mi cabeza, y vi la huella de su enorme paso en la blanca llanura.
To you first entering on life, to whom care is new and agony unknown, how can you understand what I have felt and still feel?
Para vosotros que apenas entráis en la vida, para quienes la preocupación es nueva y la agonía desconocida, ¿cómo podéis entender lo que he sentido y aún siento?
Cold, want, and fatigue were the least pains which I was destined to endure; I was cursed by some devil and carried about with me my eternal hell; yet still a spirit of good followed and directed my steps and when I most murmured would suddenly extricate me from seemingly insurmountable difficulties.
El frío, la miseria y el cansancio eran los menores sufrimientos que estaba destinado a soportar; estaba maldecido por algún demonio y llevaba conmigo mi eterno infierno; sin embargo, un espíritu del bien aún me seguía y dirigía mis pasos y cuando más me quejaba me sacaba de repente de dificultades aparentemente insuperables.
Sometimes, when nature, overcome by hunger, sank under the exhaustion, a repast was prepared for me in the desert that restored and inspirited me.
A veces, cuando la naturaleza, vencida por el hambre, cedía ante el agotamiento, se preparaba para mí un festín en el desierto que me restauraba y animaba.
Vocabulary
- azul
- The color blue
- Mediterráneo
- The Mediterranean Sea or region
- apareció
- He/she/it appeared, showed up
- extraña
- Strange, odd, or unusual
- casualidad
- A coincidence or chance occurrence
- vi
- I saw; past tense of 'ver'
- demonio
- A demon or devil
- entrar
- To enter or go into a place
- noche
- Night or nighttime
- esconderse
- To hide oneself or conceal oneself
- barco
- A ship or boat
- destino
- Destination or fate
- Mar
- Sea, as in a large body of saltwater
- Negro
- Black; also refers to the Black Sea
- Tomé
- I took; first person past tense of 'tomar'
- pasaje
- A passage or ticket for travel
- mismo
- Same or himself; used for emphasis
- escapó
- He/she escaped or got away
- sé
- I know; first person present of 'saber'
- medio
- Middle, midst, or half
- páramos
- Bleak high plateaus or moors
- Rusia
- Russia, the large Eastern European and Asian country
- aunque
- Although, even though, or even if
- todavía
- Still or yet; continuing state
- eludía
- He/she was eluding or evading someone
- siempre
- Always or at all times
- seguido
- Followed; past participle of 'seguir'
- rastro
- A trail, trace, or track left behind
- veces
- Times or occasions; plural of 'vez'
- campesinos
- Peasants or rural farmers
- aterrorizados
- Terrified or frightened by something
- horrible
- Horrible, dreadful, or terrifying
- aparición
- An apparition, ghost, or sudden appearance
- informaban
- They were informing or reporting about something
- camino
- A road, path, or way
- temía
- He/she feared or was afraid of something
- perdía
- He/she was losing or misplacing something
- todo
- Everything, all, or every
- desesperaría
- I would despair or lose all hope
- moriría
- I would die; conditional tense of 'morir'
- dejaba
- He/she was leaving or allowing something
- alguna
- Some or any; feminine form of 'algún'
- marca
- A mark, sign, or brand left behind
- guiarme
- To guide me; infinitive with pronoun attached
- nieves
- Snows; plural of 'nieve'
- caían
- They were falling; imperfect of 'caer'
- sobre
- Preposition meaning 'on,' 'over,' or 'about'
- cabeza
- Head, the uppermost part of the body
- huella
- A footprint, track, or mark left behind
- enorme
- Enormous, very large, or huge
- paso
- A step, pace, or passing
- blanca
- White; feminine form of 'blanco'
- llanura
- A plain or flat expanse of land
- vosotros
- Second person plural pronoun meaning 'you all'
- apenas
- Hardly, barely, or just now
- entráis
- You all enter; second plural present of 'entrar'
- vida
- Life or a way of living
- quienes
- Who; plural relative pronoun referring to people
- preocupación
- Worry, concern, or anxiety about something
- nueva
- New; feminine form of 'nuevo'
- agonía
- Agony, intense pain, or death struggle
- desconocida
- Unknown or unfamiliar; feminine form
- podéis
- You all can; second plural of 'poder'
- entender
- To understand or comprehend something
- sentido
- Sense, meaning, or feeling
- aún
- Still or yet; used with ongoing situations
- siento
- I feel or I sense; present of 'sentir'
- frío
- Cold temperature or the sensation of cold
- miseria
- Misery, poverty, or extreme suffering
- cansancio
- Fatigue, tiredness, or weariness
- menores
- Lesser, smaller, or minor; comparative of 'menor'
- sufrimientos
- Sufferings or hardships endured
- destinado
- Destined or fated to experience something
- soportar
- To endure, bear, or put up with something
- maldecido
- Cursed or damned; past participle of 'maldecir'
- algún
- Some or any; masculine form before nouns
- llevaba
- I/he/she was carrying or taking along
- conmigo
- With me; prepositional pronoun form
- eterno
- Eternal, everlasting, or never-ending
- infierno
- Hell or a place of extreme torment
- sin
- Preposition meaning 'without'
- embargo
- Used in 'sin embargo' meaning 'however' or 'nevertheless'
- espíritu
- Spirit, soul, or supernatural being
- bien
- Good, well, or goodness
- seguía
- He/she kept on or continued doing something
- dirigía
- He/she was directing or guiding something
- pasos
- Steps or paces; plural of 'paso'
- cuando
- When; temporal conjunction
- quejaba
- I/he/she was complaining or lamenting
- sacaba
- He/she was taking out or extracting something
- repente
- Sudden; used in 'de repente' meaning 'suddenly'
- dificultades
- Difficulties, obstacles, or challenges
- aparentemente
- Apparently or seemingly; used to express appearance
- insuperables
- Insurmountable or impossible to overcome
- naturaleza
- Nature or the natural world
- vencida
- Defeated or overcome; feminine past participle of 'vencer'
- hambre
- Hunger or starvation
- cedía
- He/she/it was giving way or yielding
- ante
- Before or in the face of something
- agotamiento
- Exhaustion or complete depletion of energy
- preparaba
- He/she/it was preparing or getting ready
- festín
- A feast, banquet, or lavish meal
- desierto
- A desert or deserted, empty place
- restauraba
- He/she/it was restoring or reviving someone
- animaba
- He/she/it was encouraging or cheering someone up
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