Great Expectations — Page 6
Now, I ain't alone, as you may think I am.
Ahora bien, no estoy solo, como quizás creas que lo estoy.
There's a young man hid with me, in comparison with which young man I am a Angel.
Hay un joven escondido conmigo, en comparación con el cual yo soy un Ángel.
That young man hears the words I speak.
Ese joven escucha las palabras que digo.
That young man has a secret way pecooliar to himself, of getting at a boy, and at his heart, and at his liver.
Ese joven tiene una manera secreta bien peculiar suya de llegar a un muchacho, y a su corazón, y a sus entrañas.
It is in wain for a boy to attempt to hide himself from that young man.
Es en vano que un muchacho intente esconderse de ese joven.
A boy may lock his door, may be warm in bed, may tuck himself up, may draw the clothes over his head, may think himself comfortable and safe, but that young man will softly creep and creep his way to him and tear him open.
Un muchacho puede cerrar su puerta con llave, puede estar calentito en la cama, puede arroparse bien, puede echarse la ropa por encima de la cabeza, puede creerse cómodo y seguro, pero ese joven se irá arrastrando y arrastrando sigilosamente hasta él y lo abrirá en canal.
I am a keeping that young man from harming of you at the present moment, with great difficulty.
En este momento estoy conteniendo a ese joven para que no te haga daño, y me cuesta gran esfuerzo.
I find it wery hard to hold that young man off of your inside.
Me resulta muy difícil mantener a ese joven alejado de tus tripas.
Now, what do you say?"
Ahora bien, ¿qué dices tú?"
I said that I would get him the file, and I would get him what broken bits of food I could, and I would come to him at the Battery, early in the morning.
Dije que le conseguiría la lima, y que le llevaría los trozos de comida que pudiera, y que iría a verle a la Batería a primera hora de la mañana.
"Say Lord strike you dead if you don't!" said the man.
«¡Di que Dios te mate si no lo haces!», dijo el hombre.
I said so, and he took me down.
Así lo dije, y él me bajó al suelo.
"Now," he pursued, "you remember what you've undertook, and you remember that young man, and you get home!"
«Ahora», prosiguió, «recuerda lo que has prometido, y recuerda a ese joven, ¡y vete a casa!»
"Goo-good night, sir," I faltered.
«Bue-buenas noches, señor», balbucí.
"Much of that!" said he, glancing about him over the cold wet flat.
«¡Mucho que sí!», dijo él, echando una mirada a su alrededor por la fría y húmeda llanura.
Vocabulary
- Ahora
- Now; at the present time or moment
- bien
- Well; good; properly or correctly
- no
- No; not; negation or refusal
- estoy
- I am; present tense of estar
- solo
- Alone; single; only or solely
- como
- As; like; how; in the manner of
- quizás
- Perhaps; maybe; possibly or uncertain
- creas
- You believe; you think; second person subjunctive
- que
- That; which; what; relative pronoun
- lo
- It; him; direct object pronoun masculine
- Hay
- There is; there are; third person impersonal
- un
- A; one; indefinite article masculine
- joven
- Young; a young person or youth
- escondido
- Hidden; concealed; secreted away
- conmigo
- With me; together with me always
- en
- In; on; at; preposition of location
- comparación
- Comparison; the act of comparing things
- con
- With; together with; accompanied by
- el
- The; masculine singular definite article
- cual
- Which; which one; relative pronoun
- yo
- I; first person singular pronoun
- soy
- I am; present tense of ser
- Ángel
- Angel; a celestial or spiritual being
- Ese
- That; that one; demonstrative pronoun
- escucha
- Listen; he/she listens; third person singular
- las
- The; feminine plural definite article
- palabras
- Words; plural of palabra
- digo
- I say; I tell; first person singular
- tiene
- Has; he/she has; third person singular
- una
- A; one; indefinite article feminine
- manera
- Way; manner; method or fashion
- secreta
- Secret; hidden; concealed or private
- peculiar
- Peculiar; strange; odd or unusual
- suya
- His; hers; theirs; possessive pronoun
- de
- Of; from; belonging to or about
- llegar
- To arrive; to reach; to come
- muchacho
- Boy; young man; male youth
- su
- His; her; their; possessive adjective
- corazón
- Heart; the organ or center emotion
- sus
- His; her; their; plural possessive adjective
- Es
- It is; he/she is; third person
- vano
- Vain; futile; useless or ineffective
- intente
- Attempt; try; endeavor or effort
- esconderse
- To hide; to conceal oneself
- ese
- That; that one; demonstrative pronoun
- Un
- A; one; indefinite article masculine
- puede
- Can; is able to; third person
- cerrar
- To close; to shut; to lock
- puerta
- Door; entrance; opening or gateway
- llave
- Key; lock; solution or answer
- estar
- To be; to stay; to remain
- cama
- Bed; sleeping surface or furniture
- echarse
- To lie down; to throw oneself
- ropa
- Clothes; clothing; garments or attire
- por
- For; by; through; preposition
- encima
- On top; above; over or upon
- cabeza
- Head; the top part of body
- creerse
- To believe oneself; to think oneself
- cómodo
- Comfortable; convenient; easy or pleasant
- seguro
- Safe; secure; certain or sure
- pero
- But; however; yet or still
- se
- Himself; herself; reflexive pronoun
- irá
- Will go; future tense of ir
- hasta
- Until; up to; as far as
- él
- He; him; third person masculine
- abrirá
- Will open; future tense of abrir
- canal
- Channel; canal; passage or conduit
- En
- In; on; at; preposition of location
- este
- This; this one; demonstrative pronoun
- momento
- Moment; instant; brief period time
- conteniendo
- Containing; holding; restraining or suppressing
- para
- For; to; in order to preposition
- te
- You; to you; indirect object pronoun
- haga
- Does; makes; subjunctive of hacer
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