Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World — Page 4
Six of the crew, of whom I was one, having let down the boat into the sea, made a shift to get clear of the ship and the rock.
Sechs Mann der Besatzung, zu denen ich gehörte, hatten das Boot ins Meer hinabgelassen und es so eingerichtet, vom Schiff und dem Felsen freizukommen.
We rowed, by my computation, about three leagues, till we were able to work no longer, being already spent with labour while we were in the ship.
Wir ruderten, meiner Schätzung nach, etwa drei Meilen, bis wir nicht mehr arbeiten konnten, da wir bereits durch die Anstrengungen auf dem Schiff erschöpft waren.
We therefore trusted ourselves to the mercy of the waves, and in about half an hour the boat was overset by a sudden flurry from the north.
Daher überließen wir uns der Gnade der Wellen, und nach etwa einer halben Stunde wurde das Boot durch einen plötzlichen Windstoß aus dem Norden umgeworfen.
What became of my companions in the boat, as well as of those who escaped on the rock, or were left in the vessel, I cannot tell; but conclude they were all lost.
Was aus meinen Gefährten im Boot wurde, ebenso wie aus jenen, die sich auf den Felsen gerettet hatten oder im Schiff zurückgeblieben waren, kann ich nicht sagen; doch schließe ich daraus, dass sie alle umgekommen sind.
For my own part, I swam as fortune directed me, and was pushed forward by wind and tide.
Was mich selbst betrifft, so schwamm ich, wohin das Schicksal mich lenkte, und wurde von Wind und Strömung vorwärtsgetrieben.
I often let my legs drop, and could feel no bottom; but when I was almost gone, and able to struggle no longer, I found myself within my depth; and by this time the storm was much abated.
Ich ließ meine Beine oft sinken und konnte keinen Grund spüren; doch als ich fast am Ende war und nicht mehr kämpfen konnte, merkte ich, dass ich Grund unter den Füßen hatte; und inzwischen hatte sich der Sturm merklich gelegt.
The declivity was so small, that I walked near a mile before I got to the shore, which I conjectured was about eight o'clock in the evening.
Das Gefälle war so gering, dass ich fast eine Meile weit ging, bevor ich das Ufer erreichte, was ich auf etwa acht Uhr abends schätzte.
I then advanced forward near half a mile, but could not discover any sign of houses or inhabitants; at least I was in so weak a condition, that I did not observe them.
Dann ging ich noch fast eine halbe Meile weiter vor, konnte jedoch kein Anzeichen von Häusern oder Bewohnern entdecken; zumindest war ich in einem so geschwächten Zustand, dass ich sie nicht wahrnahm.
Vocabulary
- Mann
- Man; also used to mean crew member
- Besatzung
- Crew of a ship or aircraft
- denen
- Relative pronoun: to whom, to which (dative plural)
- gehörte
- Belonged to; past tense of gehören
- Boot
- Small boat or vessel
- Meer
- The sea or ocean
- hinabgelassen
- Lowered down; past participle of hinablassen
- eingerichtet
- Arranged; set up; past participle of einrichten
- Schiff
- Ship; large sea-going vessel
- Felsen
- Rock; rocky cliff or crag
- freizukommen
- To get free from; to escape something
- ruderten
- Rowed; past tense plural of rudern
- Schätzung
- Estimate; an approximate calculation or guess
- etwa
- About; approximately; roughly
- Meilen
- Miles; plural of Meile (unit of distance)
- arbeiten
- To work; to labor or toil
- bereits
- Already; by that time; previously
- Anstrengungen
- Efforts; exertions; strenuous physical or mental strains
- erschöpft
- Exhausted; completely drained of energy
- Daher
- Therefore; hence; for that reason
- überließen
- Left to; entrusted; past tense of überlassen
- Gnade
- Mercy; grace; clemency
- Wellen
- Waves; plural of Welle (water or sound wave)
- halben
- Half; adjective form of halb in dative
- Stunde
- Hour; a period of sixty minutes
- plötzlichen
- Sudden; adjective form of plötzlich in accusative
- Windstoß
- Gust of wind; sudden strong burst of air
- Norden
- North; the northern cardinal direction
- umgeworfen
- Overturned; capsized; past participle of umwerfen
- Gefährten
- Companions; fellow travelers or comrades
- ebenso
- Just as; equally; likewise
- jenen
- Those; dative plural of jener (that one)
- gerettet
- Saved; rescued; past participle of retten
- zurückgeblieben
- Stayed behind; remained; past participle of zurückbleiben
- doch
- But; yet; however; still (emphatic particle)
- schließe
- Conclude; infer; first person of schließen
- daraus
- From that; out of that; thereof
- umgekommen
- Perished; died; past participle of umkommen
- selbst
- Myself; self; even (emphatic particle)
- betrifft
- Concerns; regards; third person of betreffen
- schwamm
- Swam; past tense singular of schwimmen
- wohin
- Where to; in which direction
- Schicksal
- Fate; destiny; fortune
- lenkte
- Directed; steered; guided (past tense of lenken)
- Wind
- Wind; moving air current
- Strömung
- Current; flow of water or air
- vorwärtsgetrieben
- Driven forward; propelled ahead; past participle of vorwärtstreiben
- Beine
- Legs; plural of Bein
- oft
- Often; frequently; many times
- sinken
- To sink; to drop downward
- Grund
- Ground; bottom; reason
- spüren
- To feel; to sense; to perceive
- fast
- Almost; nearly; practically
- Ende
- End; conclusion; finish
- kämpfen
- To fight; to struggle; to battle
- merkte
- Noticed; realized; past tense of merken
- Füßen
- Feet; dative plural of Fuß
- inzwischen
- Meanwhile; in the meantime; by now
- Sturm
- Storm; violent weather with strong winds
- merklich
- Noticeably; perceptibly; markedly
- gelegt
- Laid; subsided; past participle of legen/sich legen
- Gefälle
- Slope; gradient; incline of terrain
- gering
- Small; slight; little; insignificant
- Meile
- Mile; a unit of distance
- weit
- Far; wide; distant
- bevor
- Before; prior to (subordinating conjunction)
- Ufer
- Shore; bank; coast of water
- erreichte
- Reached; arrived at; past tense of erreichen
- Uhr
- Clock; o'clock; time indicator
- abends
- In the evening; during evening hours
- schätzte
- Estimated; guessed; past tense of schätzen
- halbe
- Half; adjective form of halb (nominative/accusative)
- weiter
- Further; farther; onward; continued
- jedoch
- However; yet; nevertheless (conjunction/adverb)
- Anzeichen
- Sign; indication; symptom of something
- Häusern
- Houses; dative plural of Haus
- Bewohnern
- Inhabitants; residents; dative plural of Bewohner
- entdecken
- To discover; to detect; to find
- zumindest
- At least; at a minimum
- geschwächten
- Weakened; enfeebled; adjective form of geschwächt
- Zustand
- Condition; state; situation of something
- wahrnahm
- Perceived; noticed; past tense of wahrnehmen
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