Harrigan — Page 2
His beat is quiet.
Sein Revier ist ruhig.
Shall I tell him to come with us?"
Soll ich ihm sagen, dass er mitkommen soll?"
But Harrigan went on his way without misgivings, not that he forgot the policeman, but he was accustomed to stand under the suspicious eye of the law.
Aber Harrigan ging seines Weges ohne Bedenken, nicht etwa weil er den Polizisten vergessen hatte, sondern weil er es gewohnt war, unter dem argwöhnischen Blick des Gesetzes zu stehen.
In all the course of his wanderings it had been upon him.
Auf all seinen Wanderungen hatte es auf ihm gelegen.
His coming was to the men in uniform like the sound of the battle trumpet to the cavalry horse.
Sein Erscheinen war für die Männer in Uniform wie der Klang der Schlachttrompete für das Kavalleриепferd.
This, however, was Harrigan's first night in Honolulu, and there was much to see, much to do.
Dies war jedoch Harrigans erste Nacht in Honolulu, und es gab viel zu sehen und viel zu tun.
He had rambled through the streets; now he was headed for the Ivilei district.
Er hatte die Straßen durchstreift; nun war er auf dem Weg zum Ivilei-Viertel.
Instinct brought him there, the still, small voice which had guided him from trouble to trouble all his life.
Der Instinkt brachte ihn dorthin, die leise, stille Stimme, die ihn sein Leben lang von einer Schwierigkeit zur nächsten geführt hatte.
At a corner he stopped to watch a group of Kanakas who passed him, wreathed with leis and thrumming their ukuleles.
An einer Ecke blieb er stehen, um eine Gruppe von Kanakas zu beobachten, die an ihm vorbeizogen, mit Leis geschmückt und auf ihren Ukulelen zupfend.
They sang in their soft, many-voweled language and the sound was to Harrigan like the rush and lapse of water on a beach, infinitely soothing and as lazy as the atmosphere of Honolulu.
Sie sangen in ihrer sanften, vokalreichen Sprache, und der Klang war für Harrigan wie das Rauschen und Verebben des Wassers an einem Strand, unendlich beruhigend und so träge wie die Atmosphäre von Honolulu.
All things are subdued in the strange city where East and West meet in the middle of the Pacific.
Alles ist gedämpft in der fremden Stadt, wo Ost und West in der Mitte des Pazifiks aufeinandertreffen.
Vocabulary
- Sein
- To be; existence or one's own
- Revier
- Territory, district, or police precinct area
- ist
- Is; third person singular of sein
- ruhig
- Calm, quiet, peaceful, or tranquil
- Soll
- Shall, should, or supposed to do
- ich
- I; first person singular pronoun
- ihm
- Him; dative case of er
- sagen
- To say, tell, or speak words
- dass
- That; conjunction introducing subordinate clause
- er
- He; third person singular pronoun
- mitkommen
- To come along, accompany, or join
- Aber
- But; conjunction expressing contrast or opposition
- ging
- Went; past tense of gehen
- seines
- His; possessive pronoun, genitive case
- Weges
- Way, path, or journey; genitive case
- ohne
- Without; preposition denoting absence or exclusion
- Bedenken
- Hesitation, scruple, doubt, or concern
- nicht
- Not; negation adverb used in sentences
- etwa
- About, approximately, or for example
- weil
- Because; conjunction introducing causal clause
- den
- The; accusative case of definite article
- Polizisten
- Police officer; law enforcement official
- vergessen
- To forget; fail to remember something
- hatte
- Had; past tense of haben
- sondern
- But rather; conjunction introducing contrast
- es
- It; third person singular neuter pronoun
- gewohnt
- Accustomed, used to, or habituated
- war
- Was; past tense singular of sein
- unter
- Under, beneath, or among; preposition
- dem
- The; dative case of definite article
- argwöhnischen
- Suspicious, distrustful, or mistrustful attitude
- Blick
- Look, glance, gaze, or view
- des
- The; genitive case of definite article
- Gesetzes
- Law; rule or legal regulation
- zu
- To, at, or for; preposition or infinitive marker
- stehen
- To stand; be in upright position
- Auf
- On, upon, or at; preposition
- all
- All; every, each, or total
- seinen
- His; possessive pronoun, dative/accusative case
- Wanderungen
- Wanderings, hikes, or journeys on foot
- gelegen
- Situated, located, or positioned; past participle
- Erscheinen
- Appearance, manifestation, or seeming presence
- für
- For; preposition denoting purpose or recipient
- die
- The; plural or feminine nominative article
- Männer
- Men; plural of Mann
- in
- In, inside; preposition of location
- Uniform
- Uniform; standardized clothing for officials
- wie
- Like, as, or how; comparative conjunction
- der
- The; masculine nominative definite article
- Klang
- Sound, tone, or ring of something
- das
- The; neuter nominative definite article
- Dies
- This; demonstrative pronoun neuter form
- jedoch
- However, nevertheless, or yet; conjunction
- erste
- First; ordinal number adjective form
- Nacht
- Night; period of darkness
- und
- And; coordinating conjunction
- gab
- Gave; past tense of geben
- viel
- Much, a lot of, or plenty
- sehen
- To see; perceive with eyes
- tun
- To do, make, or perform
- Er
- He; third person singular pronoun
- Straßen
- Streets; plural of Straße
- durchstreift
- Roams, wanders through, or traverses
- nun
- Now, at present, or currently
- Weg
- Way, path, road, or route
- zum
- To the; contraction of zu dem
- Der
- The; masculine nominative definite article
- Instinkt
- Instinct; innate behavioral impulse
- brachte
- Brought; past tense of bringen
- ihn
- Him; accusative case of er
- dorthin
- There, to that place; adverb
- leise
- Quietly, softly, or in low voice
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