Harrigan — Page 3
The gayest crowds cannot quite disturb the brooding peace which is like the promise of sleep and rest at sunset.
Die ausgelassensten Menschenmassen können den grüblerischen Frieden nicht ganz stören, der wie das Versprechen von Schlaf und Ruhe bei Sonnenuntergang ist.
It was not pleasing to Harrigan.
Harrigan gefiel das nicht.
He joined a crowd which eddied toward the center of Ivilei.
Er schloss sich einer Menge an, die zum Zentrum von Ivilei strömte.
In there it was better.
Dort drinnen war es besser.
Negro soldiers, marines from the _Maryland_, Kanakas, Chinamen, Japanese, Portuguese, Americans; a score of nationalities and complexions rubbed shoulders as they wandered aimlessly among the many bright-painted cottages.
Schwarze Soldaten, Marinesoldaten von der _Maryland_, Kanakas, Chinesen, Japaner, Portugiesen, Amerikaner; ein Dutzend Nationalitäten und Hautfarben drängten sich aneinander, während sie ziellos zwischen den vielen bunt gestrichenen Hütten umherwanderten.
Yet even in that careless throng of pleasure-seekers no one rubbed shoulders with Harrigan.
Doch selbst in dieser sorglosen Schar von Vergnügungssuchenden drängte sich niemand an Harrigan.
The flame of his hair was like a red lamp which warned them away.
Die Flamme seines Haares war wie eine rote Lampe, die sie warnte, sich fernzuhalten.
Or perhaps it was his eye, which seemed to linger for a cold, incurious instant on every face that approached.
Oder vielleicht waren es seine Augen, die für einen kalten, teilnahmslosen Augenblick auf jedem Gesicht zu verweilen schienen, das sich näherte.
He picked out the prettiest of the girls who sat at the windows chatting with all who passed.
Er suchte sich die Hübscheste der Mädchen aus, die an den Fenstern saßen und mit allen plauderten, die vorbeikamen.
He did not have to shoulder to win a way through the crowd of her admirers.
Er musste sich nicht durch die Menge ihrer Bewunderer drängen, um sich Zugang zu verschaffen.
She was a _hap haoli_, with the fine features of the Caucasian and the black of hair and eye which shows the islander.
Sie war eine _hap haoli_, mit den feinen Gesichtszügen der Kaukasierin und dem schwarzen Haar und den schwarzen Augen, die die Insulanerin verraten.
A rounded elbow rested on the sill of the window; her chin was cupped in her hand.
Ein gerundeter Ellbogen ruhte auf dem Fensterbrett; ihr Kinn lag in ihrer Hand.
Vocabulary
- Die
- The (feminine singular or plural article)
- Menschenmassen
- Crowds of people, masses of humanity
- können
- Can, to be able to, may
- den
- The (masculine singular accusative article)
- Frieden
- Peace, tranquility, calm state
- nicht
- Not, negation particle
- ganz
- Whole, entire, complete, quite
- stören
- To disturb, to bother, to interfere
- der
- The (masculine singular or plural article)
- wie
- How, as, like, in the manner of
- das
- The (neuter singular article)
- Versprechen
- Promise, pledge, assurance of something
- von
- Of, from, by (preposition)
- Schlaf
- Sleep, slumber, rest period
- und
- And (conjunction)
- Ruhe
- Rest, peace, quietness, tranquility
- bei
- At, near, by, with (preposition)
- Sonnenuntergang
- Sunset, the setting of the sun
- ist
- Is (third person singular present tense)
- gefiel
- Pleased, liked (past tense of gefallen)
- Er
- He (masculine third person singular pronoun)
- schloss
- Closed, shut (past tense of schließen)
- sich
- Himself, herself, itself (reflexive pronoun)
- einer
- One (feminine singular article or pronoun)
- Menge
- Crowd, multitude, quantity, amount
- an
- On, at, to (preposition or particle)
- die
- The (feminine singular or plural article)
- zum
- To the (contraction of zu + dem)
- Zentrum
- Center, central point, heart of place
- strömte
- Streamed, flowed, poured (past tense)
- Dort
- There, at that place
- drinnen
- Inside, within, indoors
- war
- Was (past tense of sein)
- es
- It (neuter third person singular pronoun)
- besser
- Better, improved, superior
- Schwarze
- Black (people, or dark-skinned individuals)
- Soldaten
- Soldiers, military personnel
- Marinesoldaten
- Marines, naval soldiers, marine personnel
- Chinesen
- Chinese (people from China)
- Japaner
- Japanese (people from Japan)
- Portugiesen
- Portuguese (people from Portugal)
- Amerikaner
- Americans (people from America)
- ein
- A, an (masculine singular article)
- Dutzend
- Dozen, twelve items or people
- Nationalitäten
- Nationalities, ethnic or national groups
- Hautfarben
- Skin colors, complexions, racial pigmentation
- drängten
- Pressed, crowded, pushed together forcefully
- aneinander
- Together, against each other, one another
- während
- While, during, whereas (preposition/conjunction)
- sie
- She, they (feminine or plural pronoun)
- ziellos
- Aimless, purposeless, wandering without direction
- zwischen
- Between, among, in the midst of
- vielen
- Many (dative plural form)
- bunt
- Colorful, multicolored, variegated
- gestrichenen
- Painted, whitewashed, or colored (past participle)
- Hütten
- Huts, cottages, small dwelling structures
- umherwanderten
- Wandered about, roamed around aimlessly
- Doch
- Yet, however, nevertheless, but
- selbst
- Even, self (emphatic particle or pronoun)
- in
- In, within, inside (preposition)
- dieser
- This (feminine singular form of dieser)
- sorglosen
- Carefree, unconcerned, without worry
- Schar
- Group, crowd, flock, band of people
- drängte
- Pressed, urged, pushed (past tense)
- niemand
- Nobody, no one, not anyone
- Flamme
- Flame, fire, blaze, passion
- seines
- His, its (possessive pronoun, neuter)
- Haares
- Hair, locks (genitive singular form)
- eine
- A, an (feminine singular article)
- rote
- Red (feminine singular adjective)
- Lampe
- Lamp, light, beacon
- warnte
- Warned, cautioned (past tense)
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