Heart of Darkness — Page 5
"And this also," said Marlow suddenly, "has been one of the dark places of the earth."
«Y este lugar también», dijo Marlow de repente, «ha sido uno de los lugares oscuros de la tierra».
He was the only man of us who still "followed the sea."
Era el único hombre entre nosotros que todavía «seguía el mar».
The worst that could be said of him was that he did not represent his class.
Lo peor que se podía decir de él era que no representaba a su clase.
He was a seaman, but he was a wanderer, too, while most seamen lead, if one may so express it, a sedentary life.
Era un marinero, pero también era un vagabundo, mientras que la mayoría de los marineros llevan, si se me permite expresarlo así, una vida sedentaria.
Their minds are of the stay-at-home order, and their home is always with them—the ship; and so is their country—the sea.
Sus mentes son del tipo hogareño, y su hogar siempre está con ellos —el barco—; y también su patria —el mar—.
One ship is very much like another, and the sea is always the same.
Un barco se parece mucho a otro, y el mar es siempre el mismo.
In the immutability of their surroundings the foreign shores, the foreign faces, the changing immensity of life, glide past, veiled not by a sense of mystery but by a slightly disdainful ignorance; for there is nothing mysterious to a seaman unless it be the sea itself, which is the mistress of his existence and as inscrutable as Destiny.
En la inmutabilidad de su entorno, las costas extranjeras, los rostros extranjeros, la cambiante inmensidad de la vida, se deslizan ante ellos, velados no por un sentido del misterio sino por una ignorancia levemente desdeñosa; pues no hay nada misterioso para un marinero a menos que sea el mar mismo, que es la señora de su existencia y tan inescrutable como el Destino.
For the rest, after his hours of work, a casual stroll or a casual spree on shore suffices to unfold for him the secret of a whole continent, and generally he finds the secret not worth knowing.
Por lo demás, tras sus horas de trabajo, un paseo casual o una pequeña juerga en tierra basta para revelarle el secreto de todo un continente, y en general encuentra que el secreto no vale la pena conocerlo.
The yarns of seamen have a direct simplicity, the whole meaning of which lies within the shell of a cracked nut.
Las historias de los marineros tienen una simplicidad directa, cuyo significado completo yace dentro de la cáscara de una nuez cascada.
Vocabulary
- este
- this; this one
- lugar
- place; location; spot
- también
- also; too; as well
- dijo
- said; told (preterite of decir)
- de
- of; from; by; in
- repente
- suddenly; all of a sudden
- ha
- has; have (present perfect auxiliary)
- sido
- been (past participle of ser)
- uno
- one; a; an; someone
- los
- the (masculine plural definite article)
- lugares
- places; locations; spots
- oscuros
- dark; obscure; gloomy
- la
- the (feminine singular definite article)
- tierra
- earth; land; ground; soil
- Era
- was; were (imperfect of ser)
- el
- the (masculine singular definite article)
- único
- only; sole; unique; single
- hombre
- man; male; person
- entre
- between; among; amid
- nosotros
- we; us; ourselves; one another
- que
- that; which; who; what
- todavía
- still; yet; still yet; even now
- seguía
- followed; continued (imperfect of seguir)
- mar
- sea; ocean; large body water
- Lo
- the; it (neuter direct object pronoun)
- peor
- worst; worse; worst thing
- se
- himself; herself; itself; themselves
- podía
- could; was able to; might
- decir
- to say; to tell; to speak
- él
- he; him; himself
- era
- was; were (imperfect of ser)
- no
- no; not; don't
- representaba
- represented; embodied (imperfect of representar)
- su
- his; her; its; your
- clase
- class; kind; type; sort
- un
- a; an; one (masculine singular)
- marinero
- sailor; seafarer; maritime worker
- pero
- but; however; yet
- vagabundo
- vagrant; vagabond; wanderer; drifter
- mientras
- while; whilst; during; whereas
- mayoría
- majority; most; greater part
- marineros
- sailors; seafarers; maritime workers
- llevan
- carry; wear; lead (present of llevar)
- si
- if; whether; in case
- me
- me; myself; to me; for me
- permite
- allows; permits; enables; lets
- expresarlo
- express it; state it; put it
- así
- thus; so; in this way; like this
- una
- a; an; one (feminine singular)
- vida
- life; living; existence; livelihood
- sedentaria
- sedentary; settled; stationary; stationary
- Sus
- his; her; its; your; their
- Mentes
- minds; intellects; thoughts; brains
- son
- are (present of ser)
- del
- of the; from the; of
- tipo
- type; kind; sort; fellow; guy
- hogareño
- homely; domestic; home-loving; cozy
- hogar
- home; hearth; household; residence
- siempre
- always; ever; forever; all time
- está
- is; are; stands (present of estar)
- con
- with; along with; in company
- ellos
- them; they; themselves; one another
- barco
- ship; boat; vessel; watercraft
- patria
- homeland; native country; fatherland
- Un
- a; an; one (masculine singular)
- parece
- seems; appears; looks like; appears
- mucho
- much; a lot; very; greatly
- otro
- other; another; different; else
- es
- is; are (present of ser)
- mismo
- same; self; itself; very
- En
- in; into; on; at; within
- entorno
- surroundings; environment; vicinity; around
- costas
- coasts; shores; seasides
- extranjeras
- foreign; foreign lands; abroad
- rostros
- faces; countenances; aspects; visages
- extranjeros
- foreigners; foreign; strange; unfamiliar
- cambiante
- changing; changeable; variable; shifting
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