McGuffey's Eclectic Primer, Revised Edition — Page 17
Should we not then love him?
¿No deberíamos entonces amarlo?
LESSON LII.
LECCIÓN LII.
Lord smile joys tears nigh morn griefs woes stars say
Señor sonrisa alegrías lágrimas cerca mañana penas desdichas estrellas decir
[Illustration: Sunset; lake in foreground; moon and stars.]
[Ilustración: Atardecer; lago en primer plano; luna y estrellas.]
When the stars, at set of sun, Watch you from on high;
Cuando las estrellas, al ponerse el sol, te observan desde lo alto;
When the light of morn has come, Think the Lord is nigh
Cuando llega la luz de la mañana, piensa que el Señor está cerca
All you do, and all you say, He can see and hear;
Todo lo que haces, y todo lo que dices, Él puede verlo y escucharlo;
When you work and when you play, Think the Lord is near.
Cuando trabajas y cuando juegas, piensa que el Señor está cerca.
Vocabulary
- deberíamos
- We should; conditional form of deber
- entonces
- Then, so, or therefore; used as connector
- amarlo
- To love him; infinitive with object pronoun attached
- LECCIÓN
- Lesson; a unit of study or instruction
- Señor
- Mister or Lord; title of respect for men
- sonrisa
- Smile; a happy facial expression
- alegrías
- Joys or happinesses; plural of alegría
- lágrimas
- Tears; drops of liquid shed when crying
- cerca
- Near or close; indicating proximity in space
- mañana
- Tomorrow or morning; time reference word
- penas
- Sorrows or troubles; emotional pain or grief
- desdichas
- Misfortunes or miseries; serious hardships or unhappiness
- estrellas
- Stars; luminous celestial bodies seen at night
- decir
- To say or tell; basic verb of speech
- Ilustración
- Illustration; a picture or image accompanying text
- Atardecer
- Sunset or dusk; time when sun goes down
- lago
- Lake; a large body of inland water
- primer
- First; ordinal number indicating position one
- plano
- Plane or foreground; a flat level or layer
- luna
- Moon; the natural satellite orbiting Earth
- Cuando
- When; conjunction introducing time clauses
- ponerse
- To set, as the sun; or to become something
- sol
- Sun; the star at the center of our solar system
- observan
- They observe or watch; third-person plural of observar
- desde
- From or since; preposition indicating origin or start
- alto
- High or tall; describing elevated position or stature
- llega
- Arrives or reaches; third-person singular of llegar
- luz
- Light; visible illumination from sun or source
- piensa
- Think or thinks; third-person singular of pensar
- Todo
- Everything or all; refers to the totality of things
- haces
- You do or make; second-person singular of hacer
- todo
- All or every; adjective meaning the whole amount
- dices
- You say; second-person singular present of decir
- puede
- Can or is able to; third-person singular of poder
- verlo
- To see it or him; infinitive with object pronoun
- escucharlo
- To hear or listen to him; infinitive plus pronoun
- trabajas
- You work; second-person singular of trabajar
- cuando
- When; subordinating conjunction for time clauses
- juegas
- You play; second-person singular of jugar
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