Moby Dick; Or, The Whale — Page 5
" —_Ibid_. "_History of Life and Death_." "The sovereignest thing on earth is parmacetti for an inward bruise." —_King Henry_.
" —_Ibid_. "_Historia de la Vida y la Muerte_." «La cosa más soberana de la tierra es la espermaceti para una contusión interna.» —_El Rey Enrique_.
"Very like a whale." —_Hamlet_.
«Muy parecido a una ballena.» —_Hamlet_.
"Which to secure, no skill of leach's art Mote him availle, but to returne againe To his wound's worker, that with lowly dart, Dinting his breast, had bred his restless paine, Like as the wounded whale to shore flies thro' the maine." —_The Fairie Queen_.
«Para curarlo, ningún arte de médico podría socorrerle, sino volver de nuevo al artífice de su herida, que con humilde dardo, golpeando su pecho, había engendrado su inquieto dolor, como la ballena herida huye hacia la orilla por el mar.» —_La Reina de las Hadas_.
"Immense as whales, the motion of whose vast bodies can in a peaceful calm trouble the ocean till it boil." —_Sir William Davenant. Preface to Gondibert_.
«Inmensos como ballenas, cuyo vasto movimiento puede en una calma apacible agitar el océano hasta hacerlo hervir.» —_Sir William Davenant. Prefacio a Gondibert_.
"What spermacetti is, men might justly doubt, since the learned Hosmannus in his work of thirty years, saith plainly, _Nescio quid sit_." —_Sir T. Browne. Of Sperma Ceti and the Sperma Ceti Whale. Vide his V. E._
«Qué es la espermaceti, los hombres podrían dudarlo con razón, pues el erudito Hosmannus en su obra de treinta años dice claramente, _Nescio quid sit_.» —_Sir T. Browne. De la Esperma Ceti y la Ballena Esperma Ceti. Véase su V. E._
"Like Spencer's Talus with his modern flail He threatens ruin with his ponderous tail. Their fixed jav'lins in his side he wears, And on his back a grove of pikes appears." —_Waller's Battle of the Summer Islands_.
«Como el Talus de Spencer con su moderno mayal, amenaza la ruina con su pesada cola. Lleva en su costado los arpones clavados, y en su lomo aparece un bosque de picas.» —_La Batalla de las Islas del Verano, de Waller_.
"By art is created that great Leviathan, called a Commonwealth or State—(in Latin, Civitas) which is but an artificial man." —_Opening sentence of Hobbes's Leviathan_.
«Por el arte se crea ese gran Leviatán, llamado Estado o Commonwealth —(en latín, Civitas) que no es sino un hombre artificial.» —_Frase inicial del Leviatán de Hobbes_.
"Silly Mansoul swallowed it without chewing, as if it had been a sprat in the mouth of a whale." —_Pilgrim's Progress_.
«El necio Mansoul lo tragó sin masticar, como si hubiera sido un espadín en la boca de una ballena.» —_El Progreso del Peregrino_.
"That sea beast Leviathan, which God of all his works Created hugest that swim the ocean stream." —_Paradise Lost_.
«Esa bestia marina Leviatán, que Dios de todas sus obras creó la más grande de cuantas nadan por la corriente del océano.» —_El Paraíso Perdido_.
Vocabulary
- cosa
- A thing or object
- más
- More; used for comparisons or emphasis
- soberana
- Sovereign; supreme or excellent in quality
- tierra
- Earth, land, or ground
- contusión
- A bruise or bodily injury from impact
- interna
- Internal; situated or occurring inside
- Rey
- King; a male monarch or ruler
- Muy
- Very; used to intensify adjectives or adverbs
- parecido
- Similar or resembling something else
- ballena
- Whale; a large marine mammal
- curarlo
- To cure or heal him; treat his ailment
- ningún
- No, none; negates existence of something
- arte
- Art, skill, or craft; creative ability
- médico
- Medical; relating to medicine or a doctor
- podría
- Could; conditional form of 'poder'
- socorrerle
- To aid or assist him in need
- sino
- But rather; used to contrast negated clause
- volver
- To return or go back somewhere
- nuevo
- New; recently made or not used before
- artífice
- Artisan, craftsman; one who creates skillfully
- herida
- A wound or injury on the body
- humilde
- Humble; modest, not arrogant or proud
- dardo
- A dart or small pointed thrown weapon
- golpeando
- Hitting or striking repeatedly with force
- pecho
- Chest or breast; front part of torso
- había
- There was/had; imperfect of 'haber'
- engendrado
- Engendered, generated, or caused to arise
- inquieto
- Restless, uneasy, or anxious in feeling
- dolor
- Pain or ache; physical or emotional suffering
- huye
- Flees, runs away; third person of 'huir'
- hacia
- Toward; indicating direction of movement
- orilla
- Shore, bank, or edge of water
- mar
- The sea or ocean
- Reina
- Queen; a female monarch or ruler
- Hadas
- Fairies; magical supernatural female beings
- Inmensos
- Immense; extremely large in size or extent
- ballenas
- Whales; large marine mammals (plural)
- cuyo
- Whose; relative possessive pronoun
- vasto
- Vast; enormous in extent or degree
- movimiento
- Movement or motion of a body
- puede
- Can, is able to; third person of 'poder'
- calma
- Calm; tranquility or absence of agitation
- apacible
- Gentle, peaceful, or mild in nature
- agitar
- To agitate, stir, or disturb something
- océano
- Ocean; a vast body of saltwater
- hasta
- Until, up to; preposition of limit
- hacerlo
- To make it or do it; infinitive plus pronoun
- hervir
- To boil; to heat liquid until bubbling
- Prefacio
- Preface; introductory section of a book
- hombres
- Men; adult male human beings (plural)
- podrían
- They could; conditional plural of 'poder'
- dudarlo
- To doubt it; to question its truth
- razón
- Reason; logic or justification for something
- pues
- Well, since, because; causal conjunction
- erudito
- Erudite, scholar; a learned or educated person
- obra
- Work; a literary, artistic, or labor effort
- treinta
- Thirty; the number 30
- años
- Years; units of time equal to 12 months
- dice
- Says, tells; third person singular of 'decir'
- claramente
- Clearly; in a clear or obvious manner
- Esperma
- Sperm; reproductive cell or spermaceti substance
- Ballena
- Whale; large marine mammal
- Véase
- See; imperative form directing reader elsewhere
- moderno
- Modern; relating to current or recent times
- mayal
- A flail; tool used for threshing grain
- amenaza
- Threatens; to warn of harm or danger
- ruina
- Ruin; destruction or collapse of something
- pesada
- Heavy; having great weight or burden
- cola
- Tail; rear appendage of an animal
- Lleva
- Carries or bears; third person of 'llevar'
- costado
- Side; the lateral part of a body
- arpones
- Harpoons; barbed spears for hunting whales
- clavados
- Nailed, embedded; stuck firmly into something
- lomo
- Back or loin; upper back of an animal
- aparece
- Appears; comes into sight or view
- bosque
- Forest or woods; an area with many trees
- picas
- Pikes; long pointed weapons carried by soldiers
- Batalla
- Battle; a fight between opposing armed forces
- Islas
- Islands; land masses surrounded by water (plural)
- Verano
- Summer; the warmest season of the year
- crea
- Creates; brings something into existence
- ese
- That; demonstrative adjective or pronoun
- gran
- Great; large or important, short form of 'grande'
- Leviatán
- Leviathan; a biblical sea monster or great power
- llamado
- Called; named or referred to as something
- Estado
- State; a political entity or condition
- latín
- Latin; the classical language of ancient Rome
- hombre
- Man; an adult male human being
- artificial
- Artificial; made by humans, not natural
- Frase
- Phrase or sentence; a short expression
- inicial
- Initial; first or at the beginning
- necio
- Foolish or stupid; lacking sense or wisdom
- tragó
- Swallowed; ingested by gulping down
- sin
- Without; lacking or not having something
- masticar
- To chew; to grind food with teeth
- si
- If; conditional conjunction
- hubiera
- Had been; past subjunctive of 'haber'
- sido
- Been; past participle of 'ser'
- espadín
- A small sword or sprat fish
- boca
- Mouth; opening through which food is eaten
- Progreso
- Progress; forward movement or advancement
- Peregrino
- Pilgrim; a traveler on a religious journey
- Esa
- That; feminine demonstrative adjective
- bestia
- Beast; a large or wild animal
- marina
- Marine; relating to the sea
- Dios
- God; the supreme divine being
- todas
- All; every one of a group (feminine plural)
- obras
- Works; creations or accomplishments (plural)
- creó
- Created; made or brought into being (past tense)
- grande
- Great or large; big in size or importance
- cuantas
- As many as; all those that (feminine plural)
- nadan
- Swim; third person plural of 'nadar'
- corriente
- Current; flow of water or common/ordinary
- Paraíso
- Paradise; a place of perfect happiness
- Perdido
- Lost; no longer found or gone astray
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