Notre-Dame de Paris — Page 12
and the grand hall, with its gilding, its azure, its statues, its pointed arches, its pillars, its immense vault, all fretted with carvings?
¿y la gran sala, con su dorado, su azul, sus estatuas, sus arcos ojivales, sus pilares, su inmensa bóveda, toda labrada con esculturas?
and the gilded chamber?
¿y la cámara dorada?
and the stone lion, which stood at the door, with lowered head and tail between his legs, like the lions on the throne of Solomon, in the humiliated attitude which befits force in the presence of justice?
¿y el león de piedra, que estaba en la puerta, con la cabeza inclinada y la cola entre las piernas, como los leones del trono de Salomón, en la actitud humillada que corresponde a la fuerza en presencia de la justicia?
and the beautiful doors?
¿y las hermosas puertas?
and the stained glass?
¿y las vidrieras de colores?
and the chased ironwork, which drove Biscornette to despair?
¿y la herrería cincelada, que llevó a Biscornette a la desesperación?
and the delicate woodwork of Hancy?
¿y la delicada carpintería de Hancy?
What has time, what have men done with these marvels?
¿Qué ha hecho el tiempo, qué han hecho los hombres con estas maravillas?
What have they given us in return for all this Gallic history, for all this Gothic art?
¿Qué nos han dado a cambio de toda esta historia gálica, de todo este arte gótico?
The heavy flattened arches of M. de Brosse, that awkward architect of the Saint-Gervais portal.
Los pesados arcos aplanados del señor de Brosse, ese torpe arquitecto del portal de Saint-Gervais.
So much for art; and, as for history, we have the gossiping reminiscences of the great pillar, still ringing with the tattle of the Patru.
Esto es todo en cuanto al arte; y, en cuanto a la historia, tenemos los chismosos recuerdos del gran pilar, que aún resuena con la charla del Patru.
It is not much.
No es mucho.
Let us return to the veritable grand hall of the veritable old palace.
Volvamos a la verdadera gran sala del verdadero palacio antiguo.
The two extremities of this gigantic parallelogram were occupied, the one by the famous marble table, so long, so broad, and so thick that, as the ancient land rolls—in a style that would have given Gargantua an appetite—say, "such a slice of marble as was never beheld in the world";
Los dos extremos de este gigantesco paralelogramo estaban ocupados, el uno por la famosa mesa de mármol, tan larga, tan ancha y tan gruesa que, como dicen los antiguos registros de tierras —con un estilo que habría abierto el apetito a Gargantúa—, «una losa de mármol como jamás se vio en el mundo»;
the other by the chapel where Louis XI.
el otro por la capilla donde Luis XI.
Vocabulary
- gran
- Great or large, describing impressive size or importance
- sala
- A large room or hall in a building
- dorado
- Golden in color or covered with gold
- azul
- The color blue
- estatuas
- Three-dimensional sculptures representing figures or forms
- arcos
- Curved architectural structures spanning an opening
- ojivales
- Pointed Gothic arches characteristic of medieval architecture
- pilares
- Vertical columns supporting a structure or roof
- inmensa
- Immense or extremely large in size or extent
- bóveda
- Vaulted or arched ceiling in a building
- labrada
- Carved or crafted with detailed artistic workmanship
- esculturas
- Works of art carved or shaped from material
- cámara
- A room or chamber, often of official importance
- dorada
- Feminine form of golden, adorned with gold
- león
- A large powerful wild cat, the lion
- piedra
- Stone or rock used as a material
- puerta
- A door or entrance to a building or room
- cabeza
- The head of a person or animal
- inclinada
- Tilted or bowed down in a lowered position
- cola
- The tail of an animal
- entre
- Preposition meaning 'between' or 'among' things
- piernas
- The legs of a person or animal
- leones
- Plural of lion, large powerful wild cats
- trono
- A throne, the seat of a king or ruler
- Salomón
- Solomon, the biblical king known for wisdom
- actitud
- An attitude, posture, or manner of bearing
- humillada
- Humbled or lowered in dignity or posture
- corresponde
- Corresponds to or matches something appropriately
- fuerza
- Strength or force, physical or metaphorical power
- presencia
- Presence or bearing, the quality of being impressive
- justicia
- Justice or fairness in law and moral conduct
- hermosas
- Beautiful or lovely, feminine plural form
- puertas
- Doors or entrances to buildings or rooms
- vidrieras
- Stained glass windows or glass display cases
- colores
- Colors or hues visible to the eye
- herrería
- Ironwork or a blacksmith's craft and workshop
- cincelada
- Chiseled or engraved with fine detailed craftsmanship
- llevó
- Past tense of 'llevar', meaning carried or took
- desesperación
- Desperation or despair, extreme hopelessness or anguish
- delicada
- Delicate or refined, requiring careful and skilled handling
- carpintería
- Carpentry or woodwork craft and its resulting products
- hecho
- Past participle of 'hacer', meaning done or made
- tiempo
- Time or weather, a fundamental concept of duration
- hombres
- Men or humans, plural of hombre
- maravillas
- Wonders or marvels, things causing amazement and awe
- cambio
- Change or exchange, a transformation or substitution
- historia
- History or story, a narrative of past events
- gálica
- Gallic or French, relating to France or Gaul
- arte
- Art, creative expression through skill and imagination
- gótico
- Gothic, relating to medieval European architectural style
- pesados
- Heavy or burdensome, lacking grace or elegance
- aplanados
- Flattened or leveled, made flat and uninteresting
- señor
- Mister or sir, a respectful title for a man
- torpe
- Clumsy or inept, lacking skill or grace
- arquitecto
- An architect, a person who designs buildings
- portal
- An entrance portal or main doorway of a building
- cuanto
- As much as or all that, used in expressions
- chismosos
- Gossipy people who spread rumors and idle talk
- recuerdos
- Memories or souvenirs, things remembered from the past
- pilar
- A pillar or column supporting a structure
- aún
- Still or yet, indicating continuation up to now
- resuena
- Resonates or echoes, reverberates with sound
- charla
- Chat or talk, informal conversation or chatter
- mucho
- Much or a lot, a large quantity or degree
- Volvamos
- Let us return, first person plural imperative of volver
- verdadera
- True or genuine, feminine form of true
- verdadero
- True or real, masculine form of genuine
- palacio
- A palace or grand official residence of importance
- antiguo
- Ancient or old, relating to an earlier historical period
- extremos
- Extremes or ends, the outermost points of something
- gigantesco
- Gigantic or enormous, of very great size
- paralelogramo
- A parallelogram, a four-sided geometric figure
- ocupados
- Occupied or busy, being used or taken up
- famosa
- Famous or well-known, widely recognized or celebrated
- mesa
- A table used for eating, working, or meeting
- mármol
- Marble, a hard stone used in sculpture and buildings
- larga
- Long in length, feminine form of largo
- ancha
- Wide or broad, feminine form of ancho
- gruesa
- Thick or stout, feminine form of grueso
- antiguos
- Ancient or old, plural masculine form of antiguo
- registros
- Records or registers, official written documentation
- tierras
- Lands or territories, areas of ground or earth
- estilo
- Style or manner, a distinctive way of doing something
- habría
- Conditional of 'haber', meaning 'there would be'
- abierto
- Open or opened, past participle of abrir
- apetito
- Appetite or desire for food or something else
- losa
- A slab or flagstone of rock or stone
- jamás
- Never or ever, a strong form of negation
- vio
- Past tense of 'ver', meaning 'saw' or 'was seen'
- mundo
- The world or universe, all of existence
- capilla
- A small chapel or private place of worship
- donde
- Where, a relative adverb indicating place or location
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