Peter Pan — Page 7
You would see her on her knees, I expect, lingering humorously over some of your contents, wondering where on earth you had picked this thing up, making discoveries sweet and not so sweet, pressing this to her cheek as if it were as nice as a kitten, and hurriedly stowing that out of sight.
La vedreste in ginocchio, suppongo, indugiare con umorismo su alcuni dei vostri contenuti, chiedendosi dove mai aveste raccattato questa cosa, facendo scoperte dolci e non così dolci, premendo questo alla sua guancia come se fosse grazioso come un gattino, e riponendo frettolosamente quello fuori dalla vista.
When you wake in the morning, the naughtiness and evil passions with which you went to bed have been folded up small and placed at the bottom of your mind and on the top, beautifully aired, are spread out your prettier thoughts, ready for you to put on.
Quando vi svegliate al mattino, le monellerie e le cattive passioni con cui siete andati a letto sono state ripiegate in piccolo e collocate in fondo alla vostra mente e in cima, magnificamente arieggiate, sono distesi i vostri pensieri più belli, pronti per essere indossati.
I don't know whether you have ever seen a map of a person's mind.
Non so se abbiate mai visto la mappa della mente di una persona.
Doctors sometimes draw maps of other parts of you, and your own map can become intensely interesting, but catch them trying to draw a map of a child's mind, which is not only confused, but keeps going round all the time.
I medici a volte disegnano mappe di altre parti di voi, e la vostra mappa personale può diventare intensamente interessante, ma provateli a disegnare la mappa della mente di un bambino, che non è soltanto confusa, ma continua a girare in tondo tutto il tempo.
There are zigzag lines on it, just like your temperature on a card, and these are probably roads in the island, for the Neverland is always more or less an island, with astonishing splashes of colour here and there, and coral reefs and rakish-looking craft in the offing, and savages and lonely lairs, and gnomes who are mostly tailors, and caves through which a river runs, and princes with six elder brothers, and a hut fast going to decay, and one very small old lady with a hooked nose.
Ci sono linee a zigzag su di essa, proprio come la vostra temperatura su un foglio, e queste sono probabilmente strade nell'isola, poiché l'Isola che non c'è è sempre più o meno un'isola, con sorprendenti macchie di colore qua e là, e barriere coralline e imbarcazioni dall'aspetto sbarazzino al largo, e selvaggi e tane solitarie, e gnomi che sono per lo più sarti, e grotte attraverso cui scorre un fiume, e principi con sei fratelli maggiori, e una capanna che va rapidamente in rovina, e una vecchietta molto piccola con il naso adunco.
Vocabulary
- La
- The (feminine singular article)
- vedreste
- You would see (conditional second person plural)
- in
- In, inside, within a place or time
- ginocchio
- Knee, joint between thigh and lower leg
- suppongo
- I suppose, I assume or presume
- con
- With, accompanied by or in company of
- umorismo
- Humor, quality of being funny or amusing
- su
- On, upon, on top of something
- alcuni
- Some, a few, certain unspecified people
- dei
- Of the, from the (plural contraction)
- vostri
- Your, belonging to you (plural formal)
- contenuti
- Contents, material or subject matter included
- chiedendosi
- Asking oneself, wondering about something
- dove
- Where, in or at what place
- mai
- Ever, at any time in past
- questa
- This, that one here (feminine)
- cosa
- Thing, object or matter of discussion
- facendo
- Doing, making, performing action (present participle)
- scoperte
- Discoveries, things found or revealed newly
- dolci
- Sweet, sugary or pleasant to taste
- non
- Not, negation particle used in sentences
- così
- So, in this way or manner
- premendo
- Pressing, pushing on something firmly
- questo
- This, that one (masculine singular)
- alla
- To the, at the (feminine singular)
- sua
- His, her, its (feminine singular possessive)
- guancia
- Cheek, side of face below eye
- come
- Like, as, in the manner of
- se
- If, in case that something happens
- fosse
- Were, subjunctive of essere in past
- grazioso
- Graceful, elegant and pleasing to see
- un
- A, one (masculine singular article)
- gattino
- Kitten, young domestic cat animal
- quello
- That, that one (masculine singular)
- fuori
- Outside, on the exterior or beyond
- dalla
- From the, out of the (feminine)
- vista
- Sight, view or ability to see
- Quando
- When, at what time something occurs
- vi
- You, direct object or reflexive pronoun
- svegliate
- Wake up, awaken from sleep (second person)
- al
- To the, at the (masculine singular)
- mattino
- Morning, early part of day
- le
- The (feminine plural article)
- cattive
- Bad, evil or wicked (feminine plural)
- passioni
- Passions, strong emotions or feelings
- cui
- Which, whom, relative pronoun in Italian
- siete
- Are, second person plural of essere
- andati
- Gone, went (past participle masculine plural)
- letto
- Bed, sleeping furniture or riverbed
- state
- Were, past participle of essere (plural)
- piccolo
- Small, little or tiny in size
- fondo
- Bottom, lowest or deepest part
- vostra
- Your, belonging to you (feminine plural)
- mente
- Mind, intellect or mental processes
- cima
- Top, peak or highest part
- pensieri
- Thoughts, ideas or mental reflections
- più
- More, greater in amount or degree
- belli
- Beautiful, lovely or handsome (masculine)
- pronti
- Ready, prepared or available for use
- per
- For, intended or used for purpose
- essere
- To be, main verb of existence
- indossati
- Worn, put on clothing or dressed
- Non
- Not, negation particle in sentences
- so
- I know, first person singular of sapere
- abbiate
- Have, second person plural subjunctive
- visto
- Seen, past participle of vedere
- mappa
- Map, representation of area or place
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