Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone — Page 15
Didst miss my sense wouldst thou goad me on?
Hast du meinen Sinn verfehlt, oder willst du mich reizen?
OEDIPUS.
ÖDIPUS.
I but half caught thy meaning; say it again.
Ich habe deine Bedeutung nur halb erfasst; sag es noch einmal.
TEIRESIAS.
TEIRESIAS.
I say thou art the murderer of the man Whose murderer thou pursuest.
Ich sage, du bist der Mörder des Mannes, dessen Mörder du verfolgst.
OEDIPUS.
ÖDIPUS.
Thou shalt rue it Twice to repeat so gross a calumny.
Du wirst es bereuen, eine so grobe Verleumdung zweimal zu wiederholen.
TEIRESIAS.
TEIRESIAS.
Must I say more to aggravate thy rage?
Muss ich mehr sagen, um deinen Zorn zu verschlimmern?
OEDIPUS.
ÖDIPUS.
Say all thou wilt; it will be but waste of breath.
Sag alles, was du willst; es wird nur verschwendeter Atem sein.
TEIRESIAS.
TEIRESIAS.
I say thou livest with thy nearest kin In infamy, unwitting in thy shame.
Ich sage, du lebst mit deinen nächsten Verwandten in Schande, unwissend über deine Schmach.
OEDIPUS.
ÖDIPUS.
Think'st thou for aye unscathed to wag thy tongue?
Glaubst du, du kannst für immer ungestraft deine Zunge schwingen?
TEIRESIAS.
TEIRESIAS.
Yea, if the might of truth can aught prevail.
Ja, wenn die Macht der Wahrheit irgendetwas bewirken kann.
OEDIPUS.
ÖDIPUS.
With other men, but not with thee, for thou In ear, wit, eye, in everything art blind.
Bei anderen Männern, aber nicht bei dir, denn du bist in Ohr, Verstand, Auge, in allem blind.
TEIRESIAS.
TEIRESIAS.
Poor fool to utter gibes at me which all Here present will cast back on thee ere long.
Armer Narr, der Spott auf mich wirft, den alle Anwesenden bald auf dich zurückwerfen werden.
OEDIPUS.
ÖDIPUS.
Offspring of endless Night, thou hast no power O'er me or any man who sees the sun.
Abkömmling der ewigen Nacht, du hast keine Macht über mich oder irgendeinen Mann, der die Sonne sieht.
TEIRESIAS.
TEIRESIAS.
No, for thy weird is not to fall by me. I leave to Apollo what concerns the god.
Nein, denn dein Schicksal ist es nicht, durch mich zu fallen. Was den Gott betrifft, überlasse ich es Apollo.
OEDIPUS.
ÖDIPUS.
Is this a plot of Creon, or thine own?
Ist dies ein Plan Kreons oder dein eigener?
TEIRESIAS.
TEIRESIAS.
Not Creon, thou thyself art thine own bane.
Nicht Kreon, du selbst bist dein eigenes Verderben.
OEDIPUS.
ÖDIPUS.
O wealth and empiry and skill by skill Outwitted in the battlefield of life, What spite and envy follow in your train! See, for this crown the State conferred on me.
O Reichtum und Herrschaft und Geschick, das durch Geschick auf dem Schlachtfeld des Lebens überlistet wird, welcher Hass und Neid folgt in eurem Gefolge! Seht, für diese Krone, die mir der Staat verliehen hat.
Vocabulary
- Hast
- Second person singular present of haben; do you have
- du
- You (informal singular pronoun)
- meinen
- To mean; to intend or express a particular idea
- Sinn
- Sense; meaning or purpose of something
- verfehlt
- Missed; failed to hit or understand correctly
- oder
- Or; conjunction offering alternative options
- willst
- Second person singular present of wollen; do you want
- mich
- Me; accusative form of ich
- reizen
- To irritate; to provoke or annoy someone
- Ich
- I; first person singular pronoun
- habe
- Have; first person singular present of haben
- deine
- Your; possessive adjective informal singular form
- Bedeutung
- Meaning; significance or importance of something
- nur
- Only; merely or just a single thing
- halb
- Half; one of two equal parts
- erfasst
- Grasped; understood or comprehended something fully
- sag
- Say; imperative form of sagen
- es
- It; neutral third person singular pronoun
- noch
- Still; yet or again at this moment
- einmal
- Once; one time or a single occasion
- sage
- Say; first person singular present of sagen
- bist
- Are; second person singular present of sein
- der
- The; definite article masculine nominative singular
- Mörder
- Murderer; one who commits murder or killing
- des
- Of the; genitive article for masculine nouns
- Mannes
- Man; genitive singular form of Mann
- dessen
- Whose; possessive relative pronoun for masculine
- verfolgst
- Pursue; second person singular present of verfolgen
- Du
- You; informal singular pronoun capitalized
- wirst
- Will; second person singular future of werden
- bereuen
- Regret; to feel sorry about something done
- eine
- A; indefinite article feminine accusative singular
- so
- So; in this way or to such extent
- grobe
- Coarse; rough or rude and offensive manner
- Verleumdung
- Slander; false statements damaging someone's reputation
- zweimal
- Twice; two times or on two occasions
- zu
- To; preposition indicating direction or purpose
- wiederholen
- Repeat; to say or do something again
- Muss
- Must; necessity or obligation to do something
- mehr
- More; greater amount or additional quantity
- sagen
- Say; to speak or express in words
- um
- Around; preposition indicating position or purpose
- deinen
- Your; possessive adjective accusative masculine singular
- Zorn
- Anger; strong feeling of displeasure or rage
- verschlimmern
- Worsen; to make something worse or more severe
- Sag
- Say; imperative form of sagen capitalized
- alles
- Everything; all things or the whole amount
- was
- What; interrogative pronoun or relative pronoun
- wird
- Will; third person singular present of werden
- verschwendeter
- Wasted; squandered or used up needlessly
- Atem
- Breath; air drawn into and out of lungs
- sein
- Be; to exist or have a quality
- lebst
- Live; second person singular present of leben
- mit
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or association
- nächsten
- Next; nearest in space or time following
- Verwandten
- Relatives; family members or blood relations
- in
- In; preposition indicating position or inclusion
- Schande
- Shame; disgrace or dishonorable state or feeling
- unwissend
- Unaware; lacking knowledge or ignorant about something
- über
- About; preposition concerning or regarding something
- Schmach
- Disgrace; shame or disrepute affecting one's honor
- Glaubst
- Believe; second person singular present of glauben
- kannst
- Can; second person singular present of können
- für
- For; preposition indicating purpose or benefit
- immer
- Always; forever or at all times continuously
- ungestraft
- Unpunished; without facing consequences or punishment
- Zunge
- Tongue; organ in mouth for tasting and speaking
- schwingen
- Swing; to move back and forth or wield
- Ja
- Yes; affirmative response or agreement to something
- wenn
- If; conditional conjunction introducing a supposition
- die
- The; definite article feminine or plural nominative
- Macht
- Power; strength or authority to do something
- Wahrheit
- Truth; state of being true or factual
- irgendetwas
- Anything; any thing at all or something
- bewirken
- Effect; to bring about or cause something
- kann
- Can; third person singular present of können
- Bei
- By; near or beside in proximity or agency
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