Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone — Page 14
thy silence would incense a flint.
il tuo silenzio farebbe infuriare una pietra.
Will nothing loose thy tongue? Can nothing melt thee,
Nulla scioglierà la tua lingua? Nulla potrà intenertirti,
Or shake thy dogged taciturnity?
O scuotere la tua ostinata taciturnità?
TEIRESIAS.
TIRESIA.
Thou blam'st my mood and seest not thine own
Tu biasimi il mio umore e non vedi il tuo
Wherewith thou art mated; no, thou taxest me.
Con cui sei accoppiato; no, sei tu che accusi me.
OEDIPUS.
EDIPO.
And who could stay his choler when he heard
E chi potrebbe frenare la sua collera quando sente
How insolently thou dost flout the State?
Quanto insolentemente tu disdegni lo Stato?
TEIRESIAS.
TIRESIA.
Well, it will come what will, though I be mute.
Ebbene, accadrà ciò che deve accadere, anche se io taccio.
OEDIPUS.
EDIPO.
Since come it must, thy duty is to tell me.
Dal momento che deve accadere, è tuo dovere dirmelo.
TEIRESIAS.
TIRESIA.
I have no more to say; storm as thou willst,
Non ho altro da dire; infuria quanto vuoi,
And give the rein to all thy pent-up rage.
E dà libero sfogo a tutta la tua rabbia repressa.
OEDIPUS.
EDIPO.
Yea, I am wroth, and will not stint my words,
Sì, sono in collera, e non risparmierò le parole,
But speak my whole mind. Thou methinks thou art he,
Ma dirò tutto il mio pensiero. Tu, mi sembra, sei colui,
Who planned the crime, aye, and performed it too,
Che ha tramato il crimine, sì, e lo ha anche eseguito,
All save the assassination; and if thou
Tutto tranne l'assassinio; e se tu
Hadst not been blind, I had been sworn to boot
Non fossi stato cieco, avrei giurato per giunta
That thou alone didst do the bloody deed.
Che tu solo avessi compiuto il sanguinoso misfatto.
TEIRESIAS.
TIRESIA.
Is it so? Then I charge thee to abide
È così? Allora ti intimo di attenerti
By thine own proclamation; from this day
Al tuo stesso proclama; da questo giorno
Speak not to these or me. Thou art the man,
Non parlare né a costoro né a me. Tu sei l'uomo,
Thou the accursed polluter of this land.
Tu il maledetto contaminatore di questa terra.
OEDIPUS.
EDIPO.
Vile slanderer, thou blurtest forth these taunts,
Vile calunniatore, sputi fuori questi insulti,
And think'st forsooth as seer to go scot free.
E credi davvero, come veggente, di passarla liscia.
TEIRESIAS.
TIRESIA.
Yea, I am free, strong in the strength of truth.
Sì, sono libero, forte della forza della verità.
OEDIPUS.
EDIPO.
Who was thy teacher? not methinks thy art.
Chi fu il tuo maestro? non certo, mi sembra, la tua arte.
TEIRESIAS.
TIRESIA.
Thou, goading me against my will to speak.
Tu, spingendomi mio malgrado a parlare.
OEDIPUS.
EDIPO.
What speech? repeat it and resolve my doubt.
Quale parola? ripetila e risolvi il mio dubbio.
TEIRESIAS.
TIRESIA.
Vocabulary
- tuo
- Possessive adjective meaning 'your' (masculine singular)
- silenzio
- State of being quiet; absence of sound
- farebbe
- Third person singular conditional of 'fare'; would make/do
- infuriare
- To enrage, to make furious, to fly into rage
- pietra
- A hard natural rock or stone material
- Nulla
- Nothing; not anything at all
- scioglierà
- Future tense of 'sciogliere'; will loosen or untie
- tua
- Possessive adjective meaning 'your' (feminine singular)
- lingua
- The tongue; also language or speech
- potrà
- Future tense of 'potere'; will be able to
- intenertirti
- To soften you emotionally; to move you to tenderness
- scuotere
- To shake, to jolt, to stir something forcefully
- ostinata
- Stubborn, obstinate, persistently unyielding (feminine form)
- taciturnità
- Habitual silence; disposition to speak very little
- biasimi
- Second person singular of 'biasimare'; you blame or reproach
- umore
- Mood, temper, or state of mind
- cui
- Relative pronoun meaning 'whom' or 'which'
- accoppiato
- Paired, coupled, or matched with someone or something
- accusi
- Second person singular of 'accusare'; you accuse or charge
- potrebbe
- Third person singular conditional of 'potere'; could, might
- frenare
- To restrain, curb, or hold back something
- collera
- Anger, wrath, furious emotional outburst
- insolentemente
- In an insolent, arrogant, or disrespectful manner
- disdegni
- You scorn or disdain; to treat with contempt
- Stato
- The State; organized political community or government
- Ebbene
- Well then; used to introduce a conclusion or response
- accadrà
- Future tense of 'accadere'; it will happen or occur
- ciò
- Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'this' or 'that thing'
- accadere
- To happen, to occur, to take place
- taccio
- First person singular of 'tacere'; I am silent, I keep quiet
- momento
- A moment; a specific point or instant in time
- dovere
- Duty, obligation; also modal verb meaning 'must'
- dirmelo
- To tell it to me; combined infinitive with pronouns
- infuria
- Third person singular or imperative of 'infuriare'; rage on
- libero
- Free, unrestrained, unrestricted
- sfogo
- Outlet, vent; release of pent-up emotions
- rabbia
- Rage, anger, fury; also the disease rabies
- repressa
- Repressed, suppressed, held back (feminine form)
- risparmierò
- Future of 'risparmiare'; I will spare or save
- parole
- Words; units of spoken or written language
- dirò
- Future of 'dire'; I will say or tell
- pensiero
- Thought, idea, or something on one's mind
- sembra
- Third person singular of 'sembrare'; it seems or appears
- colui
- Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'he who' or 'that man'
- tramato
- Plotted, schemed, or conspired against someone
- crimine
- A serious illegal act; a crime or offense
- eseguito
- Executed, carried out, performed (past participle)
- tranne
- Except for, apart from, excluding
- assassinio
- Murder, assassination; deliberate killing of a person
- fossi
- First/third person singular subjunctive of 'essere'; were
- cieco
- Blind; unable to see; also used figuratively
- avrei
- First person singular conditional of 'avere'; I would have
- giurato
- Sworn; past participle of 'giurare'; to have sworn oath
- giunta
- Furthermore, in addition; also a governing committee
- avessi
- First/third person singular subjunctive of 'avere'; had (subj.)
- compiuto
- Completed, accomplished, carried out (past participle)
- sanguinoso
- Bloody, bloodstained; involving much bloodshed
- misfatto
- A misdeed, wrongdoing, or criminal act
- Allora
- Then, at that time; used to introduce a consequence
- intimo
- I order or command; also 'intimate' as adjective
- attenerti
- To abide by, adhere to, comply with (reflexive infinitive)
- stesso
- Same, very, himself/herself; emphasizing identity
- proclama
- A proclamation, public official decree or announcement
- né
- Conjunction meaning 'nor', 'neither'
- costoro
- Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'these people' or 'those people'
- maledetto
- Cursed, damned, accursed (past participle of 'maledire')
- contaminatore
- One who contaminates or pollutes; a defiler
- terra
- Earth, land, ground, soil or territory
- Vile
- Vile, cowardly, base, despicable person or act
- calunniatore
- A slanderer, one who makes false damaging statements
- sputi
- You spit out; second person singular of 'sputare'
- insulti
- Insults, offensive or abusive remarks
- credi
- You believe; second person singular of 'credere'
- davvero
- Really, truly, indeed; expressing sincerity or emphasis
- veggente
- A seer, prophet, or clairvoyant person
- passarla
- To get away with it; to manage a situation
- liscia
- Smooth; 'passarla liscia' means to get away with something
- forte
- Strong, powerful; loudly; a forte or strength
- forza
- Force, strength, power, might
- verità
- Truth, reality, the state of being true
- fu
- Third person singular of 'essere' in remote past; was
- maestro
- Master, teacher, expert in a skill or art
- certo
- Certain, sure; certainly (as adverb)
- arte
- Art, skill, craft or technique
- spingendomi
- Pushing me, urging me (gerund with reflexive pronoun)
- malgrado
- Despite, in spite of, notwithstanding
- Quale
- Which, what; interrogative or relative adjective/pronoun
- parola
- A word; a unit of language or a promise
- ripetila
- Repeat it; imperative of 'ripetere' with object pronoun
- risolvi
- Resolve it; second person singular of 'risolvere'
- dubbio
- Doubt, uncertainty, a question about something's truth
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