Romeo and Juliet — Page 3

English → Spanish ACT I Level 9/10

Part, fools! put up your swords, you know not what you do.

¡Separaos, necios! ¡Envainad vuestras espadas, no sabéis lo que hacéis!

[_Beats down their swords._]

[_Golpea y derriba sus espadas._]

Enter Tybalt.

Entra Tybalt.

What, art thou drawn among these heartless hinds?

¿Cómo, estás tú con la espada desenvainada entre estos villanos cobardes?

Turn thee Benvolio, look upon thy death.

Vuélvete, Benvolio, mira a tu muerte de frente.

I do but keep the peace, put up thy sword,

Solo trato de mantener la paz; envaina tu espada,

Or manage it to part these men with me.

O úsala conmigo para separar a estos hombres.

What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word

¿Cómo, con la espada en mano y hablas de paz? Odio esa palabra

As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee:

Tanto como odio el infierno, a todos los Montesco y a ti:

Have at thee, coward.

¡A por ti, cobarde!

[_They fight._]

[_Pelean._]

Enter three or four Citizens with clubs.

Entran tres o cuatro ciudadanos con porras.

Clubs, bills and partisans! Strike! Beat them down!

¡Porras, lanzas y alabardas! ¡Golpead! ¡Derribadlos!

Down with the Capulets! Down with the Montagues!

¡Abajo los Capuleto! ¡Abajo los Montesco!

Enter Capulet in his gown, and Lady Capulet.

Entra Capuleto en bata y Lady Capuleto.

What noise is this? Give me my long sword, ho!

¿Qué alboroto es este? ¡Traedme mi espadón, vamos!

A crutch, a crutch! Why call you for a sword?

¡Una muleta, una muleta! ¿Para qué pedís una espada?

My sword, I say! Old Montague is come,

¡Mi espada, digo! El viejo Montesco ha llegado,

And flourishes his blade in spite of me.

Y blande su hoja en afrenta a mí.

Enter Montague and his Lady Montague.

Entran Montesco y Lady Montesco.

Thou villain Capulet! Hold me not, let me go.

¡Villano Capuleto! No me retengas, déjame ir.

Thou shalt not stir one foot to seek a foe.

No darás un solo paso para buscar a un enemigo.

Enter Prince Escalus, with Attendants.

Entra el Príncipe Escalus con su séquito.

Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace,

Súbditos rebeldes, enemigos de la paz,

Profaners of this neighbour-stained steel,—

Profanadores de este acero manchado con sangre del prójimo,—

Will they not hear? What, ho! You men, you beasts,

¿No quieren escuchar? ¡Vamos! Vosotros, hombres, vosotros, bestias,

That quench the fire of your pernicious rage

Que apagáis el fuego de vuestra perniciosa furia

With purple fountains issuing from your veins,

Con purpúreas fuentes que brotan de vuestras venas,

On pain of torture, from those bloody hands

So pena de tormento, arrojad de esas manos ensangrentadas

Throw your mistemper'd weapons to the ground

Vuestras armas mal templadas al suelo

And hear the sentence of your moved prince.

Y escuchad la sentencia de vuestro airado príncipe.

Vocabulary

Separaos: Imperative: separate yourselves, move apart from each other.
necios: Fools or foolish people; lacking good sense or judgment.
Envainad: Imperative: sheathe your swords, put them away.
vuestras: Your (plural possessive pronoun, formal or regional usage).
espadas: Swords; bladed weapons used in combat or dueling.
sabéis: You (plural) know; second-person plural of saber.
hacéis: You (plural) do or make; second-person plural of hacer.
Golpea: Strikes or hits; third-person singular of golpear.
derriba: Knocks down or topples; third-person singular of derribar.
Entra: Enters; stage direction indicating a character comes in.
espada: Sword; a bladed weapon used in combat or dueling.
desenvainada: Unsheathed; drawn sword ready for fighting or threat.
villanos: Villains or scoundrels; men of low character or birth.
cobardes: Cowards; people who lack courage in dangerous situations.
Vuélvete: Turn around; imperative telling someone to face about.
mira: Look; imperative of mirar, directing someone's attention.
muerte: Death; the end of life, used literally or figuratively.
frente: Front or forehead; facing something directly and boldly.
trato: I try or deal; first-person singular of tratar.
mantener: To maintain or keep; infinitive of an important verb.
paz: Peace; absence of conflict or war between parties.
envaina: Sheathe; imperative commanding someone to put away sword.
úsala: Use it; imperative with clitic, draw and fight.
conmigo: With me; prepositional pronoun combining con and mí.
separar: To separate; infinitive meaning to divide or pull apart.
Odio: Hatred or I hate; intense dislike toward someone or something.
Tanto: So much; indicating a high degree or quantity.
odio: I hate or hatred; strong aversion toward someone or something.
infierno: Hell; the underworld or a place of torment and fire.
cobarde: Coward; a person who lacks bravery in difficult situations.
Pelean: They fight; third-person plural of pelear, stage direction.
Entran: They enter; stage direction indicating multiple characters arrive.
ciudadanos: Citizens; residents of a city with civic rights.
porras: Clubs or truncheons; blunt weapons used by common people.
Porras: Clubs; blunt striking weapons carried by citizens or watchmen.
lanzas: Spears or lances; long pointed weapons used in combat.
alabardas: Halberds; pole weapons combining spear and axe blade.
Golpead: Strike them; plural imperative of golpear, hit forcefully.
Derribadlos: Knock them down; plural imperative with clitic pronoun.
Abajo: Down; indicating downward direction or calling someone lower.
bata: Robe or gown; loose garment worn at home or sleeping.
alboroto: Uproar or commotion; loud noisy disturbance or riot.
Traedme: Bring me; plural imperative with dative clitic attached.
espadón: Large sword or broadsword; an oversized heavy fighting blade.
muleta: Crutch; a support used when walking with an injury.
pedís: You (plural) ask for; second-person plural of pedir.
viejo: Old man or old; referring to an elderly male person.
llegado: Arrived; past participle of llegar, indicating arrival somewhere.
blande: Brandishes or wields; swings a weapon in a threatening manner.
hoja: Blade or leaf; here referring to the blade of a sword.
afrenta: Affront or insult; an act of disrespect causing offense.
Villano: Villain or scoundrel; a wicked or contemptible person.
retengas: Hold back or restrain; subjunctive of retener after negation.
déjame: Let me; imperative of dejar with first-person clitic.
darás: You will give; second-person singular future of dar.
paso: Step; a single movement of the foot while walking.
buscar: To look for or seek; infinitive meaning to search.
enemigo: Enemy; a person who is hostile or opposed to you.
Príncipe: Prince; a male royal ruler or son of a monarch.
séquito: Retinue or entourage; group of attendants following a leader.
Súbditos: Subjects; people under the authority of a ruler or prince.
rebeldes: Rebels; those who resist or defy authority and order.
enemigos: Enemies; people who are hostile or opposed to others.
Profanadores: Defilers or profaners; those who desecrate something sacred.
acero: Steel; a hard metal alloy used to make swords.
manchado: Stained or tainted; past participle of manchar, marked with blood.
sangre: Blood; the red fluid flowing through the body's veins.
prójimo: Neighbor or fellow man; one's fellow human being.
escuchar: To listen; infinitive meaning to hear attentively or heed.
Vosotros: You all; second-person plural subject pronoun used in Spain.
vosotros: You all; second-person plural subject pronoun used in Spain.
bestias: Beasts; animals or people behaving in a brutish manner.
apagáis: You (plural) extinguish; second-person plural of apagar.
fuego: Fire; flames or burning combustion, also passion or fury.
vuestra: Your (plural); feminine singular possessive adjective in Spanish.
perniciosa: Pernicious or destructive; causing serious harm or ruin.
furia: Fury or rage; intense uncontrolled anger or violent passion.
purpúreas: Purple or crimson; deep red color resembling blood.
fuentes: Fountains or sources; here streams or flows of blood.
brotan: Gush or spring forth; third-person plural of brotar.
venas: Veins; blood vessels carrying blood through the body.
So: Under; archaic preposition meaning under penalty or threat.
pena: Penalty or pain; punishment or suffering for an offense.
tormento: Torment; severe pain or suffering inflicted as punishment.
arrojad: Throw down; plural imperative of arrojar, cast something away.
ensangrentadas: Bloodied or blood-stained; covered or soaked with blood.
Vuestras: Your (plural); feminine plural possessive adjective in Spanish.
armas: Weapons or arms; instruments used for fighting or warfare.
templadas: Tempered; metals treated to increase hardness, or blades forged.
suelo: Floor or ground; the surface on which one stands.
escuchad: Listen; plural imperative of escuchar, commanding attention.
sentencia: Sentence or verdict; an official legal judgment or ruling.
vuestro: Your (plural); masculine singular possessive adjective in Spanish.
airado: Angry or wrathful; filled with intense anger or fury.
príncipe: Prince; a male royal ruler or son of a monarch.

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