Romeo and Juliet — Page 11
It is written that the shoemaker should meddle with his yard and the tailor with his last, the fisher with his pencil, and the painter with his nets; but I am sent to find those persons whose names are here writ, and can never find what names the writing person hath here writ.
Está escrito que el zapatero debe entrometerse con su vara y el sastre con su horma, el pescador con su pincel y el pintor con sus redes; pero a mí me han enviado a encontrar a aquellas personas cuyos nombres están aquí escritos, y nunca puedo encontrar qué nombres ha escrito aquí la persona que escribió.
I must to the learned.
Debo acudir a los letrados.
In good time!
¡En buen momento!
Enter Benvolio and Romeo.
Entran Benvolio y Romeo.
Tut, man, one fire burns out another's burning,
Vamos, hombre, un fuego apaga el ardor de otro,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Un dolor se alivia con la angustia de otro;
Turn giddy, and be holp by backward turning;
Maréate, y serás ayudado girando en sentido contrario;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish:
Un dolor desesperado se cura con el languidecimiento de otro:
Take thou some new infection to thy eye,
Lleva alguna nueva infección a tu mirada,
And the rank poison of the old will die.
Y el rancio veneno del antiguo morirá.
Your plantain leaf is excellent for that.
Tu hoja de llantén es excelente para eso.
For what, I pray thee?
¿Para qué, te lo ruego?
For your broken shin.
Para tu espinilla rota.
Why, Romeo, art thou mad?
¿Por qué, Romeo, estás loco?
Not mad, but bound more than a madman is:
No loco, sino más atado que un loco:
Shut up in prison, kept without my food,
Encerrado en prisión, privado de mi alimento,
Whipp'd and tormented and—God-den, good fellow.
Azotado y atormentado y... Buenos días, buen hombre.
God gi' go-den. I pray, sir, can you read?
Dios le dé buenas tardes. Le ruego, señor, ¿sabe usted leer?
Ay, mine own fortune in my misery.
Sí, mi propia fortuna en mi desdicha.
Perhaps you have learned it without book.
Quizás lo has aprendido sin libro.
But I pray, can you read anything you see?
Pero le ruego, ¿puede usted leer cualquier cosa que vea?
Ay, If I know the letters and the language.
Sí, si conozco las letras y el idioma.
Ye say honestly, rest you merry!
Habla usted con honestidad, ¡que le vaya bien!
Stay, fellow; I can read.
Espera, amigo; sé leer.
[_He reads the letter.
[_Lee la carta.
Vocabulary
- Está
- Third person singular present of 'estar,' meaning 'is'
- escrito
- Past participle of 'escribir,' meaning 'written'
- que
- Conjunction or relative pronoun meaning 'that' or 'which'
- el
- Definite masculine singular article meaning 'the'
- zapatero
- A person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler
- debe
- Third person singular of 'deber,' meaning 'must' or 'should'
- entrometerse
- Reflexive verb meaning to meddle or interfere in others' affairs
- con
- Preposition meaning 'with'
- vara
- A rod, stick, or measuring tool; also authority symbol
- y
- Conjunction meaning 'and'
- sastre
- A person who makes or alters clothing; tailor
- horma
- A mold or last used in shoemaking or hatmaking
- pescador
- A person who catches fish; fisherman
- pincel
- A thin brush used by artists for painting
- pintor
- A person who creates paintings; painter
- sus
- Possessive adjective meaning 'his,' 'her,' 'their,' or 'your'
- redes
- Plural of 'red'; nets used for fishing or catching
- pero
- Conjunction meaning 'but,' introducing contrast
- a
- Preposition meaning 'to' or 'at'
- mí
- First person singular stressed pronoun meaning 'me'
- me
- First person singular object pronoun meaning 'me'
- han
- Third person plural of 'haber,' used in perfect tenses
- enviado
- Past participle of 'enviar,' meaning 'sent'
- encontrar
- Infinitive verb meaning to find or encounter someone or something
- aquellas
- Demonstrative adjective meaning 'those,' feminine plural form
- personas
- Plural of 'persona'; refers to human individuals or people
- cuyos
- Relative possessive pronoun meaning 'whose,' masculine plural
- nombres
- Plural of 'nombre'; the names by which people are known
- están
- Third person plural present of 'estar,' meaning 'are'
- aquí
- Adverb of place meaning 'here'
- escritos
- Plural past participle of 'escribir,' meaning 'written'
- nunca
- Adverb meaning 'never,' indicating absence at all times
- puedo
- First person singular present of 'poder,' meaning 'I can'
- qué
- Interrogative or exclamatory word meaning 'what'
- ha
- Third person singular of 'haber,' auxiliary verb meaning 'has'
- la
- Definite feminine singular article meaning 'the'
- persona
- A single human individual or character in a narrative
- escribió
- Third person singular preterite of 'escribir,' meaning 'wrote'
- Debo
- First person singular of 'deber,' meaning 'I must' or 'I should'
- acudir
- Infinitive meaning to go to, attend, or turn to someone
- los
- Definite masculine plural article or object pronoun meaning 'the'
- letrados
- Plural of 'letrado'; educated or learned people, often lawyers
- En
- Preposition meaning 'in,' 'on,' or 'at'
- buen
- Adjective meaning 'good,' used before masculine singular nouns
- momento
- A brief period of time; a particular instant or occasion
- Entran
- Third person plural present of 'entrar,' meaning 'they enter'
- Vamos
- First person plural of 'ir,' meaning 'let's go' or 'we go'
- hombre
- An adult male human being; also used as an interjection
- un
- Indefinite masculine singular article meaning 'a' or 'an'
- fuego
- The phenomenon of combustion producing heat and light; fire
- apaga
- Third person singular present of 'apagar,' meaning 'extinguishes'
- ardor
- Intense heat, passion, or burning sensation; ardor
- de
- Preposition meaning 'of,' 'from,' or 'about'
- otro
- Adjective or pronoun meaning 'another' or 'other'
- Un
- Indefinite masculine singular article meaning 'a' or 'one'
- dolor
- Physical or emotional pain; ache or sorrow
- se
- Reflexive or impersonal pronoun used with reflexive verbs
- alivia
- Third person singular of 'aliviar,' meaning 'relieves' or 'eases'
- angustia
- Intense distress, anguish, or anxiety of mind
- Maréate
- Reflexive imperative of 'marearse'; make yourself dizzy or disoriented
- serás
- Second person singular future of 'ser,' meaning 'you will be'
- ayudado
- Past participle of 'ayudar,' meaning 'helped' or 'assisted'
- girando
- Gerund of 'girar,' meaning 'turning' or 'spinning' in motion
- en
- Preposition meaning 'in,' 'on,' or 'at'
- sentido
- Noun meaning 'direction,' 'sense,' or 'meaning'; also past participle of 'sentir'
- contrario
- Adjective or noun meaning 'opposite,' 'contrary,' or 'opposing'
- desesperado
- Adjective meaning 'desperate,' overwhelmed by hopelessness or despair
- cura
- Noun meaning 'cure' or 'remedy'; also a Catholic priest
- Lleva
- Third person singular or imperative of 'llevar,' meaning 'carries' or 'bring'
- alguna
- Indefinite adjective or pronoun meaning 'some' or 'any,' feminine
- nueva
- Feminine adjective meaning 'new' or 'fresh'
- infección
- Invasion of body or mind by harmful agents causing disease
- tu
- Possessive adjective meaning 'your,' informal singular form
- mirada
- A look or gaze; the act of looking at something
- Y
- Conjunction meaning 'and,' connecting words or clauses
- rancio
- Adjective meaning 'rancid,' stale, or old and deteriorated
- veneno
- A toxic substance that causes harm or death; poison
- del
- Contraction of 'de' and 'el,' meaning 'of the'
- antiguo
- Adjective meaning 'ancient,' 'old,' or 'former'
- morirá
- Third person singular future of 'morir,' meaning 'will die'
- Tu
- Possessive adjective meaning 'your,' informal singular second person
- hoja
- A leaf of a plant, or a sheet of paper; also a blade
- es
- Third person singular present of 'ser,' meaning 'is'
- excelente
- Adjective meaning extremely good or of very high quality
- para
- Preposition meaning 'for,' indicating purpose, destination, or recipient
- eso
- Neuter demonstrative pronoun meaning 'that,' referring to something nearby
- Para
- Preposition meaning 'for'; also used to introduce questions of purpose
- te
- Second person singular object pronoun meaning 'you' or 'yourself'
- lo
- Neuter or masculine object pronoun meaning 'it' or 'him'
- ruego
- First person singular of 'rogar'; I beg or implore you
- espinilla
- A skin pimple or blemish; also the shinbone on the leg
- rota
- Feminine past participle of 'romper,' meaning 'broken' or 'torn'
- Por
- Preposition meaning 'because of,' 'for,' 'by,' or 'through'
- estás
- Second person singular present of 'estar,' meaning 'you are'
- loco
- Adjective meaning 'crazy,' 'mad,' or mentally unstable
- No
- Negation word meaning 'no' or 'not'
- sino
- Conjunction meaning 'but rather,' used after a negative statement
- más
- Adverb or adjective meaning 'more' or 'most'
- atado
- Past participle of 'atar,' meaning 'tied,' 'bound,' or 'restrained'
- Encerrado
- Past participle of 'encerrar,' meaning 'locked up' or 'confined'
- prisión
- A place of confinement; jail or imprisonment as punishment
- privado
- Adjective meaning 'deprived' or 'private,' lacking access to something
- mi
- Possessive adjective meaning 'my,' first person singular
- alimento
- Food or nourishment consumed to sustain life and health
- Azotado
- Past participle of 'azotar,' meaning 'flogged,' 'whipped,' or 'lashed'
- atormentado
- Past participle of 'atormentar,' meaning 'tormented' or 'tortured'
- Buenos
- Plural masculine adjective meaning 'good,' used in greetings
- días
- Plural of 'día,' meaning 'days'; used in greeting 'good morning'
- Dios
- The supreme being in monotheistic religion; God
- le
- Indirect object pronoun meaning 'him,' 'her,' or formal 'you'
- dé
- Present subjunctive of 'dar,' meaning 'may give' or 'grant'
- buenas
- Feminine plural of 'bueno,' meaning 'good'; used in afternoon greetings
- tardes
- Plural of 'tarde,' meaning 'afternoons'; used in greeting 'good afternoon'
- Le
- Indirect object pronoun meaning 'to him,' 'to her,' or 'to you'
- señor
- A respectful title for a man; sir or mister
- sabe
- Third person singular of 'saber,' meaning 'knows' or 'knows how'
- usted
- Formal second person singular pronoun meaning 'you'
- leer
- Infinitive verb meaning to read written or printed text
- Sí
- Affirmative word meaning 'yes'
- propia
- Feminine adjective meaning 'own,' indicating possession or identity
- fortuna
- One's luck, fate, or accumulated wealth and prosperity
- desdicha
- Misfortune, unhappiness, or a state of wretchedness and sorrow
- Quizás
- Adverb meaning 'perhaps' or 'maybe,' expressing uncertainty
- has
- Second person singular of 'haber,' auxiliary meaning 'you have'
- aprendido
- Past participle of 'aprender,' meaning 'learned' or 'studied'
- sin
- Preposition meaning 'without,' indicating absence of something
- libro
- A bound collection of written or printed pages; book
- Pero
- Conjunction meaning 'but,' introducing contrast or exception
- puede
- Third person singular present of 'poder,' meaning 'can' or 'is able'
- cualquier
- Indefinite adjective meaning 'any,' used before singular nouns
- cosa
- A general word for a thing, object, or matter
- vea
- Present subjunctive of 'ver,' meaning 'see' or 'that I see'
- si
- Conditional conjunction meaning 'if,' introducing a condition
- conozco
- First person singular of 'conocer,' meaning 'I know' or 'I recognize'
- las
- Definite feminine plural article meaning 'the'
- letras
- Letters of the alphabet; also literature or humanities studies
- idioma
- A language used by a particular community or nation
- Habla
- Third person singular or imperative of 'hablar,' meaning 'speaks' or 'speak'
- honestidad
- The quality of being truthful, sincere, and morally upright
- vaya
- Present subjunctive of 'ir'; also used as interjection meaning 'wow'
- bien
- Adverb meaning 'well'; also a noun meaning 'good'
- Espera
- Imperative or third person singular of 'esperar,' meaning 'wait'
- amigo
- A person with whom one shares a close friendly relationship
- sé
- First person singular of 'saber,' meaning 'I know'
- Lee
- Imperative or third person singular of 'leer,' meaning 'read'
- carta
- A written or printed message sent to someone; letter
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