Spoon River Anthology — Page 5

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That is my husband who, by secret cruelty

Ese es mi esposo quien, por crueldad secreta

Never to be told, robbed me of my youth and my beauty;

Nunca por contar, me robó mi juventud y mi belleza;

Till at last, wrinkled and with yellow teeth,

Hasta que al fin, arrugada y con dientes amarillos,

And with broken pride and shameful humility,

Y con el orgullo quebrantado y humildad vergonzosa,

I sank into the grave.

Me hundí en la tumba.

But what think you gnaws at my husband's heart?

¿Pero qué creéis que roe el corazón de mi esposo?

The face of what I was, the face of what he made me!

¡El rostro de lo que fui, el rostro de lo que él me hizo!

These are driving him to the place where I lie.

Estas cosas lo están llevando al lugar donde yo yazgo.

In death, therefore, I am avenged.

En la muerte, por tanto, estoy vengada.

Fletcher McGee

She took my strength by minutes,

Ella me arrebató la fuerza minuto a minuto,

She took my life by hours,

Ella me arrebató la vida hora a hora,

She drained me like a fevered moon

Ella me agotó como una luna febril

That saps the spinning world.

Que consume al mundo girante.

The days went by like shadows,

Los días pasaban como sombras,

The minutes wheeled like stars.

Los minutos giraban como estrellas.

She took the pity from my heart,

Ella arrancó la piedad de mi corazón,

And made it into smiles.

Y la convirtió en sonrisas.

She was a hunk of sculptor's clay,

Ella era un trozo de arcilla de escultor,

My secret thoughts were fingers:

Mis pensamientos secretos eran dedos:

They flew behind her pensive brow

Volaron detrás de su pensativa frente

And lined it deep with pain.

Y la surcaron profundamente de dolor.

They set the lips, and sagged the cheeks,

Fijaron los labios, y hundieron las mejillas,

And drooped the eye with sorrow.

Y abatieron los ojos con tristeza.

My soul had entered in the clay,

Mi alma había penetrado en la arcilla,

Fighting like seven devils.

Luchando como siete demonios.

It was not mine, it was not hers;

No era mía, no era de ella;

She held it, but its struggles

Ella la sostenía, pero sus luchas

Modeled a face she hated,

Modelaron un rostro que ella odiaba,

And a face I feared to see.

Y un rostro que yo temía ver.

I beat the windows, shook the bolts.

Golpeé las ventanas, sacudí los cerrojos.

I hid me in a corner

Me escondí en un rincón

And then she died and haunted me,

Y entonces ella murió y me persiguió,

And hunted me for life.

Y me acechó de por vida.

Vocabulary

Ese: That; referring to something distant or previously mentioned.
es: Is; third person singular present of ser.
mi: My; possessive adjective indicating ownership.
esposo: Husband; male spouse in a marriage.
quien: Who; relative pronoun referring to a person.
por: By; for; indicating reason, cause, or agent.
crueldad: Cruelty; the quality of being unkind.
secreta: Secret; hidden or kept from others.
Nunca: Never; not at any time in future.
contar: To tell; to narrate or recount something.
me: Me; direct object pronoun referring to speaker.
robó: Stole; past tense of robar, to steal.
juventud: Youth; the period of being young.
belleza: Beauty; the quality of being attractive.
Hasta: Until; up to a certain point in time.
que: That; relative pronoun or conjunction.
al: To the; contraction of a + el.
fin: End; conclusion or final part of something.
arrugada: Wrinkled; marked with creases or folds.
con: With; in company or association with.
dientes: Teeth; plural of diente, hard structures in mouth.
amarillos: Yellow; the color between green and orange.
el: The; masculine singular definite article.
orgullo: Pride; feeling of dignity or accomplishment.
quebrantado: Broken; damaged or weakened in spirit.
humildad: Humility; the quality of being humble.
vergonzosa: Shameful; causing shame or embarrassment.
Me: Me; reflexive pronoun indicating speaker.
hundí: Sank; past tense of hundirse, to sink.
en: In; preposition indicating location or position.
la: The; feminine singular definite article.
tumba: Tomb; a grave or burial place.
Pero: But; conjunction expressing contrast or opposition.
qué: What; interrogative pronoun asking for information.
creéis: Believe; second person plural of creer.
corazón: Heart; organ that pumps blood in body.
de: Of; preposition indicating possession or origin.
El: The; masculine singular definite article.
rostro: Face; the front of a person's head.
lo: It; masculine singular direct object pronoun.
fui: Was; past tense of ser, to be.
él: He; masculine singular personal pronoun.
hizo: Did; past tense of hacer, to do.
Estas: These; feminine plural demonstrative pronoun.
cosas: Things; plural of cosa, objects or matters.
están: Are; third person plural of estar.
llevando: Taking; present participle of llevar.
lugar: Place; a location or specific area.
donde: Where; relative adverb indicating location.
yo: I; first person singular personal pronoun.
En: In; preposition indicating location or position.
muerte: Death; the end of life.
tanto: So much; to such an extent.
estoy: I am; first person singular of estar.
vengada: Avenged; having taken revenge for wrong.
Ella: She; feminine singular personal pronoun.
arrebató: Snatched; past tense of arrebatar.
fuerza: Force; strength or power of something.
minuto: Minute; unit of time equal to sixty seconds.
vida: Life; the state of being alive.
hora: Hour; unit of time equal to sixty minutes.
agotó: Exhausted; past tense of agotar, to drain.
como: Like; comparison or in the manner of.
una: A; feminine singular indefinite article.
luna: Moon; Earth's natural satellite in night sky.
febril: Feverish; having a fever or fever-like.
Que: That; relative pronoun or subordinating conjunction.
consume: Consumes; third person singular of consumir.
mundo: World; the earth and all its inhabitants.
Los: The; masculine plural definite article.
días: Days; plural of día, twenty-four hour periods.
pasaban: Passed; past tense of pasar, to pass.
sombras: Shadows; dark areas caused by blocked light.
minutos: Minutes; plural of minuto, time units.
giraban: Turned; past tense of girar, to rotate.

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