The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete — Page 1
Saturday morning was come, and all the summer world was bright and fresh, and brimming with life.
El sábado por la mañana había llegado, y todo el mundo veraniego estaba brillante y fresco, y rebosante de vida.
There was a song in every heart; and if the heart was young the music issued at the lips.
Había una canción en cada corazón; y si el corazón era joven, la música brotaba de los labios.
There was cheer in every face and a spring in every step.
Había alegría en cada rostro y un brío en cada paso.
The locust-trees were in bloom and the fragrance of the blossoms filled the air.
Los árboles de acacia estaban en flor y la fragancia de los capullos llenaba el aire.
Cardiff Hill, beyond the village and above it, was green with vegetation and it lay just far enough away to seem a Delectable Land, dreamy, reposeful, and inviting.
La colina de Cardiff, más allá del pueblo y por encima de él, estaba verde de vegetación y se encontraba justo lo suficientemente lejos como para parecer una Tierra Delectable, soñadora, reposada e invitante.
Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush.
Tom apareció en la acera con un cubo de lechada y un cepillo de mango largo.
He surveyed the fence, and all gladness left him and a deep melancholy settled down upon his spirit.
Examinó la valla, y toda la alegría lo abandonó y una profunda melancolía se asentó sobre su espíritu.
Thirty yards of board fence nine feet high.
Treinta yardas de valla de tablas de nueve pies de altura.
Life to him seemed hollow, and existence but a burden.
La vida le parecía vacía, y la existencia no era más que una carga.
Sighing, he dipped his brush and passed it along the topmost plank; repeated the operation; did it again; compared the insignificant whitewashed streak with the far-reaching continent of unwhitewashed fence, and sat down on a tree-box discouraged.
Suspirando, mojó su cepillo y lo pasó a lo largo del tablón más alto; repitió la operación; lo hizo de nuevo; comparó la insignificante franja encalada con el vasto continente de valla sin encalar, y se sentó sobre una caja de árbol desanimado.
Jim came skipping out at the gate with a tin pail, and singing Buffalo Gals.
Jim salió saltando por la puerta con un cubo de hojalata, cantando Buffalo Gals.
Bringing water from the town pump had always been hateful work in Tom's eyes, before, but now it did not strike him so.
Traer agua de la bomba del pueblo siempre había sido un trabajo odioso a los ojos de Tom, antes, pero ahora no le parecía así.
He remembered that there was company at the pump.
Recordó que había compañía en la bomba.
White, mulatto, and negro boys and girls were always there waiting their turns, resting, trading playthings, quarrelling, fighting, skylarking.
Niños y niñas blancos, mulatos y negros siempre estaban allí esperando su turno, descansando, intercambiando juguetes, discutiendo, peleando, haciendo travesuras.
Vocabulary
- El
- The (masculine singular article)
- sábado
- Saturday; the seventh day of the week
- por
- By, for, through; indicates agent or reason
- la
- The (feminine singular article)
- mañana
- Morning; tomorrow; the early part of day
- había
- Had, there was; past tense of haber
- llegado
- Arrived; past participle of llegar
- todo
- All, everything; the whole or entire amount
- el
- The (masculine singular article)
- mundo
- World; the earth and its inhabitants
- estaba
- Was; past tense of estar
- brillante
- Brilliant; shining brightly with light
- fresco
- Fresh; cool in temperature or appearance
- de
- Of, from; indicates possession or origin
- vida
- Life; the state of living beings
- Había
- There was, there were; past tense of haber
- una
- A, one (feminine singular indefinite article)
- canción
- Song; a piece of music with words
- en
- In, on; indicates location or position
- cada
- Each, every; referring to all individuals separately
- corazón
- Heart; the organ that pumps blood
- si
- If; used to introduce conditional clauses
- era
- Was; past tense of ser
- joven
- Young; in early years of life
- música
- Music; organized sounds and rhythms
- los
- The (masculine plural article)
- labios
- Lips; the fleshy folds around the mouth
- alegría
- Joy, happiness; a state of cheerfulness
- rostro
- Face; the front of the head
- un
- A, one (masculine singular indefinite article)
- paso
- Step, pace; movement of the foot forward
- Los
- The (masculine plural article)
- árboles
- Trees; tall woody plants with branches
- estaban
- Were; past tense of estar plural
- flor
- Flower; the colorful reproductive part of plants
- fragancia
- Fragrance; a pleasant sweet-smelling scent
- llenaba
- Filled; past tense of llenar
- aire
- Air; the invisible atmosphere we breathe
- La
- The (feminine singular article)
- colina
- Hill; a raised landform smaller than mountain
- más
- More; greater in quantity or amount
- allá
- Beyond; on the other side of something
- del
- Of the; contraction of de and el
- pueblo
- Town, village; a small populated settlement
- encima
- Above, on top; over or higher than
- él
- He; masculine singular third person pronoun
- verde
- Green; the color of grass and leaves
- vegetación
- Vegetation; plants collectively in a region
- se
- Self, oneself; reflexive pronoun for verbs
- encontraba
- Found, was found; past tense of encontrar
- justo
- Just, fair; morally right or appropriate
- lo
- The (neuter singular article or pronoun)
- suficientemente
- Sufficiently, enough; to an adequate degree
- lejos
- Far; at or to a great distance
- como
- Like, as; used in comparisons or manner
- para
- For, in order to; indicates purpose or destination
- parecer
- Seem, appear; to look or seem like
- Tierra
- Earth, land; the planet or ground we live on
- apareció
- Appeared; past tense of aparecer
- acera
- Sidewalk; paved path for pedestrians
- con
- With; accompanied by or in company of
- cubo
- Bucket; a container for carrying liquids
- cepillo
- Brush; tool with bristles for cleaning
- mango
- Handle; the part held when using a tool
- largo
- Long; extending far in distance or time
- Examinó
- Examined; past tense of examinar
- valla
- Fence; a barrier made of posts and rails
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