The Angel in the House — Page 10

English → Fr Book I. Level 7/10

The lack of lovely pride, in her

L'absence de fier orgueil, chez celle

Who strives to please, my pleasure numbs,

Qui s'efforce de plaire, engourdit mon plaisir,

And still the maid I most prefer

Et toujours la jeune fille que je préfère le plus

Whose care to please with pleasing comes.

Est celle dont le souci de plaire s'accompagne de grâce.

MARY AND MILDRED.

MARY ET MILDRED.

One morning, after Church, I walk'd

Un matin, après l'église, je me promenai

Alone with Mary on the lawn,

Seul avec Mary sur la pelouse,

And felt myself, howe'er we talk'd,

Et me sentis, quoi que nous dissions,

To grave themes delicately drawn.

Délicatement attiré vers de graves sujets.

When she, delighted, found I knew

Lorsqu'elle, ravie, découvrit que je savais

More of her peace than she supposed,

Plus de sa paix intérieure qu'elle ne l'avait supposé,

Our confidences heavenwards grew,

Nos confidences s'élevèrent vers le ciel,

Like fox-glove buds, in pairs disclosed.

Comme des boutons de digitale, s'ouvrant par paires.

Our former faults did we confess,

Nous confessâmes nos fautes passées,

Our ancient feud was more than heal'd,

Notre ancienne querelle fut plus que guérie,

And, with the woman's eagerness

Et, avec l'ardeur féminine

For amity full-sign'd and seal'd,

Pour une amitié pleinement signée et scellée,

She, offering up for sacrifice

Elle, s'offrant en sacrifice

Her heart's reserve, brought out to show

La réserve de son cœur, fit voir

Some verses, made when she was ice

Quelques vers, écrits quand elle était de glace

To all but Heaven, six years ago;

Envers tout sauf le Ciel, il y a six ans ;

Since happier grown! I took and read

Depuis lors plus heureuse ! Je pris et lus

The neat-writ lines. She, void of guile,

Les lignes soigneusement écrites. Elle, sans artifice,

Too late repenting, blush'd, and said,

Se repentant trop tard, rougit, et dit,

I must not think about the style.

Je ne devais pas m'arrêter au style.

'Day after day, until to-day,

« Jour après jour, jusqu'à aujourd'hui,

Imaged the others gone before,

Se reflétaient les autres jours déjà passés,

The same dull task, the weary way,

La même tâche morne, le chemin épuisant,

The weakness pardon'd o'er and o'er,

La faiblesse pardonnée maintes et maintes fois,

'The thwarted thirst, too faintly felt,

« La soif contrariée, trop faiblement ressentie,

For joy's well-nigh forgotten life,

Pour la vie de la joie presque oubliée,

The restless heart, which, when I knelt,

Le cœur agité, qui, lorsque je m'agenouillais,

Made of my worship barren strife.

Faisait de ma prière une lutte stérile.

Vocabulary

absence: The state of not being present or not existing.
de: Of; from; belonging to (preposition).
fier: To trust or rely upon someone or something.
orgueil: Pride; excessive self-esteem or arrogance.
chez: At the home or place of; at someone's house.
celle: That one; the one (feminine demonstrative pronoun).
Qui: Who; which; that (relative pronoun).
efforce: Strives or makes effort to do something.
plaire: To please; to be pleasing or agreeable.
mon: My (masculine singular possessive adjective).
plaisir: Pleasure; enjoyment; delight or satisfaction.
Et: And (conjunction).
toujours: Always; forever; continuously or still.
la: The (feminine singular definite article).
jeune: Young; youthful in age or appearance.
fille: Girl; daughter; female child or young woman.
que: That; which; whom (relative or conjunction).
je: I (first person singular subject pronoun).
préfère: Prefers; likes better or chooses over others.
le: The (masculine singular definite article).
plus: More; most; additional or greater amount.
Est: Is; third person singular of être.
dont: Of which; of whom; whose (relative pronoun).
souci: Concern; worry; care about something important.
accompagne: Accompanies; goes with or travels together.
grâce: Grace; elegance; favor or gratitude.
ET: And (conjunction).
Un: One; a; an (masculine singular article).
matin: Morning; early part of the day.
après: After; following in time or space.
église: Church; place of Christian religious worship.
me: Me; myself (first person object pronoun).
promenai: Walked; took a stroll or walk.
Seul: Alone; solitary; only or just.
avec: With; accompanied by or in company.
sur: On; upon; over or above.
pelouse: Lawn; grassy ground or grass area.
sentis: Felt; sensed or experienced emotionally or physically.
quoi: What; something; anything (interrogative or relative).
nous: We; us (first person plural pronoun).
Délicatement: Delicately; gently; with sensitivity or care.
attiré: Attracted; drawn toward or appealed to.
vers: Toward; towards; in the direction of.
graves: Serious; important; solemn or weighty.
sujets: Subjects; topics; people or individuals.
Lorsqu: When; at the time that (archaic form).
elle: She; her (third person feminine pronoun).
ravie: Delighted; charmed; very pleased or happy.
découvrit: Discovered; found out or uncovered.
savais: Knew; was aware of or understood.
Plus: More; greater; additional or further.
sa: Her; his (feminine singular possessive).
paix: Peace; tranquility; calm or absence conflict.
intérieure: Inner; interior; inside or internal.
qu: That; which (shortened form of que).
ne: Not; negation particle in French.
avait: Had; possessed; third person singular avoir.
supposé: Supposed; assumed; thought or imagined.
Nos: Our; belonging to us (plural possessive).
confidences: Confidences; secrets shared in trust.
élevèrent: Raised; lifted up or elevated.
ciel: Sky; heaven; the celestial sphere.
Comme: Like; as; in the manner of.
des: Of the; some; plural indefinite article.
boutons: Buttons; buds; round raised objects.
ouvrant: Opening; unfolding or beginning to open.
par: By; through; per or for each.
paires: Pairs; sets of two things.
Nous: We; us (first person plural pronoun).
confessâmes: Confessed; admitted or acknowledged wrongs.
nos: Our; belonging to us (plural possessive).
fautes: Faults; mistakes; errors or wrongs.
passées: Passed; gone by; past or previous.
Notre: Our; belonging to us (singular possessive).

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