The Angel in the House — Page 9

English → It Book I. Level 7/10

Our lifted lives at last shall touch

Le nostre vite elevate alla fine toccheranno

That happy goal to which they move;

Quel felice traguardo verso cui si muovono;

Until we find, as darkness rolls

Finché non scopriamo, mentre l'oscurità si dissolve

Away, and evil mists dissolve,

Via, e le nebbie malvagie si diradano,

That nuptial contrasts are the poles

Che i contrasti nuziali sono i poli

On which the heavenly spheres revolve.

Attorno ai quali ruotano le sfere celesti.

II.

_Love at Large_.

_Amore in libertà_.

Whene'er I come where ladies are,

Ogni volta che mi trovo dove ci sono dame,

How sad soever I was before,

Per quanto triste fossi prima,

Though like a ship frost-bound and far

Sebbene come una nave imprigionata dal gelo e lontana

Withheld in ice from the ocean's roar,

Trattenuta dal ghiaccio lontano dal fragore dell'oceano,

Third-winter'd in that dreadful dock,

Al suo terzo inverno in quel terribile porto,

With stiffen'd cordage, sails decay'd,

Con le corde irrigidite, le vele in sfacelo,

And crew that care for calm and shock

E un equipaggio che non si cura né di bonaccia né di tempesta

Alike, too dull to be dismay'd,

Allo stesso modo, troppo intorpidito per essere sgomento,

Yet, if I come where ladies are,

Eppure, se mi trovo dove ci sono dame,

How sad soever I was before,

Per quanto triste fossi prima,

Then is my sadness banish'd far,

Allora la mia tristezza è bandita lontano,

And I am like that ship no more;

E non sono più come quella nave;

Or like that ship if the ice-field splits,

O come quella nave se il campo di ghiaccio si spezza,

Burst by the sudden polar Spring,

Squarciato dalla repentina primavera polare,

And all thank God with their warming wits,

E tutti ringraziano Dio con la mente che si scalda,

And kiss each other and dance and sing,

E si baciano e danzano e cantano,

And hoist fresh sails, that make the breeze

E issano vele nuove, che fanno sì che la brezza

Blow them along the liquid sea,

Li spinga lungo il mare aperto,

Out of the North, where life did freeze,

Fuori dal Nord, dove la vita si era gelata,

Into the haven where they would be.

Verso il porto in cui vorrebbero essere.

III.

_Love and Duty_.

_Amore e Dovere_.

Anne lived so truly from above,

Anne viveva così autenticamente dall'alto,

She was so gentle and so good,

Era così gentile e così buona,

That duty bade me fall in love,

Che il dovere mi ordinò di innamorarmi,

And 'but for that,' thought I, 'I should!'

E 'non fosse per quello,' pensai, 'lo farei!'

I worshipp'd Kate with all my will,

Adoravo Kate con tutta la mia volontà,

In idle moods you seem to see

Nei momenti di ozio sembra di vedere

A noble spirit in a hill,

Un nobile spirito in una collina,

A human touch about a tree.

Un tocco umano intorno a un albero.

IV.

_A Distinction_.

_Una Distinzione_.

Vocabulary

Le: The (feminine plural article or pronoun)
nostre: Our (feminine plural possessive adjective)
vite: Lives (plural noun)
elevate: Elevated, raised (feminine plural adjective)
alla: To the (contraction of 'a la')
fine: End, conclusion (noun)
toccheranno: Will touch, will reach (future tense verb)
Quel: That (masculine singular demonstrative adjective)
felice: Happy, fortunate (adjective)
traguardo: Goal, finish line, target (noun)
verso: Towards, against; verse (preposition/noun)
cui: Whom, which (relative pronoun)
si: Reflexive pronoun; oneself (pronoun)
muovono: Move, shift (third person plural verb)
Finché: Until, as long as (conjunction)
non: Not (negation adverb)
scopriamo: Discover, uncover (first person plural verb)
mentre: While, meanwhile (conjunction/adverb)
oscurità: Darkness, obscurity (noun)
dissolve: Dissolves, melts away (verb form)
Via: Away, street; away with (adverb/noun)
nebbie: Fogs, mists (feminine plural noun)
malvagie: Evil, wicked (feminine plural adjective)
Che: That, which; what (relative pronoun)
contrasti: Contrasts (plural noun)
sono: Are (first/third person singular verb)
poli: Poles (plural noun)
Attorno: Around, about (adverb/preposition)
ai: To the (contraction of 'a i')
quali: Which (relative pronoun plural)
ruotano: Rotate, revolve (third person plural verb)
sfere: Spheres (plural noun)
celesti: Celestial, heavenly (adjective)
Amore: Love (noun)
in: In (preposition)
libertà: Freedom, liberty (noun)
Ogni: Every, each (adjective)
volta: Time, occasion (noun)
che: That, which (relative/subordinating conjunction)
mi: Me (first person singular pronoun)
trovo: Find myself, am (first person singular verb)
dove: Where (adverb)
ci: There, us (adverb/pronoun)
dame: Ladies, women (feminine plural noun)
Per: For (preposition)
quanto: As much as, however much (conjunction)
triste: Sad, sorrowful (adjective)
fossi: Were (first/second person singular conditional)
prima: Before, previously (adverb/conjunction)
Sebbene: Although, even though (conjunction)
come: As, like, how (adverb/conjunction)
una: A, an (feminine singular article)
nave: Ship, vessel (noun)
dal: From the, by the (preposition contraction)
gelo: Frost, ice, freezing cold (noun)
lontana: Distant, far away (feminine adjective)
ghiaccio: Ice (noun)
lontano: Far, distant (adjective/adverb)
dell: Of the (contraction of 'di il')
oceano: Ocean (noun)
Al: To the (contraction of 'a il')
suo: His, her, its (possessive adjective)
terzo: Third (ordinal adjective)
inverno: Winter (noun)
quel: That (masculine singular demonstrative)
terribile: Terrible, dreadful (adjective)
porto: Port, harbor (noun)
Con: With (preposition)
corde: Ropes, cords (feminine plural noun)
vele: Sails (feminine plural noun)
un: A, an (masculine singular article)

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