The Ballad of the White Horse — Page 2

English → Spanish BOOK I. THE VISION OF THE KING Level 7/10

And men rode out of the eastern lands,

Y hombres cabalgaron desde las tierras del oriente,

Broad river and burning plain;

Ancho río y llanura ardiente;

Trees that are Titan flowers to see,

Árboles que son flores de Titán a la vista,

And tiger skies, striped horribly,

Y cielos de tigre, horriblemente rayados,

With tints of tropic rain.

Con tintes de lluvia tropical.

Where Ind's enamelled peaks arise

Donde se alzan los picos esmaltados de la India

Around that inmost one,

En torno a aquel pico más interior,

Where ancient eagles on its brink,

Donde antiguas águilas en su borde,

Vast as archangels, gather and drink

Vastas como arcángeles, se reúnen y beben

The sacrament of the sun.

El sacramento del sol.

And men brake out of the northern lands,

Y hombres irrumpieron desde las tierras del norte,

Enormous lands alone,

Tierras enormes y solitarias,

Where a spell is laid upon life and lust

Donde un hechizo pesa sobre la vida y el deseo

And the rain is changed to a silver dust

Y la lluvia se convierte en polvo de plata

And the sea to a great green stone.

Y el mar en una gran piedra verde.

And a Shape that moveth murkily

Y una Figura que se mueve lóbregamente

In mirrors of ice and night,

En espejos de hielo y noche,

Hath blanched with fear all beasts and birds,

Ha blanqueado de miedo a todas las bestias y aves,

As death and a shock of evil words

Como la muerte y el impacto de palabras malignas

Blast a man's hair with white.

Vuelven blanco el cabello de un hombre.

And the cry of the palms and the purple moons,

Y el clamor de las palmeras y las lunas púrpuras,

Or the cry of the frost and foam,

O el clamor de la escarcha y la espuma,

Swept ever around an inmost place,

Rondaban siempre en torno a un lugar más íntimo,

And the din of distant race on race

Y el estruendo de razas distantes contra razas

Cried and replied round Rome.

Clamaba y respondía en torno a Roma.

And there was death on the Emperor

Y había muerte sobre el Emperador

And night upon the Pope:

Y noche sobre el Papa:

And Alfred, hiding in deep grass,

Y Alfredo, ocultándose en la hierba profunda,

Hardened his heart with hope.

Endureció su corazón con esperanza.

A sea-folk blinder than the sea

Un pueblo del mar más ciego que el mar

Broke all about his land,

Irrumpió por todas partes en su tierra,

But Alfred up against them bare

Pero Alfredo se enfrentó a ellos sin más

And gripped the ground and grasped the air,

Y aferró el suelo y asió el aire,

Staggered, and strove to stand.

Tambaleó, y se esforzó por mantenerse en pie.

He bent them back with spear and spade,

Los rechazó con lanza y azada,

With desperate dyke and wall,

Con dique y muro desesperados,

With foemen leaning on his shield

Con enemigos apoyados en su escudo

And roaring on him when he reeled;

Y rugiendo contra él cuando tambaleaba;

And no help came at all.

Y ninguna ayuda llegó en absoluto.

Vocabulary

hombres: Men; male human beings.
cabalgaron: They rode on horseback; past tense of cabalgar.
desde: From; since; indicating point of origin.
las: The; feminine plural definite article.
tierras: Lands; territories; earth or soil.
del: Of the; contraction of de and el.
oriente: East; the Orient; eastern direction.
Ancho: Wide; broad; having great width.
río: River; a large natural water flow.
llanura: Plain; flat, open area of land.
ardiente: Burning; hot; passionate; intensely fervent.
Árboles: Trees; woody plants with trunk and branches.
que: That; which; who; relative pronoun.
son: Are; third person plural of ser.
flores: Flowers; blooming plants or blossoms.
de: Of; from; indicating possession or origin.
la: The; feminine singular definite article.
vista: View; sight; vision or perspective.
cielos: Skies; heavens; plural of cielo.
tigre: Tiger; a large striped feline animal.
horriblemente: Horribly; terribly; in a horrible manner.
rayados: Striped; marked with lines or stripes.
Con: With; accompanied by; in company of.
tintes: Tints; shades; colors or hues.
lluvia: Rain; precipitation of water from clouds.
tropical: Tropical; relating to hot regions near equator.
Donde: Where; in what place or location.
se: Reflexive pronoun; oneself; third person.
alzan: Raise; rise up; stand upright.
los: The; masculine plural definite article.
picos: Peaks; mountain summits; sharp pointed tops.
En: In; on; at; indicating position.
torno: Around; about; surrounding; in rotation.
aquel: That; yonder; distant demonstrative adjective.
pico: Peak; summit; sharp pointed mountain top.
más: More; greater in quantity or degree.
interior: Interior; inner; inside or internal.
antiguas: Ancient; old; from long ago.
águilas: Eagles; large birds of prey.
en: In; on; at; indicating location.
su: His; her; its; your; their.
borde: Edge; border; rim or boundary.
Vastas: Vast; immense; extremely large in extent.
como: Like; as; similar to; how.
reúnen: Gather; meet; come together; assemble.
beben: Drink; consume liquid; imbibe beverages.
El: The; masculine singular definite article.
sol: Sun; our star; light and heat.
irrumpieron: Burst in; broke in; erupted.
norte: North; direction toward northern pole.
Tierras: Lands; territories; earth or soil.
enormes: Enormous; huge; very large in size.
solitarias: Solitary; lonely; isolated or alone.
un: A; an; masculine singular indefinite article.
hechizo: Spell; magic; enchantment or charm.
pesa: Weighs; has weight; presses down.
sobre: On; over; about; concerning something.
vida: Life; existence; living or animate state.
el: The; masculine singular definite article.
deseo: Desire; wish; longing for something.
convierte: Converts; transforms; changes into something.
polvo: Dust; powder; fine particles.
plata: Silver; precious metal; money.
mar: Sea; large body of salt water.
una: A; an; feminine singular indefinite article.
gran: Great; large; important or significant.
piedra: Stone; rock; hard mineral material.
verde: Green; color of plants and grass.
Figura: Figure; shape; form or appearance.
mueve: Moves; causes motion; shifts position.
espejos: Mirrors; reflective surfaces; looking glasses.
hielo: Ice; frozen water; crystallized frozen state.
noche: Night; darkness; time after sunset.
Ha: Has; auxiliary verb in present perfect.

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