The Ballad of the White Horse — Page 6
But for this earth most pitiful,
Pero por esta tierra tan lastimosa,
This little land I know,
Esta pequeña tierra que conozco,
If that which is for ever is,
Si aquello que es eterno existe,
Or if our hearts shall break with bliss,
O si nuestros corazones se romperán de dicha,
Seeing the stranger go?
Al ver al extraño partir?
"When our last bow is broken, Queen,
"Cuando nuestro último arco esté roto, Reina,
And our last javelin cast,
Y nuestra última jabalina lanzada,
Under some sad, green evening sky,
Bajo algún triste y verde cielo vespertino,
Holding a ruined cross on high,
Sosteniendo en alto una cruz en ruinas,
Under warm westland grass to lie,
Para yacer bajo la cálida hierba del occidente,
Shall we come home at last?"
¿Volveremos al fin a casa?"
And a voice came human but high up,
Y una voz llegó humana pero desde lo alto,
Like a cottage climbed among
Como una cabaña encumbrada entre
The clouds; or a serf of hut and croft
Las nubes; o un siervo de choza y campo
That sits by his hovel fire as oft,
Que se sienta junto al fuego de su casucha como siempre,
But hears on his old bare roof aloft
Pero oye sobre su viejo y desnudo tejado en lo alto
A belfry burst in song.
Un campanario estallar en canción.
"The gates of heaven are lightly locked,
"Las puertas del cielo están ligeramente cerradas,
We do not guard our gain,
No guardamos lo que ganamos,
The heaviest hind may easily
La más torpe sierva puede fácilmente
Come silently and suddenly
Llegar silenciosa y súbitamente
Upon me in a lane.
Hasta mí en un sendero.
"And any little maid that walks
"Y cualquier pequeña doncella que camine
In good thoughts apart,
En buenos pensamientos apartada,
May break the guard of the Three Kings
Puede romper la guardia de los Tres Reyes
And see the dear and dreadful things
Y ver las queridas y terribles cosas
I hid within my heart.
Que escondí dentro de mi corazón.
"The meanest man in grey fields gone
"El hombre más humilde en campos grises perdido
Behind the set of sun,
Tras la puesta del sol,
Heareth between star and other star,
Oye entre estrella y estrella,
Through the door of the darkness fallen ajar,
A través de la puerta de la oscuridad entreabierta,
The council, eldest of things that are,
El consejo, el más antiguo de las cosas que existen,
The talk of the Three in One.
La conversación de los Tres en Uno.
Vocabulary
- Pero
- But; however; yet.
- por
- By; for; through; per.
- esta
- This (feminine); this woman or thing.
- tierra
- Earth; land; ground; soil.
- tan
- So; such; as much; to such degree.
- Esta
- This (feminine); this woman or thing.
- pequeña
- Small; little; tiny (feminine).
- que
- That; which; who; what.
- conozco
- I know; I am acquainted with.
- Si
- If; whether; conditional conjunction.
- aquello
- That; that thing; that matter.
- es
- Is; to be (third person singular).
- eterno
- Eternal; everlasting; timeless; infinite.
- existe
- Exists; there is; it is present.
- si
- If; whether; conditional conjunction.
- nuestros
- Our; ours (masculine plural).
- corazones
- Hearts; centers; cores (plural).
- se
- Reflexive pronoun; oneself; itself; themselves.
- romperán
- Will break; shall be broken.
- de
- Of; from; about; made of.
- dicha
- Happiness; joy; good fortune; bliss.
- Al
- To the; at the; upon the.
- ver
- To see; to watch; to look.
- al
- To the; at the; upon the.
- extraño
- Strange; foreign; odd; unusual; stranger.
- partir
- To leave; to depart; to split.
- Cuando
- When; whenever; at what time.
- nuestro
- Our; ours (masculine singular).
- último
- Last; final; ultimate; most recent.
- arco
- Bow; arch; arc; curve.
- esté
- Is; be (subjunctive third person singular).
- roto
- Broken; shattered; torn; damaged.
- Reina
- Queen; reigns; rules; sovereign.
- nuestra
- Our; ours (feminine singular).
- última
- Last; final; ultimate (feminine).
- Bajo
- Under; beneath; below; low.
- algún
- Some; any; a certain.
- triste
- Sad; sorrowful; unhappy; gloomy.
- verde
- Green; verdant; fresh; unripe.
- cielo
- Sky; heaven; the celestial sphere.
- Sosteniendo
- Holding; supporting; sustaining; maintaining.
- en
- In; at; on; within.
- alto
- High; tall; loud; stop.
- una
- A; an; one (feminine).
- cruz
- Cross; crucifix; intersection; burden.
- ruinas
- Ruins; remains; debris; wreckage.
- Para
- For; in order to; toward; to.
- bajo
- Under; beneath; below; low.
- la
- The; it (feminine article/pronoun).
- cálida
- Warm; hot; heated (feminine).
- hierba
- Grass; herb; vegetation; weeds.
- del
- Of the; from the.
- Volveremos
- We will return; we shall return.
- fin
- End; finally; purpose; goal.
- casa
- House; home; dwelling; building.
- voz
- Voice; sound; word; opinion.
- llegó
- Arrived; came; reached; got.
- humana
- Human; mankind; mortal (feminine).
- pero
- But; however; yet; dog.
- desde
- From; since; away from.
- lo
- The; it; that (neuter article).
- Como
- As; like; how; about.
- cabaña
- Cabin; hut; cottage; small house.
- entre
- Between; among; amid; in.
- Las
- The; those (feminine plural article).
- nubes
- Clouds; cloud formations; sky.
- un
- A; an; one (masculine).
- campo
- Field; countryside; camp; domain.
- Que
- That; which; who; what.
- sienta
- Feels; senses; sits (subjunctive).
- junto
- Together; near; at; beside.
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