The Ballad of the White Horse — Page 8
Even as she spoke she was not,
Incluso mientras ella hablaba, ya no estaba,
Nor any word said he,
Ni él dijo palabra alguna,
He only heard, still as he stood
Él solo escuchó, inmóvil como estaba
Under the old night's nodding hood,
Bajo la capucha oscilante de la vieja noche,
The sea-folk breaking down the wood
A la gente del mar derribando el bosque
Like a high tide from sea.
Como una marea alta que viene del mar.
He only heard the heathen men,
Él solo escuchó a los hombres paganos,
Whose eyes are blue and bleak,
Cuyos ojos son azules y sombríos,
Singing about some cruel thing
Cantando sobre alguna cosa cruel
Done by a great and smiling king
Hecha por un gran rey sonriente
In daylight on a deck.
A plena luz del día sobre una cubierta.
He only heard the heathen men,
Él solo escuchó a los hombres paganos,
Whose eyes are blue and blind,
Cuyos ojos son azules y ciegos,
Singing what shameful things are done
Cantando qué cosas vergonzosas se hacen
Between the sunlit sea and the sun
Entre el mar iluminado por el sol y el sol mismo
When the land is left behind.
Cuando la tierra queda atrás.
Vocabulary
- Incluso
- Even; including; moreover or furthermore
- mientras
- While; during the time that something happens
- ella
- She; feminine third person singular pronoun
- hablaba
- Spoke; talked; past imperfect tense of hablar
- ya
- Already; now; by this time or previously
- no
- No; not; negation or denial word
- estaba
- Was; past imperfect tense of estar
- Ni
- Neither; nor; not even conjunction
- él
- He; masculine third person singular pronoun
- dijo
- Said; told; past tense of decir
- palabra
- Word; a unit of language or speech
- alguna
- Some; any; feminine form of alguno
- Él
- He; masculine third person singular pronoun
- solo
- Alone; only; by oneself without companions
- escuchó
- Listened; heard; past tense of escuchar
- inmóvil
- Motionless; still; without movement or motion
- como
- Like; as; in the manner of something
- Bajo
- Under; beneath; below or underneath something
- la
- The; feminine singular definite article
- de
- Of; from; belonging to or associated with
- vieja
- Old; aged; feminine form of viejo
- noche
- Night; darkness; time from sunset to sunrise
- gente
- People; persons; human beings collectively
- del
- Of the; contraction of de and el
- mar
- Sea; large body of salt water
- el
- The; masculine singular definite article
- bosque
- Forest; woods; area covered with trees
- Como
- Like; as; in the manner of something
- una
- A; an; feminine singular indefinite article
- marea
- Tide; rise and fall of ocean water
- alta
- High; tall; feminine form of alto
- que
- That; which; relative pronoun in clauses
- viene
- Comes; arrives; third person singular of venir
- los
- The; masculine plural definite article
- hombres
- Men; male human beings plural form
- Cuyos
- Whose; of whom; possessive relative pronoun
- ojos
- Eyes; organs of sight and vision
- son
- Are; third person plural of ser
- azules
- Blue; color of sky or ocean
- Cantando
- Singing; performing songs; present participle of cantar
- sobre
- On; upon; over or above something
- cosa
- Thing; object; item or matter
- cruel
- Cruel; unkind; causing pain or suffering
- Hecha
- Made; done; feminine past participle of hacer
- por
- By; through; indicating agent or means
- un
- A; an; masculine singular indefinite article
- gran
- Great; large; big or significant in size
- rey
- King; male monarch ruling a kingdom
- luz
- Light; illumination; brightness or radiance
- día
- Day; period of daylight from sunrise
- cubierta
- Covered; deck; feminine past participle of cubrir
- ciegos
- Blind; unable to see; without vision
- qué
- What; which; interrogative pronoun for asking
- cosas
- Things; objects; items or matters
- se
- Oneself; itself; reflexive pronoun in Spanish
- hacen
- Make; do; third person plural of hacer
- Entre
- Between; among; in the space separating
- sol
- Sun; star at center of solar system
- mismo
- Same; identical; alike or very same
- Cuando
- When; at what time; at the moment
- tierra
- Earth; land; ground or soil surface
- queda
- Remains; stays; third person singular of quedar
- atrás
- Behind; backward; in or to rear position
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