The Complete Works of William Shakespeare — Page 4
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Lo in the orient when the gracious light
He aquí que en oriente cuando la graciosa luz
Lifts up his burning head, each under eye
Alza su ardiente cabeza, cada ojo que está debajo
Doth homage to his new-appearing sight,
Le rinde homenaje a su vista de reciente aparición,
Serving with looks his sacred majesty,
Sirviendo con miradas a su sagrada majestad,
And having climbed the steep-up heavenly hill,
Y habiendo escalado la empinada colina celestial,
Resembling strong youth in his middle age,
Semejando la robusta juventud en su mediana edad,
Yet mortal looks adore his beauty still,
Aun así las miradas mortales adoran todavía su belleza,
Attending on his golden pilgrimage:
Asistiendo a su dorada peregrinación:
But when from highmost pitch with weary car,
Mas cuando desde la cima más alta con fatigado carro,
Like feeble age he reeleth from the day,
Como la débil vejez se tambalea desde el día,
The eyes (fore duteous) now converted are
Los ojos (antes reverentes) ahora se han vuelto
From his low tract and look another way:
De su bajo trayecto y miran hacia otro lado:
So thou, thyself out-going in thy noon:
Así tú, superándote a ti mismo en tu mediodía:
Unlooked on diest unless thou get a son.
Mueres sin ser mirado a menos que engendres un hijo.
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Music to hear, why hear'st thou music sadly?
Tú que eres música para escuchar, ¿por qué escuchas la música con tristeza?
Sweets with sweets war not, joy delights in joy:
Lo dulce no guerrea con lo dulce, la alegría se deleita en la alegría:
Why lov'st thou that which thou receiv'st not gladly,
¿Por qué amas aquello que no recibes con agrado,
Or else receiv'st with pleasure thine annoy?
O bien recibes con placer tu propio fastidio?
If the true concord of well-tuned sounds,
Si la verdadera concordia de sonidos bien afinados,
By unions married do offend thine ear,
Unidos en matrimonio ofenden tu oído,
They do but sweetly chide thee, who confounds
No hacen más que reprenderte dulcemente, a ti que confundes
In singleness the parts that thou shouldst bear:
En soledad las partes que tú deberías sostener:
Mark how one string sweet husband to another,
Observa cómo una cuerda, dulce esposo de otra,
Strikes each in each by mutual ordering;
Se golpea cada una en cada una por mutuo orden;
Resembling sire, and child, and happy mother,
Semejando al padre, y al hijo, y a la feliz madre,
Who all in one, one pleasing note do sing:
Que todos en uno, una nota agradable entonan:
Whose speechless song being many, seeming one,
Cuyo silencioso canto siendo muchos, pareciendo uno,
Sings this to thee, 'Thou single wilt prove none'.
Te canta esto: 'Tú, siendo uno solo, resultarás ser ninguno'.
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Is it for fear to wet a widow's eye,
¿Es por temor a humedecer el ojo de una viuda,
That thou consum'st thyself in single life?
Por lo que te consumes a ti mismo en la vida de soltero?
Vocabulary
- He
- I have (auxiliary verb for present perfect)
- aquí
- Here; in this place or location
- que
- That; which; what (relative/interrogative pronoun)
- en
- In; on; at (preposition indicating location)
- oriente
- East; the direction where sun rises
- cuando
- When; at the time that something happens
- la
- The (feminine singular definite article)
- graciosa
- Graceful; elegant; charming or beautiful
- luz
- Light; illumination from sun or fire
- Alza
- Raises; lifts up; elevates something higher
- su
- His; her; its; their (possessive adjective)
- ardiente
- Burning; hot; passionate or intense
- cabeza
- Head; the upper part of body
- cada
- Each; every; one by one individually
- ojo
- Eye; organ used for seeing
- está
- Is; third person singular of estar verb
- debajo
- Below; underneath; in lower position
- Le
- Him; her; you (indirect object pronoun)
- rinde
- Renders; pays; gives homage or tribute
- homenaje
- Homage; respect; tribute paid to someone
- vista
- Sight; view; the act of seeing
- de
- Of; from; indicating possession or origin
- reciente
- Recent; new; happening not long ago
- aparición
- Appearance; arrival; coming into view
- Sirviendo
- Serving; working for; functioning as
- con
- With; accompanying; in company of
- miradas
- Gazes; looks; direct visual attention
- sagrada
- Sacred; holy; worthy of religious respect
- majestad
- Majesty; royal dignity; impressive appearance
- habiendo
- Having; past participle of haber verb
- escalado
- Climbed; ascended; went up mountain
- empinada
- Steep; rising at sharp angle upward
- colina
- Hill; small mountain; elevated land mass
- celestial
- Heavenly; relating to sky or heaven
- Semejando
- Resembling; seeming like; appearing similar
- robusta
- Robust; strong; sturdy and vigorous
- juventud
- Youth; young age; time of being young
- mediana
- Middle; medium; average in size
- edad
- Age; number of years lived
- Aun
- Even; still; yet; notwithstanding
- así
- Thus; so; in this manner or way
- las
- The (feminine plural definite article)
- mortales
- Mortals; human beings; subject to death
- adoran
- Adore; worship; love greatly or revere
- todavía
- Still; yet; continuing up to now
- belleza
- Beauty; attractive qualities; loveliness
- Asistiendo
- Attending; accompanying; being present at
- dorada
- Golden; made of gold; color gold
- peregrinación
- Pilgrimage; religious journey; sacred traveling
- Mas
- But; however; on other hand
- desde
- From; starting at; beginning at point
- cima
- Peak; summit; top of mountain
- más
- More; greater; additional quantity
- alta
- High; elevated; at great height
- fatigado
- Tired; exhausted; weary from exertion
- carro
- Cart; carriage; vehicle for transport
- Como
- Like; as; similar to something
- débil
- Weak; feeble; lacking strength or power
- vejez
- Old age; advanced years; being elderly
- se
- Reflexive pronoun; oneself; himself/herself
- el
- The (masculine singular definite article)
- día
- Day; twenty-four hour period of time
- Los
- The (masculine plural definite article)
- ojos
- Eyes; plural of ojo; organs of sight
- antes
- Before; previously; earlier in time
- reverentes
- Reverent; respectful; showing veneration
- ahora
- Now; at present; at this moment
- han
- Have; third person plural of haber
- vuelto
- Turned; returned; changed direction
- De
- Of; from; indicating origin or possession
- bajo
- Low; beneath; at lower position
- trayecto
- Course; route; path traveled journey
- miran
- Look; watch; direct eyes toward
- hacia
- Toward; in direction of; approaching
- otro
- Other; another; different from this
- lado
- Side; edge; lateral part of something
- Así
- Thus; so; in this manner or way
- tú
- You (informal singular pronoun)
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