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English → Spanish THE SONNETS Level 9/10

Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed,

Cansado del trabajo, me apresuro a mi cama,

The dear respose for limbs with travel tired,

El querido reposo para los miembros fatigados por el camino,

But then begins a journey in my head

Pero entonces comienza un viaje en mi cabeza

To work my mind, when body's work's expired.

Para trabajar mi mente, cuando el trabajo del cuerpo ha expirado.

For then my thoughts, from far where I abide,

Pues entonces mis pensamientos, desde lejos donde yo moro,

Intend a zealous pilgrimage to thee,

Emprenden un fervoroso peregrinaje hacia ti,

And keep my drooping eyelids open wide,

Y mantienen mis caídos párpados bien abiertos,

Looking on darkness which the blind do see.

Mirando la oscuridad que los ciegos ven.

Save that my soul's imaginary sight

Salvo que la vista imaginaria de mi alma

Presents thy shadow to my sightless view,

Presenta tu sombra a mi mirada sin visión,

Which like a jewel (hung in ghastly night)

Que como una joya (colgada en la noche espectral)

Makes black night beauteous, and her old face new.

Hace hermosa la noche negra, y nuevo su viejo rostro.

Lo thus by day my limbs, by night my mind,

He aquí que así de día mis miembros, de noche mi mente,

For thee, and for my self, no quiet find.

Por ti, y por mí mismo, no encuentran quietud.

How can I then return in happy plight

¿Cómo puedo entonces regresar en dichoso estado

That am debarred the benefit of rest?

Yo, que estoy privado del beneficio del descanso?

When day's oppression is not eased by night,

Cuando la opresión del día no es aliviada por la noche,

But day by night and night by day oppressed.

Sino que el día es oprimido por la noche y la noche por el día.

And each (though enemies to either's reign)

Y cada uno (aunque enemigos del reino del otro)

Do in consent shake hands to torture me,

Se dan la mano de común acuerdo para torturarme,

The one by toil, the other to complain

El uno mediante el trabajo, el otro para lamentarse

How far I toil, still farther off from thee.

Cuánto me afano, aún más lejos de ti.

I tell the day to please him thou art bright,

Le digo al día para complacerle que tú eres brillante,

And dost him grace when clouds do blot the heaven:

Y le das gracia cuando las nubes oscurecen el cielo:

So flatter I the swart-complexioned night,

Así adulo yo a la noche de tez oscura,

When sparkling stars twire not thou gild'st the even.

Cuando las centelleantes estrellas no brillan, tú doras la tarde.

Vocabulary

Cansado: Tired, exhausted, or weary.
del: Of the, from the (contraction of de + el).
trabajo: Work, job, or labor.
me: Me (direct or indirect object pronoun).
apresuro: I hurry or rush (first person present).
mi: My (possessive adjective).
cama: Bed for sleeping or resting.
El: The (masculine singular article).
querido: Beloved, dear, or loved one.
reposo: Rest, repose, or relaxation.
para: For, in order to, toward.
los: The (masculine plural article).
miembros: Members, limbs, or body parts.
fatigados: Tired, fatigued, or worn out.
por: By, through, for, or because of.
el: The (masculine singular article).
camino: Road, path, way, or journey.
Pero: But, however, or yet.
entonces: Then, at that time, or so.
comienza: It begins or starts (third person present).
un: A, an (masculine singular article).
viaje: Trip, journey, or voyage.
en: In, on, at, or within.
cabeza: Head or mind.
trabajar: To work or labor.
mente: Mind, mental faculties, or intellect.
cuando: When, at the time that.
cuerpo: Body, physical form, or substance.
ha: Has (auxiliary verb, third person singular).
Pues: Well, then, or since.
mis: My (possessive adjective, plural).
pensamientos: Thoughts, ideas, or reflections.
desde: From, since, or starting from.
lejos: Far, far away, or distant.
donde: Where or in which place.
yo: I (first person singular pronoun).
Emprenden: They undertake or begin (third person plural).
hacia: Toward, to, or in the direction of.
ti: You (object pronoun, second person singular).
mantienen: They maintain, keep, or sustain.
bien: Well, good, properly, or correctly.
abiertos: Open, opened, or unclosed.
Mirando: Looking, watching, or gazing.
la: The (feminine singular article).
oscuridad: Darkness, obscurity, or lack of light.
que: That, which, or who.
ciegos: Blind, sightless, or without vision.
ven: They see or perceive (third person plural).
Salvo: Except, save, or safe.
vista: Sight, vision, or view.
imaginaria: Imaginary, imagined, or fanciful.
alma: Soul, spirit, or essence of being.
Presenta: Presents, shows, or displays.
tu: Your (possessive adjective, singular informal).
sombra: Shadow, shade, or darkness.
mirada: Gaze, look, or glance.
sin: Without, lacking, or devoid of.
visión: Vision, sight, or perception.
como: Like, as, or in the way that.
joya: Jewel, gem, or precious stone.
noche: Night or nighttime darkness.
Hace: Makes, does, or causes (third person singular).
hermosa: Beautiful, lovely, or attractive.
negra: Black or dark (feminine adjective).
nuevo: New, recent, or novel.
su: His, her, its, or their.
viejo: Old, aged, or ancient.

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