The Great Gatsby — Page 1
The Great Gatsby
El gran Gatsby
by
por
F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Table of Contents
Tabla de contenidos
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III
III
IV
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V
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VI
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VII
VII
VIII
VIII
IX
IX
Once again
Una vez más
to
a
Zelda
Zelda
Then wear the gold hat, if that will move her;
Ponte entonces el sombrero de oro, si eso la conmueve;
If you can bounce high, bounce for her too,
Si puedes saltar alto, salta también por ella,
Till she cry "Lover, gold-hatted, high-bouncing lover,
Hasta que ella exclame: «Amante, de sombrero dorado, amante de alto vuelo,
I must have you!"
¡Debo tenerte!»
Thomas Parke d'Invilliers
Thomas Parke d'Invilliers
In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.
En mis años más jóvenes y vulnerables, mi padre me dio un consejo que no he dejado de meditar desde entonces.
"Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone," he told me, "just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had."
«Siempre que sientas ganas de criticar a alguien», me dijo, «recuerda que no toda la gente en este mundo ha tenido las ventajas que tú has tenido».
He didn't say any more, but we've always been unusually communicative in a reserved way, and I understood that he meant a great deal more than that.
No dijo nada más, pero siempre hemos sido inusualmente comunicativos a nuestra manera reservada, y entendí que quería decir mucho más que eso.
In consequence, I'm inclined to reserve all judgements, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not a few veteran bores.
En consecuencia, tiendo a reservarme todo juicio, un hábito que me ha abierto muchas naturalezas curiosas y que también me ha convertido en víctima de no pocos pesados veteranos.
The abnormal mind is quick to detect and attach itself to this quality when it appears in a normal person, and so it came about that in college I was unjustly accused of being a politician, because I was privy to the secret griefs of wild, unknown men.
La mente anormal es rápida en detectar y aferrarse a esta cualidad cuando aparece en una persona normal, y así ocurrió que en la universidad fui acusado injustamente de ser un político, porque estaba al tanto de las penas secretas de hombres desenfrenados y desconocidos.
Vocabulary
- gran
- Great or large, used before nouns
- por
- Preposition meaning 'by,' 'for,' or 'through'
- Tabla
- Table or chart organizing information
- contenidos
- Contents, items listed in a document
- vez
- Time or instance, as in 'one more time'
- más
- More, additional quantity or degree
- Ponte
- Put on yourself, reflexive command form
- entonces
- Then, at that time or consequently
- sombrero
- Hat, a head covering worn outdoors
- oro
- Gold, a precious yellow metal
- si
- If, conditional conjunction introducing a clause
- eso
- That, neutral demonstrative pronoun
- conmueve
- Moves or touches someone emotionally
- Si
- If, conditional conjunction introducing a clause
- puedes
- You can, second person singular of poder
- saltar
- To jump or leap into the air
- alto
- High or tall in position or stature
- salta
- Jump, imperative command to leap
- también
- Also or too, indicating addition
- Hasta
- Until or up to a point in time
- exclame
- Exclaim, subjunctive form of exclamar
- Amante
- Lover, a person in a romantic relationship
- dorado
- Golden, having the color or quality of gold
- amante
- Lover, a person in a romantic relationship
- vuelo
- Flight, the act of flying or fleeing
- Debo
- I must or I owe, first person of deber
- tenerte
- To have you, infinitive with attached pronoun
- años
- Years, units of time measuring age or duration
- jóvenes
- Young, adjective describing youth or early age
- vulnerables
- Vulnerable, susceptible to harm or influence
- padre
- Father, a male parent
- dio
- Gave, third person singular preterite of dar
- consejo
- Advice or counsel given to someone
- dejado
- Stopped or left, past participle of dejar
- meditar
- To meditate or ponder deeply on something
- desde
- Since or from a point in time
- Siempre
- Always, at all times without exception
- sientas
- Feel, second person subjunctive of sentir
- ganas
- Desire or urge to do something
- criticar
- To criticize or judge someone negatively
- alguien
- Someone or somebody, indefinite person pronoun
- dijo
- Said, third person singular preterite of decir
- recuerda
- Remember, imperative or third person of recordar
- toda
- All or every, feminine singular of todo
- gente
- People, a group of persons collectively
- este
- This, masculine singular demonstrative adjective
- mundo
- World, the earth and all its inhabitants
- tenido
- Had, past participle of tener
- ventajas
- Advantages or benefits over others
- nada
- Nothing, absence of anything
- pero
- But, coordinating conjunction showing contrast
- siempre
- Always, at all times without exception
- inusualmente
- Unusually, in a manner that is atypical
- comunicativos
- Communicative, willing to share information openly
- nuestra
- Our, first person plural feminine possessive adjective
- manera
- Way or manner of doing something
- reservada
- Reserved or restrained in expressing oneself
- entendí
- I understood, first person preterite of entender
- quería
- Wanted or meant, imperfect of querer
- decir
- To say or to mean something
- mucho
- Much or a lot, indicating large quantity
- consecuencia
- Consequence or result of an action
- tiendo
- I tend to, first person of tender
- reservarme
- To reserve or withhold for myself
- todo
- All or everything, masculine singular of todo
- juicio
- Judgment or opinion about someone or something
- hábito
- Habit, a regularly repeated behavior or practice
- abierto
- Open, accessible or not closed off
- muchas
- Many, feminine plural indicating large number
- naturalezas
- Natures or characters of people or things
- curiosas
- Curious or strange, feminine plural adjective
- convertido
- Converted or turned into something else
- víctima
- Victim, a person harmed by someone or something
- pocos
- Few, a small number of people or things
- pesados
- Tiresome or burdensome, heavy in figurative sense
- veteranos
- Veterans, experienced or long-established individuals
- mente
- Mind, the cognitive faculty of thinking
- anormal
- Abnormal, deviating from what is typical
- rápida
- Quick or fast, feminine singular adjective
- detectar
- To detect or identify something present
- aferrarse
- To cling or hold tightly to something
- esta
- This, feminine singular demonstrative adjective
- cualidad
- Quality or characteristic of a person or thing
- cuando
- When, conjunction referring to a time
- aparece
- Appears or shows up, third person of aparecer
- persona
- Person, an individual human being
- normal
- Normal, conforming to a standard or typical pattern
- así
- Thus or in this way, indicating manner
- ocurrió
- Happened or occurred, preterite of ocurrir
- universidad
- University, a higher education institution
- fui
- I was or I went, preterite of ser or ir
- acusado
- Accused, charged with wrongdoing
- injustamente
- Unjustly, in an unfair or wrongful manner
- ser
- To be, fundamental Spanish copular verb
- político
- Political or a politician in public life
- porque
- Because, conjunction giving reason or cause
- estaba
- Was, first or third person imperfect of estar
- tanto
- So much or aware of, indicating degree
- penas
- Sorrows or griefs suffered by someone
- secretas
- Secret, kept hidden from others, feminine plural
- hombres
- Men, plural of hombre, male persons
- desenfrenados
- Unrestrained or wild, lacking self-control
- desconocidos
- Unknown or strangers, people not recognized
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