The Odyssey: Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original — Page 7
But Odysseus yearning to see if it were but the smoke leap upwards from his own land, hath a desire to die.
Aber Odysseus, der sich danach sehnt, auch nur den Rauch aufsteigen zu sehen von seinem eigenen Land, hat den Wunsch zu sterben.
As for thee, thine heart regardeth it not at all, Olympian!
Was dich betrifft, so kümmert dich das überhaupt nicht, Olympier!
What! Did not Odysseus by the ships of the Argives make thee free offering of sacrifice in the wide Trojan land?
Was! Hat dir Odysseus nicht bei den Schiffen der Argiver freiwillige Opfergaben dargebracht im weiten trojanischen Land?
Wherefore wast thou then so wroth with him, O Zeus?'
Warum warst du dann so zornig auf ihn, o Zeus?'
I found, however, that the translation would be thus hopelessly scholasticised, and abandoned my intention.
Ich stellte jedoch fest, dass die Übersetzung dadurch hoffnungslos scholastisiert werden würde, und gab meine Absicht auf.
Vocabulary
- Aber
- Conjunction meaning 'but' or 'however'.
- der
- Definite article 'the' for masculine nouns.
- sich
- Reflexive pronoun meaning 'oneself' or 'himself'.
- danach
- Adverb meaning 'after that' or 'thereafter'.
- sehnt
- Third-person singular of 'sehnen', meaning 'yearns'.
- auch
- Adverb meaning 'also', 'too', or 'even'.
- nur
- Adverb meaning 'only' or 'just'.
- den
- Accusative definite article 'the' for masculine nouns.
- Rauch
- Noun meaning 'smoke'.
- aufsteigen
- Verb meaning 'to rise up' or 'to ascend'.
- zu
- Preposition or particle meaning 'to' or 'too'.
- sehen
- Verb meaning 'to see' or 'to watch'.
- von
- Preposition meaning 'from', 'of', or 'by'.
- seinem
- Possessive pronoun 'his' in dative masculine form.
- eigenen
- Adjective meaning 'own', as in one's own.
- Land
- Noun meaning 'land', 'country', or 'nation'.
- hat
- Third-person singular of 'haben', meaning 'has'.
- Wunsch
- Noun meaning 'wish' or 'desire'.
- sterben
- Verb meaning 'to die'.
- Was
- Interrogative pronoun meaning 'what'.
- dich
- Accusative form of 'du', meaning 'you'.
- betrifft
- Third-person singular of 'betreffen', meaning 'concerns'.
- so
- Adverb or conjunction meaning 'so' or 'thus'.
- kümmert
- Third-person singular of 'kümmern', meaning 'cares' or 'bothers'.
- das
- Definite article or pronoun meaning 'the' or 'that'.
- überhaupt
- Adverb meaning 'at all', 'generally', or 'anyway'.
- nicht
- Negation adverb meaning 'not'.
- Hat
- Third-person singular of 'haben', meaning 'has'.
- dir
- Dative form of 'du', meaning 'to you' or 'for you'.
- bei
- Preposition meaning 'at', 'near', or 'with'.
- Schiffen
- Plural dative form of 'Schiff', meaning 'ships'.
- freiwillige
- Adjective meaning 'voluntary' or 'willing'.
- Opfergaben
- Noun meaning 'offerings' or 'sacrificial gifts'.
- dargebracht
- Past participle of 'darbringen', meaning 'offered' or 'presented'.
- im
- Contraction of 'in dem', meaning 'in the'.
- weiten
- Adjective meaning 'wide' or 'vast' in inflected form.
- Warum
- Interrogative adverb meaning 'why'.
- warst
- Second-person singular past tense of 'sein', meaning 'were'.
- du
- Second-person singular pronoun meaning 'you'.
- dann
- Adverb meaning 'then' or 'at that time'.
- zornig
- Adjective meaning 'angry' or 'furious'.
- auf
- Preposition meaning 'on', 'at', or 'onto'.
- ihn
- Accusative pronoun meaning 'him'.
- Ich
- First-person singular pronoun meaning 'I'.
- stellte
- Past tense of 'stellen', meaning 'placed' or 'established'.
- jedoch
- Conjunction meaning 'however' or 'yet'.
- fest
- Adjective or separable prefix meaning 'firm', 'fixed', or 'established'.
- dass
- Subordinating conjunction meaning 'that'.
- die
- Definite article 'the' for feminine or plural nouns.
- Übersetzung
- Noun meaning 'translation' of a text or speech.
- dadurch
- Adverb meaning 'thereby', 'by that', or 'through this'.
- hoffnungslos
- Adjective meaning 'hopeless' or 'without hope'.
- werden
- Auxiliary verb meaning 'to become' or future marker.
- und
- Conjunction meaning 'and'.
- gab
- Past tense of 'geben', meaning 'gave' or 'gave up'.
- meine
- Possessive pronoun meaning 'my' in nominative form.
- Absicht
- Noun meaning 'intention', 'plan', or 'purpose'.
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