The Picture of Dorian Gray — Page 1
The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden, there came through the open door the heavy scent of the lilac, or the more delicate perfume of the pink-flowering thorn.
Das Atelier war erfüllt vom reichen Duft der Rosen, und wenn der leichte Sommerwind sich in den Bäumen des Gartens regte, drang durch die offene Tür der schwere Duft des Flieders oder das zartere Parfüm des rosa blühenden Weißdorns herein.
From the corner of the divan of Persian saddle-bags on which he was lying, smoking, as was his custom, innumerable cigarettes, Lord Henry Wotton could just catch the gleam of the honey-sweet and honey-coloured blossoms of a laburnum, whose tremulous branches seemed hardly able to bear the burden of a beauty so flamelike as theirs; and now and then the fantastic shadows of birds in flight flitted across the long tussore-silk curtains that were stretched in front of the huge window, producing a kind of momentary Japanese effect, and making him think of those pallid, jade-faced painters of Tokyo who, through the medium of an art that is necessarily immobile, seek to convey the sense of swiftness and motion.
Von der Ecke des Divans aus persischen Satteltaschen, auf dem er lag und, wie es seine Gewohnheit war, unzählige Zigaretten rauchte, konnte Lord Henry Wotton gerade noch den Schimmer der honigsüßen und honigfarbenen Blüten eines Goldregen erhaschen, dessen zitternde Äste kaum imstande schienen, die Last einer so flammengleichen Schönheit zu tragen; und dann und wann huschten die phantastischen Schatten fliegender Vögel über die langen Tussahseide-Vorhänge, die vor dem riesigen Fenster ausgespannt waren, und erzeugten eine Art flüchtigen japanischen Effekts, der ihn an jene bleichen, jadehäutigen Maler Tokios denken ließ, die durch das Medium einer notwendigerweise unbeweglichen Kunst das Gefühl von Schnelligkeit und Bewegung zu vermitteln suchen.
The sullen murmur of the bees shouldering their way through the long unmown grass, or circling with monotonous insistence round the dusty gilt horns of the straggling woodbine, seemed to make the stillness more oppressive.
Das dumpfe Summen der Bienen, die sich ihren Weg durch das lange ungemähte Gras bahnten oder mit monotoner Beharrlichkeit um die staubigen vergoldeten Ranken des wuchernden Geißblatts kreisten, schien die Stille noch bedrückender zu machen.
The dim roar of London was like the bourdon note of a distant organ.
Das dumpfe Rauschen Londons war wie der Bordunton einer fernen Orgel.
Vocabulary
- Atelier
- An artist's or designer's studio or workshop.
- erfüllt
- Filled or permeated with something.
- reichen
- Rich, abundant, or intense in quality.
- Duft
- A pleasant fragrance or scent.
- Rosen
- Plural of 'Rose'; roses.
- wenn
- Subordinating conjunction meaning 'when' or 'if'.
- leichte
- Light, gentle, or slight in degree.
- Sommerwind
- A gentle breeze blowing during summer.
- Bäumen
- Dative plural of 'Baum'; trees.
- Gartens
- Genitive of 'Garten'; of the garden.
- regte
- Past tense of 'regen'; stirred or moved gently.
- drang
- Past tense of 'dringen'; penetrated or wafted in.
- offene
- Open, not closed; adjective form.
- Tür
- A door of a building or room.
- schwere
- Heavy, strong, or intense; adjective form.
- Flieders
- Genitive of 'Flieder'; of the lilac.
- zartere
- More delicate or subtle; comparative adjective form.
- Parfüm
- A fragrance or perfume scent.
- rosa
- Pink in color; indeclinable adjective.
- blühenden
- Blooming or flowering; present participle adjective.
- Weißdorns
- Genitive of 'Weißdorn'; of the hawthorn shrub.
- herein
- Into a space; inward direction adverb.
- Ecke
- A corner of a room or space.
- Divans
- Genitive of 'Divan'; of the low couch.
- persischen
- Persian; relating to Persia or its culture.
- Satteltaschen
- Saddlebags used for carrying items on horseback.
- lag
- Past tense of 'liegen'; lay or reclined.
- Gewohnheit
- A habit or customary practice.
- unzählige
- Countless or innumerable in quantity.
- Zigaretten
- Plural of 'Zigarette'; cigarettes.
- rauchte
- Past tense of 'rauchen'; smoked cigarettes.
- gerade
- Just barely or straight; adverb.
- Schimmer
- A faint glimmer or shimmer of light.
- honigsüßen
- Sweet as honey; honey-sweet adjective form.
- honigfarbenen
- Honey-colored; having a golden-amber hue.
- Blüten
- Blossoms or flowers of a plant.
- Goldregen
- Laburnum plant with cascading yellow flowers.
- erhaschen
- To catch a brief glimpse of something.
- dessen
- Genitive relative pronoun meaning 'whose' or 'of which'.
- zitternde
- Trembling or quivering; present participle adjective.
- Äste
- Plural of 'Ast'; branches of a tree.
- kaum
- Barely or hardly; adverb of degree.
- imstande
- Capable or able to do something.
- schienen
- Past tense plural of 'scheinen'; seemed or appeared.
- Last
- A burden, load, or heavy weight.
- flammengleichen
- Flame-like; resembling or comparable to flames.
- Schönheit
- Beauty; the quality of being beautiful.
- tragen
- To carry or bear a weight.
- wann
- Interrogative or conjunction meaning 'when'.
- huschten
- Past tense of 'huschen'; darted or flitted quickly.
- phantastischen
- Fantastical or ghostly; adjective in inflected form.
- Schatten
- Shadows or shades cast by objects.
- fliegender
- Flying; present participle of 'fliegen' in genitive.
- Vögel
- Plural of 'Vogel'; birds.
- langen
- Long; adjective in inflected dative/accusative form.
- Tussahseide-Vorhänge
- Curtains made of wild silk fabric.
- riesigen
- Enormous or gigantic; adjective in inflected form.
- Fenster
- A window of a building or room.
- ausgespannt
- Stretched out or spread across a space.
- erzeugten
- Past tense of 'erzeugen'; produced or created.
- Art
- A type, kind, or manner of something.
- flüchtigen
- Fleeting or transient; adjective in inflected form.
- japanischen
- Japanese; relating to Japan's culture or art.
- Effekts
- Genitive of 'Effekt'; of the effect or impression.
- jene
- Demonstrative pronoun/adjective meaning 'those' or 'that'.
- bleichen
- Pale or faded; adjective in inflected form.
- jadehäutigen
- Having jade-colored skin; unusual compound adjective.
- Maler
- A painter or visual artist.
- denken
- To think or reflect on something.
- ließ
- Past tense of 'lassen'; let or caused.
- Medium
- An artistic medium or means of expression.
- notwendigerweise
- Necessarily; in a necessary or unavoidable manner.
- unbeweglichen
- Motionless or static; adjective in inflected form.
- Kunst
- Art; creative human expression or skill.
- Gefühl
- A feeling, sensation, or emotional sense.
- Schnelligkeit
- Speed or swiftness of movement or action.
- Bewegung
- Motion or movement of a body or object.
- vermitteln
- To convey, mediate, or communicate something.
- suchen
- To seek or try to find something.
- dumpfe
- Dull, muffled, or oppressive in sound.
- Summen
- Humming or buzzing sound of insects.
- Bienen
- Plural of 'Biene'; bees.
- Weg
- A way, path, or route somewhere.
- lange
- Long or for a long time; adverb/adjective.
- ungemähte
- Unmowed or uncut; describing overgrown grass.
- Gras
- Grass growing on the ground.
- bahnten
- Past tense of 'bahnen'; cleared or forged a path.
- monotoner
- Monotonous; repetitive and unchanging in manner.
- Beharrlichkeit
- Persistence or tenacious steadfastness over time.
- staubigen
- Dusty; covered with or full of dust.
- vergoldeten
- Gilded or covered with a golden coating.
- Ranken
- Tendrils or climbing shoots of a plant.
- wuchernden
- Proliferating or rampantly growing plant tendrils.
- Geißblatts
- Genitive of 'Geißblatt'; of the honeysuckle plant.
- kreisten
- Past tense of 'kreisen'; circled or orbited around.
- schien
- Past tense of 'scheinen'; seemed or appeared.
- Stille
- Silence or stillness; absence of noise.
- bedrückender
- More oppressive or more burdensome; comparative adjective.
- Rauschen
- A rushing, rustling, or roaring background sound.
- Bordunton
- A drone tone; a continuous low musical note.
- fernen
- Distant or far-off; adjective in inflected form.
- Orgel
- An organ; a large keyboard musical instrument.
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