The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere — Page 15
The country and the people, too, are described with the charming simplicity of the eyes that see clearly, the brain that ponders deeply, and the heart that beats sympathetically.
Le pays et le peuple, également, sont décrits avec la charmante simplicité des yeux qui voient clairement, du cerveau qui médite profondément, et du cœur qui bat avec sympathie.
Through all the pages of his account runs the quiet strain of peace and contentment, of satisfaction with the existing order, for he had looked upon the creation and saw that it was good.
À travers toutes les pages de son récit court le fil tranquille de la paix et du contentement, de la satisfaction à l'égard de l'ordre existant, car il avait contemplé la création et avait vu qu'elle était bonne.
There is "neither haste, nor hate, nor anger," but the deliberate recital of the facts warmed and illumined by the geniality of a soul to whom age and experience had brought, not a sour cynicism, but the mellowing influence of a ripened philosophy.
Il n'y a « ni hâte, ni haine, ni colère », mais le récit délibéré des faits réchauffé et illuminé par la cordialité d'une âme à qui l'âge et l'expérience avaient apporté, non pas un cynisme aigri, mais l'influence adoucissante d'une philosophie mûrie.
He was such an old man as may fondly be imagined walking through the streets of Paranaque in stately benignity amid the fear and respect of the brown people over whom he watched.
Il était un tel vieillard que l'on peut volontiers imaginer marchant dans les rues de Parañaque avec une majestueuse bienveillance, au milieu de la crainte et du respect du peuple brun sur lequel il veillait.
But in all his chronicle there is no suggestion of anything more to hope for, anything beyond.
Mais dans toute sa chronique, il n'y a aucune suggestion de quelque chose de plus à espérer, de quelque chose au-delà.
Beautiful as the picture is, it is that of a system which had reached maturity: a condition of stagnation, not of growth.
Si belle que soit la peinture, c'est celle d'un système qui avait atteint sa maturité : un état de stagnation, non de croissance.
In less than a decade, the terrific convulsions in European politics made themselves felt even in the remote Philippines, and then began the gradual drawing away of the people from their rulers--blind gropings and erratic wanderings at first, but nevertheless persistent and vigorous tendencies.
En moins d'une décennie, les terribles convulsions de la politique européenne se firent sentir jusque dans les lointaines Philippines, et commença alors l'éloignement progressif du peuple de ses dirigeants — tâtonnements aveugles et errements capricieux d'abord, mais néanmoins des tendances persistantes et vigoureuses.
Vocabulary
- pays
- Country or nation; rural area or landscape
- peuple
- People; population; common folk or masses
- également
- Equally; also; likewise or in the same way
- décrits
- Described; portrayed or represented in words
- charmante
- Charming; delightful; attractive or pleasing
- simplicité
- Simplicity; plainness; lack of complexity
- yeux
- Eyes; organs of sight or vision
- voient
- See; perceive with eyes; understand
- clairement
- Clearly; distinctly; in a clear manner
- cerveau
- Brain; seat of thought and intelligence
- médite
- Meditates; ponders; thinks deeply or reflects
- cœur
- Heart; center of emotions or feelings
- sympathie
- Sympathy; compassion; feeling for others
- travers
- Through; across; faults or character flaws
- paix
- Peace; state of calm or tranquility
- contentement
- Contentment; satisfaction; state of being pleased
- satisfaction
- Satisfaction; fulfillment; state of being satisfied
- récit
- Story; narrative; account or tale told
- court
- Short; brief; of little length
- tranquille
- Tranquil; calm; peaceful or quiet
- création
- Creation; world created; act of creating
- bonne
- Good; kind; proper or correct
- hâte
- Haste; hurry; speed or rushing
- haine
- Hatred; intense dislike; extreme animosity
- colère
- Anger; rage; state of being angry
- délibéré
- Deliberate; intentional; done on purpose
- faits
- Facts; deeds; things done or made
- âme
- Soul; spirit; inner essence or character
- âge
- Age; period of life; era or epoch
- expérience
- Experience; knowledge from doing; practical wisdom
- philosophie
- Philosophy; love of wisdom; system of beliefs
- vieillard
- Old man; elderly person; aged gentleman
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