The Souls of Black Folk — Page 3
And, finally, need I add that I who speak here am bone of the bone and flesh of the flesh of them that live within the Veil?
Y, finalmente, ¿necesito añadir que yo, quien habla aquí, soy hueso de sus huesos y carne de su carne de los que viven dentro del Velo?
W.E.B. Du B.
W.E.B. Du B.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 1, 1903.
Atlanta, Ga., 1 de feb. de 1903.
I.
I.
Of Our Spiritual Strivings
De Nuestras Aspiraciones Espirituales
O water, voice of my heart, crying in the sand,
Oh agua, voz de mi corazón, que lloras en la arena,
All night long crying with a mournful cry,
Llorando toda la noche con un llanto lastimero,
As I lie and listen, and cannot understand
Mientras yazgo y escucho, y no puedo comprender
The voice of my heart in my side or the voice of the sea,
La voz de mi corazón en mi pecho o la voz del mar,
O water, crying for rest, is it I, is it I?
Oh agua, que lloras por descanso, ¿soy yo, soy yo?
All night long the water is crying to me.
Toda la noche el agua me está llorando.
Unresting water, there shall never be rest
Agua inquieta, nunca habrá descanso
Till the last moon droop and the last tide fail,
Hasta que la última luna se hunda y la última marea se agote,
And the fire of the end begin to burn in the west;
Y el fuego del fin comience a arder en el oeste;
And the heart shall be weary and wonder and cry like the sea,
Y el corazón estará cansado y se asombrará y llorará como el mar,
All life long crying without avail,
Llorando toda la vida sin provecho,
As the water all night long is crying to me.
Como el agua que toda la noche me está llorando.
ARTHUR SYMONS.
ARTHUR SYMONS.
Between me and the other world there is ever an unasked question: unasked by some through feelings of delicacy; by others through the difficulty of rightly framing it.
Entre yo y el otro mundo siempre hay una pregunta sin formular: sin formular por algunos por sentimientos de delicadeza; por otros debido a la dificultad de enunciarla correctamente.
All, nevertheless, flutter round it.
Todos, sin embargo, revolotean a su alrededor.
They approach me in a half-hesitant sort of way, eye me curiously or compassionately, and then, instead of saying directly, How does it feel to be a problem?
Se me acercan de manera algo vacilante, me miran con curiosidad o con compasión, y luego, en lugar de decir directamente, ¿cómo se siente ser un problema?
Vocabulary
- finalmente
- Finally; at last; in the end
- necesito
- I need; present tense first person singular
- añadir
- To add; to include or append something
- que
- That; which; used as relative pronoun
- yo
- I; first person singular pronoun
- quien
- Who; which person; relative pronoun
- habla
- Speaks; third person singular present tense
- aquí
- Here; in this place or location
- soy
- I am; present tense first person singular
- hueso
- Bone; hard skeletal structure in body
- de
- Of; from; indicating possession or origin
- sus
- His/her/their; possessive adjective third person
- huesos
- Bones; plural of hueso
- carne
- Meat; flesh; muscular tissue of body
- su
- His/her/its/their; possessive adjective form
- los
- The; definite article masculine plural
- viven
- They live; present tense third person plural
- dentro
- Inside; within; in the interior
- del
- Of the; contraction of de+el
- agua
- Water; essential liquid for life
- voz
- Voice; sound produced by speaking
- mi
- My; possessive adjective first person singular
- corazón
- Heart; organ pumping blood through body
- lloras
- You cry; second person singular present tense
- en
- In; on; indicating location or position
- la
- The; definite article feminine singular
- arena
- Sand; granular material on beaches
- Llorando
- Crying; weeping; present participle of llorar
- toda
- All; entire; feminine singular form
- noche
- Night; time when sun is below horizon
- con
- With; accompanied by; in company of
- un
- A; an; indefinite article masculine singular
- llanto
- Crying; weeping; tears shed from sadness
- Mientras
- While; during time that; meanwhile
- escucho
- I listen; first person singular present tense
- no
- No; not; negation particle
- puedo
- I can; first person singular present tense
- comprender
- To understand; to comprehend or grasp meaning
- pecho
- Chest; thorax; front of upper body
- mar
- Sea; large body of salt water
- por
- For; by; through; indicating cause
- descanso
- Rest; repose; relief from activity
- el
- The; definite article masculine singular
- me
- Me; direct or indirect object pronoun
- está
- Is; third person singular present tense
- llorando
- Crying; weeping; present participle of llorar
- inquieta
- Restless; anxious; uneasy or disturbed
- nunca
- Never; not at any time ever
- habrá
- Will have; future tense third person singular
- Hasta
- Until; up to; as far as
- última
- Last; final; most recent in sequence
- luna
- Moon; celestial body orbiting earth
- se
- Reflexive pronoun; oneself; refl marker
- hunda
- Sinks; submerges; third person singular subjunctive
- marea
- Tide; ocean level change caused by moon
- fuego
- Fire; flame; heat producing light
- fin
- End; conclusion; purpose or objective
- comience
- Begins; starts; third person singular subjunctive
- arder
- To burn; to be on fire
- oeste
- West; direction of setting sun
- estará
- Will be; future tense third person singular
- cansado
- Tired; fatigued; exhausted from exertion
- asombrará
- Will amaze; future tense third person singular
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