The Souls of Black Folk — Page 3

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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?

Và, cuối cùng, tôi có cần nói thêm rằng tôi, người đang lên tiếng ở đây, là xương của xương và thịt của thịt của những người sống trong Bức Màn?

W.E.B. Du B.

Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 1, 1903.

Atlanta, Ga., ngày 1 tháng 2 năm 1903.

Of Our Spiritual Strivings

Về Những Khát Vọng Tâm Linh Của Chúng Ta

O water, voice of my heart, crying in the sand,

Ôi nước, tiếng nói của trái tim tôi, khóc than trong cát,

All night long crying with a mournful cry,

Suốt đêm dài khóc với tiếng khóc ai oán,

As I lie and listen, and cannot understand

Khi tôi nằm lắng nghe, mà không thể hiểu được

The voice of my heart in my side or the voice of the sea,

Tiếng nói của trái tim tôi trong lồng ngực hay tiếng nói của biển cả,

O water, crying for rest, is it I, is it I?

Ôi nước, khóc than tìm sự nghỉ ngơi, có phải là tôi, có phải là tôi?

All night long the water is crying to me.

Suốt đêm dài nước cứ khóc than với tôi.

Unresting water, there shall never be rest

Nước bất an, sẽ chẳng bao giờ có sự nghỉ ngơi

Till the last moon droop and the last tide fail,

Cho đến khi mặt trăng cuối cùng tàn lụi và con triều cuối cùng cạn kiệt,

And the fire of the end begin to burn in the west;

Và ngọn lửa của tận cùng bắt đầu bùng cháy ở phương tây;

And the heart shall be weary and wonder and cry like the sea,

Và trái tim sẽ mệt mỏi và ngạc nhiên và khóc như biển cả,

All life long crying without avail,

Suốt cuộc đời dài khóc than mà vô ích,

As the water all night long is crying to me.

Như nước suốt đêm dài cứ khóc than với tôi.

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.

Giữa tôi và thế giới kia luôn tồn tại một câu hỏi chưa được hỏi: một số người không hỏi vì cảm giác tế nhị; những người khác vì sự khó khăn trong việc diễn đạt nó cho đúng.

All, nevertheless, flutter round it.

Tuy nhiên, tất cả đều quanh quẩn xung quanh nó.

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?

Họ tiếp cận tôi theo kiểu nửa do dự, nhìn tôi bằng con mắt tò mò hoặc đồng cảm, rồi thay vì nói thẳng ra: Cảm giác là một vấn đề thì như thế nào?

Vocabulary

Và: Va — Conjunction meaning 'and', connecting words or clauses.
cuối: cuoi — End or last; referring to the final position.
cùng: cung — Together, also, or final; used in various compounds.
tôi: toi — First-person pronoun 'I' or 'me'.
có: co — To have; also used as existential 'there is'.
cần: can — To need or require something.
nói: noi — To speak or say something.
thêm: them — More, additional, or to add.
rằng: rang — That; used to introduce a subordinate clause.
người: nguoi — Person, human being, or people.
đang: dang — Progressive aspect marker indicating ongoing action.
lên: len — To go up, rise, or ascend.
tiếng: tieng — Sound, voice, language, or word.
ở: o — To live, be located at, or stay.
đây: day — Here; indicating a nearby location.
là: la — To be; main linking verb in Vietnamese.
xương: xuong — Bone; the hard tissue in the body.
của: cua — Of; possessive particle indicating ownership.
và: va — Conjunction meaning 'and', connecting words or clauses.
thịt: thit — Meat or flesh of a body.
những: nhung — Plural marker for nouns; 'these' or 'those'.
sống: song — To live; alive; raw (of food).
trong: trong — In, inside, or within a space.
Bức: Buc — Classifier for walls, screens, or pictures.
Màn: Man — Curtain, veil, or screen; a dividing layer.
ngày: ngay — Day; a unit of time or calendar date.
tháng: thang — Month; a unit of time.
năm: nam — Year; also means 'five' in numeral context.
Về: Ve — About, concerning, or to return to.
Những: Nhung — Plural marker for nouns; 'these' or 'those'.
Khát: Khat — Thirsty; longing or craving intensely.
Vọng: Vong — Aspiration, hope, or to gaze into the distance.
Tâm: Tam — Heart, mind, or soul; spiritual center.
Linh: Linh — Spirit, soul, or sacred; spiritual essence.
Của: Cua — Of; possessive particle indicating ownership.
Chúng: Chung — We, us; plural first-person pronoun.
Ta: Ta — We, us; inclusive first-person plural pronoun.
Ôi: Oi — Oh! An exclamation expressing emotion or surprise.
nước: nuoc — Water; also means country or nation.
trái: trai — Fruit; also left (direction) or opposite.
tim: tim — Heart; the organ pumping blood.
khóc: khoc — To cry or weep with tears.
than: than — To lament, complain, or mourn sorrowfully.
cát: cat — Sand; tiny granules found on beaches.
Suốt: Suot — Throughout, all through, or during entire duration.
đêm: dem — Night; the dark period after sunset.
dài: dai — Long in length or duration.
với: voi — With; preposition indicating accompaniment or instrument.
ai: ai — Who; interrogative pronoun asking about a person.
oán: oan — Resentment, grievance, or wrongful suffering.
Khi: Khi — When; conjunction indicating a point in time.
nằm: nam — To lie down; to be in a lying position.
lắng: lang — To settle, calm down, or listen attentively.
nghe: nghe — To listen or hear something.
mà: ma — But, yet; contrastive or relative conjunction.
không: khong — No, not; negation word in Vietnamese.
thể: the — Can, able to; used with 'có' for ability.
hiểu: hieu — To understand or comprehend something.
được: duoc — Can, able to; indicates successful completion.
Tiếng: Tieng — Sound, voice, language, or word.
lồng: long — Cage; chest cavity; or to insert inside.
ngực: nguc — Chest; the front part of the upper torso.
hay: hay — Or; also means interesting or often.
biển: bien — Sea or ocean; large body of saltwater.
cả: ca — All, entire; also an intensifier meaning 'even'.
tìm: tim — To search for or look for something.
sự: su — Nominalizer; turns verbs or adjectives into nouns.
nghỉ: nghi — To rest or take a break from activity.
ngơi: ngoi — Rest; used in compound 'nghỉ ngơi' meaning rest.
phải: phai — Must, have to; obligation or correctness.
cứ: cu — Keep on, continue; insisting on an action.
Nước: Nuoc — Water; also means country or nation.
bất: bat — Un-, not; negative prefix for Sino-Vietnamese words.
an: an — Peace, safe, secure; calm and settled.
sẽ: se — Future tense marker; will or shall.
chẳng: chang — Not, never; emphatic negation.
bao: bao — Ever, how much; used in time expressions.
giờ: gio — Hour, time, or o'clock; unit of time.
Cho: Cho — To give, allow, or for the purpose of.
đến: den — To arrive at or until a point in time.
khi: khi — When; conjunction indicating a point in time.
mặt: mat — Face; surface; or aspect of something.
trăng: trang — Moon; the natural satellite of the Earth.
tàn: tan — To fade, wither, or be extinguished.
lụi: lui — To fade away, decline, or wither gradually.
con: con — Child; also a classifier for animals or rivers.
triều: trieu — Tide; also dynasty or royal court.
cạn: can — Dry up, run out, or shallow in depth.
kiệt: kiet — Exhausted, depleted; to run out completely.
ngọn: ngon — Classifier for flames, tips, or peaks.
lửa: lua — Fire; flames produced by burning.
tận: tan — Until the very end; exhausted or extreme.
bắt: bat — To catch, seize, or begin something.
đầu: dau — Head; also beginning or start of something.
bùng: bung — To flare up or burst out suddenly.
cháy: chay — To burn or be on fire.
phương: phuong — Direction, region; compass direction like east or west.
tây: tay — West; the western direction or region.
mệt: met — Tired, fatigued, or weary.
mỏi: moi — Aching, weary; tired from prolonged effort.
ngạc: ngac — Surprised; used in compound 'ngạc nhiên'.
nhiên: nhien — Natural; used in 'ngạc nhiên' meaning surprised.
như: nhu — Like, as, such as; comparison conjunction.
cuộc: cuoc — Classifier for games, trips, life events.
đời: doi — Life, lifetime; one's existence or living.
vô: vo — Without, lacking; Sino-Vietnamese negative prefix.
ích: ich — Benefit, use; 'vô ích' means useless.
Như: Nhu — Like, as; used for comparison.
suốt: suot — Throughout, all through entire duration.
Giữa: Giua — In the middle of; between two things or times.
thế: the — World; generation; also a nominalizer in compounds.
giới: gioi — World, realm, or boundary; 'thế giới' means world.
kia: kia — That, over there; indicating something distant.
luôn: luon — Always, constantly, or continually.
tồn: ton — To exist or survive; 'tồn tại' means to exist.
tại: tai — At a place; to exist; 'tồn tại' means exist.
một: mot — One; the number one or a single item.
câu: cau — Sentence, question; classifier for sentences or questions.
hỏi: hoi — To ask a question; to inquire.
chưa: chua — Not yet; asking if something has happened.
số: so — Number, fate, destiny; also to compare.
vì: vi — Because, for the sake of; causal conjunction.
cảm: cam — To feel; used in compounds like 'cảm giác'.
giác: giac — Sense, feeling; 'cảm giác' means sensation or feeling.
tế: te — Delicate, subtle; 'tế nhị' means sensitive or tactful.
nhị: nhi — Subtle, delicate; used in 'tế nhị' meaning tactful.
khác: khac — Different, other, another; indicating distinction.
khó: kho — Difficult, hard; not easy to do.
khăn: khan — Difficult; 'khó khăn' means difficulty or hardship.
việc: viec — Work, task, matter, or affair.
diễn: dien — To perform, express, or act out.
đạt: dat — To achieve or express; 'diễn đạt' means to express.
nó: no — It, he, she; third-person pronoun, often informal.
cho: cho — To give, allow, or for the purpose of.
đúng: dung — Correct, right, accurate; properly or exactly.
Tuy: Tuy — Although, though; concessive conjunction.
tất: tat — All, every; 'tất cả' means all or everything.
đều: deu — All, equally; indicating universal applicability.
quanh: quanh — Around, surrounding; in the vicinity of.
quẩn: quan — Going around in circles; stuck or confined.
xung: xung — Around, surrounding; 'xung quanh' means around or nearby.
Họ: Ho — They, them; third-person plural pronoun.
tiếp: tiep — To continue, receive, or approach.
cận: can — Near, close; 'tiếp cận' means to approach or access.
theo: theo — To follow, according to, or in the manner of.
kiểu: kieu — Style, manner, type, or kind.
nửa: nua — Half; one of two equal parts.
do: do — Due to, because of; causal preposition.
dự: du — To hesitate; 'do dự' means to hesitate or waver.
nhìn: nhin — To look at or observe visually.
bằng: bang — By means of, with; equal or flat.
mắt: mat — Eye; the organ used for seeing.
tò: to — Curious; 'tò mò' means curious or nosy.
mò: mo — To grope; 'tò mò' means curious or inquisitive.
hoặc: hoac — Or; presenting alternatives in a sentence.
đồng: dong — Together, agree; also Vietnamese currency unit.
rồi: roi — Already, then, afterwards; indicating completion.
thay: thay — To replace, change, or instead of.
thẳng: thang — Straight, direct; honest or directly forward.
ra: ra — Out, outward; directional particle going outward.
Cảm: Cam — To feel; used in compounds meaning feeling or emotion.
vấn: van — Matter, question; 'vấn đề' means issue or problem.
đề: de — Topic, issue; 'vấn đề' means problem or matter.
thì: thi — Then; topic marker or conditional conjunction.
nào: nao — Which, any, what; interrogative or indefinite pronoun.

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