The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 23
"Well, good-night, Poole."
"Bueno, buenas noches, Poole."
"Good-night, Mr. Utterson."
"Buenas noches, señor Utterson."
And the lawyer set out homeward with a very heavy heart.
Y el abogado emprendió el camino a casa con el corazón muy apesadumbrado.
"Poor Harry Jekyll," he thought, "my mind misgives me he is in deep waters!
"Pobre Harry Jekyll", pensó, "¡mi intuición me dice que está en aguas profundas!
He was wild when he was young; a long while ago to be sure; but in the law of God, there is no statute of limitations.
Era desenfrenado cuando era joven; hace mucho tiempo, sin duda; pero en la ley de Dios no hay plazo de prescripción.
Ay, it must be that; the ghost of some old sin, the cancer of some concealed disgrace: punishment coming, _pede claudo_, years after memory has forgotten and self-love condoned the fault."
Sí, debe ser eso; el fantasma de algún viejo pecado, el cáncer de alguna desgracia oculta: el castigo que llega, _pede claudo_, años después de que la memoria haya olvidado y el amor propio haya perdonado la falta."
And the lawyer, scared by the thought, brooded awhile on his own past, groping in all the corners of memory, lest by chance some Jack-in-the-Box of an old iniquity should leap to light there.
Y el abogado, asustado por el pensamiento, meditó un rato sobre su propio pasado, tanteando en todos los rincones de la memoria, no fuera que por casualidad alguna caja de sorpresas de una vieja iniquidad saltara a la luz allí.
His past was fairly blameless; few men could read the rolls of their life with less apprehension; yet he was humbled to the dust by the many ill things he had done, and raised up again into a sober and fearful gratitude by the many he had come so near to doing yet avoided.
Su pasado era bastante intachable; pocos hombres podían leer los registros de su vida con menos aprensión; sin embargo, se sentía humillado hasta el polvo por las muchas cosas malas que había hecho, y levantado de nuevo a una gratitud sobria y temerosa por las muchas que había estado tan cerca de hacer pero evitó.
And then by a return on his former subject, he conceived a spark of hope.
Y luego, al volver sobre su tema anterior, concibió una chispa de esperanza.
"This Master Hyde, if he were studied," thought he, "must have secrets of his own; black secrets, by the look of him; secrets compared to which poor Jekyll's worst would be like sunshine.
"Este señor Hyde, si fuera estudiado", pensó, "debe tener secretos propios; secretos oscuros, por su aspecto; secretos comparados con los cuales lo peor del pobre Jekyll sería como la luz del sol.
Things cannot continue as they are.
Las cosas no pueden continuar como están.
Vocabulary
- Bueno
- Well, good
- buenas
- good (feminine plural), greetings
- noches
- nights
- Buenas
- Good (feminine plural), greetings
- señor
- sir, mister, Mr.
- Y
- and
- el
- the (masculine singular)
- abogado
- lawyer, attorney
- emprendió
- began, undertook, started (preterite)
- camino
- path, road, way
- a
- to, at
- casa
- house, home
- con
- with
- corazón
- heart
- muy
- very
- apesadumbrado
- sorrowful, grieved, heavy-hearted
- Pobre
- poor
- pensó
- thought, he/she thought (preterite)
- mi
- my
- intuición
- intuition
- me
- me, to me
- dice
- says, tells
- que
- that, which
- está
- is, he/she/it is (temporary state)
- en
- in, on, at
- aguas
- waters
- profundas
- deep (feminine plural)
- Era
- was, he/she/it was (imperfect)
- desenfrenado
- unrestrained, wild, unbridled
- cuando
- when
- era
- was, he/she/it was (imperfect)
- joven
- young
- hace
- ago, makes, does
- mucho
- much, a lot
- tiempo
- time, weather
- sin
- without
- duda
- doubt
- pero
- but
- la
- the (feminine singular)
- ley
- law
- de
- of, from
- Dios
- God
- no
- no, not
- hay
- there is, there are
- plazo
- term, deadline, period
- prescripción
- prescription, statute of limitations
- Sí
- yes
- debe
- must, should, owes
- ser
- to be (permanent/essential)
- eso
- that
- fantasma
- ghost, phantom
- algún
- some, any (masculine)
- viejo
- old
- pecado
- sin
- cáncer
- cancer
- alguna
- some, any (feminine)
- desgracia
- misfortune, disgrace
- oculta
- hidden, concealed (feminine)
- castigo
- punishment, penalty
- llega
- arrives, comes, reaches
- años
- years
- después
- after, later, afterwards
- memoria
- memory
- haya
- has, have (subjunctive); beech tree
- olvidado
- forgotten
- y
- and
- amor
- love
- propio
- own, self, proper
- perdonado
- forgiven, pardoned
- falta
- lack, fault, mistake
- asustado
- frightened, scared
- por
- by, for, through
- pensamiento
- thought, thinking
- meditó
- meditated, pondered (preterite)
- un
- a, an (masculine)
- rato
- while, moment, short time
- sobre
- about, on, over
- su
- his, her, its, your, their
- pasado
- past
- tanteando
- groping, feeling around, testing
- todos
- all, everyone (masculine plural)
- los
- the (masculine plural)
- rincones
- corners
- fuera
- outside, were (subjunctive)
- casualidad
- chance, coincidence
- caja
- box, case
- sorpresas
- surprises
- una
- a, an, one (feminine)
- vieja
- old (feminine)
- iniquidad
- iniquity, wickedness
- saltara
- jumped, would jump (subjunctive)
- luz
- light
- allí
- there
- Su
- his, her, your, their (capitalized)
- bastante
- enough, quite, rather
- intachable
- irreproachable, blameless
- pocos
- few, little (masculine plural)
- hombres
- men
- podían
- could, were able to (imperfect)
- leer
- to read
- registros
- records, registers
- vida
- life
- menos
- less, fewer
- aprensión
- apprehension, worry
- embargo
- however, embargo, seizure
- se
- himself, herself, itself, themselves
- sentía
- felt, he/she felt (imperfect)
- humillado
- humiliated, humbled
- hasta
- until, even, up to
- polvo
- dust, powder
- las
- the (feminine plural)
- muchas
- many, much (feminine plural)
- cosas
- things
- malas
- bad (feminine plural)
- había
- there was/were; had (imperfect)
- hecho
- done, made, fact
- levantado
- raised, lifted, gotten up
- nuevo
- new
- gratitud
- gratitude
- sobria
- sober, moderate (feminine)
- temerosa
- fearful, timid (feminine)
- estado
- state, been
- tan
- so, as, such
- cerca
- near, close
- hacer
- to do, to make
- evitó
- avoided (preterite)
- luego
- then, later, afterwards
- al
- to the (a + el)
- volver
- to return, to go back
- tema
- theme, topic, subject
- anterior
- previous, former, anterior
- concibió
- conceived (preterite)
- chispa
- spark
- esperanza
- hope
- Este
- this, east
- si
- if
- estudiado
- studied
- tener
- to have
- secretos
- secrets
- propios
- own, one's own (masculine plural)
- oscuros
- dark, obscure (masculine plural)
- aspecto
- aspect, appearance, look
- comparados
- compared (masculine plural)
- cuales
- which, whom (plural)
- lo
- it, him, the
- peor
- worse, worst
- del
- of the, from the (de + el)
- pobre
- poor
- sería
- would be (conditional)
- como
- like, as, how
- sol
- sun
- Las
- the (feminine plural)
- pueden
- can, they/you can
- continuar
- to continue
- están
- are, they/you are (temporary state)
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