The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 80
A cry followed; he reeled, staggered, clutched at the table and held on, staring with injected eyes, gasping with open mouth; and as I looked there came, I thought, a change—he seemed to swell—his face became suddenly black and the features seemed to melt and alter—and the next moment, I had sprung to my feet and leaped back against the wall, my arms raised to shield me from that prodigy, my mind submerged in terror.
Siguió un grito; se tambaleó, trastabilló, se aferró a la mesa y se sostuvo, mirando fijamente con ojos inyectados, jadeando con la boca abierta; y mientras yo observaba sobrevino, pensé, un cambio—parecía hincharse—su rostro se volvió repentinamente negro y las facciones parecieron derretirse y alterarse—y al momento siguiente, me había puesto de pie de un salto y saltado hacia atrás contra la pared, mis brazos levantados para protegerme de aquel prodigio, mi mente sumergida en terror.
"O God!" I screamed, and "O God!" again and again; for there before my eyes—pale and shaken, and half fainting, and groping before him with his hands, like a man restored from death—there stood Henry Jekyll!
"¡Oh Dios!" grité, y "¡Oh Dios!" una y otra vez; pues allí ante mis ojos—pálido y tembloroso, y medio desmayado, y tanteando ante sí con sus manos, como un hombre restaurado de la muerte—¡allí estaba Henry Jekyll!
What he told me in the next hour, I cannot bring my mind to set on paper.
Lo que me contó en la siguiente hora, no puedo traer mi mente a plasmarlo en papel.
I saw what I saw, I heard what I heard, and my soul sickened at it; and yet now when that sight has faded from my eyes, I ask myself if I believe it, and I cannot answer.
Vi lo que vi, oí lo que oí, y mi alma se enfermó ante ello; y sin embargo ahora cuando esa visión se ha desvanecido de mis ojos, me pregunto si lo creo, y no puedo responder.
My life is shaken to its roots; sleep has left me; the deadliest terror sits by me at all hours of the day and night; and I feel that my days are numbered, and that I must die; and yet I shall die incredulous.
Mi vida está sacudida hasta sus raíces; el sueño me ha abandonado; el terror más mortal se sienta junto a mí a todas horas del día y la noche; y siento que mis días están contados, y que debo morir; y sin embargo moriré incrédulo.
As for the moral turpitude that man unveiled to me, even with tears of penitence, I cannot, even in memory, dwell on it without a start of horror.
En cuanto a la vileza moral que aquel hombre me reveló, incluso con lágrimas de penitencia, no puedo, ni siquiera en el recuerdo, detenerme en ello sin un sobresalto de horror.
Vocabulary
- Siguió
- He/she/it continued or followed
- un
- A, an (masculine indefinite article)
- grito
- Scream, shout, cry
- se
- Reflexive pronoun: himself, herself, itself, themselves
- tambaleó
- He/she staggered, swayed, tottered
- trastabilló
- He/she stumbled, tripped
- aferró
- He/she grasped, clutched, seized
- a
- To, at (preposition)
- la
- The (feminine definite article)
- mesa
- Table
- y
- And (conjunction)
- sostuvo
- He/she held, sustained, supported
- mirando
- Looking, watching (gerund)
- fijamente
- Fixedly, intently, steadily
- con
- With (preposition)
- ojos
- Eyes
- inyectados
- Bloodshot, injected
- jadeando
- Panting, gasping (gerund)
- boca
- Mouth
- abierta
- Open (feminine adjective)
- mientras
- While, meanwhile
- yo
- I (subject pronoun)
- observaba
- I was observing, watching
- sobrevino
- It came upon, occurred suddenly, ensued
- pensé
- I thought
- cambio
- Change, exchange
- parecía
- He/she/it seemed, appeared
- hincharse
- To swell, inflate (reflexive infinitive)
- su
- His, her, its, your (possessive adjective)
- rostro
- Face, countenance
- volvió
- He/she/it turned, became, returned
- repentinamente
- Suddenly, abruptly
- negro
- Black
- las
- The (feminine plural definite article)
- facciones
- Features, facial features
- parecieron
- They seemed, appeared
- derretirse
- To melt (reflexive infinitive)
- alterarse
- To alter, change, become upset (reflexive infinitive)
- al
- To the, at the (contraction: a + el)
- momento
- Moment, instant
- siguiente
- Following, next
- me
- Me, myself (object/reflexive pronoun)
- había
- I/he/she/it had (auxiliary verb)
- puesto
- Put, placed (past participle)
- de
- Of, from (preposition)
- pie
- Foot; standing
- salto
- Jump, leap
- saltado
- Jumped, leaped (past participle)
- hacia
- Toward, towards (preposition)
- atrás
- Back, backward, behind
- contra
- Against (preposition)
- pared
- Wall
- mis
- My (plural possessive adjective)
- brazos
- Arms
- levantados
- Raised, lifted (past participle, masculine plural)
- para
- For, to, in order to
- protegerme
- To protect myself
- aquel
- That (masculine demonstrative adjective/pronoun)
- prodigio
- Prodigy, wonder, marvel
- mi
- My (singular possessive adjective)
- mente
- Mind
- sumergida
- Submerged, immersed (feminine past participle)
- en
- In, on, at (preposition)
- terror
- Terror, dread
- Oh
- Oh (interjection)
- Dios
- God
- grité
- I shouted, screamed, cried out
- una
- A, an, one (feminine indefinite article)
- otra
- Other, another (feminine adjective)
- vez
- Time, occasion
- pues
- For, since, because, then, well
- allí
- There (adverb of place)
- ante
- Before, in front of (preposition)
- pálido
- Pale
- tembloroso
- Trembling, shaking
- medio
- Half, middle, medium, means
- desmayado
- Fainted, unconscious (past participle)
- tanteando
- Groping, feeling, testing (gerund)
- sí
- Yes; himself/herself/itself (reflexive pronoun after preposition)
- sus
- His, her, its, your, their (possessive adjective)
- manos
- Hands
- como
- Like, as, how
- hombre
- Man
- restaurado
- Restored, recovered (past participle)
- muerte
- Death
- estaba
- I/he/she/it was, were (imperfect)
- Lo
- It, him (masculine direct object pronoun)
- que
- That, which, what (relative pronoun/conjunction)
- contó
- He/she told, counted
- hora
- Hour, time
- no
- No, not (negation adverb)
- puedo
- I can, I am able to
- traer
- To bring
- plasmarlo
- To express it, capture it, embody it
- papel
- Paper, role
- Vi
- I saw
- lo
- It, him (masculine direct object pronoun)
- vi
- I saw
- oí
- I heard
- alma
- Soul, spirit
- enfermó
- He/she/it became ill, sickened
- ello
- It (neuter pronoun)
- sin
- Without (preposition)
- embargo
- However, nevertheless (in phrase sin embargo)
- ahora
- Now
- cuando
- When
- esa
- That (feminine demonstrative adjective)
- visión
- Vision, sight
- ha
- He/she/it has (auxiliary verb)
- desvanecido
- Faded, vanished (past participle)
- pregunto
- I ask, wonder
- si
- If, whether
- creo
- I believe, think
- responder
- To answer, respond
- Mi
- My (possessive adjective)
- vida
- Life
- está
- He/she/it is (present tense estar)
- sacudida
- Shaken, jolted (feminine past participle)
- hasta
- Until, up to, even
- raíces
- Roots
- el
- The (masculine definite article)
- sueño
- Sleep, dream
- abandonado
- Abandoned, left (past participle)
- más
- More, most, plus
- mortal
- Mortal, deadly, fatal
- sienta
- He/she/it sits, feels (present subjunctive/formal command)
- junto
- Together, next to
- mí
- Me (prepositional pronoun)
- todas
- All, every (feminine plural)
- horas
- Hours
- del
- Of the, from the (contraction: de + el)
- día
- Day
- noche
- Night
- siento
- I feel, I am sorry
- días
- Days
- están
- They are (present tense estar)
- contados
- Counted, numbered (past participle, masculine plural)
- debo
- I must, I ought to, I owe
- morir
- To die
- moriré
- I will die
- incrédulo
- Incredulous, skeptical, unbelieving
- En
- In, on, at (preposition)
- cuanto
- As much as, as soon as
- vileza
- Vileness, baseness, wickedness
- moral
- Moral, ethical
- reveló
- He/she/it revealed, disclosed
- incluso
- Even, including
- lágrimas
- Tears
- penitencia
- Penitence, penance
- ni
- Neither, nor, not even
- siquiera
- Not even, even (in negative constructions)
- recuerdo
- Memory, remembrance; I remember
- detenerme
- To stop myself
- sobresalto
- Fright, start, shock
- horror
- Horror, dread
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