The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 100
The veil of self-indulgence was rent from head to foot.
El velo de la autoindulgencia se rasgó de arriba abajo.
I saw my life as a whole: I followed it up from the days of childhood, when I had walked with my father's hand, and through the self-denying toils of my professional life, to arrive again and again, with the same sense of unreality, at the damned horrors of the evening.
Vi mi vida en su totalidad: la seguí desde los días de la infancia, cuando caminaba de la mano de mi padre, y a través de los esfuerzos abnegados de mi vida profesional, para llegar una y otra vez, con el mismo sentido de irrealidad, a los malditos horrores de aquella noche.
I could have screamed aloud; I sought with tears and prayers to smother down the crowd of hideous images and sounds with which my memory swarmed against me; and still, between the petitions, the ugly face of my iniquity stared into my soul.
Podría haber gritado en voz alta; busqué con lágrimas y oraciones sofocar la multitud de imágenes y sonidos horribles con los que mi memoria se agolpaba contra mí; y aún así, entre las súplicas, el rostro feo de mi iniquidad miraba fijamente a mi alma.
As the acuteness of this remorse began to die away, it was succeeded by a sense of joy.
Cuando la agudeza de este remordimiento comenzó a desvanecerse, fue sucedida por una sensación de alegría.
The problem of my conduct was solved.
El problema de mi conducta estaba resuelto.
Hyde was thenceforth impossible; whether I would or not, I was now confined to the better part of my existence; and O, how I rejoiced to think of it! with what willing humility I embraced anew the restrictions of natural life! with what sincere renunciation I locked the door by which I had so often gone and come, and ground the key under my heel!
Hyde era desde entonces imposible; lo quisiera o no, ahora estaba confinado a la mejor parte de mi existencia; y oh, ¡cómo me regocijaba al pensarlo! ¡con qué humildad voluntaria abracé de nuevo las restricciones de la vida natural! ¡con qué sincera renuncia cerré con llave la puerta por la cual había ido y venido tan a menudo, y aplasté la llave bajo mi tacón!
The next day, came the news that the murder had not been overlooked, that the guilt of Hyde was patent to the world, and that the victim was a man high in public estimation.
Al día siguiente, llegó la noticia de que el asesinato no había pasado desapercibido, que la culpabilidad de Hyde era patente para el mundo, y que la víctima era un hombre muy estimado públicamente.
It was not only a crime, it had been a tragic folly.
No era solo un crimen, había sido una trágica locura.
Vocabulary
- El
- The (masculine singular definite article)
- velo
- Veil, curtain, or covering
- de
- Of, from, or about (preposition)
- la
- The (feminine singular definite article)
- autoindulgencia
- Self-indulgence, excessive gratification of one's own desires
- se
- Reflexive pronoun; himself, herself, itself, themselves
- rasgó
- Tore, ripped (preterite of rasgar)
- arriba
- Up, upward, above, upstairs
- abajo
- Down, downward, below, downstairs
- Vi
- I saw (preterite of ver)
- mi
- My (possessive adjective)
- vida
- Life, existence, lifetime
- en
- In, on, at (preposition of location)
- su
- His, her, its, their, your (possessive adjective)
- totalidad
- Totality, entirety, whole, completeness
- seguí
- I followed, I continued (preterite of seguir)
- desde
- From, since, starting from (preposition)
- los
- The (masculine plural definite article)
- días
- Days (plural of día)
- infancia
- Childhood, infancy, early years
- cuando
- When, whenever (conjunction or adverb)
- caminaba
- I/he/she walked, was walking (imperfect of caminar)
- mano
- Hand, help, assistance
- padre
- Father, parent, priest
- y
- And (conjunction)
- a
- To, at, for (preposition)
- través
- Through (used in phrase 'a través de')
- esfuerzos
- Efforts, endeavors, attempts (plural of esfuerzo)
- abnegados
- Self-sacrificing, selfless, devoted (adjective, masculine plural)
- profesional
- Professional, relating to a profession
- para
- For, to, in order to (preposition)
- llegar
- To arrive, to reach, to get to
- una
- A, an, one (feminine singular indefinite article)
- otra
- Other, another (feminine singular adjective)
- vez
- Time, occasion, turn (noun)
- con
- With, along with (preposition)
- el
- The (masculine singular definite article)
- mismo
- Same, very, self (adjective)
- sentido
- Sense, feeling, meaning, direction
- irrealidad
- Unreality, sense of being unreal
- malditos
- Damned, cursed, wretched (masculine plural adjective)
- horrores
- Horrors, terrors, atrocities (plural of horror)
- aquella
- That (feminine singular demonstrative adjective, distant)
- noche
- Night, evening, nighttime
- Podría
- I/he/she could, would be able (conditional of poder)
- haber
- To have (auxiliary verb), there to be
- gritado
- Shouted, screamed, yelled (past participle of gritar)
- voz
- Voice, sound, vote, word
- alta
- High, loud, tall (feminine singular adjective)
- busqué
- I searched, I looked for (preterite of buscar)
- lágrimas
- Tears (crying), drops from eyes
- oraciones
- Prayers, sentences (plural of oración)
- sofocar
- To suffocate, to stifle, to suppress
- multitud
- Multitude, crowd, large number
- imágenes
- Images, pictures, mental representations
- sonidos
- Sounds, noises (plural of sonido)
- horribles
- Horrible, terrible, dreadful (plural adjective)
- que
- That, which, who (relative pronoun or conjunction)
- memoria
- Memory, remembrance, recollection
- contra
- Against, versus, opposite to (preposition)
- mí
- Me (prepositional pronoun after preposition)
- aún
- Still, yet, even (adverb)
- así
- So, thus, like this, in this way
- entre
- Between, among, amid (preposition)
- las
- The (feminine plural definite article)
- súplicas
- Pleas, supplications, entreaties (plural of súplica)
- rostro
- Face, countenance, visage
- feo
- Ugly, unattractive, unpleasant (adjective)
- miraba
- I/he/she looked, was looking (imperfect of mirar)
- fijamente
- Fixedly, intently, steadily (adverb)
- alma
- Soul, spirit, heart, essence
- Cuando
- When, whenever (conjunction)
- agudeza
- Sharpness, acuteness, keenness, wit
- este
- This (masculine singular demonstrative adjective)
- remordimiento
- Remorse, guilt, regret, contrition
- comenzó
- Began, started, commenced (preterite of comenzar)
- desvanecerse
- To fade away, to vanish, to faint
- fue
- Was, went (preterite of ser or ir)
- sucedida
- Succeeded, followed (past participle of suceder, feminine)
- por
- By, for, through, per (preposition)
- sensación
- Sensation, feeling, sense, impression
- alegría
- Joy, happiness, delight, gladness
- problema
- Problem, issue, difficulty, trouble
- conducta
- Conduct, behavior, comportment, actions
- estaba
- Was, were (imperfect of estar)
- resuelto
- Resolved, solved, determined (past participle of resolver)
- era
- Was, were (imperfect of ser)
- entonces
- Then, at that time, so, therefore
- imposible
- Impossible, unable to happen or be done
- lo
- It, him (direct object pronoun, masculine)
- quisiera
- Wanted, wished (imperfect subjunctive of querer)
- o
- Or (conjunction)
- no
- No, not (negation adverb)
- ahora
- Now, at present, currently
- confinado
- Confined, restricted, limited (past participle of confinar)
- mejor
- Better, best (comparative/superlative adjective or adverb)
- parte
- Part, portion, side, share
- existencia
- Existence, being, life, presence
- oh
- Oh (interjection expressing emotion)
- cómo
- How, in what way (interrogative or exclamatory)
- me
- Me, myself (reflexive or object pronoun)
- al
- To the, at the (contraction of a+el)
- pensarlo
- To think about it (infinitive pensar + lo)
- qué
- What, which, how (interrogative or exclamatory)
- humildad
- Humility, humbleness, modesty
- voluntaria
- Voluntary, willful, intentional (feminine adjective)
- abracé
- I embraced, I hugged (preterite of abrazar)
- nuevo
- New, novel, fresh (adjective)
- restricciones
- Restrictions, limitations, constraints (plural of restricción)
- natural
- Natural, normal, innate, native
- sincera
- Sincere, honest, genuine (feminine adjective)
- renuncia
- Renunciation, resignation, giving up
- cerré
- I closed, I shut (preterite of cerrar)
- llave
- Key, wrench, faucet, lock
- puerta
- Door, doorway, gate, entrance
- cual
- Which, who (relative pronoun, formal)
- había
- Had, there was/were (imperfect of haber)
- ido
- Gone (past participle of ir)
- venido
- Come (past participle of venir)
- tan
- So, as, such (adverb of degree)
- menudo
- Often, frequently (in phrase 'a menudo')
- aplasté
- I crushed, I flattened (preterite of aplastar)
- bajo
- Under, below, beneath (preposition); low (adjective)
- tacón
- Heel (of shoe), high heel
- Al
- To the, at the (contraction of a+el)
- día
- Day, daytime, date
- siguiente
- Following, next, subsequent (adjective)
- llegó
- Arrived, reached, came (preterite of llegar)
- noticia
- News, information, notice, report
- asesinato
- Murder, assassination, homicide
- pasado
- Past, last, previous; past participle of pasar
- desapercibido
- Unnoticed, unobserved, overlooked (adjective)
- culpabilidad
- Guilt, culpability, blame, responsibility
- patente
- Patent, obvious, evident, clear
- mundo
- World, earth, globe, society
- víctima
- Victim, casualty, sufferer
- un
- A, an, one (masculine singular indefinite article)
- hombre
- Man, male, human being, mankind
- muy
- Very, quite, highly (adverb of degree)
- estimado
- Esteemed, respected, valued (past participle of estimar)
- públicamente
- Publicly, openly, in public
- No
- No, not (negation)
- solo
- Only, alone, single, sole
- crimen
- Crime, felony, wrongdoing, offense
- sido
- Been (past participle of ser)
- trágica
- Tragic, disastrous, calamitous (feminine adjective)
- locura
- Madness, insanity, craziness, folly
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