The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 101
I think I was glad to know it; I think I was glad to have my better impulses thus buttressed and guarded by the terrors of the scaffold.
Creo que me alegré de saberlo; creo que me alegré de tener mis mejores impulsos así reforzados y protegidos por los terrores del cadalso.
Jekyll was now my city of refuge; let but Hyde peep out an instant, and the hands of all men would be raised to take and slay him.
Jekyll era ahora mi ciudad de refugio; que Hyde asomara un instante, y las manos de todos los hombres se alzarían para capturarlo y matarlo.
I resolved in my future conduct to redeem the past; and I can say with honesty that my resolve was fruitful of some good.
Resolví en mi conducta futura redimir el pasado; y puedo decir con honestidad que mi resolución fue fructífera en algún bien.
You know yourself how earnestly, in the last months of the last year, I laboured to relieve suffering; you know that much was done for others, and that the days passed quietly, almost happily for myself.
Usted mismo sabe cuán fervientemente, en los últimos meses del año pasado, trabajé para aliviar el sufrimiento; sabe que mucho se hizo por otros, y que los días pasaron tranquilamente, casi felizmente para mí mismo.
Nor can I truly say that I wearied of this beneficent and innocent life; I think instead that I daily enjoyed it more completely; but I was still cursed with my duality of purpose; and as the first edge of my penitence wore off, the lower side of me, so long indulged, so recently chained down, began to growl for licence.
Ni puedo decir verdaderamente que me cansé de esta vida benéfica e inocente; creo más bien que diariamente la disfruté más completamente; pero todavía estaba maldecido con mi dualidad de propósito; y a medida que el primer filo de mi penitencia se desgastaba, el lado inferior de mí, tan largamente consentido, tan recientemente encadenado, comenzó a gruñir por libertad.
Not that I dreamed of resuscitating Hyde; the bare idea of that would startle me to frenzy: no, it was in my own person that I was once more tempted to trifle with my conscience; and it was as an ordinary secret sinner that I at last fell before the assaults of temptation.
No es que soñara con resucitar a Hyde; la mera idea de eso me sobresaltaría hasta el frenesí: no, fue en mi propia persona que una vez más fui tentado a jugar con mi conciencia; y fue como un pecador secreto ordinario que finalmente caí ante los asaltos de la tentación.
Vocabulary
- Creo
- I believe, I think
- que
- that, which
- me
- myself, me (reflexive pronoun)
- alegré
- I was glad, I rejoiced
- de
- of, from
- saberlo
- to know it, knowing it
- creo
- I believe, I think
- tener
- to have
- mis
- my (plural possessive)
- mejores
- better, best (plural)
- impulsos
- impulses, urges
- así
- thus, like this, in this way
- reforzados
- reinforced, strengthened
- y
- and
- protegidos
- protected
- por
- by, for, through
- los
- the (masculine plural definite article)
- terrores
- terrors, fears
- del
- of the (contraction: de + el)
- era
- was, used to be (imperfect tense)
- ahora
- now
- mi
- my (singular possessive)
- ciudad
- city
- refugio
- refuge, shelter
- asomara
- appeared, showed up (imperfect subjunctive)
- un
- a, an, one (masculine indefinite article)
- instante
- instant, moment
- las
- the (feminine plural definite article)
- manos
- hands
- todos
- all, every (masculine plural)
- hombres
- men
- se
- reflexive pronoun, oneself
- alzarían
- would rise, would raise (conditional tense)
- para
- for, to, in order to
- capturarlo
- to capture him/it
- matarlo
- to kill him/it
- Resolví
- I resolved, I decided
- en
- in, on, at
- conducta
- conduct, behavior
- futura
- future (feminine adjective)
- redimir
- to redeem, to make amends for
- el
- the (masculine singular definite article)
- pasado
- past, last
- puedo
- I can, I am able to
- decir
- to say, to tell
- con
- with
- honestidad
- honesty
- resolución
- resolution, determination
- fue
- was, went (preterite of ser/ir)
- fructífera
- fruitful, productive
- algún
- some, any (apocope of alguno)
- bien
- good, well
- Usted
- you (formal)
- mismo
- same, self, very
- sabe
- knows, you know (present tense)
- cuán
- how (apocope of cuánto before adjectives)
- fervientemente
- fervently, ardently
- últimos
- last, latest (plural)
- meses
- months
- año
- year
- trabajé
- I worked (preterite tense)
- aliviar
- to relieve, to alleviate
- sufrimiento
- suffering
- mucho
- much, a lot, very
- hizo
- did, made (preterite of hacer)
- otros
- others, other (masculine plural)
- días
- days
- pasaron
- passed, went by (preterite tense)
- tranquilamente
- calmly, peacefully, quietly
- casi
- almost, nearly
- felizmente
- happily
- mí
- me (prepositional pronoun)
- Ni
- neither, nor, not even
- verdaderamente
- truly, really
- cansé
- I tired, I grew weary (preterite)
- esta
- this (feminine demonstrative adjective)
- vida
- life
- benéfica
- beneficial, charitable
- e
- and (used before words starting with i)
- inocente
- innocent
- más
- more, most
- diariamente
- daily
- la
- the (feminine singular definite article), her, it
- disfruté
- I enjoyed (preterite tense)
- completamente
- completely
- pero
- but
- todavía
- still, yet
- estaba
- was, I/he/she was (imperfect tense)
- maldecido
- cursed
- dualidad
- duality
- propósito
- purpose, intention
- a
- to, at
- medida
- measure, extent
- primer
- first (apocope of primero)
- filo
- edge, sharpness
- penitencia
- penitence, penance
- desgastaba
- wore away, eroded (imperfect tense)
- lado
- side
- inferior
- lower, inferior
- tan
- so, as, such
- largamente
- for a long time, at length
- consentido
- indulged, consented, spoiled
- recientemente
- recently
- encadenado
- chained, shackled
- comenzó
- began, started (preterite tense)
- gruñir
- to growl, to grumble
- libertad
- freedom, liberty
- No
- no, not
- es
- is (third person singular of ser)
- soñara
- dreamed, would dream (imperfect subjunctive)
- resucitar
- to resurrect, to revive
- mera
- mere, simple
- idea
- idea
- eso
- that (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- sobresaltaría
- would startle, would shock (conditional tense)
- hasta
- until, even, up to
- frenesí
- frenzy
- no
- no, not
- propia
- own (feminine adjective)
- persona
- person
- una
- a, an, one (feminine indefinite article)
- vez
- time, occasion, turn
- fui
- I was, I went (preterite)
- tentado
- tempted
- jugar
- to play
- conciencia
- conscience, consciousness
- como
- like, as, how
- pecador
- sinner
- secreto
- secret
- ordinario
- ordinary, common
- finalmente
- finally
- caí
- I fell (preterite tense)
- ante
- before, in front of
- asaltos
- assaults, attacks
- tentación
- temptation
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