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despondency into which Jekyll was now fallen, and he resented the dislike with which he was himself regarded.

despondencia en la que Jekyll había caído ahora, y resentía la antipatía con la que él mismo era considerado.

Hence the ape-like tricks that he would play me, scrawling in my own hand blasphemies on the pages of my books, burning the letters and destroying the portrait of my father; and indeed, had it not been for his fear of death, he would long ago have ruined himself in order to involve me in the ruin.

De ahí los trucos simiéscos que me jugaba, garabateando con mi propia mano blasfemias en las páginas de mis libros, quemando las cartas y destruyendo el retrato de mi padre; y de hecho, de no haber sido por su miedo a la muerte, hace tiempo se habría arruinado a sí mismo para involucrarme en la ruina.

But his love of life is wonderful; I go further: I, who sicken and freeze at the mere thought of him, when I recall the abjection and passion of this attachment, and when I know how he fears my power to cut him off by suicide, I find it in my heart to pity him.

Pero su amor por la vida es maravilloso; voy más allá: yo, que me enfermo y me hielo ante el mero pensamiento de él, cuando recuerdo la abyección y pasión de este apego, y cuando sé cuánto teme mi poder de eliminarlo mediante el suicidio, encuentro en mi corazón compasión por él.

It is useless, and the time awfully fails me, to prolong this description; no one has ever suffered such torments, let that suffice; and yet even to these, habit brought—no, not alleviation—but a certain callousness of soul, a certain acquiescence of despair; and my punishment might have gone on for years, but for the last calamity which has now fallen, and which has finally severed me from my own face and nature.

Es inútil, y el tiempo me falla terriblemente, prolongar esta descripción; nadie ha sufrido jamás tales tormentos, que eso baste; y sin embargo incluso a estos, el hábito trajo—no, no alivio—sino cierta insensibilidad del alma, cierta aquiescencia de la desesperación; y mi castigo podría haber continuado durante años, de no ser por la última calamidad que ha caído ahora, y que finalmente me ha separado de mi propio rostro y naturaleza.

My provision of the salt, which had never been renewed since the date of the first experiment, began to run low.

Mi provisión de la sal, que nunca había sido renovada desde la fecha del primer experimento, comenzó a agotarse.

Vocabulary

despondencia
despondency, dejection, loss of hope or confidence
en
in, on, at
la
the (feminine singular)
que
that, which, who
había
had, there was/were (imperfect of haber)
caído
fallen (past participle of caer)
ahora
now
y
and
resentía
resented, felt resentment (imperfect of resentir)
antipatía
antipathy, dislike, aversion
con
with
él
he, him
mismo
same, self
era
was, were (imperfect of ser)
considerado
considered, thoughtful
De
of, from
ahí
there, from there, hence
los
the (masculine plural)
trucos
tricks, stunts
me
me, myself (reflexive/object pronoun)
jugaba
played, was playing (imperfect of jugar)
garabateando
scribbling, doodling (gerund of garabatear)
mi
my
propia
own (feminine)
mano
hand
blasfemias
blasphemies, profanities
las
the (feminine plural)
páginas
pages
de
of, from
mis
my (plural)
libros
books
quemando
burning (gerund of quemar)
cartas
letters, cards
destruyendo
destroying (gerund of destruir)
el
the (masculine singular)
retrato
portrait, picture
padre
father
hecho
fact, done, made
no
no, not
haber
to have (auxiliary verb)
sido
been (past participle of ser)
por
for, by, through
su
his, her, your, their
miedo
fear
a
to, at
muerte
death
hace
makes, does, ago
tiempo
time, weather
se
himself, herself, itself, themselves (reflexive pronoun)
habría
would have (conditional of haber)
arruinado
ruined (past participle of arruinar)
sí
yes, himself/herself/itself
para
for, to, in order to
involucrarme
to involve me
ruina
ruin, downfall
Pero
but
amor
love
vida
life
es
is (third person singular of ser)
maravilloso
wonderful, marvelous
voy
I go, I am going
más
more, most
allá
there, over there, beyond
yo
I
enfermo
sick, ill
hielo
ice
ante
before, in front of
mero
mere, simple
pensamiento
thought, thinking
cuando
when
recuerdo
memory, I remember
pasión
passion
este
this (masculine)
apego
attachment, affection
sé
I know (first person singular of saber)
cuánto
how much, how many
teme
fears, is afraid (third person of temer)
poder
power, to be able
eliminarlo
to eliminate it/him
mediante
by means of, through
suicidio
suicide
encuentro
encounter, meeting, I find
corazón
heart
compasión
compassion, pity
Es
is, it is
inútil
useless, futile
falla
fault, failure, flaw
terriblemente
terribly, dreadfully
prolongar
to prolong, to extend
esta
this (feminine)
descripción
description
nadie
nobody, no one
ha
has (third person singular of haber)
sufrido
suffered (past participle of sufrir)
jamás
never, ever
tales
such
tormentos
torments, tortures
eso
that
baste
let it suffice, be enough (subjunctive of bastar)
sin
without
embargo
however, nevertheless (in phrase sin embargo)
incluso
even, including
estos
these (masculine plural)
hábito
habit, custom
trajo
brought (preterite of traer)
alivio
relief
sino
but rather, except
cierta
certain, a certain (feminine)
insensibilidad
insensitivity, numbness
del
of the, from the (de + el)
alma
soul
desesperación
desperation, despair
castigo
punishment
podría
could, might (conditional of poder)
continuado
continued (past participle of continuar)
durante
during, for
años
years
ser
to be
última
last, latest (feminine)
calamidad
calamity, disaster
finalmente
finally
separado
separated (past participle of separar)
propio
own
rostro
face
naturaleza
nature
Mi
my
provisión
provision, supply
sal
salt
nunca
never
renovada
renewed (past participle feminine of renovar)
desde
since, from
fecha
date
primer
first (apocopated form of primero)
experimento
experiment
comenzó
began, started (preterite of comenzar)
agotarse
to run out, to become exhausted
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