The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I.: Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments — Page 9
Since the downfall of the Arab Empire of Baghdád, Cairo has been the chief of Arabian cities: its Memlook Sulṭáns, introduced into Egypt in their youth, naturally adopted, to a great degree, the manners of its native inhabitants, which the 'Osmánlee Turks in later days have but little altered.
Desde la caída del Imperio Árabe de Bagdad, El Cairo ha sido la principal de las ciudades árabes: sus sultanes mamelucas, introducidos en Egipto en su juventud, adoptaron naturalmente, en gran medida, las costumbres de sus habitantes nativos, que los turcos otomanos en épocas posteriores han alterado muy poco.
Cairo is the city in which Arabian manners now exist in the most refined state; and such I believe to have been the case when the present work was composed."
El Cairo es la ciudad en la que las costumbres árabes existen ahora en su estado más refinado; y tal creo que era el caso cuando se compuso la presente obra."
Mr. Lane's first two visits to Egypt were made when, for the last time, Arab manners and customs as they existed in the age of the Arabian Nights could be studied; and his translation was written very shortly after his second return to England.
Las dos primeras visitas del señor Lane a Egipto tuvieron lugar cuando, por última vez, podían estudiarse las costumbres y usos árabes tal como existían en la época de las Mil y Una Noches; y su traducción fue escrita muy poco después de su segundo regreso a Inglaterra.
Though some of the tales may be Indian or Persian in origin, in their present state they exhibit a picture of the manners, modes of thought, and language, of the court and times of the Memlook Sulṭáns of Egypt, which nearly resembled in these points those of the Khaleefehs of Baghdád, or the great Arab Empire.
Aunque algunos de los cuentos pueden ser de origen indio o persa, en su estado actual ofrecen un retrato de las costumbres, modos de pensar y lenguaje de la corte y la época de los sultanes mamelucas de Egipto, que se asemejaban en gran medida en estos aspectos a los de los califas de Bagdad, o el gran Imperio Árabe.
De Sacy and Von Hammer, the two celebrated orientalists who differed widely in opinion as to the origin of the book, agreed that the tales in which the Khaleefeh Hároon Er-Rasheed is introduced (the best, with few exceptions, in the collection) are Egyptian in character.
De Sacy y Von Hammer, los dos célebres orientalistas que diferían ampliamente de opinión en cuanto al origen del libro, coincidieron en que los cuentos en los que aparece el califa Harún al-Rashid (los mejores, con pocas excepciones, de la colección) son de carácter egipcio.
But since the "Modern Egyptians" were described by Mr.
Pero desde que el señor describió a los «Egipcios modernos»
Vocabulary
- Desde
- From or since a particular point in time
- caída
- Fall, collapse, or decline of something
- Imperio
- Empire, a large dominion ruled by one authority
- Árabe
- Arabic, relating to Arab people or language
- sido
- Been, past participle of ser (to be)
- principal
- Main, most important or leading in rank
- ciudades
- Cities, large urban populated areas
- árabes
- Arabs or Arabic, relating to Arab culture
- sultanes
- Sultans, rulers of Muslim kingdoms or empires
- introducidos
- Introduced, brought into a place from outside
- juventud
- Youth, the early period of one's life
- adoptaron
- Adopted, took on customs or practices from others
- naturalmente
- Naturally, in a natural or expected manner
- gran
- Great or large, used before singular nouns
- medida
- Measure or degree, extent of something
- costumbres
- Customs, traditional habits or social practices
- habitantes
- Inhabitants, people who live in a place
- nativos
- Natives, people originally born in a place
- épocas
- Epochs or eras, periods of historical time
- posteriores
- Later, subsequent periods or things coming after
- alterado
- Altered, changed or modified from original state
- poco
- Little, a small amount or degree
- ciudad
- City, a large urban settlement or municipality
- existen
- Exist, to be present or have actual being
- ahora
- Now, at the current or present moment
- estado
- State or condition something is currently in
- más
- More or most, comparative or superlative intensifier
- refinado
- Refined, cultured, or polished in manner
- tal
- Such, so, or such a thing
- creo
- I believe or think, first person singular
- caso
- Case, instance, or situation being considered
- cuando
- When, at the time that something occurred
- compuso
- Composed, wrote or put together a work
- presente
- Present, current or existing at this time
- obra
- Work, a literary, artistic, or creative piece
- dos
- Two, the number 2
- primeras
- First, feminine plural ordinal indicating initial order
- visitas
- Visits, trips made to see a person or place
- señor
- Mr. or sir, a title of respect for men
- tuvieron
- Had, third person plural preterite of tener
- lugar
- Place, a specific location or spot
- última
- Last, final in a series or sequence
- vez
- Time, an occurrence or instance of something
- podían
- Could, imperfect past tense of poder (to be able)
- estudiarse
- Be studied, reflexive infinitive to examine carefully
- usos
- Uses or customs, habitual practices of a society
- como
- As, like, or how; comparison conjunction
- existían
- Existed, imperfect past of existir (to exist)
- época
- Era or epoch, a distinct historical time period
- Mil
- Thousand, the number 1000
- Noches
- Nights, plural of noche (night)
- traducción
- Translation, a text converted into another language
- escrita
- Written, past participle of escribir (to write)
- después
- After or afterward, following in time or order
- segundo
- Second, ordinal number following the first
- regreso
- Return, the act of coming back to a place
- Aunque
- Although or even though, concessive conjunction
- algunos
- Some, an unspecified number of things or people
- cuentos
- Stories or tales, short fictional narratives
- pueden
- Can or may, third person plural of poder
- ser
- To be, essential Spanish verb of identity
- origen
- Origin, the source or beginning of something
- indio
- Indian, relating to India or indigenous peoples
- persa
- Persian, relating to Persia or its culture
- actual
- Current or present, existing at this time
- ofrecen
- Offer or provide, third person plural of ofrecer
- retrato
- Portrait or depiction of a person or scene
- modos
- Modes or manners, ways of behaving or doing
- pensar
- To think, to form or consider thoughts
- lenguaje
- Language, the system of communication used
- corte
- Court, the royal household or its social setting
- asemejaban
- Resembled, imperfect past of asemejar (to resemble)
- aspectos
- Aspects, particular features or elements of something
- célebres
- Famous or celebrated, well-known to many people
- diferían
- Differed, imperfect past of diferir (to differ)
- ampliamente
- Widely or broadly, to a large extent
- opinión
- Opinion, a personal view or judgment held
- cuanto
- How much or as much as; en cuanto: regarding
- libro
- Book, a written or printed literary work
- coincidieron
- Agreed or coincided, preterite of coincidir
- aparece
- Appears, third person singular of aparecer
- mejores
- Better or best, comparative or superlative of bueno
- pocas
- Few, a small number of feminine plural nouns
- excepciones
- Exceptions, cases excluded from a general rule
- colección
- Collection, a group of items gathered together
- carácter
- Character or nature, the defining qualities of something
- egipcio
- Egyptian, relating to Egypt or its people
- Pero
- But, coordinating conjunction showing contrast
- desde
- Since or from, indicating a starting point in time
- describió
- Described, preterite of describir (to describe)
- Egipcios
- Egyptians, people from or relating to Egypt
- modernos
- Modern, relating to current or contemporary times
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