The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I.: Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments — Page 4
Lane's appreciation of this picture, and the wealth of illustration lavished upon it in his Notes, that render his edition the most complete commentary we possess on Muslim life and manners, religion and literature, and make it an indispensable supplement to his famous _Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians_.
L'apprezzamento di Lane di questo quadro, e la ricchezza di illustrazioni profuse nelle sue Note, rendono la sua edizione il commentario più completo che possediamo sulla vita e sui costumi musulmani, sulla religione e sulla letteratura, e ne fanno un supplemento indispensabile al suo famoso _Resoconto dei Costumi e delle Usanze degli Egiziani Moderni_.
The poetry of Eastern life is rapidly fading away under the effacing touch of European civilisation; the characteristic society in which an Haroon-Er-Rasheed, an Aboo-Nuwas, a Káfoor, a Saladin, or a Kaït-Bey, revelled and jested and conquered, is fast becoming matter of history rather than of experience, a field for the antiquary instead of the traveller; and it is well that we can reconstruct it in the pages of the _Thousand and One Nights_, whose compiler saw it when it was still almost in its Golden Prime, and in the _Modern Egyptians_, whose author knew it when it still preserved the romantic character which has charmed and fascinated readers of every age and condition.
La poesia della vita orientale sta rapidamente svanendo sotto il tocco cancellante della civiltà europea; la società caratteristica in cui un Haroon-Er-Rasheed, un Aboo-Nuwas, un Káfoor, un Saladino, o un Kaït-Bey, gozzovigliavano e scherzavano e conquistavano, sta rapidamente diventando materia di storia piuttosto che di esperienza, un campo per l'antiquario invece che per il viaggiatore; ed è bene che possiamo ricostruirla nelle pagine delle _Mille e una Notte_, il cui compilatore la vide quando era ancora quasi nel suo Aureo Splendore, e negli _Egiziani Moderni_, il cui autore la conobbe quando conservava ancora il carattere romantico che ha affascinato e incantato i lettori di ogni età e condizione.
STANLEY LANE-POOLE.
STANLEY LANE-POOLE.
THE DAY OF TELL-EL-KEBEER, 1882.
IL GIORNO DI TELL-EL-KEBEER, 1882.
THE EDITOR'S PREFACE.
PREFAZIONE DEL CURATORE.
A new edition of this work having been required, Mr. Lane was requested to undertake the correction of the press.
Essendo stata richiesta una nuova edizione di quest'opera, il signor Lane fu pregato di intraprendere la correzione delle bozze.
But severe literary labours allowing him no leisure for this object, he named me, as his pupil in the study of Arabic, familiar with his writings, and for many years resident with him in Cairo, to fill, in some measure, his place.
Ma i gravosi lavori letterari non lasciandogli alcun tempo libero per questo scopo, egli designò me, in quanto suo allievo nello studio dell'arabo, familiare con i suoi scritti, e residente con lui al Cairo per molti anni, a ricoprire, in qualche misura, il suo posto.
Vocabulary
- apprezzamento
- Appreciation, recognition of value or quality
- questo
- Demonstrative pronoun or adjective meaning 'this'
- quadro
- Picture, painting, or overall framework
- ricchezza
- Richness, wealth, or abundance of something
- illustrazioni
- Illustrations, pictures accompanying a text
- profuse
- Profuse, abundant, plentiful in quantity
- Note
- Notes, scholarly annotations accompanying a text
- rendono
- Third person plural of 'rendere,' to make or render
- edizione
- Edition, a published version of a book
- commentario
- Commentary, scholarly explanatory work on a text
- completo
- Complete, thorough, comprehensive in coverage
- possediamo
- We possess, own, or have available
- vita
- Life, the manner or way of living
- costumi
- Customs, habits, traditional practices of a culture
- musulmani
- Muslims, followers of the Islamic faith
- religione
- Religion, system of faith and worship
- letteratura
- Literature, body of written artistic works
- ne
- Pronoun meaning 'of it/them' or 'from there'
- fanno
- Third person plural of 'fare,' to make or do
- supplemento
- Supplement, addition that completes something else
- indispensabile
- Indispensable, absolutely necessary and essential
- famoso
- Famous, well-known, widely recognized
- _Resoconto
- Account, report, detailed written description
- Costumi
- Customs, traditional habits and practices
- Usanze
- Usages, customs, habitual practices of a group
- Egiziani
- Egyptians, people from or relating to Egypt
- Moderni_
- Modern, relating to the contemporary or recent period
- poesia
- Poetry, literary art form using rhythmic language
- orientale
- Eastern, relating to the Orient or East
- sta
- Third person singular of 'stare,' to be or stay
- rapidamente
- Rapidly, quickly, at a fast pace
- svanendo
- Vanishing, fading away gradually
- sotto
- Preposition meaning 'under' or 'beneath'
- tocco
- Touch, contact, or light stroke
- cancellante
- Erasing, obliterating, wiping out something
- civiltà
- Civilization, advanced human society and culture
- europea
- European, relating to or from Europe
- società
- Society, community, or social group
- caratteristica
- Characteristic, distinctive feature or trait
- cui
- Relative pronoun meaning 'whom' or 'which'
- gozzovigliavano
- They caroused, feasted, and reveled boisterously
- scherzavano
- They joked, played, or jested together
- conquistavano
- They conquered, won, or gained by force
- diventando
- Becoming, transforming into something else
- materia
- Matter, subject, or material of study
- storia
- History or story, narrative of past events
- piuttosto
- Rather, instead, or somewhat; indicating preference
- esperienza
- Experience, knowledge gained through direct involvement
- campo
- Field, domain, or area of activity
- antiquario
- Antiquarian, scholar or dealer in ancient artifacts
- invece
- Instead, on the contrary, rather than
- viaggiatore
- Traveler, person who journeys to different places
- bene
- Well, good; adverb indicating something done properly
- possiamo
- We can, we are able to do something
- ricostruirla
- To reconstruct it, to rebuild or restore something
- pagine
- Pages, individual leaves or sides of a book
- _Mille
- Thousand, as in 'One Thousand and One Nights'
- Notte_
- Night, period of darkness between sunset and sunrise
- compilatore
- Compiler, person who assembles a collection of texts
- vide
- Saw, past tense of 'vedere,' to see
- quando
- When, at the time that something occurred
- era
- Was, imperfect tense of 'essere,' to be
- ancora
- Still, yet, or again; indicating continuation
- quasi
- Almost, nearly, approximately but not quite
- Aureo
- Golden, relating to gold or a golden age
- Splendore
- Splendor, brilliant magnificence or radiant beauty
- autore
- Author, writer who created or composed a work
- conobbe
- Knew, met, or became acquainted with someone
- conservava
- Preserved, maintained, or kept something intact
- carattere
- Character, distinctive nature or quality of something
- romantico
- Romantic, characterized by romance or idealism
- affascinato
- Fascinated, captivated, charmed by something
- incantato
- Enchanted, bewitched, or delighted by something
- lettori
- Readers, people who read books or texts
- ogni
- Every, each, all without exception
- età
- Age, a period of life or historical era
- condizione
- Condition, state, or social circumstance
- GIORNO
- Day, a period of twenty-four hours
- PREFAZIONE
- Preface, introductory section of a book
- CURATORE
- Editor, curator who oversees a publication
- Essendo
- Being, gerund of 'essere,' indicating a state
- stata
- Been, past participle of 'essere' (feminine form)
- richiesta
- Requested, asked for, or demanded
- nuova
- New, fresh, or recently produced (feminine)
- quest'
- This, demonstrative adjective before a vowel
- opera
- Work, literary or artistic creation
- signor
- Mister, title of respect for a man
- fu
- Was, simple past tense of 'essere,' to be
- pregato
- Asked, requested, or urged to do something
- intraprendere
- To undertake, to begin a task or project
- correzione
- Correction, act of fixing errors in a text
- bozze
- Proofs, draft copies of text for review
- gravosi
- Burdensome, heavy, oppressive in weight or demand
- lavori
- Works, jobs, or tasks being carried out
- letterari
- Literary, relating to literature or written works
- lasciandogli
- Leaving him, allowing him to have something
- alcun
- Any, some; used in negative or indefinite contexts
- tempo
- Time, a measured or available period
- libero
- Free, available, unoccupied, or unrestricted
- scopo
- Purpose, aim, or goal of an action
- egli
- He, third person singular masculine pronoun
- designò
- Designated, appointed, or chose someone for a role
- quanto
- As, how much, inasmuch as something applies
- allievo
- Student, pupil, or disciple learning from a teacher
- studio
- Study, learning, or scholarly investigation
- arabo
- Arabic, language or person of Arab origin
- familiare
- Familiar, acquainted with, or well-known
- scritti
- Writings, texts composed by an author
- residente
- Resident, person living in a particular place
- molti
- Many, a large number of (masculine plural)
- anni
- Years, plural of 'anno,' unit of time
- ricoprire
- To cover, fill, or take on a role
- qualche
- Some, a certain amount or degree of
- misura
- Measure, extent, or degree of something
- posto
- Place, position, or role in a context
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