The Yellow Wallpaper — Page 13

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He says no one but myself can help me out of it, that I must use my will and self-control and not let any silly fancies run away with me.

Él dice que nadie más que yo misma puede ayudarme a salir de esto, que debo usar mi voluntad y autocontrol y no dejar que ninguna tonta fantasía se apodere de mí.

There's one comfort, the baby is well and happy, and does not have to occupy this nursery with the horrid wallpaper.

Hay un consuelo: el bebé está bien y feliz, y no tiene que ocupar este cuarto infantil con el horrible papel tapiz.

If we had not used it that blessed child would have! What a fortunate escape! Why, I wouldn't have a child of mine, an impressionable little thing, live in such a room for worlds.

¡Si no lo hubiéramos usado, esa bendita criatura lo habría hecho! ¡Qué afortunada escapatoria! Vaya, yo no permitiría que un hijo mío, una pequeña criatura impresionable, viviera en semejante habitación por nada del mundo.

I never thought of it before, but it is lucky that John kept me here after all. I can stand it so much easier than a baby, you see.

Nunca lo había pensado antes, pero es una suerte que John me haya mantenido aquí después de todo. Yo puedo soportarlo mucho más fácilmente que un bebé, ya ves.

Of course I never mention it to them any more,—I am too wise,—but I keep watch of it all the same.

Por supuesto que ya nunca se lo menciono a ellos, —soy demasiado prudente,— pero lo vigilo de todas formas.

There are things in that paper that nobody knows but me, or ever will.

Hay cosas en ese papel que nadie conoce más que yo, ni las conocerá jamás.

Behind that outside pattern the dim shapes get clearer every day.

Detrás de ese patrón exterior las formas difusas se vuelven más claras cada día.

It is always the same shape, only very numerous.

Siempre es la misma forma, solo que muy numerosa.

And it is like a woman stooping down and creeping about behind that pattern. I don't like it a bit. I wonder—I begin to think—I wish John would take me away from here!

Y es como una mujer agachándose y arrastrándose detrás de ese patrón. No me gusta nada. Me pregunto... empiezo a pensar... ¡ojalá John me llevara lejos de aquí!

It is so hard to talk with John about my case, because he is so wise, and because he loves me so.

Es tan difícil hablar con John sobre mi caso, porque él es tan sabio y porque me quiere tanto.

But I tried it last night.

Pero lo intenté anoche.

It was moonlight. The moon shines in all around, just as the sun does.

Había luz de luna. La luna brilla por todas partes, igual que el sol.

Vocabulary

Él: He; male third-person singular pronoun.
dice: Says; third-person singular present of decir.
que: That; which; relative pronoun or conjunction.
nadie: No one; nobody; negative indefinite pronoun.
más: More; additional; comparative or superlative marker.
yo: I; first-person singular subject pronoun.
misma: Same; feminine form of mismo.
puede: Can; is able; third-person singular of poder.
ayudarme: Help me; verb ayudar with reflexive pronoun.
salir: To leave; to exit; to go out.
de: Of; from; preposition indicating origin or possession.
esto: This; this thing; neuter demonstrative pronoun.
debo: I must; I should; first-person singular of deber.
usar: To use; to employ; to make use of.
mi: My; first-person singular possessive adjective.
voluntad: Will; willpower; determination; strength of mind.
autocontrol: Self-control; ability to control one's behavior.
no: No; not; negation word.
dejar: To leave; to let; to allow; to abandon.
ninguna: None; not any; feminine negative indefinite adjective.
tonta: Foolish; silly; feminine form of tonto.
fantasía: Fantasy; imagination; daydream; whim or caprice.
se: Reflexive pronoun; oneself; himself; herself; itself.
mí: Me; first-person singular object pronoun with preposition.
Hay: There is; there are; present tense of haber.
un: A; an; masculine singular indefinite article.
consuelo: Comfort; solace; consolation; relief from sadness.
el: The; masculine singular definite article.
bebé: Baby; infant; young child.
está: Is; third-person singular present of estar.
bien: Well; good; fine; in good health.
feliz: Happy; content; in good spirits.
tiene: Has; has got; third-person singular of tener.
ocupar: To occupy; to take up; to inhabit.
este: This; this one; masculine demonstrative pronoun.
cuarto: Room; quarter; fourth part; bedroom.
infantil: Childish; infantile; pertaining to children.
con: With; in company of; accompanying.
horrible: Horrible; terrible; dreadful; very unpleasant.
papel: Paper; role; part played in drama.
Si: If; conditional conjunction introducing hypothetical clause.
lo: It; him; masculine singular object pronoun.
usado: Used; worn; past participle of usar.
esa: That; that one; feminine demonstrative pronoun.
bendita: Blessed; holy; past participle of bendecir.
criatura: Creature; child; infant; being or animal.
habría: Would have; conditional past of haber.
hecho: Done; made; past participle of hacer.
Qué: What; which; interrogative pronoun or adjective.
afortunada: Fortunate; lucky; blessed; feminine of afortunado.
Vaya: Go; may go; subjunctive of ir.
permitiría: Would allow; conditional tense of permitir.
hijo: Son; child; male offspring.
mío: Mine; my own; possessive pronoun.
una: A; an; feminine singular indefinite article.
pequeña: Small; little; tiny; feminine of pequeño.
viviera: Would live; past subjunctive of vivir.
en: In; inside; within; location preposition.
semejante: Similar; such; like; resembling something.
habitación: Room; chamber; lodging; living space.
por: By; for; through; duration or agent.
nada: Nothing; not anything; zero; nil.
del: Of the; contraction of de and el.
mundo: World; earth; globe; society of people.
Nunca: Never; not ever; not at any time.
había: Had; past tense of haber.
pensado: Thought; past participle of pensar.
antes: Before; previously; earlier; prior time.
pero: But; however; yet; conjunction expressing contrast.
es: Is; third-person singular present of ser.
suerte: Luck; fortune; chance; good fortune.
me: Me; first-person singular object pronoun.
haya: Has; have; present subjunctive of haber.
mantenido: Maintained; kept; past participle of mantener.

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