Treasure Island — Page 8
He never wrote or received a letter, and he never spoke with any but the neighbours, and with these, for the most part, only when drunk on rum.
Er schrieb nie einen Brief und empfing auch keinen, und er sprach mit niemandem außer den Nachbarn, und mit diesen meistens nur, wenn er vom Rum betrunken war.
The great sea-chest none of us had ever seen open.
Die große Seekiste hatte keiner von uns je offen gesehen.
He was only once crossed, and that was towards the end, when my poor father was far gone in a decline that took him off.
Er wurde nur einmal herausgefordert, und das war gegen Ende, als mein armer Vater bereits weit in einem Verfall begriffen war, der ihn dahinraffte.
Dr. Livesey came late one afternoon to see the patient, took a bit of dinner from my mother, and went into the parlour to smoke a pipe until his horse should come down from the hamlet, for we had no stabling at the old Benbow.
Dr. Livesey kam an einem späten Nachmittag, um den Kranken zu besuchen, aß ein wenig bei meiner Mutter zu Abend und ging ins Wohnzimmer, um eine Pfeife zu rauchen, bis sein Pferd vom Weiler heruntergebracht werden würde, denn wir hatten keinen Stall beim alten Benbow.
I followed him in, and I remember observing the contrast the neat, bright doctor, with his powder as white as snow and his bright, black eyes and pleasant manners, made with the coltish country folk, and above all, with that filthy, heavy, bleared scarecrow of a pirate of ours, sitting, far gone in rum, with his arms on the table.
Ich folgte ihm hinein, und ich erinnere mich, wie mir der Gegensatz auffiel, den der gepflegte, lebhafte Doktor, mit seinem Puder so weiß wie Schnee und seinen lebhaften, schwarzen Augen und seinem angenehmen Wesen, zu den tölpelhaften Landleuten bildete, und vor allem zu jenem schmutzigen, schweren, trüb blickenden Vogelscheuchen von einem Piraten, der, vom Rum völlig benebelt, mit seinen Armen auf dem Tisch saß.
Suddenly he--the captain, that is--began to pipe up his eternal song:
Plötzlich begann er – der Kapitän, meine ich – sein ewiges Lied anzustimmen:
"Fifteen men on the dead man's chest-- Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum! Drink and the devil had done for the rest-- Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!"
„Fünfzehn Mann auf des toten Mannes Kiste – Yo-ho-ho, und eine Flasche Rum! Trinken und der Teufel hatten die anderen erledigt – Yo-ho-ho, und eine Flasche Rum!"
At first I had supposed "the dead man's chest" to be that identical big box of his upstairs in the front room, and the thought had been mingled in my nightmares with that of the one-legged seafaring man.
Zunächst hatte ich „die Kiste des toten Mannes" für eben jene große Kiste von ihm oben im vorderen Zimmer gehalten, und dieser Gedanke hatte sich in meinen Albträumen mit dem des einbeinigen Seemanns vermischt.
Vocabulary
- schrieb
- Past tense of 'schreiben'; he/she wrote
- nie
- Adverb meaning never, at no time
- Brief
- A written letter sent to someone
- empfing
- Past tense of 'empfangen'; received or welcomed someone
- keinen
- Negative article, accusative masculine; not a single one
- sprach
- Past tense of 'sprechen'; he/she spoke
- niemandem
- Dative form of 'niemand'; with nobody, with no one
- außer
- Preposition meaning except, apart from, besides
- Nachbarn
- Neighbors, people living nearby
- meistens
- Adverb meaning mostly, usually, most of the time
- Rum
- Alcoholic spirit distilled from sugarcane or molasses
- betrunken
- Adjective meaning drunk, intoxicated by alcohol
- Seekiste
- A sailor's sea chest used for storing belongings
- keiner
- Negative pronoun meaning none of, not one person
- je
- Adverb meaning ever, at any time
- offen
- Adjective or adverb meaning open, not closed
- gesehen
- Past participle of 'sehen'; seen, observed
- einmal
- Adverb meaning once, one time, at some point
- herausgefordert
- Past participle of 'herausfordern'; challenged, provoked
- gegen
- Preposition meaning against, toward, around (time)
- Ende
- Noun meaning end, conclusion, finish
- armer
- Adjective meaning poor, unfortunate, pitiable
- bereits
- Adverb meaning already, by that time
- weit
- Adjective or adverb meaning far, wide, extensive
- Verfall
- Decline, decay, deterioration of health or condition
- begriffen
- Past participle of 'begreifen'; understood; also 'in etwas begriffen sein' means to be in the process of
- dahinraffte
- Past tense of 'dahinraffen'; carried him off, caused death
- späten
- Adjective meaning late, occurring at a late time
- Nachmittag
- Noun meaning afternoon, the part of day after noon
- Kranken
- Noun meaning sick person, patient who is ill
- besuchen
- Infinitive verb meaning to visit, to call on someone
- aß
- Past tense of 'essen'; ate, consumed food
- wenig
- Adjective or adverb meaning a little, a small amount
- Abend
- Noun meaning evening, the later part of the day
- Wohnzimmer
- Living room, main room for relaxing in a home
- Pfeife
- A pipe used for smoking tobacco
- rauchen
- Infinitive verb meaning to smoke tobacco or cigarettes
- Pferd
- Noun meaning horse, large domesticated riding animal
- Weiler
- A hamlet, very small rural settlement with few houses
- heruntergebracht
- Past participle of 'herunterbringen'; brought down to a place
- würde
- Subjunctive form of 'werden'; would, conditional mood
- denn
- Conjunction meaning because, for; also a filler particle
- Stall
- A stable or barn for keeping horses or livestock
- folgte
- Past tense of 'folgen'; followed, came after someone
- hinein
- Directional adverb meaning into, inward, to the inside
- erinnere
- Present tense of 'erinnern'; remember, recall something
- Gegensatz
- Contrast, opposition, difference between two things
- auffiel
- Past tense of 'auffallen'; struck one's attention, was noticed
- gepflegte
- Adjective meaning well-groomed, neat, well-kept
- lebhafte
- Adjective meaning lively, vivid, energetic
- Puder
- Powder, especially white hair powder worn historically
- weiß
- Adjective meaning white; also present tense of 'wissen'
- Schnee
- Noun meaning snow, frozen precipitation falling from clouds
- lebhaften
- Adjective meaning lively, vivid, sparkling in inflected form
- schwarzen
- Adjective meaning black in inflected form
- Augen
- Plural of 'Auge'; eyes, organs of sight
- angenehmen
- Adjective meaning pleasant, agreeable, agreeable in inflected form
- Wesen
- Noun meaning nature, being, manner, character
- tölpelhaften
- Adjective meaning clumsy, clod-like, boorish in inflected form
- Landleuten
- Dative plural of 'Landleute'; country folk, rural people
- bildete
- Past tense of 'bilden'; formed, created a contrast
- allem
- Dative of 'alles'; above all, especially, most of all
- jenem
- Demonstrative pronoun, dative masculine; that, that one
- schmutzigen
- Adjective meaning dirty, filthy, unclean in inflected form
- schweren
- Adjective meaning heavy, severe, difficult in inflected form
- trüb
- Adjective meaning cloudy, murky, dim, gloomy
- blickenden
- Participial adjective from 'blicken'; gazing, looking
- Vogelscheuchen
- Plural of 'Vogelscheuche'; scarecrows, figures to scare birds
- Piraten
- Plural of 'Pirat'; pirates, seafaring outlaws
- völlig
- Adverb meaning completely, totally, utterly
- benebelt
- Adjective meaning foggy-headed, dazed, befuddled by drink
- Armen
- Dative plural of 'Arm'; arms, upper limbs of the body
- Tisch
- Noun meaning table, a piece of furniture for eating
- saß
- Past tense of 'sitzen'; sat, was seated somewhere
- Plötzlich
- Adverb meaning suddenly, all at once, unexpectedly
- begann
- Past tense of 'beginnen'; began, started something
- Kapitän
- Captain, the commander of a ship or military unit
- ewiges
- Adjective meaning eternal, endless, everlasting
- Lied
- Noun meaning song, a piece of music with lyrics
- anzustimmen
- Infinitive of 'anstimmen'; to strike up, begin singing
- Fünfzehn
- The number fifteen
- toten
- Adjective meaning dead, deceased in inflected form
- Kiste
- A crate, chest, or box for storing items
- Flasche
- Noun meaning bottle, a container for liquids
- Trinken
- Noun or infinitive meaning drinking, the act of drinking
- Teufel
- Noun meaning devil, the Evil One, Satan
- anderen
- Adjective or pronoun meaning the others, the rest
- erledigt
- Past participle of 'erledigen'; done away with, finished off
- Zunächst
- Adverb meaning first of all, initially, at first
- eben
- Adverb meaning just, exactly, simply; also 'flat'
- jene
- Demonstrative pronoun meaning those, that group
- oben
- Adverb meaning above, upstairs, at the top
- vorderen
- Adjective meaning front, forward in inflected form
- Zimmer
- Noun meaning room, a space within a building
- gehalten
- Past participle of 'halten'; held, considered, kept
- Gedanke
- Noun meaning thought, idea occurring in the mind
- Albträumen
- Dative plural of 'Albtraum'; in nightmares, bad dreams
- einbeinigen
- Adjective meaning one-legged in inflected form
- Seemanns
- Genitive of 'Seemann'; sailor's, belonging to a seaman
- vermischt
- Past participle of 'vermischen'; mixed, blended together
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