Ulysses — Page 5
But to think of your mother begging you with her last breath to kneel down and pray for her.
Aber wenn man daran denkt, dass deine Mutter dich mit ihrem letzten Atemzug anflehte, niederzuknien und für sie zu beten.
And you refused.
Und du hast es verweigert.
There is something sinister in you....
Es ist etwas Unheimliches in dir....
He broke off and lathered again lightly his farther cheek.
Er hörte auf und seifte leicht seine andere Wange ein.
A tolerant smile curled his lips.
Ein nachsichtiges Lächeln kräuselte seine Lippen.
—But a lovely mummer! he murmured to himself.
—Aber ein wunderschöner Mummer! murmelte er vor sich hin.
Kinch, the loveliest mummer of them all!
Kinch, der schönste Mummer von allen!
He shaved evenly and with care, in silence, seriously.
Er rasierte sich gleichmäßig und sorgfältig, schweigend, ernsthaft.
Stephen, an elbow rested on the jagged granite, leaned his palm against his brow and gazed at the fraying edge of his shiny black coat-sleeve.
Stephen, einen Ellbogen auf den zackigen Granit gestützt, lehnte seine Handfläche gegen seine Stirn und starrte auf den ausgefransten Rand seines glänzenden schwarzen Rockärmels.
Pain, that was not yet the pain of love, fretted his heart.
Schmerz, der noch nicht der Schmerz der Liebe war, nagte an seinem Herzen.
Silently, in a dream she had come to him after her death, her wasted body within its loose brown graveclothes giving off an odour of wax and rosewood, her breath, that had bent upon him, mute, reproachful, a faint odour of wetted ashes.
Lautlos, in einem Traum war sie nach ihrem Tod zu ihm gekommen, ihr ausgezehrter Körper in seinen lockeren braunen Totenkleidern verströmte einen Duft von Wachs und Rosenholz, ihr Atem, der sich über ihn gebeugt hatte, stumm, vorwurfsvoll, ein schwacher Geruch von benetzter Asche.
Across the threadbare cuffedge he saw the sea hailed as a great sweet mother by the wellfed voice beside him.
Über den fadenscheinigen Manschettenrand hinweg sah er das Meer, das von der wohlgenährten Stimme neben ihm als große süße Mutter gepriesen wurde.
The ring of bay and skyline held a dull green mass of liquid.
Der Ring aus Bucht und Horizont umschloss eine trübe grüne Flüssigkeitsmasse.
A bowl of white china had stood beside her deathbed holding the green sluggish bile which she had torn up from her rotting liver by fits of loud groaning vomiting.
Eine Schüssel aus weißem Porzellan hatte neben ihrem Sterbebett gestanden und die grüne träge Galle gehalten, die sie in Anfällen von lautem stöhnendem Erbrechen aus ihrer faulenden Leber herausgerissen hatte.
Buck Mulligan wiped again his razorblade.
Buck Mulligan wischte erneut seine Rasierklinge ab.
—Ah, poor dogsbody! he said in a kind voice.
—Ah, armer Hundekörper! sagte er mit freundlicher Stimme.
I must give you a shirt and a few noserags.
Ich muss dir ein Hemd und ein paar Taschentücher geben.
How are the secondhand breeks?
Wie sitzen die gebrauchten Hosen?
—They fit well enough, Stephen answered.
—Sie passen gut genug, antwortete Stephen.
Vocabulary
- Aber
- Conjunction meaning 'but' or 'however'
- wenn
- Conjunction meaning 'when' or 'if'
- man
- Indefinite pronoun meaning 'one' or 'you'
- daran
- Prepositional adverb meaning 'at it' or 'about it'
- denkt
- Third-person singular of 'denken', to think
- dass
- Subordinating conjunction meaning 'that'
- deine
- Possessive pronoun meaning 'your' (informal)
- Mutter
- Noun meaning 'mother'
- dich
- Accusative form of 'du', meaning 'you'
- mit
- Preposition meaning 'with'
- ihrem
- Dative possessive pronoun meaning 'her' or 'their'
- letzten
- Adjective meaning 'last' or 'final'
- Atemzug
- Noun meaning 'breath' or 'last breath'
- anflehte
- Past tense of 'anflehen', to implore or beseech someone
- niederzuknien
- Infinitive meaning 'to kneel down'
- und
- Conjunction meaning 'and'
- für
- Preposition meaning 'for'
- sie
- Pronoun meaning 'she', 'her', or 'they'
- zu
- Preposition or particle meaning 'to' or 'at'
- beten
- Verb meaning 'to pray'
- Und
- Conjunction meaning 'and'
- du
- Informal second-person singular pronoun meaning 'you'
- hast
- Second-person singular of 'haben', meaning 'have'
- es
- Neutral pronoun meaning 'it'
- verweigert
- Past participle of 'verweigern', to refuse or deny
- Es
- Neutral pronoun meaning 'it'
- ist
- Third-person singular of 'sein', meaning 'is'
- etwas
- Indefinite pronoun meaning 'something' or 'somewhat'
- Unheimliches
- Noun/adjective meaning 'something uncanny' or 'eerie'
- in
- Preposition meaning 'in' or 'inside'
- dir
- Dative form of 'du', meaning 'you' or 'in you'
- Er
- Third-person singular pronoun meaning 'he'
- hörte
- Past tense of 'hören', meaning 'heard' or 'stopped'
- auf
- Preposition or particle meaning 'on', 'up', or 'stop'
- leicht
- Adjective/adverb meaning 'light', 'easy', or 'slightly'
- seine
- Possessive pronoun meaning 'his'
- andere
- Adjective meaning 'other' or 'another'
- Wange
- Noun meaning 'cheek' (part of the face)
- ein
- Indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'an'
- Ein
- Indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'an'
- nachsichtiges
- Adjective meaning 'indulgent', 'lenient', or 'tolerant'
- Lächeln
- Noun meaning 'smile'
- kräuselte
- Past tense of 'kräuseln', to curl or ripple slightly
- Lippen
- Noun meaning 'lips'
- wunderschöner
- Adjective meaning 'most beautiful' or 'wonderfully beautiful'
- murmelte
- Past tense of 'murmeln', to murmur or mutter quietly
- er
- Third-person singular pronoun meaning 'he'
- vor
- Preposition meaning 'before', 'in front of', or 'ago'
- sich
- Reflexive pronoun meaning 'himself', 'herself', or 'itself'
- hin
- Directional particle meaning 'there' or 'away'
- der
- Definite article or relative pronoun meaning 'the' or 'who'
- schönste
- Superlative adjective meaning 'most beautiful'
- von
- Preposition meaning 'from', 'of', or 'by'
- allen
- Pronoun meaning 'all' or 'everyone'
- rasierte
- Past tense of 'rasieren', to shave
- gleichmäßig
- Adverb meaning 'evenly', 'steadily', or 'uniformly'
- sorgfältig
- Adverb/adjective meaning 'carefully' or 'meticulously'
- schweigend
- Present participle of 'schweigen', meaning 'silently'
- ernsthaft
- Adverb/adjective meaning 'seriously' or 'earnestly'
- einen
- Accusative indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'an'
- Ellbogen
- Noun meaning 'elbow'
- den
- Definite article in accusative case, meaning 'the'
- zackigen
- Adjective meaning 'jagged' or 'pointed'
- Granit
- Noun meaning 'granite', a type of hard rock
- gestützt
- Past participle of 'stützen', to lean or support
- lehnte
- Past tense of 'lehnen', to lean or rest against
- Handfläche
- Noun meaning 'palm' of the hand
- gegen
- Preposition meaning 'against' or 'toward'
- Stirn
- Noun meaning 'forehead'
- starrte
- Past tense of 'starren', to stare or gaze fixedly
- ausgefransten
- Adjective meaning 'frayed' or 'ragged at the edges'
- Rand
- Noun meaning 'edge', 'rim', or 'border'
- seines
- Genitive possessive pronoun meaning 'his' or 'its'
- glänzenden
- Adjective meaning 'shining', 'glossy', or 'gleaming'
- schwarzen
- Adjective meaning 'black' in an inflected form
- Schmerz
- Noun meaning 'pain' or 'grief'
- noch
- Adverb meaning 'still', 'yet', or 'not yet'
- nicht
- Negation particle meaning 'not'
- Liebe
- Noun meaning 'love'
- war
- Past tense of 'sein', meaning 'was'
- nagte
- Past tense of 'nagen', to gnaw or eat away at
- an
- Preposition meaning 'at', 'on', or 'to'
- seinem
- Dative possessive pronoun meaning 'his' or 'its'
- Herzen
- Dative form of 'Herz', meaning 'heart'
- Lautlos
- Adjective/adverb meaning 'soundless' or 'silently'
- einem
- Dative indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'an'
- Traum
- Noun meaning 'dream'
- nach
- Preposition meaning 'after', 'to', or 'according to'
- Tod
- Noun meaning 'death'
- ihm
- Dative pronoun meaning 'him' or 'it'
- gekommen
- Past participle of 'kommen', meaning 'come'
- ihr
- Pronoun meaning 'her', 'their', or 'you' (plural formal)
- ausgezehrter
- Adjective meaning 'emaciated' or 'wasted away'
- Körper
- Noun meaning 'body'
- seinen
- Accusative possessive pronoun meaning 'his' or 'its'
- lockeren
- Adjective meaning 'loose' or 'slack'
- braunen
- Adjective meaning 'brown' in an inflected form
- verströmte
- Past tense of 'verströmen', to emit or give off a scent
- Duft
- Noun meaning 'scent', 'fragrance', or 'aroma'
- Wachs
- Noun meaning 'wax'
- Atem
- Noun meaning 'breath' or 'breathing'
- über
- Preposition meaning 'over', 'above', or 'about'
- ihn
- Accusative pronoun meaning 'him' or 'it'
- gebeugt
- Past participle of 'beugen', meaning 'bent' or 'leaned over'
- hatte
- Past tense of 'haben', meaning 'had'
- stumm
- Adjective meaning 'mute', 'silent', or 'speechless'
- vorwurfsvoll
- Adjective meaning 'reproachful' or 'full of reproach'
- schwacher
- Adjective meaning 'weak' or 'faint'
- Geruch
- Noun meaning 'smell' or 'odor'
- benetzter
- Adjective meaning 'moistened' or 'wetted'
- Asche
- Noun meaning 'ash' or 'ashes'
- Über
- Preposition meaning 'over', 'above', or 'about'
- fadenscheinigen
- Adjective meaning 'threadbare' or 'flimsy'
- hinweg
- Adverb/particle meaning 'over' or 'past something'
- sah
- Past tense of 'sehen', meaning 'saw'
- das
- Definite article or pronoun meaning 'the' or 'that'
- Meer
- Noun meaning 'sea' or 'ocean'
- wohlgenährten
- Adjective meaning 'well-fed' or 'robust'
- Stimme
- Noun meaning 'voice'
- neben
- Preposition meaning 'next to' or 'beside'
- als
- Conjunction meaning 'when', 'as', or 'than'
- große
- Adjective meaning 'great' or 'large'
- süße
- Adjective meaning 'sweet'
- gepriesen
- Past participle of 'preisen', meaning 'praised' or 'extolled'
- wurde
- Past tense of 'werden', meaning 'became' or 'was'
- Der
- Definite article meaning 'the' (masculine nominative)
- Ring
- Noun meaning 'ring' or 'circle'
- aus
- Preposition meaning 'out of', 'from', or 'made of'
- Bucht
- Noun meaning 'bay' or 'cove'
- Horizont
- Noun meaning 'horizon'
- umschloss
- Past tense of 'umschließen', to enclose or surround
- eine
- Indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'an' (feminine)
- trübe
- Adjective meaning 'murky', 'dull', or 'cloudy'
- grüne
- Adjective meaning 'green'
- Eine
- Indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'an' (feminine)
- Schüssel
- Noun meaning 'bowl' or 'basin'
- weißem
- Adjective meaning 'white' in dative form
- Porzellan
- Noun meaning 'porcelain' or 'china'
- Sterbebett
- Noun meaning 'deathbed'
- gestanden
- Past participle of 'stehen', meaning 'stood' or 'been placed'
- die
- Definite article meaning 'the' (feminine or plural)
- träge
- Adjective meaning 'sluggish', 'lazy', or 'slow'
- Galle
- Noun meaning 'bile' or 'gall'
- gehalten
- Past participle of 'halten', meaning 'held' or 'kept'
- Anfällen
- Dative plural of 'Anfall', meaning 'fits' or 'attacks'
- lautem
- Adjective meaning 'loud' in dative form
- stöhnendem
- Participle adjective meaning 'groaning' or 'moaning'
- Erbrechen
- Noun meaning 'vomiting' or 'retching'
- ihrer
- Genitive possessive pronoun meaning 'her' or 'their'
- faulenden
- Adjective meaning 'rotting' or 'decaying'
- Leber
- Noun meaning 'liver' (organ)
- herausgerissen
- Past participle of 'herausreißen', to tear out or rip out
- wischte
- Past tense of 'wischen', to wipe or clean
- erneut
- Adverb meaning 'again' or 'once more'
- Rasierklinge
- Noun meaning 'razor blade'
- ab
- Separable prefix or preposition meaning 'off' or 'away'
- Ah
- Interjection expressing surprise or realization
- armer
- Adjective meaning 'poor' or 'pitiful'
- sagte
- Past tense of 'sagen', meaning 'said'
- freundlicher
- Adjective meaning 'friendlier' or 'in a friendly manner'
- Ich
- First-person singular pronoun meaning 'I'
- muss
- Modal verb meaning 'must' or 'have to'
- Hemd
- Noun meaning 'shirt'
- paar
- Indefinite numeral meaning 'a few' or 'a couple'
- Taschentücher
- Noun meaning 'handkerchiefs'
- geben
- Verb meaning 'to give'
- Wie
- Adverb/conjunction meaning 'how' or 'as'
- sitzen
- Verb meaning 'to sit' or 'to fit'
- gebrauchten
- Adjective meaning 'used' or 'second-hand'
- Hosen
- Noun meaning 'trousers' or 'pants'
- Sie
- Pronoun meaning 'she', 'they', or formal 'you'
- passen
- Verb meaning 'to fit' or 'to suit'
- gut
- Adverb/adjective meaning 'good' or 'well'
- genug
- Adverb meaning 'enough' or 'sufficiently'
- antwortete
- Past tense of 'antworten', meaning 'answered' or 'replied'
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