Ulysses — Page 9
He looked in Stephen's face as he spoke.
Er blickte Stephen beim Sprechen ins Gesicht.
A light wind passed his brow, fanning softly his fair uncombed hair and stirring silver points of anxiety in his eyes.
Ein leichter Wind strich über seine Stirn, fächelte sanft durch sein helles, ungekämmtes Haar und weckte silberne Funken der Unruhe in seinen Augen.
Stephen, depressed by his own voice, said:
Stephen, niedergedrückt von seiner eigenen Stimme, sagte:
—Do you remember the first day I went to your house after my mother's death?
—Erinnerst du dich an den ersten Tag, an dem ich nach dem Tod meiner Mutter zu dir nach Hause kam?
Buck Mulligan frowned quickly and said:
Buck Mulligan runzelte rasch die Stirn und sagte:
—What? Where? I can't remember anything. I remember only ideas and sensations. Why? What happened in the name of God?
—Was? Wo? Ich kann mich an nichts erinnern. Ich erinnere mich nur an Ideen und Empfindungen. Warum? Was ist um Himmels willen passiert?
—You were making tea, Stephen said, and went across the landing to get more hot water.
—Du hast Tee gekocht, sagte Stephen, und bist über den Treppenabsatz gegangen, um mehr heißes Wasser zu holen.
Your mother and some visitor came out of the drawingroom.
Deine Mutter und ein Besucher kamen aus dem Salon.
She asked you who was in your room.
Sie fragte dich, wer in deinem Zimmer sei.
—Yes? Buck Mulligan said. What did I say? I forget.
—Ja? sagte Buck Mulligan. Was habe ich gesagt? Ich habe es vergessen.
—You said, Stephen answered, _O, it's only Dedalus whose mother is beastly dead._
—Du hast gesagt, antwortete Stephen, _O, das ist nur Dedalus, dessen Mutter ekelhafterweise tot ist._
A flush which made him seem younger and more engaging rose to Buck Mulligan's cheek.
Eine Röte, die ihn jünger und ansprechender wirken ließ, stieg Buck Mulligan ins Gesicht.
—Did I say that? he asked. Well? What harm is that?
—Habe ich das gesagt? fragte er. Na und? Was ist daran schlimm?
He shook his constraint from him nervously.
Er schüttelte seine Befangenheit nervös von sich ab.
—And what is death, he asked, your mother's or yours or my own?
—Und was ist der Tod, fragte er, der deiner Mutter oder deiner oder meiner?
You saw only your mother die.
Du hast nur deine Mutter sterben sehen.
I see them pop off every day in the Mater and Richmond and cut up into tripes in the dissectingroom.
Ich sehe sie jeden Tag im Mater und Richmond abkratzen und im Seziersaal in Kutteln zerschneiden.
It's a beastly thing and nothing else.
Es ist eine eklige Sache und nichts weiter.
It simply doesn't matter.
Es spielt schlicht und einfach keine Rolle.
You wouldn't kneel down to pray for your mother on her deathbed when she asked you.
Du wolltest dich nicht hinknien, um für deine Mutter auf ihrem Sterbebett zu beten, als sie dich darum bat.
Why? Because you have the cursed jesuit strain in you, only it's injected the wrong way.
Warum? Weil du den verfluchten jesuitischen Zug in dir trägst, nur ist er auf die falsche Weise eingeimpft worden.
Vocabulary
- blickte
- Past tense of blicken; looked or glanced at someone
- beim
- Contraction of bei dem; while doing something
- Sprechen
- The act of speaking or talking
- Gesicht
- The face of a person
- leichter
- Adjective meaning light, gentle, or mild
- Wind
- Moving air; a breeze or wind
- strich
- Past tense of streichen; glided or passed over smoothly
- über
- Preposition meaning over, above, or across
- Stirn
- The forehead of a person
- fächelte
- Past tense of fächeln; fanned gently with soft movement
- sanft
- Adjective or adverb meaning gentle or softly
- durch
- Preposition meaning through or across
- helles
- Adjective meaning bright, light-colored, or fair
- ungekämmtes
- Adjective meaning uncombed or disheveled hair
- Haar
- Hair on a person's head
- weckte
- Past tense of wecken; awakened or stirred something up
- silberne
- Adjective meaning silver or silvery in color
- Funken
- Sparks or small flickers of light or energy
- Unruhe
- Unrest, restlessness, or inner agitation
- Augen
- The eyes of a person or animal
- niedergedrückt
- Pressed down; oppressed or weighed down emotionally
- eigenen
- Adjective meaning own or one's own
- Stimme
- The voice of a person when speaking or singing
- sagte
- Past tense of sagen; said or told someone something
- Erinnerst
- Second person singular of erinnern; do you remember something
- ersten
- Ordinal adjective meaning first in a sequence
- Tag
- A day in the calendar or a period of daylight
- nach
- Preposition meaning after, to, or according to
- Tod
- Death; the end of life
- Mutter
- Mother; a female parent
- Hause
- Home or house, used in the phrase nach Hause
- kam
- Past tense of kommen; came or arrived somewhere
- runzelte
- Past tense of runzeln; wrinkled or furrowed one's brow
- rasch
- Quickly or swiftly; done in a fast manner
- kann
- Modal verb meaning can or is able to
- nichts
- Pronoun meaning nothing or not anything
- erinnern
- To remember or to recall something from memory
- erinnere
- First person singular present of erinnern; I remember
- nur
- Adverb meaning only, just, or merely
- Ideen
- Ideas or thoughts; concepts formed in the mind
- Empfindungen
- Feelings, sensations, or emotional perceptions
- Warum
- Interrogative adverb meaning 'why'
- Himmels
- Genitive of Himmel; heaven or sky, used in exclamations
- willen
- Used in um...willen meaning for the sake of something
- passiert
- Past participle of passieren; happened or occurred
- Tee
- Tea; a hot beverage made by steeping leaves
- gekocht
- Past participle of kochen; cooked or boiled something
- Treppenabsatz
- A landing on a staircase between flights of stairs
- gegangen
- Past participle of gehen; gone or walked somewhere
- mehr
- Adverb or adjective meaning more or additional
- heißes
- Adjective meaning hot or very warm
- Wasser
- Water; the clear liquid essential for life
- holen
- To fetch or get something from somewhere
- Besucher
- Visitors or guests who come to see someone
- kamen
- Past tense plural of kommen; they came or arrived
- aus
- Preposition meaning from, out of, or made of
- Salon
- A drawing room or sitting room for receiving guests
- fragte
- Past tense of fragen; asked a question
- wer
- Interrogative pronoun meaning 'who'
- Zimmer
- A room inside a building or apartment
- sei
- Subjunctive form of sein; were or would be
- gesagt
- Past participle of sagen; said or told something
- vergessen
- To forget or have forgotten something entirely
- antwortete
- Past tense of antworten; answered or replied to someone
- dessen
- Genitive relative pronoun meaning 'whose' or 'of which'
- ekelhafterweise
- Adverb meaning disgustingly or in a revolting manner
- tot
- Adjective meaning dead or no longer alive
- Röte
- Redness or flush on the skin, such as blushing
- jünger
- Comparative adjective meaning younger in age
- ansprechender
- Comparative adjective meaning more appealing or attractive
- wirken
- To seem, appear, or have an effect on something
- ließ
- Past tense of lassen; let, allowed, or caused something
- stieg
- Past tense of steigen; rose or climbed upward
- Na
- Colloquial interjection meaning well, so, or now
- daran
- Adverb meaning therein, at it, or about it
- schlimm
- Adjective meaning bad, serious, or terrible
- schüttelte
- Past tense of schütteln; shook something or someone
- Befangenheit
- Embarrassment, awkwardness, or self-consciousness
- nervös
- Adjective meaning nervous, anxious, or on edge
- sterben
- To die; to cease living
- sehen
- To see or observe something visually
- sehe
- First person singular present of sehen; I see
- jeden
- Accusative of jeder; every or each one
- abkratzen
- Colloquial slang meaning to die or kick the bucket
- Seziersaal
- A dissection room or anatomy hall in a medical facility
- Kutteln
- Tripe or entrails; the intestines of an animal
- zerschneiden
- To cut apart or slice something into pieces
- eklige
- Adjective meaning disgusting, revolting, or gross
- Sache
- A thing, matter, or affair
- weiter
- Adverb meaning further, onward, or continuing
- spielt
- Third person singular of spielen; plays or matters
- schlicht
- Adjective meaning plain, simple, or straightforward
- einfach
- Adjective or adverb meaning simple, easy, or simply
- keine
- Negative article meaning no or none
- Rolle
- A role or part; also a reel or roll
- wolltest
- Second person singular past of wollen; you wanted to do
- hinknien
- To kneel down before someone or something
- Sterbebett
- Deathbed; the bed where a dying person lies
- beten
- To pray; to speak to God or a higher power
- als
- Conjunction meaning when, than, or as
- darum
- Adverb meaning therefore, for that reason, or about it
- bat
- Past tense of bitten; asked or requested something politely
- Weil
- Subordinating conjunction meaning 'because'
- verfluchten
- Adjective meaning cursed, damned, or accursed
- Zug
- A trait or characteristic; also a train or draft
- trägst
- Second person singular of tragen; you carry or bear
- falsche
- Adjective meaning false, wrong, or incorrect
- Weise
- A way, manner, or method of doing something
- eingeimpft
- Past participle of einimpfen; instilled or indoctrinated into someone
- worden
- Past participle auxiliary used in passive constructions; been
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