Ulysses — Page 13
For my sake and for all our sakes.
Um meinetwillen und um unser aller willen.
His head disappeared and reappeared.
Sein Kopf verschwand und tauchte wieder auf.
—I told him your symbol of Irish art. He says it's very clever. Touch him for a quid, will you? A guinea, I mean.
—Ich habe ihm dein Symbol irischer Kunst erklärt. Er sagt, es sei sehr klug. Leih ihm einen Quid ab, ja? Ich meine eine Guinee.
—I get paid this morning, Stephen said.
—Ich werde heute Morgen bezahlt, sagte Stephen.
—The school kip? Buck Mulligan said. How much? Four quid? Lend us one.
—Das Schulgehalt? sagte Buck Mulligan. Wie viel? Vier Quid? Leih uns einen.
—If you want it, Stephen said.
—Wenn du es willst, sagte Stephen.
—Four shining sovereigns, Buck Mulligan cried with delight. We'll have a glorious drunk to astonish the druidy druids. Four omnipotent sovereigns.
—Vier glänzende Sovereigns, rief Buck Mulligan entzückt. Wir werden uns herrlich betrinken und die druidischen Druiden in Staunen versetzen. Vier allmächtige Sovereigns.
He flung up his hands and tramped down the stone stairs, singing out of tune with a Cockney accent:
Er warf die Hände in die Luft und stapfte die Steintreppe hinunter, dabei sang er mit einem Cockney-Akzent falsch:
O, won't we have a merry time, Drinking whisky, beer and wine! On coronation, Coronation day! O, won't we have a merry time On coronation day!
O, werden wir keine fröhliche Zeit haben, Whisky, Bier und Wein zu trinken! Am Krönungstag, Krönungstag! O, werden wir keine fröhliche Zeit haben Am Krönungstag!
Warm sunshine merrying over the sea. The nickel shavingbowl shone, forgotten, on the parapet. Why should I bring it down? Or leave it there all day, forgotten friendship?
Warmer Sonnenschein jubilierte über dem Meer. Die Nickelbeckenschüssel glänzte, vergessen, auf der Brüstung. Warum sollte ich sie hinuntertragen? Oder sie den ganzen Tag dort lassen, vergessene Freundschaft?
He went over to it, held it in his hands awhile, feeling its coolness, smelling the clammy slaver of the lather in which the brush was stuck. So I carried the boat of incense then at Clongowes. I am another now and yet the same. A servant too. A server of a servant.
Er ging zu ihr hinüber, hielt sie eine Weile in den Händen, spürte ihre Kühle, roch den klebrigen Speichel des Schaums, in dem der Pinsel steckte. So trug ich damals das Weihrauchschiff in Clongowes. Ich bin jetzt ein anderer und doch derselbe. Auch ein Diener. Ein Diener eines Dieners.
In the gloomy domed livingroom of the tower Buck Mulligan's gowned form moved briskly to and fro about the hearth, hiding and revealing its yellow glow.
Im düsteren gewölbten Wohnraum des Turms bewegte sich Buck Mulligans bekittelter Umriss flink hin und her um den Kamin, dessen gelbes Leuchten er bald verbarg, bald enthüllte.
Vocabulary
- Um
- For the sake of; preposition indicating purpose or reason
- meinetwillen
- For my sake; on my account
- und
- And; basic coordinating conjunction
- um
- Around, about, for; versatile preposition
- unser
- Our; first-person plural possessive pronoun
- aller
- Of all; genitive plural form of 'all'
- willen
- Sake; used in fixed phrases like 'um...willen'
- Sein
- His; or to be; possessive pronoun or infinitive verb
- Kopf
- Head; the upper part of the body
- verschwand
- Disappeared; past tense of verschwinden
- tauchte
- Dipped, plunged; past tense of tauchen
- wieder
- Again; indicates repetition of an action
- auf
- Up, on, open; common preposition and prefix
- Ich
- I; first-person singular subject pronoun
- habe
- Have; first-person singular of haben
- ihm
- Him, to him; dative third-person singular masculine
- dein
- Your; second-person singular possessive pronoun
- Symbol
- Symbol; a sign representing something else
- irischer
- Irish; adjective describing Irish origin or character
- Kunst
- Art; creative expression in various forms
- erklärt
- Explained; past participle of erklären
- Er
- He; third-person singular masculine pronoun
- sagt
- Says; third-person singular present of sagen
- es
- It; third-person singular neuter pronoun
- sei
- Be; subjunctive form of sein, indicating reported speech
- sehr
- Very; intensifying adverb
- klug
- Clever, intelligent; describing sharp mental ability
- Leih
- Lend; imperative form of leihen
- einen
- A, one; indefinite article in accusative masculine
- ab
- Off, away; separable prefix or preposition
- ja
- Yes; affirmative particle or filler word
- meine
- My; first-person singular possessive pronoun
- eine
- A, one; indefinite article feminine nominative
- werde
- Will; auxiliary for future tense, first-person singular
- heute
- Today; refers to the current day
- Morgen
- Morning or tomorrow; common time expression
- bezahlt
- Paid; past participle of bezahlen
- sagte
- Said; simple past of sagen
- Das
- The; definite article for neuter nouns
- Wie
- How, as; interrogative or comparative word
- viel
- Much, many; indicating quantity or degree
- Vier
- Four; the number 4
- uns
- Us; first-person plural accusative/dative pronoun
- Wenn
- If, when; introduces conditional or temporal clauses
- du
- You; second-person singular informal pronoun
- willst
- Want; second-person singular of wollen
- glänzende
- Shining, gleaming; adjective describing bright luster
- rief
- Called out, exclaimed; simple past of rufen
- entzückt
- Delighted, enchanted; showing great pleasure
- Wir
- We; first-person plural subject pronoun
- werden
- Will; auxiliary verb for future tense
- herrlich
- Magnificent, splendid; expressing great admiration
- betrinken
- Get drunk; reflexive verb meaning to intoxicate oneself
- die
- The; definite article for feminine or plural nouns
- in
- In, into; basic locative and directional preposition
- Staunen
- Amazement, astonishment; state of being surprised
- versetzen
- To put into, transfer; move something to a new state
- allmächtige
- Almighty; all-powerful, often used as exclamation
- warf
- Threw; simple past of werfen
- Hände
- Hands; plural of Hand
- Luft
- Air; the invisible gaseous substance around us
- stapfte
- Stomped, trudged; past tense of stapfen
- hinunter
- Down; directional prefix indicating downward movement
- dabei
- In doing so, at the same time; adverb of accompaniment
- sang
- Sang; simple past of singen
- er
- He; third-person singular masculine pronoun
- mit
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or means
- einem
- A, one; indefinite article dative masculine/neuter
- Akzent
- Accent; particular way of pronouncing a language
- falsch
- Wrong, false, incorrectly; not right or accurate
- wir
- We; first-person plural subject pronoun
- keine
- No, none; negating article or pronoun
- fröhliche
- Merry, joyful; adjective expressing happiness
- Zeit
- Time; the ongoing sequence of events
- haben
- To have; one of the most common auxiliary verbs
- Bier
- Beer; fermented alcoholic beverage made from hops
- Wein
- Wine; alcoholic drink made from fermented grapes
- zu
- To, too, closed; versatile preposition or particle
- trinken
- To drink; consuming liquid
- Am
- At the, on the; contraction of an dem
- Warmer
- Warm; adjective describing pleasant heat
- Sonnenschein
- Sunshine; bright light and warmth from the sun
- jubilierte
- Rejoiced, jubilated; past tense of jubilieren
- über
- Over, above, about; preposition of position or topic
- dem
- The; definite article dative masculine/neuter
- Meer
- Sea, ocean; large body of salt water
- glänzte
- Gleamed, shone; past tense of glänzen
- vergessen
- Forgotten; past participle of vergessen
- der
- The; definite article masculine nominative or genitive
- Warum
- Why; interrogative adverb asking for a reason
- sollte
- Should; past subjunctive or simple past of sollen
- ich
- I; first-person singular subject pronoun
- sie
- She, her, they, them; third-person pronoun
- Oder
- Or; disjunctive coordinating conjunction
- den
- The; definite article accusative masculine
- ganzen
- Whole, entire; adjective indicating completeness
- Tag
- Day; a 24-hour period
- dort
- There; adverb indicating a distant location
- lassen
- To let, leave; allow or cause something to happen
- vergessene
- Forgotten; adjective form, left behind and overlooked
- Freundschaft
- Friendship; a close and caring relationship between people
- ging
- Went; simple past of gehen
- ihr
- Her, their, your; pronoun depending on context
- hinüber
- Over there, across; directional adverb toward the other side
- hielt
- Held; simple past of halten
- Weile
- A while; a short, indefinite period of time
- Händen
- Hands; dative plural of Hand
- spürte
- Felt, sensed; past tense of spüren
- ihre
- Her, their; possessive pronoun third-person
- Kühle
- Coolness; the quality of being pleasantly cold
- roch
- Smelled; simple past of riechen
- klebrigen
- Sticky; adjective describing a tacky or adhesive surface
- des
- Of the; genitive masculine/neuter definite article
- Schaums
- Of the foam; genitive form of Schaum
- Pinsel
- Brush; tool used for painting or applying substances
- steckte
- Stuck, placed; past tense of stecken
- So
- So, thus; adverb indicating manner or consequence
- trug
- Carried, wore; simple past of tragen
- damals
- Back then, at that time; referring to the past
- das
- The, that; neuter definite article or demonstrative pronoun
- bin
- Am; first-person singular present of sein
- jetzt
- Now; at the present moment
- ein
- A, one; indefinite article or the number one
- anderer
- Another, different; indicating a distinct person or thing
- doch
- Yet, still, indeed; emphatic or contrastive particle
- derselbe
- The same; refers to the identical person or thing
- Auch
- Also, too; additive adverb
- Diener
- Servant; a person who serves another
- Ein
- A, one; indefinite article masculine nominative
- eines
- Of a, one; genitive form of the indefinite article
- Im
- In the; contraction of in dem
- düsteren
- Gloomy, dark; adjective describing dim or somber atmosphere
- Wohnraum
- Living space, room; an area used for habitation
- Turms
- Of the tower; genitive form of Turm
- bewegte
- Moved; past tense of bewegen
- sich
- Himself, herself, itself; reflexive pronoun
- Umriss
- Outline, silhouette; the visible contour of a figure
- flink
- Nimble, quick; moving with agility and speed
- hin
- There, toward; directional prefix or adverb
- her
- Here, hither; directional adverb toward the speaker
- Kamin
- Fireplace, chimney; structure for containing fire indoors
- dessen
- Whose, of which; genitive relative pronoun masculine
- gelbes
- Yellow; adjective form agreeing with neuter noun
- Leuchten
- Glow, light; the act or effect of shining
- bald
- Soon; in a short time from now
- verbarg
- Concealed, hid; simple past of verbergen
- enthüllte
- Revealed, uncovered; past tense of enthüllen
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