Ulysses — Page 4
He came over to the gunrest and, thrusting a hand into Stephen's upper pocket, said:
Se acercó al parapeto y, metiendo una mano en el bolsillo superior de Stephen, dijo:
—Lend us a loan of your noserag to wipe my razor.
—Préstame tu mocoso trapo para limpiar mi navaja.
Stephen suffered him to pull out and hold up on show by its corner a dirty crumpled handkerchief.
Stephen le permitió sacar y exhibir por su esquina un pañuelo sucio y arrugado.
Buck Mulligan wiped the razorblade neatly.
Buck Mulligan limpió la hoja de la navaja con cuidado.
Then, gazing over the handkerchief, he said:
Luego, mirando por encima del pañuelo, dijo:
—The bard's noserag! A new art colour for our Irish poets: snotgreen.
—¡El mocoso trapo del bardo! Un nuevo color artístico para nuestros poetas irlandeses: verde moco.
You can almost taste it, can't you?
Casi puedes saborearlo, ¿verdad?
He mounted to the parapet again and gazed out over Dublin bay, his fair oakpale hair stirring slightly.
Subió de nuevo al parapeto y contempló la bahía de Dublín, con su cabello rubio pálido como el roble agitándose levemente.
—God! he said quietly. Isn't the sea what Algy calls it: a great sweet mother? The snotgreen sea. The scrotumtightening sea. _Epi oinopa ponton_. Ah, Dedalus, the Greeks! I must teach you. You must read them in the original. _Thalatta! Thalatta!_ She is our great sweet mother. Come and look.
—¡Dios! dijo en voz baja. ¿No es el mar lo que Algy llama: una gran madre dulce? El mar verde moco. El mar que contrae el escroto. _Epi oinopa ponton_. Ah, Dedalus, ¡los griegos! Debo enseñarte. Debes leerlos en el original. _¡Thalatta! ¡Thalatta!_ Ella es nuestra gran madre dulce. Ven a mirar.
Stephen stood up and went over to the parapet.
Stephen se levantó y se acercó al parapeto.
Leaning on it he looked down on the water and on the mailboat clearing the harbourmouth of Kingstown.
Apoyándose en él, miró hacia abajo el agua y el barco de correo que salía de la boca del puerto de Kingstown.
—Our mighty mother! Buck Mulligan said.
—¡Nuestra poderosa madre! dijo Buck Mulligan.
He turned abruptly his grey searching eyes from the sea to Stephen's face.
Volvió bruscamente sus grises ojos escrutadores del mar al rostro de Stephen.
—The aunt thinks you killed your mother, he said. That's why she won't let me have anything to do with you.
—La tía cree que mataste a tu madre, dijo. Por eso no me deja tener nada que ver contigo.
—Someone killed her, Stephen said gloomily.
—Alguien la mató, dijo Stephen sombríamente.
—You could have knelt down, damn it, Kinch, when your dying mother asked you, Buck Mulligan said. I'm hyperborean as much as you.
—Podrías haberte arrodillado, maldita sea, Kinch, cuando tu madre moribunda te lo pidió, dijo Buck Mulligan. Soy tan hiperbóreo como tú.
Vocabulary
- Se
- Reflexive pronoun used with verbs
- acercó
- Moved closer, approached someone or something
- al
- Contraction of 'a' and 'el', meaning 'to the'
- parapeto
- Low protective wall or railing along an edge
- metiendo
- Inserting or putting something into a place
- mano
- The hand, part of the human body
- bolsillo
- Small pocket in clothing for carrying items
- superior
- Higher in position, quality, or rank
- dijo
- Past tense of 'decir'; said or spoke
- Préstame
- Imperative meaning 'lend me' something
- mocoso
- Snotty or runny-nosed; a cheeky kid
- trapo
- A rag or old cloth used for cleaning
- limpiar
- To clean or wipe something
- navaja
- A folding knife or razor blade
- le
- Indirect object pronoun meaning 'to him/her'
- permitió
- Allowed or permitted someone to do something
- sacar
- To take out or remove something from somewhere
- exhibir
- To display or show something publicly
- esquina
- A corner, as of a cloth or building
- pañuelo
- A handkerchief used for wiping the face
- sucio
- Dirty or unclean in appearance or condition
- arrugado
- Wrinkled or crumpled fabric or material
- limpió
- Wiped or cleaned something thoroughly
- hoja
- Blade of a knife or leaf of a plant
- cuidado
- Care or caution when doing something
- Luego
- Then or afterwards; indicates sequence of events
- mirando
- Looking at or gazing toward something
- encima
- Above or on top of something
- El bardo
- The bard; a poet, especially a classical one
- nuevo
- New or recently created or discovered
- color
- Color or hue of an object or substance
- artístico
- Relating to art or having artistic qualities
- nuestros
- Possessive adjective meaning 'our' (masculine plural)
- poetas
- Poets; writers who compose verse or poetry
- irlandeses
- Irish people or things related to Ireland
- verde
- The color green
- moco
- Mucus or snot from the nose
- Casi
- Almost or nearly but not quite
- puedes
- You can or are able to do something
- saborearlo
- To taste or savor it fully
- verdad
- Truth; also used as 'right?' in questions
- Subió
- Went up, climbed, or ascended somewhere
- contempló
- Gazed at or contemplated something thoughtfully
- bahía
- A bay, a curved inlet of the sea
- cabello
- Hair on a person's head
- rubio
- Blond or fair-colored hair
- pálido
- Pale or lacking strong color or brightness
- roble
- An oak tree, a strong hardwood tree
- agitándose
- Swaying or stirring gently in the wind
- levemente
- Slightly or gently, to a small degree
- Dios
- God; the supreme divine being
- voz
- Voice, the sound produced when speaking
- baja
- Low in pitch, volume, or position
- mar
- The sea or ocean
- lo
- Direct object pronoun meaning 'it' or 'him'
- llama
- Calls or names something; also a flame
- gran
- Great or large, used before a noun
- madre
- Mother; a female parent
- dulce
- Sweet in taste or gentle in manner
- contrae
- Contracts or tightens, causes something to shrink
- griegos
- Greeks; people from ancient or modern Greece
- Debo
- I must or I should do something
- enseñarte
- To teach you or show you something
- Debes
- You must or you should do something
- leerlos
- To read them, referring to texts or books
- original
- In the original language or form
- nuestra
- Possessive adjective meaning 'our' (feminine singular)
- Ven
- Imperative of 'venir'; come here
- mirar
- To look at or watch something or someone
- se levantó
- Stood up or rose from a position
- Apoyándose
- Leaning against or supporting oneself on something
- miró
- Looked at or glanced at something
- hacia
- Toward or in the direction of something
- abajo
- Below or down; lower in position
- agua
- Water, a liquid essential for life
- barco
- A boat or ship used for water travel
- correo
- Mail or post; also a mail boat
- salía
- Was leaving or going out of a place
- boca
- Mouth; also an entrance or opening
- puerto
- A port or harbor for boats and ships
- Nuestra
- Possessive adjective meaning 'our' (feminine)
- poderosa
- Powerful or mighty, having great force
- Volvió
- Turned around or returned to a position
- bruscamente
- Abruptly or suddenly and roughly
- grises
- Gray in color (plural form)
- ojos
- Eyes, the organs used for seeing
- escrutadores
- Scrutinizing or examining carefully and intensely
- rostro
- Face or countenance of a person
- tía
- Aunt; a parent's sister
- cree
- Believes or thinks something to be true
- mataste
- You killed someone (past tense, informal)
- eso
- That; demonstrative pronoun referring to something
- deja
- Lets or allows someone to do something
- tener
- To have or possess something
- nada
- Nothing; not anything at all
- ver
- To see or look at something
- contigo
- With you (informal singular)
- Alguien
- Someone or somebody, an unspecified person
- mató
- Killed someone or something (past tense)
- sombríamente
- Gloomily or darkly, in a somber manner
- Podrías
- You could have; conditional form of 'poder'
- haberte
- To have yourself; reflexive perfect auxiliary form
- arrodillado
- Knelt down on one or both knees
- maldita
- Damn or cursed (feminine form)
- sea
- Subjunctive of 'ser'; used in expressions like 'maldita sea'
- cuando
- When; used to indicate time or condition
- moribunda
- Dying or at the point of death (feminine)
- pidió
- Asked for or requested something from someone
- Soy
- I am; first person of 'ser'
- tan
- So or as; used in comparisons of equality
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