Ulysses — Page 9
He looked in Stephen's face as he spoke.
Miró el rostro de Stephen mientras hablaba.
A light wind passed his brow, fanning softly his fair uncombed hair and stirring silver points of anxiety in his eyes.
Una suave brisa le rozó la frente, agitando delicadamente su cabello rubio y despeinado y despertando destellos plateados de inquietud en sus ojos.
Stephen, depressed by his own voice, said:
Stephen, deprimido por su propia voz, dijo:
—Do you remember the first day I went to your house after my mother's death?
—¿Recuerdas el primer día que fui a tu casa después de la muerte de mi madre?
Buck Mulligan frowned quickly and said:
Buck Mulligan frunció el ceño rápidamente y dijo:
—What? Where? I can't remember anything.
—¿Qué? ¿Dónde? No recuerdo nada.
I remember only ideas and sensations.
Solo recuerdo ideas y sensaciones.
Why? What happened in the name of God?
¿Por qué? ¿Qué ocurrió, por el amor de Dios?
—You were making tea, Stephen said, and went across the landing to get more hot water.
—Estabas preparando té, dijo Stephen, y cruzaste el rellano para buscar más agua caliente.
Your mother and some visitor came out of the drawingroom.
Tu madre y alguna visita salieron del salón.
She asked you who was in your room.
Ella te preguntó quién estaba en tu habitación.
—Yes? Buck Mulligan said. What did I say? I forget.
—¿Sí? dijo Buck Mulligan. ¿Qué dije? No me acuerdo.
—You said, Stephen answered, _O, it's only Dedalus whose mother is beastly dead._
—Dijiste, respondió Stephen, _Oh, es solo Dedalus, cuya madre está asquerosamente muerta._
A flush which made him seem younger and more engaging rose to Buck Mulligan's cheek.
Un rubor que lo hacía parecer más joven y encantador afloró en las mejillas de Buck Mulligan.
—Did I say that? he asked. Well? What harm is that?
—¿Dije eso? preguntó. ¿Y bien? ¿Qué mal hay en eso?
He shook his constraint from him nervously.
Se sacudió nerviosamente su incomodidad.
—And what is death, he asked, your mother's or yours or my own?
—¿Y qué es la muerte, preguntó, la de tu madre, la tuya o la mía?
You saw only your mother die.
Tú solo has visto morir a tu madre.
I see them pop off every day in the Mater and Richmond and cut up into tripes in the dissectingroom.
Yo los veo palmarla cada día en el Mater y en el Richmond y los veo despiezados en tripas en la sala de disección.
It's a beastly thing and nothing else.
Es algo asqueroso y nada más.
It simply doesn't matter.
Sencillamente no importa.
You wouldn't kneel down to pray for your mother on her deathbed when she asked you.
No quisiste arrodillarte a rezar por tu madre en su lecho de muerte cuando ella te lo pidió.
Why? Because you have the cursed jesuit strain in you, only it's injected the wrong way.
¿Por qué? Porque llevas dentro esa maldita vena jesuita, solo que te la han inyectado al revés.
Vocabulary
- Miró
- He/she looked at (past tense of mirar)
- el
- The (masculine singular article)
- rostro
- Face or countenance
- de
- Of, from (preposition)
- mientras
- While, as (conjunction indicating simultaneous action)
- hablaba
- He/she was speaking (imperfect tense)
- Una
- A, one (feminine singular article)
- suave
- Smooth, gentle, soft
- brisa
- Breeze or light wind
- le
- Him/her (indirect or direct object pronoun)
- rozó
- Brushed or touched lightly
- la
- The (feminine singular article)
- frente
- Forehead or front
- agitando
- Shaking or waving (present participle)
- delicadamente
- Delicately or gently (adverb)
- su
- His/her/your (possessive adjective)
- cabello
- Hair on the head
- rubio
- Blond or fair-haired
- despertando
- Awakening or waking up
- inquietud
- Restlessness or unease
- en
- In, on (preposition)
- sus
- His/her/their (possessive adjective plural)
- ojos
- Eyes
- deprimido
- Depressed or sad
- por
- By, for, through (preposition)
- propia
- Own (feminine adjective)
- voz
- Voice or sound
- dijo
- He/she said (past tense of decir)
- Recuerdas
- Do you remember? (present tense)
- primer
- First (shortened form of primero)
- día
- Day
- que
- That, which (relative pronoun)
- fui
- I went (past tense of ir)
- tu
- Your (possessive adjective singular)
- casa
- House or home
- después
- After, afterwards (adverb)
- muerte
- Death
- mi
- My (possessive adjective)
- madre
- Mother
- ceño
- Frown or eyebrows
- rápidamente
- Quickly or rapidly (adverb)
- Qué
- What (interrogative pronoun)
- Dónde
- Where (interrogative adverb)
- No
- No, not (negation)
- recuerdo
- I remember (present tense)
- nada
- Nothing or anything (with negation)
- Solo
- Only or alone (adverb)
- ideas
- Ideas or thoughts
- sensaciones
- Sensations or feelings
- Por
- Why (with qué); for (preposition)
- qué
- What (interrogative; with por)
- ocurrió
- It happened (past tense of ocurrir)
- amor
- Love
- Dios
- God
- Estabas
- You were (imperfect tense)
- preparando
- Preparing (present participle)
- té
- Tea
- cruzaste
- You crossed (past tense)
- para
- For, in order to (preposition)
- buscar
- To search or look for
- más
- More (adverb)
- agua
- Water
- caliente
- Hot or warm
- Tu
- Your (possessive adjective singular)
- alguna
- Some or any (feminine)
- visita
- Visit or visitor
- salieron
- They left or went out
- del
- Of the (contraction of de+el)
- salón
- Living room or hall
- Ella
- She (pronoun)
- te
- You (indirect/direct object pronoun)
- preguntó
- She asked (past tense of preguntar)
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