Ulysses — Page 12
Folded away in the memory of nature with her toys.
Guardada en la memoria de la naturaleza junto a sus juguetes.
Memories beset his brooding brain.
Los recuerdos asediaban su mente cavilosa.
Her glass of water from the kitchen tap when she had approached the sacrament.
Su vaso de agua del grifo de la cocina cuando se había acercado al sacramento.
A cored apple, filled with brown sugar, roasting for her at the hob on a dark autumn evening.
Una manzana vaciada, rellena de azúcar moreno, asándose para ella en la hornilla en una oscura tarde de otoño.
Her shapely fingernails reddened by the blood of squashed lice from the children's shirts.
Sus uñas bien formadas enrojecidas por la sangre de los piojos aplastados de las camisas de los niños.
In a dream, silently, she had come to him, her wasted body within its loose graveclothes giving off an odour of wax and rosewood, her breath, bent over him with mute secret words, a faint odour of wetted ashes.
En un sueño, en silencio, ella había venido a él, su cuerpo consumido dentro de sus holgadas ropas de difunta desprendiendo un olor a cera y palo de rosa, su aliento, inclinada sobre él con mudas palabras secretas, un tenue olor a cenizas húmedas.
Her glazing eyes, staring out of death, to shake and bend my soul.
Sus ojos que se vidriaban, mirando fijamente desde la muerte, para sacudir y doblar mi alma.
On me alone.
Solo sobre mí.
The ghostcandle to light her agony.
La vela espectral para alumbrar su agonía.
Ghostly light on the tortured face.
Luz espectral sobre el rostro atormentado.
Her hoarse loud breath rattling in horror, while all prayed on their knees.
Su aliento ronco y fuerte estertorando de horror, mientras todos rezaban de rodillas.
Her eyes on me to strike me down.
Sus ojos sobre mí para derribarme.
_Liliata rutilantium te confessorum turma circumdet: iubilantium te virginum chorus excipiat._
_Liliata rutilantium te confessorum turma circumdet: iubilantium te virginum chorus excipiat._
Ghoul! Chewer of corpses!
¡Ghoul! ¡Devorador de cadáveres!
No, mother! Let me be and let me live.
¡No, madre! Déjame en paz y déjame vivir.
—Kinch ahoy!
—¡Kinch, ahoy!
Buck Mulligan's voice sang from within the tower.
La voz de Buck Mulligan resonó cantarina desde el interior de la torre.
It came nearer up the staircase, calling again.
Se fue acercando por la escalera, llamando de nuevo.
Stephen, still trembling at his soul's cry, heard warm running sunlight and in the air behind him friendly words.
Stephen, aún temblando ante el grito de su alma, sintió el cálido fluir de la luz del sol y en el aire detrás de él palabras amistosas.
—Dedalus, come down, like a good mosey. Breakfast is ready. Haines is apologising for waking us last night. It's all right.
—Dedalus, baja, anda, sé bueno. El desayuno está listo. Haines está pidiendo disculpas por habernos despertado anoche. Todo está bien.
—I'm coming, Stephen said, turning.
—Ya voy, dijo Stephen, volviéndose.
—Do, for Jesus' sake, Buck Mulligan said.
—Hazlo, por el amor de Dios, dijo Buck Mulligan.
Vocabulary
- Guardada
- Kept or stored away; preserved in memory or safekeeping.
- en
- In; at; on; inside.
- la
- The (feminine singular definite article).
- memoria
- Memory; the faculty of retaining and recalling past experiences.
- de
- Of; from; by; indicates possession or origin.
- naturaleza
- Nature; the natural world and all living things.
- junto
- Together with; next to; alongside.
- sus
- His; her; its; their; your (formal possessive adjective).
- juguetes
- Toys; playthings; objects made for amusement.
- Los
- The (masculine plural definite article).
- recuerdos
- Memories; remembrances; things that remind one of past events.
- asediaban
- Besieged; harassed; pressed upon persistently and constantly.
- su
- His; her; its; their; your (formal possessive adjective).
- mente
- Mind; the organ of consciousness and thought.
- Su
- His; her; its; their; your (formal possessive adjective).
- vaso
- Glass; cup; vessel for drinking liquids.
- agua
- Water; liquid element essential for all life.
- del
- Of the; from the (contraction of de + el).
- grifo
- Faucet; tap; device controlling water flow from pipes.
- cocina
- Kitchen; cooking room; culinary art or cuisine.
- cuando
- When; at the time that; during which.
- se
- Oneself; himself; herself; itself; themselves (reflexive pronoun).
- había
- Had; past tense of haber (auxiliary verb).
- acercado
- Approached; drew near; moved closer to something.
- al
- To the; toward the (contraction of a + el).
- sacramento
- Sacrament; sacred religious rite or ceremony of faith.
- Una
- A; an; one (feminine singular indefinite article).
- manzana
- Apple; round fruit from trees; city block.
- rellena
- Filled; stuffed; packed with filling material.
- azúcar
- Sugar; sweet crystalline substance from plants.
- moreno
- Brown; dark; dark-skinned; brown-colored.
- para
- For; in order to; toward; intended for.
- ella
- She; her; that woman (feminine personal pronoun).
- una
- A; an; one (feminine singular indefinite article).
- oscura
- Dark; lacking light; dim; gloomy; obscure.
- tarde
- Late; afternoon; the time between noon and evening.
- otoño
- Autumn; fall; the season between summer and winter.
- Sus
- His; her; its; their; your (formal possessive adjective).
- uñas
- Nails; fingernails or toenails on digits.
- bien
- Well; good; properly; thoroughly; very.
- formadas
- Formed; shaped; created; well-developed or trained.
- por
- By; for; through; during; because of.
- sangre
- Blood; vital fluid circulating in living organisms.
- los
- The (masculine plural definite article).
- aplastados
- Crushed; flattened; squashed; pressed down completely.
- las
- The (feminine plural definite article).
- camisas
- Shirts; garments worn on upper body.
- niños
- Children; young boys; youngsters; plural of niño.
- En
- In; at; on; inside a location or time.
- un
- A; an; one (masculine singular indefinite article).
- sueño
- Dream; sleep; state of unconsciousness during rest.
- silencio
- Silence; absence of sound or noise; quietness.
- venido
- Come; arrived; past participle of venir.
- él
- He; him; that man (masculine personal pronoun).
- cuerpo
- Body; human form; physical structure of organism.
- consumido
- Consumed; wasted away; exhausted; diminished greatly.
- dentro
- Inside; within; in the interior of something.
- ropas
- Clothes; garments; clothing; pieces of fabric worn.
- olor
- Smell; odor; scent; aroma; fragrance.
- cera
- Wax; solid substance used for candles and polish.
- palo
- Stick; wood; club; pole; wooden object.
- rosa
- Rose; pink color; beautiful fragrant flowering plant.
- aliento
- Breath; breathing; encouragement; support given to someone.
- inclinada
- Inclined; bent; leaning; tilted toward something.
- sobre
- On; over; above; about; concerning; envelope.
- con
- With; in the company of; accompanied by.
- mudas
- Silent; mute; not speaking; voiceless; dumb.
- palabras
- Words; units of language; spoken or written expressions.
- secretas
- Secret; hidden; concealed; not known to others.
- tenue
- Faint; thin; delicate; slight; subtle; weak.
- cenizas
- Ashes; remains of something burned; grey powdery residue.
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