Ulysses — Page 13
For my sake and for all our sakes.
Por mi bien y por el bien de todos nosotros.
His head disappeared and reappeared.
Su cabeza desapareció y reapareció.
—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.
—Le hablé de tu símbolo del arte irlandés. Dice que es muy ingenioso. Pídele una libra, ¿quieres? Una guinea, quiero decir.
—I get paid this morning, Stephen said.
—Me pagan esta mañana, dijo Stephen.
—The school kip? Buck Mulligan said. How much? Four quid? Lend us one.
—¿El antro de la escuela? dijo Buck Mulligan. ¿Cuánto? ¿Cuatro libras? Préstanos una.
—If you want it, Stephen said.
—Si la quieres, dijo Stephen.
—Four shining sovereigns, Buck Mulligan cried with delight. We'll have a glorious drunk to astonish the druidy druids. Four omnipotent sovereigns.
—Cuatro relucientes soberanos, exclamó Buck Mulligan con deleite. Nos daremos una borrachera gloriosa que dejará atónitos a los druídicos druidas. Cuatro soberanos omnipotentes.
He flung up his hands and tramped down the stone stairs, singing out of tune with a Cockney accent:
Levantó los brazos al aire y bajó pesadamente las escaleras de piedra, cantando desafinando con acento cockney:
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!
¡Oh, qué tiempo tan alegre pasaremos, bebiendo whisky, cerveza y vino! ¡En la coronación, el día de la coronación! ¡Oh, qué tiempo tan alegre pasaremos el día de la coronación!
Warm sunshine merrying over the sea.
El cálido sol brillaba alegremente sobre el mar.
The nickel shavingbowl shone, forgotten, on the parapet.
La palangana de afeitar de níquel brillaba, olvidada, sobre el parapeto.
Why should I bring it down? Or leave it there all day, forgotten friendship?
¿Por qué habría de bajarla? ¿O dejarla allí todo el día, amistad olvidada?
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.
Se acercó a ella, la sostuvo entre sus manos un momento, sintiendo su frescura, oliendo la baba viscosa de la espuma en la que estaba hundido el pincel.
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.
Así que yo llevaba el incensario entonces en Clongowes. Soy otro ahora y sin embargo el mismo. También un sirviente. El servidor de un servidor.
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.
En la sombría sala de estar abovedada de la torre, la figura encapada de Buck Mulligan se movía ágilmente de un lado a otro junto al hogar, ocultando y revelando su amarillo resplandor.
Vocabulary
- Por
- Preposition meaning 'for,' 'by,' or 'through'
- mi
- Possessive adjective meaning 'my'
- bien
- Adverb or noun meaning 'well' or 'good'
- y
- Conjunction meaning 'and'
- por
- Preposition meaning 'for,' 'by,' or 'through'
- el
- Definite article meaning 'the' (masculine singular)
- de
- Preposition meaning 'of' or 'from'
- todos
- Pronoun or adjective meaning 'all' or 'everyone'
- nosotros
- First-person plural pronoun meaning 'we' or 'us'
- Su
- Possessive adjective meaning 'his,' 'her,' or 'their'
- cabeza
- Noun meaning 'head,' referring to the body part
- desapareció
- Verb meaning 'disappeared,' past tense of desaparecer
- reapareció
- Verb meaning 'reappeared,' past tense of reaparecer
- Le
- Indirect object pronoun meaning 'to him,' 'to her'
- hablé
- First-person singular past tense of hablar, 'I spoke'
- tu
- Possessive adjective meaning 'your' (informal)
- símbolo
- Noun meaning 'symbol,' a representative sign or mark
- del
- Contraction of 'de' and 'el,' meaning 'of the'
- arte
- Noun meaning 'art,' creative human expression
- irlandés
- Adjective or noun meaning 'Irish,' relating to Ireland
- Dice
- Third-person singular present of decir, 'he/she says'
- que
- Conjunction or pronoun meaning 'that' or 'which'
- es
- Third-person singular present of ser, meaning 'is'
- muy
- Adverb meaning 'very,' intensifies adjectives and adverbs
- ingenioso
- Adjective meaning 'clever,' 'witty,' or 'ingenious'
- Pídele
- Imperative form of pedir, 'ask him/her for something'
- una
- Indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'one' (feminine)
- libra
- Noun meaning 'pound,' a unit of currency or weight
- quieres
- Second-person singular present of querer, 'you want'
- Una
- Indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'one' (feminine)
- quiero
- First-person singular present of querer, 'I want'
- decir
- Infinitive verb meaning 'to say' or 'to tell'
- Me
- Reflexive or object pronoun meaning 'me' or 'myself'
- pagan
- Third-person plural of pagar, 'they pay'
- esta
- Demonstrative adjective meaning 'this' (feminine)
- mañana
- Noun or adverb meaning 'morning' or 'tomorrow'
- dijo
- Third-person singular preterite of decir, 'he/she said'
- El
- Definite article meaning 'the' (masculine singular)
- antro
- Noun meaning 'den,' 'dive,' or disreputable place
- la
- Definite article meaning 'the' (feminine singular)
- escuela
- Noun meaning 'school,' an institution for learning
- Cuánto
- Interrogative meaning 'how much' or 'how many'
- Cuatro
- Number meaning 'four'
- libras
- Plural noun meaning 'pounds,' units of currency or weight
- Préstanos
- Imperative of prestar, 'lend us' something
- Si
- Conjunction meaning 'if,' introduces conditional clauses
- relucientes
- Adjective meaning 'shining' or 'gleaming,' describes brightness
- soberanos
- Noun meaning 'sovereigns,' old British gold coins
- exclamó
- Third-person singular preterite of exclamar, 'he/she exclaimed'
- con
- Preposition meaning 'with'
- deleite
- Noun meaning 'delight,' a feeling of great pleasure
- Nos
- First-person plural object pronoun meaning 'us' or 'ourselves'
- daremos
- First-person plural future of dar, 'we will give'
- borrachera
- Noun meaning 'drunkenness' or 'drinking binge'
- gloriosa
- Adjective meaning 'glorious,' magnificent or splendid
- dejará
- Third-person singular future of dejar, 'will leave/make'
- atónitos
- Adjective meaning 'astonished' or 'stunned'
- a
- Preposition meaning 'to' or 'at'
- los
- Definite article or pronoun meaning 'the' (masculine plural)
- omnipotentes
- Adjective meaning 'omnipotent,' having unlimited power
- Levantó
- Third-person singular preterite of levantar, 'he/she raised'
- brazos
- Plural noun meaning 'arms,' the upper limbs of the body
- al
- Contraction of 'a' and 'el,' meaning 'to the'
- aire
- Noun meaning 'air,' the invisible gaseous substance
- bajó
- Third-person singular preterite of bajar, 'he/she went down'
- pesadamente
- Adverb meaning 'heavily,' in a ponderous or slow manner
- las
- Definite article meaning 'the' (feminine plural)
- escaleras
- Plural noun meaning 'stairs' or 'staircase'
- piedra
- Noun meaning 'stone' or 'rock'
- cantando
- Gerund of cantar, meaning 'singing'
- desafinando
- Gerund of desafinar, meaning 'singing out of tune'
- acento
- Noun meaning 'accent,' distinctive manner of pronunciation
- qué
- Interrogative or exclamatory word meaning 'what' or 'how'
- tiempo
- Noun meaning 'time' or 'weather'
- tan
- Adverb meaning 'so' or 'such,' used for emphasis
- alegre
- Adjective meaning 'cheerful,' 'happy,' or 'merry'
- pasaremos
- First-person plural future of pasar, 'we will spend/pass'
- bebiendo
- Gerund of beber, meaning 'drinking'
- cerveza
- Noun meaning 'beer,' a common alcoholic beverage
- vino
- Noun meaning 'wine,' an alcoholic drink from grapes
- En
- Preposition meaning 'in,' 'on,' or 'at'
- coronación
- Noun meaning 'coronation,' the ceremony of crowning a monarch
- día
- Noun meaning 'day'
- cálido
- Adjective meaning 'warm' or 'hot'
- sol
- Noun meaning 'sun,' the star at the center of our solar system
- brillaba
- Third-person singular imperfect of brillar, 'it was shining'
- alegremente
- Adverb meaning 'cheerfully' or 'happily'
- sobre
- Preposition meaning 'on,' 'over,' or 'about'
- mar
- Noun meaning 'sea,' a large body of salt water
- La
- Definite article meaning 'the' (feminine singular)
- palangana
- Noun meaning 'washbasin' or 'basin' for washing
- afeitar
- Verb meaning 'to shave,' to remove hair with a razor
- níquel
- Noun meaning 'nickel,' a metallic chemical element
- olvidada
- Adjective meaning 'forgotten,' left behind unintentionally
- parapeto
- Noun meaning 'parapet,' a low protective wall or railing
- habría
- Conditional of haber, meaning 'there would be' or 'would have'
- bajarla
- Infinitive bajar plus pronoun, meaning 'to take it down'
- O
- Conjunction meaning 'or,' presenting an alternative
- dejarla
- Infinitive dejar plus pronoun, meaning 'to leave it'
- allí
- Adverb meaning 'there,' indicating a distant location
- todo
- Adjective or pronoun meaning 'all,' 'every,' or 'whole'
- amistad
- Noun meaning 'friendship,' a close bond between people
- Se
- Reflexive pronoun used with many Spanish verbs
- acercó
- Third-person singular preterite of acercarse, 'approached'
- ella
- Third-person singular feminine pronoun meaning 'she' or 'her'
- sostuvo
- Third-person singular preterite of sostener, 'he/she held'
- entre
- Preposition meaning 'between' or 'among'
- sus
- Possessive adjective meaning 'his,' 'her,' or 'their' (plural)
- manos
- Plural noun meaning 'hands,' the body's grasping appendages
- un
- Indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'one' (masculine)
- momento
- Noun meaning 'moment,' a brief period of time
- sintiendo
- Gerund of sentir, meaning 'feeling' or 'sensing'
- su
- Possessive adjective meaning 'his,' 'her,' 'its,' or 'their'
- frescura
- Noun meaning 'freshness' or 'coolness'
- oliendo
- Gerund of oler, meaning 'smelling' or 'sniffing'
- baba
- Noun meaning 'drool,' 'slime,' or 'slobber'
- viscosa
- Adjective meaning 'viscous,' thick and sticky in consistency
- espuma
- Noun meaning 'foam' or 'lather,' as from soap
- en
- Preposition meaning 'in,' 'on,' or 'at'
- estaba
- Third-person singular imperfect of estar, 'he/she/it was'
- hundido
- Past participle of hundir, meaning 'sunken' or 'submerged'
- pincel
- Noun meaning 'paintbrush' or 'brush'
- Así
- Adverb meaning 'thus,' 'like this,' or 'in this way'
- yo
- First-person singular pronoun meaning 'I'
- llevaba
- First-person singular imperfect of llevar, 'I was carrying'
- entonces
- Adverb meaning 'then' or 'at that time'
- Soy
- First-person singular present of ser, meaning 'I am'
- otro
- Adjective or pronoun meaning 'another' or 'other'
- ahora
- Adverb meaning 'now,' at the present time
- sin
- Preposition meaning 'without'
- embargo
- Noun; sin embargo means 'however' or 'nevertheless'
- mismo
- Adjective meaning 'same' or 'itself,' used for emphasis
- También
- Adverb meaning 'also' or 'too'
- sirviente
- Noun meaning 'servant,' one who serves another person
- servidor
- Noun meaning 'servant' or 'server,' one who serves
- sombría
- Adjective meaning 'gloomy,' 'dark,' or 'somber'
- sala
- Noun meaning 'room,' especially a living room or hall
- estar
- Infinitive meaning 'to be,' used for states or conditions
- torre
- Noun meaning 'tower,' a tall narrow building or structure
- figura
- Noun meaning 'figure,' a shape or outline of a person
- se
- Reflexive pronoun used with many Spanish verbs
- movía
- Third-person singular imperfect of moverse, 'was moving'
- ágilmente
- Adverb meaning 'agilely' or 'nimbly,' with quick movement
- lado
- Noun meaning 'side,' as in one side of something
- junto
- Adjective or preposition meaning 'next to' or 'together'
- hogar
- Noun meaning 'home' or 'hearth,' a domestic dwelling
- ocultando
- Gerund of ocultar, meaning 'hiding' or 'concealing'
- revelando
- Gerund of revelar, meaning 'revealing' or 'disclosing'
- amarillo
- Adjective meaning 'yellow,' the bright primary color
- resplandor
- Noun meaning 'radiance,' 'glow,' or 'brilliance' of light
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