Ulysses — Page 9
He looked in Stephen's face as he spoke.
Il regarda le visage de Stephen en parlant.
A light wind passed his brow, fanning softly his fair uncombed hair and stirring silver points of anxiety in his eyes.
Un léger vent passa sur son front, agitant doucement ses cheveux blonds mal peignés et éveillant dans ses yeux des points d'inquiétude argentés.
Stephen, depressed by his own voice, said:
Stephen, déprimé par le son de sa propre voix, dit :
—Do you remember the first day I went to your house after my mother's death?
— Vous souvenez-vous du premier jour où je suis allé chez vous après la mort de ma mère ?
Buck Mulligan frowned quickly and said:
Buck Mulligan fronça rapidement les sourcils et dit :
—What? Where? I can't remember anything. I remember only ideas and sensations. Why? What happened in the name of God?
— Quoi ? Où ? Je ne me souviens de rien. Je ne me souviens que d'idées et de sensations. Pourquoi ? Que s'est-il passé, nom de Dieu ?
—You were making tea, Stephen said, and went across the landing to get more hot water.
— Vous faisiez du thé, dit Stephen, et vous êtes allé sur le palier chercher de l'eau chaude.
Your mother and some visitor came out of the drawingroom.
Votre mère et un visiteur sortirent du salon.
She asked you who was in your room.
Elle vous demanda qui se trouvait dans votre chambre.
—Yes? Buck Mulligan said. What did I say? I forget.
— Oui ? dit Buck Mulligan. Qu'ai-je dit ? J'ai oublié.
—You said, Stephen answered, _O, it's only Dedalus whose mother is beastly dead._
— Vous avez dit, répondit Stephen, _Oh, c'est seulement Dedalus dont la mère est bougrement morte._
A flush which made him seem younger and more engaging rose to Buck Mulligan's cheek.
Une rougeur qui le faisait paraître plus jeune et plus attachant monta aux joues de Buck Mulligan.
—Did I say that? he asked. Well? What harm is that?
— Ai-je dit cela ? demanda-t-il. Et alors ? Où est le mal ?
He shook his constraint from him nervously.
Il se défit nerveusement de sa gêne.
—And what is death, he asked, your mother's or yours or my own?
— Et qu'est-ce que la mort, demanda-t-il, celle de votre mère, la vôtre ou la mienne ?
You saw only your mother die.
Vous n'avez vu mourir que votre mère.
I see them pop off every day in the Mater and Richmond and cut up into tripes in the dissectingroom.
Moi, je les vois partir chaque jour au Mater et au Richmond et se faire découper en morceaux dans la salle de dissection.
It's a beastly thing and nothing else.
C'est une chose ignoble, rien de plus.
It simply doesn't matter.
Cela n'a tout simplement aucune importance.
You wouldn't kneel down to pray for your mother on her deathbed when she asked you.
Vous n'avez pas voulu vous agenouiller pour prier pour votre mère sur son lit de mort quand elle vous l'a demandé.
Why? Because you have the cursed jesuit strain in you, only it's injected the wrong way.
Pourquoi ? Parce que vous avez en vous ce maudit fond jésuite, seulement il a été injecté à l'envers.
Vocabulary
- regarda
- Past tense of 'regarder'; looked at someone or something
- visage
- Face; the front part of a person's head
- parlant
- Present participle of 'parler'; speaking or talking
- léger
- Light, gentle, or slight in weight or intensity
- vent
- Wind; moving air outdoors
- passa
- Past tense of 'passer'; passed by or went through
- front
- Forehead; the part of the face above the eyes
- agitant
- Present participle of 'agiter'; stirring or shaking gently
- doucement
- Softly, gently, or quietly
- cheveux
- Hair; the strands growing on a person's head
- blonds
- Blonde; light or golden yellow in hair color
- mal
- Badly or poorly; in an unsatisfactory manner
- peignés
- Combed; past participle of 'peigner', to comb hair
- éveillant
- Present participle of 'éveiller'; awakening or stirring up
- yeux
- Eyes; plural of 'œil', the organs of sight
- points
- Points or spots; small distinct marks or dots
- inquiétude
- Anxiety or unease; a feeling of worry or concern
- argentés
- Silvery; having a silver color or sheen
- déprimé
- Depressed or downcast; feeling low or discouraged
- propre
- Own; belonging specifically to oneself
- voix
- Voice; the sound produced when a person speaks or sings
- dit
- Past tense of 'dire'; said or told something
- souvenez-vous
- Imperative of 'se souvenir'; do you remember something
- premier
- First; the ordinal number indicating position one
- jour
- Day; a period of twenty-four hours
- allé
- Past participle of 'aller'; gone to a place
- chez
- Preposition meaning 'at the home of' someone
- après
- Preposition meaning 'after' in time or sequence
- mort
- Death; the end of a living organism's life
- mère
- Mother; a female parent
- fronça
- Past tense of 'froncer'; furrowed or knitted brows
- rapidement
- Quickly or rapidly; in a fast manner
- sourcils
- Eyebrows; the arched strips of hair above the eyes
- Quoi
- Interrogative pronoun meaning 'what'
- souviens
- First person singular of 'se souvenir'; I remember
- rien
- Nothing; not anything at all
- idées
- Ideas; thoughts or concepts in one's mind
- sensations
- Sensations; physical or emotional feelings experienced
- Pourquoi
- Interrogative adverb meaning 'why'
- passé
- Past; what happened or occurred before now
- nom
- Name; a word used to identify a person or thing
- Dieu
- God; the supreme divine being
- faisiez
- Imperfect of 'faire'; you were doing or making something
- thé
- Tea; a hot drink brewed from dried leaves
- palier
- Landing; a platform between flights of stairs
- chercher
- To look for or fetch something or someone
- eau
- Water; the clear liquid essential for life
- chaude
- Hot or warm; having a high temperature
- visiteur
- Visitor; a person who comes to see someone
- sortirent
- Past tense of 'sortir'; they went or came out
- salon
- Living room or lounge; a room for receiving guests
- demanda
- Past tense of 'demander'; asked or requested something
- trouvait
- Imperfect of 'trouver'; was located or found somewhere
- chambre
- Bedroom or room; a private sleeping space
- oublié
- Forgotten; past participle of 'oublier', to forget
- répondit
- Past tense of 'répondre'; replied or answered something
- seulement
- Only or merely; nothing more than that
- dont
- Relative pronoun meaning 'whose', 'of which', or 'about which'
- bougrement
- Damn or terribly; a vulgar intensifying adverb
- morte
- Dead; feminine form of 'mort', no longer alive
- rougeur
- Redness or blush; reddening of the skin from emotion
- faisait
- Imperfect of 'faire'; was making or causing something
- paraître
- To appear or seem; to give an impression of something
- plus
- More; to a greater degree or extent
- jeune
- Young; being at an early stage of life
- attachant
- Endearing or captivating; attracting affection or interest
- monta
- Past tense of 'monter'; rose or went up somewhere
- joues
- Cheeks; the fleshy sides of the face
- cela
- Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'that' or 'this thing'
- alors
- Then or so; indicating a consequence or moment in time
- défit
- Past tense of 'défaire'; undid or dismantled something
- nerveusement
- Nervously; in an anxious or uneasy manner
- gêne
- Embarrassment or discomfort; a feeling of awkwardness
- celle
- Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'that one' (feminine singular)
- vôtre
- Yours; possessive pronoun referring to the listener's thing
- mienne
- Mine; possessive pronoun referring to something I own (feminine)
- vu
- Seen; past participle of 'voir', to see
- mourir
- To die; to cease to live
- vois
- First person singular of 'voir'; I see
- partir
- To leave or depart; to go away from a place
- chaque
- Each or every; referring to all individual members
- faire
- To do or make; a fundamental action verb
- découper
- To cut up; to divide into pieces with a blade
- morceaux
- Pieces or chunks; parts cut from a larger whole
- salle
- Room or hall; a large space used for a purpose
- dissection
- Dissection; cutting open a body for anatomical study
- chose
- Thing; an object, matter, or subject
- ignoble
- Ignoble or vile; morally base and utterly disgraceful
- Cela
- Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'that' or 'this'
- tout
- All, entirely, or completely; the whole of something
- simplement
- Simply; in a plain or straightforward manner
- aucune
- No or none; not any (feminine form)
- importance
- Importance; the quality of being significant or meaningful
- voulu
- Wanted; past participle of 'vouloir', to want or wish
- agenouiller
- To kneel; to go down on one's knees
- prier
- To pray; to address a deity or make a request
- lit
- Bed; a piece of furniture used for sleeping
- quand
- Conjunction or adverb meaning 'when'
- demandé
- Asked or requested; past participle of 'demander'
- Parce
- Because; used in 'parce que' to give a reason
- maudit
- Damned or cursed; expressing strong frustration or condemnation
- fond
- Bottom or depth; the deepest or innermost part
- jésuite
- Jesuit; a member of the Society of Jesus (Catholic order)
- injecté
- Injected; instilled or introduced forcefully into something
- envers
- Towards; in the direction of or with respect to someone
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