Ulysses — Page 12
Folded away in the memory of nature with her toys.
Riposta nella memoria della natura insieme ai suoi giocattoli.
Memories beset his brooding brain.
I ricordi assediavano il suo cervello malinconico.
Her glass of water from the kitchen tap when she had approached the sacrament.
Il suo bicchiere d'acqua dal rubinetto della cucina quando si era accostata al sacramento.
A cored apple, filled with brown sugar, roasting for her at the hob on a dark autumn evening.
Una mela svuotata, riempita di zucchero di canna, che arrostiva per lei sul fornello in una buia sera d'autunno.
Her shapely fingernails reddened by the blood of squashed lice from the children's shirts.
Le sue unghie ben curate arrossate dal sangue dei pidocchi schiacciati dalle camicie dei bambini.
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.
In sogno, in silenzio, gli era venuta incontro, il suo corpo consumato avvolto nei larghi abiti funebri emanava un odore di cera e palissandro, il suo respiro, chinata su di lui con mute parole segrete, un tenue odore di cenere bagnata.
Her glazing eyes, staring out of death, to shake and bend my soul.
I suoi occhi che si appannavano, fissi oltre la morte, per scuotere e piegare la mia anima.
On me alone.
Su di me soltanto.
The ghostcandle to light her agony.
Il cero funebre ad illuminare la sua agonia.
Ghostly light on the tortured face.
Luce spettrale sul volto straziato.
Her hoarse loud breath rattling in horror, while all prayed on their knees.
Il suo respiro rauco e pesante rantolava nell'orrore, mentre tutti pregavano in ginocchio.
Her eyes on me to strike me down.
I suoi occhi su di me per abbattermi.
_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! Divoratore di cadaveri!
No, mother! Let me be and let me live.
No, madre! Lasciami stare e lasciami vivere.
—Kinch ahoy!
—Kinch ahoy!
Buck Mulligan's voice sang from within the tower.
La voce di Buck Mulligan risuonò dall'interno della torre.
It came nearer up the staircase, calling again.
Si avvicinò su per la scala, chiamando di nuovo.
Stephen, still trembling at his soul's cry, heard warm running sunlight and in the air behind him friendly words.
Stephen, ancora tremante per il grido della sua anima, percepì il caldo fluire della luce del sole e nell'aria dietro di lui parole amichevoli.
—Dedalus, come down, like a good mosey. Breakfast is ready. Haines is apologising for waking us last night. It's all right.
—Dedalus, scendi, da bravo. La colazione è pronta. Haines si sta scusando per averci svegliati ieri notte. Va tutto bene.
—I'm coming, Stephen said, turning.
—Arrivo, disse Stephen, girandosi.
—Do, for Jesus' sake, Buck Mulligan said.
—Fallo, per amor di Dio, disse Buck Mulligan.
Vocabulary
- Riposta
- Reply or retort in conversation or argument
- nella
- In the (feminine singular contraction)
- memoria
- Memory or recollection of past events
- della
- Of the (feminine singular contraction)
- natura
- Nature or natural world and environment
- insieme
- Together with or at the same time
- ai
- To the (masculine plural contraction)
- suoi
- His or her (masculine plural possessive)
- giocattoli
- Toys or playthings for children
- ricordi
- Memories or remembrances of past events
- assediavano
- They besieged or surrounded persistently
- il
- The (masculine singular article)
- suo
- His or her (masculine singular possessive)
- cervello
- Brain or intellect of a person
- malinconico
- Melancholic or sad and thoughtful
- Il
- The (masculine singular article capitalized)
- bicchiere
- Glass or drinking cup for beverages
- acqua
- Water or liquid for drinking
- dal
- From the (masculine singular contraction)
- rubinetto
- Faucet or tap for water flow
- cucina
- Kitchen or place for cooking meals
- quando
- When or at what time
- si
- Oneself or reflexive pronoun particle
- era
- Was or past tense of essere
- al
- To the (masculine singular contraction)
- sacramento
- Sacrament or religious ceremony and ritual
- Una
- A or one (feminine singular article)
- mela
- Apple or common fruit from tree
- riempita
- Filled or made full of something
- di
- Of or preposition indicating possession
- zucchero
- Sugar or sweet crystalline substance
- che
- That or relative pronoun
- arrostiva
- Roasted or cooked over fire
- per
- For or preposition of purpose
- lei
- Her or she (third person feminine)
- sul
- On the (masculine singular contraction)
- fornello
- Stove or cooking burner appliance
- in
- In or inside a place or time
- una
- A or one (feminine singular)
- buia
- Dark or without light or gloomy
- sera
- Evening or time after sunset
- autunno
- Autumn or fall season of year
- Le
- The or her (feminine plural)
- sue
- Her or his (feminine plural possessive)
- unghie
- Nails or fingernails on hands
- ben
- Well or in good manner
- curate
- Cared for or well-maintained
- sangue
- Blood or vital fluid in body
- dei
- Of the or some (masculine plural)
- schiacciati
- Crushed or flattened under pressure
- dalle
- From the or by the (feminine)
- camicie
- Shirts or garments for upper body
- bambini
- Children or young boys and girls
- In
- In or inside a place or time
- sogno
- Dream or vision during sleep
- silenzio
- Silence or absence of sound completely
- gli
- To him or the (masculine plural)
- venuta
- Come or arrived at destination
- incontro
- Meeting or encounter with someone
- corpo
- Body or physical form of person
- consumato
- Worn out or exhausted and tired
- avvolto
- Wrapped or covered in something
- nei
- In the (masculine plural contraction)
- larghi
- Wide or broad in measurement
- abiti
- Clothes or garments worn on body
- emanava
- Emanated or gave off or emitted
- un
- A or one (masculine singular)
- odore
- Smell or scent or aroma
- cera
- Wax or waxy substance for polishing
- respiro
- Breath or act of breathing
- su
- On or upon a surface
- lui
- Him or he (third person masculine)
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