Ulysses — Page 1
Ulysses
Ulisses
by James Joyce
por James Joyce
Contents
Índice
Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.
Majestoso e corpulento, Buck Mulligan veio do topo da escada, carregando uma tigela de espuma de barbear sobre a qual repousavam cruzados um espelho e uma navalha.
A yellow dressinggown, ungirdled, was sustained gently behind him on the mild morning air.
Um roupão amarelo, desapertado, flutuava suavemente atrás dele na branda manhã.
He held the bowl aloft and intoned:
Ele ergueu a tigela e entoou:
—Introibo ad altare Dei.
—Introibo ad altare Dei.
Halted, he peered down the dark winding stairs and called out coarsely:
Parado, ele espreitou a escada escura e sinuosa e gritou grosseiramente:
—Come up, Kinch! Come up, you fearful jesuit!
—Sobe, Kinch! Sobe, seu jesuíta medroso!
Solemnly he came forward and mounted the round gunrest.
Solenemente ele avançou e subiu no suporte redondo do canhão.
He faced about and blessed gravely thrice the tower, the surrounding land and the awaking mountains.
Ele se virou e benzeu solenemente três vezes a torre, as terras ao redor e as montanhas que despertavam.
Then, catching sight of Stephen Dedalus, he bent towards him and made rapid crosses in the air, gurgling in his throat and shaking his head.
Então, avistando Stephen Dedalus, inclinou-se na direção dele e fez rápidas cruzes no ar, gorgolejando na garganta e sacudindo a cabeça.
Stephen Dedalus, displeased and sleepy, leaned his arms on the top of the staircase and looked coldly at the shaking gurgling face that blessed him, equine in its length, and at the light untonsured hair, grained and hued like pale oak.
Stephen Dedalus, descontente e sonolento, apoiou os braços no topo da escada e olhou friamente para o rosto trêmulo e gorgolejante que o abençoava, equino em seu comprimento, e para os cabelos claros não tosquiados, granulados e tingidos como carvalho pálido.
Buck Mulligan peeped an instant under the mirror and then covered the bowl smartly.
Buck Mulligan espreitou por um instante sob o espelho e então cobriu a tigela com desenvoltura.
—Back to barracks!
—De volta ao quartel!
Vocabulary
- por
- pohr — by, for, or through; common preposition
- Índice
- EEN-dee-se — index or table of contents in a book
- Majestoso
- ma-zhes-TOH-zoo — majestic, grand, or stately in appearance
- e
- ee — and; basic coordinating conjunction
- corpulento
- kohr-poo-LEN-too — corpulent, heavyset, having a large body
- veio
- VAY-oo — came; past tense of vir, to come
- do
- doo — contraction of de+o, from the
- topo
- TOH-poo — top, summit, or highest point of something
- da
- dah — contraction of de+a, of the (feminine)
- escada
- es-KAH-dah — staircase or ladder used for climbing
- carregando
- kah-he-GAN-doo — carrying or bearing something in one's hands
- uma
- OO-mah — a, an; indefinite article, feminine singular
- tigela
- tee-ZHEH-lah — bowl, a rounded dish for holding food
- de
- dee — of, from; very common preposition
- espuma
- es-POO-mah — foam, lather, or froth on a surface
- barbear
- bar-bee-AR — to shave; act of removing facial hair
- sobre
- SOH-bre — on, over, or about something
- a
- ah — the; definite article, feminine singular
- qual
- kwahl — which, that; relative or interrogative pronoun
- repousavam
- he-poh-ZAH-vão — rested, lay upon; third person plural imperfect
- cruzados
- kroo-ZAH-doos — crossed, placed crosswise over each other
- um
- oong — a, an; indefinite article, masculine singular
- espelho
- es-PEH-lyoo — mirror used for seeing one's reflection
- navalha
- na-VAH-lyah — razor or penknife with a sharp blade
- Um
- oong — a, an; indefinite article, masculine singular
- roupão
- hoh-PÃO — bathrobe or dressing gown worn loosely
- amarelo
- ah-mah-REH-loo — yellow; the color of the sun
- desapertado
- dez-ah-per-TAH-doo — loosened, unfastened, not tightly secured
- flutuava
- floo-too-AH-vah — floated or fluttered gently in the air
- suavemente
- swah-ve-MEN-te — softly, gently, smoothly in movement
- atrás
- ah-TRAHS — behind, at the back of someone
- dele
- DEH-le — of him, his; contraction of de+ele
- na
- nah — in the; contraction of em+a (feminine)
- branda
- BRAN-dah — mild, gentle, soft; feminine adjective
- manhã
- man-YAH — morning; the early part of the day
- Ele
- EH-le — he; third person masculine singular pronoun
- ergueu
- er-GYEW — raised, lifted up; past tense of erguer
- entoou
- en-toh-OH — intoned, chanted; began singing ceremonially
- Parado
- pah-RAH-doo — stopped, standing still, motionless
- ele
- EH-le — he; third person masculine singular pronoun
- espreitou
- es-pray-TOH — peered, peeked, looked stealthily at something
- escura
- es-KOO-rah — dark, dim; feminine form of escuro
- sinuosa
- see-noo-OH-zah — winding, sinuous, curving in multiple directions
- gritou
- gree-TOH — shouted, yelled; past tense of gritar
- grosseiramente
- groh-say-rah-MEN-te — rudely, coarsely, in a rough manner
- Sobe
- SOH-be — come up, climb; imperative of subir
- seu
- SAY-oo — your, his, her; possessive pronoun or adjective
- jesuíta
- zhe-zoo-EE-tah — Jesuit; member of Catholic religious order
- medroso
- me-DROH-zoo — fearful, cowardly, easily frightened
- Solenemente
- so-le-ne-MEN-te — solemnly, in a serious ceremonial manner
- avançou
- ah-van-SOH — advanced, moved forward; past tense avançar
- subiu
- soo-BYOO — climbed up, ascended; past tense of subir
- no
- noo — in the; contraction of em+o (masculine)
- suporte
- soo-POHR-te — support, stand, a structure holding something up
- redondo
- he-DON-doo — round, circular in shape
- canhão
- kan-YÃO — cannon, large artillery weapon; also canyon
- se
- se — himself, herself; reflexive pronoun
- virou
- vee-ROH — turned around; past tense of virar
- benzeu
- ben-ZEW — blessed, made sign of cross over something
- solenemente
- so-le-ne-MEN-te — solemnly, gravely, with ceremonial seriousness
- três
- trez — three; the cardinal number 3
- vezes
- VEH-zes — times, occasions; plural of vez
- torre
- TOH-he — tower, a tall structure or building
- as
- ahz — the; definite article, feminine plural
- terras
- TEH-has — lands, grounds, territories; plural of terra
- ao
- ow — to the; contraction of a+o (masculine)
- redor
- he-DOHR — surroundings, area around something
- montanhas
- mon-TAN-yaz — mountains; plural of montanha
- que
- ke — that, which, who; relative conjunction or pronoun
- despertavam
- des-per-TAH-vão — were awakening, waking up; imperfect tense
- Então
- en-TÃO — then, so, at that moment in time
- avistando
- ah-vis-TAN-doo — spotting, catching sight of someone afar
- inclinou-se
- in-klee-NOH-se — leaned, bent forward; reflexive past tense
- direção
- dee-re-SÃO — direction, toward; heading somewhere specific
- fez
- fez — made, did; past tense of fazer
- rápidas
- HAH-pee-das — quick, rapid, fast; feminine plural adjective
- cruzes
- KROO-zes — crosses; plural of cruz, Christian symbol
- ar
- ahr — air; the atmosphere surrounding us
- gorgolejando
- gohr-goh-le-ZHAN-doo — gurgling, making a liquid bubbling throat sound
- garganta
- gar-GAN-tah — throat; the front part of the neck
- sacudindo
- sah-koo-DEEN-doo — shaking, trembling; present participle of sacudir
- cabeça
- kah-BEH-sah — head; the uppermost part of the body
- descontente
- des-kon-TEN-te — discontented, displeased, not satisfied
- sonolento
- so-no-LEN-too — sleepy, drowsy, feeling the need to sleep
- apoiou
- ah-poy-OH — leaned, rested upon; past tense of apoiar
- os
- ooz — the; definite article, masculine plural
- braços
- BRAH-sooz — arms; plural of braço, upper limbs
- olhou
- oh-LYOH — looked, gazed; past tense of olhar
- friamente
- free-ah-MEN-te — coldly, with indifference or detachment
- para
- PAH-rah — for, to, toward; very common preposition
- o
- oo — the; definite article, masculine singular
- rosto
- HOS-too — face; the front part of the head
- trêmulo
- TREH-moo-loo — trembling, quivering, shaking with slight movement
- gorgolejante
- gohr-goh-le-ZHAN-te — gurgling, producing a bubbling liquid sound
- abençoava
- ah-ben-soh-AH-vah — was blessing; imperfect tense of abençoar
- equino
- e-KEE-noo — equine, horse-like; relating to horses
- em
- eng — in, at; common locative preposition
- comprimento
- kom-pree-MEN-too — length, the measurement of something end to end
- cabelos
- kah-BEH-looz — hair; plural of cabelo, strands of hair
- claros
- KLAH-roos — light, fair, pale; masculine plural adjective
- não
- nãow — no, not; basic negation word
- granulados
- grah-noo-LAH-doos — granular, grainy in texture or appearance
- tingidos
- teen-ZHEE-doos — dyed, tinted, colored artificially
- como
- KOH-moo — like, as, how; comparison or manner word
- carvalho
- kar-VAH-lyoo — oak tree; a sturdy hardwood tree
- pálido
- PAH-lee-doo — pale, pallid, lacking color in complexion
- instante
- ins-TAN-te — instant, moment; a very brief period of time
- sob
- sohb — under, beneath; preposition of position below
- então
- en-TÃO — then, therefore; temporal or logical connector
- cobriu
- koh-BREE-oo — covered, hid; past tense of cobrir
- com
- kong — with; basic preposition of accompaniment
- desenvoltura
- de-zen-vol-TOO-rah — ease, nonchalance, casual confident manner
- De
- de — of, from; common preposition
- volta
- VOL-tah — return, turn; de volta means back again
- quartel
- kwar-TEL — barracks, military quarters or garrison building
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