Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience — Page 6
Actually, the laboring man has not leisure for a true integrity day by day; he cannot afford to sustain the manliest relations to men; his labor would be depreciated in the market.
En realidad, el hombre trabajador no tiene tiempo libre para una verdadera integridad día a día; no puede permitirse mantener las relaciones más viriles con los hombres; su trabajo se depreciaría en el mercado.
He has no time to be anything but a machine.
No tiene tiempo de ser otra cosa que una máquina.
How can he remember well his ignorance—which his growth requires—who has so often to use his knowledge?
¿Cómo puede recordar bien su ignorancia —que su crecimiento requiere— quien tiene que hacer uso de su conocimiento tan a menudo?
We should feed and clothe him gratuitously sometimes, and recruit him with our cordials, before we judge of him.
Deberíamos alimentarle y vestirle gratuitamente a veces, y reconfortarle con nuestros cordiales, antes de juzgarle.
The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling.
Las cualidades más nobles de nuestra naturaleza, como el lustre de las frutas, solo pueden conservarse con el manejo más delicado.
Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly.
Sin embargo, no nos tratamos a nosotros mismos ni los unos a los otros con tanta ternura.
Some of you, we all know, are poor, find it hard to live, are sometimes, as it were, gasping for breath.
Algunos de vosotros, como todos sabemos, son pobres, les cuesta vivir, y a veces están, por así decirlo, sin aliento.
I have no doubt that some of you who read this book are unable to pay for all the dinners which you have actually eaten, or for the coats and shoes which are fast wearing or are already worn out, and have come to this page to spend borrowed or stolen time, robbing your creditors of an hour.
No me cabe duda de que algunos de los que leen este libro son incapaces de pagar todas las cenas que han comido en realidad, o los abrigos y zapatos que se están gastando rápidamente o ya están gastados, y han llegado a esta página para pasar un tiempo prestado o robado, hurtando una hora a sus acreedores.
Vocabulary
- realidad
- Reality; the state of things as they actually exist
- hombre
- Man; an adult male human being
- trabajador
- Worker; hardworking person dedicated to labor
- tiene
- Has; third-person singular present of 'tener'
- tiempo
- Time; the indefinite continued progress of existence
- libre
- Free; not restricted or occupied by obligations
- verdadera
- True; genuine or real, feminine form of 'verdadero'
- integridad
- Integrity; quality of being honest and having strong morals
- día
- Day; a 24-hour period of time
- puede
- Can; third-person singular present of 'poder'
- permitirse
- To afford; to allow oneself something as a luxury
- mantener
- To maintain; to keep something in a certain state
- relaciones
- Relationships; connections between people or things
- viriles
- Virile; having qualities associated with strength and masculinity
- hombres
- Men; plural of hombre, adult male human beings
- trabajo
- Work; employment or task requiring effort and labor
- depreciaría
- Would depreciate; would lose value in the marketplace
- mercado
- Market; place where goods and services are traded
- ser
- To be; infinitive of the permanent state verb
- cosa
- Thing; an object, idea, or matter of any kind
- máquina
- Machine; mechanical device performing specific tasks
- Cómo
- How; interrogative word asking about manner or way
- recordar
- To remember; to bring something back into one's mind
- bien
- Well; in a good or satisfactory manner
- ignorancia
- Ignorance; lack of knowledge or awareness about something
- crecimiento
- Growth; the process of increasing in size or development
- requiere
- Requires; needs something as necessary or essential
- hacer
- To do, to make; fundamental action verb in Spanish
- uso
- Use; the act of employing something for a purpose
- conocimiento
- Knowledge; information and understanding acquired through experience
- tan
- So, as; adverb indicating degree of comparison
- menudo
- Often; frequently occurring, used in 'a menudo'
- Deberíamos
- We should; first-person plural conditional of 'deber'
- alimentarle
- To feed him; to provide food to a person
- vestirle
- To dress him; to provide clothing to someone
- gratuitamente
- Freely, for free; without charge or payment required
- veces
- Times; instances or occasions of something happening
- reconfortarle
- To comfort him; to provide reassurance or solace
- cordiales
- Warm, cordial; friendly and showing genuine kindness
- antes
- Before; earlier in time or preceding something else
- juzgarle
- To judge him; to form an opinion about someone
- cualidades
- Qualities; characteristics or attributes of a person
- nobles
- Noble; having high moral principles and admirable character
- naturaleza
- Nature; the innate character or qualities of something
- lustre
- Luster, sheen; a gentle glow or shine on a surface
- frutas
- Fruits; edible plant products, typically sweet and fleshy
- solo
- Only, just; exclusively and nothing else beyond
- pueden
- Can; third-person plural present of 'poder'
- conservarse
- To be preserved; to maintain quality or condition over time
- manejo
- Handling; the way something is managed or dealt with
- delicado
- Delicate; requiring careful handling or sensitive treatment
- Sin
- Without; preposition indicating the absence of something
- embargo
- 'Sin embargo' means however; used to introduce contrast
- tratamos
- We treat; first-person plural present of 'tratar'
- mismos
- Ourselves; reflexive intensifier meaning 'ourselves' or 'same'
- ni
- Nor, neither; negative conjunction joining clauses
- otros
- Others; additional or different people or things
- tanta
- So much; feminine singular form of 'tanto'
- ternura
- Tenderness; gentle affection and kindness toward others
- Algunos
- Some; an unspecified number of people or things
- vosotros
- You all; second-person plural pronoun used in Spain
- todos
- All, everyone; referring to the entirety of a group
- sabemos
- We know; first-person plural present of 'saber'
- pobres
- Poor; lacking sufficient money or material possessions
- cuesta
- Costs; it is difficult or expensive to do something
- vivir
- To live; to be alive or to reside somewhere
- así
- Thus, so; in this way or manner
- decirlo
- To say it; infinitive 'decir' with pronoun attached
- sin
- Without; preposition indicating absence or lack of something
- aliento
- Breath; air inhaled or exhaled, also means encouragement
- cabe
- There is room; fits, used in 'no cabe duda'
- duda
- Doubt; uncertainty about the truth of something
- algunos
- Some; an unspecified number of masculine nouns
- leen
- Read; third-person plural present of 'leer'
- libro
- Book; a written or printed literary work
- incapaces
- Unable, incapable; lacking ability to do something
- pagar
- To pay; to give money in exchange for goods
- cenas
- Dinners; evening meals eaten at the end of the day
- comido
- Eaten; past participle of 'comer'
- abrigos
- Coats; warm outer garments worn in cold weather
- zapatos
- Shoes; footwear worn to protect and cover the feet
- gastando
- Spending, wearing out; present participle of 'gastar'
- rápidamente
- Quickly; in a fast or speedy manner
- ya
- Already, now; indicating something has occurred or changed
- gastados
- Worn out, spent; past participle of 'gastar'
- llegado
- Arrived; past participle of 'llegar'
- página
- Page; a leaf of a book or one side thereof
- pasar
- To pass; to go by or to hand something to someone
- prestado
- Borrowed; obtained temporarily from someone else
- robado
- Stolen; taken illegally without permission from someone
- hurtando
- Stealing, pilfering; taking something secretly without permission
- hora
- Hour; a period of sixty minutes of time
- acreedores
- Creditors; people to whom money is owed by others
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