Won from the Waves — Page 14
Looking towards the landing-place, the tall figure of Sal of the Salt Sea was seen standing on the edge of the pier gazing down upon them.
Mirando hacia el embarcadero, la alta figura de Sal del Mar Salado fue vista de pie en el borde del muelle contemplándolos.
"Foolish men! you have had your toil for nought, yet it is well for you that you could not reach the doomed ship.
«¡Hombres necios! habéis trabajado en vano, aunque es una suerte para vosotros que no pudierais alcanzar el barco condenado.
I warned you, and you disregarded me.
Os advertí, y me ignorasteis.
I commanded the winds and waves to stop your progress; they listened to my orders and obeyed me.
Ordené a los vientos y las olas que detuvieran vuestro avance; escucharon mis órdenes y me obedecieron.
You will not another time venture to disregard my warnings.
No osaréis otra vez ignorar mis advertencias.
Now go to your homes, and be thankful that I did not think fit to punish you for your folly.
Ahora id a vuestras casas, y estad agradecidos de que no consideré oportuno castigaros por vuestra necedad.
Again I warn you that yonder ship is doomed! is doomed! is doomed!"
¡Os advierto de nuevo que aquel barco está condenado! ¡está condenado! ¡está condenado!»
While the old woman was uttering these words in the same harsh, loud tones as before, Adam and his crew were making their way to the landing-place.
Mientras la anciana pronunciaba estas palabras con el mismo tono áspero y fuerte de antes, Adam y su tripulación se dirigían hacia el embarcadero.
Before they reached it, however, the strange being had disappeared in the darkness, though her voice could be heard as she took her way apparently towards the cliffs.
Sin embargo, antes de que llegaran, el extraño ser había desaparecido en la oscuridad, aunque su voz podía oírse mientras se dirigía aparentemente hacia los acantilados.
"Again, lads, I say, don't let what you have heard from the poor mad woman trouble you," exclaimed Adam.
«Una vez más, muchachos, os digo, no dejéis que lo que habéis oído de la pobre mujer loca os perturbe», exclamó Adam.
"Come to my cottage, and we will have a bite of supper, and wait till we have the chance of getting off again."
«Venid a mi cabaña, comeremos algo de cena y esperaremos hasta tener la oportunidad de partir de nuevo.»
Dame Halliburt, expecting them, had prepared supper.
La señora Halliburt, esperándolos, había preparado la cena.
The sanded floors and rough chairs and stools which formed the furniture of her abode were not to be injured by their dripping garments.
Los suelos enlosados y las sillas y taburetes toscos que formaban el mobiliario de su morada no iban a ser dañados por sus ropas empapadas.
Vocabulary
- Mirando
- Looking at, watching, observing
- hacia
- Toward, in the direction of
- el
- The (masculine singular article)
- embarcadero
- Dock, pier, place where boats embark
- la
- The (feminine singular article)
- alta
- Tall, high, elevated in position
- figura
- Figure, shape, form, silhouette
- de
- Of, from, belonging to
- del
- Of the, from the (contraction)
- Mar
- Sea, ocean
- Salado
- Salty, briny, containing salt
- fue
- Was (preterite of ser)
- vista
- Seen, viewed, sight, vision
- pie
- Foot, base, stand
- en
- In, on, at (preposition)
- borde
- Edge, border, brink, rim
- muelle
- Dock, wharf, pier, soft spring
- contemplándolos
- Contemplating them, observing them closely
- Hombres
- Men, males, human beings
- necios
- Foolish, stupid, silly persons
- habéis
- You have (second person plural)
- trabajado
- Worked, labored, toiled
- vano
- Vain, futile, useless, empty
- aunque
- Although, though, even though
- es
- Is (present tense of ser)
- una
- A, one (feminine indefinite article)
- suerte
- Luck, fortune, chance, fate
- para
- For, to, in order to
- vosotros
- You all (informal second person plural)
- que
- That, which, who, whom
- no
- No, not (negation)
- pudierais
- You could, you were able (subjunctive)
- alcanzar
- To reach, to attain, to catch
- barco
- Boat, ship, vessel
- condenado
- Condemned, damned, doomed
- Os
- You (indirect object, second person plural)
- advertí
- I warned, I advised (preterite)
- me
- Me, to me (indirect object)
- ignorasteis
- You ignored (second person plural preterite)
- Ordené
- I ordered, I commanded (preterite)
- los
- The (masculine plural article)
- vientos
- Winds, air currents, breezes
- las
- The (feminine plural article)
- olas
- Waves, surges of water
- detuvieran
- They stopped, they detained (subjunctive)
- vuestro
- Your, yours (possessive adjective)
- avance
- Advance, progress, forward movement
- escucharon
- They listened, they heard (preterite)
- mis
- My (possessive adjective, plural)
- órdenes
- Orders, commands, instructions
- obedecieron
- They obeyed (third person plural preterite)
- No
- No, not (negation)
- osaréis
- You will dare (second person plural future)
- otra
- Another, other (feminine)
- vez
- Time, occasion, instance
- ignorar
- To ignore, to be unaware of
- advertencias
- Warnings, cautions, admonitions
- Ahora
- Now, at this moment, currently
- id
- Go (second person plural imperative)
- vuestras
- Your, yours (possessive feminine plural)
- casas
- Houses, homes, dwellings
- estad
- Be (second person plural imperative)
- agradecidos
- Grateful, thankful, appreciative
- consideré
- I considered, I thought (preterite)
- oportuno
- Opportune, timely, convenient, appropriate
- castigaros
- To punish you (infinitive with pronoun)
- por
- By, through, for, because of
- vuestra
- Your, yours (possessive feminine singular)
- necedad
- Foolishness, stupidity, nonsense
- advierto
- I warn, I notice (present tense)
- nuevo
- New, fresh, novel, recent
- aquel
- That, that one (masculine singular)
- está
- Is, is located (present tense)
- Mientras
- While, meanwhile, during
- anciana
- Elderly woman, old woman, aged female
- pronunciaba
- She pronounced, she uttered (imperfect)
- estas
- These (feminine plural demonstrative)
- palabras
- Words, speech, utterances
- con
- With, accompanied by, in company
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