Wuthering Heights — Page 6
While enjoying a month of fine weather at the sea-coast, I was thrown into the company of a most fascinating creature: a real goddess in my eyes, as long as she took no notice of me.
Während ich einen Monat schönen Wetters an der Meeresküste genoss, wurde ich in die Gesellschaft eines höchst faszinierenden Wesens geworfen: eine wahre Göttin in meinen Augen, solange sie keine Notiz von mir nahm.
I "never told my love" vocally; still, if looks have language, the merest idiot might have guessed I was over head and ears: she understood me at last, and looked a return—the sweetest of all imaginable looks.
Ich habe meine Liebe niemals in Worten bekundet; dennoch, wenn Blicke eine Sprache haben, hätte selbst der dümmste Idiot erraten können, dass ich bis über beide Ohren verliebt war: sie verstand mich schließlich und erwiderte meinen Blick – der süßeste aller vorstellbaren Blicke.
And what did I do? I confess it with shame—shrunk icily into myself, like a snail; at every glance retired colder and farther; till finally the poor innocent was led to doubt her own senses, and, overwhelmed with confusion at her supposed mistake, persuaded her mamma to decamp.
Und was tat ich? Ich gestehe es mit Scham – ich zog mich eisig in mich selbst zurück wie eine Schnecke; bei jedem Blick wurde ich kälter und zog mich weiter zurück; bis das arme unschuldige Mädchen schließlich dazu gebracht wurde, an ihren eigenen Sinnen zu zweifeln, und, überwältigt von Verwirrung über ihren vermeintlichen Irrtum, ihre Mama überredete, das Weite zu suchen.
By this curious turn of disposition I have gained the reputation of deliberate heartlessness; how undeserved, I alone can appreciate.
Durch diese merkwürdige Eigenart meines Wesens habe ich den Ruf vorsätzlicher Herzlosigkeit erworben; wie unverdient dieser ist, kann nur ich allein ermessen.
I took a seat at the end of the hearthstone opposite that towards which my landlord advanced, and filled up an interval of silence by attempting to caress the canine mother, who had left her nursery, and was sneaking wolfishly to the back of my legs, her lip curled up, and her white teeth watering for a snatch.
Ich nahm am Ende des Kaminsimses Platz, gegenüber jenem Ende, dem mein Vermieter sich näherte, und überbrückte eine Pause des Schweigens, indem ich versuchte, die Hundemutter zu streicheln, die ihr Lager verlassen hatte und sich wolfsmäßig hinter meine Beine schlich, mit hochgezogener Lippe und weißen Zähnen, die gierig nach einem Biss verlangten.
My caress provoked a long, guttural gnarl.
Meine Liebkosung provozierte ein langes, kehliches Knurren.
Vocabulary
- Während
- During; while; whereas
- ich
- I; first person singular pronoun
- einen
- A; an; accusative masculine article or pronoun
- Monat
- Month; period of approximately thirty days
- schönen
- Beautiful; lovely; attractive (accusative masculine form)
- Wetters
- Weather; atmospheric conditions (genitive form)
- an
- At; on; to; preposition indicating location or direction
- der
- The; definite article (feminine nominative or dative)
- Meeresküste
- Seacoast; coastal area along the ocean
- genoss
- Enjoyed; savored; past tense of genießen
- wurde
- Was; became; past tense of werden
- in
- In; into; within; preposition of location or direction
- die
- The; definite article (feminine accusative or plural)
- Gesellschaft
- Society; company; social group or association
- eines
- Of a; one (genitive neuter or masculine form)
- höchst
- Highly; extremely; most; superlative adverb
- faszinierenden
- Fascinating; captivating; enchanting (present participle form)
- Wesens
- Being; creature; essence (genitive form)
- geworfen
- Thrown; cast; past participle of werfen
- eine
- A; an; indefinite article (feminine nominative)
- wahre
- True; genuine; real (attributive adjective form)
- Göttin
- Goddess; divine female figure or entity
- meinen
- My; mine; to mean; possess or intend
- Augen
- Eyes; organs of sight (plural form)
- solange
- As long as; so long as; provided that
- sie
- She; they; formal you; third person pronoun
- keine
- No; not any; none (plural or feminine form)
- Notiz
- Note; notice; attention to something
- von
- Of; from; by; preposition showing possession or origin
- mir
- Me; myself; to me; dative first person
- nahm
- Took; past tense of nehmen
- Ich
- I; first person singular pronoun (capitalized)
- habe
- Have; auxiliary verb for present perfect tense
- meine
- My; mine; first person possessive adjective
- Liebe
- Love; affection; deep emotional attachment
- niemals
- Never; not ever; at no time
- Worten
- Words; spoken or written expressions (dative plural)
- bekundet
- Expressed; manifested; declared or demonstrated
- dennoch
- Yet; nevertheless; however; still despite that
- wenn
- If; when; conditional or temporal conjunction
- Blicke
- Looks; glances; gazes (plural form)
- Sprache
- Language; speech; means of communication
- haben
- Have; to have; auxiliary or main verb
- hätte
- Would have; had; subjunctive form of haben
- selbst
- Self; even; myself; emphasizing or reflexive pronoun
- dümmste
- Stupidest; dumbest; most foolish (superlative form)
- Idiot
- Idiot; fool; unintelligent or foolish person
- erraten
- Guess; to guess; figure out by guessing
- können
- Can; to be able; modal auxiliary verb
- dass
- That; conjunction introducing dependent clause
- bis
- Until; till; up to point in time
- über
- Over; above; across; preposition of position
- beide
- Both; two together; both things or people
- Ohren
- Ears; organs of hearing (plural form)
- verliebt
- In love; enamored; besotted (past participle)
- war
- Was; past tense of sein
- verstand
- Understood; past tense of verstehen
- mich
- Me; myself; accusative first person pronoun
- schließlich
- Finally; at last; eventually in conclusion
- und
- And; conjunction connecting words or clauses
- erwiderte
- Returned; reciprocated; answered back in response
- Blick
- Look; glance; gaze or visual appearance
- süßeste
- Sweetest; most sweet (superlative form)
- aller
- Of all; all (genitive plural form)
- vorstellbaren
- Imaginable; conceivable; that can be imagined
- Und
- And; conjunction connecting words (capitalized)
- was
- What; which; interrogative or relative pronoun
- tat
- Did; past tense of tun
- gestehe
- Confess; admit; acknowledge (present tense)
- es
- It; that; neuter third person pronoun
- mit
- With; accompanied by; using (preposition)
- Scham
- Shame; embarrassment; feeling of guilt
- zog
- Pulled; drew; past tense of ziehen
- eisig
- Icy; cold; like ice; frigid
- zurück
- Back; backwards; in return direction
- wie
- Like; as; how; comparison or manner
- Schnecke
- Snail; slow-moving gastropod mollusk creature
- bei
- At; near; with; preposition of location
- jedem
- Each; every; any (dative form)
- kälter
- Colder; more cold (comparative form)
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