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La conciencia 1
| La conciencia ~ Conscience. escrito por Fernán Caballero |
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| Ortografía original ~ Publicado en Nueva York, 1901 ~ [1]
Las letras bastardillas (italics) indican que la palabra ó frase está explicada en notas al final de la página. |
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Capítulo Primero
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Chapter First
When the events, which we are about to relate, commenced; at the beginning of the last century, Chiclana was in her high meridian; Cádiz glittered with gold which shed its rays upon her environs.
In one of the broad and cheerful streets of the said town, a beautiful house surpassed all others. A marble staircase led up to its entrance, and its door was of mahogany ornamented with large nails of brilliant metal. The courtyard was paved with splendid flags of blue and white marble. Columns of jasper supported the four galleries which surrounded the courtyard, in the centre of which was a continually flowing fountain, surrounded by pots of flowers and statues of alabaster. Between the columns were suspended gilded cages with beautiful birds, covered with green hangings of jasmin; a canvas awning covered the courtyard, and kept it cool, spreading a soft shade. The walls of the parlor were of white stucco upon a sky-blue back ground; the chairs and the sofa were of ebony, ornamented with massive silver and lining of skyblue gros-grain.
The ceiling of the parlor was decorated with a painting of white and gray clouds, from the midst of which, a nymph or daughter of the air was just emerging, who in her hand appeared to hold up the celestial cords and tassels, by which was suspended an alabaster lamp, designed for shedding a light as soft as that of the moon, a light which enhanced extremely the beauty of women, and was used for informal parties.
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Notas ~ Notes
Así como, just as.
Nido de gaviotas, nest of sea-gulls.
En la concavidad de una peña, in the cavity of a rock.
Murallas, walls.
Que en el fondo de la ensenada, which at the extremity (back-ground) of the cove.
Abre sus arsenales, opens its dock-yards.
Heridos y maltratados en sus azarosas carreras, injured and buffeted in their hazardous voyages.
Regresan á sus lares, return to their shelter (homes.)
Gallarda y digna vecina, beautiful and worthy neighbor.
Por una arboleda de álamos blancos, through a grove of white poplar trees.
En todo su apogeo, in its zenith.
Su auge, its high meridian.
Descollaba, exceled.
Caoba, mahogany.
Tachonada con grandes clavos de brillante metal, garnished with large nails of brilliant metal.
El patio, the court.
Estaba solado, was paved.
Losas de mármol azules y blancas, blue and white marble flags.
Rodeada de macetas, sorrounded by flower pots.
Pendían, were suspended.
Verdes y floridas colgaduras de jazmines, green and flowered jasmine hangings.
Doradas jaulas con vistosos pájaros, gilded cages with beautiful birds.
Un toldo de lona, an awning of canvas.
Esparciendo una sombra suave, spreading a soft shade.
Las paredes de la sala eran de estuco blanco, the walls of the parlor were of white plaster of Paris (stucco.)
Sobre un fondo celeste, on a sky-blue back ground.
Maciza y forros de gro, massive and lining of gros-grain.
Que se apoyaban, who were leaning.
Que con el dedo levantado parecía amenazarlas, who with his finger raised appeared to threaten them.
Los cordones y borlas, the cords and tassels.
Alabastro, alabaster.
Como la de la luna, like that of the moon.
Tertulias de confianza, informal parties.
Sobre un velador de mosaico, on a mosaic stand. Velador is generally called a small round table.
Colocadas en jardineras, placed in jardinières.
En los huecos de las ventanas, in the spaces of the windows.
Las persianas, the blinds.
Recostada, reclined.
Rizos rubios, blond curls.
Preciosas, beautiful.
Cojines del sofá, sofá cushions.
Un peinador de holán, a dressing-gown of cambric.
Guarnecido de encajes, trimmed with lace.
Enjugaba, de cuándo en cuándo, una lágrima, wiped away now and then a tear.
Que se deslizaba lentamente por sus anacaradas mejillas, which slowly glided down her pearly-white cheeks.
Pestañas, resbalaba, eye-lashes, glided.
Sonrosado, rose-color.