Translation examples
adverb
aunque al acordarse de Siete Niñas que Esperan y de Mariposas Rosadas y del árbol vivo, pensante, que gobernaba benignamente la laguna y el prado en flor en el país de las piedras resbaladizas, algo le dolió.
Not sorrow, he thought, though when he remembered Seven Girls Waiting and Pink Butterflies and the living, thinking tree ruling kindly its little lake and flowered lawn in the country of sliding stones, something hurt.
La Tabla de las Leyes: desde la pared de mi cuarto sus letras de púrpura sobre fondo de oro me contemplan con ojos benignamente severos. Involuntariamente se me ocurre pensar en lo que los antiguos llamaron el icono y quisiera escribir versos o rezar (lo que al fin de cuentas es lo mismo).
Tables.… Now even, purple figures look at me austerely yet kindly from the golden background of the wall. Involuntarily I am reminded of the thing which was called by the ancients “Sainted Image,” and I feel a desire to compose verses, or prayers, which are the same.
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