Spanish–English parallel text
Ashputtel
Brothers Grimm
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La esposa de un hombre rico cayó enferma, y cuando sintió que su fin estaba cerca, llamó a su única hija junto a su cama y le dijo: «Sé siempre una buena chica, y yo miraré desde el cielo y cuidaré de ti».
The wife of a rich man fell sick, and when she felt that her end was near, she called her only daughter to her bedside and said, “Always be a good girl, and I will look down from heaven and watch over you.”
Poco después cerró los ojos y murió, y la enterraron en el jardín. La niña iba a su tumba todos los días y lloraba, y siempre era buena y cariñosa con todos a su alrededor.
Soon afterward she closed her eyes and died, and she was buried in the garden. The little girl went to her grave every day and cried, and she was always good and kind to everyone around her.
La nieve cayó y extendió un hermoso manto blanco sobre la tumba, pero cuando llegó la primavera y el sol la derritió de nuevo, su padre ya se había casado con otra mujer.
The snow fell and spread a beautiful white covering over the grave, but by the time spring came and the sun had melted it away again, her father had married another wife.
Esta nueva esposa tenía dos hijas suyas, a quienes llevó a casa con ella. Eran hermosas de cara pero feas de corazón, y empezó un tiempo triste para la pobre niña. «¿Qué quiere esa inútil en la sala?»,
This new wife had two daughters of her own, whom she brought home with her. They were fair in face but foul at heart, and it was now a sad time for the poor little girl. “What does that good-for-nothing want in the parlor?”
dijeron. «La gente que quiere comer pan primero debe ganárselo. ¡Fuera con la sirvienta de cocina!». Luego le quitaron sus ropas elegantes, le dieron un vestido gris y viejo para ponerse, se rieron de ella y la mandaron a la cocina.
they said. “People who want to eat bread should earn it first. Away with the kitchen maid!” Then they took away her fine clothes, gave her an old gray dress to put on, laughed at her, and sent her to the kitchen.
Allí la obligaron a hacer trabajos duros. Tenía que levantarse temprano, antes del amanecer, traer el agua, encender el fuego, cocinar y lavar. Por si fuera poco, las hermanas la atormentaban de todas las maneras posibles y se reían de ella.
There she was forced to do hard work. She had to get up early, before daylight, carry the water, make the fire, cook and wash. On top of that, the sisters tormented her in all sorts of ways and laughed at her.
Por la noche, cuando estaba cansada, no tenía cama para acostarse, sino que tenía que tumbarse junto al hogar entre las cenizas. Como esto la dejaba siempre llena de polvo y sucia, la llamaron Ashputtel.
In the evening, when she was tired, she had no bed to lie down on, but had to lie by the hearth among the ashes. Since this naturally left her always dusty and dirty, they called her Ashputtel.
Una vez, el padre iba a ir a la feria y les preguntó a las hijas de su esposa qué querían que les trajera. «Ropas elegantes», dijo la primera. «Perlas y diamantes», gritó la segunda.
Once the father was going to the fair, and he asked his wife’s daughters what he should bring them. “Fine clothes,” said the first. “Pearls and diamonds,” cried the second.
«Y ahora tú, hija», le dijo a su propia hija, «¿qué te gustaría?». «La primera rama, querido padre, que roce tu sombrero en el camino de vuelta a casa», dijo ella.
“Now, child,” he said to his own daughter, “what would you like?” “The first twig, dear father, that brushes against your hat on your way home,” she said.
Entonces él compró las ropas elegantes, las perlas y los diamantes que habían pedido las dos primeras. De camino a casa, mientras montaba a caballo por un matorral verde, una rama de avellano lo rozó y casi le tiró el sombrero. Así que la cortó, se la llevó con él, y cuando llegó a casa se la dio a su hija.
Then he bought the fine clothes, pearls and diamonds that the first two had asked for. On his way home, as he rode through a green thicket, a hazel twig brushed against him and almost knocked off his hat. So he broke it off and took it with him, and when he got home he gave it to his daughter.
Ella la tomó, fue a la tumba de su madre y la plantó allí. Lloró tanto que la rama se regó con sus lágrimas, y allí creció y se convirtió en un árbol hermoso.
She took it and went to her mother’s grave and planted it there. She cried so much that the twig was watered with her tears, and there it grew and became a fine tree.
Tres veces al día ella iba allí y lloraba. Pronto llegó un pajarito y construyó su nido en el árbol, y hablaba con ella, la cuidaba y le traía todo lo que deseaba.
Three times every day she went to it and cried. Soon a little bird came and built its nest in the tree, and it talked with her, watched over her, and brought her whatever she wished for.
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