Spanish–English parallel text
El diluvio
The Flood
James Baldwin (1841–1925)
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En aquellos tiempos tan antiguos había un hombre llamado Deucalión, y era el hijo de Prometeo. Era solo un hombre corriente, no un titán como su gran padre, y sin embargo era conocido por todas partes por sus buenas acciones y su vida honesta.
In those very early times there was a man named Deucalion, and he was the son of Prometheus. He was only an ordinary man, not a Titan like his great father, and yet he was known far and wide for his good deeds and his honest life.
Su esposa se llamaba Pirra, y era una de las mujeres más hermosas del mundo.
His wife’s name was Pyrrha, and she was one of the most beautiful women alive.
Después de que Júpiter encadenara a Prometeo al monte Cáucaso y enviara enfermedades y problemas al mundo, la gente se volvió muy, muy malvada.
After Jupiter had chained Prometheus to Mount Caucasus and sent diseases and troubles into the world, people became very, very wicked.
Ya no construían casas, no cuidaban sus rebaños ni vivían juntos en paz. En cambio, cada hombre estaba en guerra con su vecino, y no había ley ni seguridad en ninguna parte de la tierra.
They no longer built houses, took care of their flocks, and lived together in peace. Instead, every man was at war with his neighbor, and there was no law and no safety anywhere in the land.
Las cosas estaban mucho peor ahora que antes de que Prometeo llegara entre la gente, y eso era justo lo que Júpiter quería.
Things were much worse now than they had been before Prometheus came among people, and that was just what Jupiter wanted.
Pero como el mundo se volvía más y más malvado cada día, empezó a cansarse de ver tanta violencia y de oír los gritos de los pobres y de aquellos a quienes trataban con crueldad.
But as the world became more and more wicked every day, he began to get tired of seeing so much bloodshed and hearing the cries of the poor and those who were treated cruelly.
«Esta gente», dijo a su poderosa compañía, «solo causa problemas.
“These people,” he said to his mighty company, “are nothing but trouble.
Cuando eran buenos y felices, teníamos miedo de que llegaran a ser más grandes que nosotros. Y ahora son tan terriblemente malvados que estamos en un peligro todavía mayor que antes.
When they were good and happy, we were afraid they would become greater than we are. And now they are so terribly wicked that we are in even more danger than before.
Solo hay una cosa que hacer con ellos, y es destruir a cada uno de ellos».
There is only one thing to do with them, and that is to destroy every one of them.”
Así que envió una gran tormenta de lluvia sobre la tierra. Llovió día y noche durante mucho tiempo. El mar se llenó hasta el borde, y el agua corrió sobre la tierra y cubrió primero las llanuras, luego los bosques y después las colinas.
So he sent a great storm of rain upon the earth. It rained day and night for a long time. The sea filled to the brim, and the water ran over the land and covered first the plains, then the forests, and then the hills.
Pero la gente siguió luchando y robando, incluso mientras la lluvia caía con fuerza y el mar subía sobre la tierra.
But people kept on fighting and robbing, even while the rain was pouring down and the sea was rising over the land.
Nadie más que Deucalión, el hijo de Prometeo, estaba preparado para semejante tormenta.
No one but Deucalion, the son of Prometheus, was ready for such a storm.
Él nunca había participado en ninguna de las malas acciones a su alrededor, y a menudo había dicho a la gente que, si no dejaban sus malos caminos, al final habría un día del juicio.
He had never joined in any of the wrongdoing around him, and he had often told people that if they didn’t stop their evil ways, there would be a day of reckoning in the end.
Una vez al año había ido a la tierra del Cáucaso para hablar con su padre, que colgaba allí encadenado en la cima de la montaña.
Once every year he had gone to the land of the Caucasus to talk with his father, who hung there in chains on the mountain peak.
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