Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
graves shorter than I
Spanish translation:
tumbas más pequeñas que yo
Added to glossary by
Ana Juliá
Nov 9, 2005 16:46
18 yrs ago
English term
graves shorter than I
English to Spanish
Art/Literary
Religion
19th century text
A father once led his little daughter into the graveyard, to show her the grave of a playmate, who, a few days before, had been consigned to her cold and narrow bed. The little girl looked for some moments in silence and sadness upon the fresh mound, and then looking up, said "Papa, I now know what is meant by the hymn, 'I, in the burying place may see, ***graves shorter there than I***.' My grave would be longer than this."
Proposed translations
(Spanish)
3 +5 | tumbas más pequeñas que yo |
Anabel Martínez
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4 +2 | tumbas más pequeñas que yo |
Idoia Echenique
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3 | tumbas en las que (yo) no quepara |
Robert Forstag
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Proposed translations
+5
5 mins
Selected
tumbas más pequeñas que yo
no encuentro ninguna referencia de que esté traducido al español
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Gracias, Anabel"
+2
6 mins
tumbas más pequeñas que yo
Dando a entender que son tumbas de gente que ha muerto más joven (o eso es lo que yo entiendo....)
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Margaret Schroeder
: Exacto.
2 mins
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Gracias!
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agree |
Gabriela Rodriguez
17 mins
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gracias, Gaby
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1 hr
tumbas en las que (yo) no quepara
A variant that seems to sound a bit more poetic, and thus capture more accurately the essence of the original, than the option already offered.
Suerte.
Suerte.
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