La ajorca de oro / The Golden Bracelet
“La ajorca de oro” (“The Golden Bracelet”) is a legend from Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer’s “Leyendas”. Bécquer is one of the most important authors of Spanish Romanticism, today he is considered one of the most important figures in Spanish literature.
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La ajorca de oro (The Golden Bracelet)
Leyenda toledana (Toledan Legend)
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Ella era hermosa (she was beautiful; ser — to be), hermosa con esa hermosura (beautiful with that beauty) que inspira el vértigo (that inspires vertigo; inspirar — to breathe; inhale; inspire), hermosa con esa hermosura (beautiful with that beauty) que no se parece en nada a la que soñamos en los ángeles (that does not resemble at all that which we dream of the angels having; parecerse — to appear; seem; look like; resemble; en nada — in no way; at all) y que, sin embargo (and that, nevertheless), es sobrenatural (is supernatural); hermosura diabólica (diabolical beauty; diablom — devil, Satan), que tal vez presta el demonio a algunos seres (that maybe the devil gives to some beings; demoniom — demon, devil; prestar — to give, provide; lend) para hacerlos sus instrumentos en la tierra (to make them his instruments on the earth; hacer — to do; make).
Ella era hermosa, hermosa con esa hermosura que inspira el vértigo, hermosa con esa hermosura que no se parece en nada a la que soñamos en los ángeles y que, sin embargo, es sobrenatural; hermosura diabólica, que tal vez presta el demonio a algunos seres para hacerlos sus instrumentos en la tierra.
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