responde... ¡Cielo! ¿Esto más!
¡Tú a implorar por mi perdón
del tirano a los pies fuiste!...
Quizá también le vendiste
mi amor y tu corazón.
No quiero la libertad
a tanta costa comprada.
LEONOR. Tu vida...
MANRIQUE. ¿Qué importa? Nada...
quítamela, por piedad;
clava en mi pecho un puñal
antes que verte perjura,
llena de amor y ternura,
en los brazos de un rival.
¡La vida! ¿Es algo la vida?
Un doble martirio, un yugo...
llama que venga el verdugo
con el hacha enrojecida.
LEONOR. ¿Qué debí hacer? Si supieras
lo que he sufrido por ti,
no me insultaras así,
y a más me compadecieras.
Pero, huye, vete, por Dios,
y bástete ya saber
que suya, no puedo ser.
MANRIQUE. Pues bien, partamos los dos,
mi madre también vendrá.
LEONOR. Tú solamente.
MANRIQUE. No, no.
LEONOR. Pronto, vete.
MANRIQUE. ¡Solo yo!
LEONOR. Que nos observan quizá.
MANRIQUE. ¿Qué importa? ¡Aquí moriré,
moriremos, madre mía!
Tú sola no fuiste impía
de un hijo tierno a la fe.
LEONOR. ¡Manrique!
MANRIQUE. Ya no hay amor,
en el mundo no hay virtud.
LEONOR. ¿Qué te dice mi inquietud?
MANRIQUE. Tarde conocí mi error.
LEONOR. ¡Si vieras cuál se extremece
mi corazón! ¿Por qué, di,
obstinarte? Hazlo por mí,
por lo que tu amor padece.
Sí; este momento quizá...
¿No ves cuál tiemblo? Quisiera
ocultarlo si pudiera;
pero no, no es tiempo ya.
Bien sé que voy tu aflicción
a aumentar, pero ya es hora
de que sepas cuál te adora
la que acusas sin razón.
Aborréceme, es mi suerte;
maldíceme si te agrada,
mas toca mi frente helada
con el hielo de la muerte.
Tócala, y si hay en tu seno
un resto de compasión,
alivia mi corazón,
que abrasa un voraz veneno...
MANRIQUE. ¡Un veneno!... ¿Y es verdad?
Y yo, ingrato, la ofendí
cuando muriendo por mí...
un veneno...
LEONOR. Por piedad,
ven aquí, por compasión,
a consolar mi agonía.
¿No sabes que te quería
con todo mi corazón?
MANRIQUE. Me matas.
LEONOR. Manrique, aquí,
aquí me siento abrasar.
¡Ay! ¡ay! Quisiera llorar,
y no hay lágrimas en mí.
¡Ay! juventud malograda,
por tiranos perseguida!
¡Perder tan pronto una vida
para amarte consagrada!
(_Se ve brillar un momento el resplandor de una luz en
la ventana de la izquierda._)
¡Mira, Manrique, esa luz...
vienen a buscarte ya;
no te apartes, ven acá,
por el que murió en la cruz!
MANRIQUE. Que vengan... ya entregaré
mi cuello sin resistir;
lo quiero; anhelo morir...
muy pronto te seguiré.
LEONOR. ¡Ay! Acércate...
MANRIQUE. ¡Amor mío!...
LEONOR. Me muero, me muero ya
sin remedio; ¿dónde está
tu mano?
MANRIQUE. ¡Qué horrible frío!
LEONOR. Para siempre... ya...
MANRIQUE. ¡Leonor!
LEONOR. ¡Adiós!... ¡adi... os!
(_Espira; un momento de pausa._)
MANRIQUE. ¡La he perdido!
¡Ese lúgubre gemido!
es el último de amor.
Silencio, silencio; ya
viene el verdugo por mí...
Allí está el cadalso, allí,
y Leonor aquí está.
Corta es la distancia, vamos,
que ya el suplicio me espera.
(_Tropieza con Azucena._)
¿Quién estaba aquí? ¿Quién era?
AZUCENA. ¿Es hora de que partemos?
(_Entre sueños._)
MANRIQUE. A morir dispuesto estoy...
Mas no; esperad un instante;
a contemplar su semblante,
a adorarla otra vez voy.
Aquí está... Dadme el laúd;
en trova triste y llorosa,
en endecha lastimosa
os contaré su virtud.
Una corona de flores
dadme también; en su frente
será aureola luciente,
será diadema de amores.
Dadme, vereisla brillar
en su frente hermosa y pura;
mas llorad su desventura
como a mí me veis llorar.
¡Qué funesto resplandor!
¿Tan pronto vienen por mí?
El verdugo es aquél... sí;
tiene el rostro de traidor.
ESCENA VIII
_Los de la escena anterior_, DON NUÑO, DON GUILLÉN, DON
LOPE _y_ SOLDADOS _con luces_
NUÑO. ¿Leonor?
MANRIQUE. ¿Quién la llama? ¿Por qué vienen
a apartarla de mí? La desdichada
ya a nadie puede amar. ¡Si yo pudiera
ocultarla a sus ojos!
(_La cubre con su ferreruelo, que tendrá al lado._)
NUÑO. ¿Leonor?
MANRIQUE. Calla...
No turbes el silencio de la muerte.
NUÑO. ¿Dónde está Leonor?
MANRIQUE. ¿Dónde? Aquí estaba.
¿Venís a arrebatármela en la tumba?
NUÑO. ¿Ha muerto?
MANRIQUE. Sí... Ya ha muerto.
(_Descubriendo el rostro pálido de Leonor._)
GUILLÉN. ¿Quién? ¡Mi hermana!
MANRIQUE. Ya no palpita el corazón; sus ojos
ha cerrado la muerte despiadada.
Apartad esas luces; mi amargura
piadosos respetad... no me acordaba...
(_A don Nuño._)
¡Sí; tú eres el verdugo! Acaso buscas
una víctima... ven... ya preparada
para la muerte está.
NUÑO. Llevadle al punto,
llevadle, digo, y su cabeza caiga.
(_Varios soldados rodean a Manrique._)
MANRIQUE. Muy pronto, sí...
NUÑO. Marchad...
MANRIQUE. ¿Qué miro! Vamos...
(_Reparando en Azucena._)
No le digáis, por Dios, a la cuitada
que va su hijo a morir... ¡Madre infelice,
hasta la tumba, adiós...! (_Al salir._)
ESCENA IX
LOS MISMOS, _menos_ MANRIQUE
AZUCENA, _incorporándose_. ¿Quién me llamaba?
El era, él era. ¡Ingrato... se ha marchado
sin llevarme también!
NUÑO. ¡Desventurada!
Conoce al fin tu suerte.
AZUCENA. ¡El hijo mío!
NUÑO. Ven a verle morir.
AZUCENA. ¿Qué dices? ¡Calla!
¡Morir... morir!... No, madre,[93] yo no puedo;
perdóname, lo quiero con el alma.
Esperad, esperad,...
NUÑO. Llevadla.
AZUCENA. ¡Conde!
NUÑO. Que le mire espirar.
AZUCENA. Una palabra,
un secreto terrible; haz que suspendan
el suplicio un momento.[94]
NUÑO. No; llevadla.
(_La toma por una mano y la arrastra hasta la ventana._)
Ven, mujer infernal... goza en tu triunfo.
Mira el verdugo, y en su mano el hacha
que va pronto a caer...
(_Se oye un golpe que figura ser él de la cuchilla._)
AZUCENA. ¡Ay! ¡Esa sangre!
NUÑO. Alumbrad a la víctima, alumbradla.
AZUCENA. ¡Sí, sí... luces... él es... tu hermano, imbécil!
NUÑO. ¡Mi hermano, maldición!...
(_La arroja al suelo, empujándola, con furor._)
AZUCENA. ¡Ya estás vengada![95]
(_Con un gesto de amargura, y espira._)
NOTES
[1] =Luna=, a village 30 miles north of Saragossa on the Arba-de-Biel.
[2] =Aragón=, formerly a kingdom of Spain comprising the present
provinces of Saragossa, Huesca, and Teruel. The King of Aragon at the
time of "El Trovador" was Alfonso V, the Magnanimous.
[3] =Zaragoza=, _Saragossa_, the capital of Aragon, a city of 100,000
inhabitants, situated on the right bank of the Ebro.
[4] =sala corta=, a _drop-scene_, in order to allow the arrangement of
the scenery for Scene 2.
[5] =Aljafería.= The Castillo de la Aljafería, outside of the western
gate, owes its name to the sheik Abou Dja'far Ahmed who built it. It
served later as the residence of the kings of Aragon and the palace of
the Inquisition. Partially destroyed in 1809, it has been restored and
now serves as a barracks. In visiting it one is shown the "Torreta," the
prison which figures in Act V.
[6] =a palos=, _with blows_.
[7] =al otro día=, _on the next day_.
[8] =a guiarse por mis consejos=, _if they had let themselves be guided
by my counsels_.
[9] =¡Pues por supuesto!= _Of course._
[10] =Dime con quién andas=, _y te diré quién eres_, an old Spanish
proverb resembling our "birds of a feather," etc.
[11] =ni por ésas=, _nor was that of avail_.
[12] =unos ojos tan relucientes=, "_unos_ sometimes seems to mean little
more than 'a pair of.'" (_Hills and Ford's Spanish Grammar._)
[13] =un no sé qué de diabólico=, _something diabolical_.
[14] =en tiempos de antaño=, _last year_.
[15] =Urgel=, the seat of a bishopric on the south slope of the
Pyrenees, northeast of Saragossa.--=que en mala hora naciera=, _curse
him_; lit. "who would that he were born in an evil hour."
[16] =en cuanto a lo demás=, i.e. _in other respects_.
[17] =para lo cual=, i.e. _para entrar en la habitación de Leonor_.
[18] =a lo más oculto del jardín=, the neuter form of the article is
used before the masculine form of an adjective, when the adjective is
used substantively as the name of a color or as an abstract noun.
[19] =con quién se las había=, "with whom she was having them," i.e.
_with whom she was speaking_.
[20] =llegan a saber=, _come to know_.
[21] =para lo que ha dormido=, i.e. _para lo poco que ha dormido_.
[22] =no nos eche de menos=, _let him not miss us_.
[23] =Guillén= (or _Guilhén_), a Catalan form. The Castillian form of
this name is _Guillermo_ or _Guillelmo_.
[24] =al de Luna=, "Before a relative clause, and before a phrase
introduced by _de_, the definite article is generally used instead of a
demonstrative or personal pronoun." (_Hills and Ford's Spanish
Grammar._)
[25] =vos= instead of _usted_ is archaic.
[26] =Nunca lo fuerais, por Dios=, _would to God that you were not_.
[27] =¡Ay de mi!= _Alas for me!_
[28] =¿Os pesa de mi venida?= _Are you sorry because of my coming?_
[29] =no tengo nada=, _nothing is the matter with me_.
[30] =vía=, poetic for _veía_.
[31] =sino=, _if not_. Notice the etymological meaning of the word.
[32] =hidalgo de pobre cuna= is vocative.
[33] =le debieron de matar=, _they must have killed him_.
[34] =¿cómo os va de aquella herida?= _How is your wound?_
[35] =Jerusalén.= There still exists a "Convento de Jerusalén" in
Saragossa in the Paseo de la Independencia.
[36] =Velilla.= A small town on the Ebro below Saragossa, so-called from
the alarm bell of its church, San Nicolas, which was said to toll of its
own accord whenever a great calamity was to befall Aragon. It was cast
by the Goths who, according to tradition, threw into the fused metal one
of the thirty pieces of silver received by Judas.
[37] =lo=, i.e. _religiosa_.
[38] =del mismo altar=, _of the altar itself_.
[39] =entre=, subjunctive after a verb of commanding.
[40] =la voy a perder=, _I am going to lose her_.
[41] =Hoy mismo=, _this very day_.
[42] =entrar a saco=, _to sack_.
[43] =Castellar=, a castle situated about 10 miles west of Saragossa.
[44] =Debe de haber=, _there must be_. Cf. _hay_, "there is."
[45] =puerta del Sol=, a square in the eastern part of Saragossa.
[46] =Pluguiera=, from _placer_, optative subjunctive.
[47] =no las tengo yo todas conmigo=, _I am disturbed_; literally, "I
haven't them all with me," i.e. my wits, self-confidence.
[48] =Quiera=, optative subjunctive.
[49] =haga=, subjunctive after a relative with indefinite antecedent.
[50] =de la hoguera en derredor=, i.e. _en derredor de la hoguera_.
[51] =al siniestro resplandor=, i.e. _de la llama trémula_.
[52] =niño=, _young_.
[53] =Haro=, a city of 7976 inhabitants and centre of the celebrated
vineyards of Rioja, situated on the Ebro 220 kilometres above Saragossa.
[54] =Vizcaya=, one of the "Basque" provinces in the north of Spain. Its
capitol, Bilbao, now a city of 74,093 inhabitants, was founded in 1300
by Diego Lopez de Haro, the person mentioned in this passage.
[55] =Alcázar=, a Moorish word.
[56] =dieron en decir=, _insisted in saying_ or _people would have it
that_.
[57] =mal de ojo=, _the evil eye_.
[58] =Yo no hacía otra cosa que=, _I did nothing but_.
[59] =Artal=, the family name of Nuño.
[60] =Que no sepa nunca=, optative subjunctive.
[61] =Estuvo en poco que no se lo descubriera=, _He came very near
finding it out_.
[62] =¿qué os hicisteis?= Leonor is addressing the "_tiempos en que amor
solía_..."
[63] =a la prenda=, notice the "personal _a_."
[64] =al cielo=, notice "personal _a_."
[65] =Pues que=, _well then_.
[66] =Calle corta=, _drop-scene_.
[67] =por la espalda y por la frente=, _from in front and behind_.
[68] =Ya vuelve=, _she is coming to consciousness_.
[69] =los suyos=, i.e. _sus soldados_.
[70] =Que se escapara=, _to think that he should have escaped_.
[71] =los suyos=, see page 45, note 1.
[72] =Catalanes=, from Cataluña, the northeastern province of Spain.
[73] =que nos hacían gran falta=, _of whom we had great need_.
[74] =por qué arman ese alboroto=, _Why do they raise this disturbance_?
[75] =sea atrevido a=, _dare to_.
[76] =a contártelo yo=, _upon my letting it to you_; _if I were to tell
you_.
[77] =tan sólo ha sido=, see vocabulary under _tan_.
[78] =al tocarle osado=, _upon boldly touching it_.
[79] Manrique's dream, though having no importance in the solution of
the drama, is of considerable dramatic value as it foreshadows the
catastrophe. The phantom of the dream is to be interpreted as Azucena,
and the change of Leonor in the dream foreshadows her death in Act V.
[80] =lleva a cuchillo=, _takes with the sword_, or _puts to the sword_.
[81] =puntas de hechicera=, cf. Act I, Scene 1, _ribetes de bruja_.
[82] =fratricido=, Leonor uses this word in a general sense, of course
not knowing the specific sense which the spectator may apply to it.
[83] Ruiz is complaining because he has had to pay a high price for the
bottle.
[84] =Hagan bien para hacer bien=, "do good that good be done," i.e.
_pray_. This is from the prayer for those about to die.
[85] =Ya no puedo ser del Conde=, _I cannot be the Count's_.
[86] =Valencia=, a city on the eastern coast of Spain, at this time in
state of civil warfare.
[87] =plugo=, from _placer_.
[88] =Como su madre=, i.e. Azucena's.
[89] =por todo un Dios=, _for heaven's sake_.
[90] =¿Qué tienes?= _What is the matter with you?_
[91] =se acaba por instantes=, _is slowly ebbing away_.
[92] =día=, _by day_.
[93] Azucena addresses her own mother.
[94] Azucena has not the courage to see Manrique die and is going to
reveal his identity in order to prevent the execution, but she is too
late.
[95] See page 80, note 1.
VOCABULARY
A
=a=, to, at, in, for, by.
=abandonar=, to abandon.
=abierto=, _p. p. of_ =abrir=, _adj._, open.
=abismo=, _m._, abyss, hell.
=aborrecer=, to hate, abhor.
=abrasador=, _adj._, burning.
=abrasar=, to burn.
=abrazar=, to embrace.
=abrigar=, to shelter.
=abrir=, to open.
=abuela=, _f._, grandmother.
=abultarse=, to grow, become distorted.
=aburrir=, to bore, tire;
=--se=, to become tired.
=acá=, hither, here.
=acabar=, to finish;
=-- de --=, to have just.
=acariciar=, to fondle, caress, embrace.
=acaso=, perhaps, perchance.
=acaudillar=, to command, lead.
=acción=, _f._, action.
=aceite=, _m._, oil.
=acendrar=, to purify.
=acento=, _m._, accent.
=acerca=, _adv._,
=-- de --=, about, concerning.
=acercarse=, to draw near.
=acero=, _m._, steel.
=acompañar=, to accompany.
=acongojado=, vexed, afflicted.
=acordar=, to remind;
=--se=, to remember.
=acto=, _m._, act.
=acusar=, to accuse.
=achicharrar=, to burn, char.
=adelante=, forward, onward.
=adentro=, within, behind the scenes.
=adiós=, good-bye.
=adivinar=, to guess.
=admirar=, to cause surprise; to
admire.
=admitir=, to admit, grant.
=adonde=, whither.
=¿adónde?= whither?
=adorar=, to adore.
=advertir=, to notice; to warn, instruct,
advise, mark.
=afán=, _m._, trouble.
=afecto=, _m._, affection.
=aflicción=, _f._, affliction.
=afligido=, afflicted.
=afligir=, to afflict.
=afortunado=, fortunate.
=agitación=, _f._, agitation.
=agonía=, _f._, agony.
=agotar=, to exhaust.
=agradar=, to please.
=agua=, _f._, water.
=aguardar=, to expect, await.
=¡ah!= _exclamation_, ah!
=ahí=, there.
=ahogar=, to choke, suffocate.
=ahora=, now.
=ahorcar=, to hang.
=aire=, _m._, air, breeze.
=al = a el=.
=ala=, _f._, wing.
=alarmar=, to alarm.
=alba=, _f._, dawn.
=alborotado=, turbulent.
=alboroto=, _m._, disturbance.
=albricias=, _f. pl._, good news, joy.
=alcanzar=, to reach, avail, attain
to, get.
=alcázar=, _m._, palace.
=alcoba=, _f._, bedroom, alcove.
=alegrarse=, to rejoice, be happy.
=alegría=, _f._, happiness.
=alejar=, to remove;
=----se=, to withdraw.
=alentar=, to breathe.
=algazara=, _f._, hubbub, noise.
=algo=, something, somewhat;
=tener en algo=, to value.
=alguien=, some one.
=algún=, =alguno=, some, any.
=aliviar=, to alleviate, relieve,
lighten.
=Aljafería=, _f._, _proper name_.
=alma=, _f._, soul.
=altar=, _m._, altar.
=alteza=, _f._, highness.
=alto=, high.
=altura=, _f._, height.
=alumbrar=, to light, kindle.
=alzar=, to raise;
=----se=, to rise.
=allá=, there, thither.
=allí=, there;
=por ----=, thereabout.
=amante=, _m._, lover;
_adj._, loving.
=amar=, to love.
=amargura=, _f._, bitterness, sorrow.
=amarillento=, yellowish.
=ambición=, _f._, ambition.
=ambicionar=, to hope for; to set
one's ambition upon.
=amenazar=, to threaten.
=amenguar=, to diminish.
=amiga=, _f._, friend.
=amigo=, _m._, friend.
=amo=, _m._, master.
=amor=, _m._, love.
=amoroso=, loving.
=andar=, to go.
=ángel=, _m._, angel.
=angustia=, _f._, anguish.
=anhelar=, to pant _or_ long for; to
desire.
=animalejo=, _m._, small animal.
=anoche=, last night.
=ansioso=, anxious.
=antaño=, _m._, last year, former
years.
=ante=, _prep._, before.
=anterior=, former, earlier.
=antes=, _adv._, before;
=-- que=, rather than.
=anunciar=, to announce.
=añadir=, to add.
=año=, _m._, year.
=apacible=, pleasant, calm, placid.
=apagar=, to extinguish.
=aparecer=, to appear.
=apartar=, to withdraw; to turn away; to set aside; to take away;
=--se=, to withdraw.
=apellido=, _m._, family name.
=apenas=, hardly.
=apetecer=, to seek; to yearn for.
=apiadar=, to cause pity.
=apoderarse (de)=, to get possession
of.
=apostar=, to wager.
=apoyar=, to support.
=apoyo=, _m._, support.
=apreciar=, to esteem, treasure,
appreciate.
=aprecio=, _m._, appreciation.
=aprobar=, _m._, to approve.
=apuesto=, _adj._, elegant.
=apurar=, to drain.
=aquel=, =aquella=, =aquello=, that.
=aquél=, _etc._, _pron._, that.
=aquí=, here;
=por --=, hereabout.
=ara=, _f._, altar.
=Aragón=, _m._, Aragon.
=arañar=, to scratch; to claw.
=arder=, to burn.
=árido=, arid.
=arma=, _f._, arm.
=armado=, armed.
=armar=, to arm.
=Artal=, _proper name_.
=arte=, _m. and f._, art.
=arzobispo=, _m._, archbishop.
=arrancar=, to tear from.
=arrastrar=, to drag along.
=arrebatar=, to carry off.
=arrepentirse=, to repent.
=arriesgado=, _adj._, dangerous.
=arrodillado=, kneeling.
=arrodillarse=, to fall on one's
knees.
=arrojar=, to hurl, dismiss, send
away.
=arrojo=, _m._, boldness.
=arrostrar=, to encounter cheerfully.
=asegurar=, to affirm, assure.
=asentar=, to sit down.
=asesino=, _m._, assassin.
=así=, thus;
=-- como=, just as.
=asir=, to seize.
=asomarse=, to appear;
=-- a la ventana=, to look out of the window.
=asombrarse=, to take fright; to
be astonished.
=aspereza=, _f._, harshness.
=atacar=, to attack.
=ataque=, _m._, attack.
=atar=, to bind.
=ataúd=, _m._, coffin.
=atemorizar=, to terrify.
=atenacear=, to torment with red-hot
tongs.
=aterrar=, to destroy, appal.
=atormentar=, to torment.
=atrapar=, to catch.
=atravesar=, to traverse.
=atreverse=, to dare.
=atrevido=, bold.
=atroz=, cruel, atrocious.
=audacia=, _f._, boldness, audacity.
=aumentar=, to augment, increase.
=aún=, yet, still, even.
=aunque=, although.
=aura=, _f._, breeze.
=aureola=, _f._, halo, aureole.
=aurora=, _f._, dawn.
=avanzar=, to advance.
=avisar=, to inform, advise, warn.
=¡ay!= alas! ah!
=aya=, _f._, nurse.
=ayer=, yesterday.
=ayudar=, to help.
=azaroso=, unfortunate, ominous.
=azorado=, terrified, irritated, restless.
=Azucena=, _proper name_.
B
=bajar=, to descend.
=bajo=, _adj._, low.
=bajo=, under, below.
=baldón=, _m._, censure, reproach.
=ballestero=, _m._, archer.
=bando=, _m._, band, company.
=bañar=, to bathe.
=bárbaro=, _m._, barbarian.
=bastante=, sufficient, enough, rather.
=bastar=, to suffice.
=belleza=, _f._, beauty.
=bello=, beautiful.
=bendecir=, to bless.
=besar=, to kiss.
=beso=, _m._, kiss.
=bien=, _m._, welfare, treasure.
=bien=, well, very;
=-- venido=, welcome;
=mas --=, rather.
=bizarría=, _f._, gallantry.
=blasón=, _m._, blazon, coat of
arms.
=boca=, _f._, mouth.
=bondad=, _f._, kindness.
=borrar=, to efface;
=--se=, to become effaced.
=bote=, _m._, thrust.
=bóveda=, _f._, vault.
=bramar=, to roar.
=brazo=, _m._, arm.
=breve=, short.
=brillante=, brilliant.
=brillar=, to flash, gleam.
=brillo=, _m._, splendor.
=bruja=, _f._, witch.
=bueno=, good, well;
=sentirse --=, to feel well;
=buenas noches=, good night.
=búho=, _m._, owl.
=burlar=, to make fun, jest;
=-- de=, to mock.
=busca=, _f._, search;
=en nuestra --=, in search of us.
=buscar=, to seek.
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=caballeresco=, knightly, chivalrous.
=caballero=, _m._, gentleman, sir,
knight.
=caballo=, _m._, horse;
=a --=, on horseback.
=cabaña=, _f._, cabin, hut.
=cabello=, _m._, hair (_generally plural_).
=cabeza=, _f._, head.
=cada=, each, every.
=cadalso=, _m._, scaffold.
=cadáver=, _m._, dead body.
=cadena=, _f._, chain.
=caer=, to fall, open upon.
=calabozo=, _m._, dungeon.
=calma=, _f._, calm.
=calmar=, to calm.
=callar=, to be quiet, silent.
=calle=, _f._, street.
=cámara=, _f._, room.
=caminar=, to go, walk.
=camino=, _m._, road.
=campamento=, _m._, encampment.
=campo=, _m._, field, camp.
=canción=, _f._, song.
=cantar=, to sing.
=cántico=, _m._, song, canticle.
=canto=, _m._, song.
=cantor=, _m._, singer.
=cara=, _f._, face.
=caricia=, _f._, caress.
=cariño=, _m._, affection.
=carne=, _f._, flesh.
=casa=, _f._, house.
=casi=, almost.
=¡cáspita!= great Scott! wonderful!
=Castellar=, _proper name_.
=castigar=, to punish.
=Castilla=, _f._, Castille.
=castillo=, _m._, castle.
=Catalán=, _m._, Catalan.
=caudillo=, _m._, leader, commander.
=causa=, _f._, cause.
=causar=, to cause.
=cegar=, to blind.
=celada=, _f._, helmet.
=celda=, _f._, cell in a convent.
=celeste=, heavenly.
=celestial=, celestial.
=celo=, _m._, jealousy.
=celoso=, jealous.
=cerca=, near;
=-- de=, near.
=cerco=, _m._, blockade;
=poner -- a=, to lay siege to.
=ceremonia=, _f._, ceremony.
=cerrar=, to close.
=cerrojo=, _m._, bolt.
=cesar=, to cease.
=ciego=, blind.
=cielo=, _m._, heaven.
=cien=, =ciento=, hundred.
=cierto=, certain, sure, certainly;
=por --=, for sure.
=cinco=, five.
=ciudad=, _f._, city.
=clamor=, _m._, lament, cry.
=clarín=, _m._, trumpet.
=claustro=, _m._, cloister.
=clavar=, to fix, cleave.
=cobarde=, _m._, coward.
=cobarde=, _adj._, cowardly.
=coger=, to seize, catch.
=colmar=, to fulfil, heap up.
=colmo=, _m._, height, climax.
=colocar=, to place together.
=combate=, _m._, combat.
=combatir=, to combat.
=comisión=, _f._, commission.
=como=, as, like;
=-- que=, since;
=cómo=, how.
=¿cómo?= how? why?
=¡cómo!= how!
=compadecer=, to pity, feel for.
=compasión=, _f._, pity.
=complacer=, to please;
=--se=, to be pleased.
=comprar=, to buy.
=comprender=, to understand.
=común=, common.
=comunicar=, to communicate.
=con=, with, by, to.
=concluida=, _f._, end, conclusion.
=conde=, _m._, count.
=condenar=, to condemn.
=conducir=, to lead, conduct.
=confesar=, to confess.
=confeso=, _m._, confessed criminal.
=confianza=, _f._, confidence.
=confiar=, to confide.
=confundir=, to confound, confuse.
=confusamente=, confusedly.
=conmigo=, with me.
=conocer=, to know, be acquainted
with.
=conquistar=, to conquer.
=consagrar=, to consecrate.
=conseguir=, to succeed, accomplish.
=consejo=, _m._, counsel.
=consentir=, to consent.
=consigo=, with oneself, with him,
them, _etc._
=consiguiente=, =de= _or_ =por --=,
consequently.
=consolar=, to console.
=constante=, constant.
=consternado=, in consternation.
=consternarse=, to be thrown into
confusion.
=consuelo=, _m._, consolation.
=consumar=, to carry out, finish.
=consumir=, to consume.
=contar=, to tell, recount, count.
=contemplar=, to contemplate.
=contentar=, to content.
=contento=, content, happy.
=contestar=, to answer.
=contigo=, with you.
=continuamente=, continually.
=contra=, against, opposite to.
=contraído=, contracted.
=contrario=, _m._, opponent, obstacle.
=convento=, _m._, convent.
=convertir=, to convert.
=convulsión=, _f._, convulsion.
=convulsivo=, convulsive.
=convulso=, convulsed.
=corazón=, _m._, heart.
=cornado=, _m._, small copper coin.
=corona=, _f._, crown.
=cortar=, to cut.
=corto=, short, small;
=escena corta=, drop-scene.
=corredor=, _m._, courier.
=correr=, to run.
=cosa=, _f._, thing.
=costa=, _f._, cost.
=costar=, to cost.
=creer=, to believe.
=cresta=, _f._, crest, summit.
=criado=, _m._, servant.
=criatura=, _f._, creature.
=crimen=, _m._, crime.
=criminal=, criminal.
=Cristo=, _m._, Christ.
=crítico=, critical.
=crucifijo=, _m._, crucifix.
=cruel=, cruel.
=cruz=, _f._, cross.
=cruzar=, to cross.
=cual=, like, how (_with article_, which, who).