Annotations to James Joyce's Ulysses/Wandering Rocks/219

thumb|600px|center|page=222 Annotations Ma!5(Italian) But!Gifford (1988) 266. Anch'io ho avuto di queste idee ... quand' ero giovine come Lei. Eppoi mi sono convinto che il mondo è una bestia. É peccato. Perchè la sua voce ... sarebbe un cespite di rendita, via. Invece, Lei si sacrifica.5(Italian) I too have had this idea ... when I was young like you. I am even convinced that the world is a beastly thing. It's a pity. Because your voice ... would be a source of income, you know. But instead, you sacrifice yourself.Gifford (1988) 266. Sacrifizio incruento5(Italian) A bloodless sacrifice.Gifford (1988) 266. Speriamo... Ma, dia retta a me. Ci rifletta5(Italian) Let us hope... But, listen to me. Think about it.Gifford (1988) 266. Gabler emends this to: Ma, dia: retta a me, which makes no sense. In The Little Review dia occurred at the end of a line and was joined by a hyphen to retta, which also makes no sense.The Little Review, Volume 6, Number 2 (June 1919), p. 42. The 1922 text, however, is good Italian and needs no emending. Artifoni is using the third person singular imperative of dare (dia retta a me = give heed to me); in Italian the third person singular is used as a polite form of address. Ci rifletterò5(Italian) I'll think about it.Gifford (1988) 266. Ma, sul serio, eh?5(Italian) But do you really mean to, eh?.Gifford (1988) 266. Eccolo... Venga a trovarmi e ci pensi. Addio, caro5(Italian) Here it is [his tram]... Come and see me and think about it. Goodbye, my dear fellow.Gifford (1988) 266. Arrivederla, maestro... E grazie5(Italian) Goodbye, master... And thank you.Gifford (1988) 266. Stephen uses the more formal arrivederla in place of the commoner arrivederci. References Annotations to James Joyce's UlyssesPreceding Page | Page Index | Next Page