Hurston, Zora N. ''Their Eyes were watching God''-Fr-En-Sp

tr. de Fr. Brosky Zora N. Hurston’s Their eyes were tr. de Andrés Ibañez notas
Matt’s long spare shape coming down apareciera en el extremo de la calle y, para carcass.
the street and by the time he got to cuando él llegaba al porche, ya estaban
the porch they were ready for him. preparados.
silhouette longue et maigre de Matt
descendre la rue. Lorsqu’il arrivait devant
le perron, ils étaient fin prêts.
« Salut, Matt.
-’Soir, Sam.
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- Jsuis drôlement content qu’tu passes “Mighty glad you come ’long right
par ici, Matt. On allait justement partir à ta 10 now, Matt. Me and some others wuz jus’
recherche, moi et les aut’.
about tuh come hunt yuh.”
- Pourquoi, Sam ?
- Une affaire drôlement sérieuse, vieux.
Drôlement sérieuse !
15 “Mighty serious matter, man.
Serious!!”
- Qu’est-ce qui va pas, vieux ? Jsuis pas 30 “Whut’s wrong, man? Ah ain’t after
venu pour entend’ vos sottises à vous aut’. none uh y’alls foolishness now.”
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“Hello, Matt.
“Evenin’, Sam.”
“Whut fuh, Sam?” [48]
- Ouais, vieux, interrompt Lige d’un ton “Yeah man,” Lige would cut in,
lugubre. Elle requiert ta strie’ attention. dolefully. “It needs yo’ strict attention.
T’as pas une seconde à perd’.
20 You ought not tuh lose no time.”
- Mais de quoi s’agit-y ? Vous devriez
vous hâter dme ldire.
“Whut is it then? You oughta hurry
up and tell me.”
- M’est avis qu’on frait mieux de pas te 25 “Reckon we better not tell yuh heah
ldire ici au magasin. C’est trop loin, ça sert at de store. It’s too fur off tuh do any
à rien. On frait mieux de descend’ jusqu’au good. We better all walk on down by
lac Sabelia.
Lake Sabelia.”
- C’est ton baudet, Matt. Tu frais bien
d’aller voir. II est mal pris. [102]
- Où donc ? II a pataugé dans le lac et
un alligator l’a pris ?
“Dat mule uh yourn, Matt. You better
go see ’bout him. He’s bad off.”
“Where ’bouts? Did he wade in de
lake and uh alligator ketch him?”
- Pire. Ce sont les femmes qu’ont attrapé “Worser’n dat. De womenfolks got
ton mulet. Quand jsuis passé par le lac vers 40 yo’ mule. When Ahcome round de lake
midi, ma femme et d’aut’ l’avaient flanqué ’bout noontime mah wife and some
à plat sur le sol, et elles utilisaient ses côtes others had ’im flat on de ground usin’
comme planche à lessiver. »
his sides fuh uh wash board.”
Le grand rire qu’ils retenaient 45
tous éclate. Pas un sourire sur les
lèvres de Sam.
« Ouais, Matt, ton baudet, il est si
maig’ que les femmes utilisent ses
côtes pour frotter l’linge et ses jarrets
pour l’y mett’ à sécher. »
clap 7. Trueno.
The great clap of laughter that
they have been holding in, bursts
out. Sam never cracks a smile.
“Yeah, Matt, dat mule so skinny till de
women is usin’ his rib bones fuh uh
50 rub-board, and hangin’ things out on his
hock-bones tuh dry.”
Matt se rend compte qu’ils l’ont de nouveau
Matt realizes that they have tricked him
eu ; les rires le mettent en rogne et again and the laughter makes him mad and
quand il se met en rogne, il bégaie. 55 when he gets mad he stammers.
—Hola, Matt.
—Buena, Sam.
—Me alegra mucho que aparezcas justo
ahora, Matt. Los otro y yo íbamos a ir ahora a
buscarte.
—¿Pa qué, Sam?
—Pa algo mu serio, chico.
¡Mu serio!
—Sí, chico —decía Lige, con aire apesadumbrado—.
Es una cosa que requiere toa tu
atención. No tienes un minuto que perder.
—Pero bueno, ¿qué es? No me tengái así,
decírmelo de una vez. [68]
—Me parece que es mejor que no te lo
digamo aquí, en la tienda. Estamos demasiao
lejos del sitio. Será mejor que vayamos caminando
pa el lago Sabelia.
—Pero ¿qué es lo que pasa, chico? No me
vayái a salir ahora con una de vuestra tonterías.
—Esa mula tuya, Matt, es mejor que vayas
a echarle una ojeada. Está mu, pero que mu mal.
—¿Adónde está? ¿Se ha ido pa el lago y la
ha cogido un aligátor?
—Peor que eso. La han cogido las mujere
del pueblo. Cuando a eso del mediodía he pasao
yo junto al lago, mi mujer y unas cuantas má la
tenían tumbá de lao en el suelo y la estaban
usando como tabla de lavar.
La carcajada que llevaban
conteniendo todo el rato, estallaba
por fin. Sam jamás sonreía.
—Sí, Matt, esa mula está tan flaca que
las mujere están usando sus costillas pa frotar
la ropa y los corvejones pa tender los trapos
a que se sequen.
Matt se da cuenta de que han vuelto a tomarle
el pelo y las risas le ponen furioso. Y
cuando se pone furioso, tartamudea.
At the store, Jody and Janie argue. She accuses
him of being no fun and he argues that he is
just being responsible. Although she disagrees,
she decides to hold her tongue. On the porch,
meanwhile, Sam Watson (Pheoby’s husband)
and Lige Moss hold a humorous philosophical
debate. They argue about whether natural
instinct or a learned sense of caution keeps
men away from hot stoves. The good-spirited
argument gets intense and Jody decides to
join it, leaving his delivery boy Hezekiah Potts
in charge of the store. The conversation shifts
to a discussion of the Sinclair gas station in
town but then becomes a playful performance
of machismo and flirtation as several of
the town’s women parade by. Janie is
enjoying the fun when Jody orders her back
in the store to wait on one of the women.
When Janie cannot find any pig’s feet for
another customer, Jody grows angry and
accuses her of incompetence. Instead of
fighting back, Janie remains silent. But as
time goes on, her resentment builds. She
feels the spark go out of their sex life and
the spirit of love leave their marriage. One
day, seven years after they met, Jody slaps
her after a disastrous dinner. Still, Janie
doesn’t express her anger; she decides to
maintain an exterior of silent respect while
keeping her dreams and emotions inside.
But later that day, Janie goes to the store.
There, she finds Tony Robbins’s wife begging
Jody for a little meat for her family. Jody gives
her a small piece and adds the cost to Tony’s
account. The men on the porch mutter that
they would never allow their wives to
embarrass them like that, especially since her
husband had spent so much money on her.
Janie finally cannot resist speaking up,
scolding the men and saying that they don’t
know as much about women as they think
they do. She points out that it is easy to act
big and tough when women and chickens are
the only things around to subdue. Jody tells
her to be quiet and orders her to fetch him a
checkerboard.
Analysis
Chapter 6 serves two chief functions: it
further explores Janie and Jody’s
relationship, particularly his need for control
and it examines the strong sense of
community in Eatonville, particularly the way
language nurtures this sense of community.
Both of these issues relate to Janie’s
continuing quest to find herself and a sense
of meaning and purpose. Initially drawn to
Jody because of his ambition, and thinking
that she would achieve her dreams through
him, Janie learns, in this chapter, that Jody’s
power only restricts her. On the other hand,
by experiencing the richness of life in
Eatonville, in particular the rich folk traditions
of conversation, Janie begins to see how she
might live the life that she so desires.
« T’es qu’un mensonge puant, Sam, et
tes pieds sont pas de compagnie. T-t-t-oi !
“You’se uh stinkin’ lie, Sam, and yo’
feet ain’t mates. Y-y-yyou!”
- Ao, vieux, faut pas te fiche en rogne. 60 “Aw, man, ’tain’t no use in you gittin’
Tu le sais qu’tu nourris pas Ibaudet. Comment
mad. Yuh know yuh don’t feed de mule.
qu’y va engraisser ?
How he gointuh git
fat?”
- J-j-j-jle nourris. J-j-j-ui donne
une pleine tasse de maïs à chaque 65
repas.
- Lige, il la connaît, ta tasse de maïs.
Y s’est caché derrière ta grange et y t’a
observé. C’est pas avec une tasse à 70
grains qu’tu mesures ton maïs, c’est avec
une tasse à thé.
“Ah-ah-ah d-d-does feed ’im! Ah
g-g-gived ’im uh full cup uh cawn every
feedin’.”
“Lige knows all about dat cup uh
cawn. He hid round yo’ barn and
watched yuh. ’Tain’t no feed cup
you measures dat cawn outa. It’s uh
tea cup.”
- J’le nourris, que j’vous dis. L’est trop “Ah does feed ’im. He’s jus’ too
mauvais pour engraisser. Y reste maig’ et 75 mean tuh git fat. He stay poor and
[103] décharné par pure malveillance. Par rawbony jus’ fuh spite. Skeered he’ll
peur de devoir boulonner.
hafta work some.”
—Eso es una podría mentira,
Sam, y t-t-tú...
—Bueno, chico, tampoco es pa que te enfades.
Sabes muy bien que no le das de comé a la
mula. ¿Cómo quieres que engorde?
—¡Sí que le d-d-doy de comer! ¡Le
d-d-doy un tazón lleno de maíz en
cada comida!
—Sí, Lige ya nos ha hablao de esos tazone
de maíz que le das. Él se escondió una vez en tu
granero y te espió. Tú no mides el maíz con un
tazón pa alimentar a un animal. Lo mides con
una taza de té, chico.
—Yo le doy de comer. No engorda de pura
maldá. Se queda en lo hueso aposta. Porque me
tiene ojeriza. Cree que si engorda, la haré trabajar
má.
Jody continues to exert the same kind of control
over Janie that he does in Chapter 5. It
is important to note, however, that Jody is not
an evil character. Indeed, there are no true
antagonists in the book, and evil is not
manifested in specific individuals. Jody
doesn’t cause pain for its own sake; rather,
pain results for Janie as a result of the way
that Jody acts—according to the rules that
make sense to him, misguided though they
are. He is living the only way he knows how.
In his heart, he does not intend to hurt
people, but his unfailing belief in a social
hierarchy dominated by wealthy males
inevitably hurts those around him.
That Jody is not fundamentally evil manifests
itself in the episode with Matt Bonner’s mule.
Jody’s purchase of the animal is a tender
moment: unbeknownst to Janie, he spares the
animal in order to please her. It is a noble display
of power both because it frees the mule
from cruelty and because it is meant to please
Janie. But even in moments such as this one,
Jody’s relationship to Janie still operates
according to an imbalanced power dynamic.
Though this incident is not a matter of anger
or ambition but rather tender kindness, he can
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