Don Juan Tenorio | Page 8

to be to listening? You? (Por don Diego y don Gonzalo.) (to Don Diego and Don Gonzalo)
DON DIEGO: Yo estoy bien. This chair is fine.
DON LUIS: ?Y vos? And you?
DON GONZALO: De aqu�� oigo tambi��n. I can hear from mine.
DON LUIS: Raz��n tendr��n si se niegan. They must be fine, if they won't move. (Se sientan todos alrededor de la (Everyone sits down around the mesa en que est��n don Luis Mej��a y table, at which are seated Don don Juan Tenorio.) Luis Mej��a, and Don Juan Tenorio.)
DON JUAN: ?Estamos listos? Are we all ready?
DON LUIS: Estamos. We are.
DON JUAN: Como quien somos cumplimos. Then let's show all we have been.
DON LUIS: Veamos, pues, lo que Let all that we did be seen. hicimos.
DON JUAN: Bebamos antes. Lets drink first.
DON LUIS: Bebamos. (Lo hacen.) Lets drink. (They do)
DON JUAN: La apuesta fue... The bet was...
DON LUIS: Porque un d��a Because one day, it's true, dije que en Espa?a entera I said that in Spain, no one no habr��a nadie que hiciera could do, not another man, lo que hiciera Luis Mej��a. what Luis Mej��a could do.
DON JUAN: Y siendo contradictorio And my opinion, as I breathe, al vuestro mi parecer, was contrary to yours, I fear, yo os dije: "Nadie ha de hacer I told you "No one can come near lo que har�� don Juan Tenorio". what Tenorio will achieve." No es as��? Isn't that so?
DON LUIS: Sin duda alguna: By the book, y vinimos a apostar and we ended up betting we two qui��n de ambos sabr��a obrar which of us would best know how to peor, con mejor fortuna, effect the worst, with the best of luck, en el t��rmino de un a?o, in the space of a single year, junt��ndonos aqu�� hoy meeting again today, here, a probarlo. to prove it.
DON JUAN: Y aqu�� estoy. And here I am.
DON LUIS: Y yo. And I.
CENTELLAS ?Empe?o bien extra?o A truly strange undertaking, por vida m��a! upon my soul!
DON JUAN: Hablad, pues. Then, come!
DON LUIS: No, vos deb��is empezar. No, you open the gate.
DON JUAN: Como gust��is, igual es, As you please, its all one, que nunca me hago esperar. for I never make myself wait. Pues se?or, yo desde aqu��, Well sir, leaving town, buscando mayor espacio seeking a greater measure, para mis haza?as, di of space for my deeds, I hit on sobre Italia, porque all�� Italy, since there a man tiene el placer un palacio. finds the palace of pleasure. De la guerra y del amor The ancient and classical land, antigua y cl��sica tierra, the country of love and war, y en ella el Emperador, and in it the Emperor. con ella y con Francia en guerra, fighting, at war with France, d��jeme: ?D��nde mejor? I said to myself : 'What more Donde hay soldados hay juego, could I want? Soldiers are good hay pendencias y amor��os. for brawling, and lovers' sprees.' Y, pues, sobre Italia luego And so, now to Italy buscando a sangre y a fuego for blood and fire, fuelling amores y desaf��os. love affairs and duelling. En Roma, a mi apuesta fiel, In Rome, faithful to our bet, fij�� entre hostil y amatorio between quarreling and Love's net, en mi puerta este cartel: I posted a sign to let them know: Aqu�� est�� don Juan Tenorio 'Here's Don Juan Tenorio, para quien quiera algo de ��l. for whoever wants to have a go.' De aquellos d��as la historia I wont relate the story a relataros renuncio: of those days, my recreation, rem��tome a la memoria I'll leave it to the memory que dej�� all��, y de mi gloria that I left there, and my glory pod��is juzgar por mi anuncio. you can judge from my declaration. Las romanas caprichosas, The Roman women: capricious, las costumbres licenciosas, their customs: licentious, yo gallardo y calavera, I: a gallant rake ?qui��n a cuento redujera who on earth could make mis empresas amorosas? the count of my amorous adventures? Sal�� de Roma por fin I finally left Rome's eyes, como os pod��is figurar, as you can imagine, sadly, con un disfraz harto ruin, in a quite lowly disguise, y a lomos de un mal roc��n, on a nag that was hardly a prize, pues me quer��an ahorcar. since they truly wanted to hang me. Fui al ej��rcito de Espa?a, I went to the Spanish army mas todos paisanos m��os, but all were my kinsmen, soldados y en tierra extra?a, soldiers, and in a strange country, dej�� pronto su compa?a I soon left their company, tras cinco u seis desaf��os. after five or six duels, again. N��poles, rico vergel Naples, a rich love-garden de amor, del placer emporio, an empire of pleasure, and so vio en mi segundo cartel: it saw my second proclamation: Aqu��