Read The Pirate: Andrew Lang Edition in English, with Spanish beside it

As he stood resting upon his gun, and abandoning his mind to the course of these unpleasant reflections, his meditations were unexpectedly interrupted by some one touching his shoulder.

Mientras estaba apoyado en su escopeta, y abandonando su mente al curso de estas desagradables reflexiones, sus meditaciones fueron interrumpidas inesperadamente por alguien que le tocaba el hombro.

He looked around, and saw Norna of the Fitful-head, wrapped in her dark and ample mantle.

Miró a su alrededor, y vio a Norna de la Cabeza Impredecible, envuelta en su oscuro y amplio manto.

She had seen him from the brow of the hill, and had descended to the lake, through a small ravine which concealed her, until she came with noiseless step so close to him that he turned round at her touch.

Lo había visto desde la cresta de la colina, y había descendido hasta el lago, a través de un pequeño barranco que la ocultaba, hasta que llegó con paso silencioso tan cerca de él que se volvió ante su toque.

Mordaunt Mertoun was by nature neither timorous nor credulous, and a course of reading more extensive than usual had, in some degree, fortified his mind against the attacks of superstition;

Mordaunt Mertoun era por naturaleza ni tímido ni crédulo, y un curso de lectura más extenso de lo habitual había, en cierto grado, fortificado su mente contra los ataques de la superstición;

but he would have been an actual prodigy, if, living in Zetland in the end of the seventeenth century, he had possessed the philosophy which did not exist in Scotland generally, until at least two generations later.

pero habría sido un prodigio real, si, viviendo en Zetland a finales del siglo XVII, hubiera poseído la filosofía que no existía en Escocia en general, hasta al menos dos generaciones más tarde.

He doubted in his own mind the extent, nay, the very existence, of Norna's supernatural attributes, which was a high flight of incredulity in the country where they were universally received;

Dudaba en su propia mente de la extensión, y digo, de la misma existencia, de los atributos sobrenaturales de Norna, lo cual era un alto vuelo de incredulidad en el país donde eran universalmente aceptados;

but still his incredulity went no farther than doubts.

pero aún así su incredulidad no iba más allá de las dudas.

She was unquestionably an extraordinary woman, gifted with an energy above others, acting upon motives peculiar to herself, and apparently independent of mere earthly considerations.

Era innegablemente una mujer extraordinaria, dotada de una energía superior a la de los demás, actuando sobre motivos peculiares a ella misma, y aparentemente independiente de meras consideraciones terrenales.

Impressed with these ideas, which he had imbibed from his youth, it was not without something like alarm, that he beheld this mysterious female standing on a sudden so close beside him,

Impresionado con estas ideas, que había absorbido desde su juventud, no fue sin algo parecido al alarma, que contempló a esta misteriosa mujer de repente tan cerca a su lado,

and looking upon him with such sad and severe eyes, as those with which the Fatal Virgins, who, according to northern mythology, were called the Valkyriur,

y mirándolo con ojos tan tristes y severos, como aquellos con los que las Vírgenes Fatales, que, según la mitología nórdica, eran llamadas las Valkyriur,

or "Choosers of the Slain," were supposed to regard the young champions whom they selected to share the banquet of Odin.

o "Elegidoras de los Caídos", se suponía que miraban a los jóvenes campeones que seleccionaban para compartir el banquete de Odín.

It was, indeed, reckoned unlucky, to say the least, to meet with Norna suddenly alone, and in a place remote from witnesses;

De hecho, se consideraba de mala suerte, por lo menos, encontrarse con Norna de repente sola, y en un lugar remoto de testigos;

and she was supposed, on such occasions, to have been usually a prophetess of evil, as well as an omen of misfortune, to those who had such a rencontre.

y se suponía que, en tales ocasiones, solía ser una profetisa del mal, así como un presagio de desgracia, para aquellos que tenían tal encuentro.

There were few or none of the islanders, however familiarized with her occasional appearance in society, that would not have trembled to meet her on the solitary banks of the Green Loch.

Había pocos o ninguno de los isleños, por muy familiarizados que estuvieran con su aparición ocasional en la sociedad, que no habrían temblado al encontrarla en las solitarias orillas del Green Loch.

"I bring you no evil, Mordaunt Mertoun," she said, reading perhaps something of this superstitious feeling in the looks of the young man.

"Te traigo ningún mal, Mordaunt Mertoun," dijo, leyendo quizás algo de este sentimiento supersticioso en la mirada del joven.

"Evil from me you never felt, and never will."

"Ningún mal me has sentido, y nunca sentirás."