Feb 10, 2013 17:36
11 yrs ago
Spanish term

decir je

Spanish to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
Una glosa del Conde de Salinas:

Y dijo con viva fe:
"Ayudame buen Jesús"
y el cuchillo al cuello fue;
y volvió a decir je ,
y no pudo a acabar su.

Gracias de antemano.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +6 (and again he) said 'Je'

Discussion

of course, that makes sense then!
Simon Bruni Feb 10, 2013:
I don't think it's a typo, just poetic licence.
"je" con "j" minúscula?? Maybe a typo?

Proposed translations

+6
7 mins
Selected

(and again he) said 'Je'

Was he was about to say 'Jesus' again, but was interrupted by the knife to the throat?
Peer comment(s):

agree Patricia González Schütz : I was about to say the same thing...
1 min
agree Betina Rodríguez Vedoya
26 mins
agree Maria Alvarez
59 mins
agree clairetransl (X) : Totally agree.
1 hr
agree Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
1 hr
agree Carol Gullidge : you'd think they would have bothered to make sure of the capital letter
1 hr
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks Simon. I was drawing a complete blank on it."
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