The entrails of time- vintage /Las entrañas del tiempo

in #qurator5 years ago

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The entrails of time

In this modern world we always live in a hurry.
We have almost no time for anything and if you have it you are looking for things to occupy it.
Formerly the clocks were not like everything electronic now, with microprocessors in their guts, which measure your heart's pulsations and the steps you walk.
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Las entrañas del tiempo

En este mundo moderno siempre vivimos con prisas.
No tenemos casi tiempo para nada y si lo tienes ya buscas cosas para ocuparlo.
Antiguamente los relojes no eran como ahora todo electrónico, con microprocesadores en sus entrañas, que te miden las pulsaciones de tu corazón y los pasos que caminas
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Before the clock was a jewel, a treasure that you spoiled and enjoyed, if you were lucky enough to own one.
Today those watches that delighted our ancestors.
They have been somewhere dark in that drawer that you never open.
Or as here happens in an antique fair.
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Antes el reloj era una joya, un tesoro que mimabas y disfrutabas, si tenías la suerte de poseer uno.
Hoy en día esos relojes que hacían las delicias de nuestros antepasados.
Han quedado en algún lugar oscuro de ese cajón que nunca abres.
O como aquí ocurre en una feria de antigüedades
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But today we do not look at the beauty of the watch but its guts.
These small pieces that rubbing against each other, coupling their teeth inside another piece also toothed, make time can be measured.
Tic tac, tic tac.
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Pero hoy no miramos la belleza del reloj sino sus tripas.
Esas pequeñas piezas que rozándose unas con otras, acoplando sus dientes dentro de otra pieza también dentada, hacen que se pueda medir el tiempo.
Tic tac, tic tac
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And here we have those pieces that have been brought to light so we can see their inner magic.
Pieces already worthless. That a clock artist in times not so distant would seem like real jewels.
The gears that one day worked with total precision.
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Y aquí tenemos esas piezas que han sido puestas a la luz para que veamos su magia interior.
Piezas ya sin valor. Que un artista de los relojes en tiempos no tan lejanos le parecerían verdaderas joyas.
Los engranajes que un día funcionaban con total precisión
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Today they look dead and lifeless, standing forever.
Its balance wheel oscillating from side to side, slowly but without stopping.
The anchor that had the function of controlling everything, stopping the gears.
But this time we only see part of the pieces, they were lost years ago.
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Hoy se ven muertos y sin vida, parados para siempre.
Su rueda de balance oscilando a un lado y otro, despacio pero sin parar.
La ancora que tenía la función de controlar todo, frenando los engranajes.
Pero en esta ocasión solo vemos parte de las piezas, ellas se perdieron hace años
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For carelessness or for not knowing how to keep these great works of the watchmaker who in those times was like a god, since we mediate time by the sun, the light and darkness of the day.
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Por dejadez o por no saber conservar estas grandes obras del relojero que en aquellos tiempos era como un dios, ya que mediamos el tiempo por el sol, la claridad y oscuridad del día.
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If you are a few years old, you can still remember pocket watches.
Those who stringed with their fingers.
The lid was lifted to see the time and some had even a beautiful melody.
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Si tienes unos cuantos años, todavía puedes recordar los relojes de bolsillo.
Los que se daban cuerda con los dedos.
Se levantaba la tapa para ver la hora y algunos tenían hasta una bonita melodía.

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tic tac, tic tac........
I will never forget the melody of the seconds.
Nunca olvidaré la melodía de los segundos

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