Don Quixote — Chapter 67 in Spanish
By Miguel de Cervantes
En estremo contento, ufano y vanaglorioso iba don Quijote por haber alcanzado vitoria de tan valiente caballero como él se imaginaba que era el de los Espejos, de cuya caballeresca palabra esperaba saber si el encantamento de su señora pasaba adelante, pues era forzoso que el tal vencido caballero volviese, so pena de no serlo, a darle razón de lo que con ella le hubiese sucedido. Don Quixote went off satisfied, elated, and vain-glorious in the highest degree at having won a victory over such a valiant knight as he fancied him of the Mirrors to be, and one from whose knightly word he expected to learn whether the enchantment of his lady still continued; inasmuch as the said vanquished knight was bound, under the penalty of ceasing to be one, to return and render him an account of what took place between him and her. Pero uno pensaba don Quijote y otro el de los Espejos, puesto que por entonces no era otro su pensamiento sino buscar donde bizmarse, como se ha dicho. But Don Quixote was of one mind, he of the Mirrors of another, for he just then had no thought of anything but finding some village where he could plaster himself, as has been said already. Dice, pues, la historia que cuando el bachiller Sansón Carrasco aconsejó a don Quijote que volviese a proseguir sus dejadas caballerías, fue por haber entrado primero en bureo con el cura y el barbero sobre qué medio se podría tomar para reducir a don Quijote a que se estuviese en su casa quieto y sosegado, sin que le alborotasen sus mal buscadas aventuras; de cuyo consejo salió, por voto común de todos y parecer particular de Carrasco, que dejasen salir a don Quijote, pues el detenerle parecía imposible, y que Sansón le saliese al camino como caballero andante, y trabase batalla con él, pues no faltaría sobre qué, y le venciese, teniéndolo por cosa fácil, y que fuese pacto y concierto que el vencido quedase a merced del vencedor; y así vencido don Quijote, le había de mandar el bachiller caballero se volviese a su pueblo y casa, y no saliese della en dos años, o hasta tanto que por él le fuese mandado otra cosa; lo cual era claro que don Quijote vencido cumpliría indubitablemente, por no contravenir y faltar a las leyes de la caballería, y podría ser que en el tiempo de su reclusión se le olvidasen sus vanidades, o se diese lugar de buscar a su locura algún conveniente remedio. The history goes on to say, then, that when the bachelor Samson Carrasco recommended Don Quixote to resume his knight-errantry which he had laid aside, it was in consequence of having been previously in conclave with the curate and the barber on the means to be adopted to induce Don Quixote to stay at home in peace and quiet without worrying himself with his ill-starred adventures; at which consultation it was decided by the unanimous vote of all, and on the special advice of Carrasco, that Don Quixote should be allowed to go, as it seemed impossible to restrain him, and that Samson should sally forth to meet him as a knight-errant, and do battle with him, for there would be no difficulty about a cause, and vanquish him, that being looked upon as an easy matter; and that it should be agreed and settled that the vanquished was to be at the mercy of the victor. Entonces, vencido don Quijote, el bachiller caballero le había de mandar que tornase a su aldea y a su casa, y no saliese della en dos años, o hasta que de él recibiese otras órdenes; todo lo cual era claro que don Quijote obedeciese sin replicación, antes que contraviniese o dejase de guardar las leyes de la caballería; y durante el tiempo de su retiro podría quizá olvidar su locura, o tal vez hubiese oportunidad de descubrir algún remedio presente para su demencia. Then, Don Quixote being vanquished, the bachelor knight was to command him to return to his village and his house, and not quit it for two years, or until he received further orders from him; all which it was clear Don Quixote would unhesitatingly obey, rather than contravene or fail to observe the laws of chivalry; and during the period of his seclusion he might perhaps forget his folly, or there might be an opportunity of discovering some ready remedy for his madness. Aceptólo Carrasco, y ofreciósele por escudero Tomé Cecial, compadre y vecino de Sancho Panza, hombre alegre y de lucios cascos. Carrasco undertook the task, and Tom Cecial, a gossip and neighbour of Sancho Panza's, a lively, feather-headed fellow, offered himself as his squire. Armóse Sansón como queda referido y Tomé Cecial acomodó sobre sus naturales narices las falsas y de máscara ya dichas, porque no fuese conocido de su compadre cuando se viesen; y así, siguieron el mismo viaje que llevaba don Quijote, y llegaron casi a hallarse en la aventura del carro de la Muerte. Carrasco armed himself in the fashion described, and Tom Cecial, that he might not be known by his gossip when they met, fitted on over his own natural nose the false masquerade one that has been mentioned; and so they followed the same route Don Quixote took, and almost came up with him in time to be present at the adventure of the cart of Death and finally encountered them in the grove, where all that the sagacious reader has been reading about took place; and had it not been for the extraordinary fancies of Don Quixote, and his conviction that the bachelor was not the bachelor, senor bachelor would have been incapacitated for ever from taking his degree of licentiate, all through not finding nests where he thought to find birds.
Tomé Cecial, que vio cuán mal había logrado sus deseos y el mal paradero que había tenido su camino, dijo al bachiller: Tom Cecial, seeing how ill they had succeeded, and what a sorry end their expedition had come to, said to the bachelor, "Sure enough, Senor Samson Carrasco, we are served right; it is easy enough to plan and set about an enterprise, but it is often a difficult matter to come well out of it. Don Quijote loco, nosotros cuerdos: él se va sano y riendo, vuesa merced queda molido y triste. Don Quixote a madman, and we sane; he goes off laughing, safe, and sound, and you are left sore and sorry! Quisiera saber ahora cuál es más loco: ¿el que lo es por no poder menos, o el que lo es por su voluntad? I'd like to know now which is the madder, he who is so because he cannot help it, or he who is so of his own choice?"
Sepamos, pues, ahora, cuál es más loco: ¿el que lo es por no poder menos, o el que lo es por su voluntad? A lo que respondió Sansón: To which Samson replied, "The difference between the two sorts of madmen is, that he who is so will he nil he, will be one always, while he who is so of his own accord can leave off being one whenever he likes."
— Pues así es —dijo Tomé Cecial—, yo fui por mi voluntad loco cuando quise hacerme escudero de vuestra merced, y por la misma quiero dejar de serlo y volverme a mi casa. "In that case," said Tom Cecial, "I was a madman of my own accord when I volunteered to become your squire, and, of my own accord, I'll leave off being one and go home."