...y qué poca cosa me debía de ver yo"
The following sentence from Zafon's "El Juego del Angel" is not clear to me:
David Martin is approaching Pedro Vidal's elegant home with a magnificent view.
"Qué bien se debía de verla vida desde allí arriba y que poca cosa me debía de ver yo."
The second half of the sentence, with the "yo" interferes with the meaning I want to give the sentence. I would translate it as; "How good it must be to see life from up there, and how insigniicfant to see me." If my translation is correct, can someone explain what the subject pronoun "yo" is doing there. If I am off base, what would be an acceptable translation?
As always, thanks for your help.
3 Answers
Ok, I might be wrong on this, but my best guess for a translation to this sentence would go something like:
"How good life must have looked from up there and how insignificant I must have looked (from there)."
Literally, this would be:
"How well the life must have looked itself from up there and what a small thing I must have looked myself."
How good life must have looked, from up there, and how pathetic, I , myself, must have seemed.??
This is basically the same as Pumpkin's answer.
Rewrite:
"Qué bien se debía de verla vista desde allí arriba y que poca cosa me debía de ver yo."
Further grammatical review:
"Qué bien se debía ver ella desde allí arriba y que poca cosa me debía de ver yo."
Translation:
How good she must have looked from above, while I must've looked like a little nothing.
