Coniston — Volume 01 — Page 2
The hills seem to leap up against the sky as I describe that region where Cynthia Ware was born, and the very old country names help to summon up the picture.
As colinas parecem saltar contra o céu enquanto descrevo aquela região onde Cynthia Ware nasceu, e os nomes campestres muito antigos ajudam a evocar a imagem.
Coniston Mountain, called by some the Blue Mountain, clad in Hercynian forests, ten good miles in length, north and south, with its notch road that winds over the saddle behind the withers of it.
A Montanha Coniston, chamada por alguns de Montanha Azul, coberta por florestas hercínicas, com boas dez milhas de comprimento, de norte a sul, com sua estrada de entalhe que serpenteia sobre a sela atrás do seu cernelha.
Coniston Water, that oozes out from under the loam in a hundred places, on the eastern slope, gathers into a rushing stream to cleave the very granite, flows southward around the south end of Coniston Mountain, and having turned the mills at Brampton, idles through meadows westward in its own green valley until it comes to Harwich, where it works again and tumbles into a river.
As Águas de Coniston, que brotam por baixo do húmus em centenas de lugares, na encosta oriental, juntam-se numa corrente veloz que fende o próprio granito, fluem para o sul ao redor da extremidade sul da Montanha Coniston e, tendo movido os moinhos em Brampton, vagam pelos prados em direção ao oeste em seu próprio vale verde até chegarem a Harwich, onde trabalham novamente e deságuam num rio.
Brampton and Harwich are rivals, but Coniston Water gives of its power impartially to each.
Brampton e Harwich são rivais, mas as Águas de Coniston distribuem seu poder imparcialmente a cada uma.
From the little farm clearings on the western slope of Coniston Mountain you can sweep the broad valley of a certain broad river where grew (and grow still) the giant pines that gave many a mast to King George's navy as tribute for the land.
Das pequenas clareiras agrícolas na encosta ocidental da Montanha Coniston é possível avistar o largo vale de um certo rio extenso onde cresceram (e ainda crescem) os pinheiros gigantes que forneceram muitos mastros à marinha do Rei George como tributo pela terra.
And beyond that river rises beautiful Farewell Mountain of many colors, now sapphire, now amethyst, its crest rimmed about at evening with saffron flame; and, beyond Farewell, the emerald billows of the western peaks catching the level light.
E além daquele rio ergue-se a bela Montanha Farewell de muitas cores, ora safira, ora ametista, com sua crista orlada ao entardecer por chamas cor de açafrão; e, além de Farewell, as ondas esmeraldas dos picos ocidentais captando a luz rasante.
Vocabulary
- As
- The (feminine plural definite article)
- colinas
- Hills; elevated landforms smaller than mountains
- parecem
- They seem; appear to be in a certain way
- saltar
- To jump; leap; skip over something
- contra
- Against; in opposition to something
- céu
- Sky; the expanse above the earth
- enquanto
- While; during the time that something occurs
- descrevo
- I describe; I portray in words
- aquela
- That (feminine singular distant demonstrative pronoun)
- região
- Region; area or district of territory
- onde
- Where; at or in which place
- nasceu
- Was born; came into existence
- os
- The (masculine plural definite article)
- nomes
- Names; words by which things are called
- campestres
- Rural; relating to countryside or fields
- muito
- Much; a large quantity of something
- antigos
- Ancient; old; from a distant time
- ajudam
- They help; provide assistance or support
- evocar
- To evoke; call forth or bring to mind
- imagem
- Image; picture or mental representation
- Montanha
- Mountain; large elevated landform
- chamada
- Called; named or referred to as
- por
- By; for; indicating agent or purpose
- alguns
- Some; a few; an indefinite quantity
- de
- Of; from; indicating possession or origin
- Azul
- Blue; the color of sky
- coberta
- Covered; protected or concealed by something
- florestas
- Forests; large areas covered with trees
- com
- With; accompanied by; in company of
- boas
- Good; positive or satisfactory quality
- dez
- Ten; the number 10
- milhas
- Miles; units of distance measurement
- comprimento
- Length; the measurement of extent
- norte
- North; direction toward top of map
- sul
- South; direction toward bottom of map
- sua
- Her; its; belonging to her or it
- estrada
- Road; way for traveling between places
- que
- That; which; relative pronoun
- sobre
- On; upon; about; regarding something
- sela
- Saddle; seat placed on animal back
- atrás
- Behind; at back of something
- do
- Of the (contraction of de+o)
- seu
- His; her; its; your (possessive)
- Águas
- Waters; plural of water or rivers
- brotam
- Spring; burst forth or emerge
- baixo
- Low; beneath or underneath something
- húmus
- Humus; organic matter in soil
- em
- In; at; inside or within something
- centenas
- Hundreds; plural of hundred
- lugares
- Places; locations or spaces somewhere
- na
- In the (feminine, contraction of em+a)
- encosta
- Slope; inclined surface of a hill
- oriental
- Eastern; relating to the east
- juntam-se
- Join together; combine or unite
- numa
- In a (contraction of em+uma)
- corrente
- Current; flow of water or electricity
- veloz
- Fast; moving with great speed
- próprio
- Own; belonging to oneself
- granito
- Granite; hard igneous rock
- fluem
- Flow; move as liquid does
- para
- To; for; in order to
- ao
- To the (contraction of a+o)
- redor
- Around; surrounding area or perimeter
- da
- Of the (feminine, contraction of de+a)
- extremidade
- Extremity; end or outermost part
- tendo
- Having; in the state of possession
- movido
- Moved; set in motion
- moinhos
- Mills; structures for grinding grain
- vagam
- Wander; move without fixed direction
- pelos
- By the; through the (contraction)
- prados
- Meadows; grasslands or pastoral fields
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