Dracula — Page 13
One of my companions touched my arm as we swept round the base of a hill and opened up the lofty, snow-covered peak of a mountain, which seemed, as we wound on our serpentine way, to be right before us:--
Um dos meus companheiros tocou no meu braço enquanto contornávamos a base de uma colina e avistávamos o elevado cume coberto de neve de uma montanha, que parecia, enquanto seguíamos pelo nosso caminho sinuoso, estar bem à nossa frente:--
"Look! Isten szek!"--"God's seat!"--and he crossed himself reverently.
"Olhe! Isten szek!"--"O trono de Deus!"--e ele benzeu-se reverentemente.
As we wound on our endless way, and the sun sank lower and lower behind us, the shadows of the evening began to creep round us.
À medida que prosseguíamos pelo nosso interminável caminho, e o sol ia descendo cada vez mais atrás de nós, as sombras da tarde começaram a cercar-nos.
This was emphasised by the fact that the snowy mountain-top still held the sunset, and seemed to glow out with a delicate cool pink.
Isso era acentuado pelo facto de o cume nevado da montanha ainda guardar o pôr do sol, e parecer resplandecer com um delicado rosa frio.
Here and there we passed Cszeks and Slovaks, all in picturesque attire, but I noticed that goitre was painfully prevalent.
Aqui e ali passávamos por Székelys e Eslovacos, todos em trajes pitorescos, mas reparei que o bócio era dolorosamente prevalente.
By the roadside were many crosses, and as we swept by, my companions all crossed themselves.
À beira da estrada havia muitas cruzes, e à medida que passávamos, todos os meus companheiros se benziam.
Here and there was a peasant man or woman kneeling before a shrine, who did not even turn round as we approached, but seemed in the self-surrender of devotion to have neither eyes nor ears for the outer world.
Aqui e ali havia um camponês ou uma camponesa ajoelhado diante de um oratório, que nem sequer se voltava quando nos aproximávamos, mas parecia, na entrega devota da devoção, não ter olhos nem ouvidos para o mundo exterior.
There were many things new to me: for instance, hay-ricks in the trees, and here and there very beautiful masses of weeping birch, their white stems shining like silver through the delicate green of the leaves.
Havia muitas coisas novas para mim: por exemplo, medas de feno nas árvores, e aqui e ali belíssimas manchas de bétulas-chorosas, com os seus troncos brancos a brilhar como prata através do delicado verde das folhas.
Now and again we passed a leiter-wagon--the ordinary peasant's cart--with its long, snake-like vertebra, calculated to suit the inequalities of the road.
De vez em quando passávamos por uma leiter-wagon--a carroça comum do camponês--com a sua longa vértebra semelhante a uma serpente, calculada para se adaptar às desigualdades do caminho.
Vocabulary
- companheiros
- Companions or fellow travelers accompanying someone
- tocou
- Touched or tapped, past tense of 'tocar'
- braço
- Arm, the upper limb of the human body
- enquanto
- Conjunction meaning 'while' or 'as'
- contornávamos
- We were going around or skirting something
- base
- Base or foot of a hill or structure
- colina
- A small hill or gentle elevation in terrain
- avistávamos
- We were catching sight of something in distance
- elevado
- Elevated or high, raised above the surroundings
- cume
- Summit or peak of a mountain or hill
- coberto
- Covered or blanketed by something, past participle
- neve
- Snow, frozen precipitation that covers surfaces
- montanha
- Mountain, a large natural elevation of earth
- parecia
- Seemed or appeared, imperfect tense of 'parecer'
- seguíamos
- We were following or continuing along a path
- caminho
- Path, road, or way leading somewhere
- sinuoso
- Winding or twisting, having many curves
- estar
- To be, indicating a temporary or changeable state
- frente
- Front or ahead, the forward-facing direction
- Olhe
- Look! An imperative exclamation to direct attention
- trono
- Throne, the ceremonial seat of a ruler or deity
- Deus
- God, the supreme divine being
- benzeu-se
- He crossed himself in a religious gesture
- reverentemente
- Reverently, with deep respect and devotion
- À medida
- As or as long as, expressing gradual progression
- prosseguíamos
- We continued or proceeded forward on our way
- interminável
- Endless or interminable, seeming to have no end
- sol
- Sun, the star at the center of our solar system
- descendo
- Descending or going down, present participle
- cada vez mais
- More and more, indicating increasing intensity progressively
- atrás
- Behind or at the back of something
- sombras
- Shadows or shades cast by blocking light
- tarde
- Afternoon or evening; also means 'late'
- começaram
- They began or started, past tense of 'começar'
- cercar-nos
- To surround or encircle us on all sides
- acentuado
- Accentuated or heightened, made more pronounced
- facto
- Fact, a true piece of information or reality
- nevado
- Snow-capped or snow-covered, relating to snow
- ainda
- Still or yet, indicating continuation of a state
- guardar
- To keep or hold; to preserve something
- pôr do sol
- Sunset, the daily disappearance of the sun
- parecer
- To seem or appear a certain way
- resplandecer
- To shine or gleam with brilliant, radiant light
- delicado
- Delicate, fine, or gentle in quality
- rosa
- Pink color or rose flower
- frio
- Cold, having a low temperature
- ali
- There, indicating a location slightly farther away
- passávamos
- We were passing by, imperfect tense of 'passar'
- trajes
- Costumes or garments, traditional or festive clothing
- pitorescos
- Picturesque or quaint, visually charming and colorful
- reparei
- I noticed or observed something carefully
- dolorosamente
- Painfully or distressingly, in a sorrowful manner
- prevalente
- Prevalent or widespread, commonly found in a place
- beira
- Edge or side, as along a road or border
- estrada
- Road or highway used for traveling
- havia
- There was or there were, imperfect of 'haver'
- cruzes
- Crosses, religious symbols or roadside markers
- se benziam
- They crossed themselves in a devotional gesture
- camponês
- Peasant or rural farmer, a country dweller
- camponesa
- Female peasant or rural woman from the countryside
- ajoelhado
- Kneeling, in a position of reverence or prayer
- diante
- Before or in front of something
- oratório
- Roadside shrine or small chapel for prayer
- nem sequer
- Not even, emphasizing total exclusion of something
- voltava
- Was turning back or returning, imperfect of 'voltar'
- aproximávamos
- We were approaching or drawing near to something
- entrega
- Devotion or surrender, total absorption in something
- devota
- Devout or pious, deeply religious and faithful
- devoção
- Devotion, profound religious dedication and commitment
- olhos
- Eyes, the organs of sight
- ouvidos
- Ears, the organs of hearing
- mundo
- World, everything outside oneself or surroundings
- exterior
- Exterior or outside, referring to the outer world
- Havia
- There were, imperfect tense of 'haver'
- exemplo
- Example or instance illustrating a point
- medas
- Haystacks, large piles of harvested hay
- feno
- Hay, dried grass used as animal feed
- árvores
- Trees, large woody plants with trunks and branches
- belíssimas
- Most beautiful (superlative feminine plural adjective)
- manchas
- Patches or spots, areas of distinct color or texture
- bétulas-chorosas
- Weeping birch trees with drooping branches
- troncos
- Trunks of trees, main woody stems
- brancos
- White (masculine plural adjective)
- brilhar
- To shine or glisten with reflected light
- prata
- Silver, a shiny precious metal
- através
- Through or across, passing from one side
- verde
- Green color, the color of leaves and grass
- folhas
- Leaves of a tree or plant
- carroça
- Cart or wagon, a simple vehicle pulled by animals
- comum
- Common or ordinary, typical and widely found
- vértebra
- Vertebra, a bone of the spine; here used metaphorically
- semelhante
- Similar to or resembling something else
- serpente
- Serpent or snake, a long reptile
- calculada
- Calculated or designed with a specific purpose
- adaptar
- To adapt or adjust to different conditions
- desigualdades
- Inequalities or unevenness, irregular surface variations
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