Meditations — Page 15
The petty annoyances of injustice or unkindness are looked on by each with the same magnanimity.
Os pequenos aborrecimentos da injustiça ou da crueldade são encarados por cada um com a mesma magnanimidade.
'Why doth a little thing said or done against thee make thee sorry?
'Por que razão uma pequena coisa dita ou feita contra ti te entristece?
It is no new thing; it is not the first, nor shall it be the last, if thou live long.
Não é coisa nova; não é a primeira, nem será a última, se viveres muito tempo.
At best suffer patiently, if thou canst not suffer joyously.'
Quando muito, sofre com paciência, se não consegues sofrer com alegria.'
The Christian should sorrow more for other men's malice than for our own wrongs; but the Roman is inclined to wash his hands of the offender.
O cristão deveria lamentar-se mais pela malícia dos outros homens do que pelos nossos próprios agravos; mas o romano inclina-se a lavar as mãos em relação ao ofensor.
'Study to be patient in suffering and bearing other men's defaults and all manner infirmities,' says the Christian;
'Esforça-te por ser paciente ao sofrer e suportar as faltas dos outros homens e toda a espécie de enfermidades,' diz o cristão;
but the Roman would never have thought to add, 'If all men were perfect, what had we then to suffer of other men for God?'
mas o romano nunca teria pensado em acrescentar: 'Se todos os homens fossem perfeitos, o que teríamos então a sofrer dos outros homens por Deus?'
The virtue of suffering in itself is an idea which does not meet us in the _Meditations_.
A virtude do sofrimento em si mesma é uma ideia que não encontramos nas _Meditações_.
Both alike realise that man is one of a great community.
Ambos reconhecem igualmente que o homem faz parte de uma grande comunidade.
'No man is sufficient to himself,' says the Christian; 'we must bear together, help together, comfort together.'
'Nenhum homem se basta a si mesmo,' diz o cristão; 'devemos suportar juntos, ajudar juntos, consolar juntos.'
But while he sees a chief importance in zeal, in exalted emotion that is, and avoidance of lukewarmness, the Roman thought mainly of the duty to be done as well as might be, and less of the feeling which should go with the doing of it.
Mas enquanto o cristão vê uma importância primordial no zelo, ou seja, na emoção elevada, e na evitação da tepidez, o romano pensava principalmente no dever a cumprir da melhor forma possível, e menos no sentimento que deveria acompanhar a sua realização.
To the saint as to the emperor, the world is a poor thing at best.
Para o santo, tal como para o imperador, o mundo é, na melhor das hipóteses, uma coisa mesquinha.
Vocabulary
- pequenos
- peh-KEH-noosh — Small or little things; plural of pequeno
- aborrecimentos
- ah-boh-heh-see-MEN-toosh — Annoyances, irritations, or petty frustrations
- injustiça
- een-jhoosh-TEE-sah — Injustice or unfair treatment toward someone
- crueldade
- kroo-el-DAH-deh — Cruelty; deliberate infliction of pain or suffering
- encarados
- en-kah-RAH-doosh — Faced or regarded; past participle of encarar
- magnanimidade
- mag-nah-nee-mee-DAH-deh — Magnanimity; noble generosity and greatness of spirit
- razão
- hah-ZOWNG — Reason or rational justification for something
- dita
- DEE-tah — Said; feminine past participle of dizer
- entristece
- en-treesh-TEH-seh — Makes sad; third person singular of entristecer
- viveres
- vee-VEH-resh — If you live; second person subjunctive of viver
- sofre
- SOH-freh — Suffers; third person singular present of sofrer
- paciência
- pah-see-EN-see-ah — Patience; calm endurance of hardship or delay
- consegues
- kon-SEH-gesh — You manage or succeed; second person singular of conseguir
- sofrer
- soh-FREHR — To suffer or endure pain or hardship
- alegria
- ah-leh-GREE-ah — Joy or happiness; a feeling of great pleasure
- cristão
- kreesh-TOWNG — Christian; a person who follows Christianity
- deveria
- deh-veh-REE-ah — Should or ought to; conditional of dever
- lamentar-se
- lah-men-TAR-seh — To lament or grieve; reflexive form of lamentar
- malícia
- mah-LEE-see-ah — Malice; deliberate intention to harm others
- próprios
- PROH-pree-oosh — Own; emphasizing personal ownership or identity
- agravos
- ah-GRAH-voosh — Grievances or wrongs suffered; injuries or offenses
- romano
- hoh-MAH-noo — Roman; relating to ancient Rome or its culture
- inclina-se
- een-KLEE-nah-seh — Inclines or tends toward; reflexive form of inclinar
- lavar
- lah-VAR — To wash; to clean with water
- mãos
- mowngsh — Hands; plural of mão, the body's grasping appendage
- relação
- heh-lah-SOWNG — Relation or relationship; connection between things
- ofensor
- oh-fen-SOHR — Offender; one who commits an offense against another
- Esforça-te
- esh-FOR-sah-teh — Make an effort; imperative reflexive of esforçar-se
- paciente
- pah-see-EN-teh — Patient; able to endure hardship calmly
- suportar
- soo-pohr-TAR — To bear or tolerate; to endure difficulties calmly
- faltas
- FAL-tahsh — Faults or failings; shortcomings in character or behavior
- espécie
- esh-PEH-see-eh — Kind or sort; a type or category of something
- enfermidades
- en-fer-mee-DAH-desh — Illnesses or infirmities; physical or moral weaknesses
- acrescentar
- ah-kreh-sen-TAR — To add or append; to include something additional
- fossem
- FOH-seng — Were; third person plural imperfect subjunctive of ser
- perfeitos
- per-FAY-toosh — Perfect; flawless, without faults or imperfections
- teríamos
- teh-REE-ah-moosh — We would have; first person plural conditional of ter
- Deus
- DEH-oosh — God; the supreme being in monotheistic religion
- virtude
- veer-TOO-deh — Virtue; moral excellence or righteous quality
- sofrimento
- soh-free-MEN-too — Suffering or pain; the state of enduring hardship
- ideia
- ee-DAY-ah — Idea or concept; a thought or mental impression
- Meditações
- meh-dee-tah-SOYNG-sh — Meditations; reflective writings, as of Marcus Aurelius
- Ambos
- AM-boosh — Both; referring to two previously mentioned subjects
- reconhecem
- heh-kon-YEH-seng — Recognize or acknowledge; third person plural of reconhecer
- igualmente
- ee-gwal-MEN-teh — Equally or likewise; in an equal or similar manner
- comunidade
- koh-moo-nee-DAH-deh — Community; a group sharing common interests or place
- Nenhum
- neh-NYOONG — None or no one; masculine singular negative pronoun
- basta
- BAH-stah — Suffices or is enough; third person singular of bastar
- juntos
- JHOON-toosh — Together; in each other's company or cooperation
- ajudar
- ah-jhoo-DAR — To help or assist; to provide aid to someone
- consolar
- kon-soh-LAR — To console or comfort someone in distress
- enquanto
- en-KWAN-too — While or whereas; temporal or contrastive conjunction
- importância
- eem-pohr-TAN-see-ah — Importance; the quality of being significant or valuable
- primordial
- pree-mohr-dee-AL — Primordial or primary; of greatest importance or origin
- zelo
- ZEH-loo — Zeal or fervor; intense dedication to a cause
- emoção
- eh-moh-SOWNG — Emotion; a strong feeling like joy or sadness
- elevada
- eh-leh-VAH-dah — Elevated or lofty; high in degree or moral quality
- evitação
- eh-vee-tah-SOWNG — Avoidance; the act of deliberately keeping away from
- tepidez
- teh-pee-DESH — Tepidness; lack of enthusiasm or lukewarm attitude
- principalmente
- preen-see-pal-MEN-teh — Mainly or primarily; above all other considerations
- dever
- deh-VEHR — Duty or obligation; also infinitive meaning 'must'
- cumprir
- koom-PREER — To fulfill or carry out a duty or obligation
- possível
- poh-SEE-vel — Possible; capable of happening or being done
- sentimento
- sen-tee-MEN-too — Feeling or sentiment; an emotional state or attitude
- acompanhar
- ah-kom-pah-NYAR — To accompany or go along with someone or something
- realização
- heh-ah-lee-zah-SOWNG — Realization or fulfillment; achieving or completing something
- santo
- SAN-too — Saint; a holy or virtuous person in religious tradition
- imperador
- eem-peh-rah-DOHR — Emperor; a supreme ruler of an empire
- hipóteses
- ee-POH-teh-zesh — Hypotheses; assumptions or speculative propositions
- mesquinha
- mesh-KEE-nyah — Petty or mean; narrow-minded or ungenerous attitude
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