Moby Dick; Or, The Whale — Page 2
BALEINE, _French_.
BALEINE, _Francês_.
BALLENA, _Spanish_.
BALLENA, _Espanhol_.
PEKEE-NUEE-NUEE, _Fegee_.
PEKEE-NUEE-NUEE, _Fijiano_.
PEHEE-NUEE-NUEE, _Erromangoan_.
PEHEE-NUEE-NUEE, _Erromanguês_.
EXTRACTS. (Supplied by a Sub-Sub-Librarian).
EXTRATOS. (Fornecidos por um Sub-Sub-Bibliotecário).
It will be seen that this mere painstaking burrower and grub-worm of a poor devil of a Sub-Sub appears to have gone through the long Vaticans and street-stalls of the earth, picking up whatever random allusions to whales he could anyways find in any book whatsoever, sacred or profane.
Ver-se-á que este simples e laborioso escavador e larva de um pobre diabo de Sub-Sub parece ter percorrido os longos Vaticanos e bancas de rua da terra, recolhendo quaisquer alusões aleatórias a baleias que pudesse de algum modo encontrar em qualquer livro, sagrado ou profano.
Therefore you must not, in every case at least, take the higgledy-piggledy whale statements, however authentic, in these extracts, for veritable gospel cetology.
Portanto, não se deve, pelo menos em todos os casos, tomar as confusas declarações sobre baleias, por mais autênticas que sejam, nestes extratos, como verdadeira cetologia evangélica.
Far from it.
Longe disso.
As touching the ancient authors generally, as well as the poets here appearing, these extracts are solely valuable or entertaining, as affording a glancing bird's eye view of what has been promiscuously said, thought, fancied, and sung of Leviathan, by many nations and generations, including our own.
No que diz respeito aos autores antigos em geral, bem como aos poetas aqui presentes, estes extratos são apenas valiosos ou entretidos, por proporcionarem uma visão panorâmica e superficial do que tem sido indiscriminadamente dito, pensado, imaginado e cantado sobre o Leviatã, por muitas nações e gerações, incluindo a nossa.
So fare thee well, poor devil of a Sub-Sub, whose commentator I am.
Então vai-te bem, pobre diabo de Sub-Sub, cujo comentador sou eu.
Thou belongest to that hopeless, sallow tribe which no wine of this world will ever warm; and for whom even Pale Sherry would be too rosy-strong; but with whom one sometimes loves to sit, and feel poor-devilish, too; and grow convivial upon tears; and say to them bluntly, with full eyes and empty glasses, and in not altogether unpleasant sadness—Give it up, Sub-Subs!
Tu pertences àquela tribo sem esperança e de tez amarelada que nenhum vinho deste mundo aquecerá jamais; e para quem até o Pale Sherry seria demasiado rosado e forte; mas com quem às vezes se gosta de sentar, e sentir-se também um pobre diabo; e tornar-se convivial entre lágrimas; e dizer-lhes sem rodeios, com os olhos marejados e os copos vazios, e numa tristeza não de todo desagradável — Desiste, Sub-Subs!
For by how much the more pains ye take to please the world, by so much the more shall ye for ever go thankless!
Pois quanto mais esforços fizerdes para agradar ao mundo, tanto mais sereis para sempre ingratamente ignorados!
Would that I could clear out Hampton Court and the Tuileries for ye!
Quem me dera poder esvaziar Hampton Court e as Tulherias para vós!
Vocabulary
- EXTRATOS
- Extracts or excerpts taken from various texts
- Fornecidos
- Provided or supplied by someone or something
- Sub-Sub-Bibliotecário
- Sub-sub-librarian, a very minor library assistant
- Ver-se-á
- One will see, it will be noticed or observed
- simples
- Simple, plain, or uncomplicated in nature
- laborioso
- Laborious, hardworking, or diligent in effort
- escavador
- Digger or excavator, one who digs through material
- larva
- Larva, grub-like creature in early life stage
- diabo
- Devil or rascal, used informally for a wretched person
- percorrido
- Traveled through or traversed a long distance
- bancas
- Street stalls or bookstalls found along roads
- recolhendo
- Collecting or gathering items found along the way
- alusões
- Allusions or indirect references to a subject
- aleatórias
- Random or chance-based, without specific selection criteria
- baleias
- Whales, large aquatic mammals of the ocean
- sagrado
- Sacred or holy, relating to religious or divine texts
- profano
- Profane or secular, not related to religious matters
- confusas
- Confused or muddled, lacking clarity or order
- declarações
- Statements or declarations made about a subject
- autênticas
- Authentic or genuine, verified as true and reliable
- extratos
- Extracts or passages drawn from written sources
- verdadeira
- True or genuine, accurately representing reality
- cetologia
- Cetology, the scientific study of whales and dolphins
- evangélica
- Evangelical or gospel-based, relating to authoritative truth
- autores
- Authors or writers who created literary works
- antigos
- Ancient or old, referring to writers from past eras
- poetas
- Poets, writers who compose verse and poetry
- presentes
- Present or included here, featured in this collection
- valiosos
- Valuable or worthwhile, having significant usefulness
- entretidos
- Entertaining or amusing, keeping one pleasantly occupied
- proporcionarem
- To provide or afford a broad view of something
- visão
- Vision or view, a perspective on a subject
- panorâmica
- Panoramic or sweeping, offering a wide overall perspective
- superficial
- Superficial or surface-level, lacking depth of analysis
- indiscriminadamente
- Indiscriminately, without distinction or selective judgment
- pensado
- Thought or considered, having been mentally reflected upon
- imaginado
- Imagined or conceived in the mind creatively
- cantado
- Sung or praised in song by various peoples
- Leviatã
- Leviathan, a great biblical sea monster or whale
- nações
- Nations or peoples from various parts of the world
- gerações
- Generations, successive groups of people across time
- incluindo
- Including or encompassing, taking something into account
- comentador
- Commentator or annotator who explains or discusses texts
- pertences
- You belong to a particular group or category
- tribo
- Tribe or group sharing common characteristics or fate
- esperança
- Hope or expectation for something better in life
- tez
- Complexion or skin tone of a person's face
- amarelada
- Yellowish, having a pale or jaundiced skin tone
- aquecerá
- Will warm, will bring warmth or comfort to someone
- jamais
- Never or ever, expressing absolute negation or impossibility
- demasiado
- Too much or excessively, beyond an acceptable degree
- rosado
- Rosy or pinkish, having a light red or pink color
- convivial
- Convivial or sociable, enjoying friendly company and celebration
- lágrimas
- Tears, drops of water shed from the eyes while crying
- rodeios
- Roundabout ways, beating around the bush in speech
- marejados
- Filled with tears, eyes welling up with emotion
- copos
- Glasses or cups used for drinking beverages
- vazios
- Empty or void, containing nothing inside them
- tristeza
- Sadness or sorrow, a feeling of deep unhappiness
- desagradável
- Unpleasant or disagreeable, causing discomfort or displeasure
- Desiste
- Give up or quit, stop trying to achieve something
- esforços
- Efforts or attempts made to accomplish a goal
- fizerdes
- You all make or do, subjunctive future second person plural
- agradar
- To please or satisfy, to win someone's approval
- ingratamente
- Ungratefully, without acknowledgment of efforts or contributions
- ignorados
- Ignored or overlooked, not given deserved recognition
- esvaziar
- To empty or clear out a place or container
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