Notre-Dame de Paris — Page 12
and the grand hall, with its gilding, its azure, its statues, its pointed arches, its pillars, its immense vault, all fretted with carvings?
e o grande salão, com sua douração, seu azul, suas estátuas, seus arcos ogivais, seus pilares, sua imensa abóbada, toda trabalhada com esculturas?
and the gilded chamber?
e a câmara dourada?
and the stone lion, which stood at the door, with lowered head and tail between his legs, like the lions on the throne of Solomon, in the humiliated attitude which befits force in the presence of justice?
e o leão de pedra, que ficava à porta, com a cabeça baixa e a cauda entre as pernas, como os leões no trono de Salomão, na atitude humilhada que convém à força na presença da justiça?
and the beautiful doors? and the stained glass? and the chased ironwork, which drove Biscornette to despair?
e as belas portas? e os vitrais? e os ferros cinzelados, que levaram Biscornette ao desespero?
and the delicate woodwork of Hancy?
e as delicadas marcenarias de Hancy?
What has time, what have men done with these marvels?
O que fez o tempo, o que fizeram os homens com essas maravilhas?
What have they given us in return for all this Gallic history, for all this Gothic art?
O que nos deram em troca de toda essa história gálica, de toda essa arte gótica?
The heavy flattened arches of M. de Brosse, that awkward architect of the Saint-Gervais portal.
Os pesados arcos achatados do Sr. de Brosse, esse arquiteto desajeitado do portal de Saint-Gervais.
So much for art; and, as for history, we have the gossiping reminiscences of the great pillar, still ringing with the tattle of the Patru.
É tudo o que temos em termos de arte; e, quanto à história, temos as reminiscências tagarelas do grande pilar, ainda ressoando com as fofocas do Patru.
It is not much.
Não é muito.
Let us return to the veritable grand hall of the veritable old palace.
Voltemos ao verdadeiro grande salão do verdadeiro velho palácio.
The two extremities of this gigantic parallelogram were occupied, the one by the famous marble table, so long, so broad, and so thick that, as the ancient land rolls—in a style that would have given Gargantua an appetite—say, "such a slice of marble as was never beheld in the world";
As duas extremidades desse gigantesco paralelogramo eram ocupadas, uma pela famosa mesa de mármore, tão comprida, tão larga e tão espessa que, como dizem os antigos registros de terras — num estilo que teria aberto o apetite de Gargântua —, "tal fatia de mármore jamais foi vista no mundo";
the other by the chapel where Louis XI.
a outra pela capela onde Luís XI.
Vocabulary
- grande
- Large, big, or great in size or importance.
- salão
- Large hall or reception room in a building.
- douração
- Gilding or gold ornamentation applied to surfaces.
- azul
- The color blue.
- estátuas
- Plural of estátua; sculptural figures carved or cast.
- arcos
- Arches, curved architectural structures spanning an opening.
- ogivais
- Ogival; relating to pointed Gothic-style arches.
- pilares
- Pillars or columns supporting a structure.
- imensa
- Immense, enormous, or very large in extent.
- abóbada
- Vault or dome-shaped ceiling in architecture.
- trabalhada
- Elaborately worked or crafted with detailed ornamentation.
- esculturas
- Sculptures; three-dimensional artistic works carved or molded.
- câmara
- Chamber or room, often formal or official.
- dourada
- Golden or gilded, covered with gold coloring.
- leão
- Lion, a large wild cat symbolizing strength.
- pedra
- Stone or rock used in construction or sculpture.
- ficava
- Imperfect tense of ficar; used to stay or remain.
- porta
- Door or gate, an entrance to a space.
- cabeça
- Head, the uppermost part of a body.
- baixa
- Low or lowered, referring to position or level.
- cauda
- Tail of an animal or trailing part.
- pernas
- Legs, the limbs used for walking or standing.
- leões
- Lions; plural of leão, large wild cats.
- trono
- Throne, a ceremonial seat of a ruler or king.
- Salomão
- Solomon, the biblical king of Israel.
- atitude
- Attitude or posture, a way of holding oneself.
- humilhada
- Humiliated or humbled, in a submissive posture.
- convém
- It befits or suits, is appropriate or proper.
- força
- Force or strength, physical or moral power.
- presença
- Presence, the state of being in a place.
- justiça
- Justice, fairness in law or moral judgment.
- belas
- Beautiful or lovely; feminine plural of belo.
- portas
- Doors or gates; plural of porta.
- vitrais
- Stained glass windows found in churches or buildings.
- ferros
- Ironwork or iron pieces, used in decoration.
- cinzelados
- Chiseled or engraved with fine detailed craftsmanship.
- levaram
- They took or led; past tense of levar.
- desespero
- Despair or desperation, a state of hopelessness.
- delicadas
- Delicate or fine, intricate and carefully made.
- marcenarias
- Woodwork or carpentry crafts, fine wooden craftsmanship.
- fez
- Did or made; third-person singular past of fazer.
- tempo
- Time or weather, depending on context.
- fizeram
- They did or made; past tense plural of fazer.
- homens
- Men; plural of homem, adult male humans.
- maravilhas
- Marvels or wonders, extraordinary and admirable things.
- deram
- They gave; third-person plural past tense of dar.
- troca
- Exchange or trade, giving something to receive another.
- história
- History or story, a narrative of past events.
- gálica
- Gallic, relating to France or the Gauls.
- arte
- Art; creative expression in visual or performing forms.
- gótica
- Gothic, relating to medieval European architectural style.
- pesados
- Heavy or weighty; plural masculine adjective.
- achatados
- Flattened or squashed, lacking height or relief.
- arquiteto
- Architect, a professional who designs buildings.
- desajeitado
- Clumsy or awkward, lacking grace or elegance.
- portal
- Portal or grand entrance, large decorative doorway.
- tudo
- Everything or all, referring to the totality.
- temos
- We have; first-person plural present tense of ter.
- termos
- Terms or to have; noun plural or verb infinitive.
- quanto
- How much or as much; quantity or extent.
- reminiscências
- Reminiscences or memories recalled from the past.
- tagarelas
- Chatterboxes or gossips; people who talk excessively.
- pilar
- Pillar or column, a vertical structural support element.
- ainda
- Still or yet, indicating continuity or persistence.
- ressoando
- Resounding or echoing, reverberating with sound.
- fofocas
- Gossip or rumors, idle talk about others.
- muito
- Very or much, indicating a high degree.
- Voltemos
- Let's return; first-person plural imperative of voltar.
- verdadeiro
- True or genuine, real and not false.
- velho
- Old or aged, having existed for a long time.
- palácio
- Palace, a large and grand official residence.
- extremidades
- Extremities or ends, outermost parts of something.
- gigantesco
- Gigantic or enormous, of very great size.
- paralelogramo
- Parallelogram, a four-sided geometric shape with parallel sides.
- eram
- Were; third-person plural imperfect tense of ser.
- ocupadas
- Occupied or taken up; feminine plural past participle.
- famosa
- Famous or renowned, widely known and celebrated.
- mesa
- Table, a flat-surfaced piece of furniture.
- mármore
- Marble, a hard stone used in sculpture and construction.
- tão
- So or as, used in comparisons or exclamations.
- comprida
- Long in length; feminine form of comprido.
- larga
- Wide or broad; feminine form of largo.
- espessa
- Thick or dense; feminine form of espesso.
- dizem
- They say; third-person plural present of dizer.
- antigos
- Ancient or old; referring to old records or people.
- registros
- Records or registers, official written documents.
- terras
- Lands or territories; plural of terra.
- estilo
- Style or manner, a distinctive artistic approach.
- teria
- Would have; conditional tense of ter.
- aberto
- Opened or open; past participle of abrir.
- apetite
- Appetite or desire, especially for food.
- tal
- Such or so, indicating a specific kind or degree.
- fatia
- Slice or piece cut from a larger whole.
- jamais
- Never or ever; emphatic negation in Portuguese.
- foi
- Was or went; third-person singular past of ser/ir.
- vista
- Seen or sight; past participle of ver.
- mundo
- World, the earth or all of existence.
- outra
- Another or other; feminine singular form.
- capela
- Chapel, a small place of Christian worship.
- onde
- Where; relative or interrogative adverb of place.
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