Spoon River Anthology — Page 7
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While I lived I could not cope with slanderous tongues,
Enquanto vivi não pude lidar com línguas caluniosas,
Now that I am dead I must submit to an epitaph
Agora que estou morto devo me sujeitar a um epitáfio
Graven by a fool!
Gravado por um tolo!
Serepta Mason
Serepta Mason
My life's blossom might have bloomed on all sides
A flor da minha vida poderia ter florescido por todos os lados
Save for a bitter wind which stunted my petals
Não fosse um vento amargo que atrofiou minhas pétalas
On the side of me which you in the village could see.
No lado de mim que vós, na aldeia, podíeis ver.
From the dust I lift a voice of protest:
Do pó ergo uma voz de protesto:
My flowering side you never saw!
O meu lado florido jamais vistes!
Ye living ones, ye are fools indeed
Vós, os vivos, sois de fato tolos
Who do not know the ways of the wind
Que não conheceis os caminhos do vento
And the unseen forces
E as forças invisíveis
That govern the processes of life.
Que governam os processos da vida.
Amanda Barker
Amanda Barker
Henry got me with child,
Henry me engravidou,
Knowing that I could not bring forth life
Sabendo que eu não poderia dar à luz
Without losing my own.
Sem perder a minha.
In my youth therefore I entered the portals of dust.
Na minha juventude, portanto, entrei nos portais do pó.
Traveler, it is believed in the village where I lived
Viajante, acredita-se na aldeia onde vivi
That Henry loved me with a husband's love
Que Henry me amava com o amor de um marido
But I proclaim from the dust
Mas eu proclamo do pó
That he slew me to gratify his hatred.
Que ele me matou para satisfazer seu ódio.
Constance Hately
Constance Hately
You praise my self-sacrifice, Spoon River,
Vós louvais meu autossacrifício, Spoon River,
In rearing Irene and Mary,
Ao criar Irene e Mary,
Orphans of my older sister!
Órfãs de minha irmã mais velha!
And you censure Irene and Mary
E vós censurais Irene e Mary
For their contempt for me!
Pelo desprezo que têm por mim!
But praise not my self-sacrifice.
Mas não louveis meu autossacrifício.
And censure not their contempt;
E não censureis o desprezo delas;
I reared them, I cared for them, true enough!—
Eu as criei, eu cuidei delas, é verdade!—
But I poisoned my benefactions
Mas envenenei meus benefícios
With constant reminders of their dependence.
Com lembretes constantes de sua dependência.
Chase Henry
Chase Henry
In life I was the town drunkard;
Em vida eu era o bêbado da cidade;
When I died the priest denied me burial
Quando morri, o padre me negou sepultamento
In holy ground.
Em terra sagrada.
The which redounded to my good fortune.
O que redundou em minha boa fortuna.
Vocabulary
- Enquanto
- en-KWAN-too — Conjunction meaning 'while' or 'as long as'
- vivi
- vee-VEE — First person singular past tense of 'viver' (to live)
- não
- nowng — Negation word meaning 'no' or 'not'
- pude
- POO-dee — First person singular past tense of 'poder' (could)
- lidar
- lee-DAR — To deal with or handle a situation
- com
- kong — Preposition meaning 'with'
- línguas
- LEEN-gwas — Plural of 'língua'; means 'tongues' or 'languages'
- Agora
- a-GOH-ra — Adverb meaning 'now'
- que
- kee — Conjunction or pronoun meaning 'that' or 'which'
- estou
- esh-TOH — First person singular present of 'estar' (I am)
- morto
- MOR-too — Adjective or noun meaning 'dead'
- devo
- DEH-voo — First person singular of 'dever'; meaning 'I must/owe'
- me
- mee — Reflexive or object pronoun meaning 'me' or 'myself'
- sujeitar
- soo-zhay-TAR — To subject or submit oneself to something
- Gravado
- gra-VAH-doo — Past participle of 'gravar'; meaning 'engraved' or 'recorded'
- por
- por — Preposition meaning 'by' or 'for'
- tolo
- TOH-loo — Noun or adjective meaning 'fool' or 'foolish'
- flor
- flor — Noun meaning 'flower'
- vida
- VEE-da — Noun meaning 'life'
- poderia
- poo-deh-REE-a — Conditional form of 'poder'; meaning 'could' or 'would be able'
- ter
- tehr — Auxiliary or main verb meaning 'to have'
- florescido
- flo-reh-SEE-doo — Past participle of 'florescer'; meaning 'bloomed' or 'flourished'
- todos
- TOH-doos — Adjective or pronoun meaning 'all' or 'everyone'
- os
- oosh — Definite article 'the' for masculine plural nouns
- lados
- LAH-doos — Plural of 'lado'; meaning 'sides'
- Não
- nowng — Negation word meaning 'no' or 'not'
- fosse
- FOH-see — Imperfect subjunctive of 'ser/ir'; meaning 'were' or 'had been'
- vento
- VEN-too — Noun meaning 'wind'
- amargo
- a-MAR-goo — Adjective meaning 'bitter'
- minhas
- MEE-nyas — Possessive pronoun 'my' for feminine plural nouns
- lado
- LAH-doo — Noun meaning 'side'
- vós
- vosh — Second person plural pronoun meaning 'you all'
- aldeia
- al-DAY-a — Noun meaning 'village' or 'small town'
- ver
- vehr — Infinitive verb meaning 'to see'
- pó
- poh — Noun meaning 'dust' or 'powder'
- ergo
- EHR-goo — First person singular of 'erguer'; meaning 'I raise'
- voz
- vosh — Noun meaning 'voice'
- protesto
- pro-TESH-too — Noun or verb form meaning 'protest'
- meu
- meh-oo — Possessive pronoun meaning 'my' for masculine singular
- florido
- flo-REE-doo — Adjective meaning 'flowered' or 'in bloom'
- jamais
- zha-MAYS — Adverb meaning 'never' or 'ever'
- Vós
- vosh — Second person plural pronoun meaning 'you all'
- vivos
- VEE-voos — Adjective meaning 'alive' or 'living'
- sois
- soysh — Second person plural of 'ser'; meaning 'you are'
- fato
- FAH-too — Noun meaning 'fact' or 'deed'
- tolos
- TOH-loos — Plural of 'tolo'; meaning 'fools' or 'foolish people'
- conheceis
- ko-nyeh-SAYSH — Second person plural of 'conhecer'; meaning 'you know'
- caminhos
- ka-MEE-nyoos — Plural of 'caminho'; meaning 'paths' or 'ways'
- forças
- FOR-sas — Plural of 'força'; meaning 'forces' or 'strengths'
- invisíveis
- een-vee-ZEE-vaysh — Adjective meaning 'invisible' or 'unseen'
- governam
- go-VEHR-nang — Third person plural of 'governar'; meaning 'they govern'
- processos
- pro-SEH-soos — Plural of 'processo'; meaning 'processes' or 'procedures'
- engravidou
- en-gra-vee-DOH — Past tense of 'engravidar'; meaning 'made pregnant'
- Sabendo
- sa-BEN-doo — Gerund of 'saber'; meaning 'knowing'
- dar
- dar — Infinitive verb meaning 'to give'
- luz
- loosh — Noun meaning 'light'; 'dar à luz' means 'to give birth'
- Sem
- seng — Preposition meaning 'without'
- perder
- pehr-DEHR — Infinitive verb meaning 'to lose'
- juventude
- zhoo-ven-TOO-dee — Noun meaning 'youth' or 'young age'
- portanto
- por-TAN-too — Conjunction meaning 'therefore' or 'so'
- entrei
- en-TRAY — First person singular past of 'entrar'; meaning 'I entered'
- Viajante
- vya-ZHAN-tee — Noun meaning 'traveler' or 'wayfarer'
- acredita-se
- a-kreh-DEE-ta-see — Reflexive construction meaning 'it is believed'
- onde
- ON-dee — Relative adverb meaning 'where'
- amava
- a-MAH-va — Imperfect tense of 'amar'; meaning 'used to love'
- amor
- a-MOR — Noun meaning 'love'
- marido
- ma-REE-doo — Noun meaning 'husband'
- Mas
- mash — Conjunction meaning 'but'
- proclamo
- pro-KLA-moo — First person singular of 'proclamar'; meaning 'I proclaim'
- matou
- ma-TOH — Past tense of 'matar'; meaning 'killed'
- satisfazer
- sa-tees-fa-ZEHR — Infinitive verb meaning 'to satisfy'
- seu
- SEH-oo — Possessive pronoun meaning 'his', 'her', or 'your'
- ódio
- OH-dyoo — Noun meaning 'hatred' or 'hate'
- criar
- kree-AR — Infinitive verb meaning 'to raise' or 'to create'
- Órfãs
- OR-fansh — Feminine plural noun meaning 'orphans'
- irmã
- eer-MAH — Noun meaning 'sister'
- mais
- maysh — Adverb meaning 'more' or 'most'
- velha
- VEH-lya — Adjective meaning 'old' (feminine form)
- desprezo
- desh-PREH-zoo — Noun meaning 'contempt' or 'disdain'
- têm
- tayng — Third person plural of 'ter'; meaning 'they have'
- delas
- DEH-las — Prepositional pronoun meaning 'of them' (feminine)
- criei
- kree-AY — First person singular past of 'criar'; meaning 'I raised/created'
- cuidei
- kwee-DAY — First person singular past of 'cuidar'; meaning 'I cared for'
- verdade
- vehr-DA-dee — Noun meaning 'truth'
- meus
- MEH-oos — Possessive pronoun 'my' for masculine plural nouns
- benefícios
- beh-neh-FEE-syoos — Plural noun meaning 'benefits' or 'favors'
- Com
- kong — Preposition meaning 'with'
- lembretes
- lem-BREH-tees — Plural of 'lembrete'; meaning 'reminders'
- constantes
- kon-STAN-tees — Adjective meaning 'constant' or 'persistent'
- dependência
- deh-pen-DEN-sya — Noun meaning 'dependence' or 'dependency'
- era
- EH-ra — Imperfect tense of 'ser'; meaning 'was' or 'used to be'
- bêbado
- BEH-ba-doo — Adjective or noun meaning 'drunk' or 'drunkard'
- cidade
- see-DA-dee — Noun meaning 'city' or 'town'
- Quando
- KWAN-doo — Conjunction or adverb meaning 'when'
- morri
- mo-HEE — First person singular past of 'morrer'; meaning 'I died'
- padre
- PAH-dree — Noun meaning 'priest' or 'father' (clergy)
- negou
- neh-GOH — Past tense of 'negar'; meaning 'denied' or 'refused'
- terra
- TEH-ha — Noun meaning 'earth', 'land', or 'ground'
- sagrada
- sa-GRA-da — Adjective meaning 'sacred' or 'holy' (feminine form)
- boa
- BOH-a — Adjective meaning 'good' (feminine form)
- fortuna
- for-TOO-na — Noun meaning 'fortune', 'luck', or 'fate'
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