The Angel in the House — Page 6
In shape no slender Grace,
Na forma, não uma esguia Graça,
But Venus; milder than the dove;
Mas Vênus; mais suave que a pomba;
Her mother's air; her Norman face;
O ar de sua mãe; seu rosto normando;
Her large sweet eyes, clear lakes of love.
Seus grandes olhos doces, lagos límpidos de amor.
Mary I knew. In former time
Mary eu conhecia. Em tempos passados
Ailing and pale, she thought that bliss
Enferma e pálida, ela pensava que a felicidade
Was only for a better clime,
Era apenas para um clima melhor,
And, heavenly overmuch, scorn'd this.
E, demasiado celestial, desprezava este.
I, rash with theories of the right,
Eu, precipitado com teorias do justo,
Which stretch'd the tether of my Creed,
Que estiravam a corda do meu Credo,
But did not break it, held delight
Mas não o rompiam, considerava o deleite
Half discipline. We disagreed.
Meio disciplina. Discordávamos.
She told the Dean I wanted grace.
Ela disse ao Decano que me faltava graça.
Now she was kindest of the three,
Ora ela era a mais gentil das três,
And soft wild roses deck'd her face.
E rosas silvestres suaves adornavam seu rosto.
And, what, was this my Mildred, she
E, quê, era esta minha Mildred, ela
To herself and all a sweet surprise?
Para si mesma e para todos uma doce surpresa?
My Pet, who romp'd and roll'd a hoop?
Minha Querida, que brincava e rolava um arco?
I wonder'd where those daisy eyes
Perguntei-me onde aqueles olhos de margarida
Had found their touching curve and droop.
Haviam encontrado sua curva e queda tocantes.
Unmannerly times! But now we sat
Tempos sem modos! Mas agora estávamos sentados
Stranger than strangers; till I caught
Mais estranhos que estranhos; até que captei
And answer'd Mildred's smile; and that
E respondi ao sorriso de Mildred; e isso
Spread to the rest, and freedom brought.
Se espalhou pelos demais, e trouxe liberdade.
The Dean talk'd little, looking on,
O Decano falou pouco, observando,
Of three such daughters justly vain.
Justamente orgulhoso de três filhas tais.
What letters they had had from Bonn,
Que cartas elas haviam recebido de Bonn,
Said Mildred, and what plums from Spain!
Disse Mildred, e que ameixas da Espanha!
By Honor I was kindly task'd
Por Honor fui gentilmente incumbido
To excuse my never coming down
De justificar meu nunca ter descido
From Cambridge; Mary smiled and ask'd
De Cambridge; Mary sorriu e perguntou
Were Kant and Goethe yet outgrown?
Se Kant e Goethe já haviam sido superados?
And, pleased, we talk'd the old days o'er;
E, satisfeitos, conversamos sobre os velhos tempos;
And, parting, I for pleasure sigh'd.
E, ao nos separarmos, suspirei de prazer.
Vocabulary
- Na
- In the, at the (feminine singular)
- forma
- Form, shape, manner, way
- não
- No, not (negation)
- uma
- A, an (feminine singular article)
- esguia
- Slender, thin, graceful (feminine)
- Graça
- Grace, charm, elegance, or proper name Grace
- Mas
- But, yet (conjunction)
- mais
- More, plus (comparative)
- suave
- Soft, smooth, gentle, sweet
- que
- That, which, what (relative pronoun)
- pomba
- Dove, pigeon (bird)
- ar
- Air, appearance, look, manner
- de
- Of, from (preposition)
- sua
- Her, his, your (possessive feminine)
- mãe
- Mother, female parent
- seu
- His, her, your (possessive masculine)
- rosto
- Face, countenance, visage
- Seus
- His, her, their, your (possessive plural)
- grandes
- Large, big, great (plural)
- olhos
- Eyes, plural of eye
- doces
- Sweet, gentle, kind (plural)
- lagos
- Lakes, pools (plural)
- límpidos
- Clear, limpid, transparent, pure (plural)
- amor
- Love, affection, beloved person
- eu
- I, first person singular pronoun
- conhecia
- Knew, was acquainted with (past tense)
- Em
- In, at, on (preposition)
- tempos
- Times, periods, seasons
- passados
- Past, gone, passed (plural)
- Enferma
- Sick, ill, infirm (feminine)
- pálida
- Pale, pallid (feminine)
- ela
- She, her (feminine pronoun)
- pensava
- Thought, was thinking (past tense)
- felicidade
- Happiness, felicity, bliss, joy
- Era
- Was, used to be (past tense)
- apenas
- Only, merely, just, hardly
- para
- For, to, in order to (preposition)
- um
- A, an (masculine singular)
- clima
- Climate, weather, atmosphere
- melhor
- Better, best, preferable, superior
- demasiado
- Too much, too, excessive, overly
- celestial
- Celestial, heavenly, divine (adjective)
- desprezava
- Despised, scorned, disdained (past tense)
- este
- This, this one (masculine demonstrative)
- Eu
- I, first person singular pronoun
- precipitado
- Hasty, rash, precipitous (masculine)
- com
- With, accompanied by (preposition)
- teorias
- Theories, theoretical principles (plural)
- do
- Of the, from the (preposition+article)
- justo
- Just, fair, righteous (masculine)
- Que
- That, which, what (relative/interrogative)
- estiravam
- Stretched, extended, pulled tight (past)
- corda
- Rope, cord, string, cable
- meu
- My, mine (possessive masculine singular)
- Credo
- Creed, belief, faith, religious doctrine
- rompiam
- Broke, tore, ruptured (past tense)
- considerava
- Considered, regarded, thought (past tense)
- deleite
- Delight, pleasure, enjoyment, satisfaction
- Meio
- Middle, means, way, half, midst
- disciplina
- Discipline, training, subject of study
- Discordávamos
- Disagreed, were in discord (past)
- Ela
- She, her (feminine pronoun)
- disse
- Said, told, spoke (past tense)
- ao
- To the, at the (preposition+article)
- me
- Me, to me, myself (object pronoun)
- faltava
- Lacked, was missing, needed (past)
- graça
- Grace, charm, elegance, wittiness
- Ora
- Now, well, sometimes (conjunction)
- era
- Was (past tense, third person)
- gentil
- Gentle, kind, noble, courteous
- das
- Of the, from the (feminine plural)
- três
- Three, numeral (number)
- rosas
- Roses, plural of rose flower
- silvestres
- Wild, uncultivated, from nature (plural)
- suaves
- Soft, smooth, gentle, sweet (plural)
- adornavam
- Adorned, decorated, embellished (past tense)
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