The Ballad of the White Horse — Page 2

English → Pt BOOK I. THE VISION OF THE KING Level 7/10

And men rode out of the eastern lands,

E homens cavalgaram das terras do oriente,

Broad river and burning plain;

Rio largo e planície ardente;

Trees that are Titan flowers to see,

Árvores que são flores titânicas de se ver,

And tiger skies, striped horribly,

E céus de tigre, listrados horrivelmente,

With tints of tropic rain.

Com tons de chuva tropical.

Where Ind's enamelled peaks arise

Onde os picos esmaltados da Índia se erguem

Around that inmost one,

Em torno daquele mais interior,

Where ancient eagles on its brink,

Onde antigas águias em sua beira,

Vast as archangels, gather and drink

Vastas como arcanjos, se reúnem e bebem

The sacrament of the sun.

O sacramento do sol.

And men brake out of the northern lands,

E homens irromperam das terras do norte,

Enormous lands alone,

Terras enormes e solitárias,

Where a spell is laid upon life and lust

Onde um feitiço repousa sobre a vida e o desejo

And the rain is changed to a silver dust

E a chuva se transforma em poeira de prata

And the sea to a great green stone.

E o mar em uma grande pedra verde.

And a Shape that moveth murkily

E uma Forma que se move sombriamente

In mirrors of ice and night,

Em espelhos de gelo e noite,

Hath blanched with fear all beasts and birds,

Fez empalidecer de medo todos os animais e pássaros,

As death and a shock of evil words

Como a morte e o impacto de palavras malignas

Blast a man's hair with white.

Branqueiam os cabelos de um homem.

And the cry of the palms and the purple moons,

E o clamor das palmeiras e das luas púrpuras,

Or the cry of the frost and foam,

Ou o clamor da geada e da espuma,

Swept ever around an inmost place,

Sempre varrendo em torno de um lugar mais interior,

And the din of distant race on race

E o estrondo de raças distantes sobre raças

Cried and replied round Rome.

Clamou e respondeu ao redor de Roma.

And there was death on the Emperor

E havia morte sobre o Imperador

And night upon the Pope:

E noite sobre o Papa:

And Alfred, hiding in deep grass,

E Alfredo, escondido na erva densa,

Hardened his heart with hope.

Endureceu seu coração com esperança.

A sea-folk blinder than the sea

Um povo do mar mais cego que o mar

Broke all about his land,

Invadiu por toda a sua terra,

But Alfred up against them bare

Mas Alfredo contra eles se lançou

And gripped the ground and grasped the air,

E agarrou o chão e segurou o ar,

Staggered, and strove to stand.

Cambaleou, e lutou para se manter de pé.

He bent them back with spear and spade,

Ele os rechaçou com lança e pá,

With desperate dyke and wall,

Com dique e muro desesperados,

With foemen leaning on his shield

Com inimigos apoiados em seu escudo

And roaring on him when he reeled;

E rugindo sobre ele quando cambaleava;

And no help came at all.

E nenhum auxílio veio.

Vocabulary

homens: Men; male human beings.
cavalgaram: They rode (on horseback); past tense of cavalgar.
das: Of the; feminine plural contraction of de+as.
terras: Lands; territories; earth or soil.
do: Of the; masculine singular contraction of de+o.
oriente: Orient; the East; eastern regions.
Rio: River; a large natural flowing body of water.
largo: Wide; broad; spacious in extent or breadth.
planície: Plain; a flat expanse of land.
ardente: Burning; passionate; intensely hot or fervent.
Árvores: Trees; large woody perennial plants.
que: That; which; relative pronoun linking clauses.
são: Are; third person plural of ser (to be).
flores: Flowers; the colorful reproductive part of plants.
de: Of; from; indicates possession or origin.
se: Oneself; reflexive pronoun; if (conditional).
ver: To see; to view; to perceive visually.
céus: Skies; heavens; the space above earth.
tigre: Tiger; a large striped wild cat.
listrados: Striped; marked with lines or stripes.
horrivelmente: Horribly; awfully; in a terrible manner.
Com: With; in company or conjunction with.
tons: Tones; shades of color; musical sounds.
chuva: Rain; water falling from clouds.
tropical: Tropical; of or from the tropics.
Onde: Where; in or at what place.
os: The; masculine plural definite article.
picos: Peaks; mountain summits; sharp pointed tops.
Índia: India; country in South Asia.
erguem: They raise; they lift up; third person plural.
Em: In; at; within a location or time.
torno: Around; about; in the vicinity of.
daquele: Of that; of that one; masculine singular.
mais: More; greater in quantity or degree.
interior: Interior; inside; inner or inland regions.
antigas: Ancient; old; from a long time past.
águias: Eagles; large powerful birds of prey.
em: In; at; within a location.
sua: Its; her; his; possessive adjective.
beira: Edge; shore; boundary or margin.
Vastas: Vast; immense; very large in extent.
como: As; like; in the manner of.
reúnem: They gather; they assemble together.
bebem: They drink; third person plural of beber.
sacramento: Sacrament; a religious rite or ceremony.
sol: Sun; the star at center of solar system.
norte: North; the direction toward the North Pole.
Terras: Lands; territories; earth or soil.
enormes: Enormous; very large; huge in size.
solitárias: Solitary; lonely; alone without companions.
um: A; an; the number one.
feitiço: Spell; charm; magical incantation or enchantment.
repousa: Rests; lies; is situated or placed.
sobre: Over; above; concerning or about.
vida: Life; the state of being alive.
desejo: Desire; a wish or longing for something.
transforma: Transforms; changes into a different form.
poeira: Dust; fine particles of matter.
prata: Silver; a precious metallic element.
mar: Sea; a large body of salt water.
uma: A; an; feminine singular indefinite article.
grande: Large; big; of considerable size or extent.
pedra: Stone; a hard solid mineral object.
verde: Green; the color of grass or leaves.
Forma: Form; shape; the physical structure of something.
move: Moves; he/she moves; changes position.
espelhos: Mirrors; reflective surfaces of glass or metal.
gelo: Ice; frozen water; solid state of water.
noite: Night; the period of darkness after sunset.
Fez: Made; did; past tense of fazer.
medo: Fear; a feeling of anxiety or dread.
todos: All; everyone; every one of a group.
animais: Animals; living creatures; fauna or beasts.

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