The Complete Works of William Shakespeare — Page 3
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Those hours that with gentle work did frame
Essas horas que com suave obra moldaram
The lovely gaze where every eye doth dwell
O belo olhar onde todo olho se detém
Will play the tyrants to the very same,
Serão tiranas para esse mesmo encanto,
And that unfair which fairly doth excel:
E tornarão feio o que em beleza sobressai:
For never-resting time leads summer on
Pois o tempo que nunca repousa conduz o verão
To hideous winter and confounds him there,
Ao horrendo inverno e lá o desfaz,
Sap checked with frost and lusty leaves quite gone,
A seiva travada pela geada e as folhas viçosas sumidas,
Beauty o'er-snowed and bareness every where:
A beleza encoberta de neve e a nudez por toda parte:
Then were not summer's distillation left
Mas se não restasse a destilação do verão
A liquid prisoner pent in walls of glass,
Um prisioneiro líquido encerrado em paredes de vidro,
Beauty's effect with beauty were bereft,
O efeito da beleza com a beleza se perderia,
Nor it nor no remembrance what it was.
Nem ela nem memória alguma do que foi.
But flowers distilled though they with winter meet,
Mas as flores destiladas, ainda que encontrem o inverno,
Leese but their show, their substance still lives sweet.
Perdem apenas sua aparência, sua essência ainda vive doce.
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Then let not winter's ragged hand deface,
Então não deixes que a mão áspera do inverno destrua,
In thee thy summer ere thou be distilled:
Em ti o teu verão antes que sejas destilado:
Make sweet some vial; treasure thou some place,
Adoça algum frasco; guarda em algum lugar,
With beauty's treasure ere it be self-killed:
O tesouro da beleza antes que se destrua a si mesmo:
That use is not forbidden usury,
Esse uso não é usura proibida,
Which happies those that pay the willing loan;
Que alegra aqueles que pagam o empréstimo de bom grado;
That's for thyself to breed another thee,
Isso é gerar para ti mesmo outro tu,
Or ten times happier be it ten for one,
Ou dez vezes mais feliz seria dez por um,
Ten times thyself were happier than thou art,
Dez vezes tu mesmo serias mais feliz do que és,
If ten of thine ten times refigured thee:
Se dez dos teus te reproduzissem dez vezes:
Then what could death do if thou shouldst depart,
Então o que poderia fazer a morte se tu partisses,
Leaving thee living in posterity?
Deixando-te a viver na posteridade?
Be not self-willed for thou art much too fair,
Não sejas obstinado pois és formoso em demasia,
To be death's conquest and make worms thine heir.
Para seres conquista da morte e fazer dos vermes teus herdeiros.
Vocabulary
- Essas
- Those (feminine plural demonstrative pronoun)
- horas
- Hours; time periods
- que
- That; which; what (relative/interrogative pronoun)
- com
- With; accompanied by
- suave
- Soft; gentle; smooth or mild
- obra
- Work; artistic creation or construction project
- moldaram
- Shaped; molded (past tense third person plural)
- belo
- Beautiful; handsome or aesthetically pleasing
- olhar
- Look; gaze or to look at something
- onde
- Where; in which place or location
- todo
- All; every or entire (masculine singular)
- olho
- Eye; organ of vision
- se
- Oneself; reflexive pronoun (third person)
- detém
- Stops; halts or pauses
- Serão
- Will be (future tense third person plural)
- tiranas
- Tyrannical; oppressive or despotic (feminine)
- para
- For; to or in order to
- esse
- That (masculine singular demonstrative pronoun)
- mesmo
- Same; identical or very itself
- encanto
- Enchantment; charm or magical attraction
- tornarão
- Will make; will turn into (future third person plural)
- feio
- Ugly; unattractive or aesthetically displeasing
- em
- In; into or within
- beleza
- Beauty; aesthetic quality or attractiveness
- sobressai
- Stands out; excels or is prominent
- Pois
- For; because or well then
- tempo
- Time; period or temporal duration
- nunca
- Never; at no time whatsoever
- repousa
- Rests; pauses or settles down
- conduz
- Leads; guides or conducts
- verão
- Summer; warm season of year
- Ao
- To the; to + article (masculine singular)
- horrendo
- Horrible; dreadful or extremely unpleasant
- inverno
- Winter; cold season of year
- lá
- There; in that place or location
- desfaz
- Undoes; destroys or dissolves
- seiva
- Sap; fluid in plants and trees
- travada
- Locked; frozen or held fast
- pela
- By the; by + article (feminine singular)
- geada
- Frost; frozen dew or icy coating
- as
- The (feminine plural article)
- folhas
- Leaves; plant foliage or pages
- viçosas
- Lush; vigorous or flourishing (feminine plural)
- sumidas
- Gone; disappeared or vanished (feminine plural)
- encoberta
- Covered; hidden or concealed (feminine singular)
- de
- Of; from or belonging to
- neve
- Snow; frozen precipitation or white covering
- nudez
- Nakedness; bare or unclothed state
- por
- By; through or for each
- toda
- All; every or entire (feminine singular)
- parte
- Part; portion or section
- Mas
- But; however or on contrary
- não
- Not; negation or denial
- restasse
- Remained; would remain (imperfect subjunctive)
- destilação
- Distillation; process of purifying liquids
- do
- Of the; of + article (masculine singular)
- Um
- A; one (masculine singular indefinite article)
- prisioneiro
- Prisoner; captive or imprisoned person
- líquido
- Liquid; fluid substance in state
- encerrado
- Enclosed; shut in or confined
- paredes
- Walls; vertical structures or boundaries
- vidro
- Glass; transparent material or pane
- efeito
- Effect; result or consequence
- da
- Of the; of + article (feminine singular)
- perderia
- Would lose; would misplace (conditional)
- Nem
- Nor; neither or not even
- ela
- She; female pronoun (third person singular)
- memória
- Memory; recollection or remembrance
- alguma
- Some; any (feminine singular indefinite)
- foi
- Was; past tense singular (ser)
- flores
- Flowers; blooms or blossoms
- destiladas
- Distilled; purified (feminine plural past participle)
- ainda
- Still; yet or even now
- encontrem
- Find; meet or discover (subjunctive third person plural)
- Perdem
- Lose; misplace or forfeit
- apenas
- Only; merely or just
- sua
- Your; his or her (feminine singular)
- aparência
- Appearance; outward aspect or look
- essência
- Essence; fundamental nature or core
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