The Picture of Dorian Gray — Page 5
There is a fatality about all physical and intellectual distinction, the sort of fatality that seems to dog through history the faltering steps of kings.
Há uma fatalidade em toda distinção física e intelectual, o tipo de fatalidade que parece perseguir através da história os passos vacilantes dos reis.
It is better not to be different from one's fellows.
É melhor não ser diferente dos seus semelhantes.
The ugly and the stupid have the best of it in this world.
Os feios e os estúpidos levam a melhor neste mundo.
They can sit at their ease and gape at the play.
Podem sentar-se à vontade e olhar boquiabertos para o espetáculo.
If they know nothing of victory, they are at least spared the knowledge of defeat.
Se nada sabem da vitória, pelo menos são poupados ao conhecimento da derrota.
They live as we all should live—undisturbed, indifferent, and without disquiet.
Vivem como todos nós deveríamos viver — tranquilos, indiferentes e sem inquietação.
They neither bring ruin upon others, nor ever receive it from alien hands.
Não trazem a ruína sobre os outros, nem jamais a recebem de mãos alheias.
Your rank and wealth, Harry; my brains, such as they are—my art, whatever it may be worth; Dorian Gray's good looks—we shall all suffer for what the gods have given us, suffer terribly."
A tua posição e riqueza, Harry; o meu intelecto, tal como ele é — a minha arte, seja lá o que valer; a beleza de Dorian Gray — todos havemos de sofrer pelo que os deuses nos deram, sofrer terrivelmente."
"Dorian Gray? Is that his name?" asked Lord Henry, walking across the studio towards Basil Hallward.
"Dorian Gray? É esse o seu nome?" perguntou Lord Henry, atravessando o estúdio em direção a Basil Hallward.
"Yes, that is his name. I didn't intend to tell it to you."
"Sim, esse é o seu nome. Não tencionava dizer-lho."
"But why not?"
"Mas porquê?"
"Oh, I can't explain.
"Oh, não consigo explicar.
When I like people immensely, I never tell their names to any one.
Quando gosto imensamente das pessoas, nunca digo o nome delas a ninguém.
It is like surrendering a part of them.
É como entregar uma parte delas.
I have grown to love secrecy.
Aprendi a amar o segredo.
It seems to be the one thing that can make modern life mysterious or marvellous to us.
Parece ser a única coisa que pode tornar a vida moderna misteriosa ou maravilhosa para nós.
The commonest thing is delightful if one only hides it.
A coisa mais banal é deliciosa se apenas a ocultarmos.
When I leave town now I never tell my people where I am going.
Quando saio da cidade agora, nunca digo às pessoas da minha casa para onde vou.
If I did, I would lose all my pleasure.
Se o fizesse, perderia todo o meu prazer.
Vocabulary
- Há
- ah — There is/are; exists
- uma
- OO-mah — A/an (feminine indefinite article)
- fatalidade
- fah-tah-lee-DAH-dee — Fatality; inevitable destiny or doom
- em
- eng — In, at, on (preposition of location/time)
- toda
- TOH-dah — Every, all, entire (feminine form)
- distinção
- dees-teen-SOW — Distinction; quality of being different or notable
- física
- FEE-zee-kah — Physical; relating to the body or matter
- e
- ee — And (coordinating conjunction)
- intelectual
- een-teh-leh-KWAHL — Intellectual; relating to the mind or intelligence
- o
- oo — The (masculine singular definite article)
- tipo
- TEE-poo — Type, kind, sort of person or thing
- de
- dee — Of, from (very common preposition)
- que
- kee — That, which, who (relative pronoun/conjunction)
- parece
- pah-REH-see — Seems, appears (third person singular)
- perseguir
- pehr-seh-GEER — To pursue, chase, or persecute someone relentlessly
- através
- ah-trah-VESH — Through, across (preposition of traversal)
- da
- dah — Of the (feminine contraction: de + a)
- história
- ees-TOH-ryah — History; narrative of past events
- os
- oosh — The (masculine plural definite article)
- passos
- PAH-soosh — Steps, footsteps, paces
- vacilantes
- vah-see-LAN-tesh — Wavering, faltering, unsteady steps or actions
- dos
- doosh — Of the (masculine plural contraction: de + os)
- reis
- haysh — Kings (plural of rei)
- É
- eh — Is (third person singular of ser)
- melhor
- meh-LYOHR — Better; superior in quality or preference
- não
- now — No, not (negation)
- ser
- sehr — To be (permanent or essential qualities)
- diferente
- dee-feh-REN-tee — Different; unlike others in some way
- seus
- SAY-oosh — His, her, their, your (masculine plural possessive)
- semelhantes
- seh-meh-LYAN-tesh — Peers, fellow humans, those similar to oneself
- feios
- FAY-oosh — Ugly (masculine plural adjective)
- estúpidos
- esh-TOO-pee-doosh — Stupid, foolish people (masculine plural noun/adjective)
- levam
- LEH-vang — They lead, carry, take (third plural present)
- a
- ah — The (feminine singular article); to (preposition)
- neste
- NESH-tee — In this (masculine contraction: em + este)
- mundo
- MOON-doo — World; the earth or society at large
- Podem
- POH-deng — They can, they are able to
- sentar-se
- sen-TAR-see — To sit down (reflexive verb)
- à
- ah — At the, to the (feminine contraction: a + a)
- vontade
- von-TAH-dee — Will, desire, comfort; à vontade means at ease
- olhar
- ol-YAHR — To look, to gaze at something
- boquiabertos
- boh-kyah-BEHR-toosh — Open-mouthed, gaping in astonishment
- para
- PAH-rah — For, to, toward (preposition of direction/purpose)
- espetáculo
- esh-peh-TAH-koo-loo — Spectacle, show, remarkable sight
- Se
- see — If, whether (conditional conjunction)
- nada
- NAH-dah — Nothing, not anything
- sabem
- SAH-beng — They know (third plural of saber)
- vitória
- vee-TOH-ryah — Victory, triumph over adversity or opponents
- pelo
- PEH-loo — By the (masculine contraction: por + o)
- menos
- MEH-noosh — Less, fewer; at least
- são
- sow — They are (third plural of ser)
- poupados
- poh-PAH-doosh — Spared, saved from something unpleasant
- ao
- ow — To the (masculine contraction: a + o)
- conhecimento
- koo-nyeh-see-MEN-too — Knowledge, awareness, understanding of something
- derrota
- deh-HOH-tah — Defeat; loss in a contest or struggle
- Vivem
- VEE-veng — They live (third plural of viver)
- como
- KOH-moo — As, like, how (comparison or manner)
- todos
- TOH-doosh — All, everyone (masculine plural)
- nós
- nohsh — We, us (first person plural pronoun)
- deveríamos
- deh-veh-REE-ah-moosh — We should, we ought to (conditional)
- tranquilos
- tran-KWEE-loosh — Calm, tranquil, undisturbed (masculine plural)
- indiferentes
- een-dee-feh-REN-tesh — Indifferent, unconcerned, without strong feelings
- sem
- seng — Without (preposition of absence)
- inquietação
- een-kyeh-tah-SOW — Restlessness, anxiety, inner unease
- Não
- now — No, not (negation)
- trazem
- TRAH-zeng — They bring (third plural of trazer)
- ruína
- hoo-EE-nah — Ruin, destruction, downfall
- sobre
- SOH-bree — On, about, over (preposition)
- outros
- OH-troosh — Others, other people (masculine plural)
- nem
- neng — Nor, neither, not even
- jamais
- zhah-MICE — Never, at no time (emphatic negation)
- recebem
- heh-SEH-beng — They receive, they get (third plural)
- mãos
- mowsh — Hands (plural of mão)
- alheias
- al-YAY-ahsh — Others', foreign, belonging to someone else
- tua
- TOO-ah — Your (feminine singular informal possessive)
- posição
- poo-zee-SOW — Position, social standing, status
- riqueza
- hee-KEH-zah — Wealth, richness, abundance of resources
- meu
- MAY-oo — My (masculine singular possessive)
- intelecto
- een-teh-LEH-too — Intellect, capacity for reasoning and understanding
- tal
- tahl — Such, so, as it is
- minha
- MEE-nyah — My (feminine singular possessive)
- arte
- AR-tee — Art; creative skill or expression
- seja
- SAY-zhah — Be (subjunctive of ser); whatever it may be
- lá
- lah — There (adverb of place)
- valer
- vah-LEHR — To be worth, to have value
- beleza
- beh-LEH-zah — Beauty; quality of being aesthetically pleasing
- havemos
- ah-VEH-moosh — We shall, we are bound to (future obligation)
- sofrer
- soo-FREHR — To suffer, to endure pain or hardship
- deuses
- DAY-ooz-esh — Gods (plural of deus)
- nos
- noosh — Us, to us (first person plural object pronoun)
- deram
- DEH-rang — They gave (third plural past tense of dar)
- terrivelmente
- teh-hee-vel-MEN-tee — Terribly, dreadfully, to a terrible degree
- esse
- EH-see — That (masculine demonstrative pronoun/adjective)
- seu
- SAY-oo — His, her, your, their (masculine singular possessive)
- nome
- NOH-mee — Name; word by which someone is identified
- perguntou
- pehr-goon-TOH — Asked, inquired (third singular simple past)
- atravessando
- ah-trah-veh-SAN-doo — Crossing, going through (present participle)
- estúdio
- esh-TOO-dyoo — Studio; artist's working space or room
- direção
- dee-reh-SOW — Direction; way toward a destination
- Sim
- sing — Yes (affirmative reply)
- tencionava
- ten-syoh-NAH-vah — Intended, was planning to (imperfect tense)
- dizer-lho
- dee-ZEHR-lyoo — To tell it to you (verb with combined pronouns)
- Mas
- mahsh — But (adversative conjunction)
- porquê
- poor-KEH — Why; for what reason (interrogative/noun)
- consigo
- kon-SEE-goo — Can (with myself/yourself); I cannot manage
- explicar
- esh-plee-KAR — To explain, to make something clear
- Quando
- KWAN-doo — When (temporal conjunction or adverb)
- gosto
- GOSH-too — I like; taste, pleasure (first singular present)
- imensamente
- ee-men-sah-MEN-tee — Immensely, enormously, to a great degree
- das
- dahsh — Of the (feminine plural contraction: de + as)
- pessoas
- peh-SOH-ahsh — People, persons (plural of pessoa)
- nunca
- NOON-kah — Never, at no time
- digo
- DEE-goo — I say, I tell (first singular of dizer)
- delas
- DEH-lahsh — Of them, about them (feminine prepositional pronoun)
- ninguém
- neen-GWENG — Nobody, no one, not anyone
- entregar
- en-treh-GAR — To hand over, deliver, give up something
- parte
- PAR-tee — Part, share, portion of something
- Aprendi
- ah-pren-DEE — I learned (first singular simple past of aprender)
- amar
- ah-MAR — To love (infinitive)
- segredo
- seh-GREH-doo — Secret; something kept hidden or undisclosed
- única
- OO-nee-kah — Only, sole, unique (feminine singular)
- coisa
- KOY-zah — Thing, object, matter
- pode
- POH-dee — Can, is able to (third singular present)
- tornar
- tor-NAR — To make, turn, render something a certain way
- vida
- VEE-dah — Life; the state of being alive
- moderna
- moh-DEHR-nah — Modern, contemporary (feminine adjective)
- misteriosa
- mees-teh-RYOH-zah — Mysterious, full of mystery (feminine adjective)
- ou
- oh — Or (disjunctive conjunction)
- maravilhosa
- mah-rah-vee-LYOH-zah — Wonderful, marvelous, amazing (feminine adjective)
- mais
- mice — More, most (comparative adverb)
- banal
- bah-NAHL — Banal, commonplace, lacking originality
- deliciosa
- deh-lee-SYOH-zah — Delicious, delightful (feminine adjective)
- apenas
- ah-PEH-nahsh — Only, just, merely
- ocultarmos
- oh-kool-TAR-moosh — For us to hide, conceal something (infinitive plural)
- saio
- SAH-yoo — I leave, I go out (first singular present)
- cidade
- see-DAH-dee — City, town, urban area
- agora
- ah-GOH-rah — Now, at this moment
- às
- ahsh — At the (feminine plural contraction: a + as)
- casa
- KAH-zah — House, home, dwelling place
- onde
- ON-dee — Where (relative adverb of place)
- vou
- voh — I go, I am going (first singular of ir)
- fizesse
- fee-ZEH-see — Did, were to do (imperfect subjunctive of fazer)
- perderia
- pehr-deh-REE-ah — Would lose (first singular conditional of perder)
- todo
- TOH-doo — All, entire, whole (masculine singular)
- prazer
- prah-ZEHR — Pleasure, enjoyment, delight
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