The Scarlet Letter — Page 14
At all events, I, the present writer, as their representative, hereby take shame upon myself for their sakes, and pray that any curse incurred by them—as I have heard, and as the dreary and unprosperous condition of the race, for many a long year back, would argue to exist—may be now and henceforth removed.
Em todo caso, eu, o atual escritor, como seu representante, tomo aqui sobre mim a vergonha por causa deles, e rezo para que qualquer maldição por eles incorrida—como ouvi dizer, e como a condição sombria e desafortunada da família, por muitos e longos anos passados, pareceria indicar que existe—seja agora e doravante removida.
Doubtless, however, either of these stern and black-browed Puritans would have thought it quite a sufficient retribution for his sins, that, after so long a lapse of years, the old trunk of the family tree, with so much venerable moss upon it, should have borne, as its topmost bough, an idler like myself.
Sem dúvida, porém, qualquer um desses austeros e carrancudos Puritanos teria considerado punição suficiente pelos seus pecados que, após tão longo lapso de anos, o velho tronco da árvore genealógica da família, com tanto musgo venerável sobre ele, houvesse produzido, como seu ramo mais alto, um ocioso como eu.
No aim, that I have ever cherished, would they recognize as laudable; no success of mine—if my life, beyond its domestic scope, had ever been brightened by success—would they deem otherwise than worthless, if not positively disgraceful.
Nenhum objetivo que eu jamais tenha cultivado eles reconheceriam como louvável; nenhum sucesso meu—se minha vida, além de seu âmbito doméstico, alguma vez tivesse sido iluminada pelo sucesso—eles considerariam de outra forma senão inútil, quando não positivamente vergonhoso.
"What is he?" murmurs one gray shadow of my forefathers to the other.
"O que é ele?" murmura uma sombra cinzenta de meus antepassados para a outra.
"A writer of story-books! What kind of a business in life—what mode of glorifying God, or being serviceable to mankind in his day and generation—may that be?
"Um escritor de livros de histórias! Que tipo de ocupação na vida—que modo de glorificar a Deus, ou de ser útil à humanidade em seu tempo e geração—pode ser esse?
Why, the degenerate fellow might as well have been a fiddler!"
Ora, o sujeito degenerado bem poderia ter sido um tocador de violino!"
Such are the compliments bandied between my great-grandsires and myself, across the gulf of time!
Tais são os elogios trocados entre meus bisavós e eu, através do abismo do tempo!
And yet, let them scorn me as they will, strong traits of their nature have intertwined themselves with mine.
E, no entanto, por mais que me desprezem, traços marcantes de sua natureza entrelaçaram-se com a minha.
Vocabulary
- Em
- In; at; on (preposition indicating location/time)
- todo
- All; every; whole (adjective/pronoun)
- caso
- Case; situation; instance (noun)
- eu
- I (first person singular pronoun)
- atual
- Current; present; actual (adjective)
- escritor
- Writer; author (noun, masculine)
- como
- How; as; like (adverb/conjunction)
- seu
- His; her; your; its (possessive adjective)
- representante
- Representative; delegate; agent (noun)
- tomo
- I take; I assume (verb: tomar, first person)
- aqui
- Here; in this place (adverb)
- sobre
- On; about; over; above (preposition)
- mim
- Me; myself (stressed first person pronoun)
- vergonha
- Shame; embarrassment; disgrace (noun, feminine)
- por
- For; by; through (preposition)
- causa
- Cause; reason; sake (noun, feminine)
- deles
- Of them; theirs (possessive pronoun)
- rezo
- I pray (verb: rezar, first person singular)
- para
- For; to; in order to (preposition)
- que
- That; which; what (conjunction/pronoun)
- qualquer
- Any; whatever; whichever (pronoun/adjective)
- maldição
- Curse; malediction; imprecation (noun, feminine)
- eles
- They (third person plural pronoun)
- ouvi
- I heard (verb: ouvir, past tense)
- dizer
- To say; to tell; to speak (infinitive verb)
- condição
- Condition; state; situation (noun, feminine)
- sombria
- Dark; gloomy; somber (adjective, feminine)
- da
- Of the; from the (preposition + article)
- família
- Family; relatives; kinship (noun, feminine)
- muitos
- Many; numerous (adjective/pronoun, plural)
- longos
- Long; lengthy (adjective, plural, masculine)
- anos
- Years (noun, plural, masculine)
- passados
- Past; gone by; elapsed (adjective, plural)
- indicar
- To indicate; to point out; to show (verb)
- existe
- Exists; there is (verb: existir, third person)
- seja
- May be; is (subjunctive of ser)
- agora
- Now; at present; currently (adverb)
- removida
- Removed; taken away (past participle, feminine)
- Sem
- Without; lacking (preposition)
- dúvida
- Doubt; uncertainty; question (noun, feminine)
- porém
- However; yet; nevertheless (conjunction)
- um
- A; an; one (article/numeral)
- desses
- Of those; of these (demonstrative pronoun)
- teria
- Would have; would possess (conditional verb)
- considerado
- Considered; regarded; thought (past participle)
- punição
- Punishment; penalty; retribution (noun, feminine)
- suficiente
- Sufficient; enough; adequate (adjective)
- pelos
- For the; by the (preposition + article)
- seus
- His; her; their; your (possessive adjective)
- pecados
- Sins; offenses; transgressions (noun, plural)
- após
- After; following; subsequent to (preposition)
- tão
- So; such; as (adverb of degree)
- longo
- Long; extended; lengthy (adjective)
- lapso
- Lapse; passage; interval (noun, masculine)
- de
- Of; from; about (preposition)
- velho
- Old; aged; ancient (adjective)
- tronco
- Trunk; stem; stock (noun, masculine)
- árvore
- Tree; timber; woody plant (noun, feminine)
- com
- With; together with; accompanied by (preposition)
- tanto
- So much; as much; such (pronoun/adjective)
- produzido
- Produced; yielded; generated (past participle)
- ramo
- Branch; limb; bough (noun, masculine)
- mais
- More; greater; additional (adjective/adverb)
- alto
- High; tall; loud (adjective)
- ocioso
- Idle; inactive; useless (adjective)
- Nenhum
- No; none; not any (pronoun/adjective)
- objetivo
- Objective; goal; aim; purpose (noun)
- jamais
- Never; not ever (adverb)
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